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Interview with Jerry Leeman: Today we bring you a story about a handful of fishermen rallying against a billion-dollar green industrial project, shady foreign corporations, and our own federal and state government. All are conspiring to generate a cash cow for...
By Greg Yates The criminal case People v Gosselin took place in a little red house structure known as the “Town of Highland Justice Court” located in Sullivan County, New York. This little red structure is also known as the Barryville Town Hall, where court is...
It’s rare in politics to see real courage. Real courage shines through in the face of real consequences or injury. Jon Fetherston has demonstrated real courage this past week and he should be commended for it. Jon Fetherston is a reporter for the Maine Wire, but before that he had a long track record of
The Maine Wire has picked up a staggering 4,000 in additional Facebook followers in just the past couple of days alone, bringing its total to 204,000. The Maine Press Association is extolling the alleged accomplishments of its resigning executive director who has watched The Maine Wire steamroll the antiquated legacy newspaper club during her tenure.
If the meek David Costello ever wants to be taken seriously as a statewide candidate, he needs to, well, get serious. The Democrat from Brunswick was defeated June 9 in the party’s U.S. Senate primary, receiving 17,560 votes. Now that primary victor Graham Platner has withdrawn from the race amid a rape accusation, Costello could,
For years, Mainers have been told everything is fine. If you question the direction of the state, you’re accused of being negative. If you point to declining rankings, you’re told the statistics are misleading. If you raise concerns about taxes, energy costs, education, crime, or the economy, you’re dismissed as being partisan. Enough. Maine has
‘Psycho’ Platner recruiter Dan Moraff may be a Valley Girl in drag. The strange-talking socialist political operative under fire for failing to properly vet Graham Platner was himself once blocked from a congressional campaign for alleged sexual harassment. U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-PA, barred Dan Moraff from her 2022 congressional campaign after receiving at least
Is manhood dead? Pastor Greg Huston doesn’t think it has to be. With nearly two decades of pastoral ministry behind him, Pastor Greg Huston sits down at The Pastor’s Office to talk about what’s really at stake for the next generation of men — and it goes far beyond church attendance. In this conversation, Greg
In a 1988 SNL skit featuring Jon Lovitz playing Mike Dukakis debating George H.W. Bush, Lovitz said “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy.” The line, which became iconic, must be what Maine’s two-term 78-year-old governor was saying leading up to the Democrat primary for U.S. Senate. After the votes were counted on what
I should be more professional. But I have to admit something: I’m going to miss the rallies. I’m going to miss standing there with my camera while Graham looked over and recognized me. Those little moments where his eyes said: “Oh, for fuck’s sake. That photographer from Maine Wire is here again.” The guy with
The Rockland state rep recruited Wednesday by a former U.S. Senate Democrat candidate has been all talk no action helping the poor. Maine State Rep. Valli Geiger, who Wednesday told WMTW-TV that Graham Platner wants her to replace him as the nominee, has an embarrassing housing-advocacy incident in her past, despite selling herself as the
It is rare to see a self-styled alpha populist so thoroughly emasculated as we have just witnessed with Graham Platner. It was tough to watch. It brought back memories of Platner devotee Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption. Ouch. Just last week they loved him. He was all the rage. But Maine Democratic honcho Devon Murphy-Anderson,
Graham Platner was supposed to be the Democrats’ answer to Susan Collins. Instead, he became a national embarrassment. The rise and fall of Platner’s U.S. Senate campaign is not merely the story of one candidate imploding under the weight of his own record. It is the story of a political party that ignored every warning
Politicians, progressive organizations and celebrity supporters are rushing to distance themselves from Graham Platner, raising questions about whether they were hypocrites, grossly uninformed or simply willing to overlook anything that might help defeat Susan Collins The politicians, progressive organizations and national personalities that helped transform Graham Platner from a little-known oyster farmer into Maine’s Democratic
No wonder it took Vermont socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders so long to finally urge Graham Platner to quit his senate bid. Sanders has his own rape-related skeleton, which surfaced when he was running in 2016 for president. During Sanders’ first run for the presidency an article he once wrote on his “rape fantasy” came
At a time when Americans are marking the nation’s 250th anniversary, one of the country’s most recognizable television personalities has once again found herself at the center of a controversy over the American flag. During Monday’s broadcast of The View, co-host Sunny Hostin said neighborhoods displaying numerous American flags make her feel “unsafe.” “There are
As audiences increasingly move away from traditional television broadcasts and printed newspapers in favor of digital news, Maine Wire TV has emerged over the past few months as one of Maine’s fastest-growing online news programs, bringing viewers live coverage of breaking news, investigative reporting, political analysis, and interviews with the people shaping public policy across
Dirty little secret – the flames that are arguably ending Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate candidacy were fanned by Democrats, not Republicans. It was the Democrat establishment that spent months planting stories about Platner’s sordid past, not Republicans. Republicans actually prefer to run their candidate Susan Collins against Platner, who they think comes across as two
Why now? For months, Democratic leaders defended, endorsed, or remained silent as controversy after controversy engulfed their U.S. Senate nominee, Graham Platner. Now, following a newly reported sexual assault allegation made by former girlfriend Jenny Racicot, an allegation Platner has categorically denied, many of those same leaders are calling for him to end his campaign.
Is Maine godless? Bobby Charles doesn’t think it has to stay that way. Fresh off securing the Republican nomination for Governor of Maine, Bobby Charles sits down at The Pastor’s Office to talk about what’s really at stake in November — and it goes far beyond politics. In this conversation, Bobby and Pastor Travis discuss:
Maine’s southern-district congresswoman falsely claims the Supreme Court’s “transsexual” ruling “bullies kids.” In fact, the decision merely keeps boys out of girls’ sports. It doesn’t forbid boys claiming to be girls from playing on transsexual teams. The bottom line is so-called trans kids are welcome to be athletes – but not on mixed-gender squads. The
The managing editor of the state’s largest daily is literally begging readers to tell her why they read the rag of record. Actually Julie Arenstam is trying to figure out what they don’t like about her cute little newspaper. Arenstam posted a story noting that “by now you’ve probably gotten a few reminders about a
Who’s on first? Or more aptly who will come in first? If you’re having trouble handicapping the state’s gubernatorial race, don’t be looking to the Portland Press Herald for any reliable inkling. To wit, two weeks ago the paper’s self-avowed Democrat political columnist told readers he was afraid the so-called independent candidate for governor would
Mainers need to rally and overrule the Democrat killjoys who refused to sponsor a booth at the Great American State Fair in Washington. Otherwise, Pennsylvania may wind up stealing the spotlight with its own “Spirit of 250” exhibit. “Pennsylvania’s found a way to get Pennsylvania to the State Fair,” says James Fisk, an avid follower
Review Ironbound RestaurantHancock, Maine We come off a long news day already half-cooked from the road. Jon Fetherston, Graham Pollard, and myself are in Sullivan, Maine, chasing follow-ups tied to the Platner campaign. The sun is falling, but there’s still one journalistic itch that needs scratching. Curiosity brings us to Ironbound. Rumor: the food’s good.
The state’s Southern-District congresswoman thinks she’s just discovered Facebook, judging from her new anti-Trump publicity campaign. Democrat 17-year U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has suddenly, mysteriously started posting videos complaining about Republicans every time she returns home to her organic island retreat from Washington. “OK, we’re already back in Maine” Minnesota-born Chellie tells viewers from the
By Jon Fetherston Wait. What? Are we seriously expected to believe this? Democrats like Graham Platner, Hannah Pingree, and Chellie Pingree have settled on the same campaign message: Donald Trump is the problem. Everything is terrible. Elect us, and we’ll fix it. The audacity would be impressive if it weren’t so insulting. Who exactly do
When Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner accused his GOP incumbent rival of potential criminality she pulled out the “d” word. But Sen. Susan Collins would have a high hill to climb proving – as she suggested – that Platner defamed her during a Thursday press conference. Making a legal case for defamation is virtually
In this episode of The Pastor’s Office Podcast, Pastor Travis sits down with Pastor Dom Veilleux of Calvary Chapel New Heart in Bangor, Maine to tackle one of the most urgent spiritual questions of our generation: Is artificial intelligence replacing our relationship with God? From a $1.99 AI Jesus chatbot to Barna research showing 1
I grew-up reading Scientific American. My father brought the magazines home from work and gave them to my brother and me.
Maine has one billionaire. Her name is Susan Alfond. Alfond, a Scarborough resident and heiress to the Dexter Shoe fortune, is listed by Forbes as one of the richest people in the world, with an estimated net worth of roughly $3.5 billion. Her family’s fortune traces back to Harold Alfond, who built Dexter Shoe Co.
