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Congressman Seth Moulton’s (D-MA) illegal immigrant guest at the State of the Union address was revealed to be named in Milford, Massachusetts, police reports involving “sexual assault and juveniles,” according to the Boston Herald. The congressman has praised Gomes da Silva as both “a patriot” and a “great American,” illustrating him as a reminder of what courage should look like. The revelations surfaced after the Boston Herald obtained information via public record request to the…
A lagging Democrat contender in Maine’s gubernatorial primary race apparently feels it’s time to get some needed effing attention.Not only for himself, apparently, but also for his fellow Democrat, U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner.How better to do it than show how effing manly you are?In a new video campaign ad that has gone viral over the internet, Troy Jackson goes full-scale obscene as he endorses the man he calls “brother.”“I’ve been in the Maine Legislature…
The age-old requirement that college seniors must pass a swimming test is being dumped due to fears it discriminates against people of color.Dartmouth College just became the latest school to drop a mandatory swimming test from its graduation prerequisite.In doing so, the Ivy League school joins a handful of other elite institutions that have abandoned their swimming requirements in recent years, including Williams, Hamilton and Washington and Lee.“The shift says less about the merits of…
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner is blaming his own party for trying to get him out of the race to make room for Janet Mills.Even before Platner entered the race, he says in an interview with Slate magazine, his campaign “received messages from Washington, from the national-level party, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee,” that it was Mills, the term-limited governor, who would be the nominee.“Very early on, we received very clear warnings that I…
A Maine coastal community known as much for its money as its breathtaking shoreline has decided if you don’t live there you can’t use its public beach.Put down Cape Elizabeth, Maine as a town so rich it doesn’t have to care.Municipal officials under the cover of darkness (also known as winter) have decided to ban all parking near Cliff House Beach.First they restricted nonresident parking on Sea View Avenue leading down to the beach, so…
The Oxford Sheriff’s Department arrested a Brownfield man on domestic violence charges on Thursday after he allegedly shot at his female victim. [RELATED: Penobscot Deputies Arrest Men in Hermon and Garland on Domestic Violence Charges…] At approximately 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, deputies, along with the Maine State Police and Fryeburg Rescue, responded to a Wakefield Road residence in Brownfield. The caller reported a domestic violence incident involving firearms. She told the police that a man…
A Bangor woman is facing a potential 30-year prison sentence after she pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. [RELATED: Attempted Bank Fraud in Houlton Leads to Cross-Border Chase Into Canada Involving Canadian Mounted Police…] Nichole Kelley, 46, of Bangor, pleaded guilty to her role in a bank fraud conspiracy that lasted from July to October 2024. As part of the scheme, Kelley entered banks while impersonating legitimate bank customers. She used…
The Democrat Gov. Janet Mills administration went crying to Maine’s largest daily Wednesday – the paper she counts on for a hug when the chips are down.The Portland Press Herald ran a piece quoting a Mills spokesman decrying The Maine Wire for allegedly being in bed with President Trump.The Trump administration last week notified The Maine Wire it was rejecting Mills’ request for more time to defend her embattled, allegedly fraudulent Medicaid program.“The flap stemmed…
Ex- Freeport Police Chief Susan Nourse knows about breaking glass ceilings.After all, she’s been one of the few female top cops Maine has ever had.So it’s more than fitting that Nourse would hop in a replica of a 1914 car and embark on a cross-country trek lobbying for the Equal Rights Amendment.The 64-year-old ex-chief is helping a campaign to reenact the trip two suffragists took in 1916 when they drove from New York to California…
The human Weiner Mobile is back!Carlos Danger, which was ex-U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY’s screen name, came out of the closet this week on The View.No not that closet, silly.The closest in which he’s been hiding since he became a convicted pedophile.“🚨 HOLY SHIT — The Jewish sex offender Anthony Weiner appeared on The View, signaling a potential political comeback and a possible run for office,” Dr. Simon Goddek posted for his 1.1 million followers…
Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men in Gray on Sunday after they allegedly discharged firearms from a moving vehicle while passing a cruiser. [RELATED: Portland PD Investigating Shooting That Damaged a Seventh-Day Adventist Church…] At approximately 1:08 a.m., a deputy in a marked sheriff’s cruiser was conducting routine stationary traffic enforcement on West Gray Road in Gray when he saw what appeared to be muzzle flashes and heard what he believed to be gunfire.…
A female inmate at the Maine State Women’s Prison detailed alleged sexual abuse and threats she suffered when forced to share a bunk with a trans-identifying male, as well as retaliation from prison officials, in a letter sent to The Maine Wire. [RELATED: Trans-Identifying Murderer Given Taxpayer-Funded Sex Change Drugs Alleges Mistreatment and Wants Sentence Reduction and Transfer to Women’s Prison…] “My roommate Andrea Balcer [Andrew Balcer] is still at the woman’s center living her…
A study by a conservative media watchdog shows that the four major search engines are heavily promoting mostly liberal news.So now the numbers confirm what we’ve long suspected.Dan Schneider of the Media Research Center calls the approach a “subliminal form of propaganda” that could potentially be illegal, arguing that these platforms are suppressing conservative voices.Schneider, the organization’s vice president for Free Speech America, alleges that major news-aggregation apps are heavily biased toward liberal, left-leaning or…
Democrats in Maine’s Legislature put forward a bill that appears to be a thinly veiled attempt to hinder ICE from holding any detainees in the state’s jails under the guise of increasing access to facilities for Maine law enforcement. [RELATED: DHS Slams Sheriff Joyce After “Bush League” Arrest Critique — ICE Pulls Detainees from Cumberland County Jail, HSI Subpoenas I-9 Records…] Sen. Rachel Talbot-Ross (D-Cumberland) sponsored LD 2058, titled “An Act to Require Municipal and…
Maine’s Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee has unanimously voted to reject a proposal that would have overridden local ordinances on renewable energy development. Originally introduced as an entirely different measure, a sponsor’s amendment shared last month overhauled LD 2174 by striking and replacing its contents, as well as giving it a new title. Under the proposed amendment, brought forward by Rep. Christopher J. Kessler (D-South Portland), any local ordinances pertaining to renewable energy development…





























