Rich Reissfelder

[Reagan Paul @RepReaganPaul]

🛑 Maine Democrats Aren’t Environmentalists — They’re Running a Pay-to-Play Scam 🌲🚜

Augusta Democrats preach endlessly about protecting Maine’s environment. Their record says otherwise.

They delayed Maine’s tough PFAS bans to 2032 — but carved out big exemptions for renewable energy infrastructure and “essential” electricity projects. Big wind and solar get a free pass on PFAS rules, while local manufacturers, farms, and small businesses get crushed under the full weight of regulation right now.

Then they fast-track massive solar and wind developments on prime farmland. When those projects destroy high-value agricultural soil, developers simply pay a “compensation fee” to the state. It’s official pay-to-play: write a check and you’re allowed to pave over farmland that can never be replaced.

This exact corporate green agenda just triggered a federal crackdown next door. The Trump Administration (USDA & EPA) is now investigating New York for violating prime farmland protections to ram through huge solar projects — the same thing Maine Democrats are doing here.

You can’t eat solar panels. A mitigation check doesn’t rebuild topsoil. Forests are clear-cut, scenic lands flattened, and power exported south — all while rural Maine pays the price.

Maine Democrats aren’t saving the environment. They’re selling it to corporate interests. Time to call out the hypocrisy and protect rural Maine.

[Jeff Kuhner @TheKuhnerReport]

Residents on Plum Island are outraged they've been ordered to NOT fly the U.S. flag on July 4th or face heavy fines by liberals in the town of Newbury, MA. A flag doesn't threaten allegedly protected shorebirds. They're using this as an excuse to ban the flag. DEFY THEM! #mapoli

[Reagan Paul @RepReaganPaul]

Maine’s leaders are forcing reckless climate mandates — 80% renewables by 2030, 100% “clean” by 2040 — while ignoring data proving wind and solar deliver far lower capacity factors than promised in our harsh weather.

The brutal result: exploding backup and grid costs hammering Mainers with sky-high bills at 28–32¢/kWh — nearly double the national average. Families can’t heat homes in winter. Businesses are getting crushed. This isn’t policy — it’s ideology making us suffer.

Maine needs reliable baseload power, not intermittent experiments.

We need to revoke the Maine Climate Council by statute now. This Mills-created body exists only to ram through failing agendas. It’s useless bureaucracy on top of our Department of Energy Resources.

Mainers are done paying for this. Scrap the mandates and demand affordable, reliable energy.

[The Maine Wire @TheMaineWire]

Deputy Secretary of State Kate McBrien admits she doesn't know if the Biddeford thumb drive was under lock and key for the week before it made its way to Augusta.

Totally collapses under questioning from @MaineWireJon...

The most concerning moment from the RCV tabulation so far:

[Maine Wire Jon @MaineWireJon]

Good lord…
They just announced that the Town of Brooklyn Maine ballots are missing…another delay…
Can’t make it up!!
@TheMaineWire

[Steve Robinson @SteveRob]

A fentanyl wasteland in the woods of Bangor, Maine.

[Reagan Paul @RepReaganPaul]

⚡️Right now at 6:20 pm on June 17th, 2026:

ALL of the wind turbines in ALL of New England are contributing only 1.9% of the power available to our grid.

Or in other words — only about 376 MW out of 19,788 MW of available generating capacity.

Other contributing resources:

☀️ Solar: 6.0% (1,187 MW)
🗑️ Refuse: 1.6% (317 MW)
🪵 Wood: 1.3% (257 MW)
♻️ Landfill Gas: 0.12% (40 MW)

Other resources:

💧 Hydro: 13%
📥 Net Imports: 8%
🔋 Batteries: <1%

Once again, it is natural gas at 51% and nuclear at 21% keeping the lights on across New England.

Source: ISO-New England

Picture: Saddleback Ridge

[Better Maine @MaineLogic]

Shenna Bellows, corrupt and incompetent:

a) in 2020, she used $75,000 in taxpayer money to run for state senate while secretly asking to be Secretary of State. After she won the election, she quit to take the SOS job and didn't refund the money.

b) in 2023, she unilaterally decided the Republican candidate for President committed a crime for which he was not even accused. She removed his name from the ballot. The Supreme Court ruled she acted illegally in a unanimous decision.

c) in 2025, she unilaterally decided to refuse to allow the federal government to verify the integrity of the Maine voter rolls - even though she gave them to Democrat PACs.

d) in 2025, she lost a box full of Maine ballots by not ensuring proper chain of custody.

e) in 2026, she unilaterally decided to remove a referendum question from the upcoming election that would have asked whether Maine voters support letting boys play girls sports.

f) in 2026, she unilaterally decided to refuse to issue undercover law enforcement agents with unmarked license plates, exposing them to danger.

g) in 2026, she lost a thumb drive with election results.

h) the results of the Maine primary election are still unknown 8 days after the election, while most states had their results hours after the election.

She claims to be a defender of democracy, but her authoritarian actions are the opposite of democratic.

[Steve Robinson @SteveRob]

Ben from Politifact claims Graham Platner's oyster hobby is in fact a full time job and a business that's not phony.

I rate this claim false.

Exhibit A: Platner's own financial disclosures show that he reported between $5,000 to $10,000 in income for an entire year -- at least $5,000 of which came from his mom's restaurant.

