Author: Seamus Othot

Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder admitted on Thursday that the U.S. has more than double the number of troops in Syria than the government originally claimed, as the country faces turmoil after terrorists overthrew its government. [RELATED: Department of Defense Fails 7th Consecutive Audit on $824 Billion Budget as Officials Claim “Momentum is on Our Side”…] The Pentagon has been claiming that the U.S. only has 900 troops on the ground in Syria, but Gen. Ryder admitted on Thursday that the Pentagon was wrong in its assessment and that, in reality, 2,000 U.S. troops are currently in Syria. “We…

President Joe Biden wasted no time leveraging a tragic Monday shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, to further his political push for stricter gun control. [RELATED: Auburn Police Investigate Shooting Involving ‘group of teenagers’…] On Monday morning, a 15-year-old girl, Natalie Lynn Rupnow, opened fire at the Abundant Life School, killing one teacher and one student, and injuring six others, before turning the gun on herself and committing suicide. By Monday evening, Biden was using the tragedy to call on Congress to implement stricter gun control, pushing for expanded background checks, universal “red flag” laws, and…

The U.S. House failed to pass a temporary continuing resolution (CR) funding bill on Thursday, bringing the government closer to a shutdown, after President-elect Donald Trump worked to trim over a thousand pages of excess “pork” spending. [RELATED: 1,500-Plus Page Continuing Resolution Needed to Avoid Gov’t Shutdown Includes Billions in Storm Relief and Pay Raise for Lawmakers…] “Speaker Mike Johnson and the House have come to a very good Deal for the American People. The newly agreed to American Relief Act of 2024 will keep the Government open, fund our Great Farmers and others, and provide relief for those severely…

The Somali Embassy in Washington, D.C., hired the services of the political lobbying firm BGR Group last month, just weeks after the Biden administration forgave the war-torn nation’s billion dollar plus debt. “This $1.1 billion in debt relief is in addition to the $1.2 billion of development, economic, security, and humanitarian assistance the United States has provided to Somalia just this fiscal year. The United States continues to be a steadfast partner in support of the people of Somalia,” said the U.S. Embassy in Somalia on X. https://twitter.com/US2SOMALIA/status/1853830298288665015 The debt forgiveness came alongside another $1.2 billion in U.S. taxpayer-funded aid…

H5N1 bird flu has been making headlines sporadically throughout 2024, fueling fears of another, deadlier, COVID-style pandemic. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced the first severe human case of the virus in the U.S. [RELATED: U.S. DHHS Announces $176 Million Contract with Moderna to Produce mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine…] The health agency confirmed on Dec. 13 that a Louisiana resident had been infected with the virus, resulting in his hospitalization. Although there have been 61 confirmed human cases of the virus in the U.S. since April, this is the first that has resulted in severe illness. Health…

The Ellsworth City Council suggested at a Monday meeting that it might eliminate the ability for citizens to comment at their council meetings after they said comments from former conservative City Council candidate John Linnehan violated their rules. [RELATED: Taxpayer-Funded Flophouse in Ellsworth Has Residents Living in Fear…] City Council Chair Michelle Beal said on Monday that she believes the council will no longer allow citizens to comment on general council business at their meetings. “I think we’ll be taking this off the agenda from now on,” said Beal. Beal’s comment came in response to Linnehan’s remarks, which the council…

The Fulshear, Texas, police department arrested Venezuelan national Pedro Luis Parra Pulgar, 46, after he allegedly tried to murder his three children, including a three-year-old, last month by burning them alive in his house. The Fulshear Police Department announced the incident via Facebook last week, over a month after it took place. [RELATED: Venezuelan Gang Recruiting Kids from Migrant Shelters in New York: NYPD…] Emergency services responded to a fire at 31619 Eldorado Lane in a suburban community. Police believe that Pulgar intentionally set the fire and attempted to murder his children. Pulgar’s three children, two 15-year-olds and one three-year-old,…

Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has issued a nearly $70,000, no-bid contract, set to last through all of 2025, for a federal agency to identify and neutralize the unnamed predators killing the endangered Piping Plover. [RELATED: Down the Crapper: Maine University Offers Class on Bathrooms…] According to the $68,890 no-bid contract, the bird faces possible extinction in Maine, due largely to habitat loss and predation, though the bird is not endangered nationwide. Maine’s Wildlife Department did not believe they were up to the task and instead contracted with the Federal U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant…

A heavily redacted record obtained after a lengthy legal fight of Maine’s Freedom of Access Act. Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) drummed up controversy one year ago last December when Mainers struggled through a devastating winter storm but the state’s Chief Executive and her staff remained incommunicado for several days. Following the controversy, the Maine Wire submitted multiple Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) requests for Gov. Mills’ schedule during the time of the storm that raged between December 17-18, causing severe flooding and leaving nearly half of the state without power. What began as an effort to answer questions Mainers were…

Two Iranian men who illegally conspired to arm the Islamic Republic of Iran with U.S. drone technology, culminating in an attack that killed three Americans, have been arrested by federal authorities, the FBI said Monday. At a press conference in Boston, an FBI official said the agency had arrested Iranian businessman Mehdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 42, in Boston on Monday for allegedly supplying materials to the Iranian government, while Italian officials arrested his alleged accomplice the 38 -year-old Mohammad Abedini. [RELATED: Chinese Illegal Immigrant Arrested after Smuggling Weapons to North Korea…] The FBI believes that the materials allegedly smuggled into Iran…

U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took time away from her job in the nation’s highest court on Saturday night to appear in the Broadway musical “& Juliet,” featuring a “non-binary” man in a dress. [RELATED: SCOTUS Considers TN Ban on Prescribing Certain Drugs to Children for “Gender-Affirming Care”…] “It’s very important to remind people that Justices are human beings, that we have dreams, and that we are public servants, and we are not so detached from the people that we serve,” said Jackson in an interview for CBS Mornings. “Being the first black woman supreme court justice…

A bombshell Department of Justice (DOJ) report confirmed on Thursday that 26 undercover FBI informants were operating in the crowd during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots, and participated in illegal activity. The report adds important new evidence to the January 6th criminal cases against thousands of Americans, including multiple Mainers. [RELATED: Amid Controversy, Failure, and J6 Revelations, FBI Finds Time to Harass Barstool Sports’ Kirk Minihane on False Tip…] “For years I was called a conspiracy theorist for asking Garland, Wray, and Horowitz whether government assets participated in J6. Yesterday I was vindicated. DOJ IG report confirms there were…

