Author: Seamus Othot

A Chinese national arrested at an illegal marijuana grow site in February has become the first person to face federal charges relating to the criminal enterprise operating hundreds of these sites across Maine. In February, police raided a house in Passadumkeag which had been renovated to allow for the illegal cultivation of marijuana. [RELATED: TRIAD WEED: Maine Sheriff Raids Another Black Market Drug House Run by Chinese Organized Crime — Cannabis and Meth Seized…] During the raid, at 549 Main Rd., Passadumkeag, police arrested the 67-year-old Xisen Gou, a naturalized citizen originally hailing from China. [RELATED: Triad Weed: Here Are…

U.S. Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland could not provide an answer when asked by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) about the motivation of Chinese criminals operating hundreds of illegal marijuana grow sites throughout Maine. “Particularly in our rural communities, Chinese nationals are establishing and operating illegal marijuana growing operations. I first raised concerns about this problem in June of 2022. Thanks to the work of some enterprising Maine journalists, we now know that there are more than 200 such operations operating in houses across our state,” said Sen. Collins, “What are the Criminal Division, the National Security Division, and the US…

Maine’s senate approved a bill on Wednesday, the final day of the legislative session, which will require a 72-hour waiting period for anyone seeking to purchase a firearm. [RELATED: Maine House Approves Bill to Require 72-Hour Waiting Period on Firearm Purchases…] The bill only passed through the use of vote pairing, a process by which absent members can have their votes recorded, and which requires knowledge and approval of the Senate President The pairing also required the cooperation of two Democrats who claimed to oppose the bill. In a communication with the Maine Sportsman’s Alliance (MSA), Senate President Troy Jackson…

A Mexican non-government organization was caught handing out fliers on the Mexican side of the border, telling immigrants to vote for President Joe Biden when they enter the country. [RELATED: Illegal Immigrant Gang Facing Federal Charges After Five-Year Crime Spree Robbing Home Depots Across New England and Beyond…] “Reminder to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States. We need another four years of his tenure to stay open,” said the flyer from Resource Center Matamoros (RCM). The flyers were originally discovered by Muckraker, a group dedicated to exposing illegal immigration and its effect on the U.S.…

Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed on Monday that he was approached by representatives of Former President Donald Trump’s campaign asking him to be President Trump’s running mate. “President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer. I am against President Trump, and President Biden can’t win,” said Kennedy on X. https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1779899736176091407 Kennedy’s tweet came in response to a video posted by Trump to truth social in which he criticized the Independent candidate for being a member of the far-left. “RFK Junior is,…

Democrat legislators on Maine’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs (AFA) Committee reversed course on multiple controversial measures following criticism for their “under cover of darkness” tactics during the committee’s previous, early-morning meeting. [RELATED: 3AM: Democrats Draw Bipartisan Condemnation After Forcing Controversial Spending Package “Under Cover of Darkness”…] During a supplementary meeting of the AFA called to remedy the unpopular spending initiatives pushed in the previous meeting, many of those initiatives were removed or altered. “I believe that human beings do what they really want when no one is looking. These changes were made in the middle of the night when no…

A proposed “red-flag” bill will not be signed into law this session despite support from Cumberland County’s District Attorney (DA) who received funding from Democrat mega-donor George Soros. [RELATED: “Red Flag Laws” Are a Set Up for Gun Confiscation: Bobby Charles…] “I am told that the Red Flag Gun Confiscation proposal will not run in the legislature this evening, due to a lack of support. (Rare good news!),” said Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin) on Monday, the last day of the 131st legislature. https://twitter.com/SenatorBrakey/status/1780772645790711990 The legislative session closed after Monday’s House and Senate proceedings, meaning that supporters will need to wait…

Maine legislative Democrats forced through a controversial measure on the final day of the legislative session by hiding it inside the supplementary budget. In a last minute budget amendment, Democrats included the establishment of a divisive Office of New Americans (ONA). “The Office of New Americans fiscal note was $302,060, what is that doing in the middle of this budget? That bill was not reported out of committee, and yet here it is. In looking at the language of creating the ONA, Office of New Americans, it gives them rulemaking authority,” said Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Philips), “What we have, madame…

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided Monday that it would not hear an appeal from Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist and Bowdoin College graduate DeRay McKesson. SCOTUS’ refusal to hear the appeal will allow McKesson to be sued by a Louisiana police officer who was injured during a 2016 BLM riot organized by McKesson. “I’ve been dealing with this lawsuit since 2016 when a Baton Rouge police officer sued me as he claims my actions caused him to get hit with a rock. And now we are back to the Supreme Court. Hopefully this gets settled soon and the right…

The extreme left-wing bias of NPR’s new CEO has added to the controversy surrounding the taxpayer-funded outlet, which began when a former editor for the outlet published a report highlighting the company’s coordinated efforts to under former President Donald Trump. “Today, those who listen to NPR or read its coverage online find something different: the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population,” said former NPR editor Uri Berliner in an article for The Free Press, “An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR, and now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America.” That report,…

Four Illegal Immigrants have been arrested and face federal charges for their involvement with a group which has stolen from Home Depots across New England and beyond, including in Rockland, Maine last year. The men, Marvin Estuardo Morales De Paz,33 ; Abraham Dayger-Enrique, 24; Sebastian Lajuj-Soloman, 30; and Jonathan Josue Amperez-Perez, 31, are being charged Rhode Island following a lengthy investigation from Special Agent Brendan Cullen from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. [RELATED: U.S. Border Patrol, Knox Sheriff, Rockland PD Can’t – Or Won’t – Provide Details on Seven Foreign Nationals Arrested in Midcoast Maine…] According to Cullen’s report,…

A Skowhegan courtroom devolved into an all-out brawl during the sentencing of Jason Servil for the 2022 murder of Alice Abbot. “You deserve to die, you deserve to die,” Abbot’s mother can be heard screaming at Servil during the brawl. https://twitter.com/TheMaineWire/status/1779899449147277554 During the sentencing hearing, in which the 21-year-old Servil was ordered to serve 45 years in prison for the murder, members of Abbot’s family attempted to storm past courtroom personal to reach the defendant. According to the Portland Press Herald, which had reporters in the courtroom, the man who attempted to reach Servil was Abbot’s brother, Clifford Warren. In…

