The FBI busted a multi-million dollar marijuana trafficking scheme run by Chinese nationals, the Justice Department said Tuesday. 
Seven Chinese nationals were charged over an alleged marijuana conspiracy operating out of Massachusetts and Maine. Investigators said that the operation, which began in January 2020, generated millions of dollars by distributing kilogram-sized quantities of marijuana in bulk.
“This case pulls back the curtain on a sprawling criminal enterprise that exploited our immigration system and our communities for personal gain,” <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/seven-chinese-nationals-charged-alleged-roles-multi-million-dollar-money-laundering">said</a> U.S. Attorney Leah Foley. “These defendants allegedly turned quiet homes across the Northeast into hubs for a criminal enterprise – building a multi-million-dollar black-market operation off the backs of an illegal workforce and using our neighborhoods as cover. That ends today.”
Those charged are 39-year-old Jianxiong Chen, 36-year-old Yuxiong Wu, 38-year-old Dinghui Li, 35-year-old Dechao Ma, 35-year-old Peng Lian Zhu, 35-year-old Hongbin Wu, and 47-year-old Yanrong Zhu. Yanrong Zhu &#8220;remains a fugitive,&#8221; while the others were all taken into federal custody, according to the DOJ. 
They are all charged with conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, and many face money laundering charges as well. Chen, who investigators say was the mastermind behind the operation, is also charged with smuggling aliens into the United States. 
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FBI agent Ted Docks said that Chen, who lived in Braintree, Massachusetts, a city about 12 miles south of Boston, smuggled Chinese nationals over the Mexican border and forced them to work at marijuana grow houses to pay off the smuggling fees and get their passports back. 
In addition to Braintree, there were grow houses in the Massachusetts cities of Melrose and Greenfield. 
In October 2024, investigators recovered more than $270,000 in cash, a Porsche, and multiple Chinese passports and other identification documents inside a safe at Chen’s house in Braintree. Investigators also seized more than 109 kilograms of marijuana, nearly $200,000 in cash, and a $65,000 Rolex watch at the homes of other alleged conspirators. 
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In the last several years, Chinese-backed marijuana operations have cropped up across the United States, and there have been major drug busts in states like New Mexico and <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2023/11/triad-weed-illegal-chinese-marijuana-grows-are-all-over-maine/">Maine</a>. In Maine alone, Border Patrol has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-chinese-marijuana-grow-operations-worth-billions-cropping-up-in-maine-border-patrol-memo">reportedly</a> identified at least 270 illegal marijuana grow operations that are worth billions of dollars.
Congressional lawmakers have also launched inquiries into the issue, saying that the operations pose significant national security risks.

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Maine state <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/she-stood-up-for-girls-then-got-a-scotus-win-laurel-libby-speaks-out">Rep. Laurel Libby</a> (R) on Wednesday finally had her voice restored after state Democrats censured the Republican for a post calling out the state&#8217;s unpopular transgender sports policy.
Libby announced on X that state Democrats passed a House resolution to fully restore her voting and speaking rights, which were first stripped in February.
&#8220;VICTORY!! Democrats CAVE and give my Voice AND Vote back,&#8221; she said. &#8220;My constituent&#8217;s right to representation and my right to free speech should never have been stripped.&#8221;
Notably, Libby was told she would have to apologize to Democrats for her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1053801876552826&amp;set=pb.100057690715704.-2207520000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook post</a> drawing attention to Maine’s controversial transgender policies if she wanted her voting and speech rights back. 
&#8220;I have NEVER apologized and NEVER WILL for speaking up for girls&#8217; sports,&#8221; Libby said. 
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🚨 VICTORY!! 🚨 Democrats CAVE and give my Voice AND Vote back.
My constituent&#8217;s right to representation and my right to free speech should never have been stripped. I have NEVER apologized and NEVER WILL for speaking up for girls&#8217; sports.
— Rep. Laurel Libby (@laurel_libby) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurel_libby/status/1937979317943767187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Libby filed a lawsuit over the censure, and last month she scored a legal win at the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled to give the Republican back her voting rights as the lawsuit plays out.
&#8220;The Democrats caved because they know that they are losing, they are losing in the court of public opinion, they are losing in the literal court, and they have to save face,&#8221; Libby said in a video post.
As highlighted by Libby, constituents in Maine — though a liberal state — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-trans-athletes-womens-sports-maine">side with Republicans and President Donald Trump on transgender sports issues</a>: they want to protect female spaces and sports and keep trans-identifying males out.
&#8220;This is not over. This all began because I spoke up on behalf of Maine women and girls, who are being discriminated against,&#8221; Libby continued. &#8220;Their rights have not been assured. This is a Democrat maneuver to try to get themselves out of trouble — but they are still in trouble.&#8221;
In Maine, Democrat Gov. Janet Mills is still standing by her position to allow males in girls sports. The Trump administration has sued the state&#8217;s Department of Education and frozen federal dollars over that decision.
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LIVE from Augusta… the Democrats CAVED!! <a href="https://t.co/qiXLipy37i">pic.twitter.com/qiXLipy37i</a>
— Rep. Laurel Libby (@laurel_libby) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurel_libby/status/1937999084293423267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2025</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/she-stood-up-for-girls-then-got-a-scotus-win-laurel-libby-speaks-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">She Stood Up For Girls, Then Got A SCOTUS Win: Laurel Libby Speaks Out</a>

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Maine’s Laurel Libby, Censured Over Trans Sports Policy, Gets Last Laugh: ‘I Have Never Apologized’

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Maine Democrat Governor Janet Mills dodged questions from a reporter on Wednesday about her unpopular position on transgender sports policies.
