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James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 9h

If you live in Washington County, you’re about 2.5 times more likely to be a victim of the Medicaid cuts than if you live in Sagadahoc County. #mepolitics

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Emily Phelps @epindc.bsky.social · 8h

👇🏻This is a VERY handy 101 on the Maine Senate from a Mainer who's been following the state's politics for decades. #MESEN @asfried.bsky.social

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 9h

Susan Collins says she’s the oh so powerful chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee but she hasn’t done anything to stop this corruption. Instead she’s voting with Trump 96% of the time after Trump stopped a corruption probe into her getting a contract for a crooked donor. #mepolitics

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 9h

Paul LePage is a data center fan. #mepolitics

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 10h

I don’t know any woman friend (or family member) who hasn’t been sexually assaulted or molested. Including myself.

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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 11h

At least, the Trump administration is honest about how it views corruption!

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 21h

the dumbest scumbags on the left are now attacking zohran for *combatting antisemitism* Zohran derangement syndrome is real and applies to the alt-left just as much as the alt right

Aaron Maté
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I'm not criticizing Zohran for doing this because I understand he has to deal with a very toxic political reality. Politics is a different game.
But to me launching a "Strategy to Combat
Antisemitism" in a time of the Gaza genocide is akin to a
"Strategy to Combat Anti-Whiteness" at the height of South African apartheid. That's not even a fair analogy:
Israel and its apologists do infinitely more to both fabricate and encourage anti-Semitism.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani O
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The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism...

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 23h

This is a great organization.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

omg. yes, they actually have video of him at the game. when does marshall mcluhan walk out and dunk on sen schmitt?

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On Maine right-wing radio, Susan Collins refers to Pine Tree Results as "my super PAC." That's a phrasing she has not used before and clearly undercuts her non-cahoots with Scott Reed claims. #mesen #mepolitics

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong

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Policy at Play @policyatplay.com · 29/09/2026

This may be the cleanest self-own of the hearing. Schmitt built a perjury accusation around Smith supposedly being in Atlanta for a Hawks game—then it turns out the reference was to the Iowa Hawkeyes. Maybe check the “bombshell evidence” before accusing someone of a felony.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 29/09/2026

Did you know the DOJ prosecuted a New York woman for selling abortion pills during the first Trump administration? Learn about how they could be laying the groundwork to do it again in our latest at @autonomynews.co:

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What Was This Anti-Abortion Zealot Doing at the FBI?

Andrew Bailey has always been hellbent on eradicating abortion access. As the FBI’s No. 2, he may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/09/2026

In Denmark, 96% of private individual vehicle sales are electric these days. 86% of total (fleets are slightly slower).

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

AAUP, AFT, and HELU have a plan draft! College For All, in expansion now for 2026 and 2028 www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...

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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 28/09/2026

The devastating changes passed in the Big Ugly Bill that start taking place next Jan (by design AFTER the midterms), the 70% increase in home heating oil cost, the reduction in food assistance and crisis at the nation's food banks is *not* something for which Americans are prepared. #MEpolitics

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"The Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association says that AI is already driving *up* healthcare costs, as hospitals use the technology to find instances where they can bill more for the same level of care." - Joe Weisenthal www.bcbs.com/about-us/ass... x.com/TheStalwart/...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#MEpolitics: A must watch from William Turton, one of the journalists behind @propublica.org’s blockbuster Susan Collins corruption investigation, explaining what they discovered, and debunking Collins’ misleading claims or outright lies in response to their extensively researched reporting.

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Thank you" she earlier said ending Roe didn't impact Maine From @asfried.bsky.social "Collins backs Republicans for Maine state offices who oppose abortion rights" while Maine women can now access abortion in Maine, she put women who leave Maine at risk amyfried.substack.com/p/collins-ma...

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Contrary to Collins, Maine’s laws aren’t enough to protect women

How Susan Collins misleads on abortion, Part 2

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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s pretty simple (1) Vought said he believed the administration had the right to use pocket rescissions. (2) Even though her vote wasn’t critical his nomination passed 53 to 47 with Collins support. (3)Now she feels threatened as Mainers are finding out the truth about her.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Read the document (Gift Article)

Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter

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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Remind me again, Senator Collins, how you voted on the nomination of Vought as OMB Director before you claim to object to his rescissions. #MePolitics

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Jill Piggott @jillpiggott.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No wonder constituents can't meet w/ Collins: "The 1st time Kao came face-to-face w/ Collins, in 2018, he told the FBI, he had to pay for the privilege. Collins would not meet unless he agreed to donate to her campaign" (ProPublica). Tho not criminal, this is both unethical & anti-democratic.

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And let’s keep in mind the Navy didn’t need or want this project! It was a total waste of taxpayer money. Putting in that appropriation was not sensible on policy grounds. #mepolitics

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great questions. Collins should hold an open press conference with national and state reporters.

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Collins wants Mainers to simultaneously believe that donations had nothing to do with a provision tucked in an appropriations bill for a project only one contractor, the crooked company in the ProPublica article qualified for, AND THAT she’s good at getting specific appropriations. #mepolitics

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of multiple occasions where Collins is mad about the perfectly predictable consequences of her votes (see also, Kavanaugh, Brett).

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Maine's version of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference of 2020.

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Susan Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought and is pretending or stupid or more likely both to be surprised that he’s doing what he said he’d do. #mesen #mepolitics

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026

NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.

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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe

ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UNH poll has Pingree handily beating Charles (+14), Troy + 4 ahead of Susan, and Dunlap +6 vs LePage. #mepolitics

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If Collins wins this year, she will continue to help MAGA reshape the federal courts. #mepolitics

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NutHatch @nuthatchme.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don’t know if the part about BIW is true, but it is an interesting point. #MEpolitics

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#MEpolitics: The difference in coverage Susan Collins receives from major national investigative journalism and media outlets compared to major Maine-based outlets is rather concerning. Local media like the BDN and PPH tend to show far more leniency—bordering on deference—to Collins.

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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe

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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Her own party is coming after states’ ability to keep it legal it their own borders, she’s either delusional or a liar or both

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ProPublica did a debunking of Collins’ comeback to their story about pay to play corruption and how Trump’s FBI made the case go away. “[T] investigation at the center of ProPublica’s story was based on claims Kao made between 2022 through 2024 — not seven years ago, as Collins states.” #mepolitics

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Marc Malon @marcmalon2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Joe knows what he’s talking about - non-Mainers do NOT understand the historical hold she has had over her narrative here. She’s losing her formerly iron grip over it, and the results could be seismic

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Trump administration diverted $12 million from the Office of Minority Health, which works to decrease Black mortality rates, in order to increase security for RFK Jr. as he travels the country ahead of the midterms.

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