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Mr. Kamala Harris Says Hate Behind Holocaust Now Seen at School Board Meetings

By Steve RobinsonMarch 17, 20231 News

The hatred of Jews that led to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany is similar to the frustrations expressed by parents…

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Connecticut Rep. Comey Busted for DUI

By Steve RobinsonMarch 17, 20230 News

A Connecticut State Representative has lost her committee assignments Friday after she was arrested for crashing her car in what…

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Media: “Strongest Evidence Yet” an Animal Started Pandemic

By Steve RobinsonMarch 17, 20230 News

Several media reports surfaced this week claiming that “researchers” had discovered new evidence that the COVID-19 virus did not, in…

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Silicon Valley Bank Parent Company Files For Bankruptcy

By DCNFMarch 17, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation Jason Cohen on March 17, 2023 SVB Financial Group, the parent company for California tech lender…

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Pentagon ‘Actively Working’ To Find Doctors Who Will Provide Hormones, Puberty Blockers For US Military Kids Abroad

By DCNFMarch 17, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation Micaela Burrow on March 16, 2023 Department of Defense (DOD) medical providers in Europe are stepping…

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Janet Mills Blows Off Historic “State of the Tribes” in Snub of Maine’s Indigenous Peoples

By Steve RobinsonMarch 16, 20230 Featured

For the first time in nearly two decades, leaders from Maine’s indigenous tribes came to the Maine State House on…

Commentary

Majority White Countries Get Special Attention from the Maine Legislature

By Steve RobinsonMarch 16, 20230 Commentary

From 1984 to 2022, Maine’s legislature passed more than 40 resolutions featuring foreign nations. Ireland, Israel, Taiwan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Greece,…

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UPDATE – Deering High School Claims “History of Drag” Event Planned by Students

By Steve RobinsonMarch 16, 20234 News

Deering High School “co-principals” Alyson Dame and Dr. Jake Giessman emailed the Deering High School mailing list Wednesday regarding the…

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Border Patrol Chief Says DHS Doesn’t Have ‘Operational Control’ Of The Southern Border

By DCNFMarch 16, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on March 15, 2023 Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz testified Wednesday that the…

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Nigerian Brothers Detail Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Hoax

By Steve RobinsonMarch 15, 20231 News

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett caused an international scandal when he claimed in 2019 to have been assaulted in a vicious…

Maine and New England

Maine Education Chief: “Academic Learning” Takes Backseat to Social-Emotional, Gender, and Race

By Steve RobinsonMarch 15, 20237 Maine and New England 5K Views

Traditional academic learning — like reading, writing, and math — should be a lower priority in Maine schools than social-emotional…

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Women’s College Has ‘No Plans’ To Allow ‘Trans Men,’ Nonbinary Applicants Despite Student Pressure

By DCNFMarch 15, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation Jason Cohen on March 15, 2023 A women’s college in Massachusetts announced it will not revise…

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Meet The Seven GOP Senators Who Voted To Confirm Biden Nominee With Ties To Alleged Chinese Communist Intel Groups

By DCNFMarch 15, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation Philip Lenczycki on March 15, 2023 Seven Republican Senators voted on Wednesday to confirm Eric Garcetti,…

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Two Million Americans Missing from Work Force: FGA

By Steve RobinsonMarch 15, 20230 News

In a speech Monday concerning the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), President Joe Biden praised the health of the…

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Maine Lobster Groups File Defamation Case Against Monterey Bay Aquarium

By Steve RobinsonMarch 15, 20230 News

Several groups representing Maine’s iconic lobster fishing industry announced Wednesday they have filed a defamation lawsuit against an environmentalist non-profit…

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Asylum Seekers Continue to Flow Into Southern Maine: Portland Sees 756 New Arrivals in 2023

By Steve RobinsonMarch 15, 20231 News 3K Views

Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa continue to arrive in southern Maine, with many of them crossing the southern border as part…

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White House Orders New PFAS Measures, Releases Federal Data

By Steve RobinsonMarch 14, 20230 News

The White House on Tuesday announced new executive measures to regulate the level of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) permissible…

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Biden Calls for Enforcement of Existing Gun Laws

By Steve RobinsonMarch 14, 20230 News

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he will sign an Executive Order on Tuesday that mostly calls on government officials to…

Maine and New England

Maine DHHS Wants $5,000 in Fees to Make Disciplinary Records Public

By Steve RobinsonMarch 14, 20230 Maine and New England

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has asked for $5,000 in fees before it will turn over…

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Inflation Rises Again in February: BLS

By The Maine WireMarch 14, 20230 News

Inflation rose by 0.4 percent for February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. “Over the last 12 months, the…

