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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!?!

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today in my Mass Incarceration class, we discussed a chapter from Kelly Lytle Hernández’s excellent book CITY OF INMATES. Students immediately made connections between the 1892 Geary Act and today’s crimmigration system. 🗃️

The cover of Kelly Lytle Hernández’s CITY OF INMATES: CONQUEST, REBELLION, AND THE RISE OF HUMAN CAGING IN LOS ANGELES, 1771–1965 (UNC Press, 2017).

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

universities are not run by leftist profs they are run by corporate profiteer board members siphoning public $$ to tech partnerships "An Inside Higher Ed analysis of SEC filings turned up dozens of presidents paid handsomely for sitting on corporate boards." www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

the 10 presidents in Inside Higher Ed’s analysis who earned the most from outside board service in 2025.

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Hear me out. If someone reasonably thinks that a pregnancy will cause them bodily harm, then stand your ground laws should extend to their use of abortifacients

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 03/08/2026

I delivered all 3 of my kids at hospitals that no longer provide labor and delivery care. Maine has lost 10 birthing units in just the past decade. While I appreciate the challenges hospitals like Lincoln face, closing this unit would be devastating for patients, workers, and Midcoast communities.

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Dozens rally in Portland ahead of MaineHealth board vote on closure of birthing unit in Damariscotta

MaineHealth says it's considering the closure because of staffing challenges and low birth rates.

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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Gosh, the news out of Indiana is horrible. ICYMI, the Indiana Historical Society fired its entire Education and Engagement Team and its Exhibits staff. Apparently, the emergency all-hands meeting lasted 3 minutes & then they were all escorted from the building, having to return later for their stuff

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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This state supreme court opinion pulls no punches: “This court does not anchor Hawaiʻi’s due process rights to the federal floor. Especially one that keeps sinking. . . . State constitutionalism makes it easy to consider Roberts Court jurisprudence ‘white noise.’”

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

POWERFUL OP-ED by two Sisters of @sisters-of-mercy.bsky.social: "They are our neighbors, friends and a vital part of our economy. They care for the sick and rapidly aging members of our communities, milk cows, pick crops and gut lobsters — we rely on them in countless ways."

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Stop killing our immigrant brothers and sisters | Opinion

As Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, we are dedicated to solidarity with women and children and migrants and refugees, and we call for an end to the uncontrolled use of force employed by ICE.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Democratic nomination in the crucial Maine Senate race — winning the support of a majority of the state delegates who will officially nominate a candidate next weekend.

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Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Maine Senate Democratic nomination

Jackson’s preferred delegates have won a majority of the seats at next week’s nominating convention to replace Graham Platner.

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Mainer here. I don’t know about his personal life, but he is as pro-union as they come.

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

For anyone interested in the state caucus that will nominate the Dem candidate to take on Susan “I love ICE” Collins. If you’ve never heard of Troy Jackson, here’s a political biography from Jacobin jacobin.com/2026/07/main...

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Troy Jackson’s Politics Are Rooted in Maine Logger Struggles

Maine Senate hopeful Troy Jackson’s history is a case study of something the Left often discusses but rarely sees: a working-class politician who emerged from workplace organizing struggles and used h...

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I would privately giggle if Kamala went on air and agreed with Trump about the stolen election…of 2024. The bicentennial of the Corrupt Bargain!!

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If a player gets a muscle injury after the prolonged halftime, can he sue FIFA? Muscles can cool way down after 30+ minutes.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

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ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer

An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Accusations are always confessions. I suspect something fishy about the 2024 election will come out soon, but about GOP victories, not losses.

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

NOW: Tensions are boiling over in Maine. Clashes have broken out near the Scarborough ICE facility after an ARMED pro-ICE counter-protester confronted a massive crowd of anti-ICE demonstrators. Police are on scene attempting to separate the groups. Stay safe out there, everyone.

