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Segments 1-2:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray and Dee Dee welcome the Great Pete McVety (former Navy Pilot and worked at the Pentagon, former owner of McVety Hearth and Home) discuss the weather, rain, catching up with retired Pete and what he is doing now, the Blue Angels flight demonstration team’s low pass over Pensacola Beach, and more.
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\nSegments 3-4:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray, Dee Dee and Pete talk about the Maine Democratic Party Debate on News Center Maine, the elections, the voter rolls, conspiracies, and more.
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\nSegments 5-6:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray welcomes Mike Shepherd<\/a>\u00a0(Political Editor for the\u00a0Bangor Daily News<\/a>) the talk about last night’s Maine Democratic Senate Debate and then they get into the ICE shooting in Biddeford and the questions that have yet to be answered but people on both sides have already come to conclusions.
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\nSegments 7-8<\/strong>:\u00a0 Jon Fetherston (The Maine Wire,<\/a> sponsored by Jeff Preble Concrete) and Steve DiMillo (DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant<\/a>) join Ray and Dee Dee. They chat about the beautiful Diamond Island and the ability to walk, this weekend’s special, the staff at DiMillo’s and the plethora of options for good food with wonderful atmospheres, and more.
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\nSegments 9-10:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray and Jon discuss the denigration of society and how people are being treated including the press and the governor in the midst of the ICE shooting in Biddeford, the rhetoric of lies, the mainstream media, the common ground, the lack of decorum, the lack of common decency on both sides.
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\nSegment 11-12:\u00a0<\/strong> Jon brings up last night’s Democratic Debate and start with Sec. of State Shenna Bellows’s appearance and some of the others as well. Then end up with the downfall of Portland in detail, the causes and our leaders.
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\nSegment 13:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray and Jon talk about the lack of Republican messaging. Elected people not standing up for what they believe and people from all walks of life not standing up for what is right and letting the hoodlums taking over society.
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\nSegment 14:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray takes calls.
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\nSegment 15-16:<\/strong> Ray and Dee Dee start with the last night’s debate and finding common ground. They take calls.
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