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MAINE HAS A $1.3 BILLION BUDGET GAP: Record spending, new taxes, and a lack of fiscal responsibility by Democrats leave the next Governor with a sizeable hole to fill.

October 1, 2026

AUGUSTA – Yesterday the Four-Year Revenue and Expenditure Forecast was released by the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services’ Bureau of the Budget. It reveals a projected General Fund structural gap (revenues less than allocations) for the 2028-2029 biennium of $1.085 billion and a projected Highway Fund structural gap of $256.7 million. This has […]

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July 31, 2026

Closure of MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital birthing unit predictable after Democrat policies AUGUSTA — Today, members of the 132nd Legislature sent a letter urging the MaineHealth Board of Trustees not to proceed with the proposed closure of the labor and delivery unit at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital. As the lawmakers noted in their letter, 11 hospital birthing […]

Nancy Theriault Sworn In as State Representative for House District 29

July 14, 2026

AUGUSTA, Maine — Nancy Theriault of Millinocket was officially sworn in today as the newest member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing House District 29. Theriault was elected in a special election to complete the remaining term of the late Representative Kathy Javner (R-Chester), who passed away earlier this year after a courageous battle […]

Mills administration’s plan to cut $400 million in projects lays bare the clear lack of priorities and gross mismanagement of the state’s budget

June 8, 2026

AUGUSTA – The revelation last week that the commissioner of Maine’s Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) informed Gov. Janet Mills in May that he will cut about $400 million in road and bridge projects over the next three years sent shock waves through the state’s construction industry. For Republican lawmakers, who in April had already learned the news […]

Cynical Procedural Maneuver Kills Child Welfare Reform Legislation Aimed at Protecting Children

April 29, 2026

Augusta- Just when you think Democrats cannot go any lower, they do. Rather than pass a bipartisan child welfare reform bill to protect children, House Democrat leadership  moved to adjourn the House before their work was done. Then, after a rare bipartisan procedural vote against adjourning, Speaker Ryan Fecteau left the Chamber saying he would […]

Legislative Democrats continue their years-long spending spree

April 9, 2026

Augusta – Early Thursday morning, legislative Democrats pushed through yet another majority budget — the new normal under their one-party control of Augusta. The supplemental budget brings biennial spending to a record $11.99 billion. Among the most controversial provisions in the nearly $700 million supplemental budget is a $135 million MaineCare bailout. Taken together with […]

BREAKING: “Dirty Permits” – Former BMV examiner asserts 100% pass rate for foreign-national learner’s permit test takers is fraudulent — overall pass rate is 65%! Republicans demand an investigation

December 18, 2025

Whistleblower sits down with Rep. Michael Lemelin (R-Chelsea) and Sen. Bruce Bickford (R-Androscoggin) to describe what he witnessed as a Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) examiner in Portland, Kennebunk, Scarborough and Lewiston. He has provided the names of five other BMV examiners who can corroborate certain private interpreters cheated on written exams by providing test […]

Statement from House Republicans on LD 1971

December 15, 2025

Maine House Republicans condemn Governor Janet Mills’ decision to allow LD 1971 to become law. Limiting cooperation between Maine law enforcement and federal authorities – a longstanding tradition due to Maine’s extensive foreign border – shows a reckless disregard for public safety and will put Maine’s public at risk. By restricting law enforcement access to […]

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October 23, 2025

October 23, 2025 Democrats Block Bipartisan Public Safety and Mental Health Bill Proposal Supported by Department of Public Safety, NAMI Maine, and Governor Mills Rejected on Party-Line Vote AUGUSTA — By a 10–6 party-line vote, Democrats on the Legislative Council today blocked LR 2585, “An Act to Strengthen Maine’s Extreme Risk Protection Order Process by Supporting Crisis […]

Appropriations & Tax Committee Republicans Call for Public Hearing on Working Class/Senior Tax Cuts