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Republicans Want Nuclear Power Back in Maine

By Steve RobinsonMarch 14, 20230 News

Two Republican lawmakers are looking to bring nuclear power back to Maine. Reps. Mark Walker (R-Baldwin) and Richard Campbell (R-Orrington)…

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Democrats Seeking Crackdown on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

By Steve RobinsonMarch 14, 20230 News

Democratic lawmakers are looking to crackdown on Maine’s pro-life pregnancy centers. The push for greater scrutiny on pro-life centers comes…

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Maine’s Jobless Rate Is Under 3 Percent, But There’s a Catch

By Steve RobinsonMarch 14, 20230 News

Maine’s unemployment rate dropped to below 3 percent for January, which would be stellar economic news for the state but…

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Tucker Carlson Wonders What The Federal Gov’t Will Get In Return For ‘Backstopping’ Deposits At Failed Banks

By DCNFMarch 14, 20231 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Harold Hutchison on March 13, 2023 Fox News host Tucker Carlson questioned what the federal…

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Massachusetts’ Flavored Tobacco Ban Costs State $114 Million, Black Market Flourishing

By Nick MurrayMarch 13, 20231 News 1K Views

(This article was originally posted at Maine Policy Institute’s Pine Tree Beat. Click here to access more of MPI’s policy…

Commentary

Tax Cuts Increase Government Revenues – Always

By Tom DesjardinMarch 13, 20230 Commentary

In the news last week, President Joe Biden said he wants to increase taxes to “help save Medicare.” Maine Democrats…

Maine and New England

Gen-Z Republican Reagan Paul Challenges Stereotypes

By Sam PattenMarch 13, 20230 Maine and New England

If you believe everything you read, see or hear in the mainstream media today, you could be forgiven for thinking…

Top News

Former Psychic Medium Says Maine Republicans “Supporting Putin” by Opposing Ukraine Blank Check

By Steve RobinsonMarch 13, 20230 Top News

Newscenter Maine invited a former psychic medium on its talking head program “Political Brew” this weekend to criticize Republican state…

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Taibbi Tells Congress Angus King, Adam Schiff Sought Twitter Censorship

By Steve RobinsonMarch 13, 20231 News

Journalist Matt Taibbi was in front of a congressional committee last week to answer questions about his ongoing reporting on…

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‘Horrifying’: Huge Proportion Of Children Pursuing Gender Transitions Are Actually Autistic, Experts Believe

By DCNFMarch 13, 20234 News 8K Views

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Laurel Duggan on March 12, 2023 Adolescents with autism are overrepresented in the youth transgender…

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Young Americans for Liberty, GOP Reps Win Fight Against UMaine’s Vaccine Mandate

By Steve RobinsonMarch 13, 20230 News

Young Americans for Liberty, a conservative-libertarian student organization with hundreds of members in Maine, and 45 Republican lawmakers successfully convinced…

Top News

Pursuit of “Environmental Justice” Brought Maine to Brink of Sludgepocalypse

By Steve RobinsonMarch 10, 20230 Top News

Maine was brought to the brink of a man-made environmental disaster this week — a potential catastrophe that threatens to…

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Watch: Maine Senator Calls for Ukraine Peace Talks, Denounces State’s Symbolic War Resolution

By Steve RobinsonMarch 9, 20230 News

The Maine State Legislature continued Thursday to debate a symbolic resolution supporting continued U.S. involvement in Ukraine’s war with Russia,…

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Jim Jordan Spars With Dem Rep Over Censorship Of ‘Lawful Speech’ On Twitter

By DCNFMarch 9, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation Harold Hutchison on March 9, 2023 Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Democratic Rep. Daniel…

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Maine Moms Say School Retaliated With Child Welfare Agents After They Complained About Social Worker’s Gender Counseling

By Steve RobinsonMarch 9, 20231 News 1K Views

Two Maine moms say agents from Maine’s troubled child welfare agency paid them visits just days after they complained about…

Top News

Maine School Bans Controversial Book About Transgender Teenage Girls from HS Library

By Steve RobinsonMarch 8, 20230 Top News

All across Maine, school boards are debating whether sexually explicit books should be available in public school libraries, especially books…

Top News

Greenbush Resident, Dominican National Arrested in Maine DEA Fentanyl Bust

By Steve RobinsonMarch 8, 20231 Top News

A resident of Greenbush and a foreign national from the Dominican Republic were arrested by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency…

News

Trump Has Double-Digit Lead Over DeSantis In Granite State: POLL

By DCNFMarch 8, 20230 News

Daily Caller News Foundation Mary Lou Masters on March 8, 2023 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is down 41 percentage points in…

