#CommunityVoicesForChange - Maine Women's Lobby

30 mins - First Aired February 23, 2026 on #WMPG-FM
Host: Richard Rudolph

"The podcast for February 23, 2026 is an interview of Destie Hoffman Sprague who is the Executive Director of the Maine's Women Lobby. The show focused on a referendum question that will be on the Maine ballot this coming fall which would restrict transgender students’ access to school sports and facilities. Destie first talked about why the League is involved in this issue and why it has joined a coalition to defeat the proposal. The coalition contends the referendum will increase bullying and harassment, cost schools millions in potential ligation and undermine public education. According to Destie the referendum is spearheaded by the group Protect Girls Support in Maine which seeks to mandate sports by sex, requiring public school students to play on sports teams based on the sex listed on their birth certificates. Destie believes the effort to restrict transgender students from playing sports in Maine is primarily driven by the Trump Administration which has threatened to pull federal education funding if the state does not ban transgender girls from female sports. Maine's Governor, Janet Mills, Attorney General Aaron Frey, and the Maine Principals’ Association are opposed. In closing, Destie encouraged listeners to get involved in the fight to defeat this measure. which would undermine Maine's existing #HumanRightsAct which protects #GenderIdentity."

Listen:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/maine-s-women-lobby--70154733

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On today's #CommunityVoicesForChange show, the subject was #AntiTrans legislation proposed in #Maine -- sponsored by #ULine CEO #RichardUihlein -- who paid GOONS to gather signatures from #MAGATs! #Uilhein has also sponsored #AntiAbortion legislation and is a major #Trump donor! He is NO FAN of women -- whether cis or trans!

#Billionaire-Funded Anti-Trans Bathroom/Sports Ban Ballot Initiative Moves Forward In Maine

The ballot initiative is bankrolled by billionaire anti-trans donor, Richard Uihlein, and represents a new line of attack against #transgender people in blue states.

Erin Reed
Feb 23, 2026

"Anti-trans organization '#ProtectGirlsSportsInMaine' has announced that it has collected enough signatures to get a combination transgender sports ban and school bathroom ban onto the November 2026 ballot, making Maine the second state this year to announce a ballot initiative targeting transgender people in a blue state after a similar effort in Washington.

"This comes after Maine Gov. #JanetMills fiercely rejected Trump administration attempts to strongarm the state into enacting such restrictions on its own, under threat of losing school lunch money and more. Now, voters may directly determine the fate of #TransgenderYouth in schools across the state after a massive signature drive bankrolled by billionaire Republican megadonor Richard Uihlein, the latest in an attempt by ultra-wealthy #conservative donors to export anti-trans discrimination across the United States through direct ballot measures."

Read more:
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/billionaire-funded-anti-trans-bathroomsports

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My company got two huge 900-page catalogs unsolicited in the mail today, each addressed to people who have never worked here, from Uline. This is the only shipping supplier that junk-mails us.

It's also the company whose far-right billionaire owners, Dick & Liz Uihlein, are quietly bankrolling our destruction.

Search the family name: Uihlein

If you buy shipping boxes or related supplies, buy them from literally anyone else. #BoycottUline.

Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein gave nearly $280,000 to the Ron Johnson Victory joint fundraising committee after he saved them $43M in taxes!

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How Richard Uihlein became one of the GOP’s biggest megadonors | 4 JUN 2022 https://www.ft.com/content/70fbafde-a802-4425-ab9c-735788f575f3

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Who Funds the Federalist? Finally we know—it’s dear old Dick Uihlein! | 9 DEC 2020 https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/09/who-funds-the-federalist-finally-we-know/

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