The Maine Wire

12/05/2025

Mainers’ Streaming Service Subscriptions Will Be Subject to 5.5% Sales Tax Starting in 2026

Beginning on January 1, Mainers who subscribe to streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify may see a new charge on their monthly bill. Approved as part of Maine’s supplemental budget for the current fiscal year, changes to the state’s tax code will impose a 5.5 percent fee on all stream...

12/05/2025

The latest from Ted Cohen:

Maine’s “Independent” U.S. Senator Targeted By Leftists For Not Being A Real Democrat – And He’s Loving It

https://www.themainewire.com/2025/12/maines-independent-u-s-senator-targeted-by-leftists-for-not-being-a-real-democrat-and-hes-loving-it/

12/05/2025

Here's why the Mills administration hasn't, and won't, investigate any of the welfare fraud in Maine from migrant services agencies:

12/04/2025

Rockland Police Arrest South Thomaston Man After Finding Him With Drugs and a Firearm

➡️https://www.themainewire.com/2025/12/rockland-police-arrest-south-thomaston-man-after-finding-him-with-drugs-and-a-firearm/

12/04/2025

Lewiston Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Illegal Gun Possession as City Faces Mounting Fi****ms Incidents

A Lewiston man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, adding yet another case to the city’s growing list of gun-related incidents at a time when a newly elected city councilor faces indictment on separate fi****ms charges. Thirty-five-year-old Kulmiye...

12/04/2025

12/04/2025

Car fire on 95 near Portland, long traffic jam:

12/04/2025

In a brief but dense affidavit released Dec. 3, the FBI laid out the evidence pointing to Brian J. Cole, Jr. as the Jan. 6 pipe-bomber.

Read the details here:
https://robinsonreport.substack.com/p/read-the-fbi-affidavit-identifying?publication_id=2246936&post_id=180742111&isFreemail=false&r=391che&triedRedirect=true

12/04/2025

Photo of the alleged DC Jan 6 pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr:

12/04/2025

House Passes Bill to Check Chinese Government Influence on American Schools, Pingree Votes No

Story ⬇️
https://www.themainewire.com/2025/12/house-passes-bill-to-check-chinese-government-influence-on-american-schools-pingree-votes-no/

12/04/2025

Groundhog Day: Shenna Bellows writes letter opposing yet another election integrity measure.

Story:
https://www.themainewire.com/2025/12/shenna-bellows-joins-coalition-opposing-use-of-immigration-database-for-determining-voter-eligibility/

12/04/2025

The Hermon GOP Committee is claiming that Governor Mills' internal polling shows her losing to Oysterman Graham Platner in the primary.

This comes around the same time a new progressive poll gave Platner a whopping 20-point lead.

Platner’s cumulative unfavorable rating is also five points lower than Mills (15:20) among the same group of critical, likely voters, according to the poll.

Not a good look for the governor...