In this no-holds-barred episode, Chuck Ellis sits down with John Featherston — the newest reporter at The Maine Wire and a former Massachusetts selectman who’s seen dysfunction up close — to talk about why Maine politics feels even more broken than the Bay State.They go deep on:
- Shenna Bellows’ disastrous handling of the Newberg/Amazon ballot scandal and why her lone-wolf press conference and attacks on “bloggers” proved she’s not ready for the governor’s office (or her current one)
- Election Day double standards: “Stop Trump” signs allowed at polls while MAGA hats were banned
- The collapse of local media in Maine and how propaganda replaced journalism
- Why mass migration from Massachusetts isn’t “ruining Maine” — bad leadership is
- John’s wild stories from running Biden-era migrant hotels in Massachusetts: free everything, zero accountability, and the horrifying case he exposed that took 8 months and The Maine Wire to get justice
- Chinese triad-linked illegal marijuana grows destroying rural homes and driving up your electric bill
- The real reason Republicans keep losing ground in Maine (hint: no bench, no grassroots, and too much public infighting)
- Why Maine desperately needs bold leaders who will look activists in the eye and say “get that nonsense out of my office”
If you’re tired of Augusta’s apathy, corruption, and deflection, this is the conversation Maine needs right now. Raw, unfiltered, and 100% Maine-focused.Like, follow, and share — because the legacy media sure isn’t telling you any of this.
