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  • Colorado man sentenced to 210 years in prison for sexually abusing boys at his orphanage in Haiti

    05/24/2025 12:34:06 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 32 replies
    Post Millenial ^ | 5-23-25 | Hannah Nightingale
    A Colorado man who founded and directed an orphanage in Haiti has been sentenced to 210 years in prison for sexually abusing children there. Michael Karl Geilenfeld, 73, founded the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in 1985, which housed orphaned, impoverished, and vulnerable children in Haiti. In the over two decades that Geilenfeld operated the orphanage, the Department of Justice said that he "repeatedly traveled from the United States to Haiti, where he sexually abused the boys entrusted to his care." The children also suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of Geilenfeld. A federal jury convicted Geilenfeld in...
  • GOP senators push back HARD on Medicaid cuts, endangering Trump bill

    06/26/2025 6:13:16 AM PDT · by RandFan · 27 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/26/25 6:00 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton
    Republican senators are pushing back hard on hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts included in the Senate version of President Trump’s budget reconciliation package, endangering Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) plan for a vote as soon as Friday. Two Republicans are a hard “no” on the bill — Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) — and a handful of other Republicans won’t say whether they’ll vote to begin debate on the package because they are concerned that deep cuts in Medicaid spending could cause millions of Americans to lose their coverage and push scores of...
  • Ranked Choice Voting is a Tool for Electing Leftist Extremists

    06/25/2025 3:43:39 AM PDT · by george76 · 34 replies
    Frontpage mag ^ | June 24, 2025 | Daniel Greenfield
    The New York City mayor's race is this way by design. The polls showing that Zohran Mamdani, a socialist and Muslim terror supporter who only became a citizenship in 2018, could become the mayor of New York City, where his compatriots murdered thousands of Americans, may or may not be true, but there’s no reason why they wouldn’t be. Mamdani is up against Cuomo, a repulsive and widely hated figure that opponents of the Muslim socialist are only getting behind because the alternative is even worse, and then Mayor Eric Adams, whom much of the city probably right believes is...
  • Trapped in the Past: Maine Democratic Socialists Rage at the End of National Convention’s Mask Mandate in 2025

    06/24/2025 8:20:11 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 27 replies
    The Maine Wire ^ | June 24, 2025 | Seamus Othot
    The Democratic Socialists of Maine criticized their national parent organization in an Instagram post on Sunday after the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) resolved that, from this point forward, masks will be strongly encouraged rather than required for their 2025 national convention. “The National Political Committee’s decision to make masking optional, despite years of advocacy from DSA’s Disability Working Group puts members at risk, and has already had an impact on our delegation,” said the Maine DSA. “COVID is still a threat to the working class in 2025, and to deny this would be a grave mistake. Additionally, bird flu...
  • New Details on Portland Woman Identified as a Member of Antifa “Militia,” Threatened Agents [Portland, Maine]

    06/21/2025 9:03:53 AM PDT · by Steven Scharf · 19 replies
    The Maine Wire ^ | June 20, 2025 | Seamus Othot
    New Details on Portland Woman Identified as a Member of Antifa “Militia,” Threatened Agents "The Resistance" is gripped by crippling TDS By Seamus Othot June 20, 2025 Previously sealed court documents have revealed shocking new information about a Portland woman and member of the Antifa New England “militia” arrested in May for allegedly threatening to murder law enforcement officers. [RELATED: Portland Woman Arrested for Alleged Threatening Phone Calls to Border Patrol Agent: DOJ…] The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of 40-year-old Alice Jones on May 15, but provided scant details, only saying that she allegedly threatened the “Supervisory...
  • Maine House Votes to Withdraw from National Popular Vote Compact

    06/06/2025 9:54:33 AM PDT · by george76 · 33 replies
    Restoration News ^ | Jun 05, 2025 | Jacob Grandstaff
    Maine could be the first state to withdraw from the compact aimed at abolishing the Electoral College. In a stunning reversal of last year's misguided attempt to overthrow the Electoral College, Maine’s House of Representatives recently voted to withdraw the state from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). Three Democrats and two Independents joined Republicans in the vote for withdrawal. The NPVIC is an agreement among member states and the District of Columbia to award their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote once states with a majority of electoral votes join. Democrats created...
  • Maine allows physicians to withhold their names from abortion pill prescriptions

