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TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 6h

The earlier you vote the more time you have to devote your energies to getting others to vote. The earlier you vote the sooner groups that organize can take you off their list and focus on getting iffy voters to vote. #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 8h

10/5 Mainers can vote early in-person absentee starting TODAY — Monday, October 5th — by going to their town clerk's office during business hours. You can vote early in-person for any reason, and same-day voter registration is available. #maine #MEpolitics

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Jarrod Jones @jarrodjones.bsky.social · 17h

That's a wrap for LANTERNS! Thanks for joining us every week on @surf.social for TV Club -- for more LANTERNS goodness, read @dennisperkins5.bsky.social's recap on @avclub.com. Until next time! www.avclub.com/lanterns-rec... #lanterns

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Lanterns pays off its mission with heroic grace

The Man Of Tomorrow gains a powerful ally thanks to John Stewart's decidedly human journey at the end of Lanterns.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 19h

Join us in supporting banned and challenged books this #BannedBooksWeek 📚 Use code BBW26 to get 15% off select banned and challenged titles now through October 18. See the full list: bookshop.org/info/banned-... Expires 10/18/26. Discount off list prices, excludes ebooks.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 20h

Midterms are a month away and it’s so important to vote for Democrats in every race. I say this because it’s undeniably true, and also so I can block any “Fuck voting, both parties are the same, man!” douches that come out of the woodwork.

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Jarrod Jones @jarrodjones.bsky.social · 20h

TONIGHT @ 8 PM CT: The LANTERNS finale is here! Will John Stewart say the Oath? Will Sinestro insinuate dark, foreboding things? Will Hal Jordan make somebody blush? Probably! Join @avclub.com's TV Club at @surf.social as we watch LANTERNS live! surf.social/feed/surf%2F...

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 20h

My dad's hometown paper published a neat little story about his model circus. He's a little miffed they used a pic with his eyes closed, but otherwise, this was the sort of thing that makes him happy, even if he won't admit it. www.phippsburgobserver.org/bill-perkins...

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Bill Perkins: circus buff – Phippsburg Observer

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To distract from calamitous revelations (many undisputed!) in @propublica.org's bombshell report, Susan Collins has been talking about the respected outlet -- winner of 9 Pulitzers -- like it's a left-wing Newsmax. But there's a reason PPH/BDN ran the report. It's credible and damning. #MEpolitics

Bangor Daily News front page. Hedline: FBI's anti-corruption squad was circling Collins -- until Trump got in the way

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Gonna go ahead and predict an 0-3 start for #SNL this season. You know with Shane “how dare you make me fire someone for being a bigoted hack” Gillis inexplicably back next week. latenighter.com/features/rev...

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Dakota Johnson and SNL Still Make for an Awkward Match - LateNighter

As Dennis Perkins writes of the Dakota Johnson-hosted episode, "The Verity star is best in pre-tapes, where her icy detachment can cook."

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Trump administration has reached the Layla montage act.

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tome for sketch comedy interspersed with racist GOP campaign ads! Yeah! #SNL

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Kassie Navarro @kassien.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Susan Collins claims that @propublica.org’s reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. 📽️ Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyi...

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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026

Of all the politicians Navatek’s CEO courted, Susan Collins was its most important patron. The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg

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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

[Scanning Bluesky tonight] Huh, hockey’s still a thing. Good for them.

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Kavi Kat 🌬️ @katinthestars.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What would you do if you found out a January 6th domestic terrorist was running for a seat on your city council or state legislature? For thousands of Americans, that question has stopped being hypothetical. #WeThePeople are taking notes. 📝 #J6Tracker 👀

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J6Tracker | Keeping the Record

Explore the January 6 public record: people, prosecutions, pardons, preserved evidence, and reporting on what happened next.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump could nominate the worst person with a law degree in America and this Republican senate will confirm that person. That includes Susan Collins, who always confirms Trump’s justices. The only chance you have to keep that person off the court is to elect Democratic senators.

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There have been a couple news stories quoting Mainers who either hadn't heard about the @propublica.org's corruption revelations or didn't think they represented anything unusual or unusually disturbing. Here's a video Mainers can send folks in their lives who fall in those categories. #MEpolitics

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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 02/10/2026

The minute anyone tries to hold Susan Collins accountable for her contradictions, POOF! She's gone

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026

"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 02/10/2026

Catch up on #Lanterns season one with this helpful recap from @jarrodjones.bsky.social, and then get ready to join us on Sunday night for one last (for now) watch party over at @surf.social surf.social/feed/surf%2F... www.avclub.com/lanterns-cov...

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Let's light up this weekend's Lanterns finale with a look back at our coverage

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Jarrod Jones @jarrodjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Before LANTERNS lights up its finale this Sunday, I’ve combined all of @avclub.com's coverage of the show into one handy-dandy round-up. www.avclub.com/lanterns-cov... #lanterns

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Let's light up this weekend's Lanterns finale with a look back at our coverage

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The New York Times reported in August that Susan Collins met with one of these dark money groups at a DC townhouse owned by Oracle. (Can't make this stuff up!) What was said at the meeting? Who are the people behind the dark money group? Only Susan Collins knows! tinyurl.com/ywn24d67 #MEpolitics

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Matt Dunlap @dunlap4congress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Throwback Thursday, LePage Edition. Joking about bombing a newsroom. Telling a political cartoonist's teenage son he wanted to shoot his father. Firing off crude insults at then-Senator Troy Jackson. This is who Paul LePage is. Mainers deserve better.

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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just delivered a $150,000 check to Susan Collins' office with @mainedems.bsky.social. A copy of the check a defense contractor funneled to her super PAC through a fake company. He's in federal prison. Her super PAC kept the money. Senator, you answer to us. On November 3rd, we answer back.

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey, this #RedSox team constructed without hitters can't hit. Weird...

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@pressherald.com does the unthinkable: Talks to an expert to debunk Susan Collins's nonsense and provides the context needed to assess the credibility of her expressions of dismay. Should be the approach -- accurate info over spin and he said/she said -- in every single #MEpolitics article.

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I mean, if any country wants to just go ahead and invade the United States right now, Kegsbreath and Trump have made things super-easy.

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 30/09/2026

Recently, I did a wonderful interview with the indefatigable @emilystjams.bsky.social about trans people's online information environment and why there are very strong incentives to spread panic. It was a wide-ranging discussion that I think is more relevant than ever.

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What's the matter with trans panic media?

Scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross on why it's so profitable to "sell panic to trans people."

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't care if the polls say the Democrats are leading by 35%, you get your ass out there and vote

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every Time a Bell Rings is out! I am so proud of this book and both @laurentheisen.bsky.social and my writing in it. I think you'll be into it if you love this movie, 1940s American cinema, or speculating that minor supporting characters in fiction are gay. www.harpercollins.com/products/eve...

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Every Time a Bell Rings

THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT WITH FOILED DETAILS AND CUSTOM END PAPERSA fond and nostalgic cultural history of It's a Wonderful Life, celebrating the belove...

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seven minutes of Jon Stewart zeroing in on the giant gap btwn Susan Collins words and actions [15:52]: "No one plays the 'I'm actually quite concerned and upset about this thing I am actually going to vote for' better than the poster child for troubled acquiescence...Susan Collins." #MEpolitics

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Will Republicans Divorce Trump Over Xi Embrace? Probably Not | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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