After a violent mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, temporarily disrupting the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Maine Republicans rushed to release statements emphasizing their belief in peaceful protests. What those statements elided was the role many of those same figures have played in fomenting and spreading…
At first glance, Maine Business Daily seems like some kind of local corporate newsletter, combining niche industry reports, localized data summaries, and press releases from regional Maine Chambers of Commerce. The earliest articles on the site date back to spring 2018 and the vast majority of the articles are attributed to anonymous bylines “Maine Business…
Even from retirement, former Governor Paul LePage may play a significant role in shaping the direction of the state GOP, according to party chair Demi Kouzounas, who said they are meeting to discuss founding an organization to “counteract” the Maine People’s Alliance (MPA). “We’ve been too nice,” Kouzounas wrote in a letter shared with party…
Nick Isgro, the Mayor of Waterville, is under fire today for a comment he appears to have made on Twitter telling school shooting survivor David Hogg to “Eat it.” The tweet was apparently deleted, but Isgro hasn’t denied he wrote the tweet, nor has he apologized for his remark. The statement certainly isn’t out of…
The answer is yes, for now. This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn Hallweaver interviews Corey Roebuck live from the Hannaford distribution center picket line to explain why they were on strike, what happens next and how you can show solidarity. Also, Ben Chin interviews Maine Attorney General Janet Mills on the opioid epidemic and…
The Maine Republican Party has struggled to explain the numerous reports that found a mountain of convincing evidence tying Jason Savage, executive director of the Maine Republican Party, to the anonymous fake news website Maine Examiner. On Wednesday, Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz revealed that Savage owes Maine Revenue Service more than $11,000 in unpaid…
On Wednesday night, the Lewiston Sun Journal revealed that metadata attached to several images used on the Maine Examiner website in a series of false or misleading attacks against Democratic candidates and officeholders shows that they were edited by software registered under the name “Jason Savage.” Savage is executive director of the Maine Republican Party.…
The Maine Democratic Party on Tuesday filed a complaint with the state Ethics Commission asking that it launch an investigation into possible coordination between and campaign finance violations by the Maine Republican Party and anonymous right-wing blog the Maine Examiner. The Examiner has drawn scrutiny for publishing false reports attacking Democratic candidates, as well as other Republican…
On Monday, the Boston Globe dipped a toe into the cesspool that is Maine’s conservative social media ecosystem, profiling an anonymous blog called the Maine Examiner that appears to have been created in order to level false and misleading attacks against Democratic candidates and the mainstream press. The blog has fabricated pieces asserting that Sen.…
Senator Susan Collins, the Maine Republican Party and Maine GOP executive director Jason Savage all lauded Walmart yesterday for the chain’s decision to raise starting wages and give bonuses to their employees. The company and its boosters claimed the move was due to a windfall for the nation’s largest retailer resulting from the corporate tax…