I spent most of Wednesday at the Department of Public Safety building in Augusta watching Maine’s ranked-choice voting tabulation process unfold. Or perhaps more accurately, slowly unfold. To be clear, everyone involved was friendly and professional. Staff from the Secretary of State’s Office, Maine State Police personnel, campaign representatives, members of the media, and election
The Maine Wire chief editor’s description of a U.S. Senate candidate’s alleged oyster business as a fake campaign prop turns out to be true, despite an alleged media critic claiming he’s wrong. Steve Robinson came under fire from a group that calls itself Politifact for saying on national TV that Graham Platner’s oystering is a
The decision by the top official of Maine’s community colleges to step down as a new governor takes office is a rare window into who is really running that educational system. In announcing last week he was quitting, David Daigler emphasized that “we have new state leadership coming in.” Daigler may be foretelling what he
In this episode of the Pastor’s Office Podcast, Travis sits down with Pastor Corey Kilgus — founder of Gospel South America — for one of the most remarkable testimonies of God’s grace you’ll ever hear. Corey grew up in a home shattered by heroin and methamphetamine addiction, ran away starving at 11, and at 14
It was only a matter of time before Graham’s exes started telling tales out of school – including the pie-plate caper. “You’ll be shocked to learn that Graham Platner’s ex-lovers are now coming out of the woodwork,” said Steve Robinson, editor in chief of The Maine Wire For instance: “I very briefly was talking to
5/31/26Graham Platner & Shenna Bellows RallyDeering Oaks, Portland, Maine. I was operating on home turf. Deering Oaks is trying very hard to remain neutral. Ducks glide across the pond, a jogger sprints in the distance, unaware of the political shift about to occur. I step into the perimeter. Staff clocks me immediately. A staffer shakes
The top two Boston sports radio nets are taking out all the stops to try to attract ratings. It’s an eclectic mix, for sure. On the one hand is 98.5’s host Christopher Gasper reporting on having prostate cancer. On the other is 93.7’s Meghan Ottolini complaining about the price of gas on her way to
Seven in ten of the state’s “liberals” just unapologetically voted for a guy who: √ Has a Nazi tattoo √ Called cops bastards√ Said black people don’t tip √ Deacribed rural Mainers as stupid √ Suggested rape victims get what they deserve √ Accused a soldier of stupidity by surviving gunfire √ Sexted women online
AUGUSTA, Maine – As Maine’s June 9 primary comes to a close, campaign signs have once again become a familiar part of the political landscape. They are posted along roadsides, clustered at intersections, planted in front yards, and lined up near polling locations. For voters, the signs can feel like little more than political wallpaper.
A pair of socialist candidate recruiters had their eyes on an alternative to Graham Platner when they began looking for a good suspect to run against five-term U.S. GOP Sen. Susan Collins. Yale Law School grad Daniel Moraff and his fiancé, Leanne Fan, an academic with stints at Harvard and the proudly radical University of
In this episode of the Pastor’s Office Podcast, Travis sits down with elder and ministry leader Jordan Cross (Chief of Staff, Great Commission Ministries) to tackle one of the most urgent problems facing the modern church: the rise of consumer Christianity, church shopping, and a generation that’s deeply resistant to spiritual authority. Jordan opens up
By Jon Fetherston There was a time in American politics when character mattered. Not perfection. Not ideological purity. Not whether someone made mistakes in life. Americans have always believed in redemption. But voters also once believed there were certain lines that could not be crossed by people seeking high office. Today, apparently, even those lines
Maine’s embattled presumptive Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate discussed buying cocaine in Reddit posts and admitted drug use while backpacking during paid military leave, Washington Free Beacon reports. Graham Platner, in since-deleted posts from 2020, recalled his travels through Europe just before leaving the Marine Corps in 2008. “I was making a pretty penny doing
By Timothy Reiniger As a former elected Chairperson of the Cape Elizabeth Town Council, I am pleased to support Jonathan Bush in the Republican primary to become the next Governor of Maine. My endorsement is grounded not in party loyalty but in a clear-eyed assessment of what Maine’s Medicaid (MaineCare) crisis demands — and in
A Miss Portland Diner customer shockingly found a surveillance camera in the eatery run by the top dog at Maine’s largest newspaper. Cheyenne Farrell says she found the cam hidden in the women’s bathroom, according to WGME-TV. Portland Police are investigating the creepy discovery in the diner owned by Stefanie Manning. Manning runs the diner
PORTLAND, Maine — In case you missed it, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is not just having a bad week. He is having the kind of campaign meltdown that makes even seasoned political operatives reach for the exits. Platner, the progressive oyster farmer and military veteran trying to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, has
Maine Wire editor-in-chief Steve Robinson says the sexy texts won’t amount to a hill of beans for the Democrat golden boy who can do no wrong in the eyes of his sycophants. The wife of the leading Democrat in the U.S. Senate primary found sexual texts to women on his phone, according to a report
Editor’s note: My apologies for not posting this on Memorial Day, but remembrance and thanks to those who “paid the ultimate price” is timeless.
By Jon Fetherston Shenna Bellows wants to be governor of Maine. That ambition carries a simple question: Why should Maine people trust her with even more power? Is it because she respects voters? Because she values fairness? Because she believes ordinary Mainers deserve a voice in the decisions that affect their families, schools and daughters?
Mike Vrabel skated through what was supposed to be a full-blown news conference Wednesday as not one alleged reporter asked one tough question. Podcaster Tony Farmer, who has been leading the nation’s media in aggressively covering Vrabel’s affair with ex-NFL reporter Dianna Russini, wasn’t surprised by the pathetic lack of journalistic curiosity. Farmer arguably is
By Neil Harper of the Maine Wire I drive into the Fighting Oligarchy Tour at Thompson’s Point featuring Bernie Sanders, Graham Platner, and Troy Jackson. I park next to a man in a truck I had seen before at a previous Graham rally. He’s eating a sandwich. Meat and mustard fall from his mouth into
Two peas in a pod, as they say. In one corner, U.S. Senate Democrat candidate Graham Platner, who once said some women invite rape. In the same corner, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, who once publicly fantasized about rape. Platner invited Sanders on Sunday to headline a political rally for him in Bangor. “On our
The state’s leading northern-Maine paper’s annual report shows an anemic following – far behind The Maine Wire – despite an advantage in legacy and workforce size. Graham Pollard, who is The Maine Wire’s digital media editor, compared Bangor Daily News’ readership to the Wire’s. Pollard’s source for Bangor’s following comes from its so-called 2025-2026 “Impact
Hannah Pingree apparently just woke up and suddenly realized she’s about to lose the Democrat primary for governor. Pingree on Saturday came out smoking – but not against her Democrat opponents. No, she came out with a Facebook post attacking Bobby Charles, the leading GOP primary candidate. “This guy’s bigotry has no place in Maine
Janet Mills leaving her name on the ballot while pretending to quit the race is the oldest dirty trick in the world. Democrat Gov. Janet Mills is having her cake and eating it too. To wit, even though Mills claimed recently to be quitting her U.S. Senate primary bid, it’s just an act. Mills intentionally
After two weeks and more than 10,000 votes, Boston.com readers have crowned New England’s top suntanning enclave in its Battle of New England Beach Towns bracket – Ogunquit, Maine. “From an original bracket of 32 towns spanning five states, the contest ultimately ended in a Maine battle between Ogunquit and Bar Harbor during the championship
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who couldn’t even manage a plate rollout, has announced her new political bedfellow – public-bathroom masturbator-in-chief Graham Platner. “So glad to have Graham on my team!” the Democrat gubernatorial hopeful says on Facebook. “Together we’re going to usher in a new chapter for a progressive and affordable Maine!” Notwithstanding
Graham Platner wants to be a United States Senator. That alone should require judgment, discipline, character, and basic moral fitness. Instead, Maine voters are being asked to ignore a growing list of disturbing controversies, obscene comments, bizarre behavior, and disqualifying lapses in judgment, all because the radical socialist arm of today’s Democratic Party has decided
Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner’s father paid for him and his wife to receive fertility treatments in Norway, according to a new report. When Platner and wife Amy Gertner did a campaign commercial six months ago saying they were going to Norway for affordable reproductive treatments, they never disclosed they weren’t paying for them.