    06/05/2025 7:29:25 PM PDT · by Morgana · 8 replies
    Catholic Vote ^ | June 5, 2025 | Hannah Hiester
    Maine recently updated its drug labeling law to shield physicians who prescribe abortion pills, allowing the prescribers to list their healthcare facility instead of their names on the label. Local ABC affiliate WMTW reported that Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, signed the bill May 29, two days after both chambers of Maine’s legislature approved it. The bill covers abortion drugs mifepristone, misoprostol, and their generic alternatives. According to WMTW, Mills has a history of shielding physicians and healthcare workers who commit abortions. Last year, she signed a bill that bans other states from taking legal action against abortionists or those...
  • LePage Leads Golden in CD2 Race According to Congressional Leadership Fund Poll [Maine]

    06/04/2025 6:38:17 PM PDT · by T Ruth · 11 replies
    The Maine Wire ^ | May 21, 2025 Updated:May 22, 2025 | Seamus Othot
    A new poll from the Congressional Leadership Fund, first released to Notus on Wednesday, gives former Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage a notable lead over incumbent Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) in the race for Maine now highly contested Second Congressional District (CD2) House seat. The poll found that Gov. LePage is leading Rep. Golden by five points among likely voters. Forty-eight percent of respondents said they would support the former governor, while just 43 percent said they would vote for the incumbent. The Republican candidate’s lead did not appear to be the exclusive result of LePage’s significant name recognition as...
  • Dem Rep In Seat Trump Won By Wide Margin Now In Toss-Up Race, Analysis Says [Maine]

    06/04/2025 2:23:28 PM PDT · by T Ruth · 26 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | June 04, 2025 | Ireland Owens
    The University of Virginia’s Center for Politics shifted their rating of the race for incumbent [Democrat] Maine Rep. Jared Golden’s Congressional District from “leans [Democrat]” to “toss-up” on Tuesday.By presidential partisanship, Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is the most Republican district currently held by a Democrat, according to the Center for Politics’ analysis. The congressional race’s move to the “toss-up” column after Golden announced on May 20 that he is seeking reelection in 2026 instead of making a bid for governor or Senate.President Donald Trump won the seat by 9 percentage points in the 2024 presidential election — marking his largest...
  • Senate rankings: The 5 seats most likely to flip

    06/03/2025 7:27:37 PM PDT · by T Ruth · 41 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/01/25 | Al Weaver
    *** Here’s an early look at the five Senate seats most likely to flip next year.Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.) is considered the most vulnerable Democrat on the Senate map …. But ... Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) decided against a Senate bid, depriving the GOP of its top choice across the entire 2026 map. *** ... Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) is in, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is out, and operatives believe Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) may follow Carter into the primary. ***NorthCarolina If Democrats are going to make any headway toward winning back the majority, toppling Sen. Thom...
  • Supreme Court orders Maine legislature to revoke censure of Rep. Laurel Libby over trans athlete post

    05/20/2025 3:13:28 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 21 replies
    Fox news ^ | By Jackson Thompson
    The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Maine state legislature to revoke its censure of GOP state representative Laurel Libby on Tuesday. Libby has been censured since Feb. 15 for a social media post that identified a transgender Maine high school athlete who won a girls' pole vault competition. In a 7-2 decision, the court ruled that Libby's entitlement to relief from the censure is "indisputably clear." The GOP lawmaker celebrated the Supreme Court decision in an X post. "This is a victory not just for my constituents, but for the Constitution itself. The Supreme Court has affirmed what should NEVER...
  • Supreme Court orders Maine House to restore vote of censured lawmaker

    05/20/2025 12:07:45 PM PDT · by CFW · 21 replies
    WGME ^ | 5/20/25 | Matthew Bourgault,
    PORTLAND (WGME) -- The Supreme Court has ordered the Maine House to restore the vote of censured Representative Laurel Libby (R-Auburn). Libby was censured by the Maine Legislature after she posted the name and image of a transgender minor online. As part of the censure, she could not speak or vote on the House floor until she apologized, which she refused to do. In her lawsuit before the Supreme Court, Libby didn't contest the censure but the punishment, saying it violated her First Amendment rights and those of her constituents. Maine’s attorney general filed new paperwork both in district court...
  • Jordon Hudson sports sour look on her face after failing to win Miss Maine USA pageant in front of beau Bill Belichick

    05/12/2025 4:15:34 AM PDT · by DeplorablePaul · 56 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 11, 2025, | Jeanette Settembre and Alex Oliveira
    PORTLAND, Me. — Miss Congeniality, Jordon Hudson is not. Bill Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend fell short yet again in the Miss Maine beauty pageant, placing third Sunday — and she couldn’t hide her disappointment. Hudson — who came in second in the contest last year — once again didn’t have quite the stuff to strut all the way to the crown.
  • Angus King III Announces Maine Gubernatorial Run

