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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Surprised to see @pressherald.com pick up this story. But maybe they felt they had to after Susan Collins spox said: "Sen. Collins was not involved in this decision." What?! It was in the appropriations bill! And she chairs the committee! That means she's was "involved"! #MEpolitics

Press Herald headline: Susan Collins’s committee bought trucks the Army didn’t want. Then campaign donations poured in.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
Posted 2:14 PM
Updated at 2:14 PM
Matt Sledge, Jorge Medellín

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Road salt would have been delicious on the steaks you can no longer afford thanks to Donald Trump." —Susan Collins, Senator from Maine

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A naked, gold-covered Trump statue has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It’s called “Orange Plague,” also known as “King of Injustice,” and shows him sitting on another man’s shoulders holding an enormous golf club. Covered in reportedly 23-karat gold, of course.

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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Eight years ago today, Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. He went on to help overturn Roe v. Wade. She still says she doesn’t regret her vote. Give her something to regret on November 3. Vote her out.

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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 20h

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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 18h

World 🌎 News: • 🇧🇷 Thousands of Brazilians March In Rio de Janeiro Against the Fascist Bolsonaro Family

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Absolutely 👇 This.......

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 17h

Witchy squirrels on a vintage Halloween card

Illustration depicting two witchy squirrels making a potion in a cauldron. They are surrounded by other woodland animals in costumes. There is a tree in the background and a full moon.

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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

👏👏👏👏

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Matt Dunlap @dunlap4congress.bsky.social · 21h

Did you catch this at the debate? Paul LePage said he wants America to "go in and finish it" in Iran. Finish what, exactly? I'll say it plainly: I will never support boots on the ground in Iran.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

FUN FACT: The Bible doesn't say *anything* about abortion. Ever. Well, except for the time God provides a handy recipe for a magic potion to induce an involuntary one. Numbers 5:11-31

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/10/2026

New York City, wetin dey sup? It was a joy to commemorate 34 years of the Nigerian Day Parade alongside the many Nigerian New Yorkers who fill our city with life.

Mayor Mamdani and community leaders speak from a stage / excited onlookers and parade attendees cheer.

People dressed in green and white watch the Nigerian Day Parade.

A woman holds and a child holding a tiny Nigerian flag.

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Susan Collins vote to advance Trump's Big Beautiful Bill the day after Stephen Schwarzman sent her super PAC $2M hits pretty darn different after ProPublica's pay-to-play revelations. Does anyone doubt Schwarzman has Collins phone number? Or that they spoke before he forked over $2M? #MEpolitics

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Susan Collins advanced Trump Tax Bill after receiving $2 million from private equity billionaire - Maine Beacon

As she gears up for a tough midterm race against a progressive challenger in 2026, Sen. Susan Collins is struggling to shake her reputation as a sellout to corporate interests. A new report out last w...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Mike Johnson is not a trustworthy negotiating partner. He lies as part of his religion.

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Remarkable how many salient facts about Susan Collins remain bottled up until years after it wouldn't been helpful for local media to have disclosed them: --Green's sister worked for her --Bought her last house from the family that owns BDN --Her mom was on a @mainepublic.org board #MEpolitics

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Can't be bought or bossed" is a good line. #MEpolitics

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Maybe the most notable bit here -- not a shocker -- is that the "Constituent Coffee" events Susan Collins holds for PR purposes in her DC office aren't actually open to all Mainers. You've got to be the right *kind* of constituent. (Presumably one who can be relied on to play nice.) #MEpolitics

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New claims! Not sure how Susan Collins releasing a photo of her w/ Martin Kao is supposed to refute anything...especially since it's consistent with what Kao told ProPublica...but you do you Team Collins! It does seem to suggest Collins believes she's in a pickle. tinyurl.com/mwupd3jx #MEpolitics

WGME tweet: There are new claims regarding an alleged "pay to play" scheme involving Senator Susan Collins and her last campaign in 2020.

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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Greetings and good morning it’s the Thursday farm rush hour with Willow and Eli

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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When kitten Maple met Violet the cat on the cat walk

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

IMPEACH TRUMP FOR TREASON: Countdown Podcast: Trump's "Let (Iran) take out L.A." IS giving our enemies "aid and comfort" -constitutional treason De-Trumpification accelerates. Abbott. Rogers. Sununu. Murdoch! 70 years ago Don Larsen threw an inexplicable World Series perfect game. I'll explain it

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Attorneys for Christina Blasey Ford: "[Susan] Collins may claim to be a moderate, but she does not vote like one. And where Dr. Ford demonstrated tremendous courage, Sen. Collins has demonstrated that she will always place politics over principle." tinyurl.com/yb6pyx63 #MEpolitics

Press Herald article: "Collins justified her vote by explaining that she had met privately with Kavanaugh, who, in addition to denying the assault, assured her that he would honor precedent, including Roe v. Wade. She subsequently also told CNN that with regard to Dr. Ford’s sexual assault, “I do not believe that Brett Kavanaugh was her assailant. I do believe that she was assaulted. I don’t know by whom, and I’m not certain when, but I do not believe he was the assailant.”
This preposterous explanation, while politically expedient, was offensive not only to Dr. Ford but to survivors everywhere. Conveniently forgotten by Collins was Dr. Ford’s sworn testimony that she was “one hundred percent” certain that it was Kavanaugh who had assaulted her. Also ignored was the important fact that Dr. Ford had named Kavanaugh as her assailant to her friends, therapist and husband years before his nomination."

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Again @randybillings.bsky.social with the lazy/sloppy recap: Other than hand-waving, straw man nonsense and falsely suggesting that Navatek's work product wasn't useless (later debunked), what *specific* claims made by @propublica.org has Susan Collins or her camp actually denied? Any? #MEpolitics

Press Herald article: Collins and her campaign have repeatedly denied the allegations outlined in the ProPublica article, calling them “outrageous.”

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 21h

Longtime Susan Collins crony and former Collins campaign staffer concedes his old boss is in hot water over the surge in heating oil price brought on by the Iran war she's supported and enabled. (But he suggests voters are being "emotional" about the issue.) #MEpolitics

“It’s a huge issue up here,” Lance Dutson, a Republican strategist in Maine, said Tuesday night as temperatures in parts of the state dipped into the 40s. Ms. Collins can point to her work to bring federal heating assistance funds to the state, he added, but that might go only so far in assuaging an “emotional electorate” facing deep financial strain because of the price increases.

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is a good example of Susan Collins preference for playing the role of pundit rather than answering questions like an accountable public official -- and of Maine media's inexcusable willingness to indulge this preference. At least in a debate it lands as evasive. (And haughty?) #MEpolitics

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Never-Trump Republicans at The Bulwark understand that Susan Collins's fake moderation and her amoral cynicism make her more dangerous -- and a bigger asset to the wannabe fascists -- than any other GOP candidate this cycle. #MEpolitics

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I want him to be completely penniless and in a prison cell, surrounded by tv's mocking and laughing at him 24/7.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Robert De Niro, Yesterday.......👏🏻

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David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"I think the only reason I remain an actor is that you can never quite get it right. So there is a challenge to it." - Susan Sarandon Happy Birthday to the legendary and intuitive, Oscar-winning & Grammy/Emmy-nominated actress and activist, who was #BOTD on 10/4/1946.

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