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Steve Robinson - Why is Somali Fraud Running Rampant in Minnesota and Maine? | SRS #273

2026-01-22 People & Blogs
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Steven Robinson, Editor-in-Chief of the Maine Wire, leads New England’s fastest-growing digital media outlet focused on exposing political corruption and organized crime across local, state, and regional levels. A native of Dexter, Maine, and Bowdoin College graduate in political philosophy, he previously worked at Regnery Publishing, produced the Howie Carr Show, and handled Barstool Sports' Kirk Minihane Show and true-crime podcast The Case, which spurred murder charges per season. During COVID-19, he quit his job to travel 35,000 miles across North America in a camper van before returning to Maine in November 2022 to revitalize the Maine Wire as an aggressive, independent platform for underreported stories, bold investigations, and commentary. Robinson's groundbreaking "Triad Weed" series, launched in August 2023 after a leaked DHS memo revealed over 270 illicit cannabis operations by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations in Maine, uncovered a vast Chinese mafia network spanning Maine to southeast China. His reporting exposed racketeering involving black-market cannabis, human and sex trafficking, money laundering, bank fraud, illegal border crossings, neurotoxins poisoning homes, murder, and national security threats—including CCP-linked properties near U.S. Army facilities. He provided exclusive details on the exploitation of U.S. Treasury–subsidized loans that allowed foreign nationals to purchase over 70 properties.. Cited in Congressional reports and featured on CBS, Fox News, the Daily Mail, OANN, and more, Robinson's work has led to over 60 articles, property raids, arrests, Sen. Susan Collins' interrogations of intel agencies, and the documentary Triad Weed: How Chinese Mafia Infiltrated Maine. Local police praise it as a field manual, though Maine media avoids the story. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkoujZQZatbqy4KGcgjpVxQ/join Shawn Ryan Show Links SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/@ShawnRyanShow Sign up: https://shawnryanshow.com/pages/newsletter Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite Download Free Content: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lF-8_5jwRc5eAhzDkqqCOp-6yvd05vAw?usp=sharing Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shawn-ryan-show/id1492492083 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5eodRZd3qR9VT1ip1wI7xQ?si=59f9d106e56a4509 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnryanshow Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnryanshow/ Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawnryanshow/ Follow on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/@shawnryanshow Follow on X: https://twitter.com/ShawnRyanShow SRS Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4pqo9Uoh0WuUKxw0BmaK1yrg9Kd7E4lk #vigilanceelite #shawnryanshow Steve Robinson Links: X - https://x.com/BigSteve207 X - https://x.com/TheMaineWire Substack - https://robinsonreport.substack.com The Maine Wire - https://www.themainewire.com High Crimes Documentary - https://tuckercarlson.com/high-crimes Harpe - https://getharpe.com Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: Get firearm security redesigned and save 10% off @StopBoxUSA with code SRS at https://www.stopboxusa.com/srs #stopboxpod Put your money to work with Stash—visit get.stash.com/SRS to receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and view important disclosures. https://bubsnaturals.com – USE CODE SHAWN Ready to upgrade your eyewear? Check them out at https://roka.com and use code SRS for 20% off sitewide. [waiting on CHAPTER MARKERS]

Top Comments (10)

@gitrekt-gudson 2026-01-23

I am just tired of my family struggling to get by, no handouts, no assistance... while these mf's are leeching billions and calling me a racist. Infuriating.

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@aw4806 2026-01-23

If billions and billions of our tax money is going to fraud, then we are paying way too much in taxes!!!

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@SuperChunk1775 2026-01-23

funny how the IRS will come after you 7 years later for 50 bucks but cant find million dollar fraud

980 40 replies
@stevedawson3737 2026-01-22

But let one of us forget to pay a speeding ticket or not pay property taxes…We will be held accountable, lose our license or lose our house…It’s hypocritical! Total bs…! I’m sick of our system!

667 47 replies
@GeraldB-n1v 2026-01-23

Imagine what this country would be if our politicians didn't sell us out

648 53 replies
@splitrock4322 2026-01-22

Anyone extremely pissed off yet?

631 43 replies
@ramirez102 2026-01-23

Man I'm getting taxed up the ass working full time taking care of my wife and 2 kids sharing 1 car. This pisses me off

286 13 replies
@101Weasley 2026-01-26

I'm upset that my son with autism was denied social security yet others are raking in $ in scams.

264 10 replies
@Coted1988 2026-01-30

It should be noted, not one local news media station is reporting on this at all.

138 5 replies
@talshaharfamily 2026-01-25

I’m an ex-Amish stay at home, homeschool mom of 11 kids commenting under my husband’s name. I listen to almost all of the SRS podcasts. It’s my education while I’m taking care of my children and it helps me know how to pray for our country. What else can I do? It’s my constant prayer, “Lord, use me!”

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