Numerous Democrat representatives walked out of the House on Thursday when Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred) delivered a speech meant to honor Dr. Meryl Nass, a decorated physician who lost her medical license after she opposed many of the mandates and prevailing medical opinions during the COVID pandemic. Although Dr. Nass would eventually see here license stripped through violations the Bureau of Licensure in Medicine (BOLIM) discovered during an investigation, the entire investigation began as the result of criticisms Nass made of vaccines and Gov. Janet Mills’ draconian lockdown policies. Emails later obtained by Nass’s attorneys showed that Gov. Mills’ sister,…

Maine’s House unanimously passed a bill forbidding state and local government from contracting with businesses affiliated with hostile foreign governments, just one day after Democrats killed another bill meant to combat Chinese organized crime in Maine. [RELATED: Triad Weed: Maine House Votes Down Bill Aimed at Fighting Transnational Organized Crime…] “I am recognizing the increasing threat that China is to the U.S. and at the local level. And it’s not something that local governments, state governments are generally accustomed. We’re not accustomed to thinking about our foreign adversaries and national security. But national security is now a matter of state…

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced on Friday that she has appointed retired Air Force Colonel Alice Briones as Maine’s new Chief Medical Examiner. [RELATED: Legal Right to “Gender-Affirming” and “Reproductive Health Care” Heads to Maine Gov. Janet Mills…] “With experience leading the world’s only global medical examiner system, Dr. Briones is incredibly qualified to serve as Maine’s next Chief Medical Examiner,” said Gov. Mills in her statement, “I am pleased to welcome Dr. Briones home to Maine and thank her for her service in this critical role.” Col. Briones originally hailed from Hampden, and previously headed the U.S. Armed Forces…

Gov. Janet Mills (D) and House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) issued a joint statement on Thursday requesting that the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs (AFA) reconvene to reconsider a supplemental budget. “The Legislature has less than a week to finish its business before statutory adjournment, and there is broad agreement among lawmakers that the Appropriations Committee should move to reconsider the budget immediately in order to make changes needed to move it forward,” said Gov. Mills. The statement came shortly after the AFA committee drew bipartisan opposition for voting in the dead of night to implement a variety…

Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Wednesday allowing Iowa law enforcement to arrest individuals present in the country illegally, and requiring judges to order deportations for people convicted of illegal entry. “Those who come into our country illegally have broken the law, yet Biden refuses to deport them. This bill gives Iowa law enforcement the power to do what he is unwilling to do: enforce immigration laws already on the books,” said Gov. Reynolds in a statement. The bill applies to any illegal alien who is discovered entering or inside Iowa who was previously deported or…

Maine’s House of Representatives voted Tuesday to require that farmworkers be paid the state minimum wage despite concerns that artificially setting the price of labor will lead to farmers no longer being able to hire young, elderly, or disabled workers. The bill, if it becomes law, would effectively prohibit Mainers from agreeing to work at a wage that is less than the hourly rate that the state government has determined is appropriate. [RELATED: Maine Governor Introduces Legislation to Establish Minimum Wage for Farm Workers…] “I hope that we can consider all the ramifications that this bill would entail if it…

Early Saturday morning, when most Mainers were asleep or recovering from a blizzard which knocked out power across the state, Democrats on the Committee of Appropriations and Financial Affairs (AFA) were voting to take millions out of the transportation budget meant to keep Maine’s roads and bridges drivable. The scheme led House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) to call on Tuesday for the removal of Rep. Melanie Sachs (D-Freeport) as the House Chair of the AFA Committee, a decision which would ultimately fall to House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland). [RELATED: Maine Dems Plow Ahead With Hearing on…

The Oxford County Sheriff’s Department responded Monday night to reports of a stabbing in Buckfield. Deputies, along with officers of the Maine State Police and the Oxford Police Department, responded to the house on Sodom Rd. after reports that a man had been stabbed following a fight. When deputies arrived, they found the victim, Michael Johnson-Wynter, 37, with non-life threatening injuries. Johnson-Wynter was transferred by ambulance to the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. By the time police arrived, the suspect had already fled the scene. Law enforcement flooded the surrounding area, and, after 30 minutes of searching, found the…

The Biden Administration announced Monday that it is pushing forward with a plan to cancel an additional tranche of student loan debt, despite a Supreme Court ruling striking down a prior loan forgiveness plan. The controversial executive action comes amid plummeting poll numbers among young, black, and Hispanic voters, groups which have historically tended to vote for Democratic presidential candidates. [RELATED: SCOTUS Torches Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Promise…] The new plan would bring the number of Americans receiving some amount of debt relief or forgiveness for student loans up to 37 million. While the White House and its allies have…

New Hampshire’s Republican-led Senate on Friday passed two bills that aim to protect young female athletes and provide parents with greater oversight of sexually explicit books in public school libraries. [RELATED: Maine’s Far Left Media Censor MASSIVE Turnout Opposed to Transgender Trafficking, Abortion Tourism Bill…] The two bills, SB 523-FN and SB 375 sparked intense controversy in the Senate but eventually passed with a 14-10 vote along party lines. “We want to protect the safety and opportunities of female athletes. That is what this bill does. In New Hampshire and across the nation, a growing number of biological males are…

The Maine State Police were welcomed inside an illegal drug trafficking operation in Belgrade, confirmed that the owner had no license to grow such massive amounts of marijuana, and then waited nearly six months before raiding the property. The timeline of the operation is detailed in court records obtained by the Maine Wire as part of the ongoing investigation into what the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has described as a sprawling drug trafficking operation controlled by “Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations.” According to an affidavit from Maine State Police (MSP) Trooper Marc Rousseau, an MSP trooper responded to multiple calls…

The Maine Home Education Alliance (MHEA) hosted its first annual Leader Summit on Saturday, drawing homeschool leaders from across the state, including Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred) — the first homeschooler ever appointed to a state Board of Education. “One of MHEA’s goals is to LISTEN and on Saturday we did just that. We listened to leaders who are paving the way in their local communities. Feedback from the event has been extremely positive as leaders have reached out to us in gratitude and asked how they can get involved with MHEA moving forward,” said MHEA Vice President Brooke Thompson. The…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) once again broke with the establishment Democratic Party and spoke out against squatters rights and soft-on-crime policies during an interview with the New York Post. Despite breaking with the hard left of his party, the Pennsylvania senator says he still plans to support President Joe Biden in the November presidential election. “Squatters have no rights,” said Sen. Fetterman. “How can you even pretend that this is anything other than you’re just breaking the law,” said Fetterman. During the interview, Fetterman took aim at the idea of squatters rights, which have been used extensively across the country…

Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued a statement Saturday, mourning the passing of former Gov. Joseph Brennan, a Democrat who governed the state for eight years, from 1979 to 1987, and represented Maine’s First Congressional District, from 1987 to 1991, throughout a lengthy career. [RELATED: Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ Brother Helped Transfer Nine-Acre Black Market Cannabis Grow to Chinese National “Mother” Living in Guangdong Province: Triad Weed…] “Through five decades of public service – as a state legislator, County Attorney, Attorney General, Member of Congress, Federal Maritime Commissioner, and as Maine’s 70th Governor — Joe Brennan never stopped working to improve…

Rep. Lynn Williams (D-Bar Harbor) has quietly resigned from her position in the House of Representatives, shrinking the Democrat’s majority several days before the statutory adjournment date of April 17. [RELATED: Maine House Narrowly Approves National Popular Vote After Dem Lawmakers Leave Chamber Before Roll Call…] “Well, I got a job, a real job that actually pays a living wage unlike, what the legislature pays. And it’s with the state, so I couldn’t start that until I resigned,” said Rep. Williams, speaking to The Maine Wire. “One of the people tried to talk me out of resigning, and I said,…

A new study out of the Netherlands, which surveyed children over a 15-year period, showed that the vast majority of children confused about their genders grow out of the feelings by adulthood. [RELATED: Leaked Docs Show Top Transgender Association Violating Medical Ethics, Hiding Harms of “Gender-Affirming Care” – WPATH…] “This study provides even more reason to be skeptical towards aggressive steps to facilitate gender transition in childhood and adolescence,” said Patrick Brown of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, speaking to the Daily Mail. During the study, a group of 2772 minors, split roughly evenly between males and females, were…

Maine’s House passed a controversial bill targeting “unauthorized paramilitary training” which has raised concerns with Second Amendment rights advocates, who believe that it could be used to target law-abiding gun owners and firearms instructors. [RELATED: 2nd Amendment Concerns Raised as Maine Considers Bill Targeting “Paramilitary Training”…] The bill passed by a single vote. “The United States of America was founded on what this bill would define as a civil disorder. I find it very likely that King George III would have been very, very supportive of this legislation,” said Rep. Donald Ardell (R-Monticello). https://twitter.com/TheMaineWire/status/1775855077787378027 During the House proceedings on Wednesday,…

Maine’s Judiciary Committee is pushing forward with its plan to hold a public hearing on a controversial gun-control bill as hundreds of thousands of Mainers are without power from a blizzard. The bill, LD 2283, would change Maine’s current “yellow flag” law into a much stricter “red flag” law, which will make it easier for the state to seize someone’s firearms. Under the new bill, a judge would be able to remove someone’s firearms if a family member raises concerns. In some cases, firearms can be removed before the gun owner is given a hearing. Under the Act, a petition…

President Joe Biden issued a statement condemning Israel following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza as a result of an Israeli air-strike. “I am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, in Gaza yesterday. They were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy,” said President Biden. On Tuesday, an air strike by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) killed seven people working with the World Central Kitchen (WCF) humanitarian aid group, after Israel allegedly misidentified…

Hermon’s school superintendent Micah Grant unexpectedly announced his resignation on Monday after years of controversy. Grant, who has attributed his resignation to “personal reasons,” has long found himself at odds parental rights advocates, one local Christian church, and journalists seeking public records, including the Maine Wire. “My first question to him was asking about materials in the school, he told me they weren’t there. Within 20 minutes I proved him wrong, so out of the gate he lied to me, so right there my faith was gone, and it’s been this constant battle with him for the last three years,…

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage announced on Tuesday that the fundraiser he hosted along with his wife Ann raised nearly half-a-million dollars to benefit the victims of the October 25 Lewiston shooting. [RELATED: Paul LePage to Host Celebration of Life Fundraiser for Families of Lewiston Shooting Victims…] “People from across the state came together in an outpouring of support and generosity. It has taken a couple of months to wrap-up the fundraiser, but it is humbling to announce that we raised $474,702 to benefit the victims and families of this tragedy,” said Gov. LePage on Facebook. LePage, who lost the…

Former Republican President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he posted the $175 million bond set in the New York civil fraud case, thereby preventing the seizure of his assets. https://twitter.com/WendellHusebo/status/1772327609407271121?s=20 “I’ve just posted a 175 Million Dollar Bond with the sadly failing and very troubled State of New York, based on a Corrupt Judge and Attorney General who used a Statute that was never used for this before, where no Jury was allowed,” said President Trump on Truth Social. https://twitter.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1775001170442064130 [RELATED: A Travesty and a Circus – The Latest on the New York and Georgia Trump Cases…] The controversial…

The vast majority of illegal immigrants flown directly into the U.S. by the Biden Administration since 2022 have been sent to Texas and Florida, both conservative-run states which have staunchly resisted the influx of illegal immigrants. “This early evidence suggests that a great many of these inadmissible alien passengers, probably a majority, initially land at international airports in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Florida. In fact, Florida turns out to be the top landing and U.S. customs processing zone for this direct-flights parole-and-release program,” said the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). A recent investigation from the CIS, a think tank that…

The Osseo Area School District in Minnesota decided that parents could opt their children out of the upcoming “LGBTQIA+ History and Culture Lesson” following demands from conservative legal organization Liberty Counsel. [RELATED: Top State-Funded Journalism School Mandates DEI Course for All Students…] “The Osseo Area School District 279 is presenting a pro-LGBTQ curriculum that clearly conflicts with the religious viewpoints of many employees. The First Amendment protects the right to free speech and the school district cannot force ‘compelled speech’ by requiring teachers to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs by teaching this pro-LGBTQ material,” the Liberty Counsel said in…

Conservatives and Christians across the country were outraged when President Joe Biden announced on Good Friday, a day when Christians commemorate the death of Christ, that Easter Sunday would be commemorated as the “Trans Day of Visibility.” That the celebration of transgender ideology coincided with Easter was a coincidence of dates, not a deliberate plan by the Biden Administration. However, conservatives also lambasted Biden for prohibiting religious-themed art from an official White House event and for appearing to prioritize transgender-centric messaging over celebrations of the Christian holiday. “It is appalling and insulting that Joe Biden’s White House prohibited children from…

Michigan’s Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Wednesday that the state’s Palisades nuclear power plant, which closed down in 2022, will re-open with a $1.5 billion loan from the federal government, courtesy of the Biden Administration. [RELATED: Commentary: Nuclear Energy Is the Only Way to Achieve Maine’s Climate Goals…] “Thanks to an effective collaboration between the Biden-Harris Administration, the State of Michigan, the Michigan Legislature, and Holtec, work will begin shortly to restart operations at Palisades. Once complete, Palisades will become the first successfully restarted nuclear power plant in American history, protecting 600 union jobs at the plant, 1,100 in the community, and access to clean, reliable power for 800,000 homes,” said Gov. Whitmer…

