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Some days, I can't understand the lingo of today's youth, nor why they use it. However, the phrase, "I can't even" finally made sense to me today when I read the following story. Apparently, the...
After winning a special election Susan Deschambault was scheduled to be sworn in as the newest elected Democratic state senator in Maine. Instead, when she arrived at the State House with her family in tow,...
Joanne Twomey has a t-shirt that says, "Well-behaved women rarely make history." The former Biddeford mayor and state legislator proved she can wear the tee and make the noise as she demonstrated on Thursday night when...
This could be the moment that the Bernie Sanders folks have been waiting for. The state of Maine is holding its Democratic caucus this coming weekend. At that event, according to US Uncut, Portland's Diane Russell has...
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Maine is known for many things in modern day society. Some of these things include the acceptable spelling of the word car as ?cah,? or our tempered and moody Governor Paul LePage. But what Maine...
Barack Obama sitting with Susan Collins in the Oval Office (image courtesy White House Flickr feed, part of public domain)
Yesterday, Mitch McConnell declared that he would absolutely, positively not allow hearings for anyone President Obama puts forward to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. He apparently made that pledge knowing that it could potentially cost his Republicans control of...
The cosmos clearly has a sense of humor. M.D. Harmon was a reporter for Maine's Portland Press Herald for over 40 years. He was a staunch conservative who wrote extensively on gun rights. Like other gun "enthusiasts," Harmon liked to...
A good Christian family put up a uniquely humorous Christmas light display in Limerick, Maine, to celebrate their love of Christmas and America. They put up a huge Santa Claus on the second floor, a huge...
The Governor of Maine, Paul LePage, is quite the Tea Party douchebag. He is constantly having to apologize for the stupid shit coming out of his mouth. One reporter epically trolled LePage at a press conference. Stand-up...
Rising sea levels and unpredictable weather are not the only consequences of climate change. Another consequence most don't consider is the effect rising temperatures have on invasive species. According to the study, "Threats to North American forests from southern...
In a hilarious response to the recent vile language of Governor Paul LePage (R-Me), the Portland Press Herald wrote a letter of apology to the nation. https://twitter.com/jazzbabydc/status/769334739606142976 The Boston Globe reports that the newspaper's editorial board ran an...
Maine Gov. Paul LePage has been forced into an embarrassing backtrack. Talking about his party's Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in an interview with Maine's WVOM radio on Tuesday, he used the word "authoritarian." The next day he had to...
Governor Paul Lepage (R) gave his annual?State of the State Address yesterday. Last year, LePage was only one of four governors to receive an "A" rating for his fiscal record from the right-wing Cato Institute. However,?yesterday...
For all out there feeling a little demoralized about the class warfare congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump's administration are waging against us, results from Tuesday's elections should lift your spirits. Let's start in Virginia where...
The tiny town of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, is a popular yachting and tourist destination attracting thousands of vacationers. But the town manager says one man's homemade sign is turning tourists away. Linc Sample, a licensed firearms dealer,...
A ridiculously backward Christian group in Maine, Equal Rights Not Special Rights, is campaigning to make homosexuality criminalized again. Mike Heath and other heads of the Christian Civic League of Maine formed this group. They say that...
Mike Heath (right), leader of the effort to shred LGBT rights in Maine (image from Heath's Facebook)
When you think of wingnuts in Maine, most of us think of Paul LePage. But apparently there's a crew that's even crazier than LePage. A group of hyperfundie Christians wants to shred Maine's civil rights...
Eric Trump at the Republican National Convention (image courtesy Voice of America, part of public domain)
Donald Trump has told us for several months that he can't release his tax returns because he's being audited by the IRS. Well, apparently the Trump children know that's baloney. After all, for the third...
It has been revealed that President Donald Trump was unhappy during the Superbowl. In an interview before the game Trump was discussing his friendships with Quarterback Tom Brady and Team Owner Robert Kraft and said this of...
Republican Senator Susan Collins has represented the state of Maine since 1996. She is the most senior Republican woman in the Senate. She has a solid reputation as a moderate and has been successful in working...