05-02-25 Friday
Segments 1-2: Ray plays part of Trump’s speech at Alabama and then talks about it and Medicare.
Segments 3-4: Dr. Jared Ross (Senior Fellow at Do No Harm) joins Ray and they talk about the mind, body and treating the mind and not medicating or mutilating the body. They also talk about the report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices.
Segments 5-6: Ray is joined by Joe Bruno (Community Pharmacy), Shawn Moody (Moody’s Collision), and Mike Shepherd (Political Editor for the Bangor Daily News) join Ray. They talk about Mike’s expansion on his responsibilities at the BDN, Sen. King, the “Michigan Man” who is a citizen of El Salvador that was deported, and more.
Segments 7-8: Ray reads a test from his son which brings up a discussion about the food in Italy, the discussion turns to the movies, Conclave, The Ten Commandments, The House of David, and more. They move on to politics and the path to winning the Governorship and the Legislature.
Segments 9-10: Ray and Joe are joined by Bill Diamond (Walk A Mile In Their Shoes) and have a discussion about the upcoming race for Governor and the Maine Legislature. Ray shares in the information about the Common Sense for Maine event, the Republican Gubernatorial Forum on Thursday May 15th at Dunegrass Country Club starting at 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. They get into the fundraiser with The Cabin Masters, featuring a concert by the Ocean House Road Band on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at The Woodshed in Manchester.
Segments 11-12: Steve Robertson (The Maine Wire) discuss the the Waterville Maine teacher, JoAnna St. Germain, that called on the Secret Service to assassinate Trump and says she’d do it herself if she could. The schools overstepping by transitioning kids and the ramifications down the road when these kids want to have a family and can’t.
Segments 13-14: The discussion starts with Mint Juleps and bourbon, the boys get into the Jobs Report that was just released. The people in the United State Legislature that are not representing the American people, but the country that they are from. Trump’s cutting funds to NPR and Ray plays a clip from 2010 of Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) commenting about the U.S. territory of Guam during a House Armed Services Committee, “My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize,”.
Segment 15-16: Ray plays that clip of Rep. Johnson again by request. They talk about the Maine DHS paying the local pharmacies, and the chain pharmacies not getting paid, the legality of it all. They get to the Maine Budget that was passed and Rep. Drew Gatine’s untrue comments to the Press Herald. They talk about Sen. Susan Collins’ value to Maine.