Nirav Shah has just begun running a campaign commercial advising Maine residents to worry about a pandemic 7,000 miles away. The obvious question is what does this have to do with … Maine? The obvious answer is absolutely nothing. Maybe Shah is trying to bring attention to his wholly incompetent management of a pandemic in
The Portland Press Herald, which over 165 years built a dominance to become Maine’s media king, may now be on the road to no return. The Maine Wire has not only overtaken the state’s largest newspaper in a critical audience metric – it has built an unstoppable lead while the Press Herald hemorrhages money, lays
The atmosphere at a youth ball game is usually a soundtrack of summer: the crack of the bat, the enthusiastic chants of the players, and the calming hum of the crowd enjoying their day off as the warm breeze blows the black flies away just enough to bearably watch the children play. But, when you
By Lisa Keim – Oxford County Commissioner, District 2 Like many of you, I look around Maine today and barely recognize parts of it. The change hasn’t been subtle—it’s been sweeping. And for many of us, it hasn’t just been economic or political; it’s been personal. The fallout from heavy-handed COVID mandates still lingers, leaving
“Help out, Mainers! What’s the BEST lobster roll for @VP? JD Vance wants to know where to get the best lobster roll.” That’s the challenge Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, posted Thursday on X looking for a good roll to feed Vice President Vance during his Maine visit. Some of the recommendations: √ “Bayley’s lobster pound
“We the People.” Those are not just the first three words of the United States Constitution. They are the foundation of the American experiment. They are a declaration that power in this country does not flow from a king, a ruling class, a bureaucracy, or a political machine. It flows from us. That is the
The Republican vice president ventured into Maine’s purple congressional district Thursday at an embarrassing cost to the state’s liberal “journalists.” “We’ve got biased reporters in all states. It’s OK. Trust me, I can handle it,” J.D. Vance told a pro-GOP crowd as they shouted down ‘alleged’ questions from a TV guy. During a trip to
Vice President JD Vance, welcome to Maine. Thank you for coming! Thank you for acknowledging what too many elected officials, bureaucrats, and legacy media outlets have tried to ignore: Maine has a fraud problem, and it is not small. For years, taxpayers have been forced to fund a broken system while politically protected operators, questionable
BANGOR, Maine – As Maine’s 2026 governor’s race heats up, one issue continues to loom over Augusta: MaineCare fraud, improper payments, overbilling, weak oversight, and whether taxpayer dollars are being protected. On Friday, WVOM’S The Maine’s Morning News with Ric Tyler and Paul Wolfe asked why Democratic candidates for governor are not being pressed harder
When Theo Von recently opened his Bible on his podcast and read John 5 — Jesus asking the lame man, “Do you want to be healed?” — he admitted on camera, “I think I want a new story.” In this episode, Pastor Travis and his wife Maddi react to that clip and respond with their
The Portland Press Herald actually thinks it’s in the news business. With a blaring headline Wednesday night the paper wrote: “Susan Collins discloses medical condition“ Talk about the obvious. The paper was so proud of itself it boasted that Collins “said in a statement to the Press Herald Wednesday evening” she has a tremor. The
Barney Frank, reprimanded as a congressman after hiring and then living with a male prostitute, now is giving Democrats advice? A terminally-ill formerly sanctioned Massachusetts congressman and first openly-gay federal lawmaker is now scolding fellow Maine liberals for picking the wrong U.S. Senate candidate. “I am concerned that some of my party have chosen the
By Neil Harper I was walking off a small ceremony shoot on a beach in Wells, Maine, photographing a young bride and groom eager to begin their lives together. And as soon as they were out of sight, I began to dart— I hurtled myself toward that parking lot, throwing myself into my car.Camera landing
The Democrat Party of late has found a convenient excuse for losing – senility. The leftists did it with Biden and they’re now doing it with Janet Mills. But in reality it’s not old age that killed Biden and Maine’s two-term governor. It’s their policies. Age is just a cheap distraction from open borders, crime,
Maine-born Jordon Hudson has captured top honors from her latest cheerleading contest, cheered on by ‘WAG’ Bill Belichick. Downeast-Maine’s Hudson, 25, is still young enough to flex into the most-challenging cheerleading contorts, while ex-Pats coach Bill 74, can only dream… Belichick was there by her side, however old his gal-pal’s flexible follies made him feel.
“Welcome thy stranger.” “Love thy neighbor.” Those are the words Maine Democrats like to repeat, until the person asking questions works for The Maine Wire. That is the reality of Maine politics in 2026. This reporter has been removed from or blocked at so many Democratic events that it has become difficult to keep count.
Angus King III proved during the first key statewide Democrat primary pivotal televised debate he doesn’t have Daddy’s killer instincts. Unfortunately the younger King needed a moment – one that could have reaped him huge headlines as well as proving he’s no Mama’s boy but as smart as Daddy, he being U.S. Sen. Angus King
You can hold off for just so long, but as Peter with his finger in the dike learned, the dam, responding to the laws of physics, will slowly erode and eventually give way. Similarly, Ayn Rand often liked to say, “Reality is the final arbiter.” Recent events suggest we may be witnessing this manifestation among
After Portland Press Herald writer Steve Collins admitted earlier this week he had lied about fellow Democrat Janet Mills, he’s got gall complaining about The Maine Wire. Collins in his latest creative-writing exercise calls the news outlet beating him like a drum “the state’s leading farm of racist and discriminatory content.” At least it has
When Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10, something began happening across America that nobody planned and nobody saw coming. Pastors who set out to host simple memorial services watched them turn into revivals. In one city, a church baptized 600 people in the fountain outside city hall. Young people who had never set foot
Not sure Graham Platner meant to say what he did by trying to praise Janet Mills as she exited stage left. “We both got into this race because we knew how critical defeating Susan Collins is,” Platner said in his campaign statement. “And her decision today reflects that commitment.” So it’s thank you Janet for
Outgoing Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who threw in the towel Thursday on her U.S. Senate dream, is looking for a sale on, aptly, towels. To wit, Janet said in her withdrawal statement she’s going to Reny’s. “While I am suspending active campaigning, I look forward to seeing you at a Reny’s,” Mills posted on her
The Maine governor’s political bedfellow over at the state’s largest paper just stuck a shiv in his good pal. Columnist Steve Collins, despite showering praise on Janet Mills as “courageous and compassionate,” offers his own albeit late confessional on what he really thinks of the woman who just quit her Senate campaign. Or more accurately
My guess is almost none of the 77.3 million Trump voters attended a “No King” protest. Trump won the election with broad support, winning 86% of the country’s 2676 counties, 31 states, and the popular vote. Under the rules of the “National Popular Vote Compact”, he...
Americans deserve a safe and secure election process, and they are losing confidence in our system. Headlines from Rasmussen polling such as, “A majority of voters suspect recent elections have been affected by cheating” and “More than 20% of voters who usedmail-in...
There’s an old saying in Washington that goes “where you stand is where you sit,” which is to say too much of the federal government’s time and our tax dollars are wasted every day on bureaucratic infighting. If his planned streamlining of America’s oldest federal department goes forward, Secretary of State Marco Rubio might change
In Maine, where the transgender issue is playing out in dramatic form before the public eye, Portland public schools superintendent Ryan Scallon claimed that preventing transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports is the modern equivalent of the crusades for women’s suffrage and racial equality. This is an outrageous misappropriation of our history and an
Growing up in Maine, we know trust matters more than anything. We also tend to avoid hysteria – or always did. So, here is a dose of “calm” relating to the still active debate about the Trump White House and “Signal” app.First, “Signal” is an end-to-end encrypted app, almost impossible to break, used by many
The liberal political preferences of a Portland Press Herald writer later credited with Angus King’s political fortunes have finally been acknowledged. But Democrat Dennis Bailey, according to veteran Maine political analyst Al Diamon, has now been relegated to writing a Portuguese travel guide. Bailey is just the latest legacy reporter to be exposed – a
Politics is not a game, even if many “Progressive” Democrats think so. In Maine, one-party rule has distorted reality, as out-of-touch elites no longer care about the hardships they impose on average people. Mainers, like America in 2024, are tired of manipulation, misrepresentation, and untruth.Maine’s “Progressive” Democrat today represents the last stand of the lunatic
Maine’s Constitutional Officers, including the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Treasurer, are not elected by the people. Instead, the state has Soviet-style commissars installed by the elite of the political party in power. This is due to a flaw in Maine’s constitution that was written before the rise of Marxist regimes and their deadly
Does the Democrat party merit broad public confidence? After failing timely acknowledgement of physical and mental deterioration of its Presidential standard-bearer and obvious lack of preparedness for prompt and credible succession, how can it best restore public...
In a textbook case of swallowing government spin whole, the Portland Press Herald on Tuesday published a story on the resignation of Tarlan Ahmadov, the embattled director of Maine’s Office of New Americans (ONA), without so much as a whiff of skepticism. Ahmadov, who stepped down on Tuesday, cited “personal health reasons” in his resignation
The DOGE investigation in progress is revealing how devalued the concept of American citizenship has become. Over the past four years, about 4-million foreigners admitted to the United States as residents became gratuitous participating beneficiaries of established...
More Americans are beginning to understand the reasons for electing a Presidential agent of big-picture change rather than one perpetuating a stagnating status quo. International mobility and trade have skewed economic dependency and shifted our leadership stage from...
Nearly all federal government policy decisions involve issues of perceived popular fairness. Whether it’s the question of transgender competition in women’s athletics or financial reparations for perceived past injustices, the fairness remedy must be judged in the...
Observers who lauded Elon Musk for addressing a perceived environmental threat by pioneering Tesla electric vehicles to mitigate climate change now castigate him for voluntarily conducting a forensic audit of government financial management. “Follow the money”...
It’s a sad commentary on the state of American democracy when broad public support for investigation of the causes of growing budget imbalances and escalating national indebtedness is thwarted. Two established parties claiming to favor fiscal prudence and balanced...
Is Governor Janet Mills the de facto Joe Biden of Maine - an elected leader more by reason of party-line fealty than noteworthy executive accomplishment? As our state experiences deleterious side effects of supposed societal advances like offshore wind turbines,...
Adult Americans of all political persuasions should be appalled at DOGE investigation findings of years of government incompetence and irresponsibility in federal financial management. Overdue independent, in-depth questioning of why the national debt burden has...