Hundreds of illegal Marijuana grow sites operated by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations have cropped up throughout Maine. Since the Maine Wire started reporting on the locations of this illicit drug trafficking hubs and identifying the owners and operators, law enforcement has increasingly begun to crack down on the criminal operations. Although more than 200 sites remain operational in rural Maine, here’s a running list of the properties where law enforcement agencies have executed search warrants, arrested drug traffickers, and seized illegally grown cannabis. [RELATED: Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ Brother Helped Transfer Nine-Acre Black Market Cannabis Grow to Chinese National “Mother”…

Maine’s Republican Senator, Susan Collins (R-Maine) said that she cannot support former President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term, but she couldn’t say who she will support on Election Day. [RELATED: Susan Collins One of Four Republican Senators to Vote in Favor of Failed Border Security and Foreign Aid Package…] “I cannot support former president Trump, and I voted to convict him on these second impeachment charges. So I don’t think it should come as a surprise to anyone that I cannot support him,” said Sen. Collins. Although Collins opposes Trump, she also expressed her dissatisfaction with President Joe…

The Sanctuary Inn, located in downtown Ellsworth, bills itself as a place for recovering drug addicts, people experiencing homelessness, and recently released convicts to obtain shelter as they seek to get their lives back in order. But residents of the town say the neighborhood has become dangerous since the unlicensed, taxpayer-funded flop-house started operating. [RELATED: Squatters Invade Homes Across the Country; In Some Cases, Cops Protect the Squatter…] “Staff have been looking into it to figure out what exactly the operation is,” said City Manager Matthew Williams said. “It started originally as a boarding home, and it has kind of…

Elected Democrats in Augusta continue to leverage last year’s mass shooting in Lewiston in order to secure passage of long-sought gun control measures that wouldn’t even have stopped the Oct. 25 killing spree carried out by Army Reservist Robert R. Card, Jr. Democratic lawmakers signalled their intention to advance a so-called “Red Flag” law late Wednesday evening after spending much of the 2024 legislative session haggling with Republicans and Gov. Janet Mills over separate gun control proposals. [RELATED: Troy Jackson Backs Gun Control After Gun Control Group Hires His Son’s Firm…] Maine’s Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing to…

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) signed a bill Wednesday meant to combat the growing national scourge of squatting — that is, sneaking into people’s homes and refusing to leave. “On so many issues, what New York does, what California does, we will do the opposite,” said Gov. DeSantis. “Now in Florida, you call up, you fill out a form, sheriff comes, and the sheriff kicks them out of your property,” DeSantis said. Squatters have made headlines from New York to Portland, Oregon in recent weeks as outraged property owners find themselves unable to remove unwanted occupiers or, even worse, are arrested…

A British court ruled that Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange cannot be extradited to face espionage charges in the U.S. unless American authorities rule out the death penalty. [RELATED: Calls Grow for the Pardon of Julian Assange Before a Potential Extradition to the U.S…] “The courts recognise that Julian Assange is exposed to a flagrant denial of his freedom of expression rights, that he is being discriminated against on the basis of his nationality and that he remains exposed to the death penalty,” said Stella Assange, Julian Assange’s Wife. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1772968060049051800 As part of a hearing process that will determine…

The Motel 6 in Portland has lost the lodging licenses for all but five of its rooms due to health violations, five years after it began taking in homeless people and illegal immigrants, according to Portland officials. “There were what I can only assume were homeless people walking in to use the microwave and drink the free coffee. There were shady people loitering in the parking lot and lobby. There was what I believe to be a social worker filling out forms with and handing out food and supplies to homeless people in the lobby. When we arrived the bathroom…

The Sagadahoc County Budget Committee is considering a spending proposal that would bring about a massive 15 percent tax increase and a big pay raise for the county’s sheriff, Joel Merry. [RELATED: Independent Commission Reveals Failures and Missed Opportunities by Law Enforcement Before Lewiston Shooting…] The Maine Wire acquired the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget, which has not been made available broadly to the public, using Maine’s Freedom of Access Act (FOAA). According to the proposal, the county is planning a budget increase which would result in a 15.62 percent raise in county taxes from the previous budget, an increase…

The liberal non-profit New Venture Fund, the largest subsidiary of the leftist dark-money organization Arabella Advisors, will be forced to open its books following a lawsuit from a former executive. The anticipated look into Arabella’s inner workings stems from a lawsuit filed by New Venture Fund Vice President Sarah Walker, who alleges that she was wrongfully fired after she became concerned that the organizations activities were violating federal laws. “We look forward to getting discovery to better expose the wrongdoing at New Venture Fund and further substantiate Sarah’s claims that she was wrongfully terminated for bringing forward her concerns,” said…

A cargo ship flying a Singapore flag crashed into a support beam of the 1.6 mile long Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, causing it to collapse and resulting in the death of several construction workers. “I have declared a State of Emergency here in Maryland and we are working with an interagency team to quickly deploy federal resources from the Biden Administration. We are thankful for the brave men and women who are carrying out efforts to rescue those involved and pray for everyone’s safety,” said Gov. Wes Moore (D-Md.) in a statement. Video of the incident shows…

The recent destruction of a massive solar farm in Texas highlights the fragility of “renewable” energy infrastructure, and has raised concerns about the negative environmental impacts of supposedly “environmentally friendly” energy sources. [RELATED: ‘Unmitigated Carbon Super-Polluters:’ The Truth About Offshore Wind…] “My concern is the hail damage that came through and busted these panels we now have some highly toxic chemicals that could be potentially leaking into our water tables,” said Nick Kaminski, a Texas man living near the solar field. “There’s numerous makeup in the chemicals on this thing, the majority of them are cancer-causing.” https://twitter.com/TheMaineWire/status/1772592714237804889 Needville, Texas, has become…

If surging crime, unprecedented levels of illegal immigration, and a deadly fentanyl epidemic wasn’t enough, now we can add a new and rising threat to the American way of life: squatters. In numerous states across the country, criminals have invaded American homes, squatting on private property without paying rent. Thanks to social media, wild cases of squatters refusing to leave homes they are not renting and do not owned have surfaced from Atlanta to Oregon. And, thanks to social media, instructional how-tos telling would-be squatters how to undermine private property rights are popping up everywhere. In many cases, law enforcement…

