MAINE FACTS MATTER 2026 03-03-2026
11-03-26 Tuesday
Segments 1-4: Ray Richardson is joined bright and early by Steve Michaud (Former President Maine Hospital Association) and they talk about the benefits or Maine and Mainers that Sen. Collins has advocated for during her tenure as a United States Senator. Matt Jacobson (Summit Natural Gas of Maine) joins the conversation.
Segments 5-6: Matt and Steve talk about the Maine hospitals and if Steve had a magic wand what would he do if he were King for a day. This leads to the schools and consolidation of schools with Ray and Dee Dee joining the conversation.
Segments 7- 8: The conversation turns to energy, how it will affect you and who is sitting in office will make a huge difference. Matt, Steve, and Ray talk about it in details. Jonathan Bush (Former Candidate for Maine Governor, Maine For Keeps Podcast) joins to talk about the election and what happens tomorrow. They talk about the areas that Republicans have conceded votes and the boat we missed with the interpreters.
Segments 9-12: The conversation turns to the what happens on Tuesday, and then what will happen on Wednesday. They talk about the influences of past American Presidents and elections, and more.
Segments 13-16: Kenny joins the fun. They talk about his race, the girls in boys bathrooms, the Senate race, Troy Jackson’s personality, lies against Susan Collins’ voting record, Kenny’s campaign, Maine Rep. Sue Salsbury, they move on to Jon Fetherston that had to leave because someone vandalized Sen. Collins office with either blood or red paint. He calls in after arriving and still no police on scene even though he had to travel from Portland to Biddeford.
11-02-26 Monday
Segments 1-2: Ray Richardson chats with Todd Piro for a minute about this weekend’s visit to Maine and the hit on Fox and Friends Weekend on Saturday morning from Stacks in Scarborough. Ray talks about the event and then moves on to some of the crazy things that the Democrats want us to believe.
Segments 3-4: Ray continues to talk about the Maine Education System.
Segments 5-6: Laurel Libby (Lead Maine) and Ken Cuccinelli (Natl Chairman of Election Transparency Initiative) join Ray and Dee Dee and chat about the disenfranchised voters in any state that has Rank Choice Voting. They talk about the scandal in Alaska in the Dan Sullivan-Mary Peltola race. The change in the make up of the Democratic Party and how it has changed. The voter rolls that need to be purged and cleaned not just in Maine but across the country. Vern Dukes joins the conversation as Ray and Laurel tell him that he is about to be schooled.
Segments 7-8: Vern starts with the riots in France and what the real reason they are rioting. Lauren educates Vern on the amount of taxes that have actually been imposed on Mainers since Gov. Paul LePage left office and Mills took over.
Segments 9-10: Ray starts with the protestors that are out of control, Tiffany Gaspar joins to share her experience at a Susan Collins rally in Ellsworth. Her three teen daughters experiences of being shouted and harassed, and that one of the male protesters followed her young teenage daughters to their vehicle, Tiffany tries to describe some of the things that were being yelled at her girls, how angry the mob seemed to be, and more. Retired Col. Ron Russell (Candidate for Maine CD 1, former Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret) and Chuck Ellis (Muddy Waters Podcast, Chair Cumberland Cnty Republican Party) join them in studio.
Segments 11-16: Ray is still outraged by the lack of decorum of people that are protesting, what happened to society, people afraid to publicly support like-minded candidate for fear of repercussions. They continue this discussion over then segments as well. They move on to the meeting on Wednesday night at the Windham High School for the naming of the new Windham Middle School. The proposed name is the Bill Diamond Middle School and they discuss the history Bill Diamond has in Raymond. The need for Republicans to vote down the ballot, and local races including school board and city council races.
10-30-26 Friday
Segments 1-2: Ray Richardson talks about bullying, political bullying, the inability to be cordial and get-a-long to get-a-long, the new ad that Bill Green has done for Sen. Collins and the backlash that he has gotten over it.
Segments 3-4: Ray plays a song that Vern Dukes sent Dee Dee to share with him, Tell Me, How is Heaven. He talks about faith.
Segments 5-6: Shawn joins the fun and asks Ray a childhood story they were talking about on the break. The conversation turns back to getting into Heaven. Mike Sh joins as Ray shares a story about driving too fast. They talk about the upcoming election, the betting sights, polling, and exit polling, Ray ends the segment with the panels’ election predictions.
