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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 8h
9/29 Filling out the voter registration status-check form on Maine.vote gives your data to a conservative Maine PAC campaigning for Senator Collins. The form on VoteSafe.org goes to a database owned by Elon Musk's PAC. Mainers should be cautious. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 14h
9/29 Republican Maine governor candidate Bobby Charles denies saying he planned to ask for ICE agents at Maine polling places #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 17h
9/29 Mainer-slash-historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the best way Mainers can influence the Senate election, speaking at a campaign event for Troy Jackson at USM in Portland Monday evening #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 17h
9/29 Mainer-slash-historian Heather Cox Richardson on the best way Mainers can influence the Senate election, speaking at a campaign event for Troy Jackson at USM in Portland Monday evening #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 29/09/2026
9/28 Happening Now: Mainer and historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social is on stage here in Portland for a conversation with Senate candidate Troy Jackson #Maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 28/09/2026
9/28 The Portland Press Herald/#Maine Sunday Telegram editorial board published a scathing editorial Sunday about Senator Susan Collins's "extremely disappointing" reaction to ProPublica's report about the FBI last year abandoning its investigation of bribery allegations against her. #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 28/09/2026
9/28 My full 90-min interview with GOP #Maine governor candidate Bobby Charles is now live. We covered a range of issues, including taxes and spending cuts, housing, abortion, Flock cameras, immigration, elections, test scores, and more. #MEpolitics mainenewsroom.substack.com/p/full-inter...
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FULL INTERVIEW: Bobby Charles talks taxes, election integrity, ICE, abortion, and his opponents in the race for Maine governor
The Republican nominee for Maine governor and I sat down in Winthrop for a long conversation about his background and the election
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 27/09/2026
9/27 Republican Maine Governor candidate Bobby Charles tells me "of course" he's supporting Senator Susan Collins and that they "are in complete lockstep." Full interview coming on MONDAY. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 27/09/2026
9/27 Republican Maine Governor candidate Bobby Charles has said repeatedly that he believed he could talk someone out of an abortion. I asked him WHAT he'd say to do it. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 26/09/2026
9/26 Republican Maine gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles is walking back his pledge during the primary to cut $4 billion from state's $12 billion biennial budget. Full interview to come MONDAY. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 26/09/2026
9/26 UPDATE: In an extraordinary break, the University of Maine on Friday disputed a claim made by Senator Susan Collins's campaign manager on Wednesday while defending the $8 million Collins steered to Navatek. (1/3) #Maine #MEpolitics
UMaine disputes Collins staff claim that new 3d-printed boat was result of money senator Steered to navatek 

• Collins’s staffer showed photos on Wednesday of new boat as proof of value the earmark she delivered for navatek
•	UMAINE SPOX: “This most recent boat has no Navatek connection, and UMaine has not worked with Navatek since 2021”
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 25/09/2026
9/25 The operative at center of Sen. Susan Collins’s alleged bribery scandal was fired by a major client after he "repeatedly breached confidentiality, distorted facts for his own benefit, withheld information from chamber leadership and leaked internal information to the press.” #maine #MEpoli
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 25/09/2026
9/25 War drives diesel and home heating oil prices to new record highs in Maine #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 24/09/2026
9/24 ProPublica’s reporters say Senator Collins is now making “incorrect and misleading claims” #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 24/09/2026
9/24 The Trump Administration is using tax dollars to run a 30-second ad glorifying President Trump on television #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 24/09/2026
9/24 UPDATE: ProPublica took the extraordinary step of fact-checking #Maine Sen. Susan Collins' response to its story about the FBI wanting to launch an investigation into alleged corruption involving her. ProPublica called Collins's defense "a series of incorrect and misleading claims." #MEpolitic
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 23/09/2026
9/23 Lingering questions about bribery allegations against Maine Senator Susan Collins drag story into a second day #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 23/09/2026
9/23 ICE takes as a fifth Cumberland County, Maine, corrections officer, Dannick Massamba-Bankela. Here seeking asylum from the Republic of Congo, his lawyer says the father of two entered legally, had no criminal record, and was authorized to work here. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 23/09/2026
9/23 Campaigning with his former twice-rival, the state’s former CDC director Dr. Nirav Shah in Scarborough on Monday, Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson called for expanded prescription drug negotiation by the federal government to lower costs for Mainers. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 22/09/2026
9/22 ProPublica is reporting that the FBI's anti-corruption unit had been investigating an alleged bribery scheme involving Maine Senator Susan Collins until the Trump Administration gutted the unit. Senator Collins's office "vigorously" denies the allegations. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 22/09/2026
9/22 BREAKING NEWS: ProPublica reported Tuesday that the FBI's anti-corruption unit was investigating an alleged bribery scheme involving Maine Senator Susan Collins. Full story: www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susa… #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 21/09/2026