October 17, 2025

AUGUSTA, ME – Republican members of the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations and Taxation Committees today called for a November public hearing to consider adopting federal tax changes that benefit workers, seniors, and Maine families. These federal tax reduction measures—contained in the “Working Families Tax Cut Act” passed by Congress and now in effect for 2025—offer the […]

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Vote red to save Maine and America

VOTE RED! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Vote blue. Vote blue for democracy

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MAINE’S VERIFICATION WORKAROUND—AND WHAT ONE-PARTY CONTROL HAS PRODUCED Mainers are repeatedly told that our employment and election systems are secure. But when you examine the laws and legislative record, a troubling pattern emerges: Maine’s political establishment avoids openly creating “exemptions.” Instead, it defeats stronger verification requirements, expands eligibility through broader legislation and leaves the public to discover the consequences afterward. THE EMPLOYMENT WORKAROUND Every Maine employer must complete federal I‑9 paperwork, but Maine generally does not require employers to use E‑Verify—the federal system that compares a new employee’s information with Social Security and Homeland Security records. In 2019, LD 1077 would have required Maine employers to use E‑Verify. Shenna Bellows, then a Democratic state senator and committee chair, supported the majority “Ought Not to Pass” recommendation and made the Senate motion that helped kill the bill. It never reached Governor Janet Mills, so she did not veto it. But throughout the Mills years, Maine’s one-party Democratic government failed to enact another statewide E‑Verify requirement—even for sensitive positions involving children, hospital and hospice patients, inmates, firearms or public authority. Now five Cumberland County corrections officers have been detained by ICE in less than two years. Maine has also employed noncitizens in law enforcement, transportation, healthcare, childcare and other sensitive fields. Many noncitizens are here legally and perform essential work honorably. That is not the issue. The issue is that criminal-background checks, professional licenses and Maine driver’s licenses do not continuously verify immigration or employment status. The workaround is simple: don’t pass an exemption—just defeat the verification requirement and leave the weaker system in place. THE VOTING WORKAROUND Maine law ordinarily says voters must establish a fixed and principal home in the community where they vote. But another provision creates a remarkable exception. In 2009, while Matt Dunlap was Maine’s Secretary of State, LD 1169 added language allowing a United States citizen living abroad who has never lived anywhere in the United States to register and vote in the Maine community where a parent is a qualified voter. That means someone born and raised entirely in Europe may legally become a Maine voter without ever residing in Maine—or anywhere in America—provided that person is a U.S. citizen and has a qualifying parent. The statutory language does not expressly restrict that eligibility to federal elections. This provision was placed inside a large omnibus election-law bill formally sponsored by Representative Pamela Trinward. It passed the Democratic-controlled Legislature without a recorded House or Senate roll-call vote and was signed by Democratic Governor John Baldacci. Again, the workaround is accomplished without openly saying, “Maine residency no longer matters.” Instead, lawmakers create an exception inside a much larger bill, pass it without recording how individual legislators voted and leave the provision in law for years. THIS IS THE PATTERN Under one-party control, stronger verification is defeated while eligibility is quietly expanded. Then, when Mainers ask questions, we are told the systems are secure because those same systems have not documented a problem. This is not an attack on lawful immigrants, overseas American citizens or honest workers. It is a demand for transparency, verification and accountability. A background check is not an immigration check. A driver’s license is not proof of citizenship. And someone who has never lived in Maine should not be treated as a Maine resident without Mainers being fully informed and their elected legislators being placed on the record. That is the total workaround—and Mainers deserve to know who created it, who preserved it and who continues to benefit politically from keeping the public in the dark. Sources: LD 1077 employment-verification bill and disposition: legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?paper=HP0800&snum=129 21‑A M.R.S. §154: legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-A/title21-Asec154.html LD 1169/Public Law 2009, Chapter 253: legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_124th/chapters/PUBLIC253.asp

Are you guys trying to rig this election too? Fascism is doomed to failure.