Segment 7-10: Todd Piro ( joins as Ray shares why Todd is on the phone on a Friday. He is coming up to do a Fox And Friends Breakfast Town Hall at Stacks in Scarborough tomorrow morning from 6am-10am. They talk about his flight and lunch today and how tired he is.
Segments 11-12: Jon, Shawn, and Ray talk about the voting base of the Lobstermen, and Bath Iron Works. The conversation turns to the Portland Press Herald and Donald Sussman who used to own the Press Herald. They get more to the advancements in Maine and the changes that have happened to bring Maine down. The discussion ends with the data center fight, and more.
Segments 13-14: Ray welcomes Kenny and Steve and they talk about the outrage about the shenanigans in Alaska. They talk about some of the elections including the Muslims blaming the Jews for their issues in Michigan, New Hampshire, and other races. They talk about some of the shenanigans (fraud) in Maine.
Segments 15-16: Ray and Kenny talk about his platform, the efforts that he and several others are doing to have the new Middle School named after the great Bill Diamond and more.
10-29-26 Thursday
Segment 1: Ray Richardson is so frustrated with the lies in politics and gives some of the examples being used against Sen. Collins on her record and the personal attacks in general. He moves on to the race in Alaska where the Democratic challenger Mary Peltola of Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, secretly participated in a yearlong process to recruit people with the same name and party as the sitting Sen. Sullivan to run in the Alaska U.S. Senate race to split the votes because Alaska has rank choice voting. Ray addresses a text and he uses it to point out the larger problem, people not focusing on the right things.
Segment 3: Ray talks about some of the campaigns and the differences between a Republican and a Democrat. He talks about how oppressive the Maine Democratic run Legislature and Governorship have been throughout the history of our country and shares examples as he does.
Segment 4: Ray gives examples of the differences in New Hampshire and Maine because all he hears is that it is Trump’s fault that Maine is struggling.
Segments 5-6: Steve Abbott (Campaign Manager Susan Collins for Senate) and they welcome Ally Triolo, (RNC Election Integrity Communications Director) and they talk about some of the shenanigans happening during this election and the need to have accountability and more. Tom Bill (Common Sense For Maine PAC) joins with the delicious Moran Market’s breakfast pizza.
Segments 7-8: Steve Abbott shares a personal story about Sen. Collins as Dominic Pugliares (Common Sense For Maine PAC, Dunegrass CC) walks in. They talk about today being the last day for early voting in Maine, how the Rank Choice Voting works and doesn’t work, the work that Susan Collins has done for the State of Maine. They talk about the Lobster industry and that Rep. Golden and Sen. Collins were the only ones in politics that stood up for them.
Segments 9-10: Bernard (Ben) Porter (Republican candidate for Maine Senate District 23 – Harpswell, Brunswick, Freeport, Pownal, Yarmouth (East of 295) and Chebeague Island) porter4me.com and Thad Moody (Candidate for Maine Senate District 30) joins the fun. They talk about the absentee votes for Troy Jackson and the differences between the Republican and Democrat and what is the catalyst for the absentee vote. Ray asks Thad what he is seeing in his district and and the same question to Ben. They point out some of the things that they are seeing in their district. Ray asks Steve about the effects in Maine from the Big Beautiful Bill and did Sen. Collins for it, what really does. They talk about the dignity of work, generational welfare.
Segments 11-12: Steve had to leave us, and Thad shares his story and why he is running for the Maine Senate. They chat about Thad’s work with Moody’s Collision and what are his goals. Ben shares why he decided to run and his personal/professional service for our country, the dishonesty of their opponents, Sen. Tim Nangle during his debate against Kenny Cianchette, Ben says that everyone he talks to about taxes being the number one issue.
Segments 13-14: Ray asks Ben about the Castle doctrine and then an endorsement for Thad from a former co-worker from 30 years ago. They talk about the dangers of the bill “Qualified Immunity” in Maine. They talk about where to get a sign from Thad, the continue to talk about the failings of the people in charge, and more.
Segments 15-16: Ray brings the Senate race in Alaska and the scheme to deceive the voters in the identity of the candidates and how Rank Choice Voting will affect, they talk about gun rights and Ben talks about the waiting period and states that “Gun rights are women’s rights”, Ray talks about Betsy Sweet’s answer in a debate on Political Brew, and discuss the 2nd Amendment, and more.