{"id":100130,"date":"2026-07-20T06:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/?p=100130"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:46:14","slug":"07-20-26-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/07-20-26-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"07-20-26 Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Segment 1:\u00a0<\/strong> Matt Jacobson (Summit Natural Gas of Maine<\/a>) and\u00a0Vernon Dukes welcome\u00a0<\/span>Todd Piro (Co-Host of Fox and Friends on Fox News) and they start with the Maine’s US Senate race and outcome, the Iran issues and their long history or terrorizing the world.
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\nSegment 2:\u00a0<\/strong> Matt and Vern talk about soccer and the World Cup.
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\nSegment 3:\u00a0<\/strong> Matt and Vern talk more about the Maine Democratic Senate race, the emergency Democratic Convention, Troy Jackson, the history of the black community, the GI Bill, the welfare system history, and more.
\nSegment 4:\u00a0<\/strong> The boys talk about the Renaissance Fair down in Action and Vern’s Son that works for the Axe Pit and urges people to go and check it out. They get into the energy policies of Maine and how that affects the cost of goods coming in and out of Maine.
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\nSegment 5:\u00a0<\/strong> Matt and Vern welcome Retired Col. Ron Russell (Candidate for Maine CD 1<\/a>, former Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret) and the conversations turn to the Iran mission, their long history of war, Iran’s allies, and more.
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\nSegment 6:\u00a0<\/strong> Ron gives a disclaimer on the information that they are discussing about the Iran issues.
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\nSegments 7:\u00a0<\/strong> The boys talk about Vern’s upcoming hip surgery, Ray’s hip surgery, and then get into more energy policies, data centers, water usages, and more.
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\nSegment 8:\u00a0<\/strong> The boys talk about military bases and kids.
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\nSegments 9-10:\u00a0<\/strong> Vern, Matt<\/span> and Col. Russell welcome Josh<\/span> Findlay (Director of Texas Public Policy Foundation<\/a>) an election<\/span> lawyer to share information on the integrity of our elections. The new poll finding that 77% support requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. What the SAVE Act would actually require and who is opposing it and why, calling the bill \u201cJim Crow 2.0\u201d. Who are the critics and why are they fighting to keep the status quo and the why it takes the vigilance, and more.
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\nSegment 11:\u00a0<\/strong> Col. Russell share what he is seeing on the campaign trial before he has to take off. He shares that Mainers are concerned about energy costs, housing, fuel prices, and more. The boys get back to voter integrity, and more.
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\nSegment 12:\u00a0<\/strong> Vern and Matt discuss the restaurant industry and how many longtime establishments have had to close because of energy costs.
\nSegment 13:\u00a0<\/strong> Vern and Matt start with Iran and our actions over there and the American military’s involvement.
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\nSegment 14:\u00a0<\/strong> Matt and Vern begin a discussion about the\u00a0<\/span>mainstream <\/span>Maine Democrats, why are the leaders leaning so far and more.
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\nSegment 15:\u00a0<\/strong> Matt talks about the process of that Maine adopted to replace the elected candidate to run for office, the Special Democratic Convention, the candidates, and more.
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\nSegment 16:\u00a0<\/strong> The boys give their last thought of where we stand in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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