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Blue State Enviro Groups Demand Answers From Green Biden Administration On Whale Deaths

By DCNFFebruary 28, 20230 News 1K Views

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Nino Cambria on February 28, 2023 New Jersey environmental activist groups are fed up with…

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State Website Tells Public Employees How to “Decolonize Our Dreams,” Use Neopronouns, and Understand Privilege

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 28, 20230 Top News

A taxpayer-funded website operated by the State’s Bureau of Human Resources is a virtual Church of Wokeness. The site offers…

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Highest Paid UMaine Professors Earned More Than $500,000 Last Year

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 27, 20230 News 1K Views

The Maine Wire has obtained 2022 salary data for the University of Maine System. Professor of Civil Engineering Habib J.…

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MaineCare Expansion Tops 400k as State Begins Unwind

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 27, 20230 Top News

The number of Mainers on MaineCare will exceed 400,000 for the very first time this spring, a milestone that comes…

Sports & Entertainment

Herald Editor Dismisses Angus King’s Censorship Scheme

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 27, 20231 Sports & Entertainment

The outcry over Maine Sen. Angus King’s scheme to censor anyone on social media who is critical of him is…

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Once a Covid Conspiracy Theory, Lab-leak Hypothesis Endorsed by Energy Department Investigators

By Sam PattenFebruary 27, 20230 Featured

It’s beginning to look more likely that the COVID-19 virus originated in a lab in China, another federal agency has…

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Maine Jobs Council Finds Maine Near Bottom of Pretty Much All Economic Rankings

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 27, 20230 News

The Maine Jobs Council commissioned a study of national state rankings based on economics, and that study found Maine ranked…

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Ford’s Electric ‘Car Of The Future’ Relies On Refinery Accused Of Poisoning The Amazon: REPORT

By DCNFFebruary 27, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Bronson Winslow on February 27, 2023 Ford Motor Company’s recently released electric F-150 truck allegedly sources…

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Mills Offshore Wind Roadmap Stirs Debate in Augusta

By Sam PattenFebruary 27, 20239 News

Proponents of offshore wind power generated off the coast of Maine are no longer just blowing cold air: they will…

Commentary

Maine Ex-Pol Wants “Green Energy Marshall Plan” for Ukraine

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 27, 20230 Commentary

Alex Cornell du Houx, a former Democratic state lawmaker from Brunswick, took to the pages of the Sun Journal this…

Commentary

The King of Censorship Goes Silent

By The Maine WireFebruary 25, 20230 Commentary

Maine Sen. Angus King found himself ensnared this week by a bonafide scandal of his own making. For those who…

Featured

U.S. Border Patrol, Knox Sheriff, Rockland PD Can’t – Or Won’t – Provide Details on Seven Foreign Nationals Arrested in Midcoast Maine

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 24, 20230 Featured

Maine and federal law enforcement officials were either unable or were unwilling to reveal the identities and current whereabouts this…

Top News

Emails Show Winslow High School Counselor Broadcast Student Gender Change to School, Kept Parents in the Dark

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 24, 20236 Top News

A Winslow High School guidance counselor may have violated the school’s policies when she broadcast news of a students gender…

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“Meathead” All In For Biden

By Sam PattenFebruary 24, 20231 Commentary

A fresh, bold voice from Hollywood is clearing the path for U.S. President Joe Biden to seek a second-term. Princess…

Maine and New England

GOP Pushes for Parental Rights, Transparency in Maine Schools

By Sam PattenFebruary 24, 20230 Maine and New England

Correction: In a 2/24 piece by Sam Patten entitled GOP Pushes for Parental Rights, Transparency in Maine Schools, the author…

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6th Grader Reads from Lurid Library Book at Windham Middle School

By Sam PattenFebruary 23, 20231 Top News 2K Views

Parents in Windham are battling with left-wing activists and members of the school board over books in the school library…

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U.S. Military Improperly Released Records on GOP Candidates to Dem Operatives: Air Force

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 23, 20230 News

The U.S. military improperly released service records of Republican candidates for Congress to Democratic operatives, according to letters from the…

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Bowdoin College Moved Slowly to Remove Epstein Pal Staley from Board

By Sam PattenFebruary 23, 20231 Top News

More than a year after former Barclays Bank chief Jes Staley left Bowdoin College’s board of trustees, the Maine-based college’s…

Top News

Amid Trump Visit, WH Blames GOP for East Palestine Disaster

By Sam PattenFebruary 23, 20230 Top News

Three weeks after a catastrophic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the White House has settled on a messaging strategy…

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SCOTUS Case Could Change Section 230 Rules for Internet, Social Media (If Congress Doesn’t First)