&#8220;[Gov. Janet Mills] refuses to address questions about why she supports men in women’s sports — and her family’s ties to the transgender medicine industry,&#8221; Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan captioned video of the interaction on X.
Mills’ sister, Dora Anne Mills, is chief health improvement officer at MaineHealth, a massive health care system in Maine that offers damaging and irreversible “<a href="https://www.mainehealth.org/care-services/pediatric-care-child-health/gender-care?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">treatments</a>” for gender-confused minors, such as puberty blockers, “gender affirming hormone therapy,” and “menstrual suppression,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/janet-mills-and-her-family-are-getting-rich-off-the-maine-governors-transgender-battle">The Daily Wire</a> recently reported. MaineHealth was also a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/officeholders/janet-t-mills/contributors?cycle=2022&amp;id=9941379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top donor</a> to Mills’ 2022 gubernatorial run.
&#8220;Governor, why won&#8217;t you support women&#8217;s sports?&#8221; Mills is pressed, per video. The governor refuses to answer, turns her back on the reporter, and walks away.
&#8220;Why won&#8217;t you support women&#8217;s sports?&#8221; the reporter again asks Mills, who shakes her head and smiles. &#8220;Is it because your sister works for an organization that provides transgender services to minors?&#8221;
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NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/GovJanetMills?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovJanetMills</a> refuses to address questions about why she supports men in women’s sports — and her family’s ties to the transgender medicine industry. <a href="https://t.co/XR3NJCAfjq">pic.twitter.com/XR3NJCAfjq</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1935327826070356377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
Though Maine residents strongly oppose males in female sports, Mills has refused to budge on the issue, or other unpopular trans issues, such as permitting the mutilation of minors in the name of so-called trans health care.
A poll exclusively provided to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-trans-athletes-womens-sports-maine">The Daily Wire</a> in March showed that 63% of Maine residents said school sports participation should be based on biological sex, with 66% agreeing it’s “only fair to restrict women’s sports to biological women.”
Moreover, the federal government has filed a lawsuit against Maine and frozen federal funds for the state, given Mills&#8217; refusals to adhere to Title IX rules and protect female sports.
A number of cases where male athletes have topped females in girls&#8217; sports have become rallying cries for those fighting for safety and fairness. Most notably, a male athlete took first place in a Maine state final for girls’ pole vaulting back in February, after the male previously competed as a boy, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boy-wins-girls-pole-vault-championship-in-maine-days-after-state-pledged-to-defy-trump-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire reported</a>.
“He beat every female by a significant margin, qualifying him for regional championships. That took a spot away from a young woman,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a presser announcing her lawsuit against Maine.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/janet-mills-and-her-family-are-getting-rich-off-the-maine-governors-transgender-battle">Janet Mills And Her Family Get Rich Off The Maine Governor’s Transgender Stance</a>

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Explosive new allegations about who really ran the country during Joe Biden’s presidency are shaking up Washington. Border czar Tom Homan gives us a sneak peek into his deportation plans and how ICE will handle hostile sanctuary cities. And, the Supreme Court hands a big win to an elected official in Maine who was speaking out about the state’s transgender policies.
It’s Thursday, May 22, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2>Biden&#8217;s Inner Circle &amp; Cognitive Decline Cover-Up</h2>
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Topline: As new details continue to emerge regarding the White House cover-up of former President Biden’s decline while in office, the legacy media is facing new pressure for its role in the scandal.
The slow drip of stories on Biden’s decline has turned into a waterfall. On Tuesday, the authors of the new bombshell book &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; – CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson – revealed the existence of what they called a “politburo” of longtime advisors who were, if not making the decisions for President Biden, heavily influencing his decisions: Mike Donilon, Steve Burschetti, Ron Klain and Bruce Reed.
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We’ve also learned that during the 2024 campaign, Biden’s team spent millions of dollars organizing a staged town hall event, with hand-picked attendees asking friendly, pre-written questions. The plan was for clips of that orchestrated event to be used in TV ads. But according to reporting in the new book, the 90-minute event was a disaster, with Biden unable to string together coherent answers. As one staffer put it, “the man could not speak.” It was so bad that the campaign never aired any footage, blaming poor lighting instead of the president’s mental capabilities. That story and countless others have drawn outrage from folks asking just how many people were involved in concealing Biden’s cognitive decline.
Much of that outrage has been directed at the former president’s inner circle, but people are also asking questions about the media’s role. For years, many of the country’s most prominent outlets and news anchors parroted White House talking points that President Biden was totally fit for office and locked in behind closed doors. For example, just to pick a name out of the hat, in a 2020 interview with Lara Trump, Tapper himself was <a href="https://x.com/LaraLeaTrump/status/1806420367415914571">so incensed</a> by claims that then-candidate Biden was showing signs of cognitive decline that he ended the interview early. Tapper has since admitted that conservatives were right all along for questioning Biden’s mental fitness.
But plenty of people don’t buy the excuse that the legacy media were totally in the dark about Biden’s mental and physical decline and believe journalists are only changing their tune now because they’re trying to save their credibility.
