MAINE FACTS MATTER 2026 03-03-2026
11-02-26 Monday
Segments 1-2: Ray Richardson chats with Todd Piro for a minute about this weekend’s visit to Maine and the hit on Fox and Friends Weekend on Saturday morning from Stacks in Scarborough. Ray talks about the event and then moves on to some of the crazy things that the Democrats want us to believe.
Segments 3-4: Ray continues to talk about the Maine Education System.
Segments 5-6: Laurel Libby (Lead Maine) and Ken Cuccinelli (Natl Chairman of Election Transparency Initiative) join Ray and Dee Dee and chat about the disenfranchised voters in any state that has Rank Choice Voting. They talk about the scandal in Alaska in the Dan Sullivan-Mary Peltola race. The change in the make up of the Democratic Party and how it has changed. The voter rolls that need to be purged and cleaned not just in Maine but across the country. Vern Dukes joins the conversation as Ray and Laurel tell him that he is about to be schooled.
Segments 7-8: Vern starts with the riots in France and what the real reason they are rioting. Lauren educates Vern on the amount of taxes that have actually been imposed on Mainers since Gov. Paul LePage left office and Mills took over.
Segments 9-10: Ray starts with the protestors that are out of control, Tiffany Gaspar joins to share her experience at a Susan Collins rally in Ellsworth. Her three teen daughters experiences of being shouted and harassed, and that one of the male protesters followed her young teenage daughters to their vehicle, Tiffany tries to describe some of the things that were being yelled at her girls, how angry the mob seemed to be, and more. Retired Col. Ron Russell (Candidate for Maine CD 1, former Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret) and Chuck Ellis (Muddy Waters Podcast, Chair Cumberland Cnty Republican Party) join them in studio.
Segments 11-16: Ray is still outraged by the lack of decorum of people that are protesting, what happened to society, people afraid to publicly support like-minded candidate for fear of repercussions. They continue this discussion over then segments as well. They move on to the meeting on Wednesday night at the Windham High School for the naming of the new Windham Middle School. The proposed name is the Bill Diamond Middle School and they discuss the history Bill Diamond has in Raymond. The need for Republicans to vote down the ballot, and local races including school board and city council races.
10-30-26 Friday
Segments 1-2: Ray Richardson talks about bullying, political bullying, the inability to be cordial and get-a-long to get-a-long, the new ad that Bill Green has done for Sen. Collins and the backlash that he has gotten over it.
Segments 3-4: Ray plays a song that Vern Dukes sent Dee Dee to share with him, Tell Me, How is Heaven. He talks about faith.
Segments 5-6: Shawn joins the fun and asks Ray a childhood story they were talking about on the break. The conversation turns back to getting into Heaven. Mike Sh joins as Ray shares a story about driving too fast. They talk about the upcoming election, the betting sights, polling, and exit polling, Ray ends the segment with the panels’ election predictions.
Segment 7-10: Todd Piro ( joins as Ray shares why Todd is on the phone on a Friday. He is coming up to do a Fox And Friends Breakfast Town Hall at Stacks in Scarborough tomorrow morning from 6am-10am. They talk about his flight and lunch today and how tired he is.
Segments 11-12: Jon, Shawn, and Ray talk about the voting base of the Lobstermen, and Bath Iron Works. The conversation turns to the Portland Press Herald and Donald Sussman who used to own the Press Herald. They get more to the advancements in Maine and the changes that have happened to bring Maine down. The discussion ends with the data center fight, and more.
Segments 13-14: Ray welcomes Kenny and Steve and they talk about the outrage about the shenanigans in Alaska. They talk about some of the elections including the Muslims blaming the Jews for their issues in Michigan, New Hampshire, and other races. They talk about some of the shenanigans (fraud) in Maine.
Segments 15-16: Ray and Kenny talk about his platform, the efforts that he and several others are doing to have the new Middle School named after the great Bill Diamond and more.
10-29-26 Thursday
Segment 1: Ray Richardson is so frustrated with the lies in politics and gives some of the examples being used against Sen. Collins on her record and the personal attacks in general. He moves on to the race in Alaska where the Democratic challenger Mary Peltola of Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, secretly participated in a yearlong process to recruit people with the same name and party as the sitting Sen. Sullivan to run in the Alaska U.S. Senate race to split the votes because Alaska has rank choice voting. Ray addresses a text and he uses it to point out the larger problem, people not focusing on the right things.
Segment 3: Ray talks about some of the campaigns and the differences between a Republican and a Democrat. He talks about how oppressive the Maine Democratic run Legislature and Governorship have been throughout the history of our country and shares examples as he does.
Segment 4: Ray gives examples of the differences in New Hampshire and Maine because all he hears is that it is Trump’s fault that Maine is struggling.
