ME-Sen: Shenna Bellows first TV ad
Shenna Bellows, the Democratic Party nominee for US Senate in Maine, has posted her first television ad online. Shenna, former head of the Maine Civil Liberties Union and lead on the successful effort...
View ArticleME-Gov LePage: Social Security and Medicare are "welfare, pure and simple"
In a press release posted earlier today, Maine Gov. Paul LePage claimed that Social Security payments and Medicare are "welfare, pure and simple."LePage was writing to argue that newly released data...
View ArticleLive stream Michelle Obama at rally for Mike Michaud, Maine's next governor
First Lady Michelle Obama will be speaking at a campaign rally for Re. Mike Michaud, the Democratic Party candidate in Maine's gubernatorial race. The rally is being held at the University of Maine...
View ArticleDesperate RGA has new TV ad promoting 3rd party ME-Gov candidate
Excepting a few outliers, polls of the Maine gubernatorial race have been relatively unchanged for months, showing Gov. Paul LePage (R) in a virtual tie with Rep. Mike Michaud (D) at 40%, with...
View ArticleSen Angus King (I-ME) switches endorsement from Cutler to Michaud
Joining a number of other prominent supporters who change their allegiance from Eliot Cutler to Rep. Mike Michaud (D), Sen. Angus King has endorsed Michaud for Governor of Maine.King, who was governor...
View ArticleME-Gov LePage says 13% of Ebola victims die without showing any symptoms
In an interview with reporters yesterday, Maine Gov. Paul LePage told reporters:13% of the people who have Ebola, and who've died of Ebola, showed no symptoms, until a few hours before they died. Sorry...
View ArticleWaPo poll on torture fails to mention innocent victims
The Washington Post has this poll out which claims that a majority says CIA harsh interrogations justified. But reading through the actual questions asked, it's no wonder they report what they do.It...
View ArticleChildren are not "suicide bombers"
This is a very short diary, but I want to make this point, since I've been reading headlines like this one in the Guardian today:Two suspected child suicide bombers attack Nigerian marketLet me be very...
View ArticleWe keep blaming cops What about those placing the 911 calls?
This is a short rant.Like many of you, I continue to be outraged as each day seems to bring yet another story about law enforcement officers acting well beyond what the situation dictates, often...
View ArticleMaine GOP senator suggests President Obama will see ISIS at family reunion
There has been talk lately in Maine about what sort of legacy Gov. Paul LePage will leave the Pine Tree State, and it seems unfiltered comments is a early front-runner. Maine State Sen. Mike Willette...
View ArticleMaine state senator has a long history of online hate and bigotry
Yesterday it was reported that Republican Maine State Sen. Michael Willette suggested that President Obama will see ISIS at family reunion.Mike Tipping, who broke yesterday's story, did some more...
View ArticleRemember when Senate tried to block AG nominee who refused to admit that...
Those were good time during the halcyon days of the W Bush administration, when extraordinary rendition and waterboarding and other forms of torture - I mean, enhanced interrogation - were the way to...
View ArticleMartin O'Malley: GOP governers "worship the false idol of tax cuts"
I had forgotten about this, but it seems more appropriate today than ever. In 2012, then Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley delivered the Keynote Address to the Maine Democratic Party Convention, and made...
View ArticleWho is training ISIS/Da'ish fighters?
Short diary.I read repeated news reports that fighters of the so-called Islamic State, also know as Da'ish, are better trained by whatever government troops or militias they encounter.My question is,...
View ArticleME-Gov LePage follows through on promise to veto every bill sponsored by...
In an epic rant in front of the media ten days ago, Maine's Tea Party Republican Gov. Paul LePage promised to veto every bill introduced by a Democratic member of the Legislature until his ballot...
View ArticleME-Gov LePage: Some legislators should be "rounded up and executed in the...
Maine Gov. Paul Roy LePage has hit another low note, telling those at a private meeting that legislators from Lewiston, Maine, should be "rounded up and executed in the public square.""Maybe I didn't...
View ArticleEpic #FAIL - ME-Gov pocket veto blunder means bills he hates will become law
Maine is like other states in that it provides its governor with the right to veto legislation that she or he doesn't like. The Maine Constitution gives the governor ten days (excluding Sundays) within...
View ArticleCompilation of body cams shows all 3 officers lied about Samuel DuBose killing
The Guardian has made a compilation of the body camera footage of all three Cincinnati police officers at the scene when Samuel DuBose was killed, and it clearly shows that all three of them know that...
View ArticleTeaching in the 21st Century - really?
Let me ask a simple question:How many people would want to become teachers if they knew they would need to be trained as law enforcement officers first?
View ArticleNo Martin O’Malley in the menu bar?
No Martin O’Malley in the menu bar? I realize that he is not polling well, but he is one of the three remaining candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination and his name should be there....
View ArticleME-Gov LePage raises spectre of black men impregnating "young white girls"
At a Town Hall meeting in Bridgton Wednesday evening, Gov. Paul LePage discussed the increased abuse of heroin and other opioids and the dealers from away that bring them to Maine. For those that have...
View ArticleOut come the knives: Clinton allies smear Sanders as communist sympathizer
Via the Guardian:Attacks on Bernie Sanders by rival Democrats are likely to turn increasingly to his record on the economy and foreign affairs, according to a new dossier seen by the Guardian that...
View ArticleLePage: "I had to go scream at the top of my lungs about black dealers" to...
As is usual on Tuesday mornings, Maine Gov. Paul LePage was on WVOM to talk to local hosts Ric Tyler and George Hale. And as is usual in such a welcoming atmosphere, LePage got comfortable and let his...
