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Josh Keefe
@joshkeefe.bsky.social
Maine journalist. Send tips, complaints and diatribes to josh.Keefe.85 at gmail. Dm for Signal.
ICYMI: I went deep on why Platner was beating Mills back in April (before she suspended her campaign). I think this helps explain his victory last night. themainemonitor.org/graham-platn...
I went to school with Graham Platner. Here's a look at his success
Graham Platner, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, is possibly the most remarkable political story in the country.
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A Newport District Court judge erred when he based his decision on testimony that the mother had failed two drug tests, despite the fact that no #evidence of the results were ever produced, the #Maine Supreme Court found. themainemonitor.org/newport-cour...
Maine court wrongly terminated a mother’s parental rights
A judge erred when he based his decision on testimony the mother had failed two drug tests, despite no evidence of the results.
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ICYMI: I tried to make sense of the surprising Maine Senate Democratic primary, which involved reporting on a guy who went to my high school.
The Maine Monitor@themainemonitor.org · 6mo agoGraham Platner’s campaign once seemed destined to be a short-lived novelty. Now he’s the favorite to win the Democratic nomination for #U.S. #Senate. Reporter @joshkeefe.bsky.social wanted to understand why. Read the story for free at the link 👇 themainemonitor.org/graham-platn...
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Reporter Rose Lundy sat down with @newscentersmaine.bsky.social's Brian Yocono to discuss what she heard from witnesses who have seen #ICE activity in #Maine and families of loved ones who have been detained. Read her full reports for free on our website: themainemonitor.org
Reporter Rose Lundy reports on how a civil engineer in Portland, #Maine, was detained by #agents, leaving his car running in the street with a smashed window. Read more from her and reporter @joshkeefe.bsky.social's report below themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
Masked agents in police vests #detained Juan Sebastian Carvajal-Munoz, a civil engineer from Colombia employed by an engineering consulting company, in Portland Thursday. Carvajal-Munoz earned a master’s degree from the University of #Maine, and colleagues said he was in the country on a work visa.
Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland
The man is in the U.S. on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree. Agents left his car running in the street with a smashed window.
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The confrontation was condemned by Westbrook's mayor and came after parents blew whistles and honked horns at an agent who was parked at a school bus stop.
‘We know you live right here,’ ICE agents tell Maine woman who followed them
The confrontation was condemned by Westbrook's mayor and came after parents blew whistles and honked horns at an agent who was parked at a school bus stop.
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Reporter @joshkeefe.bsky.social sits down with @newscentersmaine.bsky.social to break down how the more #prosecutors are overworked, the more likely they are to make errors, including discovery violations, which can harm defendants and the integrity of the #criminal justice system.
Last December, the state of #Maine renewed the contract of an organization even though it fell far short of its performance requirements, according to an examination by The Maine Monitor. Read more for free from reporter @joshkeefe.bsky.social at the link below. themainemonitor.org/community-ca...
Contractor organized timely child welfare visits 10% of the time
Last December, Maine renewed Community Care's contract even though it fell far short of its performance requirements.
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The launch of 77-year-old Janet Mills’ Senate campaign in #Maine reignites a debate about age among Democrats, who spent the year arguing that the party, still reeling from Joe Biden's age-related withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race. themainemonitor.org/mills-would-...
Janet Mills would be oldest freshman senator ever
Democrats’ Senate majority hopes hang on three candidates older than 65.
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A letter written by District Attorney Maeghan Maloney gives a fuller picture of concerns she and other officials had about a #trooper who allegedly made several violent #arrests. Read more from the Bangor Daily News' Callie Ferguson and Monitor's @joshkeefe.bsky.social at the link below for free.
A Maine prosecutor questioned a state trooper’s competence
The letter gives a fuller picture of concerns she and other officials had about a Maine trooper who allegedly made several violent arrests.
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Another lawsuit alleging excessive force by the Maine State Police www.bangordailynews.com/2025/10/02/s...
Woman sues Maine State Police alleging excessive force
It’s the second federal lawsuit in two weeks that argues the agency fails to hold troopers accountable for excessive force.
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#Maine Monitor reporter @joshkeefe.bsky.social and @bangordailynews.bsky.social's Callie Ferguson sat down with @newscentersmaine.bsky.social to talk about their investigative series into how state police handled a 2024 arrest in Limerick. Read for free: themainemonitor.org/stop-punchin...
ICYMI: Monitor reporter @joshkeefe.bsky.social and @bangordailynews.bsky.social reporter Callie Ferguson report on how #Maine State Police handled an #arrest in Limerick last year. Click the link below to read the full investigative series for free. themainemonitor.org/stop-punchin...
'Stop Punching Him'
The arrest of Justin Savage has raised questions about Maine State Police's use of force policy and its process for reviewing complaints.
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The #Maine State Police reviewed nearly three dozen complaints about #troopers who used #physicalforce in the past decade. Not once did the agency determine the force was excessive. Read more from reporter @joshkeefe.bsky.social and the @bangordailynews.bsky.social at the link below.
Doubt cast on Maine State Police's perfect record of clearing officers
The agency has reviewed nearly three dozen complaints about use of force in the past decade. None were found to be excessive.
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Our follow-up on the Maine State Police's beating of a handcuffed man. "An internal state police panel charged with examining every trooper use of force also failed to look at Savage’s case because it has been inactive for more than a year and a half." themainemonitor.org/maine-state-...
Doubt cast on Maine State Police's perfect record of clearing officers
The agency has reviewed nearly three dozen complaints about use of force in the past decade. None were found to be excessive.
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“This is kind of a case study on how not to handle situations like this,” Kenney said. “They kind of screwed it up from beginning to end.”
The Maine Monitor@themainemonitor.org · last yr.A trooper repeatedly punched a handcuffed man in the face. #Maine State Police promoted him. The arrest raises questions on state police’s use of force and process for reviewing complaints. Read more from @joshkeefe.bsky.social and @bangordailynews.bsky.social: themainemonitor.org/trooper-repe...
The Maine State Police reviewed nearly three dozen complaints about troopers who used physical force in the past decade. Not once did the agency determine the force was excessive. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/18/m...
Beating of handcuffed man casts doubt on Maine State Police’s perfect record of clearing officers
The Maine State Police's internal reviews of excessive force complaints are called into question after a trooper was found justified in a violent arrest.
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Here's a video of a Maine State Police trooper sitting on a handcuffed man and punching him in the face. The Maine State Police investigated, found the trooper did nothing wrong, and promoted him for the first time in 16 years. Read the BDN/Monitor investigation. themainemonitor.org/trooper-repe...
A trooper repeatedly punched a handcuffed man in the face. #Maine State Police promoted him. The arrest raises questions on state police’s use of force and process for reviewing complaints. Read more from @joshkeefe.bsky.social and @bangordailynews.bsky.social: themainemonitor.org/trooper-repe...
Here's a video of a Maine State Police trooper sitting on a handcuffed man and punching him in the face. The Maine State Police investigated, found the trooper did nothing wrong, and promoted him for the first time in 16 years. Read the BDN/Monitor investigation. themainemonitor.org/trooper-repe...
A new law expands who is eligible for charity care in Maine, while federal Medicaid cuts are expected to push tens of thousands off public insurance. Click the link to read more from Rose Lundy.
Hospitals concerned about charity care expansion, Medicaid cuts
A new law expands who is eligible for charity care in Maine while federal Medicaid cuts are expected to push tens of thousands off public insurance.
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