It appears that some portion of our citizenry approves granting of that status to newcomers of all backgrounds and persuasions who enter the country illegally. That group includes expectant mothers of foreign descent who happen to ‘drive in’ to a hospital immediately...
Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, was an insightful, “to the point” writer. Without her counsel, our second president would have stumbled, lost confidence and his way. Top of her list was faith, family – and education. We must hear her wisdom again, now.Wrote Abagail: “Learning is not obtained
American political decorum has reached a deplorable new level as elements disappointed by the 2024 election outcome resort to illegal, intemperate and incendiary measures to express their outrage about overdue efforts to disclose questionable government financial...
Is one of America’s political parties succumbing to “mobster” infiltration? Street demonstrations against a popularly elected government, personal assassination threats to leading officials, and contrived propaganda concerning policy motivation and direction are not...
The daily volume of regular and e-mail continues months after the 2024 election. I must wonder whether extraordinary production and messaging costs of reaching me are indicative of the political and social causes they strive to promote. Four tote bags and multiple...
What was she thinking? Could she have been thinking at all? One spontaneous, reflexive, thoughtless, flippant five-word remark to the President by our partisan Governor in a Washington crowd of state leadership peers, “We’ll see you in court”, irresponsibly risks loss...
Rainbow bullies have hijacked Maine’s state government and our allegedly democratic institutions. After winning majorities in the Maine State Senate and House by just a few hundred votes, the far-left Democrats are governing like they’ve got some kind of mandate. They don’t. Yet their thuggish abuses of power now pose serious threats to Maine’s democratic
Why does the decision to avoid a government shutdown seem offensive to so many members of Congress? Could it be a desire to forestall intensive investigation and revelation of serious lack of judgment and oversight in determining specific applications of taxpayer...
All countries have trade imbalances, particularly smaller ones lacking a diversity of wealth-creating natural resources and production capabilities. As a result, tariff impositions are a common means of squaring accounts, so to speak, to protect their economies from...
Has Congress effectively ceded its Constitutional governance responsibilities to the courts? It seems as though every aggrieved party is now seeking judicial redress with every conceivable challenge to established law, however remote. Politicized court shopping at...
Does it make sense to gather, stand and wave in a wintry public place for a cause that offers no positive, uplifting message - only dissatisfaction with new government leadership? Is the prompt reality of “promises made, promises kept” a sudden surprise to those...
The Style of Presidential substance I sense that relatively few Americans really understand and appreciate the breadth and depth of successful leadership responsibility for very large and complex organizations. The stark contrast in commitment and style between our...
To what extent is Maine committed to extract from its movers and shakers to support a multitude of dependent takers? What would an independent, DOGE-like investigation reveal about our state’s budgetary prudence? Why wouldn’t a responsible Governor, treasurer and...
Have you noticed how few open-minded people you encounter these days when it comes to politicized issues? Is constructive dialogue going to be encouraged by waving derisive placards at passing motorists? Do such demonstrations prove anything other than personal desire...
Mainers outnumbered by voter registration are starting to come out of the closet in anticipation of the 2026 midterm election. In the context of a rising tide of federal revitalization and initiative and Democrat opposition in an obvious state of disarray, our state...
Why has Maine’s Governor chosen to draw national attention to our corner of the country over the issue of male participation in girls’ sports? What do we stand to gain from this folly? Is it helpful to be linked with the likes of radical Minnesota and California on an...
Does anyone recall seeing Senate minority leader Charles Schumer laugh or even smile lately? His new task is to give serious appearance to an unsettled party in disarray as to policy, protocol and procedure. Its shameful and deliberate disassociation from the rest of...
Why do disappointed Democrats continue to demean themselves by reflexively reacting negatively and obstreporously to any policy initiative taken by their successors?They refuse to take the easy path to immediate respectability by failing to support several...
Democrat-controlled states, from Maine to California, are becoming more extreme, not less. For the most part, they have learned nothing. From Title IX to higher taxes, they hurt their people. This just has to stop. Title IX provides an excellent example of Democratic extremism. On June 23, 1972, President Nixon signed Title IX, a civil
The role of democratic government is to establish and maintain a society in which personal freedom is maintained within a collective context of well-being and individual opportunity. Public safety, economic sustainability, and moral consistency are the foundational...
Is the notion of transgenderism strictly a figment of the ‘advanced‘ human mind? Where are the animal species with evidence of other than male and female characteristics - horses, cattle, deer, dogs, cats, rabbits, skunks, mice and so on? Are some of us simply...
Would you say that Maine government is relatively low in visibility and transparency? Our population seems to have become accustomed to thinking of it as a caretaker and regulator rather than a potential instrument of adaptive and creative socio-economic change. How...
What should we think of the large numbers of disappointed Americans openly rooting for their newly installed government to fail, even though they cannot offer or hope to install a credible replacement slate? Can an agenda of constant blame and disparagement be the...
Maine Gov. Janet Mills emerged from seclusion on Monday to address corporate media reporters for the first time since she and her Chief of Staff Jeremy Kennedy put on a petulant and embarrassing display in Washington, DC. Of her now-infamous tantrum in front of President Donald Trump, Mills compared the Commander-in-Chief to French “Sun” King
House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) probably thought the Tuesday night censure vote against Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) would become a cause célèbre among Maine Democrats. After Maine Gov. Janet Mills embarrassed herself—and the state—by pitching an unwise fit at the White House, Democratic leaders and strategists have desperately searched for a way to save face.
If Maine Democrats and their left-wing NGO financiers can get you to believe that men can become women, they can get you to believe anything. They can get you to believe that minors can consent to life-altering surgeries when they can’t even legally consent to getting a tattoo. They can get you to believe that
After over a decade in law enforcement, this is where I find myself. I’ve watched as the communities I serve have deteriorated, ravaged by the insatiable demand for narcotics. I’ve arrested friends, schoolmates, their parents, and relatives. I’ve placed people I know in body bags, zipped them up, and carried them to the back of
Strangely, Maine’s Democrats are taking a victory lap on data showing 490 Mainers died of overdoses in 2024, down 18 percent from 2023, a reduction largely credited to the availability of the overdose reversal drug, Naloxone. Calling this progress is a misfire. Maine is actually in crisis. Augusta’s establishment seems to misunderstand what is happening.
On Thursday morning, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is scheduled to hear from U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, Linda MacMahon. Given the Trump administration’s stated goal of shutting down the U.S. Department of Education, this hearing offers a logical forum on how best to do that in
(Editor’s Note: The following opinion editorial represents the opinion and perspective of the MMCM and its leadership.) Protect Small Businesses: Maine’s Cannabis Industry Needs Fair Policies Gov. Janet Mills’ proposal to impose mandatory testing and tracking on the medical cannabis market is a misguided approach that will harm small businesses while failing to address real
Maine is at rock bottom. The state is half a billion dollars in the hole, even after receiving an unprecedented injection of some $15 billion in invented-from-thin-air pandemic funds. The roads are like a Zydeco vest frottoir, the schools are so terrible that Mills will stage a cover-up of the latest NEPA results tomorrow, and
On Inauguration Day 1,500 January 6 demonstrators were pardoned, and scores were released from prison. President Trump kept his promise to the 77 million who voted for him. It was the beginning of the end for another dark chapter in our country’s history.
I was a defender on the pages of the Ellsworth American in November 2018 of Republican Sen. Susan Collins’s courageous and principled deciding vote to confirm now Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In 2020, Sen. Collins voted to confirm all of President Joe Biden’s cabinet choices, despite nearly all being unqualified, freaks, a disgrace
“An Act to Define and Assess Equity” would require Maine state agencies, public K-12 schools, and the University of Maine System to define and assess “equity” if they are promoting it in any policy area. It turns out that there is no definition of equity despite widespread equity advocacy. The hearings should be quite the
The state of Maine is staring down a $450 million “structural deficit” for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. “Structural deficit” is the term government employees use when the state’s economists are predicting money allocated by lawmakers or spent by Gov. Janet Mills will be nearly half-a-billion short of the revenue collected in taxes. It’s kind of
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has issued an executive order to establish a commission that will study what she called “Artificial Intelligence” — a catchall phrase that has come to describe large language models like ChatGPT. As a demonstrative project, we asked Chat GPT to make some predictions about Gov. Mills new commission, including whom
On Jan. 1, working Mainers will ring in the new year with an unwelcome gift from State House Democrats: the largest blue-collar tax increase in decades. Unless lawmakers can summon the common sense to kill off this ruinous program in its infancy, most Maine workers and businesses will be subjected to the new one percent
While the massive MAGA wave that swept the country on November 5th didn’t exactly wash over Maine, it certainly did have a discernible impact here. The Trump Bump was churning just below the surface in state legislative races, where Democrats suffered a net loss of 5 seats in the House and 2 in the Senate.
