AUBURN — In the course of telling Mainers to “just say no” to all five ballot questions Thursday morning, Gov. Paul LePage said two well-known proponents of hiking the minimum wage “should be thrown in jail” for their stance. Speaking at a Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce breakfast at Auburn’s Hilton Garden Inn, LePage […]
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Wednesday’s presidential campaign roundup
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roundup of the 2016 presidential race (all times EDT: Ryan slams Clinton campaign’s emails about Catholics Updated 6:01 p.m.: House Speaker Paul Ryan is joining the Trump campaign in criticizing Hillary Clinton aides for comments about Catholics. In a statement Wednesday, Ryan said the April 2011 email exchange between current Clinton Communications […]
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Emails show Clinton spokeswoman joking about Catholics, evangelicals
The latest batch of documents published by WikiLeaks appears to show Hillary Clinton’s campaign communications director joking with a confidant about Catholics and evangelicals in emails sent to John Podesta, chairman of Clinton’s campaign. Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri, who ran communications for the liberal think tank Center for American Progress that Podesta founded, […]
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Maine driver’s licenses may cease to be valid IDs for air travelers
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday that it rejected requests from Oklahoma, Kentucky, Maine, Pennsylvania and South Carolina for an extension to comply with the federal Real ID Act. The law, passed in 2005 in response to the 9/11 attacks, imposes tougher requirements for proof of legal U.S. residency in order for state […]
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GOP, Emily Cain trade attacks over another campaign ad
AUGUSTA — Back in 2011, Emily Cain joined nearly every Democrat to adopt a bipartisan state budget that cut taxes and spending. At the time and since, the Democratic congressional candidate has said she hated that budget. It hasn’t been a secret. On the other hand, her distaste for the budget, especially its initial version, […]
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Gov. Paul LePage clarifies: Trump is authoritative, Obama is a dictator
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage held a rare news conference on Wednesday to say that he meant to call Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “authoritative” instead of “authoritarian” in a radio interview the previous day. It became much more than a one-word clarification: He called President Barack Obama “a dictator,” said the U.S. is so weak […]
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Sen. Susan Collins says Republican Party will be ‘just fine’
BANGOR — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins didn’t mince words when asked about the divisive climate of the 2016 presidential race during an appearance Tuesday night at Husson University’s Gracie Theater. “I actually would be happier to go into hibernation,” the Republican from Bangor said, drawing laughter and applause from those who attended the first installment […]
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Gov. Paul LePage says Emily Cain’s ads are ‘lying to Maine people’
Before Gov. Paul LePage called on Donald Trump to show “some authoritarian power in our country and bring back the rule of law” during a radio interview this week, he weighed in on the hard-fought 2nd District congressional contest. LePage praised Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin — though the freshman lawmaker “has given me some gray […]
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Emily Cain blasts ‘disgusting’ body-shaming ad
LEWISTON — Nobody would have guessed that a Democratic woman running for a Maine congressional seat would wind up under fire for allegedly pushing a measure that might make pudgy girls feel bad. The National Republican Congressional Committee’s television advertisement touted the notion recently to worldwide attention and outrage from public health advocates in Maine. […]
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Paul Lepage defends Donald Trump, blasts Susan Collins
Gov. Paul LePage doubled, tripled and quadrupled down on his support for embattled Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in his regular Tuesday appearance on WVOM. On Monday, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin told fellow Republican House members he wouldn’t campaign with or defend Trump after Friday’s release of a 2005 tape in which the […]