By Sam PattenFebruary 22, 20230 Top News

The Supreme Court of the United States may now be poised to take action on the major lever Congress has…

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Taibbi Rips Angus King’s Response to “Enemies List” Leak

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 22, 20230 News

Matt Taibbi, the independent journalist who first reported on Sen. Angus King’s use of a secret “enemies list” to censor…

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Rep. Tom Emmer Intros Bill to Ban “FedCoin” CBDC

By The Maine WireFebruary 22, 20232 News

U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) on Wednesday introduced a bill to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a Central Bank…

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Sun Journal Edits Brakey Out of Story on King’s Censorship Tactics

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 22, 20230 News

News broke this week that U.S. Sen. Angus King, a left-wing independent, conspired with Twitter and Facebook to censor people…

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Angus King Doubles Down on “Enemies List” Censorship of Critics

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 22, 20230 News

In his first statement addressing the growing scandal over his 2018 campaign’s use of a secret “enemies list” to censor…

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Attention Seeking Royals Ruffled by Brutal South Park Parody

By Sam PattenFebruary 21, 20231 News

Lawyers for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are “casting an eye” over the American cartoon South Park after its…

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Giving Jan. 6 Tapes to Tucker Incites Panic on Left

By Sam PattenFebruary 21, 20230 News

Is it surprising that Rachel Maddow is mad at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for turning over 41,000 hours of Capitol Police…

Commentary

Angus King’s Response to Leaked “Enemies List” Raises More Questions Than It Answers

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 21, 20230 Commentary

U.S. Sen. Angus King’s office responded Monday to the online leaking of an “enemies list” the King campaign provided to…

Commentary

Bangor Daily News Claims Pre-Musk Twitter Biased Against… Liberals?

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 21, 20230 Commentary

The Bangor Daily News, as part of its intrepid coverage of the enemies list Sen. Angus King provided to large…

Sports & Entertainment

Woke Publisher Re-Writes Roald Dahl’s Books to Be More PC

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 21, 20230 Sports & Entertainment

Puffin, an imprint of the book publisher Penguin Books, has begun rewriting classic literature in order to bring the works…

News

Robinson Pans Angus King’s Response to “Enemies List” Disclosure [AUDIO]

By The Maine WireFebruary 21, 20230 News

Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler morning show Tuesday to cover the revelation –…

Commentary

Plowman: Collins-backed Infrastructure Spending Needs Permitting Reform to Succeed

By Debra PlowmanFebruary 21, 20230 Commentary

There are a number of infrastructure projects that could help create jobs for Mainers, spur American innovation, strengthen U.S. energy…

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Putin Pulls Back from Nuclear Arms Treaty After Biden Visits Ukraine

By Sam PattenFebruary 21, 20230 News

In his first formal speech to the nation since invading Ukraine nearly a year ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he…

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“It’s Okay to Be White” Activist Assaulted After Portland Socialists Call for Violence Against Him

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 21, 202317 News

A right-wing activist who caused controversy across southern Maine by holding up a sign that says “It’s Okay to Be…

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UCONN Law Event Asks: Are Parental Rights Good for Kids?

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 21, 20230 News

The University of Connecticut’s School of Law will host a symposium on March 24 around the question: Are parental rights…

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James O’keefe Remarks to Project Veritas Staff: “I’ve been removed…”

By Sam PattenFebruary 21, 20230 News

Monday’s ouster of James O’Keefe from Project Veritas, the news and norms breaking investigative team he founded 13 years ago,…

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Mother Jones Joins the Anti-Maine Lobster Bandwagon

By Sam PattenFebruary 20, 20230 News

Mother Jones magazine, a cornerstone of the progressive establishment, ran a lengthy piece today entitled: “To Save Whales, Should We Stop…

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King Spox Claims Twitter “Invited” Enemies List as If That Changes Anything

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 20, 20230 News

Sen. Angus King’s office claimed Monday, in a statement to the Bangor Daily News, that Twitter employees in 2018 invited…

Featured

Maine Democrats Blow Off Gender Clinic Whistleblower Report, GOP Leaders Call “Disturbing”

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 20, 20230 Featured

Maine Republicans are expressing concern about controversial sex-change procedures for minors following a bombshell testimony from gender clinic whistleblower Jamie…

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Maine Republicans Rip Angus King for Conspiring with Twitter, Facebook to Censor Mainers

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 20, 20230 News

The Maine Republican Party is accusing U.S. Sen. Angus King of violating the First Amendment free speech rights of Maine…

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Angus King’s “Enemies List” Targeted Journalists, Ordinary Mainers for Facebook, Twitter Censorship