Today, the word “nuclear” often sparks fear, with talk of nuclear weapons dominating headlines. This fear is understandable but misplaced when it comes to nuclear energy—an entirely different application with enormous potential to benefit Maine. Unfortunately, misinformation has become a major barrier to this clean, reliable, and innovative energy source. Maine is missing out on
Despite the hysteria over rising sea levels, allegedly caused by anthropogenic global warming, a comparison of satellite imagery of some of Maine’s most iconic coastal communities shows virtually no change in the coastline. The lack of sea level rise, however, hasn’t stopped the flood of apocalyptic predictions. The most recent comes from Newsweek this Sunday
Black Friday is typically a day when normal people relax with family and watch as hordes of materialistic zombies storm big-box stores to trample one another and get into fistfights over the latest flat-screen television. But this year is special. This year is special because the Kirk Minihane Show has offered perhaps the single greatest
Prior to this November’s elections many voter’s concerns were identified. Concerns include high property taxes, high taxes in general, drugs and crime, overdose deaths, lack of affordable housing, high electrical rates, a steep decline in Maine’s student’s standing,...
A contingent of Maine State Representatives, accompanied by Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols, recently visited the Northern Border Port of Entry at the Armstrong-Jackman crossing. The trip was coordinated through the Chief of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The tour was conducted at the port
Maine Wire readers and talk radio listeners this week may have followed the imbroglio between me and the Secretary of State’s office this week regarding overseas voters. So I wanted to offer a simple explanation of what happened. For a more in-depth look, read our coverage here. But here’s the skinny: Under the Uniformed and
It’s been a while since Chris Busby libelously claimed that I’m a paid subscriber to The Bollard newsletter in an amusing piece that shows he may still have some fight left in him after all. But I did not want his Oct. 15 missive and subsequent hit pieces to pass without remarking. Sadly — and
In December 2023, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows made the unilateral decision to remove Republican President-elect Donald Trump from Maine’s 2024 ballots. The decision came in response to a complaint brought by a hodgepodge of Republican lobbyists and left-wing political operatives, including Sec. Bellows’ longtime friend and former employer, Ethan Strimling. Naturally, there were
Are the hidden advantages to delayed and hasty presidential candidacy from cursory personal background investigation finally coming to light within a month of the national election?Can it be a total surprise that minimal vetting of millions of illegal immigrants has...
Should White House occupancy be based on meritorious individual accomplishment, party affiliation, or personality traits? In our “advanced” society, it was distressing last week to see a former President openly advocate for public ballot support to be based on race...
How many Mainers are reveling in their Governor’s insolent public condemnation of a President being as transparent as possible about his leadership intentions with respect to gender identity? Our state may be a geographic outlier, but it doesn’t need to be far out of...
Who is at Fault? Democrats delight in castigating decisive Donald Trump on grounds of personality rather than his noteworthy 2017-21 socioeconomic accomplishment, disrupted by a global health phenomenon.Based on subsequent circumstances, isn’t it appropriate to...
Have I had the wrong (male) perspective on the subject of mixed biological rivalry in athletic endeavors? Should we be sensitive to the personal shame and sense of inadequacy that must accompany a transgender athlete’s failure to win a women’s track competition? What...
The worst election outcome for our democratic republic is same-party control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.No president can wander too far from the centrist path of consensus under those circumstances. Theoretically, the smaller the respective...
Does “the land of the free and home of the brave” now also include the indoctrinated, deceived and misled? Whistleblower revelations of ABC News presidential debate misconduct in making sample questions available to one candidate in advance leaves an irrevocable black...
Trust us; you’ll like what you get! That’s the implicit campaign message from an incumbent political party in the throes of dramatic, unanticipated leadership change following a disappointing four-year term of governance.With less than two months until the 2024...
After four years of federal governance by an enfeebled President and a supporting cast largely comprised of DEI symbols, the new administration stands in clear contrast. It is more youthful, more energetic, more businesslike, more accessible, more delegating, more...
The last time Americans had a compelling cause for coalescence of spirit and effort was more than 80 years ago - the external threat and reality of World War II on two global battlefronts. The decisive end of that conflict with nuclear weaponry has since been a strong...
Is America’s “beacon of democracy” dimming toward darkness as other-world means of effecting leadership change become more threatening here?Could the established process of quadrennial election be replaced by prompt and permanent elimination of those occupying or...
A political party desperate to regain relevance after a massive change in its election support has reintroduced its backward-looking notion of financial reparations for living descendants of slaves. This blatantly discriminatory suggestion is devilish in two major...
Kamala Harris is demonstrably unfit to be installed as our national leader. She is neither exceptionally intelligent nor quick-witted and continues to expose her unworthiness to accede to the presidency by party fiat rather than traditional election campaign vetting...
Can Kamala Harris learn to be her own person at age 60?If not, can she use a discreet earphone so the unseen handlers can provide immediate guidance during potential public appearances and media questioning exposure? After gaining her party’s nomination by hastily...
The contrived backlash to “DOGE” revelations about indiscriminate government spending on various non-essential and special-interest causes becomes more embarrassing as the list of difficult-to-defend expenditures lengthens. Americans of all political persuasions...
It's not a good sign when the first proposal from a Presidential candidate is to institute selective mandatory price controls on essential consumer items.Anyone with a sense of basic economics recognizes that widespread inflation is a consequence of government fiscal...
It is astonishing that America, the model of republican democracy and free enterprise, could become a threatening symbol of potential dictatorial government.The opening election-campaign price-control balloon from a hastily reconstituted incumbent regime does not...
Former Republican President Donald Trump won a massive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday in quadrennial mock elections held throughout Maine’s public high schools. The exercise in American civics is only for educational purposes, of course, but the winner of the mock elections has historically stood a very good chance of winning the
Given a glimpse of early Harris-Walz policy thinking, we must wonder whether their presumed grounding in basic economics occurred in North America.Political desperation is evident in trial-balloon pronouncements to follow targeted Biden student-loan forgiveness with...
Is it too much to expect politicians accustomed to profligate campaign spending of supporters’ voluntary contributions to change the post-election temptation of access to massive resources of other people’s’ money by taxation? Recent widening exposure of past...
Like it or not, Jews have made important contributions to the American way of life over the past century.They have proven to be shrewd, resourceful, motivated, adaptable, successful in business and professional endeavors, and personally philanthropic.In that light of...
Should we be more inclined to support an experienced Presidential candidate willing to talk off the cuff at length and in detail on virtually any subject - or an opponent who either is evasive or relies on repetition of carefully scripted teleprompter messaging in...
How many Mainers would admit to any shortcomings in ability to think for themselves politically? Do you read more than one publication or scan more than one television channel? Have too many of us become intimidated about debating the policies and regulations that...
Perhaps the most threatening aspect of our current election campaigns is an outing of the extent to which close historical affinity between the United States and Israel is being subverted by open Islamic interference.This troubling situation raises the question of...
Which Presidential candidate is devoting very substantial personal funds to the campaign budget - and simultaneously supporting legal defenses against multiple contrived courtroom attempts to derail it?Are this committed individual and his running mate more worthy...
Concerns over the state of the economy loom large in Mainers’ minds, and there are significant partisan gaps when it comes to the state’s direction and approval of its elected officials, according to a new statewide survey. The Voice of Maine: Critical Insights on Maine Fall 2024 report, conducted by Digital Research, asked Mainers their
Is there reason to expect traditional party registration labels to remain indicative of the likely 2024 Presidential election outcome?The philosophical composition of both sides appears in the throes of demographic change that may cause revised allegiance of various...
America is Evolving In an increasingly evident sense, America no longer is functioning as the originally envisioned United States. People and companies are relocating from blue states to red and vice versa, based on observed governance, economic conditions, and...
Americans witnessed last week a remarkably well-produced political show orchestrated by artful and clever speechwriters lacking substantive reference material. They were afforded only a few days to apply a veneer of appeal to an ill-advised and prematurely exposed...
Has anyone noticed that none of the trial-ballooned policy notions floated by staff surrogates for presidential aspirant Harris has gained any traction?This finger-in-the-wind approach enables the candidate to disclaim responsibility while signaling to backers a...
Is it better to have a government nominally led by a senile President but ostensibly operated by a group of unseen and unidentified supporters and bureaucrats - or one with highly visible elected officials assisted by credible outside advisers? Do the inevitable...
In the stress of a divided nation and troubled world, which type of “flip-flopper” makes the most desirable choice for president - one who reverses declared personal values without rationale, or one who can adapt from bullying to benevolent as circumstances dictate?...
How benign and humanistic is it to offer free voter training to recent illegal immigrants from about 180 countries, many of whom have limited English language skills and lack pertinent knowledge of American history and societal norms?Wouldn’t crash courses in...
Are we about to install as President a business executive with prior duly elected and positive experience in that highly visible role - or a former courtroom prosecutor atypically party-selected as running mate for a sitting President unexpectedly destined to be...
The stark reality of an overdue debate between presidential candidates was to expose the similar economic implications of each party’s approach.Their forward-looking aspirations are frustrated by the need to address increasingly evident consequences of a regrettable...
Is it all about the money for messaging?Do massive party bank accounts for media blitz promotion assure an election outcome, or do the thinking folks in communities around the country still have the collective influence envisioned by our founders? Has governance “of...