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Lawmakers Want New Taxes on Workers, Businesses to Fund Paid Family Leave

By Sam PattenMarch 8, 20230 Featured

Maine is poised to join thirteen other states and Washington, D.C., in creating a government program that levies new taxes…

Commentary

New Angus King Letter Misleads Constituents Over Push to Censor Twitter, Facebook Users

By Steve RobinsonMarch 8, 20230 Commentary

The Maine Wire has obtained a new letter Maine Sen. Angus King is sending to constituents to explain why he…

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Biddeford Democrat Accuses Maine Republicans of Succumbing to Russian Propaganda

By Steve RobinsonMarch 8, 20230 News

Rep. Marc Malon, II (D-Biddeford) wasn’t happy with his Republican colleagues who expressed skepticism of the symbolic resolution the House…

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Overwhelming Majority of Maine Parents Want Curriculum Posted Online

By Sam PattenMarch 7, 20230 News

Ever since the COVID-19 shutdowns led to Maine parents gaining greater awareness of what kids are learning in school, parental…

Top News

Maine Legislature Spends More Than an Hour Debating Symbolic Ukraine Resolution

By Steve RobinsonMarch 7, 20230 Top News

The Maine Legislature spent much of Tuesday morning debating a symbolic resolution of support for Ukraine in the country’s ongoing…

Top News

Newly Unearthed Jan. 6 Footage ‘Demolishes’ Dems’ ‘Insurrection’ Claims, Tucker Carlson Says

By DCNFMarch 7, 20230 Top News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Harold Hutchison on March 6, 2023 Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Monday that footage…

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DCNF: Northern Border Residents Say They’re ‘Overwhelmed’ And ‘On Edge’ Over Illegal Migration Surge

By DCNFMarch 7, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on March 6, 2023 Residents living in an area of the northern border…

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New York Court System Must Rehire Employees Fired Over Vaccine Mandate, Provide Back Pay

By DCNFMarch 6, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Katelynn Richardson on March 6, 2023 The New York State Unified Court System (UCS) must…

News

State Workers’ Union Wants Big Pay Bump, Looser Telework Rules, and Expanded Parental Leave

By Steve RobinsonMarch 6, 20230 News

The Maine State Employees Association announced Friday that it had filed a prohibited practices labor complaint against Democratic Gov. Janet…

Top News

Maine Man Charged with Domestic Terrorism Following Left-Wing, Anti-Cop Riot in Georgia

By Steve RobinsonMarch 6, 20230 Top News

A man from Maine was arrested on March 5 and charged with domestic terrorism following his participation in coordinated violent…

Commentary

GOP Leader: Union Complaint Shows Mills’ Priorities Don’t Include Working People

By Billy Bob FaulkinghamMarch 6, 20230 Commentary

The recent announcement by Maine’s second largest union, MSEA-SEIU Local 1989, that it has filed a prohibited practices complaint with…

News

Ford Seeks Patent for Remote Repossession Tech

By Steve RobinsonMarch 6, 20230 News

If you miss the payments on your Ford F-150, Ford may soon be able to deactivate your ride with the…

Commentary

Twitter Files: “Global Engagement Center” Abuses Preceded Angus King’s Blacklist

By Sam PattenMarch 6, 20230 Commentary

Have you noticed the narrative around “disinformation” changing recently? In his new, self-styled outlet Racket News, Twitter Files journalist Matt…

News

Liberal Minority Pushing DEI in Maine Schools, Most Want Back to Basics: MAINE WIRE POLL

By Steve RobinsonMarch 6, 20230 News

A Maine Wire / Co/Efficient poll conducted this week shows that most Maine voters want schools to get back to…

Commentary

Shadowy Left-Wing Group Spends Big on Maine Politics

By Sam PattenMarch 6, 20231 Commentary

From 2018 to the present, a powerful, out-of-state group played a huge role in influencing Maine elections using a kind…

News

Large Majority of Maine Voters Oppose Secret Gender Transitions at Schools: MAINE WIRE POLL

By Steve RobinsonMarch 4, 20230 News

The question of whether school employees should inform parents and legal guardians when a student requests to transition gender or…

News

Buyer’s Remorse: MSEA-SEIU Local 1989, Maine’s 2nd Largest Union, Files Complaint After Mills Blows Off Talks

By Steve RobinsonMarch 3, 20230 News

The MSEA-SEIU Local 1989, Maine’s second largest labor union, announced Friday that it has filed a prohibited practices labor complaint…

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Major University System Bans Diversity Statements In Hiring Practices

