News Article / Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Pre-Roe Abortion Patient Blasts LePage, Republicans for “Relentless” Efforts to Strip Away Abortion Rights
In a new op-ed, published today in the Bangor Daily News, Rockland resident Donna McNeil, blasts Paul LePage and Maine Republicans for their opposition to abortion rights.News Article / Friday Jan 14, 2022
LePage Is Running on Trump’s “Big Lie” with Support From Jan. 6 participants”
Reporting in the Maine Beacon revealed strong ties between Paul LePage and the dangerous “Big Lie” conspiracy theory that led to the deadly Capitol riot last January.News Article / Friday Jan 14, 2022
LePage, Maine Republicans “Took Antidemocratic Trutherism to a New Level”
In this weekend’s Maine Sunday Telegram, columnist and Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich blasted Paul LePage and Maine Republicans for their long history of “trashing the legitimacy of elections.” In the column, Kesich describes how this record began long before Donald Trump came along, starting when LePage took office in 2011 where the former governor and the Maine Republicans engaged in a concerted effort to undermine Mainers’ faith in our elections.News Article / Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Democrat Triumphs in Gorham, Scarborough Special Election
Democrat Jim Boyle has won a three-way special election for House District 27, which includes parts of both Gorham and Scarborough. The day was particularly noteworthy for its freezing temperatures. This victory marks the second special election win for Democrats in only three months.
News Article / Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
If Republicans don’t like how Janet Mills is handling Maine’s economy, they should really hate Paul LePage’s record
Today, in a Bangor Daily News column, Drew Gattine, Chair of the Maine Democratic Party, rebutted recent claims made by Maine GOP Chair Demi Kouzounas. Kouzounas had criticized Maine’s economic recovery (33rd in the nation according to one metric), apparently ignoring LePage’s record on a similar measure. Under Governor LePage, Maine’s economic recovery ranked 49th following the great recession of 2008.
News Article / Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
LePage Touts “Laissez-Faire Pandemic Agenda”
A report in today’s Bangor Daily News examining Paul LePage’s plan–or lack thereof–to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic shed light on the former governor’s anti-science agenda.
News Article / Friday Dec 3, 2021
Maine Republicans will target Janet Mills’ abortion-rights expansion if they gain power in 2022
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Republicans will look to repeal recent Democratic abortion-rights expansions if they return to power in Augusta after the 2022 midterms, particularly if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision next year.
But they could face an uphill battle and a risky political fight in a state that has some of the strongest legal protections for abortion of any U.S. state and where public opinion is generally in favor of the procedure being legal in most or all cases.
News Article / Friday Nov 19, 2021
Democrats criticize Bruce Poliquin for aiding a group that opposes gay marriage
Democrats took aim Thursday at Republican congressional hopeful Bruce Poliquin for his “tacit endorsement” of a conservative Christian political group that remains deeply opposed to the legalization of gay marriage almost a decade ago.
News Article / Monday Oct 12, 2020
Mainers Cannot Trust Trump on Prescription Drug Prices After Flagrant Lie That He’s Made Insulin “As Cheap As Water”
At the first presidential debate, Donald Trump made the outrageous claim that insulin is now “as cheap as water” for most Americans thanks to his administration’s policies.
News Article / Monday Sep 28, 2020
In Second Debate, Senator Collins Showed She’s Not Delivering For Maine
Following the conclusion of tonight's US Senate debate,
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