All posts tagged "Chellie Pingree"

Robinson: Sussman-Pingree Split Spells Trouble for Liberals

It was supposed to be a love for the ages. Yet, tragically, billionaire...

Revisiting Portland Press Herald’s relationship with S. Donald Sussman

It has become cliché to note that the Portland Press Herald newspaper is owned...

Maine political players attend conference for shadowy Democracy Alliance

When a group of left-wing millionaires and billionaires held a secret meeting in...

Personal Destruction Journalism: Defending a Decent Man

By Walter J. Eno – It is difficult to imagine that the governor...

Wage equality eludes offices of Maine’s Democratic Members of Congress

Liberals across the country joined President Barack Obama to celebrate National Equal Pay...

Maine’s powerful congresswoman faces unlikely challenge

A true David and Goliath story is unfolding in Maine’s First Congressional District....

Donald Sussman’s newspaper censors a conservative voice (again)

The Portland-based Press Herald newspaper, a publication majority-owned by Democratic Party mega-donor S....

Pingree urges defense spending she voted against

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree signed a letter last week urging her colleagues in...

Pelosi, Pingree and Michaud vote against funding for veterans benefits

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the shutdown turmoil in the nation’s capital city, 33...

Pingree: Republican House members holding Americans "hostage"

Not to be outdone by Sen. Angus King, who has likened conservatives to...

Maine’s Congressional Delegation on Syria

Following President Barack Obama’s decision to seek congressional approval for a potential military...

National Media Chimes in on Sussman-Pingree-Media Conflict of Interest

Last Wednesday, US News & World Report ran an opinion piece by Peter Roff describing...

LePage Admin gives Democrat-owned media silent treatment

AUGUSTA – Reporters from three of Maine’s largest newspapers will no longer have...

Hatchetgate: Lawyer behind allegations against LePage has ties to potential 2014 opponents

AUGUSTA – The lawyer who helped fuel sensationalist claims about Gov. Paul R....

Pingree Votes Against Bill to Fund Defense Projects in Bath, Kittery

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) broke with the rest of Maine’s congressional delegation on...

Press Herald Owner Sussman Hit With Lawsuit Amid Condo Project Fallout

Billionaire Democrat S. Donald Sussman and wife Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) are dealing...

Ag Secretary Visits Portland Following Leak to Pingree, Press Herald

PORTLAND – U.S. Agricultural Secretary Thomas Vilsack on Thursday visited the Barbara Bush...

Howie Carr Cites The Maine Wire in Segment on Welfare Reform

Legendary conservative talk show host Howie Carr was talking welfare reform on Tuesday...

LePage Blasts Obama Cabinet Secretaries Over Leaks

Agents of the federal government are conspiring to politically damage Republican Gov. Paul...

Poll: LePage very unpopular—but could win anyway

Paul LePage is one of the most unpopular Governors in the country. Only...

"Stealthy Wealthy: Donald Sussman, Rep. Pingree make strange bedfellows"

This article, titled “Stealthy Wealthy: Donald Sussman, Rep. Pingree make strange bedfellows”, was...

Maine Wire cartoon: The PPH's Pit Bull

Maine’s colorful political chameleons: Angus King and Alan Caron

By Pem Schaeffer Maine Wire columnist A few weeks back, I wrote on...

MPBP reveals conflict of interest at Press Herald

Maine People Before Politics today revealed a shocking conflict of interest at the Portland...

Activists model Maine anti-chemical law on California, European regulations

Baldacci task force, Hannah Pingree and “Kid Safe Act” laid groundwork for DEP...

Good to be King: Angus’ Virgin Islands Getaway

Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has gotten a lot of attention for her luxury...

Pingree’s beef against so-called “pink slime” costs 650 American jobs

Department of Agriculture Chief – “without any equivocation, this product is safe, and...

Pingree, Michaud recommend workers comp “enforcer” for New England SBA chief

In a letter to President Obama, representatives Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud have...

Sun Journal publishes banned GOP editorial

Kudos to the Lewiston Sun Journal for reaching out to GOP Majority Leader...

Obamacare threatens to sink the USS America

By Rep. Rich Cebra Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has some explaining to do. On...

Op-Ed: Maine’s wealthy elite profit from political connections

But hey, what are friends for? By J Dwight Distrust of—and anger toward—the...

Sussman Bans GOP Leadership from Press Herald, Kennebec Journal

By Rep. Phil Curtis Maine House Majority Leader Phil Curtis originally submitted this...

Pingree helped King get $102 million Federal loan guarantee

The Maine Wire has obtained a letter sent from U.S Congresswoman Chellie Pingree...

Editorial: Brazen Political Bamboozling

When the failing Maine Today Media papers announced weeks ago that billionaire left-wing...

WCSH on Sussman's 75% ownership of Maine Today Media

Political Kingpin Steps Away from Newspaper Purchase…in Philadelphia

Editorial The idea that a high-level political figure could invest in a newspaper...

Sussman brought "laughter, cheers and hugs" to the Press Herald

Newsguild.org, the website of the Newspaper Guild/ Communications Workers of America union, is...

Union Chief Continues to Cover Pingree, Now with Disclaimer

Yesterday we blasted the Portland Press Herald for running coverage of Chellie Pingree...

M.D. Harmon: When Push Came to Shove, She Bailed

An acquaintance and I have had a recurring conversation over the years on...

No Disclaimer: Sussman's Union Chief Covers Pingree

Tom Bell, the head of the Portland Press Herald/ MaineToday Media labor union,...

Adding math to a great column by Matt Gagnon

Matt Gagnon at Pine Tree Politics has a great reality check of the...

Senator Sussman

In light of yesterday’s announcement that Senator Olympia Snowe will not be seeking...

Big Surprise: Silence from Journalism Community Over Sussman, Pingree Buyout

Editorial The journalism community in Philadelphia is in an uproar right now. Hundreds...

Pingree and the Press Herald – Together at Last

Editorial In the fall of 2010, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree was facing political extinction....

Sussman buys stake in MaineToday Media

The Portland Press Herald is reporting that Donald Sussman, billionaire husband of Maine...

Editorial: Pingree’s Folly- An End to ‘Clean Elections’, At Last

Chellie Pingree was Maine Senate Majority Leader when the Maine Clean Elections Act...

Housing Authority Sponsorships Echo Turnpike Scandal

What do prison theater classes have to do with affordable housing? As the...

WCSH's Don Carrigan interviews Donald Sussman

WCSH political reporter Don Carrigan has an interesting interview with the infamous S....