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 20, 20234 Featured 2K Views

U.S. Sen. Angus King’s 2018 campaign targeted journalists and ordinary Mainers for censorship if their posts showed they were critical…

Top News

Blinken Warns China May Up Ante with Arms Sales to Russia

By Sam PattenFebruary 20, 20230 Top News

Ever since the height of the Cold War, a key goal of U.S. diplomacy and security strategy has been to…

News

Biden Doubles Down on Junk Fee Gimmick

By Sam PattenFebruary 20, 20230 News

Echoing one of his small-ball promises from his State of the Union Address earlier this month, U.S. President Joe Biden tweeted on…

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Trump’s Denial of “Meatball” Ron Jab Sounds Tongue-in-Cheek

By Sam PattenFebruary 20, 20230 News

The 45th President of the United States responded to the “Fake News” that he had called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “Meatball…

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The Truth About Nirav Shah The Maine Media Never Told You

By Tom DesjardinFebruary 19, 20233 News 2K Views

In her first major public step toward her promise to reform the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Director…

Top News

Maine’s Angus King Leaned on Twitter to Monitor GOP Opponent’s Supporters in 2018 – Twitter Files

By Sam PattenFebruary 18, 20230 Top News

The continuing saga of Twitter’s close cooperation with the U.S. government and senior government officials wound through Maine Saturday night…

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Biden Orders Federal Agencies To Ensure Their Use Of AI ‘Advances Equity’

By DCNFFebruary 17, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation Mary Lou Masters on February 16, 2023 President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday on…

News

Bill Would Crack Down on Augusta’s Revolving Door Culture

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 17, 20230 News

Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) wants to close the lawmaker-to-lobbyist pipeline that keeps much of Maine’s political class employed and on…

News

In Safe Maine, Gun Control Bills Target Law-Abiding Mainers: Davis

By Justin DavisFebruary 17, 20230 News

Maine has the lowest rate of violent crime in the entire nation. Not one of the lowest, but the lowest.…

Commentary

Lockman: Bill to Block Welfare for Illegal Aliens Deserves Support

By Larry LockmanFebruary 17, 20230 Commentary

Maine’s international reputation as a welfare magnet continues to draw large numbers of illegal immigrants here, much to the delight…

Commentary

Maine’s High School Students Are Far More Likely Than Peers to Identify as LGBT. Why?

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 17, 20232 Commentary

Maine high school students identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender at far higher rates than similarly aged students outside…

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‘Starve The Red States’: Keith Olbermann Calls For ‘Economic Civil War’ Against Guns

By DCNFFebruary 17, 20230 News

The DCNF Harold Hutchison on February 16, 2023 Former MSNBC and ESPN host Keith Olbermann called for blue states to wage…

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Maine Democrats Vote Down Resolution Aimed at Finding COVID-19’s Origins

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 16, 20234 News

Democrats on Maine’s legislative council on Thursday killed a resolution from Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin) that called on the U.S.…

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Maine Democrat Resigns Amid “Clean” Elections Fraud Investigation

By Sam PattenFebruary 16, 20230 News

Erstwhile-Rep. Clinton Collamore Jr. (D-Waldoboro) resigned his recently won seat in the Maine House of Representatives today after pleading not guilty to…

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Number Of Troops Dying From Fentanyl More Than Doubles

By DCNFFebruary 16, 20230 News

The DCNF – Jennie Taer on February 16, 2023 The number of American troops dying from fentanyl more than doubled between…

News

Dems Want To Turn The Farm Bill Into A Climate Spending Spree

By DCNFFebruary 16, 20230 News

From DCNF – Bronson Winslow on February 16, 2023 Democratic lawmakers are seeking large amounts of funding for climate concerns in…

Sports & Entertainment

CNN’s Don Lemon Says 51-Year-Old Nikki Haley No Longer “In Her Prime”

By Sam PattenFebruary 16, 20230 Sports & Entertainment

It hasn’t been a good week for CNN, and Don Lemon didn’t help this morning when he suggested on-air that the 51-year…

Commentary

Gigi Sohn’s Extremism, Ethical Lapses May Be Too Much for Collins and King

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 16, 20230 Commentary

The fate of President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s could rest in the hands…

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UMaine Professor Resorts to Sloppy Name-Calling in BDN Attack on Joel Stetkis

By Sam PattenFebruary 16, 20231 Commentary

If you were to rely just on University of Maine political science professor Amy Fried’s take, you could safely assume that…

Commentary

State Dept. Funds Soros-Backed “Disinformation Index”

By Sam PattenFebruary 15, 20230 Commentary

One of the best ways to “modulate the behavior” of the media in a free(ish) society is to take control…