“Now that Joe Biden has no power anymore and can&#8217;t hurt them, now that he is a cancer-ridden old senile man, they are lining up to kick him,” author and journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon told The Daily Wire. “Acting like somehow they deserve credit for speaking truth to power now that he no longer has any more power.&#8221;
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<h2>Tom Homan Tells Morning Wire His Plan To Ramp Up Deportations</h2>
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Topline: Border czar Tom Homan called for the passage of the Trump budget bill that the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-one-big-beautiful-bill-in-massive-win-for-trump?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=House+Passes+%E2%80%98One+Big%2C+Beautiful+Bill%E2%80%99+In+Massive+Win+For+Trump">passed</a> on Thursday morning, which he says is crucial to carrying out the president’s immigration agenda.
Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan spoke with Homan on Wednesday.  He made a case for why ICE needs more money to continue to secure the border, increase deportations, and clean up sanctuary cities.
“We&#8217;ve made a lot of progress on the border, but we want to keep it permanent,” Homan told The Daily Wire. “We need the money, not just for the border, but interior enforcement operations… ICE is in the hole right now. They got about 50,000 people in beds. We&#8217;re funded for 34,000. Ice is already in the hole, so if we want to continue this massive deportation operation, we need more money.”
Homan said that if Congress authorizes the spending, ICE will prioritize getting more teams on the streets and more bed space for detainees, as well as more frequent flights to remove illegal aliens from the United States more quickly.
“There&#8217;s no downside on a secure border and there&#8217;s no downside in less trafficking of women and children. There&#8217;s no downside in less fentanyl, there&#8217;s no downside in less people on terrorist watch list coming across, there&#8217;s no downside in taking billions of dollars away from the cartels. There&#8217;s no downside in removing public safety threats and national security threats from this country. We should all be on the same page. So step up, get this done. Give us the money we need so we can keep President Trump&#8217;s promise to American people alive.” 
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<h2>Supreme Court Sides With Maine Republican, Restores Voting Rights</h2>
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Topline:  The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with a Maine Republican after Democrats punished her for drawing attention to controversial transgender policies in the state.
Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby was censured by Democrats back in February in a party-line vote over a post she published on Facebook that highlighted a male athlete winning a state championship in the girls’ high school pole vault competition. In Maine, males who identify as transgender are allowed to participate in female sports – which, according to all polling, is not a policy supported by the American people, even in a liberal state like Maine.
“The Democrat majority in the Maine House voted to censure me and at the same time to strip my constituents of their voice and their vote,” Libby told The Daily Wire. “Following that, the censure vote is when Speaker Ryan Fecto declared that until I apologize, I would not be allowed to speak or vote on the floor.”
Libby refused to take down her Facebook post and would not apologize. For that, she’s been stripped of her right to vote and speak on the House floor for months. Libby told The Daily Wire she knew &#8220;immediately&#8221; that she had to take legal action to challenge her punishment. She lost at the district and appeals court levels, before she appealed to the Supreme Court in April. The court sided with Libby and ruled 7-2 that she can vote while her legal battle is playing out. There were only two dissents, from liberal justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor. 
The Trump administration is still fighting the state’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills over her decision to defy President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive order barring males from girls&#8217; spaces and sports. The feds have frozen federal funding for the state, and last month, Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-unleashes-on-maine-announces-new-lawsuit-against-state-for-violating-title-ix">announced a civil lawsuit</a> against Maine’s Department of Education. 
There have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/janet-mills-and-her-family-are-getting-rich-off-the-maine-governors-transgender-battle?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo+and+Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Janet+Mills+And+Her+Family+Get+Rich+Off+The+Maine+Governor%E2%80%99s+Transgender+Stance">also been questions raised</a> about the network of transgender groups surrounding Mills and her family. The governor’s sister, Dora Anne Mills, is the chief health improvement officer at MaineHealth. That health system was a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/officeholders/janet-t-mills/contributors?cycle=2022&amp;id=9941379">top donor</a> to Mills’ 2022 gubernatorial run and offers irreversible “procedures” for gender-confused minors, such as puberty blockers, and what they call “gender affirming hormone therapy,” and “menstrual suppression.”

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The U.S. Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-sides-with-maine-republican-punished-over-post-on-trans-identifying-athlete" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sided with Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby</a> on Tuesday, after the Republican challenged her punishment from state Democrats for standing up for girls and refusing to back down. 
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-will-not-be-silenced-democrats-censure-maines-laurel-libby-for-calling-out-trans-sports-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chronicled by The Daily Wire</a>, Rep. Libby was censured — banned from voting and speaking on the House floor — by Maine Democrats back in February over a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1053801876552826&amp;set=pb.100057690715704.-2207520000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook post</a> drawing attention to Maine&#8217;s controversial transgender policies. Specifically, the post featured a public image of a boy winning a state championship in high school girls&#8217; pole vaulting.
&#8220;The Democrat majority in the Maine House voted to censure me and at the same time, to strip my constituents of their voice and their vote,&#8221; Libby told The Daily Wire in a phone interview Wednesday. &#8220;And following the censure vote is when Democrat House Speaker Ryan Fecteau declared that, until I apologize, I would not be allowed to speak or vote on the floor.&#8221; 
Libby said she knew immediately she was going to fight back. &#8220;That night after the censure, I had decided to move forward with a lawsuit, and we filed two weeks later,&#8221; she said. 
And so far, the fight has paid off for Libby. The Republican has become a leading player in the fight for girls sports, and on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that she&#8217;s allowed to vote while her legal battle plays out.