View ArticleMaine Democrats to caucus Sunday, 6 March
Maine Democrats will caucus across the state on Sunday, 6 March. Times and locations will vary, but nearly every town in Maine will hold a caucus.To find the location of your caucus click here.You must...
View ArticleProvide link to legislation that you are writing about!
I can’t tell you how many times I have read an article about a piece of legislation in which the author fails to provide a link to the actual text, and in many cases, doesn’t even cite the actual name...
View ArticleNicole Maines: TED Talk on what it's like to be transgender
Nicole Maines first made news here in Maine as a middle schooler regarding her gender identity and toilet rooms —a case that went all the way to the Maine Supreme Court:It is the first time any court...
View ArticleGuardian: Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world
I would like to believe that this report that Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world is based on errors, or statistical anomalies, but it is hard to ignore the apparent parallel...
View ArticleME Gov. Paul LePage calls Gold Star parent Khizr Kahn a "con man"
Yesterday, Maine Gov. Paul LePage, well known for his frequent controversial statements, called Gold Star parent Khizr Kahn a “con man” and that Kahn was using the death of his son to attack Donald...
View ArticleMonty Python explains how every Trump policy works
Some will say they were prescient. Others will say they just got lucky. No matter — way back in 1972 the comedy troupe Monty Python explained how every policy that Donald Trump will roll out during his...
View ArticleDuring his 1990 financial tailspin, banks gave Trump allowance of $450,000 -...
The repercussions from the <em>NYTimes</em> report that Donald Trump lost nearly a billion dollars are still molding the news, but one tidbit about his financial tailspin in 1990 seem to...
View ArticleUPDATED: Maine elector intended to vote for Bernie; ruled out of order, votes...
UPDATE: Steve Mistler of Maine Public Radio reports that after David Bright’s initial vote for Bernie Sanders was ruled out of order, he he re-cast his vote for Hillary Clinton.xAfter re-vote Clinton...
View ArticleMaine legislator tweets that transgender people are "mentally ill"
Rep. Larry Lockman (R-Amherst) is becoming a legend in Maine, and has now added another outrage to his long list of such accomplishments. In a Twitter exchange with yours truly last evening, Lockman...
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The "ratings machine" says Arnold Schwarzenegger got "destroyed" as new host...
Apparently nothing is beneath the insecure egomaniac that will soon become president. Instead of preparing for this morning’s briefing on the Russian cyber-attack of our recent election, The Donald is...
View ArticleGuardian: Steve Bannon registered to vote in two states
I have nothing more to add to Steve Bannon registered to vote in two states: A senior White House adviser to Donald Trump is registered to vote in two different states, a practice that the US...
View ArticleThe Trump/Putin ties are not a political takeover
This diary is short and sweet:The ties between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and the other Russian oligarchs — some of which go back for years — are not an attempt by Putin to takeover the United...
View ArticleTime to remind ourselves about what Wendell Potter had to say about health...
I wrote this piece eight years ago. It began:On 24 June 2009, Wendell Potter, the former head of corporate communications for CIGNA, a health insurance provider, testified before the Senate Committee...
View ArticleTreasury deleting pages that refer to Harriet Tubman
Sorry for short post — my daughter’s game is about to start. The Bangor Daily News has the story:amp.bangordailynews.com/...
View ArticleRemember When Alec Baldwin won a Golden Globe?
When you’re famous you can just grab `em!
View ArticleMaine Sec of State sues Kobach's election commission to obtain information...
Maine’s Secretary of State, Matt Dunlap, is suing the federal Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity to obtain information that he, a member of the commission, thinks is being withheld...
View ArticleSen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) calls for Roy Moore to withdraw from Alabama...
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has called for Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for US Senate in a December special election in Alabama, to withdraw from the race:xI have now read Mr. MooreâÂÂs...
View ArticleTrump: Time cover "probably is no good and took a pass." But you don't have...
Short and sweet. Donald Trump had this tweet:xTime Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named âÂÂMan (Person) of the Year,â like last year, but I would have to agree to an...
View ArticleMaine GOP caught lying about its role in creating Fake News site
The Maine Republican Party has been caught lying about the role it played in creating a fake news website that was used to attack progressive candidates. The website, called the Maine Examiner, “is not...
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Someone has created a copy of my old defunct blog
Soon after I began posting here at Daily Kos, I discovered Turn Maine Blue, a progressive blog that focused on my home state of Maine. I quickly became a regular, and as the owner lived out of state,...
View ArticleAndy Borowitz nails it re Susan Collins
A short diary — just go read The Borowitz Report: Susan Collins to Self-Quarantine to Avoid Possible Contact with Decisions.
View ArticleThis rant by parent of two students regarding school re-opening raises many...
This is a short diary. I am a member of a local school board in rural Maine, and a parent of two boys at our high school. We of course are discussing whether to re-open our districts six schools, and...
View ArticleThe "New Colossus Wall Project"
Art Project:Using very large letters by artists that reflect the diversity of our nation, hang Emma Lazarus' poem "New Colossus" on Trump's wall, repeating as necessary.How do we make it happen?
View ArticleGQP Maine legislator compares Gov. Janet Mills to Josef Mengele
Short diary: Veteran Maine Public reporter Steve Mistler has this audio clip of Maine Rep. Heidi Sampson comparing Gov Janet Mills to Josef Mengele, the notorious Nazi doctor known for his experiments...
View ArticleIs the "Most Shared" folder stuck?
Because I’ve been seeing the same five diaries for weeks now: My Pillow Guy Dropped Money (16 Dec)Jimmy Carter Lowered Into a Nuke Reactor (16 Dec)Pregnant Women Dying (16 Dec)Gohmert Sued Pence (guess...
View ArticleSo again I will ask How come MOST SHARED list hasn't been fixed?
The five stories there are all from 16 December.
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