Senate Democrats voted down a series of conservative amendments to a massive spending package which would have prevented the use of federal funds to facilitate the unprecedented and ongoing wave illegal immigration at the southern border. The spending package then passed with bipartisan support. “Every single Senate Democrat voted against my amendment that would stop Biden Admin from using taxpayer dollars to charter flights for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from their countries directly to American towns to be resettled. Indefensible,” said Sen. Bill Haggerty (R-Tenn.) on X. https://twitter.com/SenatorHagerty/status/1771414274524537251 Sen. Haggerty’s amendment would have indirectly prevented the federal government…

On Thursday, the New York Post released a video showing a mob of illegal immigrants storming past border fencing and shoving through Texas National Guardsmen, sparking outrage among conservatives. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Greene (R-Ga.) used the incident to criticize Democrat border policy and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) for supporting a trillion-dollar funding package which, she said, fails to secure the border. “We need a Speaker of the House who will fight to secure America’s border at all cost! Not one that passes a trillion dollar Democrat wish list that continues the border invasion, funds the weaponized government,…

Amid concerns that cracks are appearing in the U.S. economy, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is reassuring Americans that the job market continues to be strong. [RELATED: 1.2 Million U.S.-Born Workers Lost Their Jobs Last Month While Foreign Workers Gained 668,000…] “We follow all the possible stories that are out there about there being cracks, but the overall picture really is a strong labor market,” said Powell. “In many, many respects, things are returning more to their state in 2019, which we can think of as normal for this purpose,” he said. Data, flagged by ZeroHedge, show that the…

During a hearing in the Senate Armed Forces Committee, U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a top proponent of sending billions of American taxpayer dollars to Ukraine, suggested that taxpayer funds could be handled better if the Department of Defense used cheaper, “off-the-shelf” products for military needs. [RELATED: Angus King Denies Ukrainians Are Embezzling Any U.S. Tax Dollars, Claims Putin Will Invade Poland…] “I suggested that many consumer products could meet some Pentagon needs — we don’t need to spend more money re-inventing the wheel. That’s one way we can be more responsible with taxpayer dollars as we continue building out…

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled on Tuesday that Texas could begin enforcing a law which would allow state law enforcement to arrest people in the country illegally. [RELATED: Texas Gov Challenges Feds with Laws Empowering State to Enforce Border Security…] An appeals court halted enforcement hours later. “In a 6-3 decision SCOTUS allows Texas to begin enforcing SB4 that allows the arrest of illegal immigrants. We still have to have hearings in the 5th circuit federal court of appeals. But this is clearly a positive development,” said Gov. Greg Abbot (R-Texas) on X following the SCOTUS ruling. https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1770163438616031298 Abbot…

During a contentious interview with X CEO Elon Musk, former CNN reporter Don Lemon repeatedly denied that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) principles would lead to any lowering of standards in the medical industry — or really any industry. [RELATED: Top State-Funded Journalism School Mandates DEI Course for All Students…] “A surgeon in training is asked to do a series of operations under the supervision of a senior surgeon, and they get a bunch of those operations wrong, If that happens, and if they are still approved to be a surgeon, the probability that someone will die, I think at…

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is requiring students to take a course on “Diversity and Civility” before they can receive a degree from the top journalism school. [RELATED: UMaine Law Professor Can’t Say Whether U.S. Bill of Rights Limits Federal Government or Citizens…] “Diversity and Civility at Cronkite Emphasizes the importance of diversity, inclusion, equity and civility to ensure all Cronkite students feel represented, valued and supported. Offers training and awareness on cultural sensitivities, civil discourse, bias awareness and diversity initiatives at the Cronkite School and ASU,” says the Cronkite School. The Cronkite School, as a…

The hosts of the Maine Beacon Podcast accused Libs of TikTok operator Chaya Raichik of inciting bomb threats at Maine’s state house, and compared conservatives concerned about Maine’s transgender trafficking bill to neo-Nazis. [RELATED: USA Today Blames Libs of TikTok Operator for Bomb Threat Hoax in Maine Capitol…] “So, the day before the Public Hearing in Maine, Libs of TikTok posts a mention of the public hearing, and the email addresses off Bailey and Perry. And what do we get a few days later? We get an email to Perry, I believe, also including the Maine Democrats threatening, saying that…

Maine Lobstermen have been spared — for now — from the potentially devastating effects of offshore wind turbine development on their livelihoods. [RELATED: Gov Mills and Congressional Delegation Continue Urging Biden Admin to Spare Lobstering Area from Offshore Wind Development…] The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the final map for the Gulf of Maine Wind Energy Area (WEA), excluding a historic lobstering area after Maine officials petitioned for its removal from the plan. “This decision preserves vital fishing grounds and seeks to minimize potential environmental and ecological impacts to the Gulf of Maine. We look forward to reviewing…

The U.S. Supreme court ruled on Friday that members of the public can sue government officials who block them on social media platforms under certain circumstances. [RELATED: Shenna Bellows Withdraws Disqualification of Trump from Maine’s Primary Following SCOTUS Ruling…] “When a government official posts about job-related topics on social media, it can be difficult to tell whether the speech is official or private. We hold that such speech is attributable to the State only if the official (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the State’s behalf, and (2) purported to exercise that authority when he spoke on social media,”…

Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been providing worst-in-the-nation child welfare services, regularly making headlines for tragic deaths of children despite DHHS intervention. [RELATED: Ex-Dem Sen Diamond’s Report Details Mountain of Failures in Maine’s Child Welfare System…] A bipartisan group of legislators wants to reverse this trend by cleaving the Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) from the sprawling DHHS and making it a cabinet-level agency. The bill would remove the responsibilities for child and family services and welfare from the DHHS. “I think we’re in crisis mode, I think everybody realizes that,” said Sen. Jefferry…

Left-wing media outlets including MSNBC and the Associated Press, alongside the Biden Administration, have accused former President Donald Trump of calling for violence should he lose the election in November. “He wants another January 6, but the American people are going to give him another electoral defeat this November because they continue to reject his extremism, his affection for violence, and his thirst for revenge,” said Biden Administration Spokesman James Singer. The accusations came in response to comments made by President Trump during a campaign rally in Ohio, where he addressed the negative impact of Chinese and Mexican manufacturing on…

Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) issued a proclamation last week commemorating “Equal Pay Day,” while her female staff makes less than her male staff. [RELATED: Gender Pay Gap: Gov. Mills’ Male Staff Make More Than Female Counterparts…] “On this Equal Pay Day, let us recommit to paying women fairly and equally based on their experience, their responsibilities, and their qualifications so that we can level the playing field for women across Maine and ensure that our state provides opportunity for all,” said Gov. Mills. Equal Pay Day commemorates the day on which an average woman would allegedly have earned the same…

