Maine Man Arrested For Threatening King of Sweden

Maine Man Arrested For Threatening King of Sweden

The 39-year-old man, who is of Swedish descent, visited Sweden in 2000 and was ignored, according to police.

The resident of Vinalhaven, a town on an island in Penobscot Bay in Maine, has frequently called the Swedish embassy in Washington D.C., sometimes as often as 10 times a day, according to the U.S. Secret Service.

Transgender Democratic Candidate for Governor Not Liberal Enough
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Transgender Democratic Candidate for Governor Not Liberal Enough

John Cronin

"When I think about who I am, I am the Democratic Party," Christine Hallquist, a biological male who identifies as a woman, told Seven Days, a Vermont newspaper.

On many issues — government involvement in health care, legalizing marijuana, $15-an-hour minimum wage, and transgender rights, as examples — Hallquist touts the Democratic Party line in Vermont.

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