03-19-26 Thursday
Segment 1-2: Ray Richardson starts the day with a Facebook live segment talking about the Senate hearing in Washington for Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla. to confirm him to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the fireworks that ensued.
Segments 3-4: Bob Witkowski join Ray and Dee Dee and they talk about the Kentucky Derby and traditions then move on to the James Bond movies and actors.
Segments 5-6: Ray starts with a PPH story about Maine Center for Economic Policy warning that continued immigration enforcement could further damage an already weakened workforce. Sarah Parshall Perry (Attorney, Defending Education) join Ray and they discuss Maine’s schools and the over-bearing government.
Segments 7-8: David Ciullo (Career Management Services), Tom Bill (Common sense PAC), and Ray start with the Paid Family Act and the updates to the program that we have been paying in to with no details of how the government was going to disperse the money. Dominic Pugliares (Common sense PAC, Dunegrass CC) and David Starnes join as they listen in disbelief to Dave tries to explain the rules.
Segments 9-10: Ray, Dominic, TBill, David, and Dee Dee continue the discussion on the Paid Family Act and the lunacy that comes out of Augusta to put businesses out of business.
Segments 11-12: The Common Sense for Maine panel welcomes KC Crosbie (Co-Chair of the Republican National Committee) to chat about the Save Act, Ray plays the Graham Platner ad for her and asks her opinion, and other things that don’t make sense.
Segments 13-14: CSFM welcome Sophia Pride as they discuss the latest ruling from the bench and the overstepping of branches of government. Ray talks about some of the different cases and judges. He states that there isn’t a fair court anymore. They are all ruled by politics. The conversation turns to the difference and history between Republicans and Democrats.
Segment 15-16: The panel continues their discussion about the differences between Republicans and Democrats and Sophia talks about a couple of events that she has attended and an upcoming event.