Mikey Adams Talks Radio, MaineCare Fraud and the Fight for Common Sense - MWTV
In this episode of MainWire TV, host Tom Shattuck chats with Boston‑Connecticut radio veteran Mikey Adams and MainWire editor Steve Robinson about the decline of free‑wheeling radio, past scandals like Adams’s 1994 cannabis bust, and the current wave of fraud in Maine’s Medicaid‑related home‑care and child‑care programs. Adams laments corporate control of stations and the loss of on‑air spontaneity, while Robinson and John Featherston expose how political patronage and lax oversight have allowed billions in fraudulent payouts, implicating Governor Janet Mills and highlighting immigrant‑linked fraud narratives. The conversation also veers into broader critiques of elite influence, tax policy, and the erosion of common‑sense governance across the U.S.
Jessica Machado Breaks Down Massachusetts Migrant Shelter Costs and Homebase Spending - MWTV
In this MainWire TV episode, host Tom Shattuck and panelists Steve Robinson, John Featherston, Seamus Authott, and independent journalist Jess Machado dissect Massachusetts' migrant shelter spending, focusing on the controversial Healy Hotels and the Homebase program. Machado reveals that Homebase...
337 Signatures: Court Hands Bellows Another Chance to Block Civil Rights Referendum From Ballot
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has been ordered by the Cumberland County Superior Court to issue a new Determination of Validity for the "Maine Girl Dads" referendum by May 26, after a remand finding her original certification incomplete. The petition,...
“They Just Walked Away”: Maine Senate Kills Transparency Bill Amid DHHS Controversy - MWTV
The episode covers the heated fight over Maine’s LD‑127 transparency bill, which would let a bipartisan oversight committee access DHHS records on child welfare deaths. Host Tom Shattuck and panelists detail how the Senate rushed to adjourn and “sign‑die” the...
BROKE: Mills Quietly Freezes MaineCare Provider Payments Until July 1 as Fraud Probes Close In
Governor Janet Mills’ Department of Health and Human Services has again frozen MaineCare provider payments, postponing pharmacy claims from mid‑May through June 30 until the start of the new fiscal year on July 1. The delay follows a supplemental budget that...
The $50 Million Salad: Green Gurus Who Landed Biden Loan Committed Fraud, Lawsuit Claims
Vertical Harvest Maine L3C, an $80 million indoor hydroponic farm championed by Maine officials, received a $48.7 million USDA‑guaranteed loan and $1 million state loan but has operated at only 3‑4 percent capacity with two employees. A Canadian broker, Waterside Commercial Finance, sued the...
Democrat Judge Bans Maine Mom From Taking Daughter to Church: Video
In December 2024 a Portland District Court judge in Maine modified custody, giving father Matthew Bradeen sole authority over religious decisions for their 12‑year‑old daughter. The order bars mother Emily Bickford from taking the child to Calvary Chapel, reading the...
Iraqi Medicaid Swindler Who Claimed Defense Department Clearances Flees Maine for Turkmenistan $1M Richer: The Maine Wire
Maine’s Medicaid program, MaineCare, has been plagued by home‑health fraud, with dozens of agencies siphoning millions from taxpayers. Mostafa Alahmedi, president of 5 Star Home Health Care, claimed a secret‑level security clearance while operating a ghost office that overbilled the state...
$200M Corporate Welfare for Organic Farmers the Latest 'Rainy Day' Fund Raid
Maine lawmakers are moving $200 million from the state’s Budget Stabilization (rainy‑day) Fund into a new “Agriculture Bond”‑style program, LD 299, that would funnel money directly to organic farms and related NGOs. The proposal sidesteps the two‑thirds supermajority normally required for rainy‑day...
Bellows Butchers Girls’ Sports Ballot Question in Bid to Rig Another Election
On April 7, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows released a draft ballot question for the “An Act to Designate School Sports Participation & Facilities by Sex,” a citizen‑initiated measure that would require public schools to base bathroom, locker‑room and sports...
Maine Democrats' Billion Dollar Omnibus: Higher Taxes for Medicaid Fraud Bonuses, Abortion Clinics, Vote Buying, and Checks for Non-Citizens
Maine Democrats are advancing a $1.2 billion supplemental budget that adds a 2 percent surtax on incomes over $1 million for single filers and $1.5 million for joint filers, projected to yield about $91 million annually. The bill draws roughly $240 million from the state’s rainy‑day...
New State Records Show Gateway Community Services Paid Back $118k of Alleged $1.6 Million in "Over Payments"
State records reveal MaineCare provider Gateway Community Services allegedly overbilled Medicaid by roughly $1.6 million but has repaid only $118,431.58, about seven cents for every dollar claimed. The repayments, made in a structured pattern from 2019 through 2025, suggest a formal...
Leyland Streiff Joins to Discuss a Lawsuit Questioning the Validity of Signatures Behind a Ballot Initiative- MWTV
In this MainWire TV episode, co‑leader of the MainGirl Dads, Leyland Streiff, discusses a new lawsuit challenging the validity of signatures on their ballot initiative to protect single‑sex spaces for youth sports and locker rooms in Maine. Streiff explains that...
Maine Public Rips Off Robinson Report Fraud Story on Paradise Residential Services LLC
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services terminated its contract with Portland‑based Paradise Residential Services on March 9 after a March 6 notice cited health and safety violations that placed residents in immediate jeopardy. Violations included unsupervised residents, inadequate...
"There Will Be No More Gaming the System" - Oz Reacts to Latest MaineCare Fraud Scandal
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz warned Maine that Medicaid fraud will no longer be tolerated after reports that Paradise Residential Services billed over $16 million in inflated rates, charging twice the national average for autism residential care. The provider, accused of...