The Washington Post’s editorial board acknowledged that the alleged evidence showing the benefits of so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors could be inaccurate, misleading, and biased in a new opinion piece on Sunday. “The uncertainty [of the benefits of puberty blockers] is the result of scientists’ failure to study these treatments slowly and systematically as they developed them,” said the Post. The WaPo editors called for more scientifically rigorous studies. The debate surrounding puberty blockers and other transgender procedures for minors has been a subject of national contention for years, but has come to a head as the U.S. Supreme Court…

Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) urged President Joe Biden on Thursday to alter the U.S.’s nuclear strike doctrine to prevent presidents from unilaterally ordering a nuclear first strike without congressional approval. [RELATED: Jared Golden Advocated for US to Send Ukraine Long-Range Tactical Missiles Now Being Used Against Targets Inside Russia…] “With just weeks left in office, you can safeguard the system against Donald Trump or any future unstable president, and make it constitutional. We urge you to announce that henceforth it will be the policy of the United States that it will not initiate a…

Students of the taxpayer-funded University of Maine at Augusta will have the opportunity to take a college-level course all about bathrooms starting in the spring semester, studying under gender studies professor Lisa M. Botshon. [RELATED: Men Banned from Women’s Bathrooms at U.S. Capitol…] The upcoming class, “An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Bathroom,” promises to consider the various “values” surrounding the act of using the bathroom in different cultures and examine the way the “politics of identity” influences our thoughts on restrooms. “Everyone has to go to the bathroom. However, where we go, how we go, when we go, and the…

Federal law enforcement arrested a Chinese foreign national on Monday as he prepared to fly back to the People’s Republic of China after being caught allegedly flying a drone illegally over Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara, California. [RELATED: Chinese Illegal Immigrant Arrested after Smuggling Weapons to North Korea…] Yinpiao Zhou, 39, a Chinese citizen and lawful permanent resident of the U.S., was at the San Francisco International Airport preparing to board a flight to China when law enforcement arrested him. Zhou allegedly triggered the Vandenberg Base’s drone detection system on November 30 by flying a drone over the…

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) took to X on Tuesday to express her disapproval of the passage of a bill designed to prevent the federal government from imposing sweeping regulations that would dictate how Americans are allowed to wash their clothes. [RELATED: House GOP Passes Bill to Help Educate High Schoolers on the Evils of Communism…] Rep. Pingree responded to the passage of the Liberty in Laundry Act, put forward by Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) and designed to stop federal energy efficiency rules from imposing undue costs on consumers and restricting the household appliances they can purchase. “Here’s the reality:…

The Bangor City Council voted on Monday to postpone clearing its massive 50-plus-person homeless encampment after it announced in October that the camp would be cleared by the end of this year. [RELATED: Bangor Set to Shut Down Massive Homeless Encampment…] The massive encampment at the intersection of Texas Avenue and Cleveland Street, colloquially referred to as “Camp Hope,” was set to be completely cleared, with residents placed in various shelters by December 31. The clearing has now been moved to February 28. Roughly 50 people now live in the camp, according to the Bangor newspaper, down from the 73…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unilaterally decided to codify a previously temporary expansion of work authorization rules for paroled asylum applicants on Tuesday, just days after a request from Maine politicians. [RELATED: Pingree, King, and Mills Push Eleventh-Hour Protections for Immigrants as Trump Heads for White House…] U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), and Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) penned a letter Friday requesting that the DHS make permanent a temporary extension to employment authorization documents (EAD) for non-citizens who are currently paroled in the U.S. while their asylum claims are pending. The non-citizens impacted by…

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday calling for the establishment of a curriculum to help educators, schools, and parents across the country teach about the historical evils of communism. [RELATED: Barstool Sports Joins Maine Wire’s Crusade Against Chinese Communist Organized Crime…] The stated goal of the bill, put forward by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), is to help educate the public on the 100,000,000 deaths caused by communist regimes worldwide, the dangers inherent in the communist ideology, and the plight of the 1.5 billion people still suffering under communist regimes. “America’s youth has been brainwashed by…

U.S. Sens. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Joe Manchin (I-WV) put forward a resolution on Wednesday calling for a constitutional amendment to institute 18-year term limits for U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) justices. [RELATED: Lame Duck Biden Pitches SCOTUS Term Limits, End to Presidential Immunity…] “Taking action to restore public trust in our nation’s most powerful Court is as urgent as it is necessary. Setting term limits for Supreme Court Justices will cut down on political gamesmanship, and is a commonsense reform supported by a majority of Americans,” said Sen. Welch. “The current lifetime appointment structure is broken and fuels polarizing confirmation…

The controversial satanic holiday display erected outside the New Hampshire State House in Concord was found destroyed Tuesday morning, just days after it was put up by the Satanic Temple of Vermont and New Hampshire. [RELATED: Satanic Temple Puts Up Display Outside NH State House…] The display, consisting of a statue of the goat-headed demon Baphomet, a tablet displaying the Satanic Temple’s tenets, and a satanic version of the American flag, was found in three pieces. The statue’s legs remained standing while the head and torso lay separate on the ground, and the tablet of tenets was shattered. https://twitter.com/mptowfighi/status/1866527516258914490 NH…

Maine’s Sen. Angus King (I) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D), along with Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine), called on Friday for a permanent extension of work permits for immigrants, weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The move would represent a substantial, last-minute executive action by the lame-duck Biden Administration, an action that runs contrary to the more hardline immigration policies Trump won election on in 2024. [RELATED: Border Czar Tom Homan Reminds Democrat Officials Opposed to Deportations That it is a Felony to Harbor Illegal Immigrants…] “Maine needs every willing worker! That’s why @SenAngusKing, @GovJanetMills and I are calling on…

The Satanic Temple of New Hampshire and Vermont (TST) installed a satanic holiday display outside the New Hampshire State Capitol building in Concord on Saturday night in an attempt to criticize the Christian Nativity set up just feet away. [RELATED: New Hampshire School Teacher Arrested in Sting Operation After Soliciting Sex from a 12-Year-Old While on the Job…] “Everything has the potential to offend, even the nearby nativity scene. Not only is over a third of the state not religious, never mind Christian, but I can imagine those who have been judged, harmed, or abused by the Christian church feeling…

