By Steve Robinson
January 7, 2026

As for today’s events, the episode covers what happened and what our response will be as an organization. Democratic leaders and staffers took unprecedented and dishonest steps to bar the Maine Wire’s access to areas of the State House that have always been open to all media and really anyone with a video camera who can behave themselves. Maine has no “press credential” and, outside of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the “press credential” isn’t even a thing.

Bob Lindstrom, the Sergeant-at-Arms for the House of Representatives, profiled and discriminated against Jon Fetherston and, on multiple occasions, attempted to bar him from accessing the House chamber. Lindstrom cited his reasoning for denying access Fetherston’s lack of a non-existent press credential. House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) and his clerk both denied that this had happened, but multiple State House sources have confirmed what took place.

Full article and video at the following weblink:

https://www.themainewire.com/2026/01/house-democrats-attempt-to-ban-maine-wire-reporter-from-house-chambers-maine-wire-tv/