The conservative group Courage is a Habit is continuing its fight against LD 227, the so-called “transgender trafficking” bill, which is currently under consideration in Maine’s legislature. “LD 227 is the worst assault against parental rights we have ever seen. It offers protection to transgender traffickers while penalizing parents for seeking legal recourse against malpractice,” said the organization. [RELATED: Maine’s Far Left Media Censor MASSIVE Turnout Opposed to Transgender Trafficking, Abortion Tourism Bill] Alvin Lui, president of Courage is a Habit, sent out an email urging Mainers to contact members of the Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, who will…

U.S. General revealed that thousands of drones have been crossing the southern border along with the millions of illegal immigrants crossing every year. “The number of incursions was something that was alarming to me as I took command last month. I don’t know the actual number, I don’t think anyone does, but it’s in the thousands,” said Gen. Gregory Guillot, “We probably have over 1,000 a month.” Gen. Guillot was questioned about border security by Sen. Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), during a hearing of the Senate Armed Forces Committee. Guillot revealed that, although he has not yet seen the drones…

The death of Oklahoma high schooler who identified as “non-binary” caused an uproar among left-wing activists and media, with many hastening to claim that she had been brutally beaten to death by transphobic students. Autopsy reports revealed that Nex Benedict died of suicide by a drug overdose. https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1768509520492568891?s=20 “From the beginning of this investigation, Owasso Police observed many indications that this death was the result of suicide. However, investigators did not wish to confirm that information without the final results being presented by the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office. The Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s report has now been made public,” said the…

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) announced on Friday that Florida Fish and Wildlife Officers apprehended a ship of Haitian potentially illegal immigrants attempting to smuggle drugs into the U.S. [RELATED: DeSantis Deploys National Guard to Stop Potential Haitian Migrant Arrivals as Gang Leaders Seize Island Nation…] “Officers interdicted a vessel that had 25 Illegal immigrants, potentially illegal immigrants from Haiti. In their boat, in their vessel they had firearms, they had drugs, they had night vision gear,” said Gov. DeSantis. https://twitter.com/TheMaineWire/status/1768661427277984177 The report comes just days after DeSantis announced that he would be deploying the Florida National Guard to defend the…

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden each secured their party nominations on Tuesday, following four state primaries. [RELATED: Nikki Haley Announces Campaign Suspension after Trump Wins Sweeping Victories on Super Tuesday…] “It is my great honor to be representing the Republican Party as its Presidential Nominee. Our Party is UNITED and STRONG, and fully understands that we are running against the Worst, Most Incompetent, Corrupt, and Destructive President in the History of the United States,” said president Trump on Truth Social following his victory. https://twitter.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1767766318462423489 President Biden also issued a statement after winning his party’s nomination, along with…

Health care providers in the United Kingdom will stop routinely prescribing puberty blockers to minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the U.K.’s National Health Service announced this week. “We have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of PSH [puberty blockers] to make the treatment routinely available at this time,” said England’s National Health Service (NHS). [RELATED: Gov. Mills Signs Law Allowing 16- and 17-Year Olds to To Receive Sex Change Hormone Therapy Without Parental Consent…] The decision came on Tuesday, after the NHS judged that there was no evidence that puberty blockers improved…

John Barnett, longtime employee of aircraft manufacturer Boeing who had turned whistleblower, was found dead from a gunshot wound in what appears to be a suicide, according to authorities. Barnett, a 26-year employee for the airplane manufacturer and defense contrator, had been involved in a lawsuit against the company amid scrutiny over its manufacturing standards and recent airline incidents. Boeing expressed sorrow over Barnett’s death, stating, “We are saddened by Mr. Barnett’s passing, and our thoughts are with his family and friends.” The BBC reported, citing Barnett’s attorney, that he was in Charleston, South Carolina, for legal proceedings related to…

The last of four Dick’s Sporting Goods locations in Maine has stopped the sale of all firearms in the state, according to a report in the Bangor newspaper. The Bangor location was the last to stop selling firearms, removing them, and other hunting equipment, from its shelves in January. [RELATED: Maine Dems Want Cabela’s to Stop Selling Popular Rifles…] The politically motivated decision is sure to hurt the company’s sales, as Maine ranks among the top ten states for the number of registered hunters. Dick’s decision to remove all firearms from Maine locations comes as left-wing lawmakers have increasingly pushed…

President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. military to construct a temporary pier in the Mediterranean Sea in order to bring humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, a move that comes as the Commander-in-Chief faces criticism from left-wing voters for backing funding for Israel’s war against Hamas. [RELATED: Trump Scores Massive Michigan Victory as Biden Flops with Muslim Americans…] “I’m directing the U.S. military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the Gaza coast that can receive large ships carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters,” said President Biden, during his State of the Union…

Following a highly divisive State of the Union Speech (SOTU), which saw President Joe Biden comparing former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, comparing his supporters to Russians invading Ukraine, and pushing for the restoration of Roe V. Wade, the Maine Wire reached out to Maine’s congressional delegation to ask their opinions on the speech. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) was the first to comment on the SOTU, posting her comments to X the night of the event, and expressing her unmitigated support for President Biden’s comments. “Tonight, we heard from a leader guided by compassion, conviction, integrity, and a vision…

President Joe Biden apologized for calling the illegal immigrant who is suspected of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley “an illegal,” but issued no apology for getting Riley’s name wrong during his State of the Union Speech (SOTU). [RELATED: From Texas to Maine, Biden’s Lawless Border Fuels Illegal Alien Crime Wave…] During President Biden’s Speech on Thursday night, conservatives, particularly Rep. Marjorie Green (R-Ga.), demanded that Biden say the name of Laken Riley, as a symbolic gesture to acknowledge the crime crisis created by his open border policy. Biden, appearing to improvise in response to the pressure, botched a reference…

A Maine teacher was arrested Thursday following information that she had been engaging in inappropriate sexual relations with a minor student. [RELATED: Maine’s Far Left Media Censor MASSIVE Turnout Opposed to Transgender Trafficking, Abortion Tourism Bill…] The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office began its investigation after being given information that a teacher at Hebron Academy, a boarding high-school and middle-school, was engaging in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. “Our top priority is always to ensure that our students can learn in a safe, supportive, and inclusive community. That responsibility guides our policies, procedures, and all of our actions. This…

