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Peter Michaud

@mtownie.bsky.social
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Retired lawyer, nurse, lobbyist who likes to make music and get outdoors.

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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Maine voters, look out for a site at maine(dot)vote. It looks like a helpful, informative site, but I understand it gathers your information. 1/2
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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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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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As an RN who trained at CMMC, this infuriates me. Profit over patients. Or maybe it’s the buy it–strip it–kill it trick. In any event, a powerful company is squashing its workers to make an example of them.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Spent the night in Utah…
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s the eighth of September. Release the Epstein files!
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I don’t believe all those statements about how many times his name appears in the Epstein files. I want to see the evidence.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You would be right, Mike…if it weren’t true.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Why is it that the NYT, not exactly a bastion of progressive thought, can continue to use the term “Department of Defense” but Google and Apple can’t say “Lake Ontario”? Stop the madness.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Timeline cleanse from the Black Flute Brigade of Los Angeles.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oh, and by the way… THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!!
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wendy norris @wendynorris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's been such an awful couple of years. Let's honor one of the best people on the planet.
Top image: Star Wars logo on a dark field of stars.
Bottom image: Scene of Dolly Parton's character seated behind a typewriter in the movie "9 to 5."

Caption: If 5/4 is Star Wars Day, can 9/25 be Dolly Parton Day?
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Parents: if you want medical advice on the health of your children, there’s a guy in a catering cart waiting to give it to you.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A break from my political rants.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Watching election coverage on MSNOW in Maine. Would someone please tell Susan Collins’s people that she’s not running against Graham Platner? The ads are ridiculous.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Susan Collins has said she will vote “No” on Blanche? He must have enough votes without hers. Otherwise her “decision” would be different.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I Remember, Hope you do….
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Business as usual. There’s nothing to see here, just go about your ordinary affairs. mainemorningstar.com/2026/07/13/m...
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Maine AG announces state investigation into fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford  • Maine Morning Star
The Maine Attorney General's Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Colombian man by federal immigration agents Monday morning in Biddeford.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Excuse me. To all you folks “from away” who want to tell us in Maine how to handle our political situation, would you please just shut up and go away? We’re having a little family squabble here. We’ve handled them before, and we’ll handle this one…without your well- meaning but stupid advice.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
While Hitler originated the idea of the “Big Lie”, history may credit the current US president for the idea of the “Big Steal”, theft on a scale so vast that ordinary Americans can’t get our brains around the level of corruption.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Once again the Portland Press Herald publishes an overt Collins puff piece in the guise of a “featured” news article. www.pressherald.com/2026/06/28/w...
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What Susan Collins’ appropriations power means for Maine, and what happens if she loses
The Republican senator is running for reelection on her ability to direct spending to towns, hospitals, organizations and universities. Voters will decide how much that matters.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Here I am, reposting Bill Kristol. Politics does, indeed, make strange bedfellows.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
What next, close shoe stores?
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Susan Collins always runs scorched earth, with whatever attacks she can find. It’s one of the four pillars of her campaigns. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
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Susan Collins Has Run the Same Campaign for Decades
Here's the four-part playbook used by New England's only congressional Republican
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Respect. The Atlantic’s Alexandra Petri needs to read this.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Once again Collins casts a meaningless vote calculated to make her appear moderate when she’s up for potential reelection. 🤷🏻
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
If I said half of the things the president is saying right now, my wife and my kids would be having serious discussions about whether I should be institutionalized. (As far as I know, none of those discussions have yet occurred.)
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Trump goes to Arlington Cemetery, refers to those who sacrificed all as “suckers and losers”. Trump issues an executive order promising to house 6,000 homeless vets, funds it with $0. Trump goes to Walter Reed for another “checkup”, visits none of the 14 service members wounded in the Iran war. Hmm.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
They’re his storm troopers, he should pay them out of his own pocket. While he’s at it, he can buy them brown shirts to go with their red hats.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Summer #cycling in Maine!
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
How many times does he have to say, directly, that he doesn’t care about Americans’ financial situation before people start believing him about that? Folks, he only cares about himself, not us. We’re in this together, he’s not with us.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
James Comey should not be indicted for a social media post involving seashells. He should, however, probably be shunned by all decent Americans for his 2016 behavior involving Mrs. Clinton that gave us trump 45.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is not an Arch of Triumph; it’s an Arch of Humiliation.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So while the president is ranting about committing genocide, the vice president is in Europe campaigning for the autocratic leader of Hungary. Does anyone think that makes any sense at all?
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“A whole civilization will die tonight…” Wait. Is he actually talking about American civilization???
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
apnews.com/article/fema... Gee, what could possibly go wrong? Please forgive me if I don’t get my “cautious hopes “ up. Have we learned nothing from experience?
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Mullin presents a different vision for FEMA, sparking cautious hope
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead Homeland Security is signaling a gentler stance on FEMA and promising to roll back some recent restrictions.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/03/2026
Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97. to.pbs.org/40D8mSY
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Len Deighton, British author of bestselling spy thrillers, dies at 97
Deighton’s first novel, “The IPCRESS File,” helped set the tone of cool and gritty 1960s thrillers and was made into a film starring Michael Caine that helped launch both author and actor to long and ...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
"The cousin of Tech Sgt. Tyler Simmons, 28—one of six American service members killed Thursday--said, 'We didn’t need to be in this war.' Simmons’ grandmother [added], 'Just to create a war because you want to create a war is not right.'" www.thedailybeast.com/family-of-fa...
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Family of Fallen Airman Rages at Trump’s ‘Uncalled For’ War
While Trump was golfing, families were mourning.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Are you making a lotta money on high oil prices? I’m not making a lotta money on high oil prices. So…who’s making a lotta money on high oil prices?
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Cornyn waves his hand frantically, yelling “Pick me! Pick me!”
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hey, hey, Donnie J., how many kids have you killed today?
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
One day, soon, people around the world will look at average Americans and ask, “He was YOUR president. Why didn’t YOU stop him?” And we won’t have a good answer.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
How many Iranian people have to die or suffer terribly before trump’s bloodlust is satisfied? We’ve already killed the major leaders. The follow-up question: how many Americans will die or suffer terribly in Iran’s quest for vengeance?
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I know that the people who need to read this aren’t here, but here goes: Rules of engagement aren’t for the enemy. They’re for you. They’re for your soldiers when they’re captured or wounded. They’re for your civilians when they’re in range of the enemy. They’re for your allies, to reassure.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We need to fund trump’s war? I know where to find the money! Remember those billionaires’ tax cuts? What is passed can be repealed.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Maybe the “Board of Peace” could start by looking at the military buildup in the Persian Gulf region. Does that look peaceful?
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
“Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying ‘His color is not mine,’ or ‘His beliefs are strange & different,’ in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.” ~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965. Image: National Portrait Gallery.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Congress should not even bother calling Pam Bondi as a witness. Wait 3 years, then indict her and see if she wants to testify in court, where she can’t get away with her rude, dishonest behavior. Don’t give her a soapbox now.
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Peter Michaud @mtownie.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
When the inhabitants of the White House show you what they stand for, believe them. When the people of the world show you what they think of our current leadership, believe them.
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