MAINE FACTS MATTER 2026 03-03-2026
09-23-26 Wednesday
Segments 1-2: Ray Richardson starts with an article about Sen. Susan Collins. The FBI’s anti-corruption squad was investigating interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor — until Trump got in the way (via ProPublica).
Segments 3-4: Ray is still riled up about the article about Sen. Collins. Gary Prolman (Gary Prolman Esq., Law Office and Common Sense For Maine PAC) joins Ray to talk about the Common Sense for Maine Tailgate party. It is happening on Sept. 27th at Aquaboggan in Saco. Gary shares some of the food chefs, rare auction items, and some of the items from Shipyard), not to mention a great football game on several big screens. This is a rain or shine event. For more information on the mission, visit their their website. Feel free to contact Gary for tickets or sponsorships (c) 207-400-7940 – (o) 571-9110 or email: gprolman22@gmail.com.
Segment 5-6: Mark Curtis (Gorham Sand and Gravel) and Pete Mason talk about The Reed Allen Community Fund Golf Ball Drop Fundraiser that will be held on Friday, October 16, 2026 during the Halftime of the Gorham High School Homecoming Football Game with fireworks after the game. They still have some golf balls to purchase and they talk about the good work that the Reed Allen Community Fund does in the community. They talk about the Sponsors and their upcoming Casino Night and will be back to talk about that event.
Segments 7-8: Ray explains the absence of David Jones. He moves back to politics and the lack of integrity in politicians. He takes calls about Sen. Collins and some of what she has done for Maine.
Segments 9-10: Ray continues with a letter to the Editor and then shares his thoughts. He takes calls.
Segment 11: Ray starts with Maine’s school proficiency ratings and other failings coming from the Maine Government. He takes a call.
Segment 12: Ray takes three minutes and shares how to fix Maine.
Segments 13-15: Steve Gruber (Nationally Syndicated host of Real America Voice and The Steve Gruber Show, heard on WLOB at 6pm) join Ray as he was on his way to plant a new church. Steve stresses to churches the right to urge people in their congregation to vote for Christian philosophies and for like-minded people. They get into some of the politicians that do not believe in the American way of life, and more.
Segment 16: Ray continues the same ideas, and urges everyone to vote for like minded people.
09-22-26 Tuesday
Segments 1-: Ray Richardson talks about the upgrade to our streaming and apologies for the lack of streaming. The UN and the disruption of the whole city and the citizens being displaced. Gary Prolman (Gary M Prolman Law Office) joins Ray to talk about the Common Sense for Maine Tailgate party. It is happening on Sept. 27th at Aquaboggan in Saco.
Segments 3-4: Ray tells the story of changing his first diaper. They get into the month of September, pumpkin, and then gets into the weather, the heating costs, Ray plays a clip of Biden’s mantra of no fossil-fuel. Matt explains where we sit as Mainers.
Segments 5-6: Dr. Peter Earle of AIER (American Institute for Economic Research, and a veteran) joins Matt, Gary, Dee Dee and Ray and he starts with Manhattan in the Fall. Jonathan Bush (Former Candidate for Maine Governor) joins Ray as he asks about the free economy in Dubai. They get into the crack spread and Peter explains what it is.
Segments 7-10: Jonathan takes over the show…in a great way! They talk about energy, the horse show in Lisbon Maine this weekend, Jon Fetherston (The Maine Wire, Sponsored by Jeff Preble Concrete) joins the madness. They talk about water and energy, Jonathan asks Lauren a question about growing businesses, the homeless system and then Lauren takes the narrative of the healthy on Medicare and more of the problems Mainers are facing.
Segments 11-12: Gary goes over the Common Sense for Maine Tailgate Party this Sunday. Some of the chiefs, the live auction items, and the reason that we are holding this event. For more information on the mission, visit their their website. Feel free to contact Gary for tickets or sponsorships (c) 207-400-7940 – (o) 571-9110 or email: gprolman22@gmail.com. They get into the candidates that need your vote and this event will have a lot of Maine’s Republican candidates for you to get to know. They talk about Troy Jackson and his political history of starting as a Republican and is now a Democrat and more flip-flops from the Jackson camp. Jon reminds everyone that he still hasn’t released his financials. They move on to the antisemitism movement and so much more. We say goodbye to Jonathan and Lauren takes a call. They talk about the fraud in Maine and prosecution of people that have participated in the fraud, court cases, dressing for school and court, Matt Dunlap commercials and more.