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), a medical doctor and staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump, put forward a bill last week to ban transgender surgeries or drugs for minors. [RELATED: Men Banned from Women’s Bathrooms at U.S. Capitol…] “Americans resoundingly rejected the Left’s dangerous transgender agenda. Let’s call it exactly what it is: child abuse. The days of demented doctors and activists getting rich off of mutilating, sterilizing, and castrating children are over,” said Sen. Marshall on X. https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD/status/1864333377534369841 Marshall’s bill, were it to become law, would directly conflict with several key policies implemented by Maine Democrats under Gov. Janet…

New Hampshire State Police Narcotics Investigations Unit (NIU) busted four alleged drug dealers in Claremont, New Hampshire, last month, following months of investigation into drug crime in the area. [RELATED: State Troopers Bust Two Massachusetts Residents Trafficking Fentanyl in Portsmouth, NH…] State police revealed the arrests in two separate press releases, both published on Thursday. The NIU investigation into fentanyl sales in Claremont led police to Bradley Leblanc, 37, and Chasity Forman, 48, both of Claremont. Images of Leblanc (left) and Forman (Right) State police, in conjunction with the local police department and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Drug Task…

The FBI arrested far-left Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson on Friday on corruption charges for allegedly funneling taxpayer funds into her private accounts, following an already controversial career. [RELATED: Democrat Senator Convicted of Corruption, Acting as a Foreign Agent of Egypt, Qatar…] “Her behavior, as alleged in today’s indictment, is a slap in the face to the hardworking taxpayers in the city of Boston who have every right to expect that the city’s funds are in good and honest hands. This case illustrates how the FBI, and our partners are working hard every day to battle public corruption and…

Dominic LeBlanc, Public Safety Minister of Canada, announced another expansion of the nation’s restrictive gun laws on Thursday, adding 342 firearms to the prohibited list and threatening to send confiscated weapons to Ukraine. [RELATED: Jared Golden Advocated for US to Send Ukraine Long-Range Tactical Missiles Now Being Used Against Targets Inside Russia…] “Firearms designed for the battlefield do not belong in our communities. That’s why since 2015, we’ve done more than any previous government on gun control, and why we’re pursuing further action today by prohibiting 324 additional models of assault-style firearms,” said LeBlanc on X. https://twitter.com/DLeBlancNB/status/1864805475943948418 The new ban…

U.S. officials arrested three U.S. Army personnel stationed at Fort Cavazos in late November and earlier this week for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to smuggle illegal immigrants into the U.S. [RELATED: Texas Law Enforcement Arrest Mexican National Smuggling a Five-Year-Old Girl into the U.S…] The arrests stem from a Nov. 27 incident in Presidio, Texas, when a U.S. Border Patrol agent attempted to stop a vehicle suspected of smuggling activity. The driver of the vehicle reportedly attempted to flee as the Border Patrol agent approached his car and drove off, striking another Border Patrol vehicle and injuring an…

President-elect Donald Trump selected businessman and experienced commercial astronaut, Jared Isaacman, 41, on Wednesday to head up NASA and work towards “advancing the new space economy.” [RELATED: Trump DEA Pick Withdraws Over Conservative Backlash…] “Jared will drive NASA’s mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration,” said President Trump. “Jared’s passion for Space, astronaut experience, and dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration, unlocking the mysteries of the universe, and advancing the new Space economy, make him ideally suited to lead NASA into a bold new Era,” he added. https://twitter.com/TruthTrumpPosts/status/1864348935709458922 Isaacman…

The Associated Press’ post-election AP VoteCast poll has revealed that female voters with an affinity for felines — a.k.a. “Cat Ladies” — were the only demographic of pet owners to support Vice President Kamala Harris over President-elect Donald Trump. The AP analysis would seem to vindicate Vice President-elect J.D. Vance’s analysis during the campaign that the Democratic Party is essentially run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies.” Throughout Vice President Harris’s failed campaign, liberal media and left-wing politicians attempted to dub Vice President-electVance as “weird” in part because of the cat lady quip. Many of the Democrats’ efforts focused…

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) published a damning report entitled “Out of Office” on Thursday, investigating the excesses and inefficiencies of the federal bureaucrats working from home since they were transitioned out of the office during COVID. Sen. Ernst found, based on cell phone data, that only six percent of federal workers come into the office full-time, and roughly 33 percent never come to the office at all. “Bureaucrats have been found in a bubble bath, on the golf course, running their own business, and even getting busted doing crime while on taxpayers’ time. Members of President Biden’s own cabinet…

New Hampshire State Police arrested two men on Friday during a routine traffic stop after they allegedly attempted to throw large quantities of fentanyl and crack cocaine from their vehicle. State Troopers were conducting a routine traffic stop for speeding in Portsmouth when a passenger, identified as 43-year-old Raymundo DeJesus of Haverhill, Massachusetts, allegedly threw bags out of the window in an apparent attempt to conceal them from the police. Image of Raymundo DeJesus from the NH Department of Safety DeJesus was allegedly caught trying to conceal the bags on the state trooper’s dashboard camera. He believed that the bag…

Federal agents arrested Shenghua Wen, 41, a Chinese national in the U.S. illegally, for allegedly working as an agent of the North Korean government to smuggle weapons out of the U.S. [RELATED: Border Patrol Seizes 11,000 Round of Ammo Being Smuggled into the U.S…] “At the direction of government officials from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK” or “North Korea”), WEN conspired with others known and unknown to procure firearms, ammunition, and export-controlled technology, with the intention of shipping the items to North Korea,” said a federal agent whose name was redacted from a criminal complaint. Wen, along with…

China announced an export ban on Tuesday, preventing the sale of certain rare earth minerals to the U.S., including gallium, germanium, and antimony — all materials that have key military and technological applications. The decision serves as a prelude to what could become an escalating trade conflict as President-elect Donald Trump, who had a firmer policy toward China in his first term than President Joe Biden has had during his, returns to office. The ban also includes exports of “super-hard” materials used in a variety of industrial processes. Gallium and germanium are used in various components of advanced technology, including…

Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister withdrew his name from consideration for the top spot in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Tuesday following conservative backlash just days after President-elect Donald Trump chose him for the job. [RELATED: Trump’s DEA Head Pick Bragged on X About Arresting a Pastor Who Held Services During COVID…] President Trump announced Chronister as his pick for DEA head on Saturday, and though he initially accepted the position, he withdrew himself from consideration just four days later, on Tuesday evening. “Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded…

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers apprehended Mexican national Roman Ibarra Rojo in Del Rio, Texas, on Friday as part of a scheme to smuggle a five-year-old girl across the Mexican border into the U.S. The Texas DPS received reports that border surveillance captured a man on camera carrying a child across the Rio Grande. DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez believed that the girl was loaded into a vehicle and driven to a hotel by a smuggler shortly after she crossed the border, before she was transferred to Rojo and he was apprehended. [RELATED: Border Patrol Seizes 11,000 Round of…

President-elect Donald Trump has once again angered conservatives with one of his cabinet picks, this time choosing Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister to head the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). As a Republican Sheriff of Florida’s Hillsborough County, Chronister worked to support progressive priorities, including transgender ideology and so-called “restorative justice.” In one example cited by conservative critics, Chronister released a hardened criminal who went on to commit murder the next day. He was also criticized for taking a lenient approach to Black Lives Matter rioters who destroyed public property and for arresting a pastor for preaching during COVID lockdowns. [RELATED: Trump’s…

The taxpayer-funded Freeport Community Services (FCS) nonprofit canceled its rental agreement with Parents’ Rights in Education two days before the group was set to rent space for an event featuring former Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred). “After thoughtful consideration, the Board decided to cancel the event, exercising our rights under the rental agreement. We understand there are varying perspectives in our community about both hosting and canceling the event, and we hope all concerned will respect this decision,” said FCS on November 13, just one day before the event was scheduled to be held. The FCS did not explain why they…

President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to threaten member nations of the BRICS economic alliance with staggering 100 percent tariffs if they try to replace the U.S. dollar as the standard in international trade. [RELATED: Canada, Mexico Bend the Knee to Trump 24 Hours After Tariff Threats…] “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy,” said President Trump on…

President Joe Biden issued a full pardon for his son Hunter Biden’s crimes on Sunday night after he was convicted of felony gun and tax charges, despite President Biden’s previous promise not to pardon him. [RELATED: Hunter Biden Found Guilty on All 3 Felonies in Federal Gun Trial…] Biden claimed that Hunter was unjustly targeted because of their relationship but did not deny his guilt in the felony gun and tax convictions. https://twitter.com/TheMaineWire/status/1863384018168766716 “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son…

President-elect Donald Trump has named staunch COVID lockdown opponent Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to serve as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), drawing praise from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Bhattacharya, who emerged as one of the most prominent critics of the U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 scare as part of the Great Barrington Declaration, will now assume leadership of the very federal agency that vilified him and cast him as a fringe conspiracy theorist. Longtime admirers of Bhattacharya — and critics of the Anthony Fauci policy regime — celebrated Bhattacharya’s appoint to head up the NIH. [RELATED: Trump’s…

The infamous and violent Venezuelan street gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), is recruiting illegal immigrant children into its ranks from New York City’s migrant shelters, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD). [RELATED: Venezuelan Criminal Organization Infiltrates New York City: Report…] NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny informed CBS News that many of the violent gang members are living in taxpayer-funded illegal immigrant shelters across the city and using those shelters as recruitment pools. “We have 39 members of TdA that have been identified and we have an additional four members that have been identified of a subgroup called…

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) put forward the “Returning Education to Our States Act” on Thursday, a bill to end the Department of Education (DOE) and return control of education to local governments. [RELATED: Trump Taps WWE Cofounder Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education…] “The federal Department of Education has never educated a single student, and it’s long past time to end this bureaucratic Department that causes more harm than good,” said Sen. Rounds. “We all know local control is best when it comes to education. Everyone raised in South Dakota can think of a teacher who played a big part…

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Border Czar, Tom Homan, issued a stark warning on Tuesday to any Democratic officials obstructing deportations, reminding them that they could be jailed for obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). [RELATED: Trump Selects Former ICE Head Tom Homan as Border Czar…] “I’ve said a hundred times, and last week, don’t cross that line. It is a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien from immigration authorities, don’t test us. The nation wants a safe country,” said Homan, speaking at Eagle Pass, Texas. https://twitter.com/julio_rosas11/status/1861479831348650060?s=46 Homan’s warning came after multiple Democrat mayors and governors, including…

President-elect Donald Trump took to social media on Monday to announce his plan to impose massive tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada on day one until they stop sending illegal immigrants and drugs into the U.S. Within 24 hours, left-wing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican Claudia Sheinbaum conceded to President Trump’s demands. [RELATED: Biden Levies China Tariffs He Ridiculed Trump Over…] Trump’s leverage over the other North American nations is significant. In 2023, $439.6 billion in Canadian exports went to the U.S., compared with just $21.6 billion to the second largest importer, China. For Mexico, the numbers are…

President-elect Donald Trump selected Dr. Jeanette Nesheiwat on Friday to serve as the U.S. Surgeon General, despite her past support for COVID-era mask mandates for children and support for censorship of vaccine skeptics. [RELATED: Fauci Admits: No Evidence for Social Distancing, and Can’t Remember Studies Favoring Child Masking…] “Thank you, Mr. President, for your trust. I pledge to work tirelessly to promote health, inspire hope, and serve our nation with dedication and compassion,” said Nesheiwat on X. https://twitter.com/DoctorJanette/status/1860172388761240025 “During the COVID-19 pandemic, she worked on the front lines in New York City treating thousands of Americans and helped patients in…

Maine State Police arrested 26-year-old Samuel Bell on Sunday after he allegedly shot and attempted to murder his mother in her Belgrade home. Troopers responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting at a residence on Point Road at approximately 11:03 a.m. When they arrived, they found Bell’s mother, 58-year-old Christina Bell, with serious injuries. She was airlifted to Maine Medical Center in Portland, later transferred to a hospital in Boston, and is expected to survive. Samuel Bell allegedly fled the scene in his car, with troopers in pursuit. Troopers arrested Bell without incident a short time later on the…

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will take over as the head of the extremely influential Senate Appropriations Committee after Republicans take power in January, succeeding Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) in the powerful position. “As chair of the senate appropriations committee, my priorities will remain helping Maine’s communities, funding biomedical research to save and improve lives, improving our infrastructure, supporting rural economic development, and helping to strengthen our workforce by supporting education, job training, and childcare programs,” said Sen. Collins. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the most senior senator on the committee, has announced that he plans to chair the smaller Senate…

