by Sharon Rondeau
(Jul. 21, 2026) — On Tuesday P&E reader Jonathan David Mooers shared not only photos of his annual Maine summer vacation, but also his observations of how the state has changed since his childhood.
“I was born on Easter Sunday 1949 in Bangor, Maine,” Mooers wrote, “raised on a potato farm in Houlton, Maine, earned a degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in Orono, married for over 50 years to a Presque Isle girl and now we retire summers in Shapleigh, Maine.
“Work ethic was the expected norm growing up in Aroostook County, where Susan Collins was also raised, in Caribou, Maine.”
Now 77 years of age, Mooers continued, “I now sense Maine has gone from work ethic to woke-ethic-immoral to a worrisome degree,” citing the following examples:
- natural boys in natural girls sports, locker rooms and restrooms immorality
- LGBTQ+ “gay pride parades” and sodomy-sex “marriages” immorality
- federal law resistance (ICE protests, Trump removed from Maine ballot, “Go Jump in the Gulf of Maine” anti- election integrity, et al) immorality
- a recent July 4 parade with a woman dressed as a naked King Trump exposing a strapped-on golden penis immorality
- public fornication on a Bangor street immorality
- goofy Senate race with DEI “inclusivity” “tranny tyranny” (Ashley Webb) immorality
- Chinese nationals land grabs and grow houses for marijuana profits immorality
- “Traitor Joe’s” (Joe Biden) open borders that allowed MS-13 and other thugs to roam in Maine immorality
- “Governor” Mills
liberallawless leadership and publicly sassing President Trump and defending boys in girls sports immorality and misuse of funds, etc., etc., etc. as a former crack user= a regular crack-and-pot crackpot immorality! - islamic Somalia “Somafia” fraudsters in America’s “land of [fraud] opportunity” allowed to flourish via “Suicidal Empathy” in Lewiston and Portland’s immorality centers
In his email, Mooers suggested The Post & Email interview Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby (R), who after serving three terms, is not seeking re-election to concentrate on the political action committee she founded, Lead Maine, and strive to see Collins re-elected in November.
Libby made headlines last year after the Maine House of Representatives barred her from voting following her posting on Facebook of a photo of a transgender high-school student who was named the winner of a girls’ Class B pole vault competition.
To resume voting, the resolution stated, Libby must apologize for the Facebook post.
Libby filed suit against House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D) for allegedly violating her constitutional rights, and in May 2025 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the legislature to restore her right to vote, overturning lower courts’ upholding of the censure.
Last week, Fecteau, who was born and grew up in Biddeford, was selected to become executive director of the Biddeford Housing Authority, a position he will reportedly begin next week.
Some have questioned whether the role would conflict with Fecteau’s role as a legislator, including Assistant House Republican Leader Rep. Katrina Smith, who asked the state’s Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to investigate the issue.
We asked Mooers, who has a distinct way with words, if during his current Maine vacation he has met or spoken with anyone who supported former U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner or perhaps showed disappointment about Platner’s announced withdrawal from the race on July 9.
Mooers responded:
Anyone we have talked to so far this summer up here in Maine either (1) will not commit to saying they would vote for Platner “the Oyster Man Foister Man” or (2) as a long-time friend of ours who grew up in Caribou, ME with Susan Collins said last week, her sister would vote for Platner (either this sister is a lonely man-hunter or just a “Dumocrat,” I surmise).
We also asked Mooers if he was acquainted with Libby personally, to which he replied:
I do not know Laurel Libby personally, but my wife, Susan, corresponds and supports her frequently. Laurel has sent two “Thank you letters” to Susan so far. Laurel is a nurse like Susan and they share the same wholesome family values as opposed to Dems’ whoresome party values.
We asked about his upbringing on the farm and its impact on his life.
Yes, our family of Mom, Dad and four boys (no girls, alas), inherited Uncle Finley Mooers’ farm in 1959. Some 300 acres for us boys to “find something to do” well before Internet, cell phones, etc. We helped raise some cows and pigs because Dad knew, and stated, we would likely be the last generation to know what it is like to labor on a farm. We planted, harvested, and shipped potatoes right up until I went off to the University of Maine. Also raised and sold corn, squash, oats and barley, beans and strawberries.
My closeness with Nature growing up on a farm in The Pine Tree State and my respect for the forever non-negotiable laws of Nature (or else!) as a career engineer now influence my resistance to immoral Democriminals; no one can honestly “debunk natural reality [sight-sound-smell-taste-touch] or history reality.
Nature Rules! and human nature follows. – JD Mooers
Another person to interview, and I am so proud of this guy, Tyler Putnam, who runs the high school in Hodgdon (my Mom’s childhood town), next to Houlton, because he made his school the first in Maine to conform to federal laws by refusing to allow males in girls sports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIr6DzsQ1Zk
Another immorality in Maine to repeal pronto:
AI Overview
Maine is widely considered a sanctuary state following a state law that was passed by the legislature and went into effect in 2026. This legislation prohibits local and state law enforcement agencies from inquiring about an individual’s immigration status, holding individuals based solely on federal immigration requests, or using state resources to assist with federal immigration enforcement operations.
While there is no single federal definition of a sanctuary jurisdiction, Maine is explicitly classified as a sanctuary state. For more details on the specific statutes and the associated restrictions placed on law enforcement, read the full legislative language regarding Maine’s immigration policies via The Center Square or the analysis by the American Immigration Council.
Each year, Mooers distributes photos of his family’s stay in Maine. Last year’s are here.
This year’s are, with Mooers’ captions:
