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Report: 16 pet cats disappear in Bangor, Maine … which just had an influx of Haitian migrants

Residents in Bangor, Maine have reported 16 recent incidents in which pet cats have suddenly gone missing.

Catholic Charities in Maine reported about 100 migrants from 11 countries were sent to Bangor in fiscal year 2024.

The new arrivals came from Syria, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Afghanistan.

And Haiti.

Residents in Springfield, Ohio, which has seen 20,000 Haitian migrants arrive in their town, also reported missing pets.

“Is it wild animals or wild migrants? Nobody knows, because nothing has been properly investigated,” Revolver News noted.

ABC News is already quick to dismiss the Bangor story.

“How do they know that so quickly? Where’s the evidence showing they actually investigated and got to the bottom of it? Don’t hold your breath, because once again, they didn’t bother to do their job,” Revolver News wrote.

“Well, we know better than to take the mainstream media at face value, and neither should you. That’s why we’re digging deeper, gathering all the information we can, and sharing it with you—so you can see the full picture for yourself.”

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Utility company’s proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police raises privacy concerns

Operators of illegal marijuana grow enterprises hidden inside rural homes in Maine don’t have to worry much about prying neighbors. But their staggering electric bills may give rise to a new snitch.

An electric utility made an unusual proposal to help law enforcement target these illicit operations, which are being investigated for ties to transnational crime. Critics, however, worry the move would violate customers’ privacy.

More than a dozen states that legalized marijuana have seen a spike in illegal marijuana grow operations that utilize massive amounts of electricity. And Maine’s Versant Power has been receiving subpoenas — sometimes for 50 locations at a time — from law enforcement, said Arrian Myrick-Stockdell, corporate counsel. It’d be far more efficient, he suggested to utility regulators, to flip the script and allow electric utilities to report their suspicions to law enforcement.

“Versant has a very high success rate in being able to identify these locations, but we have no ability to communicate with law enforcement proactively,” Myrick-Stockdell told commissioners.

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A former candidate for Maine governor is disbarred over possessing images of child sexual abuse

 Eliot Cutler, a wealthy attorney who came close to being elected governor has been disbarred following the completion of his sentence for possessing thousands of images of child sexual abuse, officials said.

A judge on Monday signed off on the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar recommendation that the 77-year-old Cutler should no longer practice law. Cutler did not oppose the board’s decision, which was made months ago. He was previously disbarred in New York.

The criminal case marked a dramatic fall for Cutler, who launched a Washington-based environmental law firm after serving as an aide to Sen. Edmund Muskie and as the top energy and environmental adviser to President Jimmy Carter.

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Maine Dem congresswoman rails against climate change… despite making VERY hypocritical choices in her private life

A Maine congresswoman has shared a video of herself railing against climate change, despite enjoying luxurious, carbon-spewing flights on a private jet. 

Chellie Pingree, 69, shared a video of herself addressing the House of Representatives during a talk on climate change earlier this week. 

In it, the Democrat Maine representative speaks of her worries of what the world will be like for her children and seven grandchildren. 

But after sharing the video to her social media on Wednesday afternoon, Pingree was labelled a ‘hypocrite’ after having previously traveled on a private jet. 

Pingree was caught on camera disembarking the jet of her then husband and hedge fund manager S. Donald Sussman in 2010. 

The Maine Wire replied to Pingree sharing her views on battling climate change with the video, saying: ‘A private jet can emit more CO2 in one hour than the average Mainer’s annual output.’

In her video, Pingree said: ‘I don’t know if you have children or grandchildren, but I worry about what the future will be for my children and my seven grandchildren. 

‘I don’t want them to come to me someday and say, ‘Hey Grandma, what were you doing when we needed to do something about this?.

‘What were you doing when we needed to prevent the climate change that is upon us today? 

‘Were you just sitting there with you eyes closed and pretending it didn’t exist using a bunch of jargon, quoting social media and some memes you saw somewhere. 

‘Or were you talking about scientific fact, and really doing things to invest in our children and grandchildren’s future.’

