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Sara in Maine

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Retired lawyer and health policy analyst. Midcoast Maine for now.

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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 20h
Read this 🧵 and learn something
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NPR @npr.org · 22h
Millions of voices are impossible to ignore. As we begin our second year without federal funding, our reporting remains loud and clear because people continue to step up to power this free press. Public media is an ongoing commitment that we will live out together. Donate today: n.pr/3VxNBIZ
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Horrific
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’m one of these beneficiaries (retired this decade) 😬
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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 01/10/2026
Social Security beneficiaries retiring this decade are getting about 133% as much in benefits as they and their employers paid in taxes over their working lives. Understanding this gap is crucial in creating meaningful reform — the Trust Fund is currently only six years away from being insolvent.
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Or, Congress could do its fucking job
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Extremely disappointed to see Maine on the list of states with laws that don’t support rape charges when the victim is “voluntarily” intoxicated. Cornell rape allegations lead to renewed scrutiny of laws on intoxication and consent
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Cornell rape allegations lead to renewed scrutiny of laws on intoxication and consent
A woman’s account of being sexually assaulted at a Cornell University fraternity house has advocates and lawmakers renewing their criticism of a New York law that makes it more difficult to prosecute ...
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Encouraging
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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's almost as though: 1. Putting a podcaster in charge of the FBI was a bad idea, and 2. Firing a bunch of cyber security experts was a bad idea, and 3. Electing a pumpkin colored buffoon as President was... wait for it!... a bad idea www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
nytimes.com
Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The always “concerned” Maine Republican voted to confirm Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought knowing his views on rescission. Now she whines when he again acts lawlessly. “White House orders over $800M in funds rescinded; Collins calls it ‘clear violation’ of law.”
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The Supreme Court Gets It Half Right
The White House press corps caves, and Trump’s horror show continues.
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Grateful for the fact check on this.
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fun 🧵
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MEpolitics
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Notorious VOG @notoriousvog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While corporate corruption dominates the Maine Senate race, this ad against Susan Collins is a lethal hit. It keeps her deciding vote to strip away healthcare and destroy Roe v. Wade completely front and center. No more hiding. Hold her accountable.
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We know Susan will never change this, but TROY will! #MEpokitics
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Somehow, there’s always money for another tax break for billionaires and there’s never enough money when a rural family needs a hospital, a doctor, or a safe place to deliver a child. I’m sick of it. And I know Mainers are too. We can change it together.
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LeeDay22 @leeday22.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The reporter Gaya Gupta @us.theguardian.com spent several days statewide talking to regular working people affected by the canadian tariffs.
theguardian.com
‘It’s just getting worse’: anger in Maine over Trump’s trade war with close neighbor Canada
President’s tariffs have hurt fishers, loggers and others in a state with deep bonds to Canada – will Mainers show their displeasure in the midterms?
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LeeDay22 @leeday22.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rogues gallery for freedom of the press @danbydoodles.bsky.social @bangordailynews.bsky.social
bangordailynews.com
Press freedom
The President and his colleagues.
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Paging Susan Collins! #mepolitics
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m a Pablo Torre fan but Mother Jones also deserves credit for the investigation. bsky.app/profile/moth...
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh my Susan sounds more concerned than usual! #MEpolitics
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We should try having some group of people who get to vote on approving agency heads like OMB director.

Sen. Susan Collins

@SenatorCollins
Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration.  This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse. 
 
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.  
  
Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress’s appropriations powers.  OMB is an agency of the executive branch.  It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
 
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
 
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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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.
propublica.org
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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The Maine Millennial @mainemillennial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You misspelled "ten"
After nearly two years of allowing president trump to set their agenda, gop senators are grasping
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a good conversation for Dems and other left of center groups to have. IMO I don’t want local Dems to meet ALL social needs, but addressing some of them is useful to growing a movement and supporting a community.
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If all the other so-called “rogue” stuff agents are up to doesn’t give users pause, maybe this will: AI might just leak your private images.
theguardian.com
OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity
Disclosure reveals ⁠new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates ​how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great questions. Collins should hold an open press conference with national and state reporters.
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Insightful 🧵
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I love your work Kai but you’re wrong on this. Glad to see a lot of pushback.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
it's people like this who are the reason I can't find a job because apparently not judging you for a little emotional support whisky from your hip flask during an interview is too much humanity for some
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m waiting for Collins to answer these questions: 1. exactly how did she facilitate Navatek’s fed contracts? 2. why did she do that? and 3. what did she want to thank its CEO for? #MEpolitics
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Collins wants Mainers to simultaneously believe that donations had nothing to do with a provision tucked in an appropriations bill for a project only one contractor, the crooked company in the ProPublica article qualified for, AND THAT she’s good at getting specific appropriations. #mepolitics
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
if Trump truly isn't planning to illegally stay in office past 2029, what explains the US government paying for these Trump campaign ads to run on TV? they're just wasting taxpayer dollars to soothe his ego?
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins has voted to confirm 60+ anti-abortion judges in her time in the Senate, and now she's voted for 3 more just since last week. Nice to see Senator Collins was able to take a break from lying about corruption to give a lifetime appointment to another anti-choice judge.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do...
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump’s DHS error rate of 100%, wow that’s impressive
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
preach
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She’s been in DC so long she thinks Scott Reed is a man of integrity. She doesn’t think there’s nothing wrong in taking millions from him and doing big favors for the donors he brings her.
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Collins defends herself by saying her campaign is separate from the PAC that took the illegal donation, but why is she STILL WORKING with the very man who took that illegal donation? #MEpolitics
bangordailynews.com
Operative at center of ProPublica report is still a top outside money man for Susan Collins
Scott Reed now helms Pine Tree Results PAC, which has booked more than $28 million in ads in Collins' reelection bid against Democrat Troy Jackson.
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Collins endorsed virulently anti-choice politicians while claiming Maine women's reproductive rights are safe. But if voters did what she wants and elected them, they'd repeal our great laws. That's one of many ways Collins misleads on abortion. #mepolitics amyfried.substack.com/p/collins-ma...
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Contrary to Collins, Maine’s laws aren’t enough to protect women
How Susan Collins misleads on abortion, Part 2
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great work
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another thing that sticks out here: Why is Susan Collins choosing this moment to defend the character of a guy who -- if you buy her story -- ran a totally independent PAC that spoke on her behalf w/o permission and did other super sketchy stuff? The question sort of answers itself. #MEpolitics
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wtf?! Taxpayers are funding this shit?
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Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She’s finally being treated like she deserves to be by local media and it’s sooo refreshing to see!
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