MAINE FACTS MATTER 2026 03-03-2026
08-07-26 Friday
Segment 1-2: Ray Richardson talks about standing up to City Hall. It can be done, all it takes is the courage and fortitude to do it.
Segment 3: In this segment Ray talks about a two-term congressman in Tennessee, Rep. Andy Ogles’ loss.
Segment 4: Ray talks about some of the targeted seats in Maine’s Legislature. The dark money in politics, the Democratic operative in the Legislative branch paid by outside money.
Segment 5: Ray starts with Birthright Tourism and Trump’s Executive Order to stop this practice after the Supreme Court didn’t, the 14th Amendment, and more.
Segment 6: Jon Fetherston (The Maine Wire, Sponsored by Jeff Preble Concrete) joins Ray and they talk more about Maine’s Legislature, the Governor, the state workers having Friday’s off and government offices closed, and more.
Segments 7-8: Ray and Jon talk about Jaws, baseball and Jon shares a personal dislike for the Boston Globe and more.
Segment 9: Ray and Jon welcome Corenna Quirk (Q-Point Podcast found on all platforms) and they discuss their mutual love for sports and the Red Sox. The conversation turns to this weekend’s podcast topics and guests heard on WLOB on Saturdays 9am.
Segment 10: Jon had to leave and Kenny Cianchette (Candidate For Maine Senate for District 26 and owner of Erik’s Church) comes in….he and Ray talk about the Red Sox.
Segment 11: The conversation continues with politics.
Segment 12: The conversation is about packing the court, the Interstate Compact and the Constitution.
Segments 13-14: Ray talks about the Constitution where the to find the information on the courts that he and Kenny talked about in the last segment. He and Kenny move on to Socialism and that far left Democrats are Socialists and they just try to rename themselves, the Republican Party. The boys talk about the jobs report and the economy, the Federal Reserve, the welfare system, incentivize work, Gov. Mills keeping tax on tips after Trump got rid of them.
Segments 15-16: Ray talks about the media ads not being truthful and uses Sen. Susan Collins as an example, real estate market, the Iran War and the uncertainty of the ending, Trump Syndrome, crazy policies all that affect the economy. Trump, Iran, and more.
08-06-26 Thursday
Segments 1-2: Ray Richardson gets riled up this morning because of the State government is allowing all of the fraud to happen, and yet charging you with more and more taxes so they can pay the people that are committing the fraud. He gets into the DHHS system and how it is so mismanaged, and more.
Segments 3-4: Bob Witkowski joins Ray and they chat about some of the musicians in New Orleans and the lecture he attended to celebrate Louis Armstrong’s Birthday, his love for movies, the controversial movie, and more. They move into some of the great places in Maine to enjoy including the dinner Ray and Dee Dee had at O’Reilly’s Cure.
Segment 5: Ray talks about Sarah Parshall Perry (Attorney, Defending Education) taking some personal time. Ray reads her Facebook post to describe why she is stepping away temporarily to take care of her 17 year old son, Jesse who has just been diagnosed with an aggressive lymphoma in the form of a grapefruit sized tumor. Ray asks the prayer warriors out there to pray for Sarah and her family, especially Jesse.
Segments 6-8: Ray talks about the beautiful and delicious breakfast pizza from Moran’s Market on Forest Avenue in Portland brought in by Tom Bill (Common Sense For Maine PAC) and Dominic Pugliares (Common Sense For Maine PAC, Dunegrass CC) joins the fun. David Ciullo (Career Management Services) share the important changes that employers must know and how long that you need to keep employee records, the notifications needed in new employees packets, punishment and fines if not compliant, and more. David Stearns (Common Sense for Maine) joins the panel. The boys talk about the amount of regulations and the economic atmosphere in Maine.
Segments 9-10: The panel welcome Ross Connelly (the Northeast Region Director for Americans for Prosperity) and they discuss the concrete reasons behind Maine’s cost of living issues, progressive policies in Augusta, and Senate race, Troy Jackson and his role as President of the Maine Senate, and more. TBill starts with the difficulty his girlfriend has been having running her business. Dee Dee points out that her problem is all because of the regulations that have been put on the business between the city and state regulations.
Segments 11-2: Ray plays a clip of Ohio GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno describing his former son-in-law, Republican Rep. Max Miller’s behavior to his daughter and two year old granddaughter. They get into elected people not worthy of your vote and policies.
Segments 13-14: The Common Sense For Maine group start with Ray trying to grab part of a Senate Hearing on Dr. Fauci and then get into the government policies, Socialism, Democrats voting behavior, and more.
Segments 15-16: Ray and the gang talk about the Progressive Maine lawmakers won’t name donors behind new $100K staff hire story and whether this is a good or bad idea.
