All posts tagged "Maine People’s Alliance"
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Proposed overtime rules will result in lost wages and benefits
The Maine Legislature next session will consider another bill that would be harmful...
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Big labor still wants to eliminate Maine’s tip credit
Despite widespread opposition throughout the state among all levels of restaurant staff, big...
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Maine progressives continue to offer misleading information about the minimum wage
In an article published Thursday on the Maine Beacon – the online opinion...
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‘The Will of the People’ and the home care hypocrisy
If you’ve followed Maine politics in the last two years, you know that...
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Investigating the left’s latest scam
While Maine voters were out rejecting a plan for “Universal Home Care” on...
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Maine voters reject Question 1
After a yearlong campaign of misinformation waged by the supporters of Question 1,...
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Question 1 a scheme to achieve fully socialized medicine
More and more we are seeing direct democracy take hold in our elected...
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MPA’s Question 1 talking points now refuted by one of their own
The Maine People’s Alliance (MPA) is pushing a ballot initiative – Question 1...
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‘Grassroots’ a stretch for the attacks against Collins and Kavanaugh
E.J. Dionne recently penned “The Grassroots Revolt Against Kavanaugh,” datelined Portland, Maine, September...
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Why do Maine liberals want to penalize marriage?
Proponents of the Universal Home Care tax plan were either caught by surprise...
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Question 1 is bought and paid for by outside interests
In case you haven’t heard, Question 1 on the November ballot will ask...
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MPA continues to mislead the public on Universal Home Care
The latest in a long list of misrepresentations from the Maine People’s Alliance...
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Supporters of Universal Home Care initiative wage war of misinformation
Since the upcoming Universal Home Care (UHC) initiative sponsored by the Maine People’s...
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Secretary of State Dunlap finalizes ballot language for Universal Home Care initiative
After accepting public comment for 30 days on the wording of the upcoming...
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Will Mainers get the chance to weigh in on Universal Home Care?
If you were pushing one of the largest tax hikes in history on Maine citizens,...
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MPA seeks to increase taxes on hardworking Mainers by $310 million
A lot of ink has been spilled detailing the catastrophic consequences of crafting...
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Universal Home Care will create more wait lists
Here we go again. There’s another referendum on the ballot this fall that...
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MPA unveils plan to raise taxes on Maine families
If you (and your wallet) are fed up with progressive tax-and-spend ballot initiatives,...
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Maine’s tip credit appears destined for reinstatement
The Restaurant Workers of Maine received a major victory Tuesday when the Maine...
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Who benefits from ranked-choice voting?
Mainers seem to take voting more seriously than citizens of other states. Our...
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Maine Small Business Coalition Masquerades as Independent Group to Support Question 2
The illusory truth effect explains that if someone repeats a lie over and...
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Maine People’s Alliance Should Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
The debate on whether or not voters should increase Maine’s minimum wage continues,...
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Memo to Maine Media: Stop Being Duped by Astroturf
Imagine you’re a Maine reporter. And imagine you get the following press releases:...
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Maine People’s Alliance’s Shocking Agenda
Do you ever wonder what the other side’s playbook looks like in Augusta?...
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MPA: Need, Want, Demand!
This morning in my email, I received a MPA Campaign Vote! Candidate Questionnaire. Naturally,...
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Minimum Wage Advocates More Concerned with Soundbites than Responsible Public Policy
As The Maine Wire has repeatedly shown here, here and here, proponents of a...
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Minimum Wage Research Poses Problem to $12 Hike
The Maine People’s Alliance (MPA) is leading an aggressive push to raise the...
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Researching the Minimum Wage
On April 15 Nathan Strout’s “Fuzzy Math in Push for Raising the Minimum...
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Fuzzy Math In Push For Raising The Minimum Wage
As I watch the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $12 an...
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Raising the Minimum Wage (At All) Will Kill Economic Growth
This fall, the voters of Maine may be treated to not one but...
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Marxist Peoples Alliance Sparks Hostage Crisis at Statehouse
In this election year when all 186 seats in the Legislature are up...
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Gagnon: Maine liberals can’t win with a grassroots organizing army
I have never been much fan of spiking the football. I like to...
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Expensive Mayoral Campaign Fails To Pay Off in Lewiston
Yesterday, Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald won a decisive third term in a runoff...