U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) accused Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week in a letter of using taxpayer money to host therapy sessions for State Department employees upset about President Donald Trump’s electoral victory. [RELATED: Lincoln Academy in Newcastle Offers Support for Students ‘Struggling’ with the Election…] “I am concerned that the Department is catering to federal employees who are personally devastated by the normal functioning of American democracy through the provision of government-funded mental health counseling because Kamala Harris was not elected President of the United States,” said Rep. Issa. https://twitter.com/america/status/1860018318276763734 Issa was disturbed that ostensibly nonpartisan government…

Lame-duck President Joe Biden’s administration is making changes to policies governing illegal immigrants already in the U.S., according to sources speaking to the New York Post, potentially hindering President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans. [RELATED: Jared Golden Advocated for US to Send Ukraine Long-Range Tactical Missiles Now Being Used Against Targets Inside Russia…] “This is an obstructionist transition,” said former Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan, speaking to the Post. “What they’re trying to do in the last final day, they’re going to try to put up as many roadblocks and obstacles and throw as many grenades as…

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) seized 11,100 rounds of ammunition earlier this month when they examined a vehicle attempting to enter the U.S. through a customs checkpoint between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. [RELATED: Maine Marine Resources Patrol Mistakenly Orders $8,000 Worth of Ammunition, Decides to Keep it…] CBP agents flagged a 2011 Honda Ridgeline pickup truck for further inspection as the driver tried to pass through the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) border checkpoint after a low-energy portal scan detected anomalies. A low-energy portal creates a digital image of any car that drives through it and allows…

President-elect Donald Trump picked former Florida Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi to take the top spot in his Department of Justice hours after his first-choice nominee, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), withdrew from consideration. [RELATED: Matt Gaetz Withdraws Himself from Consideration for United States Attorney General…] “Pam was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years, where she was very tough on violent criminals, and made the streets safe for Florida families. Then, as Florida’s first female Attorney General, she worked to stop the trafficking of deadly drugs, and reduce the tragedy of fentanyl overdose deaths which have destroyed many families across…

Republican President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Small Business Administration head and WWE wrestling co-founder Linda McMahon to head the Department of Education (DOE) as his second administration takes shape. “As Secretary of Education, Linda will fight tirelessly to expand “Choice” to every state in America, and empower parents to make the best Education decisions for their families,” said President Trump on Tuesday. “We will send education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort,” he added. https://twitter.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1859067277133373770 Trump highlighted her work towards universal school choice, allowing parents to send their children to schools based on educational quality…

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins opposes Trump’s push for recess appointments, which would allow him to quickly put his cabinet nominees into their crucial roles without the delays or possible rejections risked by the Senate confirmation process. [RELATED: Collins, Heading for Clash Over Trump Cabinet Picks, Says She’ll Seek 2026 Re-election…] Sen. Collins came out in opposition to Trump’s plan for recess appointments when speaking with Axios, claiming that recess appointments would “avoid and evade the Senate’s constitutional duty to provide advice and consent.” Recess appointments would allow Trump to appoint his Cabinet picks to their positions to serve while…

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham penned a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, offering to give his incoming administration 1,402 acres of land along the border for the construction of deportation facilities. “My office is fully prepared to enter into an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or the United States Border Patrol to allow a facility to be built for the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation’s history,” said Commissioner Buckingham. “I am committed to using every available means at my disposal to gain complete…

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) banned biological males from the women’s restrooms at the Capitol on Wednesday after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) proposed a resolution to require Congress members to use bathrooms aligning with their biological sex. “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” said Rep. Johnson. “It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol. Women deserve women’s only spaces,” he continued. [RELATED: Should Men…

A new post-election poll of likely voters from Echelon Insights found that Democrats favor Vice President Kamala Harris to head up their party’s ticket in 2028 despite her catastrophic failure on Election Day. [RELATED: Donald J. Trump Elected as the 47th President of the United States…] Pollsters interviewed 1,010 likely voters on a variety of post-election questions, concluding their polling on Monday. They asked the 457 respondents who identified themselves as Democrats or Democrat-leaning who they would like to see at the top of the Democratic ticket in 2028. Voters favored Vice President Harris far more than any other candidate,…

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested 46-year-old Stacey Ray Lancaster of Hudson, New Hampshire, a high school teacher, as part of a sting operation after he tried to partake in the sex trafficking of what he thought was a 12-year-old girl. HSI agents arrested the Manchester West High School teacher and Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps leader on Thursday outside an unnamed hotel in the city. Court documents detail the HIS sting operation that led to the capture of the high school teacher. [RELATED: Damariscotta Sex Offender Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography…] On November 14, HSI agents posted an ad…

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Friday that it has failed its seventh consecutive audit and is unable to account for its full $824 billion 2024 budget, while officials remain outwardly optimistic. [RELATED: Maine Senator Unimpressed with Decorated Military Vet Pete Hegseth’s Nomination for Defense Secretary…] “Despite the disclaimer of opinion, which was expected, the Department has turned a corner in its understanding of the depth and breadth of its challenges,” said Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer Michael McCord, “Momentum is on our side, and throughout the Department there is strong commitment—and belief in…

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) put forward a resolution on Monday requiring representatives and staff at the U.S. House and Capitol to use bathrooms aligning with their biological sex, shortly after the election of the first transgender-identifying congressperson. [RELATED: UMaine Professor Vindicated After Backlash for Saying There are Only Two Sexes…] “Biological men do not belong in private women’s spaces. Period. Full stop. End of story,” said Rep. Mace. “Allowing biological males into single-sex facilities, such as restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms designed for women jeopardizes the safety and dignity of Members, officers, and employees of the House who…

Republicans and Democrats in the Massachusetts State House united on Thursday to support a bill that State Auditor Diana DiZoglio (D) says will undermine the results of a popular ballot question giving her the authority to audit the legislature. [RELATED: Mass Gov Vows to Resist Trump’s Immigration Plans Despite Rash of Child Sex Crimes Tied to Release of Illegal Aliens…] “If you strip away the ability for our office to conduct the audit, you give yourselves the ability to control the scope of the audit, by an outside firm, since you’ll still control how much you pay for the audit,…

The Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC) cleared University of Southern Maine Sociology and Education Professor Dr. Christy Hammer of any wrongdoing after she faced backlash for saying that there are only two sexes. Dr. Hammer made headlines in September 2022 after she informed a graduate-level education class that there are only two sexes, along with a vanishingly small number of “intersex” people, born with defects in their sexual development. “Biologists are canceled if they don’t admit that there’s a sex spectrum, there’s some gradations between male and female. And as one biologist said, there are people that are born with…