Top News

Maine Small Business Wins Federal Ruling in Fight Against Chinese Trade Cheating

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 15, 20230 Top News

An Auburn manufacturer has won a major victory in its fight against Chinese competitors following a federal determination that will…

News

Politics Roil Mt. Ararat School Board as 6th Superintendent Exits

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 15, 20230 News

The Mt. Ararat Schools (MSAD 75) are once again leaderless following the resignation of Superintendent Steven B. Connolly, which will…

News

Michigan State Shooter Would Have Been Barred From Owning Guns But Progressive Prosecutor Dismissed Prior Charges

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 15, 20230 News

The Washington Free Beacon on Tuesday reported that Anthony McRae, the gunman in a mass shooting at Michigan State Monday…

News

Milford Students Walkout Over Equity-Inspired Urinal Ban

By The Maine WireFebruary 15, 20230 News

Hundreds of students in Milford, N.H., staged a walkout Friday over school officials’ decision to ban urinals for the purpose…

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UMaine Professor Fired For Criticizing Mask Mandates Fighting for Her Free Speech Rights

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 15, 20232 News

A University of Southern Maine professor has filed a lawsuit against the UMaine system alleging that she was wrongfully fired…

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Mills Urges Lawmakers to Support $10.3 Billion Budget, Big Spending Increase

By Sam PattenFebruary 14, 20230 News

Gov. Janet Mills made the case for her $10.3 billion biennial budget – almost one billion dollars and more than…

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Liberal Groups Fight to Keep Obscene Materials in Schools

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 14, 20230 News

A coalition of left-wing groups is lobbying lawmakers to kill LD 123, a bill that would repeal a provision of…

News

Press Fawns Over Mills Poetry

By Sam PattenFebruary 14, 20230 News

National media joined the chorus of Maine’s Fourth Estate in taking a moment Monday to coo over the poetry of…

Top News

Republicans Want to Defend Maine Sovereignty Over Lobstering Waters, Punish Lobster Boycotters

By Sam PattenFebruary 14, 20230 Top News

Republican leaders in the Maine House and Senate are taking aim at those who target the state’s iconic lobster industry…

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Haley Makes Early Entrance to 2024 GOP Field

By Sam PattenFebruary 14, 20230 News

Former South Carolina Governor and ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley today became the first female and second Republican to formally announce…

Featured

Damariscotta Mom Joins Fox & Friends to Talk About School Secretly Transitioning Daughter’s Gender

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 14, 20230 Featured

Amber Lavigne joined Fox & Friends this morning to talk about her discovery in December that the Great Salt Bay…

News

CDC Adds COVID mRNA Shots to Childhood Immunization Schedule

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 14, 20230 News

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added the controversial mRNA COVID-19 shots to the list of vaccines…

Top News

The Enduring Legacy of William F. Buckley Jr.

By Neal B. FreemanFebruary 13, 20230 Top News

Editor’s Note: This article has been adapted from an address to the annual meeting of the Fund for American Studies on…

News

Mills Seeks End of Residency Requirement for District Court Judges

By The Maine WireFebruary 13, 20230 News

Gov. Janet Mills has thrown her support behind a bill from Sen. Anne Carney (D-Cumberland) that would eliminate the long-standing…

News

On Ukraine and National Security, Biden Withholds His Vision

By Sam PattenFebruary 13, 20230 News

Where’s the “vision thing,” Joe? In a State of the Union speech that took President Biden 73 minutes to deliver…

Commentary

The Parent-Journalist Tool Kit

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 13, 20230 Commentary

You’re fed up. Maybe the local school is trying to brainwash your kids into little left-wing foot soldiers. Or the…

Commentary

Did the Eagles send a message for Biden?

By Sam PattenFebruary 13, 20230 Commentary

Does the Philadelphia Eagles loss in last night’s Super Bowl cast a shadow over the future prospects of their number…

News

Poll Shows Massive Support for Parents Rights in New Hampshire

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 13, 20230 News

New Hampshire residents overwhelmingly believe that parents — not school administrators — should have the final say when it comes…

National

IRS Cracking Down on Tipped Workers and Maine’s Stimulus Checks

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 9, 20230 National

UPDATE: The IRS now claims it will not be taxing the $450 checks. The Internal Revenue Service, recently invigorated with…

Maine General Hospital News

Queer Ex-Counselor Blows Whistle on St. Louis Gender Clinic: The Free Press

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 9, 20235 News

A self-described queer former counselor from St. Louis is blowing the whistle on the gender clinic she worked at for…

News

Congress Bigfoots DC Efforts to Soften Law on Sentencing and Allow Non-Citizens to Vote

