BREAKING: John Barron (Trump’s known past pseudonym) called into C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court’s tariff decision. pic.twitter.com/xqxqIqpLwK
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Trump or not, C-SPAN officials took the whole thing so seriously they put out a statement after the viral public reaction to the show denying the caller was Trump.
Actor Patrick Dempsey, the Lewiston-born heartthrob alum of Grey’s Anatomy, is a revisionist when it comes to fondly remembering his late fellow actor Eric Dane.
That according to an extra who worked on the Grey’s Anatomy set with both actors.
Maine-born Dempsey, 60, was just quoted by the New York Post remembering Dane, 53, as the “funniest man” and “such a joy to work with.”
“I just want to remember him in that spirit because any time he was on the Grey’s Anatomy set, he brought so much fun to it,” Dempsey said.
“We hit it off because there was never really any competition,” Dempsey added. “There was this wonderful mutual respect; he was wickedly intelligent and I’m always going to remember those moments of fun that we had together and celebrate the joy that he did bring to people’s lives.”
Not so fast, says a former Grey’s Anatomy background actress.
Laura Ann Tull paints Dane, who died last week of ALS, as a self-involved narcissistic egomaniac hung up on his good looks.
And that’s just the least of what Tull says she remembers of Dane.
Posting on the social-media network Threads in response to a Variety announcement about Dane’s passing, Laura Ann Tull wrote bluntly that he “was a bully and an a-hole,” immediately sparking pushback from other users.
In a series of follow-up posts, she alleged that Dane had mistreated her during her time working as an extra on Grey’s Anatomy, where she says she spent three years on set.
“He was a coward who abused me. Bullied me. Made fun of me,” she wrote in one reply.
In another, she claimed, “He just died. I only wish he’d apologized & admitted what he did.”
Tull also suggested she played a role in his exit from the show, writing, “I am why he was fired from Grey’s,” while alleging she had contacted production prior to his departure. She did not provide evidence supporting that claim.
Elsewhere in the thread, her posts expanded beyond on-set allegations. She accused Dane of interfering with her ability to work and claimed long-term consequences tied to that experience.
“His dying doesn’t change the destruction he caused me,” she wrote, adding that she intended to pursue legal action at one point.
The comments echo themes Tull previously shared in a 2018 Medium post, where she described her time working in Hollywood and referenced Dane by name.
In that essay, she said she never directly spoke to him on set but believed he had spoken negatively about her to others.
“I worked on set of Grey’s Anatomy for three years as an extra, but I never spoke to Dane once directly,” she wrote. “But I did hear him talk about me.”
She also described being labeled “weird” through a third party and said the experience contributed to her feeling pushed out of the industry.
There is no confirmed public record supporting Tull’s claim that she influenced Dane’s departure from Grey’s Anatomy.
Dane’s 2012 exit from the show was driven by budget and creative decisions, as long-running cast members became more expensive for the network, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Dane himself acknowledged he was also dealing with personal issues, including drug addiction, but maintained that those were not the primary reason for his departure.
Dane rose to prominence as Dr. Mark Sloan – nicknamed “McSteamy” – before later taking on a major role in HBO’s Euphoria.
The handsome Dempsey, who portrayed Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd, was Dane’s counterweight.
Dempsey’s good looks won him the “Sexiest Man Alive” title three years ago from People magazine.
He was born in Lewiston and grew up in the nearby towns of Turner and Buckfield.
If Maine legislators are really interested in fixing the nightmare known as the state Office of Child and Family Services, they need to talk to Sabrina Rose.
Rose, who lives in Presque Isle, has written and published a new book about how she believes the state’s foster system failed her and others.
The state “removed me from my mother’s care and placed me with strangers, promised me that life would turn out better that way.
“But I still grew up to be an addict.”
The publication of Rose’s book comes amid an effort by state Sen. Jeff Timberlake, R-Androscoggin, to investigate the state’s child-services division of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
Timberlake recently wrote a legislative government oversight committee to begin looking into some of the problems playing in the child-welfare bureau.
“A 2023 study showed that Maine led the nation in terms of the mistreatment of children in the state’s custody – a superlative that has been a blight on the system,” Libby Palanza of The Maine Wire wrote last year. “Groups like Walk a Mile in Their Shoes have been sharply critical of the agency that has been so poorly run that it has cost some of the children under its care their lives, the non-profit’s founder, Bill Diamond, said.”