“I can vote, which is the key part,&#8221; Libby said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the most important, right? Because my constituents have been without a vote on important legislation for three months now. I can vote on their behalf, but I still cannot speak.&#8221; 
Not only did SCOTUS side with Libby, but there were only two dissents, which came from Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor. Notably, Jackson, who was the only one to explain her dissent, suggested that it&#8217;s likely Libby will ultimately win her case.
“I was surprised that it was 7 -2. Frankly, I&#8217;m really thrilled with that result,&#8221; Libby said, before noting Jackson&#8217;s dissent: &#8220;It really came down to the process and the procedure and timeframe, and not the merits.&#8221; 
&#8220;I was hopeful, but perhaps not optimistic before,&#8221; the Republican said. &#8220;And I would say I&#8217;m outright optimistic now.”
Libby told The Daily Wire she believes her case was picked up by the Supreme Court since the actions taken against her were “unprecedented.&#8221; 
“I think when folks who are not involved in politics think of the role of their representative, they think of the fact that they&#8217;re voting on legislation, right?&#8221; she explained. &#8220;To have a duly elected representative stripped of that right, which is how they speak for their constituents, is shocking and an attack on democracy.”
As for now, Libby said she&#8217;s excited to give her constituents their voice back. The first bill she&#8217;s able to vote on concerns a measure to repeal the national popular vote compact in Maine. 
&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to be able to vote on that bill and others on their behalf — we&#8217;ll also have some really important budget bills coming up where there are probably going to be new and raised taxes, which I will vote against,&#8221; Libby explained. &#8220;I&#8217;m glad to be able to exercise my vote on behalf of the people of House District 90.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/janet-mills-and-her-family-are-getting-rich-off-the-maine-governors-transgender-battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Janet Mills And Her Family Get Rich Off The Maine Governor’s Transgender Stance</a>

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Maine Republican state representative who was banned from voting over her comments on social media about a transgender-identifying male high school athlete competing against girls.
Representative Laurel Libby was blocked from voting and speaking from the House floor after Democrats voted to censure her after she posted public images of a transgender-identifying high school boy taking first place in girls’ pole vaulting at Maine’s Class B state championship. The court on Tuesday blocked the state from stripping Libby of her voting rights as the case is litigated.
“The U.S. Supreme Court just restored the voice of 9,000 Mainers! After 2+ months of being silenced for speaking up for Maine girls, I can once again vote on behalf of the people of House District 90,” Libby wrote on social media in response to the ruling. “This is a win for free speech — and for the Constitution.”
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🚨 VICTORY!🚨
The U.S. Supreme Court just restored the voice of 9,000 Mainers!
After 2+ months of being silenced for speaking up for Maine girls, I can once again vote on behalf of the people of House District 90.
This is a win for free speech — and for the Constitution. 🇺🇸
— Rep. Laurel Libby (@laurel_libby) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurel_libby/status/1924903208603758744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“This is a victory not just for my constituents, but for the Constitution itself,” Libby added in a separate <a href="https://x.com/laurel_libby/status/1924906132813885618">post</a>. “The Supreme Court has affirmed what should never have been in question, that no state legislature has the power to silence an elected official simply for speaking truthfully about issues that matter.”
Liberal Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor were the only two to side against Libby.
Democrats claimed that Libby&#8217;s social media post put the transgender-identifying boy at risk and voted to censure her, stripping her of the right to vote and speak on the House floor because she refused to apologize. Libby challenged her punishment, but lost at the district and appeals court levels before appealing to the Supreme Court in April.
“It would be a remarkable break from history to permit the continued disenfranchisement of thousands of Americans for their chosen representative’s protected speech,” Libby&#8217;s lawyers wrote.
The Trump administration has been at war with Maine after it has continued to allow males to compete in women&#8217;s sports in defiance of President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive orders. In response, the Trump administration froze federal funding for the state, and Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-unleashes-on-maine-announces-new-lawsuit-against-state-for-violating-title-ix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced a civil lawsuit</a> against the state.

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A high school English teacher in Maine appears to still have her job after she called for the assassination of President Donald Trump and his supporters and close advisors.
Waterville Senior High School teacher JoAnna St. Germain posted to her Facebook late last month that the Secret Service and U.S. military need to step in to murder Trump and his supporters, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-fascism-maine-teacher-calls-for-murder-of-trump-supporters-top-officials-in-unhinged-rants?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=10&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘F***+Fascism’%3A+Maine+Teacher+Calls+For+Murder+Of+Trump+Supporters%2C+Top+Officials+In+Unhinged+Rants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire chronicled here</a>. The teacher&#8217;s threatening comments sparked an investigation by law enforcement, according to local reports.
St. Germain&#8217;s posts have since been wiped from her Facebook page, but her name still appears on the Waterville Senior High School staff directory, listing her as an English teacher.
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The Daily Wire reached out to Principal Dr. Brian Laramee for clarification on St. Germain&#8217;s current employment status, but has not received a response.
Additionally, a parent of a student at Waterville reportedly recorded a conversation with staff at the school who allegedly said St. Germain had not been fired and is welcome to teach, though she has not been back to the school since calling for the murders. The Maine Wire <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2025/05/waterville-teacher-who-drew-intl-attention-for-calling-for-assassinations-apologizes-blames-trauma-and-insomnia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on the recorded conversation but has been unable to independently verify it, nor has The Daily Wire.