Have you noticed that one Presidential candidate responds at length and in detail to questioning about the array of serious issues threatening our country, while the opponent speaks in sound bites with little elaboration? If a four-year Vice Presidency is to serve as...
Americans are contemplating the possibility of electing the most joyful candidate in a history of 46 presidencies of a nation currently beset by internal divisiveness and hostile external forces. These times are not a laughing matter. They call for serious executive...
The Presidency demands informed and reasoned judgment on a wide and changing range of timely issues, currently more than 40 by my count. Shockingly few Americans have been exposed to academic leadership courses at any level, making it difficult for them to identify...
Maine’s civic health currently is strong, according to Maine’s first Civic Health Report from Colby College’s Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs, Public Engagement Partners, and the Maine Community Foundation. Released on October 23, this report showed that 70 percent of Mainers are hopeful about the state’s future, but suggested that “there are reasons to be concerned that this is
What does it say about leadership attributes when the incumbent Vice President-hoping-to-become-President elects to adopt and promote policy positions of her challenger previously derided as “extreme”?Is it any wonder that the public is wondering why party defections...
Conflict of Interest: “a situation in which a person is in a position to derive personal benefit from actions or decisions made in their official capacity.” OR “when an entity or individual becomes unreliable because of a clash between personal (or self-serving) interests and professional duties or responsibilities.” See also The University of Maine The
Our democratic republic is designed for and depends on the existence of multiple political viewpoints on an ever-present list of pressing issues. In present extraordinary circumstances, we must ask if the past four years of uninspired caretaker governance are leading...
Do legitimately registered American voters prefer governance by principle or rule by expediency? The current campaign experience is amusing, as the embedded side remains conversationally reclusive while trial-ballooning elements of the challengers’ clearly stated...
Is the American public so inherently gullible or politically conditioned that it won’t recognize a polling-dictated change in party election strategy? An endangered and reclusive candidate significantly characterized as too extreme counters by mentioning several...
To use one of her favorite speechmaking words, it’s become increasingly "clear" that Kamala Harris ranks among the least qualified persons ever to seek the United States presidency. An early indication was her hasty judgment to declare imposition of price controls as...
Can palliatives like “I want to be the President of all Americans” be a substitute for platform substance? Are we witnessing the embarrassing current irrelevance of a storied political party that utterly failed to anticipate credible generational succession?Even after...
Amid the buzz about one presidential candidate’s irresistible campaign barbs and the other’s reticence to speak publicly, the underlying judgmental concern should be their respective political resumes.The challenger can point to a record of prior accomplishment in the...
The Super Bowl of politics is nearly at hand.What are the odds that an untested rookie quarterback can maintain and motivate an offense accustomed to being led by a veteran predecessor unexpectedly sidelined by health issues?Can the former playbook remain...
Maine has always been a tough and proud state. Without Maine’s troops in the Civil War, the Union most likely would have been lost. Gettysburg alone has 15 monuments dedicated to our soldiers’ sacrifice and valor, from Captain Hall’s Second Maine Battery at the...
When the incumbent political party suddenly redirects its 2024 national campaign by espousing policies pursued by its now challenging predecessor, is that a tacit admission that the opponent’s position is eminently worthy?Is it effectively an endorsement of the proven...
As America concludes four years of stressful domestic governance in an environment of global unrest, the voting public is confronted with a clear Election Day Presidential choice. On the one hand is a prospective leader of demonstrated accomplishment and established...
Are Americans more likely to experience “hope and joy” under a highly visible, forthright leader - or a figurehead programmed by an unseen body of anonymous backroom handlers? What you see is usually what you get, and what we’re seeing so far is a poorly articulated...
The American public is gradually awakening to the yet incalculable cost of accommodating and problems of assimilating the influx of undocumented immigrants invited by the current administration.In addition to sheer numbers (estimates range upward from 10-million),...
I can think of about 40 current issues that might cause someone to vote for one presidential candidate over another. Imagine yourself in the shoes of that would-be leader. Which concerns get the attention of a clear majority of the American public?Which decisions are...
Forget all the pre-election political- party posturing. One fundamental question to be posed to both sides by a financially stressed public is “How is it possible to reconcile massive defunding of domestic police with ongoing levels of federal foreign aid to an untold...
Is it ostentatious and embarrassing for a long-established political party to seek continuance in high office when in obvious internal disarray? Aside from failure to assure election integrity for the protection of all citizens, should it be excused for deliberate...
There are three basic ways for a poorly informed presidential candidate to respond to an unexpected question about anticipated government policy.The least impressive is “Duh.” Another is to attempt evasive redirection of the inquiry to a different subject. The third...
If appropriate and consistent law enforcement is essential to the functioning of our democratic republic, does it make sense to elect a president with an extensive record of prosecutorial laxity?Is it a badge of honor to have overseen the administration of justice in...
Some Americans seem obsessed with the notion of electing a first-of-a-kind leader, perhaps without realizing that the result could be a trifecta. While gender and race are obvious considerations, how about the additional fact that the candidate does not appear to be...
Should we feel sorry for presidential candidate Harris because she has been callously used by her party to win the White House in 2020 and, because of subsequent deceit and misjudgment, now is propelled into a potential leadership role for which she is unqualified and...
Reticence and timidity are not leadership attributes, but self-confidence and communication skills are essential.Major decision-makers as to government policy and practice can never expect unanimous press or popular support when detractors are a permanent feature of a...
I am dismayed by the devastation of the beauty of Maine by solar farms.Our “Pine Tree State” is becoming the “Solar Farm State.”This source of energy is inefficient and toxic to the environment.It is also destroying the natural habitat of our wildlife. These panels...
The following article was prepared by the Maine Issues & Action PAC, a political advocacy committee formed by Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips). The opinions expressed below are those of the author. “We don’t have an immigration problem. We have a slave trade problem.” Texas Sheriff Roy Boyd. A few weeks ago, I traveled to the
I have always put people over politics. And I’m writing today because I know that Austin Theriault will do the same. Unfortunately, Jared Golden has proven that he will do the opposite. He has become a Washington DC politician, and he can’t stop flip-flopping. He’s really caught a bad case of the DC disease. I’m
What should we think of political parties that must rely on “low-information voters” who pay little or no attention to publicized election platforms? The real “threat to our democracy” is not the President, but same-party control of both chambers of Congress that can...
Has the notion of popularly elected national leadership become a fiction in America? Is the current election-year exercise really a sham? Should one party’s ill-considered presidential running mate decision of four years ago now portend shadow government for the next...
Growing revelations of seriously outdated voter registration rolls in states like Ohio and Texas expose what probably is the greatest risk to legitimacy of the forthcoming national election. All our political parties should at least be able to agree that the concept...
My father was a prisoner of war in WWII for 26 months. He saw a lot of awful things and experienced a lot of physical abuse. He never looked back in resentment or regret. He understood what he was there for. He was there to fight against the world being overrun by...
It is a lovely experience to travel back through time via publications like New England Town Meeting: 'Safeguard of Democracy' by John Gould. Similar to Mr. Gould, I enjoy engaging in our local democracy. These publications reenforce my pledge to advocate for the...
Well, we all knew it was going to happen. We can’t live in a country run by a political party that believes in equity over equality, and not experience ever increasing tax bills. Equity being a fair or just chance, without bias or favoritism. Meaning, no matter how...
The following article was prepared by the Maine Issues & Action PAC, a political advocacy committee formed by Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips). The opinions expressed below are those of the author. The Office of New Americans State Network is a project of the Washington, D.C.-based American Immigration Council and the New York City-based World Education
The Bollard, a monthly newspaper published in Portland, has dubbed attempted murderer Leo R. Hylton, 34, Maine’s “foremost justice advocate” in an October issue alongside the question, “Who’s Afraid of Leo Hylton?” Hylton (MDOC#70199) is currently housed in Maine State Prison, where he’s slated to remain until July 27, 2050, for robbery, burglary, and attempted
The Mills Administration has taken the unusual step of channeling $117,300 in taxpayer dollars to the Maine Trust for Local News, the operator of Maine’s most sympathetic far-left content publishers. These payments were not delivered in an envelope stuffed with cash at a smoky bar but via a no-bid contract, as disclosed on the state’s
Editor’s Note: We’re aware of the moral hazard inherent in publishing a positive review of a documentary produced by the Maine Wire at TheMaineWire.com. To address any concerns, we’ve decided to double Mr. Patten’s usual fee. It doesn’t take a groundbreaking documentary to tell you we live in crazy times, but The Maine Wire’s Triad
It happened again. For the second time in two months a would-be assassin took aim from an unprotected perimeter ready to open fire on former president, and current Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. This time Trump was on a golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida where Secret Service agents spotted and opened fire against
Daily Wire podcaster and best-selling children’s book author Matt Walsh has returned to theaters with a new film, Am I Racist?, which is now playing in major theaters across the United States, including Maine. This film serves as a follow-up to his previous work, What Is a Woman?, where Walsh critically examined transgender medical treatments
The University of Maine can couch their decision to rescind the sale of the Hutchinson Center to Calvary Chapel Belfast in whatever legalese helps them sleep at night (or avoid a lawsuit), but there’s no mistaking this for what it is: brazen anti-Christian discrimination. More than that, it’s pure cowardice on the part of the
As legions of you noted in emails to me, Thursday morning’s Maine Wire newsletter malfunctioned. As the political aphorism goes, mistakes were made. By way of explanation, we’re actively working on ways to improve our website and our email newsletter, so there are going to be some bumps in the road. We’re good at exposing
Many people habitually vote for a political party, while others focus on the individual seeking to represent each side. Some merely follow their parents‘ example. Over recent decades, population growth, demographic changes, and differing personal circumstances have...