President-elect Donald Trump has courted controversy with many of his cabinet picks, choosing divisive figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard, but his choice of former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla) as Attorney General on Wednesday has drawn possibly the most scrutiny. “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department.” [RELATED: “Neocon”: Marco Rubio as Secretary of State…

In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of a decorated military veteran and best-selling author to head the Department of Defense, U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) says he’s not impressed. “I haven’t seen a lot that impresses me,” Sen. King said of Pete Hegseth, a 20-year military veteran, winner of the Bronze Star, and Fox News presenter. Trump announced the pick in a social media post Tuesday. [RELATED: “Neocon”: Marco Rubio as Secretary of State Angers Libertarian Right…] “Nobody fights harder for the troops, and Pete will be a courageous and patriotic champion of our ‘Peace through Strength’ policy,” said…

A Damariscotta man will spend 18 years in federal prison for the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maine. Trey Knof, 28, pleaded guilty to the charges in February. Knof shared a link containing child sexual abuse material via an unspecified mobile app with an undercover FBI agent in August 2022. FBI investigators uncovered images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, with victims as young as infants. FBI agents executed a search warrant in May 2023, seized Knof’s phone, and discovered additional illicit material. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen handed down…

President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration is coming into focus as the Republican announces, mostly via social media, who will serve in his cabinet. Trump’s picks to take over the Washington, D.C. bureaucracy and the Intelligence Community have caused great consternation among left-wing politicians and officials — much to the delight of Trump’s hardcore supporters. However, not everyone on the right has been pleased with Trump’s entire slate of cabinet picks. Trump has selected Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to serve as his Secretary of State, angering many on the right who see him as a representative of the establishment and neoconservative…

Voter ID for ME has gathered more than double the number of signatures required to create a ballot measure, giving citizens the chance to choose whether the state should require photo ID for voters. [RELATED: Voter IDs Are Discriminatory, Burdensome, and Unnecessary: AG Garland…] “I am so proud of our Voter ID for ME team, and the HUNDREDS of volunteers who have invested their time to accomplish this incredible feat! Alex Titcomb, our Executive Director and the visionary of this effort, has done a remarkable job leading Voter ID for ME to this result, and we are looking forward to…

Californians overwhelmingly rejected their state’s soft-on-crime policies, voting on Tuesday to increase penalties for various types of non-violent crimes, while also rejecting some other far-left measures. Californians arriving at the polls on Tuesday faced a slew of ballot measures. One, Prop. 36, asked voters if they wanted to increase the criminal penalties for a series of non-violent crimes. Prop 36 served to repeal 2014’s Prop. 47, which reduced numerous serious crimes, including multiple types of theft, fraud, and drug crimes, from felonies to misdemeanors. Voters overwhelmingly supported harsher penalties, with 70.5 percent casting their ballots in favor of Prop. 36,…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) promised on MSNBC on Wednesday that she would not allow the Massachusetts State Police to assist President Donald Trump in deporting immigrants in the U.S. illegally. [RELATED: CBS Poll Reveals Most U.S. Voters Support Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens..] “If the Trump administration requests it, would the Massachusetts state police assist in mass deportations,” asked MSNBC. “No, absolutely not,” said Gov. Healey. “Every tool in the toolbox has to be used to protect our citizens, protect our residents, protect our states, and certainly to hold the line for democracy and the rule of law.” https://twitter.com/MithaEXP/status/1854397031176909262…

President-elect Donald Trump selected Tom Homan as the administration’s “Border Czar” on Sunday, choosing an immigration hardliner to take over a position previously held by Vice President Kamala Harris. “I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all deportation of illegal aliens back to their country of origin,” said Trump in a Truth Social post Sunday night. [RELATED: Jared Golden Sides with Republicans on House Resolution Condemning Kamala Harris as ‘Border Czar’…] https://twitter.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1855829842467455042 Homan previously served as acting director of Immigration and…

As nationwide focus revolved around last Tuesday’s Presidential and Congressional elections, eleven states also decided on their governors. [RELATED: Golden, Pingree, and King Retain Seats as GOP Wins Trifecta Nationally…] Not one of the 11 states flipped parties in their gubernatorial elections, despite the massive shift toward Republicans nationally. Three of these states supported governors from one party while casting their electoral votes for the presidential candidate of the opposite party. Both New Hampshire and Vermont, the only states that elect governors every two years, cast their electoral votes in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris. Vermont voters overwhelmingly supported…

The Lincoln Academy in Newcastle is offering a support room for high school students struggling emotionally with President Donald Trump’s landslide victory on Tuesday. The Maine Wire received an internal email from Kelly Duffy, the private school’s Director of Curriculum and Instruction in the Social Studies department. [RELATED: Donald J. Trump Elected as the 47th President of the United States…] Duffy, who lists her pronouns in her email signature as “She/Her,” informed students that the school’s social workers would set up a room for anyone traumatized by the election. She reminded students that they should not take their emotional distress…

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden emerged victorious in the highly contentious battle for Maine’s Second Congressional District seat, defeating challenger State Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent) after a close race. Rep. Golden secured a slim, 50.8 percent majority on Wednesday morning with 72 percent of the vote counted, maintaining his seat in the House. With 95 percent of votes tallied, Decision Desk HQ gave the win to Golden, 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent. In terms of raw votes, Golden’s margin of victory was just 2,802 votes, according to Decision Desk HQ. Despite DDHQ and some Maine media outlets calling the…

President Joe Biden doubled down on insulting former President Donald Trump’s supporters in Pennsylvania on Saturday after going viral for referring to them as “garbage.” [RELATED: Deplorable, Irredeemable, Garbage: MAGA World Laughs and Cheers as Trump Embraces Unhinged Democrat Loathing…] “These are the kind of guys you’d like to smack in the ass,” said President Biden, referring to “Trump and his Republican friends.” https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1852801908815122507 Biden used his speech to criticize President Trump for allowing tax cuts for the wealthy, before devolving into semi-coherent insults and an attempt to draw support by recalling his time in Scranton, Pennsylvania. “Now, I know…

Vice Presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) campaigned in New Hampshire on Sunday, two days before the election, after recent polling showed that the previously left-leaning state is in play. Sen. Vance spoke at the New England Sports Center in Derry, NH. “What we’re doing is expanding the map. We’re bringing new voters into this coalition, and for the folks in New Hampshire who want to live free, we are the only ticket in town. Donald J. Trump is the only president for you,” said Vance. [RELATED: New Hampshire in Play for Trump: NH Journal Poll…] https://twitter.com/AureliusStoic1/status/1853289847772869027 Vance reminded voters…