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Sigaud: What People Get Wrong About Raising The Minimum Wage
An effort to raise the minimum wage in Portland to $15/hour was defeated...
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Strout: Why Won’t Campaign Finance “Reformers” Lead By Example?
This November, the people of Maine will have the opportunity to vote on...
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Strout: The Liberals’ Hypocritical Dark Money Machine
Last week, a group of Mainers rallied in Augusta in support of a...
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Mike Tipping’s Excellent Adventure
Mike Tipping is communication director of the Maine Peoples Alliance (MPA). As such,...
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Maine candidate, People’s Alliance member falsely claims she’s a licensed physician
LEWISTON – A Lewiston Democrat and former Maine People’s Alliance co-chair has been...
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Nate Silver gives Maine People’s Alliance pollster C-
Nate Silver, polling aficionado for ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight.com, published a comprehensive ranking of American...
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Revisiting Portland Press Herald’s relationship with S. Donald Sussman
It has become cliché to note that the Portland Press Herald newspaper is owned...
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Frary: Tempest in a Chamber Pot
By John Frary — Last year presidential consigliore John Podesta snarled that Republicans...
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Democratic group endorses Democratic candidates for Maine legislature
A Portland-based Democratic activist group announced on Thursday its endorsement of several Democratic candidates...
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Maine People’s Alliance attack on disabled Republican may have been deliberate
One week after the Maine People’s Alliance was enveloped in a media firestorm...
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Maine political players attend conference for shadowy Democracy Alliance
When a group of left-wing millionaires and billionaires held a secret meeting in...
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Maine Democrats seek distance from “disturbing” Maine People’s Alliance
AUGUSTA – Some Democratic officials are seeking to distance themselves from the controversial...
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Maine People’s Alliance attacks wheelchair-bound Republican for failing to “stand up” to LePage
The Maine People’s Alliance, a left-wing advocacy group based in Portland, has attacked...
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Baldacci condemns Maine Democrats’ “murder” message on Medicaid expansion
Former Maine Gov. John Baldacci, a Democrat, condemned the Maine Democrats’ Medicaid expansion...
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Democrats murder charge debunked by Obama appointee
A report from an Obama appointee puts the lie to Maine Democrats’ charge...
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Maine Democrats: LePage is a murderer
The Democratic activist group Maine People’s Alliance is calling Gov. Paul LePage and...
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Editorial: Harsh Words No Excuse for Quashing Dissent
The following editorial was published in the March 4-10 edition of the Downeast Coastal...
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Lockman Responds to Liberal Blogger Mike Tipping
The following op-ed originally appeared in the March 3 edition of the Downeast...
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As fate of Medicaid expansion uncertain, MeHAF drops $600k moneybomb
AUGUSTA – The Augusta-based Maine Health Access Foundation announced Wednesday it has given...
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Liberal activist charged for allegedly stealing from elderly woman
ELLSWORTH, Maine – A paid activist working on behalf of the liberal Maine...
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Spy Master Tipping's agents caught on camera
Mike Tipping, spy master and blogger for the progressive Maine People’s Alliance, has...
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Maine People's Alliance spies reveal LePage helping state workers despite union bosses' politicking
The Maine People’s Alliance revealed Tuesday that one of its “spies” secretly recorded...
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GOP health care reform reins in insurance rates
AUGUSTA – New numbers from the Maine Bureau of Insurance show that the...
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Sirocki: Controversial Activist Group Gets It Wrong on Taxes
By Rep. Heather Sirocki – Here in Maine, we value our privacy and our...
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Media Watch: Liberal Group Pretends To Be Small Biz Coalition, Media Falls For It
A front group of the Portland-based Maine People’s Alliance (MPA) is back in...
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Former GOP Lawmaker Blasts Democrats, Leftist Groups at Re-nomination Hearing
AUGUSTA – Sparks flew on Tuesday as Gov. Paul R. LePage’s nominee to...
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UPDATED: Maine People’s Alliance Descends on Augusta for Leftist Lobbyist Training Day
By S.E. Robinson Maine Wire Reporter UPDATED: The State House echoed with “solidarity...
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Maine Small Business Coalition is actually a Liberal Front Group
By S.E. Robinson Maine Wire reporter As Democratic lawmakers in the 126th Maine Legislature...
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Consider the source: Poll from far-left wing group shows King, democrats leading
Poll results released yesterday give Senate candidate Angus King a clear lead in the...
