{"id":97407,"date":"2026-02-17T10:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/?p=97407"},"modified":"2026-02-24T06:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:23:12","slug":"02-17-26-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/02-17-26-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"02-17-26 Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Segment 1:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray Richardson did a Facebook live and just played around.
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\nSegment 2:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray talks about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, (D-NY) pushing a bill to give Pride flag same status as US military flags. His legislation comes after Trump administration removed Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument.
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\nSegment 3:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray takes a call.
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\nSegment 4:\u00a0<\/strong> Matt Jacobson (Retired Air Force Pilot, Director Sales & Marketing for Summit Natural Gas of Maine<\/a>) joins Dee Dee in her assessment of Ray’s glasses.
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\nSegments 5-6:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray, Dee Dee, and Matt welcome Lauren LePage (Fyre Strategies<\/a>), David Jones (FO Bailey<\/a> and Candidate for Governor<\/a>), Dr. Peter Earle of AIER (American Institute for Economic Research<\/a>, who is also a veteran) and Claude Berube (Former Annapolis Instructor, Author, and Head of School at St Dominic Regional High School<\/a>) They share condolences to Matt over the loss of his family dog to cancer. The discussion gets into the economy. The prices going down on gas, and energy costs getting higher.
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\nSegments 7-8:\u00a0<\/strong> The panel is joined by Jon Fetherston (The Maine Wire<\/a>). Claude talks about St. Dom and shares their goals, plans for the day, and curriculum. He stresses that a focus will be critical thinking. The discussion turns to kids and DHHS, kids on the spectrum or in need of help and the lack of response from DHHS or anyone in office, not to mention the legacy media.
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\nSegments 9-10:\u00a0<\/strong> The panel discusses the passing of Jessie Jackson and then Robert Duvall and their contributions. Ray asks Jon what he has been uncovering with the Gateway Scandal out of Lewiston following the Lewiston Shooting for the victims, and more.
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\nSegments 11-12:\u00a0<\/strong> The panel discusses the fraud in all forms of government from the city level up to the President level and the lack of interest in uncovering and addressing it. Which brings up a conversation about the upcoming debate between Bobby Charles (R) and Troy Jackson (D).
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\nSegments 13-14:\u00a0<\/strong> They continue to discuss debates and discussions. They get into colleges and the Army\/Navy games and the rivalry that goes with them. Matt switches to energy and how the climate initiative has been put above energy capacity.
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\nSegments 15-16:\u00a0<\/strong> They discussion turns to racism. Ray tells a story from college and then uses the Trump reel as an example because there is no grace. They get into bullying and double standards.
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