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Trump tries to force Maine into obedience with the aid of six different federal agencies

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Six federal agencies now have their sights on the state.

Only two transgender girls in Maine are competing in girls’ sports this school year .

Some view Maine as a test case for how the Trump administration may try to force its policies on states, regardless of existing state laws.

The USDA launched an investigation of the University of Maine on a Saturday , the day after Mills’ exchange with President Trump .

The federal agency said Maine Department of Education wasn’t giving girls equal opportunities and had violated Title IX “by allowing male athletes to compete against female athletes,” a letter from HHS to the state.

The Maine attorney general’s office pointed out that the letter cited an incorrect sum of federal funding that flows to state.

Legal experts also viewed the investigation as problematic.

The federal government has made no effort to hide the ideological perspective that its various inquiries are seeking to enforce in Maine and the rest of the county.

Maine ’s governor never believed her state would receive an impartial investigation.

Maine 's transgender pole vaulter attends a high school where the student is a student.

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