VOTE BLUE - 𝙑𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙧. 𝙏𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝘿. 𝙏𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙍. 𝙎𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 *𝙍 𝙄𝙎 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀𝙎 ꜱ𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘼 𝙁𝘼𝙏𝘼𝙇 𝘾𝘼𝙍 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙏~ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇꜰᴛʏ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ꜱᴇʀᴠɪɴɢꜱ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʟʟ, Crimes, ᴄᴏʀʀᴜᴘᴛɪᴏɴ, ʟɪᴇꜱ, Wars, ꜰʀᴀᴜᴅ, ᴛʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ, ɢʀᴇᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴛɪ-ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴɪꜱᴍ, ᴇᴛ ᴀʟ!

🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🕊️Maine has a $1 BILLION deficit under Democrat Mills and a Democrat Majority in Augusta! They have a Major Spending Problem that can not be sustained!! Bobby Charles for Governor!!❤️ A Vote for Hannah Pingree is a vote for the status quo!! She, Rick Bennett, Mills and Troy Jackson have been a major factor our Maine is in such a downfall!! Tax on Tips, Tax on overtime! Knowledge is Power!!🙏🇺🇸🕊️ 🇺🇸🗳️Get out and VOTE!🗳️🇺🇸 I’m Voting 🗳️ for a proven leader, Stateswoman, and a person with Common Sense to work in Washington DC for Mainers!! 🗳️ Vote ❤️(R - conservative - common sense) across the board ~ State, Local and National Representatives.🗳️Red❤️Republicans!! 🗳️Take Back Maine!! ❤️ 🙏🇺🇸🕊️ Senator Susan Collins for the Job!! 🗳️❤️ Bobby Charles, Ron Russell and Paul Lepage for The Win, as well!❤️ NO to COMMUNISM and SOCIALISM!! It’s great and lucrative for the Leaders! Workers pay! “Everything that’s Free is paid for by someone who works.” Can we provide more hands up instead of so many hand outs?? 🙏🇺🇸🕊️ What’s happening in NYC, Colorado, Maine? NJ? Awareness is Key!! Radical Islamists, Marxists… Identity politics?? Protect your Freedoms!!🗳️ “America belongs to those who love America 🇺🇸, not to those who hate America!” Let’s focus on improving our Americanism and Constitutionalism! Protect your money you earned to spend as YOU choose.💵

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Governor Mills rejects conformity with federal tax relief measures

October 3, 2025

Augusta – Today, Governor Janet Mills issued a Determination and Direction to the State Tax Assessor declining to conform the administration of 2025 Maine tax returns with several provisions passed in the federal “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). The provisions Maine will not adopt include no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and an […]

Maine Election Security and Integrity Called Into Question Again

October 1, 2025

House Republican Leaders Respond to Ballot Discovery in Amazon Package AUGUSTA, ME – House Republican Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham and Assistant House Republican Leader Katrina Smith issued the following statements after a Newburgh woman discovered 250 official Maine election ballots inside an Amazon shipment just weeks before voters decide Question One, the proposed Voter ID […]

Legislative Republicans Urge Revocation of Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Leases

September 9, 2025

September 9, 2025 AUGUSTA – Republican lawmakers from the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, along with several state Representatives and Senators, have called on U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to revoke all remaining Gulf of Maine offshore wind leases. In a letter sent this week, […]

Republican Leaders Call for Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to Resign

August 25, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2025 For more information, please contact: John Bott – House Republican Officejohn.bott@legislature.maine.gov Jared Hirshfield – Senate Republican OfficeJared.hirshfield@legislature.maine.gov Republican Leaders Call for Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to Resign Letter cites failure to prioritize her job responsibilities over partisanship and her campaign (Augusta, ME) — Maine’s Republican legislative leaders have […]

Legislative Republicans push to secure federal tax credit for Maine students

August 13, 2025

Augusta – Today, Legislative Republican leadership sent a letter to Governor Mills urging her to support efforts to designate scholarship granting organizations (SGOs) in Maine.  A state must opt in by designating SGOs; only then will charitable donations to them qualify for the new $1,700-per-individual federal tax credit created under the One Big Beautiful Bill […]

Hi, this is Representative Ann Fredericks from Sanford with a quick legislative update.

