Segments 1-2:  Ray Richardson talks about Trump’s overseas trip and the rare earth minerals deal, Maine’s lithium not mined, Maine’s poverty, girls’ sports, the inconsistency in the laws of allowing transitioning, climate change, and more.

Segment: 3-4:  Ray and Dee Dee welcome Bob Witkowski (Where Y’at Magazine) with a special walk-up song. They chat about Halloween and Salem MA sights and sounds, Bob also shares his adventures and the fun down in New York with the headless Horseman. They also talk about a couple of great movies (The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coco), the All Saints Day, the history of Halloween, and more.

Segment 5:  Ray plays a clip of a couple of Presidents (Obama and Bush) talking about their deportation policies, Ray compares Obama’s policies and Trump’s. He talks about how times have changed and ends with progressive white women are the loudest.

Segment 6:  Ray talks about the Mamdani election in New York and the lack of Democrats that voted in that election. He is just one of the reasons that it is so important to vote!

Segments 7-8:  Dave Ciullo (Career Management Services) joins Ray and they catch up for a few minutes. They talk about January 1 starting a new minimum wage, and some of things that the Maine Legislature has put forth to make it harder for employers to survive. Most employers want to do right by their employees, because they know that they have their back. Maine is ranked 47th in business climate and hopes that the Legislature will recognize that and start standing up for business. Dave says that business people need to start standing up and speaking out. Dave ends with some good news.

Segments 9-10:  The Common Sense For Maine group start trickling in starting with Demi Kouzounas, David Stearns, and Tom Bill. Jonathan Lyons (Border Security Alliance) calls in and they talk about some of the big problems facing Americans especially living on the Southern Border. They talk about the influx of drugs and the people coming across the border and the crops that have to be destroyed with no reimbursement because of humans living in them and defecating in the fields. What they are doing to bring attention to the problems and how they are trying to solve them.

Segments 11-12:  Ray introduces the gang and they are joined by CSFM Chair Dov Sacks. Sen. Susan Collins joins the fun and they talk about the Governmental Shutdown, the District Judge and the US Attorney and US Marshall.

Segment 13:  Ray, TBill, Dov, Demi, and David talk about the Referendum 1 question on Voter ID and Absentee Voting Days, the confusing Referendum question, longest question in history, the student election results. They get into ranked Choice voting will have an affect on the races, and if Nirav Shah will have a chance.

Segment 14:  Ray plays a clip from a 1964 speech from Ronald Reagan, and reminds people about the TMF fundraiser with the Don Campbell Band at Erik’s Church on 11/8.

Segment 15:  Ray opens up with Drake Milligan, and they talk a little more about the Erik’s Church TMF fundraiser, Lela’s haircuts, Maine’s Referendum Question 1 and how tricky the question 1 was worded. TBill brings up the Absentee Ballot Mystery and the confession of the UPS worker, the long history of voting issues.

Segment 16:  Ray brings up some of the tight races across the country starting with Virginia with the race between Lt. Governor of Virginia Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger, and more. The Common Sense For Maine gang wrap up the show.

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