By Sam PattenFebruary 9, 20230 News

Congress just bigfooted the District of Columbia’s city council by overturning its recent changes to its criminal justice law that…

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Maine Community Colleges Scrap COVID Vax Rule

By Sam PattenFebruary 9, 20230 News

Students looking to enroll in Maine’s Community Colleges will have one less barrier to entry thanks to the system’s lifting…

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Maine Will Spend Another $200,000 Telling Baby Boomers and Kids to Get Vaccinated

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 8, 20230 News

The state of Maine is extending a sole-source no bid contract with Ethos Marketing of Westbrook to promote COVID-19 mRNA…

Republicans Want to Fix Flawed Unemployment, Welfare Systems, But Fate of Bills Lies With Democratic Leaders

By Sam PattenFebruary 8, 20230 News

Maine Senate Republicans launched an initiative on Wednesday to stabilize the sagging labor market in the state while taking aim…

Top News

Responding to the Small Falmouth School “Walk Out”

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 8, 20230 Top News

On Wednesday morning, tens of students briefly left school to protest the Maine Wire’s journalism. The real story here is…

Commentary

Biden Touts [inaudible] in First State of the Union Address

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 7, 20230 Commentary

Eighty year old President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union Address Tuesday evening — the first time…

Top News

Email Shows Hermon School Board Member Discriminated Against Christian Church Over Religious Views

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 7, 20231 Top News

When the Pines Church wanted to rent the Hermon High School for their Sunday services last November, Hermon School Board…

Top News

Maine GOP Wants to Rein in Welfare, Crack Down on “Ghosting” to Get Mainers Back to Work

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 7, 20230 Top News

Republican lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday to tout several welfare reform proposals, including the restoration of welfare work requirements…

News

Left-wing Activists Storm Oklahoma Capitol to Protest Ban on Child Sex Changes

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 7, 20230 News

Oklahoma lawmakers are considering several proposals that would protect parent’s rights in education and ban controversial sex-change procedures for minors.…

National

New York City Is Busing Illegal Migrants To The Canadian Border

By DCNFFebruary 7, 20230 National

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on February 6, 2023 New York City is busing illegal immigrants to the…

News

Mills, Frey Condemn Voter ID Bill

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 7, 20230 News

Maine’s prospects for adopting a voter identification law don’t look great for the current legislature. LD 34, “An Act to…

Commentary

Five Things to Look for in Biden’s State of the Union

By Sam PattenFebruary 7, 20230 Commentary

How should Mainers grade President Joe Biden when he delivers his State of the Union Address to Congress Tuesday night?…

News

GOP Pushes Parental Rights Legislation

By Sam PattenFebruary 6, 20230 News

Responding to recent cases first reported by The Maine Wire, several state representatives have introduced bills in the current legislative…

Commentary

Parents vs. Schools: A Battle Over Rights and Wrongs

By Tom DesjardinFebruary 6, 20231 Commentary

Around seven or eight years ago, I was sitting in the room in which the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs…

News

Maine Mom Demands School Board Investigate Social Worker Who Counseled 13-Year-Old Into Secret Gender Transition

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 6, 20230 News

A Maine mom is calling on the school board of the Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta to investigate…

Commentary

Spy Balloon Floats Freely Over US

By Sam PattenFebruary 4, 20230 Commentary

The 1956 French classic “The Red Balloon” tells the tale of a young boy who befriends a stray gasbag and…

News

Amid Cold Snap, Maine’s Electricity Comes from Nuclear, Natural Gas, and Fossil Fuels

By The Maine WireFebruary 3, 20230 News

As temperatures plummeted on Friday, Maine residents and businesses relied mostly on nuclear energy, natural gas, and oil for their…

News

Mills to Pay Consultants to Study “Deep Decarbonization” of Maine

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 3, 20230 News

Gov. Janet Mills is looking to hire a consultant who will study potential ways Maine can “decarbonize.” For the uninitiated,…

National

Hunter Biden Confirms “Laptop from Hell” Is His

By Sam PattenFebruary 3, 20231 National

Like a sleeping giant awoken from its stupor, Hunter Biden’s legal team snapped into action on Wednesday as it filed a flurry…

Maine and New England

Maine DEA Busts Mass. Women With More than 100,000 Lethal Fentanyl Doses in Bangor

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 3, 20234 Maine and New England

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested two Lawrence, Mass., women Thursday night for trafficking and attempting to distribute a massive…

News

Mt. Katahdin Hits -90°F

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 3, 20230 News

Have you heard how cold outside it is? Well, if you haven’t, it’s wicked cold. The National Weather Service out…

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