Part 1:  Ray, Debi and Dee Dee discuss the ladies’ Mother’s Day. Ray reads parts of a piece from the PPH about the new crazy idea from Augusta about letting independent voters vote in the primary elections. The primaries are designed to vote for the person that will represent their particular party. This new idea will totally undermine our party system.

Part 2:  Ray and Debi discuss Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who provided information to WikiLeaks and was released from jail again on Thursday. She was a male before being convicted and has transformed into a woman on the taxpayers’ dime. The media doesn’t talk about or to Eric Snowden, the whistle-blower who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013 when he was a Central Intelligence Agency employee and contractor. But they don’t have any interest in him because he isn’t a transgender that hates Pres. Trump.

Part 3:  Ray doesn’t understand how we have become so tolerant. He cites comments from Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich about how said that thinking about the Holocaust gave her “kind of a calming feeling” in part because in its aftermath, the Palestinians helped create “a safe haven for Jews.” The Texas imam, Omar Suleiman of Irving, Texas, was introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before he delivered the prayer from the rostrum on Thursday. He had been invited to speak by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas. This Texas imam has a history of anti-Israel comments to deliver the noon prayer in the House of Representatives last week.

Part 4:  Ray starts out with The Brady Campaign and their latest political stunt. They had portrayed an event as a vigil in memory of Kendrick Castillo, a student hero who died from gunshot wounds after he and two other students charged one of the attackers Tuesday at the Highlands Ranch STEM School in Colorado. Ray finishes up with the bill that State Rep. Rich Cebra introduced for Maine.

Part 5:  Ray continues with his thoughts on the idea of voting for all. He gives more of this opinion on why this idea of giving votes to non-party individuals voting rights in the primary elections is wrong.

Part 6:  Ray welcomes Doug Herling. Doug serves as President & CEO of CMP, Avangrid, Inc. Mr. Herling served as a Vice President of Special Projects and Vice President of Electric Operations at Central Maine Power Company. They discuss the CMP Corridor that is planned to go through Western Maine. They talk, pesticides, forest cutting, broadband expansion. Ray points out how transparent they have been and asks why he feels there has been so much opposition to this project.

Part 7:  Ray announces a free event at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds. On May 19, Franklin Graham will launch Decision America Northeast Tour in Portland. The festive, family-friendly event begins at 7:30 p.m. Graham will bring a message of hope from God’s Word each night. Free parking is available. You need to bring your own seating.

Part 8:  Ray takes a call about our budget. He talks about Gov. LePage’s budget and school budgets around the state.

Part 9:  Ray talks about a Mason High School out of Michigan that where students will not be competing for valedictorian and salutatorian titles starting next school year. “The goal is to foster a greater sense of mental wellness by de-emphasizing direct competition with classmates.”

Part 10:  Ray reads a story about Georgia and the fallout from the “Heartbeat Law”. The film industry and he names some of the film makers that have vowed not to do business in Georgia. He continues his thoughts on today’s society and the evolution on women’s rights.

Part 11:  Ray talks about the Supreme Court and the Census.

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