Rose, who is in recovery and has been sober for nearly two years, said she “decided to investigate why the state removed me from my mother’s care.”
She said was “handed over to a man who would inflict child abuse and neglect until I finally ran away at 17.”
“The state of Maine,” Rose said, “has a lot of answering to do.”
“Finding Michelle Canu,” a story about Rose’s search for her mother, was released last week on Amazon.
The book is about what Rose calls a “generational cycle of trauma” created decades ago by state child-welfare officials.
“From the gut-wrenching reality of life inside adoption to the biological war of bipolar disorder and PTSD, this is my hunt for the truth,” Rose says. “It is a journey back through the shadows of addiction and systemic erasure to find the woman they tried to make me forget.”
Rose has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with seven years of experience in social work. She also has written two memoirs with the intention of inspiring others to find purpose in life.
Outside of her work,
Her author bio says she “writes to inspire those trapped in the same systems she escaped, proving that while a life can be redacted, the soul remains unerasable.”
Members of Maine’s Congressional delegation have spoken out in response to the United States Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision Friday striking down President Donald Trump’s (R) sweeping global tariffs.
All four lawmakers representing Maine in Washington D.C. expressed support for the Court’s ruling, but their respective statements varied notably in tone and tenor.
A Border Patrol agent working at the U.S.-Canada border in New Hampshire allegedly shot an armed suspect on Sunday after the suspect allegedly opened fire.
This Wednesday, Mainers will have the opportunity to make their voices heard on a proposed bill that could override local renewable energy development ordinances.
Initially introduced as an entirely different measure, the sponsor’s amendment shared last week overhauls LD 2174 by striking and replacing its contents, as well as giving it a new title.
What began as a routine warrant check in a quiet Washington County town exploded into a hail of gunfire — and ended with three Massachusetts suspects behind bars and nearly 300 grams of cocaine seized, authorities said.
A disgraced former Waldoboro state lawmaker forced out of office three years ago for forging signatures is taking a second bite at the political apple.
Clint Collamore, running again for state office, has created a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a political comeback.
GoFundMe is traditionally used by people who are legitimately hard up on their luck, such as family tragedies.
Callamore, campaigning as an “independent “ for the state house seat from District 45, says on his GoFundMe site that “the funds raised through this campaign will go directly toward community outreach, purchasing signs and print ads, hosting community events, sending out flyers, and covering other campaign-related expenses. Your support will make it possible for me to reach more people.”
“I am running because I care deeply about our community and the future of our environment,” he says. “I have always been community minded, and I am passionate about protecting our critical waterways and shorelines from pollution and contamination. I believe that by working together, we can preserve the natural beauty of our district for generations to come.”
The GoFundMe rules place strict requirements on campaigns for political office.
Candidates “must be compliant with all regulatory requirements for political fundraising set by your electoral body,” its policy states. “Electoral fundraising often has specific requirements surrounding what can be accepted and requires specific data from donors.
“Keep in mind that it’s your responsibility to ensure you’re complying with all relevant election laws and regulations.”
Collamore three years ago was sentenced to 72 hours in jail after pleading guilty to 11 counts of unsworn falsification and one count of a criminal violation of the Maine Clean Election Act.
The state dismissed 20 counts of aggravated forgery in a plea deal with Collamore. He also had to serve 100 hours of community service as part of the agreement.
Collamore resigned amid accusations that he forged signatures in order to qualify for “clean election” funding.
The attorney general’s office said at the time he previously paid more than $14,000 back to the Maine Ethics Commission.
The former Democrat was a member of the Maine House from District 45 starting December 7, 2022. He resigned February 15, 2023.
The district covers Waldoboro, Friendship, Washington, Bremen and Louds Island.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hosted a remembrance ceremony in the White House East Room on Monday morning, bringing together “Angel Families”, relatives of Americans killed in crimes involving illegal immigrants , and using their stories to sharpen his administration’s message on border enforcement and sanctuary-city crackdowns.
The Somerset Sheriff’s Department executed a drug raid on Wednesday at a North Anson residence as the culmination of a months-long investigation into drug trafficking operations.
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