If you woke up on Monday and found the internet filled with memes of former President Donald Trump rescuing kittens or ducks, or found AI images of Vice President Kamala Harris cooking cats, we might be able to offer an explanation. The story begins with a Biden-Harris refugee resettlement program that brought hundreds of thousands
Aside from convenient talking points about gender and race, does it make any sense to install as President of a prominent world nation a person with no exposure to the domestic private sector, international community, or pertinent executive experience in any previous...
Is the voting public as dysfunctional as our more recent Congresses - or vice versa? A democratic republic implies that the expressed will of the people reflects common-sense review of timely concerns and sound collective judgment as to who and how best to address...
Unless the American public awakens quickly, its nation is on the verge of prospective transformational change. Our precedent-setting example for the rest of the world risks ideological subversion by carefully orchestrated subterfuge. Can an individual more defined by...
Does America still deserve to be called a civilized democratic republic worthy of international respect? Can two vigorously opposing political parties fail even to agree on a demonstrable need to mitigate criminality and associated drug dependency in an election year?...
Have I finally figured it out? Is the strategy of the incumbent party in power to lower the temperature of ideological tensions with other nations by reshaping America more in their autocratic images? Is the problematic California model of governance readily...
The word “weaponize” is in vogue nowadays amid strident controversy over the Second Amendment to the Constitution authorizing the citizenry to bear arms. Among other contexts, it even has been used to characterize the nine “top guns” of the Supreme Court judiciary....
Our civilization is comprised of ideologues and pragmatists, and it can be hard to distinguish which is which on different issues. The problem is complicated by overlays of competition and power between those seeking peaceful coexistence through diplomatic dialogue...
I don’t vote for leaders out of sympathy, rather for their vision, ideas and commitment. We must question why Kamala Harris would suddenly try to distance herself from policies and practices of a suddenly “obsolete” Biden-Harris regime. This strategy casts her in the...
Are we looking forward to potential governance by sophomoric platitudes rather than defensible policies? Superficially appealing declarations that “I want to be President of all Americans,” a pledge to mitigate troublesome inflation by imposing price controls, and...
Treason is defined as “the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or personally injure the sovereign or his family.” Is there anything more treasonous than a deliberate political...
The faddish personal pronoun obsession is reaching new heights of absurdity. One political campaign’s current DEI-inspired employment application lists nine choices for selection, including xe/xem, ze/hir, ey/em, fae/faer and hu/hu. What? It further suggests...
A major party convention claimed to be energized by joy turned out to be a showcase for anger and hatred primarily directed not at the rival’s announced policy initiatives, but specifically at its high-visibility leader. A forum for serious discussion of practical...
Have the respective political leadership campaigns now fallen unwittingly into a “can you top this” mode that inevitably portends continued federal deficit spending? Given uninterrupted increases in national indebtedness over the past decade totaling 40%, the present...
How is it that politicians rabidly campaigning for “the way life should be” in an advanced American society can persist in absolutist views of abortion availability and indifference to religious doctrine and medical judgment. I see no one in either party questioning...
Should we expect governance by principled, trustworthy elected leaders with pertinent experience and detailed background on specific issues - or by ongoing public polling of constituents lacking in-depth knowledge of all aspects of each timely subject? The outcome...
It’s interesting to observe how many politicians’ declared core beliefs are alleged to “evolve” over time and somehow come into greater alignment with current public election polling. Are voters expected to believe in miraculous philosophical revelation or monumental...
The revered name “Secret Service” has taken on new meaning in the chaotic and largely obscured aftermath of a marginally unsuccessful assassination attempt on a 2024 Presidential candidate. Ongoing revelations of manpower shortages, procedural mistakes, and...
Perhaps the most unusual aspect of this year’s Presidential election campaign is that one candidate earned a ticket-leading role by prior performance in high office, while the other is essentially positioned by late-breaking default. That reality necessitates...
The coming quadrennial national election is all about the sourcing and distribution of money - how individuals earn it, what portion government takes, and toward what ends the remainder is devoted. The perpetual dilemma is balancing responsibility for meeting societal...
Would the political party in power recover more respect by adopting certain policies of the prior regime that obviously were more effective than its subsequent reversals? Wouldn’t tacit admission of an evident misjudgment on the prime issue of a porous Mexican border...
Have you noticed that one Presidential candidate responds at length and in detail to questioning about the array of serious issues threatening our country, while the opponent speaks in sound bites with little elaboration? If a four-year Vice Presidency is to serve as...
Have you noticed that the words ‘survey’ and ‘solicitation’ have become synonymous in this election campaign season? All those political mailings on behalf of both major parties asking for voter opinion always have an accompanying contribution form for use with check...
Is it all about the money for messaging? Do massive party bank accounts for media blitz promotion assure an election outcome, or do the thinking folks in communities around the country still have the collective influence envisioned by our founders? Has governance “of...
America and Americans are awash and drowning in debt. Each member of our 334-million population, including newborns, figuratively bears about $100,000 of that national obligation. They also have personal responsibility for state and local bonds, personal mortgages,...
Redfin.com lists $415,600 as the median sale price for a home In Maine, up 4.7% ($18,656) compared to last year. Home ownership is one gauge of the economic health of a country. The ability to buy a home is affected by average cost of homes, wages, interest rates,...
Why do political candidates think it necessary to resort to derogatory terminology in characterizing their opponents? Isn’t it sufficient to highlight decisions made or actions taken that proved to be problematic? The accuser may well risk more by castigating a...
The Bangor Daily News, the media arm of marketing firm Bangor Publishing Company, on Tuesday published its latest report into the boogeyman of anti-government extremism in Maine. From Christopher Polhaus, the Biden-backing pro-Ukraine war Wyoming man whose business partner raised $100,000 for a Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, to Tom Kawczynski, a former town manager
The new leader of the Democratic Party, Vice President Kamala Harris, has unveiled a slate of economic proposals that would do nothing but harm the American economy and make Americans poorer. In case you haven’t been following along, Harris has endorsed price-controls for grocery stores, subsidizing housing demand with $25,000 credits to new home-buyers, raising
I come bearing both good news and bad news from the frontlines of Maine’s culture wars. First the bad news. Gender ideologues across the state are celebrating their triumph in mid-coast Maine on August 1st, when the Regional School Unit (RSU) 40 school board voted to reinstate a “Transgender and Gender Expansive Student” policy that
Senator Collins, I am writing to you to tell you that I am totally disappointed in your not backing Donald Trump for President and wasting your vote on a person who can never win. This move will make it even harder for the Constitutional Republic to continue. Our...
In selecting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz – a man with even less foreign policy experience than herself if that is indeed imaginable – presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris seemed to be saying that foreign policy doesn’t really matter in this election. But if you look carefully for what’s not being said, the truth
It’s disheartening to see the extent of Congressional support for the illogical notion that non-citizens should immediately become eligible to participate in the November federal election, regardless of their voting status as determined by the individual states. In...
As the girls rounded the corner into the last stretch before the finish line, I couldn’t help myself: “Go, girls, go, girls!” I yelled as they sprinted and jostled for first place. Their feet pounding and red cheeks flaring, they ran hard because, on this cold fall day, the State Championship was up for grabs
Once upon a time, a newspaper editorial was a beacon of thought, a voice that carried weight and commanded respect. It was an instrument of intellect, raising unconventional ideas and stirring action towards noble goals. Nowadays, the Bangor Daily News’ editorials bear an uncanny resemblance to the impassioned rants you might find on your boomer
Whatever you may have thought about the predictably testy inter-party election jousting, it seems to have reached a stage of irrational and emotional lunacy. Contentions that an attempted assault-rifle assignation of a Presidential candidate that miraculously resulted...
Will the United States be destroyed prior to its 250th anniversary? Can White House candidate Kamala Harris be more than a puppet spokesperson for unseen political interests with far more experience and ideological motivation? How has her questionable prosecutorial...
Not sure if this has been reported elsewhere (strangely), but the story is at least two weeks old now. It seems important, and more than a little unseemly, to see that the very recent Brewer mayor and current Maine Dems chair is now a paid flak for a big-deal Portland...
I arrived at the lightly-attended Maine Mobilization for Palestine 'Arrest Netanyahu!' protest in front of the Blaine House in Augusta yesterday (Wednesday, July 24, 2024) shortly after the announced 11am start time. In the steady rain, just eight hearty souls showed...