A massive $2 billion energy transmission line through New England has been scrapped after the company undertaking the project deemed it “non-viable.” [RELATED: Unpopular “Aroostook Renewable Gateway” May Face More Roadblocks…] “National Grid thanks the dozens of route communities and regional partners who engaged with us and supported this project,” said the electrical utility company. “We will continue to pursue paths to building much-needed transmission capacity for the region and for our customers and communities.” The transmission line, the so-called Twin State Clean Energy Link, was planned to be a 211-mile-long line through Vermont and New Hampshire, connecting New England…

Congressional Democrats were forced to remove funding for an LGBT community center from a massive federal spending package after public outrage that federal tax dollars would fund “BDSM” sex parties. “It includes $1M of your tax dollars to go towards renovating an LGBTQ Center in PA which boasts rooms to try BDSM and s*x f*tishes and hosts BDSM and s*x k*nk parties. There’s even a k*nk party happening there this weekend,” said Libs of TikTok on X. The funding was exposed by X user Libs of TikTok. https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1765094498244145414 The bill would have secured funding for a Pennsylvania LGBT community center,…

Maine’s far left lawmakers are advocating for a series of gun control bills in response to the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston, including limiting magazine capacity for all firearms to just five rounds. However, it’s far from certain that any of the proposals in question would have stopped Robert R. Card, Jr.’s brutal killing spree, which gun control advocates are leveraging in pursuit of long-sought gun control policies. The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee met on Thursday for a public hearing on two bills, both of which would impose new restrictions on law-abiding gun owners without altering the circumstances under which…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has ordered the New York National Guard to deploy at stations throughout New York City’s vast mass transit system. “Anyone looking to do harm, or spread fear on our subways, you will be caught, plain and simple, there will be consequences,” said Gov. Hochul. “And to those who are feeling anxious, whenever you walk through those turnstiles: we will stop at nothing to keep you safe.” https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1765487267848524093 Hochul’s order comes as New York City faces a massive crime wave due, in part, to its status as a sanctuary city, which has prevented it from…

USA Today published an article blaming Chaya Raichik, operator of the anti-woke X account Libs of TikTok, for the bomb threat hoax perpetrated against the Maine State House on Friday morning. [RELATED: Maine State House Evacuated After Second Bomb Threat Hoax of the Legislative Session…] “The legislators targeted by the threats, have also been publicized by the right-wing social media account Libs of TikTok. That influencer – as USA TODAY first reported – has tweeted about schools, hospitals and other public institutions that quickly became targets of bomb and death threats dozens of times in recent months,” said USA Today. The bomb…

Maine’s State House was evacuated Friday morning following a bomb threat emailed to one legislator, which was quickly determined to be a hoax. [RELATED: Maine Capitol Police Issue Evacuation Order for the Maine State House Following an Emailed Bomb Threat to State Houses Across the Country…] “There was a bomb scare at the Maine Capitol this morning, which was investigated and determined to be a hoax. The State House is back to normal operations,” said the Maine Capitol Police on X. https://twitter.com/MECapitolPolice/status/1766137526040113297 The threats targeted the Capitol, the Maine Democrat Party building, and two legislators. At 7:15am, police were informed…

Maine’s new Director of Labor Standards wants to change the state’s Bureau of Labor Standards (BLS) into an enforcement agency, allow it to investigate employers for potential violations based on no prior evidence, and empower it to impose penalties without court intervention. [RELATED: Maine’s Far Left Media Censor MASSIVE Turnout Opposed to Transgender Trafficking, Abortion Tourism Bill…] “We want to go towards proactive investigations, where we can proactively go to the employers that we suspect,” said BLS Director Jason Moyer-Lee “We can catch those violations as well, even if a worker does not complain.” Moyer-Lee spoke before Maine’s Committee on…

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has announced that she is dropping out of the Republican presidential race after former President Donald Trump defeated her in all but one Super Tuesday primary. [RELATED: Trump Favored in Maine GOP Primary, Concerns Over Border Driving Many Voters’ Choice: UNH Poll…] “I am filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support we’ve received from all across our great country, but the time has now come to suspend my campaign,” said Haley, “I have no regrets.” During the Super Tuesday primaries, Nikki Haley defeated President Trump in Vermont, but was defeated in all 14…

Facebook, Instagram, and other services operated by Mark Zuckerberg’s META experienced a worldwide outage as users were unable to log in to most accounts. [RELATED: Nationwide Cell Service Disruption Stokes Concerns Over Cyberattacks, Solar Flares…] Meta spokesman Andy Stone was forced to issue his initial statement on the outage on X, while Facebook was down. “We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now,” said Stone. https://twitter.com/andymstone/status/1765042684132241580 The outage, which began around 10:00am, prevented users of Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram from accessing their accounts for roughly two hours. WhatsApp, which is also owned…

Maine Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a top proponent of sending billions of US tax dollars to the Ukrainian regime, denied on Friday that any of the over $113 billion in aid transferred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by the U.S. has been misused, stolen, or embezzled. [RELATED: Angus King Calls for Biden Admin to Deploy Navy Hospital Ship for Gazan Civilians…] “I know of no such allegations,” said Sen. King, when questioned by The Maine Wire, “The data that I’ve seen is that it’s been very carefully handled, and most of the money for Ukraine is going into the U.S.…

Maine legislators are considering a bill that would mark yet another step in Maine’s quest to adopt policies that accord with far left beliefs about gender and human sexuality. In this case, the bill would required government forms to adopt a third option — in addition to the biological sexes male and female — in order to accommodate individuals who identify as something other than their biological sex. “When completing a form and asked to check a box indicating their sex or gender, many people selected one of the binary options like male or female without giving it a second…

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland doubled down on the left-wing position that voter ID requirements somehow constitute racial discrimination. [RELATED: Maine Dems Unanimously Reject Voter ID…] “We are challenging efforts by states and jurisdictions to implement discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary restrictions on access to the ballot, including those related to mail-in voting, the use of drop boxes, and voter ID requirements,” said AG Garland speaking in a Baptist church in Alabama. According to the common argument of left-wing opponents of voter ID laws, racial minorities lack the capability to obtain state IDs or Driver’s Licenses — a claim that some…

Following a mysterious cyberattack, Maine pharmacies have been instructed to fill prescriptions of MaineCare members without the ability to verify that patients will be covered. [RELATED: Nationwide Cell Service Disruption Stokes Concerns Over Cyberattacks, Solar Flares…] “MaineCare has given pharmacies override options so that they can fill your prescriptions for 30 days. MaineCare wants members to have timely access to their prescriptions. We are working with providers, pharmacies, and members to do everything possible to make sure prescriptions can be filled,” said the Office of MaineCare Services (OMS). MaineCare relies on the third party company Change Healthcare to verify and…