    05/06/2025 11:27:58 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/06/2025 | Hannah Knudsen
    Angus King III is following in his father’s footsteps and running to be governor of Maine. King is the son of Angus King, who served as governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003 and now serves as the independent senator from the Pine Tree State. King III is planning on running as a Democrat, hoping to replace embattled Democrat Gov. Janet Mills. “I’ve spent my life building and making things that really help people,” he said, according to WGME. “Now, I’m running for governor to build a better Maine,” he continued, “where it’s easier to start and grow a small...
  • Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage running for Congress

    05/05/2025 3:02:43 PM PDT · by billorites · 6 replies
    RollCall ^ | May 5, 2025 | Ryan Kelly
    Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who once described himself as “Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular,” announced Monday that he was running for Congress. “The entrenched interests are fighting President [Donald] Trump at every turn as he works to fix problems,” the former two-term Republican governor said on social media. “We need more straight talk to help take back Washington.” A former businessman turned outspoken and divisive political figure, LePage is seeking the 2nd District seat represented by Rep. Jared Golden, one of 13 House Democrats to hold seats that Trump carried last fall. In fact, voters in the...
  • Maine Teacher Calls for Secret Service to Assassinate Trump, Administration

    05/01/2025 4:58:13 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 42 replies
    Newsmax ^ | May 1, 2025 | Solange Reyner
    A Maine teacher has called for President Donald Trump and members of his administration to be killed, according to news reports. JoAnna St. Germain, an English teacher at Waterville Senior High School, made Facebook posts on Tuesday calling on the Secret Service to "take out every single person who supports Trump's illegal, immoral, unconstitutional acts." "You are the ones with power. Coordinate," she said. "Look at the sycophants and give them what they're asking for. "Every other country sees what's happening and they are taking stands. If you step up, we can avoid a civil war," she added. St. Germain...
  • BREAKING: Senate Vote to Eliminate Trump’s Tariffs FAILS Despite Three GOPers Siding With Democrats – Two Senators Who Would Have Voted to Terminate Did Not Show Up to Vote

    04/30/2025 5:11:54 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 149 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 30, 2025 | Cullen Linebargar
    The Democrat and RINO effort to blow up Trump’s global tariffs suffered an embarrassing failure in the Senate this evening after two senators failed to vote. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Senator Rand Paul (RINO-KY) had sponsored a resolution that would have terminated ALL of Trump’s tariffs, including those on America’s top adversary, China. The vote deadlocked 49-49, meaning it failed by one vote. But there were three Republicans who voted to stab Trump in the back and end the global tariffs: Rand Paul of Kentucky Susan Collins of Maine Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Senator...
  • Woke Maine teacher calls for Trump and ALL his supporters to be killed - as she dares bosses to fire her

    04/30/2025 2:16:42 PM PDT · by DFG · 134 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 04/30/2025 | Will Potter
    A teacher in Maine repeatedly called for the killing of President Trump and his supporters in a shocking slew of social media posts - even acknowledging that her boss 'will have to fire me' over the call to violence. JoAnna St. Germain, an English teacher at Waterville Senior High School, took to Facebook to share her inflammatory thoughts on how to 'take out' the president. 'The Secret Service has the perfect opportunity, if they choose to step up and take it,' she wrote. 'You are the ones with power. Coordinate. Take out every single person who supports Trump’s illegal, immoral,...
  • Big Brother Wants to Watch You on Your Daily Commute

    04/27/2025 7:15:59 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 15 replies
    The Maine Wire ^ | April 25, 2025 | Jacob Posik
    … The measure would allow the Maine Turnpike Authority, along with the Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety, to establish a “pilot program” to operate three work zone surveillance systems on Maine highways. The surveillance systems would be used to record images of license plates on motor vehicles traveling through the work zone at a rate of speed more than 11 miles per hour above the posted work zone speed limit. If you get caught speeding in the work zone, your first violation would result in a written warning. Upon second and subsequent violations, you’ll get a fine...
  • Federal judge upholds censure of Maine Rep Laurel Libby after opposition to trans competitors in women's sports

    04/18/2025 3:18:14 PM PDT · by CFW · 21 replies
    The Post Millennial ^ | Hannah Nightingale
    A federal judge has ruled against censured Maine State Rep Laurel Libby, siding with State House Speaker Ryan Fecteau. Libby filed a federal lawsuit after she was censored in the House chamber over a social media post that depicted a high school trans-identified male winning the state championship, despite President Donald Trump’s order banning trans-identified males competing in women’s sports. District Judge Melissa R. DuBose wrote in her ruling, "After carefully considering the case law, the details presented by the parties about the House governing rules, and the process by which the House adopted the Resolution and imposed the censure...