Three congressmen accused U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday of failing to provide active-duty service members with the resources they need to vote, after service members spoke about their struggles with absentee ballots. “They’ve failed to plan accordingly to facilitate the right to vote for every single one of our nation’s brave men and women in uniform. This is absolutely unacceptable. Our nation’s elite warriors deserve to have every opportunity to vote for the next commander-in-chief,” said Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) Service members spoke to Rep. Mast, Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.), and Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), a retired…

Bangor city officials warned residents on Tuesday that at least one person has been engaged in illegal ballot harvesting, going door-to-door asking people for their absentee ballots. [RELATED: Exclusive: Records Show Votes Cast Under Names of Non-Citizens in Multiple Maine Elections Since 2016…] “As a voter, you need to protect your own ballot, and when you receive that from us make sure you are bringing that back in a manner that is acceptable,” said Bangor City Clerk Lisa Goodwin speaking to News Center Maine. Only the recipient of the ballot, a family member, or a previously designated third party is…

Laurel, Kentucky Town Clerk, Tony Brown, addressed a viral video showing a voting machine refusing to let a voter select former President Trump and selecting Vice President Harris instead. [RELATED: SCOTUS Allows Virginia to Remove Self-Identified Noncitizens from Voter Rolls Ahead of Election…] X user “it’s me” posted a video appearing to show her trying to select President Trump’s name on a Kentucky voting machine, while the machine refuses to select Trump and, at one point, selects Vice President Harris instead. “I took this video, it was my vote. I tried to pick Trump 10 times, it would not work,…

Former Republican President Donald Trump quickly turned President Joe Biden’s insult, calling his supporters “garbage,” into an opportunity to celebrate working-class Americans by riding in a garbage truck and speaking in a safety vest. [RELATED: Donald Trump’s Supporters Are “Garbage,” Says President Joe Biden…] “How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden,” said President Trump. https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1851753216934903956 https://twitter.com/RSBNetwork/status/1851753092662071431 Trump delivered his remarks while sitting in the passenger seat of a garbage truck with a campaign ad on the side, then proceeded to answer reporters’ questions. CNN interrupted a live broadcast to switch…

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) called for an end to the Electoral College at a Wednesday night debate hosted by News Center Maine, citing his kindergarten education in support of his position. [RELATED: Maine House Narrowly Approves National Popular Vote After Dem Lawmakers Leave Chamber Before Roll Call…] Rob Caldwell, the debate moderator, brought up the phenomenon of candidates winning the presidency with electoral votes despite losing the popular vote. He asked if the Electoral College should be abolished in response. “Yes. It’s a gun pointed at the head of democracy,” said Sen. King. King elaborated on the position, claiming that…

A head-on collision on Egypt Road in Raymond claimed the lives of three people Tuesday, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies and first responders from the Raymond Fire and EMS arrived at the scene of the two-vehicle crash. First responders pronounced the 80-year-old Tamara and Arthur Harmon of Raymond, who were occupying a Subaru Crosstrek, and Gregory Louge, 56, of Windham, who was driving a Nissan Frontier, dead at the scene. According to witness accounts and evidence at the scene, Logue’s truck had been seen driving erratically before crossing the centerline and colliding head-on with the Harmons’ vehicle.…

President Joe Biden referred to supporters of former President Donald Trump as “garbage” in a viral clip from a live CNN appearance on Tuesday, before later walking back his statement with a post on X. “The only garbage I see floating out there is his [Trump’s] supporters. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable,” said President Biden. https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1851435920546734472 Biden made his statement while discussing a joke made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe during President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. Hinchcliffe jokingly referred to Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage,” sparking outrage from the left and renewed attempts to…

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 actual vote on Election Day. [RELATED: Trump, Theriault Lead in ME-CD 2: Politico/Axis Poll…] Of the more than 140 schools that participated, Harris received only 40.8 percent of the vote (8,892 total votes), while Trump won 52 percent of the vote (11,329 voters) — an…

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is continuing its attempts to appeal to video game enthusiasts, this time announcing on Monday a Vice President Harris-themed map in Fortnite that will ban in-game guns. [RELATED: Harris Campaign Resorts to Cringeworthy World of Warcraft Stream to Draw Support for Tim Walz…] The Official Team Kamala published a video on Monday announcing its map in the popular “battle royale” style game that usually has players face off in large-scale battles with guns and other weapons. The announcement video features music from rapper Megan Thee Stallion and asks voters to “squad up, go vote.” https://twitter.com/TeamKamala/status/1850930741627978012…

A Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 61-year-old man on Tuesday after the man aimed a firearm at officers responding to reports that he was suicidal and in possession of a gun. Franklin County dispatchers received a call around 5:47 PM, warning that a man, later identified as Lawrence Scott, was potentially suicidal and in possession of what the caller believed to be a BB gun. A second caller reported a male on the Salem side of a bridge on Salem Rd in Phillips with a gun, though the caller did not specify the type of weapon. [RELATED:…

Former Republican President Donald Trump has a slight lead over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in New Hampshire as Election Day approaches, according to a new poll, suggesting that the New England state is in play. The poll conducted by Praecones Analytica and the New Hampshire Journal found that Trump has less than a one-point lead over Harris in NH, with 50.2 percent backing him compared with 49.8 percent supporting Harris. The poll included 622 registered voters, with 31.1 percent of respondents being Republicans, 30.8 percent being Democrats, and 38.2 percent being either independents or undeclared. [RELATED: Ten People Indicted…

Maine State Rep. Lucas Lanigan (R-Sanford) turned himself in to the York County Jail on Monday morning after the Sanford Police Department issued an arrest warrant on Friday over an alleged aggravated assault incident. [RELATED: Two-on-One Student Assault on Lewiston School Bus Caught on Viral Video…] Police spent the weekend searching for Rep. Lanigan after they received reports of a domestic violence incident occurring at around 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Lanigan announced his plan to turn himself in on Monday morning while speaking to WMTW, and directed anyone with further questions to reach out to his attorney. He did not…

Women across the globe have lost nearly 900 sports medals due to policies allowing biological males to compete against them, according to a new U.N. report from Reem Alsalem titled “Violence against women and girls in sports.” “According to information received, by 30 March 2024, over 600 female athletes in more than 400 competitions have lost more than 890 medals in 29 different sports,” said Alsalem. “Male athletes have specific attributes considered advantageous in certain sports, such as strength and testosterone levels which are higher than the average range for females even before puberty, thereby resulting in the loss of…