According to The Washington Examiner, Pingree was caught disembarking the corporate charter jet by the conservative website Maine Watchdog. 

In the footage, Pingree disembarked from the airplane onto a red carpet after the plane touched down at Portland airport in Maine. 

At the time of the incident, Pingree said that criticism of her use of the corporate jet was politically motivated.

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Maine Democrats Dismiss 18% Increase in Excess Deaths, Shut Down GOP Lawmaker’s Effort to Investigate

A Republican lawmaker in Maine sounded the alarm over the state’s alarming “silent epidemic” of an 18% increase in excess deaths since 2020, but Democrat colleagues ignored her warnings and stymied her effort to investigate.

Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred) said the state’s Democratic lawmakers “shrugged their shoulders” when she proposed investigating the increase in sudden deaths in 2020 among young and middle-aged adults in Maine with no known previous illness.

After growing increasingly concerned about the data showing a rise in excess during the COVID plandemic, Sampson tried to bring the issue to the Maine House of Representatives in March.

Sampson compiled 2015-2022 Maine all-cause mortality data analyzed by a statistician, and warned her colleagues that Maine has since 2020 seen close to an 18% increase in excess deaths among 25- to 64-year-olds.

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Gov-funded Maine non-profit gives kits to addicts to allow them to take drugs anally

A taxpayer-funded nonprofit in Maine, Maine Access Points (MAP), along with the city of Portland’s needle distribution center, is offering how-to guides and kits for “boofing,” a method where drug users squirt drugs up their rectum.

According to a report by the Maine Wire, Portland, Maine is providing drug users with a “Portland Public Health Boofing Kit” which includes a needleless syringe and an informational flyer explaining the technique for boofing. The method can be used for drugs such as heroin, fentanyl, and meth. 

The instructions advise users to find a safe spot, mix the drugs with saline in a provided tin, clean their hands and rectum, and use the provided lubricant to ease the syringe’s insertion. It also recommended those interested in using this method to empty their bowels beforehand.

The flyer instructs users to lay on their side in a fetal position or any comfortable position, insert the syringe tip into the rectum, release the mixture, and keep the syringe in place for a minute to prevent leakage. 

“Stay on your side laying down for a few minutes to let [the drugs] absorb in the membrane,” the guide said. “Then… You’re good to go!”

This method is recommended for users who experience issues with other forms of drug consumption, such as lung problems from smoking. The flyer also notes that this method may cause drugs to hit “harder or faster” compared to smoking or sniffing.

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Writers for SNL and Other Shows Now Working With a Pro-Biden PAC to Create Propaganda Aimed at Young Voters

Saturday Night Live used to be a comedy show for the whole country but like everything else in entertainment, has been taken over by the far left.

In recent years, the show has avoided making fun of Joe Biden because they’re terrified of doing anything that could be perceived as helping Trump.

They have acted like an arm of the Democrat party, but now they’re really becoming just that. Writers from the show, and other programs are working with a pro-Biden PAC to help create messaging (propaganda) aimed at young voters.

The Wrap reports:

‘SNL’ and ‘Parks and Recreation’ Writers Pitch Ads to Help Biden Reach Gen Z, Young Millennials

Hollywood creatives, including writers from “Saturday Night Live” and “Parks and Recreation,” have been meeting monthly for at least half a year to pitch ideas to Won’t PAC Down, a new super PAC that’s attempting to improve President Joe Biden’s relationship with young voters, Politico reported Sunday. The super PAC has brought on “millennial and Gen Z writers, directors and producers to help craft pro-Biden content that’s specifically engineered to sell an octogenarian candidate to typically disillusioned and hard-to-reach voters under 30.”

The first ads, all written for and by millennials and Gen Z, are expected to hit social media and the news media in July. Travis Helwig, a former head writer for Crooked Media, heads the writer room and emphasized to Politico that the organization does not intend to over-use celebrity endorsements as part of its strategy.