The Biden Administration unveiled a new plan intended to oppose national security risks presented by Chinese made vehicles being imported to the U.S. [RELATED: Chinese Nationals Caught Illegally Entering U.S. Reached Record High in December…] President Joe Biden’s announcement on Thursday comes as his administration facilitates an unprecedented number of illegal border crossings by Chinese nationals. “New vulnerabilities and threats could arise with connected autos if a foreign government gained access to these vehicles’ systems or data. Connected vehicles collect large amounts of sensitive data on their drivers and passengers; regularly use their cameras and sensors to record detailed information…

President Joe Biden failed to take a cognitive test during his 2024 annual medical examination, despite mounting concerns about his age and mental acuity. [RELATED: Biden Won’t Take Cognitive Test Despite Growing Concerns about His Mental Fitness for Office…] White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denied that there was any need for the president to take a cognitive test. “That is not my assessment. That is not my assessment. That is the assessment of the President’s doctor. That is also the assessment of the neurologist who has also made that assessment as well,” said Jean-Pierre. President Biden had his annual physical…

A liberal Illinois state judge ruled that Former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s Republican Primary ballot. [RELATED: Maine Court Orders Secretary of State Bellows to Revisit Trump’s Ballot Eligibility After SCOTUS Decides Colorado Case…] The Illinois ruling comes after similar decisions were made in Maine and Colorado, and as Illinois early voting is already underway. “The Soros-funded Democrat front-groups continue to attempt to interfere in the election and deny President Trump his rightful place on the ballot,” said the Trump Campaign. The decision was made by Judge Tracie Porter of the Cook County State Circuit…

A conservative group, Advocates for Truth in Our Schools (ATOS) was barred from hosting an event at the Kennebunk Free Library about the local school district’s policies on transgender children. “It seems that libraries are no longer places that provide information and education – not exactly the stance one would expect from a library,” said the ATOS. The same library hosted a trans activist to educate people on how to be trans “allies,” particularly focusing on transgender children. ATOS reserved space in the Kennebunk library to hold a discussion of transgender policies in the RSU 21 school district, and to…

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has announced his decision to step down from his position until a new leader is chosen in November and takes office in January. [RELATED: Ronna McDaniel Announces Decision to Step-Down as RNC Chair…] Sen. McConnell has held his position since 2007, making him the longest serving Senate Republican Leader in the party’s history. “To serve Kentucky in the Senate has been the honor of my life. To lead my Republican colleagues has been my highest privilege. But one of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next…

The crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border has unleashed a crime wave throughout the interior states that shows no signs of abating, with new reports of murder, robbery, and rape at the hands of illegal aliens surfacing almost daily. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Tuesday announced the arrest of a Guatemalan illegal alien recently convicted of sexually assaulting a child after he was released by a Massachusetts court. ICE said the Guatemalan national illegally entered the U.S. in April 2011 at an unknown location, without being inspected or admitted by immigration officials. The 34-year-old Guatemalan was convicted in…

Former Republican President Donald Trump has scored another major victory in Michigan against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, the only other significant Republican candidate lingering in the GOP nomination contest. Trump notched his largest margin of victory to date in the Wolverine State primary. “I am so proud of the results because they’re far greater than we anticipated,” said Trump, speaking to a Michigan GOP watch party for the election. [RELATED: Trump Defeats Haley in Her Home State…] After votes were tallied, results saw Trump leading Haley by a staggering 42 points, with Trump receiving 68.2 percent of the…

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, lost roughly $90 billion in market value on Monday after the disastrous launch of its “Gemini” chatbot, which was described as an “Artificial Intelligence” or AI. [RELATED: Google Suspends Ultra Woke AI Image Maker “Gemini” After Widespread Mockery…] Rather than anything approaching an AI, Gemini was instead a comically bizarre generator of left-wing fake history, blatantly biased information, and a shockingly poor example of computer programming from one of the world’s leading tech companies. Early users of the Google chatbot quickly posted examples of the absurd outputs that generated widespread ridicule on social media. Forbes reported…

President Joe Biden babbled about his belief that Israel would reach a ceasefire agreement with Palestinian terrorist group Hamas by next Monday, as he prepared to take a bite of his ice cream. [RELATED: U.S. Vetoes United Nations Security Council Move to Demand A Ceasefire from Israel…] “My National Security Advisor tells me that we’re close. We’re close. It’s not done yet. And my hope is by next Monday, we’ll have a ceasefire,” said President Biden. Biden delivered his remarks as he stood with a blank expression, about to take a bite of his ice cream. https://twitter.com/AP/status/1762304175679865251 Statements from Hamas…

A video posted by pro-Russian news outlet The Intel Drop on Monday purported to show a Russian citizen confessing to an assassination attempt against Maine’s Tucker Carlson. The man in the alleged confession video, which has not been verified by western media, claimed he was paid by Ukrainian intelligence to plant explosives on a vehicle that Carlson would have used. “A man has just been arrested in Moscow, accused of being paid by Ukrainian intelligence to plant an explosive device on Tucker Carlson’s vehicle and assassinate the prominent American journalist while he was there to interview Putin,” said Simon Ateba,…

Maine’s Judiciary Committee met on Monday to Discuss a bipartisan bill on tribal sovereignty, which has resurfaced in the State Legislature after Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) vetoed a similar measure last summer. [RELATED: Janet Mills Wins Again as House Fails Veto Override on Tribal Sovereignty Bill…] “[The bill] represents a resounding commitment to the advancement of the tribes’ self-determination here in Maine,” said Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland), testifying on the bill. “This bill is before you today because of a renewed spirit of collaboration on the part of the state of Maine, the tribal nations and the communities that…

Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin) proposed a resolution on Monday condemning Ukraine for the death of New York journalist Gonzalo Lira, who was imprisoned, and allegedly tortured, for his reporting. [RELATED: Ukraine Official Says Navalny “Unfortunately” Died of Natural Causes…] “In recognition of the death of U.S. citizen and journalist Gonzalo Lira in a Ukrainian prison, I have recently submitted this resolution to the Maine Legislature for consideration. Last year, we passed a resolution demanding the release of a U.S. citizen and journalist imprisoned illegally in Russia. I hope we will hold the Ukrainian government to the same standards,” said Sen.…