{"id":93754,"date":"2025-07-03T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/?p=93754"},"modified":"2025-07-15T09:47:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:47:34","slug":"07-03-25-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/07-03-25-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"07-03-25 Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Segments 1-2:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray Richardson shares his thoughts on the voting and theatrics of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill as it is up for the House to pass it.
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\nSegments 3-4:\u00a0<\/strong> Bob Witkowski (Where Y\u2019at Magazine<\/a>) joins Ray and they take a walk down history lane back to the Revolution and how it began, the key people involved and more.
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\nSegments 5-8:\u00a0<\/strong> Steve Abbott (US Sen. Susan Collins<\/a>\u2019 Chief of Staff) join Ray and they discuss the Big Beautiful Bill and how it will affect the rural hospitals which is why Sen. Collins couldn’t support it. She is one of the hardest working Senators and always puts Maine first when she places her vote. They discuss the correct order to lead to a vote and that they have gotten away from the way they used to do it and it worked.
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\nSegments 9-10:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray welcomes the Common Sense For Maine<\/a> group:\u00a0 Dominic Pugliares (Dunegrass<\/a>), Elias Thomas (EXIT Key Real Estate<\/a>), Tom Bill, and Dov Sacks (Independence Law Maine and New Hampshire<\/a>). Elias shares some of his experiences with Rotary and the trips to administer Polio vaccines and other community service that he has done. \u200bSteve and Ray talk about the court system and Judges.
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\nSegments 11-12:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray reintroduces the gang and Mark Andrews (Automotive Everything<\/a> and Common Sense for Maine<\/a>) joins the fun. They talk about Sen. Grassley, and get back to Dov and Elias’ shares his family’s long history in the Portland area. Ray reads the latest Jobs Report and he asks Steve his opinion of Jerome Powell (Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States).
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\nSegments 13-14:\u00a0<\/strong> Steve and Mark head out and Elias talks about the city of Portland and why\/how he got involved with Common Sense For Maine<\/a>. The huge contrast in Portland from the 1980’s to 2025 and how sad it is that the liberal left has run people with long roots out and the homeless and the parks are now drug playgrounds.
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\nSegments 15-16:\u00a0<\/strong> They talk about Frederick Douglass, New York City and the Socialist candidate for Mayor, then the Maine Education system and the lack of freedom of students to express their own views and thoughts.
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Segments 1-2:\u00a0 Ray Richardson shares his thoughts on the voting and theatrics of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill as it is up for the House to pass it. Segments 3-4:\u00a0 Bob Witkowski (Where Y\u2019at Magazine) joins Ray and they take a …<\/span> Continue reading 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