Segments 5-6: Steve Abbott (Campaign Manager Susan Collins for Senate) and they welcome Ally Triolo, (RNC Election Integrity Communications Director) and they talk about some of the shenanigans happening during this election and the need to have accountability and more. Tom Bill (Common Sense For Maine PAC) joins with the delicious Moran Market’s breakfast pizza.
Segments 7-8: Steve Abbott shares a personal story about Sen. Collins as Dominic Pugliares (Common Sense For Maine PAC, Dunegrass CC) walks in. They talk about today being the last day for early voting in Maine, how the Rank Choice Voting works and doesn’t work, the work that Susan Collins has done for the State of Maine. They talk about the Lobster industry and that Rep. Golden and Sen. Collins were the only ones in politics that stood up for them.
Segments 9-10: Bernard (Ben) Porter (Republican candidate for Maine Senate District 23 – Harpswell, Brunswick, Freeport, Pownal, Yarmouth (East of 295) and Chebeague Island) porter4me.com and Thad Moody (Candidate for Maine Senate District 30) joins the fun. They talk about the absentee votes for Troy Jackson and the differences between the Republican and Democrat and what is the catalyst for the absentee vote. Ray asks Thad what he is seeing in his district and and the same question to Ben. They point out some of the things that they are seeing in their district. Ray asks Steve about the effects in Maine from the Big Beautiful Bill and did Sen. Collins for it, what really does. They talk about the dignity of work, generational welfare.
Segments 11-12: Steve had to leave us, and Thad shares his story and why he is running for the Maine Senate. They chat about Thad’s work with Moody’s Collision and what are his goals. Ben shares why he decided to run and his personal/professional service for our country, the dishonesty of their opponents, Sen. Tim Nangle during his debate against Kenny Cianchette, Ben says that everyone he talks to about taxes being the number one issue.
Segments 13-14: Ray asks Ben about the Castle doctrine and then an endorsement for Thad from a former co-worker from 30 years ago. They talk about the dangers of the bill “Qualified Immunity” in Maine. They talk about where to get a sign from Thad, the continue to talk about the failings of the people in charge, and more.
Segments 15-16: Ray brings the Senate race in Alaska and the scheme to deceive the voters in the identity of the candidates and how Rank Choice Voting will affect, they talk about gun rights and Ben talks about the waiting period and states that “Gun rights are women’s rights”, Ray talks about Betsy Sweet’s answer in a debate on Political Brew, and discuss the 2nd Amendment, and more.
10-28-26 Wednesday
Segment 1: Ray Richardson starts with something finally being done about the fraud in Maine,
then about some of the races in Florida and how the Socialist-Communist ideology has grabbed hold and is spreading throughout the Democrat party.
Segment 2: Ray talks about his frustration that people are more concerned about the spelling of some of the word in a text than the content and intent.
Segments 3-4: Ray questions why he does what he does because after almost 23 years he doesn’t understand why people don’t understand how our government works. He urges people to go and look things up if you know or believe what he tells you. He talks about LD 1 and the tax cap and how it worked but then they voted to undo it. He reminds everyone that Troy Jackson was the Senate President when all of this happened and Governor Mills has yet to endorse him. How can you compare what the Democrats have spent while being in charge for the last eight years and Susan Collins has brought back to Maine during her tenure as Senator.
Segments 5-6: David Jones (FO Bailey) joins Dee Dee as Ray reads a couple of texts and shows them a picture of snow from Calgary. They get to talking about Troy Jackson and what has he done to help the Allagash and other Mainers. He, Hannah Pingree, and Gov. Mills has been the architect of our collective pain in taxes, and then get into the education system and talk about how it has gone downhill while costing more and more.
Segments 7-8: In this FO Bailey Real Estate Segment: Ray starts with the passing of a Maine Legend Bud Sawyer, David talks about interest rates and costs of properties. He then highlights several of the property that he has listed. For more information contact David: 207-781-1111, cell: 207-650-3455 or email:info@fobailey.com.
Segments 9-10: Ray talks about the naming of the new middle school in Windham and the push to be named the Bill Diamond Middle School. He and David continue to talk about Bill Diamond and what kind of man he was and his mission to protect and teach Maine children. Joe Gruters (Chair of the Republican National Committee) calls in to talk about Maine and the candidates and their policies.
Segment 11: Noël Bonam (Director AARP Maine) join Ray and they chat about the upcoming election and survey results from the AARP survey put out.
Segment 12: Ray talks about the redefining of words from the Democrat side like gender-affirming care, and re-productive care and now being Independent means voting with Democrats 96 Percent which means Sen. King is the most reliable Democrat vote in the Senate.
Segment 13: Ray takes calls starting with Al talking about the change in attitude from when he would get arrested for drinking in public, Ethan talks about the real need to vote.
Segment 14: Ray takes a call about Gov. Kathy Hochul, and more.
Segment 15-16: He takes more calls and talks about the results of the 2026 Maine Student Mock Election. He takes more calls.