Before wiping her social media, St. Germain published a lengthy Facebook post addressing her comments. She said she made them mostly because she wasn&#8217;t sleeping and was not in the right headspace. St. Germain also blamed past trauma.
“I had a mental breakdown due to severe insomnia and the stress of trying to cope with trauma inflicted on me by a domestic abuser and rapist, but I have sought the help I needed and my brain is mine again,&#8221; the teacher said.
&#8220;I’ve been under the care of an incredible psychiatric team. They saw what was happening, and worked with me to help me get fully back to myself. Mostly what I needed was sleep,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I hope you have no idea the psychosis lack of sleep brings.&#8221;
“I regret my words of violence towards the current administration,&#8221; St. Germain added. &#8220;That is not in my heart when my brain is well. I have never received so much as a speeding ticket, and I loathe guns and violence. I meet every individual with respect and an open mind when I am well. I have the most genuine remorse for making people feel unsafe.&#8221;
She also doubled down on her opposition to the Trump administration, writing, &#8220;I meant every word I said about the rise of fascism and the horror of trafficking humans to foreign prisons.&#8221;
“My heart breaks every day for the vulnerable populations being targeted and irreparably harmed,&#8221; St. Germain wrote. &#8220;I love you. If you hate me? I still love you.&#8221;
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Update on Waterville, Maine teacher who threatened to kill her students and the president. She was a victim. She just needed some rest and she promises she won’t kill any students who support Trump. <a href="https://t.co/Ovc0j19lGx">pic.twitter.com/Ovc0j19lGx</a>
— Better Maine (@MaineLogic) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaineLogic/status/1921163080853061723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
As reported by The Daily Wire, St. Germain&#8217;s past posts said that the U.S. Secret Service &#8220;has the perfect opportunity&#8221; to assassinate Trump.
&#8220;You are the ones with power. Coordinate,” she instructed. “Take out every single person who supports Trump’s illegal, immoral, unconstitutional acts. Look at the sycophants and give them what they’re asking for.”
“Secret Service, you are Americans. My beloved military, you are Americans. We, the people, are counting on you,” St. Germain added. “If I had the skill set required, I would take them out myself.”
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North Carolina Tar Heels head football coach Bill Belichick, 73, was spotted in the front row chatting with the father of his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, as she competed in the Miss Maine USA pageant over the weekend. Hudson ultimately came in third place as the second runner-up.
The former Bridgewater State University cheerleader came in second place during the same competition last year, and multiple outlets noted that Hudson looked visibly upset after the results were revealed. Her bodyguard issued a terse “She’s not answering” when reporters asked her for comment, according to <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/11/us-news/jordon-hudson-sports-sour-look-on-her-face-after-failing-to-win-miss-maine-usa-pageant-in-front-of-bill-belichick/">the New York Post</a>. 
During the pageant, Hudson said, &#8220;I hope those watching this find the strength to push through whatever it is and embody that hate never wins.&#8221;
The New England native, who is the daughter of a fisherman, was also given the pageant&#8217;s style award on stage. Shelby Powell of Bangor won the regional event and will go on to represent Maine at the Miss USA contest.
Belichick and Hudson met in 2021 and went public with their romance in 2024. Their relationship has become the subject of renewed scrutiny following a CBS interview Belichick did to promote his new book, which included a clip of his girlfriend shutting down a line of questioning about their history. 
“We’re not talking about this,” Hudson snapped when interviewer Tony Dokoupil asked how they met. Video of that interaction quickly went viral.
Belichick subsequently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-belichick-accuses-cbs-of-selectively-editing-interview-to-make-younger-girlfriend-look-bad?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Bill+Belichick+Accuses+CBS+Of+%E2%80%98Selectively+Editing%E2%80%99+Interview+To+Make+Younger+Girlfriend+Look+Bad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued a statement</a> defending his girlfriend, saying he was “surprised when unrelated topics were introduced” and noting that he had requested that the interview not include any questions about his personal life. 
“[Hudson] was not deflecting any specific question or topic but simply doing her job to ensure the interview stayed on track,” Belichick said. “The final eight-minute segment does not reflect the productive 35-minute conversation we had, which covered a wide range of topics related to my career. Instead, it presents selectively edited clips and stills from just a few minutes of the interview to suggest a false narrative — that Jordon was attempting to control the conversation — which is simply not true.”
CBS News responded to the statement, saying, “When we agreed to speak with Mr. Belichick, it was for a wide-ranging interview. There were no preconditions or limitations to this conversation.”

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The Trump administration is suspending all U.S. Interior Department grants to Maine, due to discriminatory sex-based quotas from the state&#8217;s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
The move follows the Trump administration&#8217;s decision to freeze other federal dollars in the state over investigations into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-unleashes-on-maine-announces-new-lawsuit-against-state-for-violating-title-ix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat Gov. Janet Mills&#8217; refusal to protect girls&#8217; sports</a>, in apparent violation of Title IX rules.
“The MDIFW’s policy discriminates in the composition of hiring panels by requiring a quota based on sex,” a letter from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director Paul Souza to MDIFW Commissioner Judy Camuso said, as first <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2025/05/trump-admin-freezes-maine-wildlife-agencys-funds-over-sex-based-hiring-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by The Maine Wire.
The letter, dated Thursday, told Camuso that all federal grant funding to MDIFW will stop by May 15.