Segments 13-14: Jon and and Gary had to take off and Linc Merrill joins the conversation as it starts with the Republican political messaging and the lack of people willing to stand up and be vocal. Ray and Matt get into a Faith based conversation. Linc stresses that there needs to be failure before success.
Segment 15-16: Ray, Lauren and Matt discuss the Maine politics and candidates. Maine’s citizens with their heads in the sand. The Senate race between Collins and Jackson, and Trump’s influence over elections. The role for Trump after the Presidency.
09-21-26 Monday
Segment 1-2: Ray and Dee Dee Richardson talk about his 6 yo grandson Watson’s first Red Sox Game in Tampa over the weekend and their nephew and his girlfriend (Fisher and Ellie) that also attended the same game. The streaming issue, and more.
Segments 3-4: Ray talks about Maine’s Hannah Pingree and her job (Director of the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future) under Governor Mills, and what she will do as Governor.
Segments 5-6: Vernon Dukes joins they start with the Bluegrass event that Vern worked his smoker and the beautiful day on Saturday. The move on to compare the treatment from women of Lindsay Clancey and Bonnie Pierce (mom that died after she used her body to shield her 4-year-old daughter from a raging house fire in Minnesota) and compares Clancey’s GoFundMe to Pierce’s GoFundMe. This leads to a further discussion.
Segments 7-8: Ray plays Red Skeleton’s “If I Were The Devil”. Vern talks about women in America that all they want to do is have the ability to have an abortion. They move on to Washington and Maine politics and Troy Jackson and where his money is actually coming from.
Segments 9-10: Retired Col. Ron Russell (Candidate for Maine CD 1, former Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret) joins Vern and Ray. He gives a little update on the campaign trail. Vern and Col. Russell have a conversation about NATO.
Segment 11-12: Chuck Ellis (Muddy Waters Podcast, Chair Cumberland Cnty Republican Party) joins as Ray plays a clip “Two Straight Minutes of CNN Reporting Fake News” and then he talks about it. They go back to the conversation on NATO. Problems that Americans are facing, and how uneducated our youth are at this point about how our government works and what Socialism is truly. Vern shares a story of a childhood friend that was a refugee from Cambodia, education system, and more.
Segments 13-14: Dee Dee asks Col. Russell about Rep. Chellie Pingree’s Bills that she authored and her record. Ray reads a op-ed from the Press Herald.
Segments 15-16: Ray, Chuck, Vern, Col. Russell, and Dee Dee talk about upcoming fundraisers being held. John calls in with some questions for Col. Russell, he also shares what Peter Pan kids were. Ethan calls in as well.
09-18-26 Friday
Segment 1: Ray Richardson starts the day with the politics in Maine including Hannah Pingree and rank choice voting, Paul LePage, Susan Collins and the Supreme Court and he ends up with what seems to be the only thing important to Democrats – abortion.
Segments 2-4: Ray takes us down the road of history of America and George Washington. He moves on to other people that have made a difference even through tough circumstances like Paul LePage was an abused child who had the courage leave home at the age of eleven and Travis Mills who lost all four limbs in Afghanistan to a land mine and more. Joe Bruno (Community Pharmacy) and Bob Whiting (Rowe Auto Group) join and they talk about Sen. Susan Collins and her voting record.
Segment 5-6: Shawn Moody (Moody’s Collision) and Mike Shepherd (Political Editor for the Bangor Daily News) joins the group. They start with political ads and some of the issues facing voters, the Collins-Jackson race and polling, and more.
Segment 7-8: Jon Fetherston (The Maine Wire, Sponsored by Jeff Preble Concrete) and his guest Benjamin Roberts (The Blaze) joins the studio. Bob and Shawn discuss the 4th annual charity golf event to benefit Maine Blue Collar Scholarship. They talk about the need for Blue Collar workers. Their ability to make money with their hands. The benefits of people working with their hands like plumbers, auto mechanics, and other industries. For more information visit: Rowe Auto Group Charity Golf Event.
Segments 9-13: Ray, Joe, Benjamin and Jon discuss Troy Jackson’s stance on education. They get into some of the issues happening in Maine. Benjamin shares his experience of trying to get an interview from Sec. of State Shenna Bellows, and other experiences he had on during his trip to Maine. They get into Lewiston and Portland and the disconnect and homelessness, the needles and other drug paraphernalia that are out in the open, defacing of the Muhammad Ali statue, and a whole lot more.
Segments 14-16: Ray asks Jon about the Massachusetts case of the illegal immigrant that was released and blocked ICE from taking him in. He was the person that reported that underage girls being repeatedly raped in shelters by their father. Jon goes into details while telling us this story.