The Maine Wire

10/07/2025

At multiple points in a radio segment with Ray Richardson this morning, Shenna Bellows reiterated that she believes the Amazon ballot scandal is the result of a "bad actor" as opposed to an accidental mix-up at a shipping facility:

10/07/2025

The Scarborough Dems are actively promoting a protest that is intended to "hold ICE accountable."

Attacks on ICE officers are up over 1000% in recent months.

A counter-protest has also been organized as a demonstration of support for law enforcement and immigration authorities.

Read all the details here:
https://www.themainewire.com/2025/10/burnell-organizing-a-pro-law-enforcement-rally-in-opposition-to-the-anti-ice-rally-in-scarborough/

10/07/2025

Multiple Portland City Councilors again refuse to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance:

10/07/2025

Steve Robinson responds to the accusations Shenna Bellows made against our reporting yesterday:

"To be perfectly clear, I contacted the justice department before Shenna Bellows, because I, like hundreds of thousands of Mainers, don't really trust Secretary of State Bellows... Secretary of State Bellows should not be investigating Secretary of State Bellows."

10/07/2025

Troy Jackson was bragging last week that his campaign was hosting an event with Congressman Jamie Raskin.

Raskin then promptly endorsed Hannah Pingree...

10/07/2025

Portland City Council Approves Warming Center

The Portland City Council approved plans Monday evening for a new winter warming shelter at 166 Riverside Industrial Parkway following months of discussion over limited space, staffing shortages and challenges in finding a suitable on-peninsula location. City officials said the site was selected bec...

10/07/2025

The hits keep coming:

A reader emails that she got a letter from Shenna Bellows thanking her for claiming her new license plate number (the new design that Bellows imposed and had to re-issue because the pine tree made some plates unreadable).

The only problem is this isn't her plate number and she never reserved a plate.

10/07/2025

Shenna Bellows had the opportunity to reassure Mainers that our elections are safe and secure.

Her performance yesterday did the exact opposite.

10/07/2025

The Maine Coalition for Palestine held a "Gaza Solidarity Flotilla" over the weekend, where massive pro-Palestine banners were draped over historic Fort Gorges in Portland:

10/07/2025

FBI Crackdown on Violent Crime Leads to 8,629 Arrests, Including 35 in Maine, and the Rescue of Over a Thousand Children

The FBI’s national “Operation Summer Heat” crackdown on violent crime led to over 8,600 arrests, including 35 in Maine, and the location and identification of over 1,000 child victims. [RELATED: DEA Crackdown on Jalisco New Generation Cartel Terrorists Leads to Over 600 Arrests…] The operati...

10/07/2025

A church in Belfast is set to hold an “All Ages National Coming Out Day” event on Saturday, hosted by the trans-identifying biological female Cooper Reed of the left-wing Human Rights Campaign non-profit.

Details:
https://www.themainewire.com/2025/10/belfast-church-set-to-host-all-ages-national-coming-out-day-event/

10/07/2025

No end in sight for the government shutdown.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the majority of his caucus rejected a bipartisan spending bill Monday evening to reopen the government for the fifth time.

Far-left activist groups are reportedly engaged in a concerted pressure campaign to persuade Democratic lawmakers and those who caucus with Schumer to oppose the clean spending bill.

All the details:
https://www.themainewire.com/2025/10/senate-democrats-keep-government-closed-sixth-day-into-shutdown/