“Accordingly, MDIFW is not in compliance with 20 U.S.C. § 1681 which prohibits discrimination based on sex and is therefore also out of compliance with 2 C.F.R. Part 200,” Souza wrote. “The Department has therefore given this notice that MDIFW is out of compliance with applicable law. However, MDIFW has an opportunity to comply with applicable Federal law before further action is taken.”
The MDIFW policy in question forces hiring panels in the department to have half of its members be women.
“All hiring panels assembled for the review and selection of IFW employees will be comprised of 50% women,&#8221; the state&#8217;s website reads. &#8220;In the event there is an uneven number of panelists, organizers shall make every effort to include more women.”
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The Trump Admin has informed Maine&#8217;s wildlife commissioner that it will suspend all Interior Dept. grants next week unless the state ends a sex-based quota policy for hiring.
Here&#8217;s the policy: <a href="https://t.co/zkG3pYdSqO">pic.twitter.com/zkG3pYdSqO</a>
— Steve Robinson (@BigSteve207) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigSteve207/status/1920985364061155747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Maine-based investigative reporter and The Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson noted that Camuso is the first female commissioner of the agency, and more than doubled her salary since 2018 while working for the Maine government.
&#8220;Judy Camuso, the first female commissioner of DIFW, went from making $102,352.88/year as Director of the Bureau of Wildlife in 2018 to $207,807.84/year as DIFW Commissioner, according to state payroll records,&#8221; Robinson said.
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Judy Camuso, the first female commissioner of DIFW, went from making $102,352.88/year as Director of the Bureau of Wildlife in 2018 to $207,807.84/year as DIFW Commissioner, according to state payroll records.
— Steve Robinson (@BigSteve207) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigSteve207/status/1920985758015316240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Back in February, Gov. Mills got into a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-spars-with-maines-dem-governor-over-men-in-womens-sports-at-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">public spat with President Trump</a> when she refused to comply with the president’s order barring males from girls’ sports, <a href="https://x.com/TheMaineWire/status/1904334942999363625" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arguing</a> that she was following state law. The battle was sparked over males in the state of Maine taking away trophies and opportunities from young women, as reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boy-wins-girls-pole-vault-championship-in-maine-days-after-state-pledged-to-defy-trump-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>.
The state has since had federal dollars frozen and, last month, Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-unleashes-on-maine-announces-new-lawsuit-against-state-for-violating-title-ix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced a civil lawsuit</a> against Maine over the trans sports policies.
A copy of the lawsuit, which was obtained by Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan, says the United States is suing Maine over its Department of Education “openly and defiantly flouting federal anti-discrimination law by enforcing policies that require girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions designed exclusively for girls.”
The suit is seeking to get Maine to stop its noncompliance with federal law and also seeks to grant females who were passed over by males their appropriate awards.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-fascism-maine-teacher-calls-for-murder-of-trump-supporters-top-officials-in-unhinged-rants?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘F***+Fascism’%3A+Maine+Teacher+Calls+For+Murder+Of+Trump+Supporters%2C+Top+Officials+In+Unhinged+Rants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘F*** Fascism’: Maine Teacher Calls For Murder Of Trump Supporters, Top Officials In Unhinged Rants</a>

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Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine bucked his own party to side with Republicans on voter ID requirements recently, but only after voting against similar requirements twice when he was a state legislator.
Golden is a vocal supporter of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a Republican bill to bolster election security, including through instituting a voter ID requirement to register to cast a ballot in a federal election. But a decade prior when Golden was serving in the Maine legislature, he voted against similar state legislation twice.
In 2015, Golden <a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280054332&amp;chamber=House&amp;serialnumber=51" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to kill LD 197, &#8220;An Act To Strengthen Maine&#8217;s Election Laws by Requiring Photographic Identification for the Purpose of Voting.&#8221;
Two years later in 2017, Golden <a href="https://www.mainelegislature.org/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280062603&amp;chamber=H&amp;serialnumber=49" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> again against voter ID legislation. Golden and his fellow state Democrats voted in favor of a motion not to pass <a href="https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0089&amp;item=1&amp;snum=128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LD 121</a>, which “requires that a voter provide proof of identity with photographic identification for the purpose of voting. The bill specifies the types of photographic identification that may be used to verify the identity of a voter.”
Last year, Golden seemingly shifted his stance on voter identification laws. The Maine Democrat, who was elected to United States Congress in 2018, voted in support of the GOP-led SAVE Act. He voted for it again earlier this year.
Golden later justified his support for the SAVE Act in a post on his Substack that bashed his fellow Democrats for fearmongering.
“Ensuring American elections are only for citizens is a proposition supported by 83% of Americans. It enjoys bipartisan support,” Golden <a href="https://jaredgolden.substack.com/p/dear-mainer-the-save-act-and-the" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. “But just like pro-worker, anti-free trade policies that were once welcomed for consideration by Democrats, this basic election integrity proposal has been sucked into the broader dynamic of resistance to anything that has support from Republicans, and specifically support from President Trump. Some are using misleading fear tactics about voter suppression because they think it will give them an upper hand in politics and elections.”
Golden’s swing toward Republican-backed bills could be a reflection of his competitive seat. He barely <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jared_Golden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won</a> reelection last year by less than a point over his Republican challenger Austin Therialt. Golden’s district, Maine&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District, voted for President Donald Trump in 2020 and 2024. Recent polling has <a href="https://mainebeacon.com/opinion-maine-voters-want-our-leaders-to-stand-up-to-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> Golden is well underwater with voters.
