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Susie Crimmins 8647

@scrimmins.bsky.social
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Retired and live in beautiful Maine. Used to live in CD-2, now live in CD-1. Will not obey in advance.(We need to become ungovernable). Firmly believe that Trump is not a King and ICE is slippery and dangerous. Abolish ICE.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h
Collectively, the cases we’ve documented show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, it has run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens, too, and on a scale not seen in generations. Read our full story:
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 4h
He’ll figure out something to do with something self-aggrandizing to spend some of it on. Then he’ll figure out a way to squirrel it away for the use of him and his family in the future. But use it for the political advantage of other GOP, nah. He thinks they owe him and not the other way around.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 6h
Which is it Senator, are you the powerful chair of the appropriations committee or are you just a powerless rubber stamp of the subcommittees?
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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 12h
Susan Collins says she supports women. We saw otherwise. | Opinion
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Susan Collins says she supports women. We saw otherwise. | Opinion
While representing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during the confirmation hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, we watched Sen. Collins put politics before principle.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 6h
Surprised to see @pressherald.com pick up this story. But maybe they felt they had to after Susan Collins spox said: "Sen. Collins was not involved in this decision." What?! It was in the appropriations bill! And she chairs the committee! That means she's was "involved"! #MEpolitics
Press Herald headline: Susan Collins’s committee bought trucks the Army didn’t want. Then campaign donations poured in.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Updated at 2:14 PM
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 6h
I will never forget the 14 year-old impregnated by a 23 yr old stepbrother. Her mother did go with her unfortunately that stepbrother followed me home after I had dropped them off, furious that I had taken them for an abortion. He tried to pull a knife on me. Somehow I managed to scare him off.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 6h
Before Roe I used to give people rides to another state or to doctors who were willing to defy state laws. It was so awful. Those poor girls and women were in agony when I drove them home.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 6h
I cannot believe that we are possibly going back to a time when only surgical abortions were available, even for early abortions.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 7h
His WIFE calls him “Sir”?!!!! no Donnie that was Natalie
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 9h
We used to joke that we couldn’t imagine a sin so terrible that the founder of holy land could have committed that HolyLand atoned up for it
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 9h
It’s been over 40 years since I have seen it
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 10h
He is about as straightforward as you can get
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 10h
It’s not the Down East accent that people associate with Maine and so I think it threw off a lot of social media people across the country.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"The Archdiocese of St. Louis has filed a lawsuit ... claims that the Ste. Genevieve County Jail and ICE have violated the First Amendment rights of immigrant detainees by preventing Catholic priests from delivering communion, hearing confessions and celebrating Mass." fox2now.com/news/missour...
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Archdiocese of St. Louis sues ICE officials over blocked religious services
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against Ste. Genevieve County officials and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership over alleged restrictions on Catholic religiou…
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 10h
Yup it is a snipe hunt.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 11h
I injured my back many decades ago and it resulted in foot drop. So I’m wondering if he’s not wearing a back brace and leg braces to deal with a hurt back and foot drop.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 12h
We can't eat road salt.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 12h
I still can’t fathom book banning. The number of “adult” books I tried to read in elementary school and middle school, some successfully and some not successfully would probably make modern day book banner’s skin crawl.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 14h
The chicken/egg ‘factories’ are food producers which absolutely require strict regulation and inspection. People old enough in Maine remember the atrocities at the chicken/egg producers that used to be here.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 15h
The Never-Trump Republicans at The Bulwark understand that Susan Collins's fake moderation and her amoral cynicism make her more dangerous -- and a bigger asset to the wannabe fascists -- than any other GOP candidate this cycle. #MEpolitics
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 16h
@propublica.org's Molly Redden makes the same observation we made yesterday: The photo Susan Collins put out yesterday of her meeting Martin Kao in 2018 is fully consistent w/ ProPublica's article. It doesn't refute the report. If anything it's more corroboration. tinyurl.com/mwx5s6n2 #MEpolitics
Molly Redden tweets.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h
The Trump administration has quietly announced that its own lawyers will represent unaccompanied migrant children in immigration court, facing off against other administration lawyers who are trying to deport the kids.
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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids
Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 16h
A new detainee death report has been uploaded in ICE's FOIA Library. This one is for Carlos Juan Francisco, who died in ICE detention on Dec. 4, 2023.
A mortality review committee (MRC) determined the care KSPC provided Mr. FRANCISCO
deviated beyond safe limits of practice and may have indirectly contributed to his death.
Specifically, the MRC concluded : I) Health staff should have consulted/escalated Mr.
FRANCISCO's case with and to the clinical director for input; 2) Health staff delayed Mr.
FRANCISCO's referral to the ER; 3) Health staff did not immediately recognize potential acute
on chronic brain bleeding symptomology; 4) Health staff chose contracted ambulance service
over 911 for Mr. FRAN CISCO' s ER referral; and 5) Custody staff did not consistently consult
health staff on issues pertaining to Mr. FRANCISCO's health .
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Matt Dunlap @dunlap4congress.bsky.social · 16h
Another great town hall, this time in Ellsworth. These conversations are exactly why I'm running this campaign the way I am, by showing up and listening.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 16h
Saints preserve us, it has come to this.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 16h
Well done Senator Collins. See what no oversight gets us? #MePolitics
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 17h
Ooooohhhhh, it’s UKRAINE’s fault. Who knew? 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 17h
Something I want tell every young adult whose parents are irrevocably flawed, try to collect other adults to connect to as they can get you through in bits and pieces the rest of your life. It will also teach you how to reach out to people not blood relatives for what you need emotionally.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 18h
Senator Collins tends to come across as someone whose subtext says “I know more than you peasants do so why are you irritating me by asking?”
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 19h
It probably was mostly the year she was campaigning for governor. Or maybe she was such an un-savvy executive director she didn’t bother arranging for the purchase health insurance.
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
While they give their closing statements, I'll say that Collins often seemed offended that anyone questioned what she'd done and, while Troy is not seen as a good debater, he definitely held his own. #mepolitics
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Favoritek comment after:
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 23h
Eh, Senator Collins?
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My ex had a Bianchi Nothing beats that celadon color
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...
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Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector
DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
But was it supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Senator Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire and now she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I guess I am just used to hearing people from The County with that manner of speech. I mean, sometimes he garbles his words, and I have to check myself to understand, but I’ve never thought he was unsophisticated.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Women across Maine begged Susan Collins not to put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court because they knew Roe was at stake. She did it anyway. To this day, she says "I do not regret that vote." Well, we sure do.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So sad, too bad
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That’s because he’s from Aroostook County
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s a particular accent from a particular part of Maine. It may sound weird to you, but we’re kind of used to it.
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh my goodness, I spent a good part of my 30’s in Waterbury quite a place. Holy land, certainly was unique. I remember the exhibit there that simply said “I am the door” and it was a door freestanding in the middle of the top of that hill.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And this was last century, in 1994, when Collins ran for governor! #mepolitics
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Call me old fashioned but I still think pregnancies are precarious. This kind of big hoopla for the adults and their friends and families seems to me to me to be tempting fate. A baby shower later in the pregnancy I understand because frankly you need stuff for the baby. But for reveals??!!
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Abolish ICE.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is the essence of Collins. She must not be challenged. Ever. I saw it firsthand. Also extremely thin-skinned And I'm sure she finds it galling that Troy Jackson from the Allagash has the audacity to challenge her, the Republican senator who is part of Aroostook's landed gentry
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