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08-27-18 Lotta Shaken’ goin’ on….

Part 1: Ray touches on the lineup for this morning’s Fox News reporters, Rachel Sutherland, Simon Owen and Jessica Rosenthal will be joining us to discuss some of the headlines. Rachel joins us first to talk about Jeff Sessions and President Trump. Pres. Trump has renewed pressure on Jeff Sessions to investigate the actions of his adversaries – what he called “corruption” on the “other side” – after the attorney general warned the president that his department would not be “improperly influenced” by politics. Sends his prayers out to Gov. LePage for a speedy recovery.
Part 2: Ray and Simon talk about new U.S. sanctions against Russia for last spring’s nerve agent attack in Britain that go into effect today, but their impact will be limited among a raft of other punitive measures already in place.
Part 3: Ray gives a short commentary on the obsession with Pres. Trump.

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08-24-18 Crystal Canney

Part 1: Ray is joined by Crystal Canney in studio, along with Rep. Jeff Timberlake and Joe Bruno. She is running for Senate District 27 in Portland. She and the boys talk about referendums. Crystal feels that the Legislature needs to work together. She is running as an Independent because she believes that it is important to be able to cross party lines with her vote. She and Jeff had quite a discussion.
Part 2: Ray describes the position of the candidates running for this seat. Crystal is an independent and open to discussion on the issues.
Part 3: Ray state that she is running against Democratic incumbent Benjamin Chipman. Ray states that her position is center to left and her opponent is a far leaning left. Ray brings back up the “leftover” bills that they have to come back into session and Jeff points out that they are all referendum questions.
Part 4: Ray, Crystal, Jeff and Joe all agree that elected folks are in Augusta for the People of Maine. They also all agree that they need to represent their constituents and not necessarily vote the way they would personally. Great discussion this morning.
For more information on Crystal’s campaign or positions, visit http://www.votecanney.com.

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08-24-18 Jeff Timberlake

Part 1: Ray and Joe are joined by Rep. Jeff Timberlake, representing District 75 – Leeds, Livermore (part) and Turner. He is currently running for Maine Senate. They discuss the upcoming session. It is supposed to start on August 30. Ray asks Jeff his opinion of how the session will end up. Ray asks him for his opinion on the Speaker of the House’s job performance.
Part 2: Ray asks Jeff about some of the races out there and what is his opinion on what will happen in November.
Part 3: Joe gives a plug for Shawn Moody. Joe is Shawn’s Treasurer and is trying to raise money for the campaign. Go to Shawn Moody.com and push the donate button. They get into Clean Election campaigns and Joe shows his frustration on how they work. They get into Terry Hayes and her campaign.
Part 4: Jeff goes over some of the things that will be in front of them this session. Ray asks Jeff about the Ethics Commission and their roll on the Clean Election issue.

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08-24-18 Hello Friday!!!

Part 1: Joe Bruno, Mark Reilly and Ray talk about Cohan, Mueller and Pres. Trump. They talk about the Portland Press Herald. Ray gives them props. Mark doesn’t say much in this segment….
Part 2: Ray lets people know that they are working on Riverside Ave and the phone is down and he gets a call as he is saying it. The caller makes the point of not being able to look up to the President.
Part 3: Rep. Jeff Timberlake joins the boys. They talk briefly about Ricker Hill Farms and how old is his business. They have been officially called back to session. They reconvene on August 30th.

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