“There’s a big difference between putting a celebrity on camera and having them say, ‘if you liked me in ‘Madame Web,’ then you’re going to love voting,’ versus what we’re doing,” he explained. “We’re taking the best young writers and directors, who are the age and demographics of the people we’re targeting, using poll-tested messaging, and shaping it in a way that will resonate with young people and get them excited.”

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95% of This Historic City’s Welfare Dependents Are Illegals. Now, Democrats Are Trying to Place Them in People’s Homes.

The city of Westbrook, Maine, is considering a new ordinance that would permit private homes, churches, and community centers to serve as homeless shelters. Most housing assistance applicants are recent migrants, and the proposal comes after the city’s welfare program official acknowledged that “90 to 95 percent” of welfare recipients are migrants, referred to as “New Mainers” by open borders activists.

Jennie Franceschi, Westbrook’s Director of Planning and Code Enforcement, indicated that the ordinance would enable single-family homes and churches to become emergency shelters if community needs dictate. The proposal does not mandate homeowners or churches to house homeless individuals but allows them to register as official homeless shelters voluntarily.

Resident Martin Malia argues the current proposal could lead to an 11.4 percent tax increase. Malia expressed fears that the ordinance might also attract more homeless immigrants, further taxing the general assistance program and municipal resources.

Despite these concerns, the Planning Board did not address Malia’s points in detail. The board ultimately voted unanimously to move the ordinance and another establishing a licensing process for homeless shelters to the city council.

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Army reservist testifies he warned about gunman before mass shooting in Maine

An Army reservist and acquaintance of Robert Card, the gunman responsible for a mass shooting in Maine in 2023, testified on Thursday that he warned about Card’s behavior weeks before the attack occurred, the Associated Press reported.

Sean Hodgson told members of his reserve unit of his concerns with Card six weeks before a mass shooting in Maine that left 13 people wounded and 18 people dead, according to reports. It was the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history.

Hodgson told investigators that he observed strange behavior in Card and was concerned he might do something violent, according to the Associated Press. He said he believed Card was suffering from mental health problems, which prompted Hodgson to inform his superior officers and request that they change the passcodes to a gate at their training facility. He also warned them to arm themselves in the event Card appeared.

Hodgson also told investigators of a time when Card became violent with him and punched him in the face. Card had also threatened multiple members of his unit, and the incidents raised his concerns that Card would try to do something harmful to others, the Associated Press reported. Hodgson was also worried because Card had gun access.  

The magnitude of Card’s threats were steadily increasing, Hodgson said. 

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Maine Governor Signs Bill Allowing Marijuana Convictions To Be Sealed Upon Application

The Maine Legislature passed two bills that would expand eligibility for sealing criminal records, one that drops the age requirements for record sealing and another that allows for sealing now-legal marijuana crimes.

While these plans require people to apply to have records sealed, another proposal that would have automated the process failed after criticism that doing so would violate the First Amendment. That bill specifically applied to criminal records for marijuana possession and cultivation that’s since been legalized in Maine.

The Legislature signaled that Maine’s reconciliation with when it may be appropriate to seal criminal records is far from over, as it also passed a bill to make permanent a commission to continue to study the issue.

Unfinished work on this matter was made clear during floor speeches on these bills, as well, from lawmakers who voted both for and against the range of measures.

The bill that removed the age-related prerequisite for sealing criminal history, LD 2188, passed the House 87–59 and the Senate 25–9. Ahead of the Senate vote, Sen. Lisa Keim (R-Oxford), who voted against the bill, argued record sealing is the incorrect means to give people a fresh start.

“I’m very in favor of second changes and letting people rebuild their lives after making mistakes,” Keim said. “My problem with this legislation, and similar legislation, is the false sense of security.”

Rather than shielding the records from public view, Keim said Maine should instead develop a more robust pardon process.

While legislators agreed to provide a way for people to apply to have certain criminal histories sealed, the majority of the House and Senate did not go so far as to make record-sealing the default.

The bill the Legislature killed, LD 2269, would have tasked state agencies with reviewing criminal record information on a monthly basis and then sealing records for crimes that are no longer considered illegal under Maine’s adult use cannabis law, which was enacted in 2017.

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