By DCNFMarch 3, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Alexa Schwerha on March 3, 2023 The Texas A&M University System announced Thursday it will…

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Maine CDC Quietly Stops Sharing COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Data

By Steve RobinsonMarch 3, 20230 News

The Maine CDC has quietly discontinued the public presentation of breakthrough data — that is, information which shows how often…

Top News

Most Maine Voters Want Parent “Opt-Out” Option and Safeguards for X-Rated School Books: MAINE WIRE POLL

By Steve RobinsonMarch 3, 20230 Top News

A majority of Maine voters think public schools should have safeguards in place that prevent minor students from accessing books…

Top News

80% of Maine Voters Want School Materials Posted Online

By Steve RobinsonMarch 3, 20230 Top News

A large majority — 80 percent — of Maine voters wants public schools to post all curriculum content on public…

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MAINE WIRE POLL: Most Maine Voters Say Schools Should Get “Back to Basics,” Ditch DEI and Gender Programming

By Steve RobinsonMarch 3, 20236 News

The majority of likely voters in Maine want Maine’s public schools to focus more on math, reading, and writing than…

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Paris Lawmaker Wants New Regs on Lawmaker, Lobbyist, Non-Profit Revolving Door

By Sam PattenMarch 3, 20230 News

Unlike its twin in Georgia, Augusta, Maine doesn’t have a literal swamp. But an increasing number of Mainers are concerned it’s…

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Landlocked Congressman Targets Maine’s Lobstermen Over Whales

By Sam PattenMarch 2, 20230 News

When a senior congressman from a land-locked state in the American West drops a bill pertaining to the Atlantic right…

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Maine School’s “Civil Rights Team” Accused of Bullying at Rowdy School Board Meeting on Parental Rights

By Steve RobinsonMarch 2, 20230 News

At a raucous school board meeting Wednesday night, nearly 100 parents expressed their frustration and anger over how the Windham…

Top News

Mt. Ararat School Board Chair to Resign (Maybe) Two Weeks After MSAD 75 Superintendent Resigned

By Steve RobinsonMarch 1, 20230 Top News

The chaos surrounding the Mt. Ararat Schools (MSAD 75) continues this week following the revelation that School Board Chair Frank…

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Biden Admin Is One Step Closer To Regulating Gas Stoves Despite Promising Not To

By DCNFMarch 1, 20232 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – John Hugh DeMastri on March 1, 2023 Editor’s note: This article has been updated to…

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Parole Reform Poster Child Tried to Murder Maine Family with Machete

By Steve RobinsonMarch 1, 20236 News 7K Views

State lawmakers will soon consider a proposal to bring back parole for Maine’s incarcerated population, along with a handful of…

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Teacher Allegedly Forced Girl To Use Male Pronouns, Causing Student To Be Suicidal, Lawsuit Says

By DCNFMarch 1, 20235 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Reagan Reese on March 1, 2023 A New York teacher allegedly made a 9-year-old girl…

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Five Times the Establishment Spread “Misinformation”

By Sam PattenMarch 1, 20230 Commentary

You can put away your tin-foil hat now, the public service announcement advised. Those things we told you were ‘conspiracy…

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Chicago Dems Oust Lightfoot

By Sam PattenMarch 1, 20231 Politics

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot failed to make the run-off in the second city’s Democratic primary Tuesday night, limiting her to one term…

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Maine Schools Could Lose Fed Funding Over Assessment Changes

By Steve RobinsonMarch 1, 20231 News

The federal Department of Education (DOE) is threatening to withhold money from Maine’s Department of Education (MDE) due to the…

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Increasing Use of “Concept Draft” Reduces Legislature’s Transparency, Undermines Public Hearings

By Sam PattenFebruary 28, 20230 Top News

Is the over-use of “concept bills” making the legislative process in Augusta less transparent? There is growing concern among current…

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Maine Bill Would Redefine Money to Exclude Bitcoin, Enable CBDCs

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 28, 20232 Featured

A bill before the Judiciary Committee would change the definition of “money” to exclude digital assets, like Bitcoin, and pave…

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Maine GOP Wants UMaine to Drop COVID-19 Vax Rules

By Sam PattenFebruary 28, 20230 News

Republicans on the Maine legislature’s joint committee on education and cultural affairs today called on the University of Maine system…

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Industry Experts See Portland Rent Control Backfiring Amid Maine Housing Crisis

By Sam PattenFebruary 28, 20230 News

Portland voters are hoping recent rent control ordinances will provide relief to struggling renters amid a growing housing crisis, but…

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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…

News

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…

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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…

Top News

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…

News

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…

News

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…

News

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…

News

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…

News

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…

News

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…

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