I attended the Bangor Independence Day parade yesterday morning and took these pics (attached). There were some fairly routine items like Congressional candidate Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent) marching with Susan Collins and Demi Kouzounas (who oddly chose to wear a...
For several weeks I have joined local residents with Trump rallies on the Wiscasset Bridge. It is a surprisingly upbeat and pleasant experience. Each Friday afternoon is an interesting 90-minute slice of Americana. Almost immediately, even as we assemble, we are...
The nation watched as former President Donald J. Trump was nearly killed by a shooter. Three other people were hit by bullets, one fatally while saving his family. I watched in horror as a President was shot. November 22, 1963, came flooding back to me. The horror...
President Joe Biden is out of the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination—whether he knows it or not—and already his lean and hungry wolf of a vice president, Kamala D. Harris, is projecting a sense of inevitability around her ascent to the top of the ticket. Notably, former President Barack Obama, commonly viewed as the real marionettist
Following his abysmal performance in the first presidential debate and an embarrassing press conference where he called Kamala Harris “Vice President Trump” and Ukranian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy “President Putin,” Joe Biden is officially out of the presidential race. It was curious seeing the flurry of calls from top Democratic Party brass for Biden to step aside come all at
It’s disheartening to see the extent of Congressional support for the illogical notion that non-citizens should immediately become eligible to participate in the November federal election, regardless of their voting status as determined by the individual states. In...
Regardless of gender, race, color, ethnicity, education, avocation, location and persuasion, all citizens of voting age are equal at the ballot box in November. It is their opportunity to reset the course of government that has become obsessed with the power of...
Are we the people at risk of becoming a nation “of the wealthy, by the wealthy, for the wealthy?” The astounding cost of extended multi-media political campaigns, in which major-party war chests total in the hundreds of millions of dollars, begs a further question:...
Does political party loyalty trump national patriotism? Are we just bidin’ time until the courts or a popular election determine the composition and course of our society in lieu of Congressional gridlock? Should the ability of non-citizens to cast ballots in November...
What would you say someone told you, Maine has had up to an 18% increase in all cause deaths in last two years? What do you suppose the normal average annual increase of deaths here in Maine? It’s less than 1.5%. We’ve just experience almost 18% increase, in healthy young and working age people who have died in Maine.
The CDC’s Newest Vaccine Surveillance System, V-Safe, was rolled out December 2020 at the exact same time the Covid 19 shots were rolled out. Up to that point, VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System), a passive system created in 1986 by the CDC put in place after the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act was implemented.
In a recent issue of The Maine Anchor, we presented a conference spearheaded by Charlotte T. Iserbyt in 2012 in which she presented “The Devil’s 7-Pronged Fork.” Charlotte was a senior policy adviser in the department of education under the Regan administration, and...
Do you value freedom of speech? Do you think that political correctness has gone too far? Are you frustrated with the rhetoric of social justice warriors? Are you looking for ways to cut through all the PC confusion with clarity and truth? You are not alone. No one...
When I see the multimillion-dollar schools being built with Broadway-like stages filled with philharmonic quality band instruments, Olympic style athletic spaces, and weight rooms I wonder where the priorities are. I was blessed to graduate over fifty years ago when...
The forces of freedom are scattered and disorganized. They are attacked across the globe by a foe that seems unstoppable. For more than a hundred years, the Marxist Left has planned and schemed for the downfall of Western civilization and has created armies of...
I am the mother of two grown sons. I still remember well how excited I was to become pregnant the first time. It had been a long journey of eight years to come to this point. This had always been something I had wanted, and the feeling was exhilarating! As a Christian...
Totalitarians Caused and Committed the Three Mass Murders of COVID Let’s start with a statement of fact: Totalitarians Caused and Committed the Three Mass Murders of COVID. In this essay, I will demonstrate that this is indeed a fact and is true from start to finish....
I’m a native Mainer. On my mother’s side of the family, we are Founders of the town I’m from. On my father’s side, his father came from Italy. My grandfather came the usual route at the time, Ellis Island. He went through all the mental and physical vetting that we...
Bill LD 1578, known as the National Popular Vote (NPV) would simply award Maine’s vote in the electoral college to the presidential candidate who received the most U.S. votes. If Mainers voted for candidate x and candidate y received more nation-wide votes, our...
The New Deal, Great Society & Bidenomics by Michael Ozga Centrally planned economies are economic malfeasance. They are social welfare schemes predicated upon government intervention, excessive regulation, tax & spend mentality, inhibited growth, high...
The “People’s” Republic of China is an Illegitimate Dictatorship This is easy to prove. All dictatorships are illegitimate because all dictatorships deny and crush the most essential traits of human beings: free will, creativity, and love. . . . Slavery is the...
A November 9, 2020 Gallup poll titled, Trust, Media and Democracy , identified that while 81% of Americans believe media is vital for democracy, 46% do not believe our media can be trusted. In that poll 3 of 4 people also believe the media is pushing an agenda....
Section 1 Natural rights: "All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable Rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and...
Today, on or about 9:30 A.M on Friday, August 4th, a number of DEPUTY SHERIFFS of the ANDROSCOGGIN SHERIFFS OFFICE did act to facilitate the theft of property by force of arms, on 428 Merrow Road, on Androscoggin County. Therefore, these men and/or women did act to...
If you haven’t yet seen the movie The Sound of Freedom, starring Jim Caviezel, you owe it to yourself and to the huge numbers of sex-trafficked children in America and around the world to view it as soon as possible. Ignore the exceedingly strange responses to the...
Government is instituted by and for the benefit of people, this being to secure the unalienable rights inherent in mankind: The right to life and to pursue happiness, to perform actions in liberty and to exist in a state of freedom, and to be secure in their persons,...
Six months ago, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists advanced the Doomsday Clock because of the Ukraine war. The clock attempts to quantify the risk of nuclear war and the “End of the World.” It was advanced to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest to nuclear war it has...
Maine stands up. Date: May 30th 2023 A.D Preamble: The entire world is sitting at a fork in the road. To the left, We the People can keep going in the manner we have been for the last century and a half. This current of the lazy river merely involves doing what...
The Mainer’s Papers Summary. Date: July 27th 2023 A.D The Mainer’s Papers are a collection of seven documents that serve as the basis in a theory of action for the foundation of The Maine Republic. The first paper, being commonly called the Declaration, is ratified...
Post World War II America was the most successful and powerful country in the history of the world. In less than 200 years we had become the universally respected leader of the free world, to all a shining beacon of hope and freedom. Many would say we are no longer...
I risk my safety and well-being to expose criminal activity on Maine state, please read my words: Although knowledge of this situation amongst the general populace is growing, so many people on Maine are unaware of a current crisis being perpetrated by the supposed...
What comes to your mind when you hear the word anarchy? Is it a scene like unto "Mad Max Fury Road" or the Fallout video game series, a dystopian or semi-apocalyptic future, filled with bandits, feral beasts, cannibals, raiders, general chaos, dogs and cats living...
The United States is a Bankrupt debtor entity entirely beholden to its creditors. Here me now, everything I write is fact, excepting error: The U.S. Corporation is not the United States of America, it is a separate entity owned by foreign interests that has been...
By Michael Ozga “First, Do No Harm” is the basic premise and underlying principle of health care. This was spoken some 2,400 years ago by Hippocrates and should still hold true to this day. Unfortunately, we've transgressed as a society if we've moved from “First, Do...
In Oakland, there is a 9-1-1 crisis currently occurring, according to a report by NBC. Callers may wait 10 minutes or more simply to speak with a dispatcher. Interestingly, an Oakland Police officer was stabbed while off duty by a woman, and had calls for his aid fail...
The term "Sovereign Citizen" has worked its way into the vernacular of law enforcement (thank you FBI *sarcasm*) and of the general populace. In my quest to teach people to consider the words they use and to have a comprehension of language that is better overall, we...
People of Maine, stand up and lead, a letter for the Mainers: I. May 20th 2023 The Deep state is pure corruption and must be uprooted. All around the world, from France, to China to Brazil, to the several states of the former American union, People are rising up....
The natural state of mankind in this fallen realm is abject material poverty. Naked you came into this world, and you take nothing with you when you leave. Wealth and prosperity are the exception, not the norm. In recent generations, we have seen the rise of assembly...
The People are the De Jure authority, not the incorporated de facto. Today I was inspired to write this out after an unexpected conversation on the phone. I'm going to keep it basic, so if I'm scant on details bear with me. To those people who are unaware, the way the...
The New World Order is faltering, despite what it may appear like to the masses perception. Their plans, such as the Plandemic of 2020, spoken of years prior, were not as effective in their test-run as they would have wanted. They are not finding as much success in...
As I peruse and lurk in the various outlets of news, forums, telegram threads, and online comment sections in my own cyber-sphere, I noticed that a number of people (presumably people) are still concerned about "The Debt Crisis" or "The National Debt." One may think...
~ This is the text of a speech given by the author on May 25, 2022, at an event called “The Hypersexualization of School Children,” sponsored by the Gray Republican Committee in Gray, Maine. ~ Alfred C. Kinsey and Wardell B. Pomeroy are the evil godfathers of the...