The Robinson Report

Lauren LePage, a long-time conservative operative in Maine politics, provides an insider’s perspective on what it’s like to deal with the Bangor Daily News and other legacy press outlets as she navigates Republican Party politics. LePage is currently the campaign manager for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ben Midgley, and she’s also working for her father, former Gov. Paul LePage, on his campa...

Nick Blanchard, a conservative activist and provocateur, has riled the Augusta School Board with viral tactics that have brought attention to the school district’s progressive policies. Blanchard tells The Robinson Report about his arrest at the Oct. 18 “No Kings” rally on the Memorial Bridge — an arrest for which the Augusta PD had no probable cause. Although Blanchard’s preferred school board ca...

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Desperate to stop Maine voters from approving a voter ID law on the ballot Tuesday, Democratic Party operatives spent Election Day resorting to outright lies in phone-bank conversations with independent voters. In a recorded phone call obtained by The Robinson Report , a staffer for the Maine Democratic Party falsely claims that Question One, the citizen initiative to implement voter ID, would eli...

If you’re like me, you’ve been enjoying the whole Graham Platner Nazi tattoo affair. It’s always amusing to watch progressives, liberals, and machine Democrats go to war with each other. But this particular spectacle offers an important lesson for the rest of us—by which I mean people who aren’t doom-scrolling BlueSky, addicted to MSNBC, or still out there protesting for Hamas while buying Bernie...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) knows exactly how much taxpayer money her administration has spent on health care, housing, heating assistance, emergency medical care, cash assistance, and Food Stamps for non-citizens, including the non-citizens who entered the country illegally and later claimed “asylum” after failing to do so in several other countries. Historically, most asylum claims are rejected a...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Owen McCarthy Born and raised in Patten, he now lives in Gorham. McCarthy is a business owner who announced his candidacy in June 2025, focusing on reducing taxes, controlling spending, addressing unaffordable housing, improving schools, and tackling the addiction crisis. He has raised over $200,000 in initial campaign funds and emphasizes his lack of political e...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Wessels, the first candidate to declare for the GOP primary, discusses his background in local government and outlines priorities for election integrity, education and school governance (10:00). Wessels shares his views on fiscal policy, including property tax and income-tax reform (35:00). Wessels talks about housing supply and regulation (50:00), energy...

Coming soon to the Shawn Ryan Show … Steve Robinson talks about the documentary he published with the Tucker Carlson Network (TCN) — High Crimes: The Chinese Mafia’s Takeover of Rural America — and the national security implications of allowing Chinese Communist-backed drug cartels to proliferate throughout the United States. Robinson covers the spread of Chinese organized crime throughout New Eng...

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) press conference Monday afternoon was so bizarre, filled with falsehoods, and replete with confusing information that we could only respond with an emergency podcast. Steve Robinson sits down with Maine Wire reporter Jon Fetherston to discuss the Bellows first public comments about the appearance of 2025 Maine absentee ballots in an Amazon shipment. As reporte...

Ben Midgley, Republican candidate for governor of Maine, discusses his path from the fitness industry to politics and shares his priorities for education reform (08:40), tax and budget policy (18:00), and rebuilding law enforcement capacity (29:00). Midgley also outlines his views on welfare reform (42:00), energy and grid reliability (55:00), and long-term party building (1:12:00) while reflectin...

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden (ME-CD2) appeared unconcerned — and a little grumpy — when a GOP tracker caught him on the streets of Washington, D.C., to ask whether he’s concerned about a potential Democratic primary challenge from State Auditor and longtime Maine Democratic official Matt Dunlap. “Hey Congressman, are you worried about a primary challenge from Matt Dunlap?” the unnamed videographer asked...

Nick Adolphsen, Executive Director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, reflects on Charlie Kirk’s assassination and urges Christians to walk with grace and to boldly speak the truth. Get full access to The Robinson Report at robinsonreport.substack.com/subscribe

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CEO of Turning Point Action and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk joins Steve Robinson in Maine for a live event, hosted by Maine Civic Action, addressing what he calls the “cultural colonization” of the state. Kirk warns of demographic shifts and unassimilated immigration (06:00), critiques higher education’s influence on youth and values (01:30), and calls for a revival of trades, family, an...

Alvin Lui, president of Courage Is A Habit, explores how progressive activists have hijacked language to normalize gender ideology in public schools. He covers how parental rights are being eroded (06:32), why neutrality in schools is a myth (14:40), and what practical tools parents can use to push back (21:18). Lui also shares why reclaiming moral clarity and speaking plainly, rather than adoptin...

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U.S. Sen. Susan Collins sat for an in-depth interview about Chinese organized crime in Maine and American foreign policy toward China generally. The interview took place in the summer of 2024, before the presidential election, as part of the filming for our documentary . While much of the interview made it into the documentary, we thought the entire interview was still timely and worth releasing....

David Jones, Republican candidate for governor of Maine, shares his perspective on revitalizing the state through deregulation and fiscal reform. He emphasizes restoring opportunity for working Mainers and reducing government overreach. Jones recounts how he used private investment and a federal grant to help rebuild the town of Bingham, illustrating his approach to local economic development (4:3...

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Jack Gately is an independent journalist in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who has already done more reporting than the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald — combined — on the indictment of seven Chinese nationals who are alleged to have run a sophisticated human trafficking, drug trafficking, and money laundering operation with ties to Maine. Gately shares what he’s found on the ground in Massa...

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Eric Small is the Chief of Police for one of Maine’s largest cities, Sanford. Small talks about the failure of needle distribution programs and progressive restorative justice models. He highlights a case where one individual in Sanford has been arrested and released 23 times, with practically no consequences and no treatment (18:00). Small also urged Maine Gov. Janet Mills to veto legislation tha...