Maybe Politifact pays their fact-checkers $5k and calls it a full-time job. But here in Maine, when mommy pays you to play in your boat, that's a hobby.

[IMPERATOR @IMPERATORAUS]

In his Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas laid out one of the most charitable yet practical arguments concerning immigration that effectively shaped the West for almost 1,000 years.

1. Immigration must always be proportionate so that foreigners can properly assimilate into the culture and mode of worship of the state.

2. Citizenship – and associated rights – should only ever be granted after the third generation to preserve the culture, mode of worship, and constitution of the state.

3. The common good of the citizens must remain the highest priority of the state, meaning, the state's obligation to provide aid to its neighbours can never be at the expense of the citizens.

However, Aquinas ends with the sobering reminder that some peoples and states are incompatible with one another, and these must be held as "foes in perpetuity".

[Rep. Laurel Libby @laurel_libby]

Maine: 48th.
New Hampshire: 13th.

Same region. Same size. Completely different result!

Here's the difference:

New Hampshire has no income tax, electricity rates that aren't propped up by solar mandates, and their state budget stays within its means. It's not growing 65% in seven years.

Meanwhile... Augusta Democrats raised our top income tax rate to more than 9% this year. Our electricity rates are at least double comparable rural states because Augusta decided ratepayers should subsidize large solar developers. And our state budget is approaching $12 billion. Totally unsustainable.

The gap between 13th and 48th is NOT a coincidence. It's a policy gap. And Governor Mills and Augusta Democrats built it ‒ one tax hike, one solar subsidy, one budget increase at a time.

This MUST change.

[Rep. Laurel Libby @laurel_libby]

This isn't a one-time mistake. It's a system that allows taxpayer dollars to disappear without accountability.
It's time for MaineCare reform.

[Steve Robinson @SteveRob]

Sure, Ben. I mean it's "totally fake" as in it's a hobby and comparing Graham's hobby to actual Maine fishermen and lobstermen is insulting. The hobby became a campaign expenditure (unreported to the FEC) with a website that was created as a campaign prop after Graham Platner was groomed for a Senate run. He has no employees. He has described his oyster production as "small," which according to the Maine DMR means fewer than 100k oysters, which is maximum gross commercial value of $80k. His only customer is his mom. She's not selling 100k oysters per year, because Graham just explained at length that she's so poor he doesn't know what she'll do for retirement. There are bag ladies searching the streets for returnables that have higher margins and better business models than Graham's oyster hobby. He now claims he offers "tours" so how the hell do you run a real tourism-based business without a website? Because that's what he claims he was doing from 2019 to 2024, when the website was registered. The phrase "oysterman" is not in common usage. The last time someone used it was the 1908 book "The Oysterman and Fisherman" but the oyster industry is now properly understood as large-scale aquaculture. It's impossible to have a real oyster business without massive scale. The "oysterman" term was appropriated by his campaign team and gullible libs from out-of-state lapped it up. If Graham is an "Oysterman" then I'm a chicken farmer.

[Steve Robinson @SteveRob]

Add another lie to the lie list for pathological liar Graham Platner:

In Maine, you can abort a healthy nine-month baby for any reason.

Senate Democrats — led by MECD2 candidate @JoeBaldacci and @TroyJackson207 — even blocked a proposed moratorium on selling dead baby parts.

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

This guy is a cowardly pig. His very presence besmirches the proud, and professional, US military. For someone like him, who I wouldn’t allow to be anywhere near my unit if I was his commander, to be elevated to a position of power in our Constitutional Republic is a crime.

What kind of message are you trying to send, Maine?

[Rep. Laurel Libby @laurel_libby]

Doesn’t this headline just say it all regarding Ranked Choice Voting??

[Rep. Laurel Libby @laurel_libby]

At a time that healthcare costs are up and availability is down, Maine's own hospital lobby sued to kill a federal reform that would've ensured drug discounts actually reach poor patients.

Our state killed transparency. (Again.)

Tax-exempt nonprofit hospitals across the country are pocketing billions in federal drug discounts meant for the poor with zero accountability required.

Transparency shouldn't stop reform, it should drive it!

https://t.co/2j0SzVPy2H

[Rep. Laurel Libby @laurel_libby]

One MaineCare agency owed taxpayers $400K.... they paid back $14K and then LEFT THE COUNTRY! Maine taxpayers deserve to know whether these providers are truly legit! It's time to demand accountability for MaineCare.

[Rep. Laurel Libby @laurel_libby]

Five home health agencies. One building. $13 MILLION in MaineCare billing.

That's not a coincidence.

203 Anderson Street in Portland... a modest office building... hosted at least FIVE agencies billing Maine taxpayers for home health care. @TheMaineWire pulled the records. Some agencies shared the same registered agent. Auditors found real documentation failures.

And here's the part that should make you pause: Maine DHHS doesn't have to physically inspect a provider to verify they're real. A phone call counts.

So is there any surprise it would take so long to catch this??

That's what @lead_maine is asking. And this month, we want you asking about it too. Stay tuned for more on this issue, and sign up at https://t.co/hmsHe34Saa to get involved!

[Rep. Laurel Libby @laurel_libby]

Graham Platner is the poster child for the most extreme wing of the Democrat party... sending him to DC will only increase the financial burden on working Mainers and American families.