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

For those into #birthrightcitizenship, the @mhs1791.bsky.social has digitized a letter from Charles Sumner that I found in their collections. He is emphatic about the citizenship of children of immigrants, “whatever may be the condition” of their entry. Pp4-5 www.masshist.org/database/7908

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MHS Collections Online: Letter from Charles Sumner to Robert C. Winthrop, 9 February 1843

Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections Online: Letter from Charles Sumner to Robert C. Winthrop, 9 February 1843

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Platner just ended his campaign

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Every youth sports team has that one player’s dad who is always on his phone except for when he’s yelling at the coaches or refs even though he’s clueless about the sport. And his poor kid just has to stand there and be humiliated

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Belgium’s team celebrated their victory over the US by mocking Trump’s signature double jerk off dance move.

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Does Poch have it in him to bench Balogun? What a statement that would make!

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Cape Verde destroys Argentina in goals per capita.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

GOP = Genital-Obsessed Party They want to inspect kids’ crotches before they play sports, dive into women’s crotches to make sure they’re not pregnant when coming to the US, and rather die than admit their leaders are criminally perverted

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Exactly right. Kavanaugh’s concurrence effectively makes birthright citizenship congressional policy, not constitutional guarantee

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

That was quite the dissent from Clarence B Taney

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Second apparently this was a close case for this Court. As it stands the decision is 6-3. In 1898 the Court’s decision protecting birthright citizenship, Won Kim Ark v. U.S., was 6-2. That means this SCOTUS is either on par w/or to the right of the 1898 Court - the same SCOTUS that decided Plessy!

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Cool cool cool. The kiddy-crotch police has their hero in J. Kavanaugh

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

congrats america, some faceless government official will now be inspecting your childs genitals if they want to play sports with their friends

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It doesn’t feel much like it but we get to decide what citizenship means, not them, we get to embrace our neighbors and afford each other dignity

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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

In honor of the last regular decision day of this appalling #SCOTUS term, @talkingpointsmemo.com has an adapted excerpt from my forthcoming book, The Political Supreme Court. Put it in your pocket for the next time someone tells you the justices are apolitical or calling balls & strikes.

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For Most of Its History, the Supreme Court Didn’t Pretend to Be Apolitical

Today’s Supreme Court justices insist that they are not “politicians in robes”...

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Krisi 🏳️‍⚧️ @primaryradical.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is now an Erling Haaland fangirl account. Sorry, I don't make the rules, I just work here. Ali: "Are you a boy or a girl?" Haaland: "my dad is a boy and my mom is a girl so i'm mixed xx 💋

Ali Are you a boy or a girl

my dad is a boy and my mom is a girl so i'm mixed xx

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James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

56% of Mainers think Trump's policies hurt Maine. Just 18% say they help the state #mepolitics

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This is the big question, and J. Jackson is making sure it sits front and center

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

There will be no reflecting here!!

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Ken Bazinet @kenbazinet.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"A Constitutional right millions of us had lived with for nearly 50 years disappeared in a single morning with a vote,” local organizer Marie Follayttar said, WGME reported. “And every single one of us who fought to stop it knew exactly how we had got there. Susan Collins." #SusieTheEnabler

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Protesters cast blame on Sen. Collins as Wednesday marks 4 years since Dobbs decision

Wednesday marks four years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the landmark Dobbs decision.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

His bars are what Lin Manuel thought he wrote.

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Schoeppner @schoeppner.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Imagine a future where state legs in Florida, Texas, Ohio, Iowa, etc flip and all those “civics centers” at unis become well funded sites of critical inquiry

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Dreamy Man Smiling Contentedly

ALT: Dreamy Man Smiling Contentedly

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Today is Juneteenth and we are also potentially days away from a public charge reg that aims to stop non-white immigrants from existing in the U.S. So I recommend reading my colleague Kat Lundie's new piece on how slavery and public charge are historically intertwined www.nilc.org/articles/the...

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The Legacy of Slavery Continues in Modern Immigration Law

To truly honor Juneteenth, we must acknowledge how the legacy of slavery continues in modern immigration laws, including public charge policies.

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