A national poll released by Gallup on Thursday found that the vast majority of Americans support photo Identification requirements at polling locations and proof of citizenship for anyone registering to vote for the first time. [RELATED: Exclusive: Records Show Votes Cast Under Names of Non-Citizens in Multiple Maine Elections Since 2016…] A staggering 84 percent of Americans believe that everyone should have to provide a photo ID at their polling location in order to vote. Almost as many, 83 percent, want everyone registering to vote for the first time to provide proof of citizenship. https://twitter.com/Gallup/status/1849434752333258880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1849475072974872721%7Ctwgr%5E415d5ac9f96e77e9e4af36cba94960745f3b87b4%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Foverwhelming-majority-of-americans-want-voter-id-proof-of-citizenship-to-vote When Gallup broke down the…

Maine has some of the most restrictive child-care regulations in the nation, according to a new study from West Virginia University, making childcare businesses more difficult and expensive to operate and increasing costs for parents. “Though well-intended, the regulatory framework cripples progress toward affordability, availability, flexibility, and quality for American families seeking childcare solutions,” said the study. “Many popular childcare regulations are more effective at increasing the cost of care than the quality of care.” Maine ranked 41st, with some of the most restrictive regulations in the nation. [RELATED: Maine Has Fourth Highest Percentage of Maltreated Children Nationwide: WalletHub Report…]…

A self-identifying witch, going by the username “feelmycocobeats” on the r/WitchesVsPatriarchy Subreddit page, went viral on social media after claiming that former President Donald Trump is under mysterious protection from her curses. “Some other witches have mentioned that doing spells against tRump (sic) are not as effective as we might hope as he seems to have some kind of protection around him,” said feelmycocobeats. The apparent occultist did not explain how she discovered that her curses were ineffective against President Trump. https://twitter.com/reddit_lies/status/1848610235625197974?s=46 As an alternative to cursing Trump, the witch suggested casting a “freezer spell” against Project 2025, a Heritage…

Transgender activist and medical doctor Johanna Olson-Kennedy intentionally delayed and continues to withhold the publication of a $9.7 million taxpayer-funded study showing that puberty blockers do not improve the mental health of children with gender dysphoria. [RELATED: UK Bans Puberty Blockers for Minors as Maine Pushes Sanctuary Status for “Gender-Affirming” Treatments…] Olson-Kennedy spoke to the New York Times to explain why she continues to avoid publishing the taxpayer-funded study after almost ten years. “I do not want our work to be weaponized,” she said. “It has to be exactly on point, clear and concise. And that takes time.” Best-selling children’s…

A fight broke out on a Lewiston Middle School bus on October 2nd when two female students were caught on video allegedly attacking a student in the seat behind them, leaving the victim with a concussion, according to her mother. “On October second, my daughter was riding the bus home and she was attacked by the two girls. You’ll see in this video. The bus driver never pulled over. He drove them back to school,” said Heather Swift. Swift posted a video on X that she said was taken by another student on the bus and showed the attack on…

A Biden-Harris administration official, Wilson Osorio, has been encouraging non-citizens to cross into the U.S. illegally using various social media platforms, according to a new report from the American Accountability Project provided to Fox News. [RELATED: Over Half-a-Million Illegal Immigrants Released Into the U.S. Have Criminal History, Including Over 10,000 Convicted of Homicide: ICE Report…] “Unfortunately, this is unsurprising for the Biden-Harris administration and Mayorkas’ DHS, which has worked for four years to destroy America’s borders and invite illegal aliens, including thousands of violent criminals, to our shores,” said Sen Mike Lee (R-Utah) Osario, an assistant counsel with the U.S. Citizenship and…

Monthly abortion numbers grew dramatically in the first six months of 2024, according to a report released Tuesday by the pro-abortion Society of Family Planning, with that increase driven by telehealth appointments and abortion pills. [RELATED: Maine Has More Abortion Clinics Per Woman than Any Other State…] The national monthly average number of abortions increased dramatically from the average in 2023, growing from 88,000 in 2023 to nearly 98,000 per month in the first six months of 2024. That number was only 81,000 per month in 2022, the year when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed…

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Hampshire indicted ten people last Wednesday in connection with a Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts-based drug trafficking ring bringing narcotics into New Hampshire. [RELATED: Police Bust Drug Ring in Concord, NH…] Law enforcement officials from numerous agencies arrested seven defendants in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. The drug ring reportedly traffics in fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and crack cocaine. The conspiracy charges carry penalties of up to 20 years’ imprisonment. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security led the investigation, with help from the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, both the Massachusetts…

The New Hampshire State Police arrested four people in the state’s capital last Monday, busting a Concord-based drug distribution ring. [RELATED: Man with Multiple Previous Felony Convictions Arrested after Auburn Drug Raids…] The New Hampshire State Police Narcotics Investigations Unit has been investigating a Concord-based methamphetamine and fentanyl sales operation for months. Local police joined them in taking down the drug ring, arresting two Concord residents, Tracy Blodgett, 60, and Aaron Erickson, 45, for distributing controlled drugs in quantities over five grams and intending to distribute quantities over five ounces. Both Blodgett and Erickson face fines of up to $500,000…

Vice President Kamala Harris mocked two Christian student protestors for shouting “Christ is King” during an event at the University of Wisconsin on Thursday before having them removed from the rally. Video from the rally shows two University of Wisconsin juniors, Luke Polaske and Grant Beth, shouting “Christ is Lord” and “Christ is King,” before Vice President Harris mocks them to thunderous applause. “Oh you guys are at the wrong rally, no, I think you meant to go to the smaller one down the street,” said Harris. [RELATED: Cardinal Dolan Chides Kamala Harris for Skipping Al Smith Dinner: “Walter Mondale…

Former President Donald Trump took a brief break from rallies and media interviews on Sunday to campaign in a less traditional way: working at a McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, and manning the french fry station. [RELATED: Al Smith Dinner: Trump Roasts Dems as Harris Skips Catholic Charity Event…] “I’ve always wanted to work at McDonald’s. I never did, I’m running against somebody that said she did, but it turned out to be a totally phony story,” said President Trump. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1848134050570969490 The McDonald’s shut down for normal operations while Trump learned how to use the fryer and served customers at the…