July 18, 2025

The Legislature has officially adjourned until January. During this time, legislators are back in their districts working on constituent issues and preparing for the upcoming session. Legislative committees can meet a couple more times between now and January to work on held-over bills and studies in progress. Meanwhile, Governor Mills is postponing decisions on 61 […]

Republicans urge Governor to veto bill that interferes with local law enforcement  

June 23, 2025

AUGUSTA – Legislative Republicans today submitted a letter to Governor Mills urging her to veto LD 1971 ‘AN Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities.’ The letter (attached) was circulated by Rep. Alicia Collins (R-Sidney) to Republican members of the […]

Judiciary Committee Democrats Violate Maine Law, Deny Public Hearing on Gun Initiative

May 30, 2025

STATE HOUSE – In a stunning move that undermines both the Maine Constitution and state statute, Democratic chairs of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee—Senator Anne Carney and Representative Amy Kuhn—have refused to hold a public hearing on a citizen-initiated “red flag” gun control proposal. Maine law requires that citizen initiatives receive a public hearing unless that […]

MAINE GIRLS SPEAK OUT!

May 8, 2025

Legislative Republicans hosted a press event today featuring girls speaking out on safety and fairness in athletics and private spaces. STATE HOUSE – Republicans commend the courageous young women who came to the Capitol today to testify in support of safety, fairness, and the rights of student athletes across Maine. Watch the full event here.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUES MAINE

April 16, 2025

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUES MAINE  The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced it is suing Maine over the inclusion of transgender athletes in girls’ sports. “Maine schools are in danger of losing federal education money so that biological males can play in girls’ sports and utilize private spaces designated for girls,” said House Republican Leader […]

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Early voting starts today. 

More info here:👇
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Vote red to save Maine and America

VOTE RED! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I thought Trump was against early voting

Vote blue. Vote blue for democracy

Vote RED!!!!!

MAINE’S VERIFICATION WORKAROUND—AND WHAT ONE-PARTY CONTROL HAS PRODUCED Mainers are repeatedly told that our employment and election systems are secure. But when you examine the laws and legislative record, a troubling pattern emerges: Maine’s political establishment avoids openly creating “exemptions.” Instead, it defeats stronger verification requirements, expands eligibility through broader legislation and leaves the public to discover the consequences afterward. THE EMPLOYMENT WORKAROUND Every Maine employer must complete federal I‑9 paperwork, but Maine generally does not require employers to use E‑Verify—the federal system that compares a new employee’s information with Social Security and Homeland Security records. In 2019, LD 1077 would have required Maine employers to use E‑Verify. Shenna Bellows, then a Democratic state senator and committee chair, supported the majority “Ought Not to Pass” recommendation and made the Senate motion that helped kill the bill. It never reached Governor Janet Mills, so she did not veto it. But throughout the Mills years, Maine’s one-party Democratic government failed to enact another statewide E‑Verify requirement—even for sensitive positions involving children, hospital and hospice patients, inmates, firearms or public authority. Now five Cumberland County corrections officers have been detained by ICE in less than two years. Maine has also employed noncitizens in law enforcement, transportation, healthcare, childcare and other sensitive fields. Many noncitizens are here legally and perform essential work honorably. That is not the issue. The issue is that criminal-background checks, professional licenses and Maine driver’s licenses do not continuously verify immigration or employment status. The workaround is simple: don’t pass an exemption—just defeat the verification requirement and leave the weaker system in place. THE VOTING WORKAROUND Maine law ordinarily says voters must establish a fixed and principal home in the community where they vote. But another provision creates a remarkable exception. In 2009, while Matt Dunlap was Maine’s Secretary of State, LD 1169 added language allowing a United States citizen living abroad who has never lived anywhere in the United States to register and vote in the Maine community where a parent is a qualified voter. That means someone born and raised entirely in Europe may legally become a Maine voter without ever residing in Maine—or anywhere in America—provided that person is a U.S. citizen and has a qualifying parent. The statutory language does not expressly restrict that eligibility to federal elections. This provision was placed inside a large omnibus election-law bill formally sponsored by Representative Pamela Trinward. It passed the Democratic-controlled Legislature without a recorded House or Senate roll-call vote and was signed by Democratic Governor John Baldacci. Again, the workaround is accomplished without openly saying, “Maine residency no longer matters.” Instead, lawmakers create an exception inside a much larger bill, pass it without recording how individual legislators voted and leave the provision in law for years. THIS IS THE PATTERN Under one-party control, stronger verification is defeated while eligibility is quietly expanded. Then, when Mainers ask questions, we are told the systems are secure because those same systems have not documented a problem. This is not an attack on lawful immigrants, overseas American citizens or honest workers. It is a demand for transparency, verification and accountability. A background check is not an immigration check. A driver’s license is not proof of citizenship. And someone who has never lived in Maine should not be treated as a Maine resident without Mainers being fully informed and their elected legislators being placed on the record. That is the total workaround—and Mainers deserve to know who created it, who preserved it and who continues to benefit politically from keeping the public in the dark. Sources: LD 1077 employment-verification bill and disposition: legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?paper=HP0800&snum=129 21‑A M.R.S. §154: legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-A/title21-Asec154.html LD 1169/Public Law 2009, Chapter 253: legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_124th/chapters/PUBLIC253.asp