9/21 Lewiston, Maine, native Patrick Dempsey talks about the annual Dempsey Challenge and his center's work supporting people on their cancer journey #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 20/09/2026
9/19 WATCH: In cable news focus group, previous voters for Senator Susan Collins in Lewiston, Maine, discuss how voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh changed their view of Senator Collins. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 19/09/2026
9/19 Patrick Dempsey: President Trump's cuts to Medicaid and Medicare are adding to the rural health care crisis in Maine and around the country #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 19/09/2026
9/19 U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine: When Democrats retake House, "we are going to sue the shit out of" the Trump Administration #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 18/09/2026
9/18 BREAKING NEWS: Diesel in Maine has a hit a record high, averaging $6.45 on Thursday driven by President Trump's spiraling war on Iran. A gallon of regular now averages $4.47 per gallon. Home heating is up 38 cents since last week, averaging $5.77 in #Maine. #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 17/09/2026
9/17 Doorbell cam in Woolwich catches paid canvasser supporting Sen. Susan Collins stealing a package off the front step #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 17/09/2026
9/16 Maine Senator Susan Collins has spent $163,000 on private jets since October, according to campaign finance reports #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 16/09/2026
9/16 Report: Portland’s minor league teams generate $110 million in economic impact for the state of Maine. Per the analysis: Sea Dogs - $65 mil impact, support 520 jobs; Mariners - $18.5 mil, 165 jobs; Maine Celtics - $9.9 mil, 87 jobs; Hearts of Pine - $16.5 mil, 145 jobs. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 16/09/2026
9/16 Gorham planning board clears Amazon distribution center; Resident fight shifts to town council vote and petition-gathering #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 15/09/2026
9/15 How the Trump Administration allowing power plants to generate unlimited climate-changing pollution will affect Maine #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 15/09/2026
9/15 Maine Senator Susan Collins casts another tie-breaking vote to advance another anti-abortion federal judge nominee; final confirmation is expected late Tuesday morning #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 15/09/2026
9/15 Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson explains how he’d protect Mainers' Social Security by making the wealthiest pay their full share, pushing back on pro-Collins Super PAC attack ad the Bangor Daily news called "misleading" #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 14/09/2026
9/14 Voters in York and Gorham, Maine, will get to vote on Flock bans on their November ballot after their municipal boards voted to put proposed ordinances before the public #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 14/09/2026
9/14 Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson tells me he would vote to ban Flock and other AI-powered license plate reading cameras over privacy and data security concerns #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 13/09/2026
9/13 ICE is allegedly building-out a new processing facility in Newport, Maine #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 12/09/2026
9/12 Heads up: The Portland Sea Dogs will wrap up their season at Hadlock Field this weekend, and the Red Sox' Willson Contreras is expected to still be with the club Saturday on a rehab assignment #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 11/09/2026
9/11 Another poll shows Maine’s Senate election will be a referendum on Senator Susan Collins and President Trump, more than a judgment of Troy Jackson #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 10/09/2026
9/10 As Iran war spirals, home heating oil prices in Maine on brink of record high #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 10/09/2026
9/10 One year ago today, Maine Senator Susan Collins voted to keep the Epstein files from public view #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 09/09/2026
9/9 Maine governor candidate Bobby Charles’ sister, Anita Charles, urges Mainers to vote for his opponent, Hannah Pingree instead #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 09/09/2026
9/9 Biddeford’s Ms. Rachel backs Troy Jackson for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 09/09/2026
9/9 U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) moves to stop 250-foot triumphal arch as Trump Administration races to break ground without approval #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 08/09/2026
9/8 President Trump mocks Americans who oppose AI data centers in their communities, including the 72 percent of Mainers who oppose them. Congressional candidate Paul LePage said last month he was a "big, big fan of data centers." #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 08/09/2026
9/8 Trump Administration mints possibly illegal new “gold” coin featuring President Trump's portrait #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 05/09/2026
9/5 Drought conditions in Maine spread again this week; 74% of Maine is currently experiencing some degree of drought, according to the newest data from the U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday. That’s up from 61% last week, and 54% the week before. #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 04/09/2026
9/4 UPDATE: Last month I shared that Elon Musk planned to spend at least $100mil to re-elect #Maine Sen. Susan Collins and other Republicans. Disclosures show Musk's America PAC spent $170k on printing and @andrewperezdc is reporting lit paid for by America PAC is appearing on doors. #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 04/09/2026
Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson's second town hall meeting here in Gorham has reached its full capacity of 500. #Maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 03/09/2026
9/3 Fact Check: Did Senator Susan Collins name a former Oath Keeper as a town chair for her re-election campaign? #maine #MEpolitics
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 03/09/2026
9/3 The turnout for Troy Jackson's first town hall meeting in Lewiston suggests Jackson has retained most of the grassroots momentum that formed while Graham Platner was the Democratic nominee #maine #MEpolitics
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