Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026OMG. Susan Collins has been doing the fake bus tour thing for 30+ years! #MEpolitics 1155
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Donna 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 @justcallmedonner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026youtu.be/jqyiFFB7Kjg Here’s a nice video that rebuts all her claimsyoutu.beWe Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan CollinsYouTube video by ProPublica 011
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Waldo @waldo2006.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Imagine paying $50 for an all you can eat buffet. The lines a bit long but the food is ok. Now imagine you only pay $20 to go to the buffet. But Each piece of food costs $500 dollars. Drinks are at a different buffet. Same with silverware. Long lines too. Universal vs whatever our healthcare is. 812147484
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Can't believe trump would be bribing voters after Susan Collins assured us that he learned his lesson when she voted to acquit him in the Senate after he was impeached for trying to bribe Ukraine. 421216306
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump 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. 31845371376
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 66065712543
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comA few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usualOne state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope. 4524551452
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026John Roberts is sad that many neighbors are no longer friendly and kind to him at his summer place in Maine. You can't expect people to be sociable and welcoming while you're taking away their rights and trashing the constitution. 1229488
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Muke Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution 06128
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reup: Yesterday Chuck Grassley claimed to be outraged that, along with all the other comms Jack Smith obtained when accessing devices of witnesses and criminals, he got journalists' request for comment. Chuck is trying to cover up how Trump defrauded MAGAts. emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/c...emptywheel.netChuck Grassley and Far Right Propagandists Covering Up How Trump Defrauded MAGAts - emptywheelFar right propagandists and Chuck Grassley are outraged that journalists' communications -- communications that showed Trump defrauding MAGAt voters -- were among the things Jack Smith obtained from t... 6282104
Mary Callan 📎 🦋 @mary1086.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The decline of literacy and who is to blame shaystewartbouley.substack.com/p/the-declin...shaystewartbouley.substack.comThe decline of literacy and who is to blameLast post, I talked about nuance and mentioned in passing declining literacy, but I haven’t really tackled literacy in a couple years, so let’s get back to it. 000
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Russ Vought is trying to make it harder for disabled people to vote. That includes disabled veterans. Susan Collins voted for him. #mepolitics www.propublica.org/article/disa...propublica.orgThis White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans VoteA new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr... 31813
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Scroll down to get to the debate schedule www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic... #MeGov #MeSen #MePoliticsmidcoastvillager.comOctober Surprise: 10 Debates in 15 DaysThe candidates for Senate, House and governor will face off multiple times in the next two weeks. 051
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Paul LePage is a data center fan. #mepolitics 045
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If 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 22518
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋MS NOW @ms.now · 29/09/2026NOW: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testifies to the Senate about his investigation into Trump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election and storage of classified documents. WATCH LIVE HERE: youtube.com/live/H69_OqF... READ MORE: www.ms.now/liveblog/jac...youtube.comLIVE: Jack Smith testifies before Senate committeeYouTube video by MS NOW 2921077
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋CNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026Former special counsel Jack Smith, who secured two indictments against President Trump, testifies before a Senate panel. Follow live updates. cnn.it/3VkT8me 2518753
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 29/09/20269/29 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 02611
Mary Callan 📎 🦋 @mary1086.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUPC...youtube.comCommunity Conversation w/ Troy Jackson and Heather Cox Richardson | Solidarity Forever TourYouTube video by Troy Jackson for Maine 000
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Lincoln County Indivisible Maine @lcimaine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The recording of last night's conversation between HCR and TJ. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUPC...youtube.comCommunity Conversation w/ Troy Jackson and Heather Cox Richardson | Solidarity Forever TourYouTube video by Troy Jackson for Maine 095
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One obvious point about the Republican rats desperately deserting the sinking Trump ship: They're still rats. 361022163
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This left me speechless. The layers are so deep. Beautiful. 512126
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On Friday the administration announced it is refusing to spend about a billion dollars Congress appropriated for programs that help the American people—a refusal the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says is illegal—and on Saturday, Trump used taxpayer money for his own vanity ads. 312460
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it. 241131355
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 28/09/2026Taxpayers are footing the bill for Trump ads while Americans face rising costs and cuts to public services—and Trump’s wealth has surged by billions during his presidency. Public money doubling as political branding is a corruption problem. Taxpayers deserve better than propaganda.cnn.comWhite House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ | CNN PoliticsThe Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking th 1411357
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 28/09/2026I missed it too, at first, Chaiah. University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov. The link below always has the latest info on the Maine US Senate race polls. Each poll can be clicked on for more info, including a link to the poll itself. #MEpoliticsnytimes.comMaine U.S. Senate Election 2026: Latest Polls (Free Access)Track the latest polls in the Maine U.S. Senate election between Collins and Jackson. 221
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Calling Scott Reed and Susan Collins husband Tom Daffron 'former business partners' is highly misleading. As the next sentence makes clear, Reed paid Daffron (for what?!) quite recently. And last week Collins's campaign manager said "they're still working together"! tinyurl.com/2pja4fhj #MEpolitics 02611
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"The community action program that serves Aroostook, Washington and Hancock Counties said it is getting up to 200 voicemails a day from residents who are anxious about how they will pay their fuel bills this winter...Heating oil prices in Maine have now topped six dollars a gallon." #MEpoliticsmainepublic.orgNorthern Mainers fear they can't afford heating bills this winterAVEC Community Action, which serves Aroostook, Washington and Hancock Counties, says residents are already calling for emergency fuel assistance. 53021
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 29/09/20269/29 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 8333103
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Now would be a good time for @pallone.house.gov to send Fox a letter promising an investigation into why they accepted this ad and how much they got paid to run it. 291962526
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is making the rounds. #MEpolitics 04318
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The jig is up, Susan Collins. 24768268
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026After the midterms, Californians, I just want to say the AG is a statewide office subject to recall. Thanks for coming to my TED talk. 1130361
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/09/20262. In return, he got practically nothing. Inside a historical capitulation. 👇popular.infoDemocrats capitulate to MAGA media mogulCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and 11 other states drop their lawsuit to block David Ellison’s Paramount from acquiring Warner Bros. — and get little in return. 23548145
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Great interview with Molly Redden, one of the ProPublica reporters, who was also just on MSNOW. #MEpolitics 073
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump’s banning of entire media outlines is part and parcel of what authoritarians do to a free press. Authoritarians simply do not like a free press — and the latest escalation from Trump is a dangerous moment for a functioning democracy. 11349149
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why does it keep feeling like Propublica is the only one trying? 24600125
Reposted by Mary Callan 📎 🦋Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026She sure didn’t look particularly concerned back then (nor was the Maine press). 011
