Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either incapable — or unwilling — to do anything about it.
The Maine Wire has identified more than 100 properties that are part of a sprawling network of Chinese-owned sites operating as unlicensed, illicit cannabis growing operations in rural Maine.
According to an unclassified memo from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) obtained by the Maine Wire, the illicit grows are operated by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs).
The properties cover Somerset County, Penobscot County, Kennebec County, Franklin County, Androscoggin County, and Oxford County.
The sites were purchased over the past three years by single adults, primarily from New York and Massachusetts, using cash or financing arranged through a handful of mortgage companies.
By Laura Loomer- November 10, 2023
Uncovered screenshots from the X account of Dawn Marie Engoron, the wife of Leftist NYC Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the civil fraud against President Trump shows that she has been posting attacks on Trump from her account @dm_sminxs
as the trial is ongoing.
This is incredible bias. Less than 24 hours ago she posted tweets in which she said “FUCK TRUMP”. She posted photoshopped pics of President Trump in an orange jump suit, she attacked me during my Live show last night for exposing her husband, and she is openly attacking President Trump’s lawyer
By Katy Ferek- November 10, 2023
Sen. Joe Manchin said Thursday that he won’t run for another term in deep red West Virginia, delivering a blow to fellow Democrats’ longshot effort to hold on to their narrow majority and renewing speculation about whether he could pursue a presidential bid.
Manchin, a 76-year-old centrist who faced an uphill battle for re-election, said that he plans to travel the country and look for opportunities to “mobilize the middle and bring Americans together.” He didn’t address whether he could potentially seek the White House as an independent, an idea he has floated in the past, and a person familiar with his thinking said he hasn’t ruled out a run.
By Adam Wren - November 10, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign accused Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel of trying to limit his campaign’s visibility in the post debate spin room, following critical remarks he made of her at the forum.
Tricia McLaughlin, Ramaswamy’s senior adviser, told POLITICO that when the Ramaswamy camp entered the spin room in Miami Wednesday evening, the candidate found himself surrounded initially by reporters. But as they searched for his “spinner stick”— a placard typically held high by a young RNC staffer so that it’s visible to journalists—they couldn’t find one.
Eventually, they discovered what appeared to be an abandoned Ramaswamy sign lying in a corner of the room, and no RNC staffer there to help.
Ramaswamy’s bodyman, Patrick McFeeley, eventually picked up the sign himself, after NBC pointed it out to them.