“Political opportunist Jared Golden has a record of voting against commonsense voter ID requirements. But now that his approval rating is in the dumps and he can’t raise any money from Mainers, he’s desperately bashing his own party and flip-flopping on any issue he can to get attention and score political points. Unfortunately for Jared Golden, the deception won’t work on Mainers. Golden’s days in Congress are numbered.” said Maureen O’Toole, spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Golden’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

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Maine is set to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-freezes-maines-federal-funds-over-men-in-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lose</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maines-trans-sports-policy-could-cost-state-100m-in-usda-money-trump-admin-warns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">federal funding</a> for its Department of Education and <a href="https://x.com/nickineily/status/1909378305620336918" target="_blank" rel="noopener">school meal program</a> over Governor Janet Mills’s refusal to conform to the Trump administration’s transgender policies. But the network of transgender groups surrounding Mills and her family — and paying them handsomely — could shed some light on why Maine&#8217;s leadership seems unwilling to budge.
Mills’ continued support for these <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-trans-athletes-womens-sports-maine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policies</a> seems baffling, given how <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-trans-athletes-womens-sports-maine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unpopular</a> they are in Maine.
MaineHealth — where Mills’ sister, Dora Anne Mills, is chief health improvement officer — was a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/officeholders/janet-t-mills/contributors?cycle=2022&amp;id=9941379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top donor</a> to Mills’ 2022 gubernatorial run. The healthcare system offers damaging and irreversible “<a href="https://www.mainehealth.org/care-services/pediatric-care-child-health/gender-care?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">treatments</a>” for gender-confused minors, such as puberty blockers, “gender affirming hormone therapy,” and “menstrual suppression.”
Such procedures are lucrative for MaineHealth, and, of course, backed by Gov. Mills.
The Maine Medical Center, which is part of MaineHealth, doled out so-called transgender treatment to the largest number of minors in the state, <a href="https://donoharmmedicine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to data available from the Do No Harm database. The medical center, according to a <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2024/10/do-no-harm-data-show-maine-hospitals-are-helping-children-get-sex-change-drugs-surgeries-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Maine Wire, submitted tens of thousands of dollars&#8217; worth of insurance claims on 244 prescriptions for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormone treatments.
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In 2023, Mills signed a bill into law that allows minors to access hormone therapies without their parents’ consent. At MaineHealth, there is a “<a href="https://www.mainehealth.org/mainehealth-lincoln-hospital/care-services-mainehealth-lincoln-hospital/school-based-health-centers-mainehealth-lincoln-hospital" target="_blank" rel="noopener">school-based health center</a>” that permits minors to speak to nurses and doctors about their health concerns without parental consent.
“Sometimes, children need to talk with someone who is unbiased, supportive and can offer a fresh perspective,” the website reads. “While we encourage students to involve a parent or guardian in their care, questions that teens may have related to drug and alcohol use, mental health, sexually transmitted disease and family planning may not require parental notification or permission.”
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In 2024, Mills signed another bill that <a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2024-04-23/new-shield-laws-passed-protect-providers-of-reproductive-health-and-transgender-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shields</a> providers of so-called transgender care for minors from laws in other states that restrict such procedures. Republicans strongly opposed such laws for numerous reasons, especially since the law could potentially help facilitate transgender treatments on a minor without parental consent.
The governor has also signed a bill banning so-called &#8220;conversion therapy&#8221; for minors who identify as gay or transgender. Critics say such legislation can block parents and loved ones from resisting a child’s social or physical “transition,” as they instead opt for counseling or other options.
Maine-based investigative reporter and editor-in-chief of The Maine Wire, Steven Robinson, told The Daily Wire that Mills in 2019 “unilaterally changed Maine&#8217;s Medicaid program,” MaineCare, “to force the taxpayers of Maine to fund elective sex-change procedures — procedures that have been shown in diverse medical studies to have adverse health outcomes for patients, especially minor patients.”
“The Maine Wire used Maine&#8217;s Freedom of Access Act to determine that these taxpayer-funded sex-change procedures have become increasingly common, including at the Barbara Bush Children&#8217;s Hospital, which is part of the MaineHealth network,” he noted.
Robinson also highlighted how MaineHealth&#8217;s revenue has exploded since Mills took office in January 2019.
“MaineHealth, nominally a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has seen its revenue grow from $1.54 billion in 2018, the year before Mills took office, to $3.69 billion as of 2023,” he said.
“The governor&#8217;s sister, Dora Mills, joined MaineHealth as the ‘Chief Health Improvement Officer’ in late 2018, around the same time her sister was measuring the drapes at the Blaine House, and the confluence of jobs for the Mills sisters has coincided with remarkable growth in MaineHealth&#8217;s revenue,” Robinson added. “All a coincidence, I&#8217;m sure.”
MaineHealth is bringing in money from transgender “care” for minors while getting the full-backing — even through legislative means — from Mills. Additionally, under Dora Anne Mills’ leadership, MaineHealth has poured money into Mills&#8217; gubernatorial campaign and saw massive revenue growth.
On top of all that, the transgender lobby in Maine spent millions of dollars during Mills&#8217; 2022 election.
“Pro-transgender organizations spent almost $2.5 million on political activities during Maine’s 2022 general election, when Mills was reelected,” a Washington Examiner <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3332726/janet-mills-trump-transgender-interests/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review</a> found.
