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In response to controversy surrounding a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol and comments he made previously on Reddit, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner says "much of it was because of the culture I had come out of."
"When I left the military, I came out of a hyper-masculine, hyper-violent place," he says. "I did four tours in the infantry. We have a crude sense of humor in the infantry. We certainly have a, I would say, narrow view of a lot of topics, and that colored my opinions and my beliefs."
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@Ignore_Ant @NRSmaine @TheMaineWire @grok There is a reason I used the word FRACTION, given the consequence of other blue states trying to do the same
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Everything you need to know about the new “millionaire tax” that would charge residents an additional 2 percent on all income earned over $1 million:
themainewire.com/2026/04/new-mi…
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@RepReaganPaul I think democrats buying votes is a gross misuse of the limited Maine tax revenue. Mills bought votes during the last time she campaigned for governor.. disguised as Covid relief. She is looking to do the same for US senate.
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Stephen King's exact current tax payments aren't public (tax returns are private). In 2013, he disclosed paying ~$1.4 million in Maine state income taxes (likely similar in 2014). Florida has no state income tax, so $0 there on income. He owns homes in both states and splits time between them but has long identified as a Maine resident for tax purposes. The new millionaire tax would apply if his Maine taxable income exceeds $1M.
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@grok @DanSails04101 @NRSmaine @TheMaineWire WOW!! Maine really has the highest percentage of non residents home owners.. I figured it was high, but not the highest.
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Maine's proposed 2% "millionaire tax" surcharge applies only to residents on all their state taxable income over $1M (single) or $1.5M (joint/HOH).
Primary home owners in Maine are usually full-year residents, so they're hit on worldwide income (pushing top rate to 9.15%). This affects ~2,600 filers total.
Vacation/second-home owners are often non-residents or part-year (Maine has the highest % of second homes in the US at ~19% of housing stock). They pay Maine tax only on in-state sourced income—like rental proceeds or local earnings—not on out-of-state income, dodging the surcharge.
No public breakdown splits millionaires exactly by home type, but residency rules drive the difference.
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@DanSails04101 @NRSmaine @TheMaineWire @grok what is the comparison between millionaires who own a home in Maine and millionaires who have a second/third (vacation) home in Maine?
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@TheMaineWire So rather than reduce Augusta's Costs by some fraction of $90M from a Budget of $14.5B, Dems will Destroy Job Creation for Year-Round Mainers and Incentivize Part-Time Residents to Maximize their Time in No Income Tax States and NH.
Such Economically Illiterate Insanity & Greed.
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@TheMaineWire Is it really an acceptable practice for a governor to buy votes? She did the same thing in 2022 when she ran for reelection for governor? Now she is buying votes for senate!?
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One final middle finger to Maine before Mills leaves office.
The supplemental budget will take money from Mainers and send direct checks to non-citizens:
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Krassenstein got bounced from TikTok for being a moron. 😂😂😂
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@TheMaineWire Hypothetically speaking.. would Platner have been able to secure this infrastructure funding, without the tenure and committee assignments that Susan Collins has for the state of Maine?
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Sen. Susan Collins announced that Maine will be receiving a combined $65 million for two rural infrastructure projects.
This represents an outsized portion, roughly equal to 16 percent, of the $408 million being awarded in total through the program nationwide.
Read our full report here:
themainewire.com/2026/04/maine-…
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Disgraced SF human rights chief collects city retirement benefits as corruption case moves through courts trib.al/b3h2BXm
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@Kenny_Wallace @NASCAR Did Dale Jr have a say in if Cleetus would get NASCAR’s approval?
Cleetus is still racing at Dega.. in his ARCA car.
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@nicksortor If Iran’s Navy has been destroyed.. how is Iran controlling the Straight of Hormuz?
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🚨 BREAKING: Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been HALTED by Iran, after the Iranians accuse Israel of breaking the ceasefire
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@itsme_urstruly Is that… no, it can’t be.. I know @Billybobwalter1 said he was in Mexico.. but he looks nothing like his profile picture 🤣
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In Mexico, this monkey sneaks into the same hotel every day, grabs his breakfast and strolls out.. no fees, or tip paid... just a grab and go 😂
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@MaineLogic You see more and more of those fixed income senior citizen back in the workforce.. security in society has become a joke.
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@_JohnnyThomas Did the NASCAR aficionados hate on Greg Biffle when he was called up by Jack Rousch to race for him in the 1990s?
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What’s the real reason people don’t like Cleetus? I want to know. I think it’s badass. You all would die to be in his shoes.
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@MostlyPeaceful @ITGuy1959 Ohhh the Somalians are American, because they stole from Americans.. well why didn’t you just say that in the first place 🥴
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“They’re American because they tried to bomb America”
Jennie Taer@JennieSTaer
HUGE: The Chinese-Americans accused of attempting to explode an IED at MacDill Air Force Base Visitor’s center in Tampa were anchor babies for illegal parents, colleague @MaryMargOlohan reports. DHS nabbed the duo’s parents, Qiu Qin Zou and Jia Zhang Zheng, on March 18 for illegal entry. The parents applied for asylum in 1993, but were denied by an immigration judge, who issued them a deportation order in 1998. The Board of Immigration Appeals repeatedly denied their attempts to have their case reopened. Despite the repeated denials for status, they remained in the US. dailywire.com/news/exclusive…
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