08-05-26 Wednesday
Segments 1-2: Ray Richardson talks about the elections across the country including some of the scandals including Maine.
Segments 3-4: Ray starts with a picture an audience and more.
Segments 5-6: David Jones (FO Bailey Real Estate), Bill Schwarz (Outpost Outfitters), and Ashley Lehman (Ember RV) join Ray and Dee Dee to discuss the world of camping in an RV. Ashley shares her history of growing up in the RV world. She explains some of the products that they offer. They discuss the versatility of the different lines and how they are adapting to an ever changing need. For more information on any of the products that Ember supplies or in need of service, visit Outpost Outfitters located at 45 Portland Rd in Gray, ME 04039 to find out more about Ember RVs.
Segment 7: In this FO Bailey Real Estate segment, David moves on to real estate as he talks about the services that FO Bailey Real Estate offers to their clients, including the knowledgeable agents, the loyalty and cherished relationships that continues for years. For more information, contact FO Bailey: 207-781-1111, David’s cell: 207-650-3455 or email: info@fobailey.com. Ray reads a statement written by Maine Rep. Wayne Parry about the status of Maine and the empty promises of the people that have been in charge for years. David continues with the statics of schools in Maine and compares them to Florida’s education system.
Segments 9-10: Ray starts with the hypocrisy of the modern media covering the Republicans versus the Democrats that did the same things. Ray gives examples. He moves on to his guest Peter Bolduc (The Town Farm, (207) 797-7997) as they talk about the Parable of the Lost Sheep (Matthew 18:12-14) and relapsing. Peter shares his gratitude and requests donations and prayers for Matt. He is a resident that is a veteran that battling more that just recovery, but cancer. He also says the other way to help if you are part of a business, he handles recycling of material especially pallet rejuvenation.
Segment 11: Ray welcomes Phil Chin (AARP Maine‘s Fraud Fighter) and they discuss some of the ways that people can get your money. The latest is the scam is someone claiming to be able to get your money back from a scammer. Contact the office at me@aarp.org or by calling the AARP Fraud Watch Network at 1-877-908-3360.
Segment 12: Ray and Dee Dee talk about the push from Democratic socialist and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong to get rid of Thanksgiving.
Segments 13-14: Ray starts with the new jingle for Kenny Cianchette’s (Candidate For Maine Senate for District 26 and owner of Erik’s Church) campaign. Ray continues with what was the catalyst for Kenny’s decision to run…Bill Diamond’s mission to protect Maine’s kids in the DHHS system. He gives several examples of some of the 154 cases that have resulted in the child’s death while in state care, and more.
Segment 15: Ray announces the Law Enforcement/1st Responders Appreciation Game at Hadlock Field. Ray explains how to get your free tickets. He also explains why we give back to the people that defend and keep us safe.
Segment 16: Ray takes calls and John shares the history of Thanksgiving.
08-04-26 Tuesday
Segments 1-2: Ray talks about the difference between people coming into our country, the rate of babies being born, freedom verses rights, and Ray shares the Bible’s stance, Ray talks about when powerful men gather together women aren’t safe and uses Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) as an example. He questions why are we not vetting our candidates better and uses the US CD1 election as examples and the candidates Graham Platner and Troy Jackson and the misconceptions that is being pushed by Maine’s mainstream media, and more.
Segments 3-4: Matt Jacobson (Summit Natural Gas of Maine) joins Ray and Dee Dee as they listen to Volcano by Jimmy Buffett and talk about its origin. They move on to Dr. Fauci and the truth that has come out about the Covid pandemic. This turns into Matt sharing the parallels of different people in the Bible.
Segments 5-6: Lauren LePage (Fyre Strategies) and Dr. Peter Earle of AIER (American Institute for Economic Research, and a veteran) join the conversation from South Carolina as it turns to economy, Peter shares some of the projections, the Iran conflict, and so much more.
Segments 7-8: Ray starts with a song to welcome in Jon Fetherston (The Maine Wire, Sponsored by Jeff Preble Concrete) and he shares a little of his trip up to the Allagash as Jonathan Bush (Former Candidate for Maine Governor) joins by phone. This was quite a discussion.
Segments 9-10: The discussion goes to powerful men, branding of parties, open parties, the back room deals, towns that are dying, and more.
Segments 11-12: The conversation continues with the policies that are killing our way of life and being able to make a living, affording healthcare, energy, and more.
Segments 13-14: Ray shares his thoughts on Trump’s three choices out of Iran. Jon and Lauren enter the discussion. They talk about the party on the whole and what is the future of the national parties.
Segment 15: The guys talk about some of the upcoming primaries coming up and how it will affect Republicans and Ray and Lauren continue after Jon had to leave.
Segment 16: Ray starts on the Press Herald story pushing the age and health card on Sen. Susan Collins and he sets the record straight.