The report notes that these pro-trans organizations “are among the largest employers in Maine, put aside millions of dollars for political spending every election cycle, and maintain robust lobbying operations.”
&#8220;Extreme outside groups are driving the policy decisions in Maine,” State Rep. Laurel Libby told The Daily Wire. “Polling demonstrates that the vast majority of Mainers do not support biological males participating in girls’ sports and do support parental rights, yet legislation passed the last 5-plus years runs directly counter to that.”
“Governor Mills and the Democrat majority are beholden to radical leftwing special interests and have no regard for the will of the people,” she added.
Libby has notably been silenced and barred from voting by state Democrats for drawing attention to males in Maine competing against females, and, in one case, snagging a girls&#8217; high school state championship in pole vaulting.
Mills has continued to claim that she’s merely following “state law,” which she contends supersedes federal law, as she backs transgender policies.
“This matter has never been about school sports or the protection of women and girls, as has been claimed, it is about states rights and defending the rule of law against a federal government bent on imposing its will, instead of upholding the law,” the governor said in a statement released on April 16, following the announcement of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-unleashes-on-maine-announces-new-lawsuit-against-state-for-violating-title-ix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump administration lawsuit</a> against Maine for Title IX violations.
MaineHealth&#8217;s vice president of system communications and public affairs, John Porter, told The Daily Wire via email on Saturday that any assertions suggesting a conflict of interest &#8220;are an obvious distortion of the facts and, as such, do not merit a response.&#8221;
Porter&#8217;s email signature includes his preferred pronouns, &#8220;he/him/his.&#8221; Janet Mills did not respond to a request for comment.

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A high school English teacher in Maine has allegedly called for the Secret Service and U.S. military to assassinate President Donald Trump, his supporters, and top Trump advisors.
JoAnna St. Germain, who teaches at Waterville Senior High School, appears to have made the concerning remarks on her Facebook page, prompting <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/30/social-media-post-about-trump-draws-reaction-from-waterville-police-school-superintendent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigations</a> by police and the school district where she is employed.
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&#8220;The Secret Service has the perfect opportunity, if they choose to step up and take it. You are the ones with power. Coordinate,&#8221; she reportedly wrote in a post published Tuesday. &#8220;Take out every single person who supports Trump’s illegal, immoral, unconstitutional acts. Look at the sycophants and give them what they’re asking for.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m not talking about assassinating a president,&#8221; St. Germain appeared to rationalize. &#8220;A president is a person duly elected by the American people. Tr*mp has shamelessly bragged openly about stealing the election. He is making plans to give himself a third term.&#8221;
&#8220;Secret Service, you are Americans. My beloved military, you are Americans. We, the people, are counting on you,&#8221; the post continued. &#8220;If I had the skill set required, I would take them out myself.&#8221;
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After immense backlash, St. Germain doubled down on her alleged calls for assassination, but narrowed down the number of Trump supporters she wants murdered to Trump&#8217;s top advisors.
&#8220;I am so sorry you took that post to mean that all Republicans should die,&#8221; she reportedly posted Wednesday. &#8220;I have no beef with Republicans. I have no beef with MAGA. I meant that those in the room with Trump, who are permitting and approving his egregious actions, need to be held accountable.&#8221;
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The teacher further said that she&#8217;s aware she might lose her job, but is &#8220;not backtracking a single thing.&#8221;
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&#8220;I believe Trump and every sycophant he has surrounded himself with (this is not you &#8211; if you’re reading this, this doesn’t apply to you. You are beneath his notice and mine) needs to die,&#8221; St. Germain&#8217;s post read. &#8220;I believe this with the same forceful belief that Hitler and his sycophants needed to die, before they murdered 6 million innocent Jewish persons.&#8221;
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&#8220;People are quite angry with me for stating openly that Trump and his cronies need to die,&#8221; St. Germain said in another post published Wednesday. &#8220;Gosh, I fear I may have &#8216;Trump Derangement Syndrome&#8217;!&#8221;
&#8220;I’m going to hold your hand when I say this, and I say it with my full chest: F*** fascism. F*** a country that suppresses the media. F*** a country that moves to weaken the education system in order to produce weak-minded people who will follow orders,&#8221; she said. &#8220;F*** a country that sends innocent women and men to die thinking they’re defending democracy when they’re really defending the rights of corporations to f*** over the very people lining their pockets.&#8221;
&#8220;If you’re mad at this post, knowing that I just threw away a decade of experience teaching the truth, fully knowing that my superintendent will have to fire me? If you’re mad that I’m speaking truth to power? F*** you,&#8221; St. Germain posted. &#8220;I’ll still take a bullet to keep your child safe.&#8221;
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Again clarifying her position, the high school teacher posted, &#8220;To be clear, publicly: I knew what I was doing when I did it. I’m not the least f***ing sorry.&#8221;
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An email was sent to Waterville parents by the superintendent on Wednesday, saying that an investigation has been opened into the posts presumably made by St. Germain, according to The Maine Wire.
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Seemingly acknowledging that the email was about her, St. Germain captioned The Maine Wire&#8217;s post, &#8220;I chose to speak as publicly as I could. I am not afraid of you. My superintendent is Peter Hallen. My principal is Brian Laramee.&#8221;
Police have also opened an investigation into St. Germain&#8217;s posts, <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/30/social-media-post-about-trump-draws-reaction-from-waterville-police-school-superintendent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Portland Post Herald.

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