Are you guys trying to rig this election too? Fascism is doomed to failure.

VOTE BLUE - 𝙑𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙧. 𝙏𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝘿. 𝙏𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙍. 𝙎𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 *𝙍 𝙄𝙎 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀𝙎 ꜱ𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘼 𝙁𝘼𝙏𝘼𝙇 𝘾𝘼𝙍 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙏~ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇꜰᴛʏ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ꜱᴇʀᴠɪɴɢꜱ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʟʟ, Crimes, ᴄᴏʀʀᴜᴘᴛɪᴏɴ, ʟɪᴇꜱ, Wars, ꜰʀᴀᴜᴅ, ᴛʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ, ɢʀᴇᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴛɪ-ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴɪꜱᴍ, ᴇᴛ ᴀʟ!

🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🕊️Maine has a $1 BILLION deficit under Democrat Mills and a Democrat Majority in Augusta! They have a Major Spending Problem that can not be sustained!! Bobby Charles for Governor!!❤️ A Vote for Hannah Pingree is a vote for the status quo!! She, Rick Bennett, Mills and Troy Jackson have been a major factor our Maine is in such a downfall!! Tax on Tips, Tax on overtime! Knowledge is Power!!🙏🇺🇸🕊️ 🇺🇸🗳️Get out and VOTE!🗳️🇺🇸 I’m Voting 🗳️ for a proven leader, Stateswoman, and a person with Common Sense to work in Washington DC for Mainers!! 🗳️ Vote ❤️(R - conservative - common sense) across the board ~ State, Local and National Representatives.🗳️Red❤️Republicans!! 🗳️Take Back Maine!! ❤️ 🙏🇺🇸🕊️ Senator Susan Collins for the Job!! 🗳️❤️ Bobby Charles, Ron Russell and Paul Lepage for The Win, as well!❤️ NO to COMMUNISM and SOCIALISM!! It’s great and lucrative for the Leaders! Workers pay! “Everything that’s Free is paid for by someone who works.” Can we provide more hands up instead of so many hand outs?? 🙏🇺🇸🕊️ What’s happening in NYC, Colorado, Maine? NJ? Awareness is Key!! Radical Islamists, Marxists… Identity politics?? Protect your Freedoms!!🗳️ “America belongs to those who love America 🇺🇸, not to those who hate America!” Let’s focus on improving our Americanism and Constitutionalism! Protect your money you earned to spend as YOU choose.💵

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