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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 17h
NEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Dear Mr. Cayce:
I write to notify the panel of two legal developments material to the
panel’s resolution of this case.
First, today Louisiana—joined by Arkansas and Alabama—filed a
lawsuit in the Western District of Louisiana against nearly three dozen
individuals and entities responsible for remotely dispensing FDA-
approved mifepristone in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama. See
Louisiana v. Nouhavandi, No. 2:26-cv-03836 (W.D. La.) (attached). As
the complaint in that case illustrates, none of those individuals and
entities could carry out their current operations without the 2023
REMS’s removal of the in-person dispensing requirement.
Second, also today Louisiana—joined by Arkansas and Alabama—
filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint (attached), Louisiana v.
New York, in the United States Supreme Court against New York,
Massachusetts, and California. The bill of complaint challenges the
telehealth shield laws of those states on various legal grounds.
Both complaints explain how Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v.
FDA will eliminate the flood of FDA-approved mifepristone into the
State. Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v. Nouhavandi will eliminate the
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ability of nearly three dozen of the most prominent actors to illegally send
any abortion drugs into the State. And Louisiana’s success in Louisiana
v. New York will strip all shield-law state residents—regardless of any
back-up drugs they may try to use—of the claimed authority to violate
Louisiana’s laws with impunity.
espectfully,
/s/J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
Solicitor General
Counsel for Louisiana
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 15h
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h
"About 5.2 million Americans like Covelli have lost SNAP benefits since the OBBBA was enacted..."
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Millions of Americans are losing SNAP benefits: "It feels as though people are being punished"
More than 5 million Americans have lost food-stamp benefits since 2025. "I have to prove that I'm sick," one SNAP recipient said.
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 21h
Susan Collins says she’s the oh so powerful chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee but she hasn’t done anything to stop this corruption. Instead she’s voting with Trump 96% of the time after Trump stopped a corruption probe into her getting a contract for a crooked donor. #mepolitics
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 18h
@pressherald.com does the unthinkable: Talks to an expert to debunk Susan Collins's nonsense and provides the context needed to assess the credibility of her expressions of dismay. Should be the approach -- accurate info over spin and he said/she said -- in every single #MEpolitics article.
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James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 21h
If 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
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h
Correct. A LOT of people deluded themselves into thinking that Trump's mass deportation pledge was "round up the criminals and gangbangers Biden let in," which was, of course, a completely false narrative. And now people who supported it because they believed in that goal have realized what's up.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Susan Collins is the Chair of Appropriations and she’s not willing to use that power to help the people in the state of Maine. I’m 100% dug in on getting shit done.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#MEpolitics
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Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is awful. We must break the cycle of waiting for people to die before we improve our streets. Like many of my neighbors this is an intersection I go through daily. It’s past time we improved it www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/r...
sfchronicle.com
Pedestrian struck and killed by driver in S.F.’s Richmond District
A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle at Anza Street and Arguello Boulevard in San Francisco’s Richmond District, police said.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fox News just did a long segment on this Jack Smith hearing and, you're never going to be believe this, but they didn't play any of Schmitt embarrassing himself.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nicki Minaj isn’t a U.S. citizen, so she can’t even vote herself. For a network that pushed false claims about noncitizens voting, you’d think they’d mention that. If this is about getting Black women to vote red, I’m here to tell you that black women are smarter than all of us.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One week after this was published: Is Amy Abbott continuing to serve as the finance director on Susan Collins 2026 campaign? If so why hasn't she been dismissed? Has anyone asked? #MEpolitics
ProPublica article: The principals settled on hosting Collins for a publicity event at Navatek’s Maine headquarters in August 2019, where she posed for pictures with Kao and a model of the company’s experimental boat. Behind the scenes, the FBI saw in emails and company records, Kao orchestrated over $40,000 in donations from extended family in advance of the event. To avoid the legal cap on individual campaign contributions, the emails show, he told Collins’ team to reallocate his excess contributions to his father — which an agent highlighted and noted is against election law in a presentation to prosecutors — and sent them his father’s full name and address.

“This is perfect,” Amy Abbott, the reelection campaign finance director, emailed Kao after discussing his father’s contribution. “We are so grateful for ALL the Kao support!”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow!!! What a full house in Maine! Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for promoting Troy Jackson. Maine peeps, it is time to vote for someone who cares for you!
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Three people familiar with the matter confirmed to The Washington Post that the FBI last year closed an early-stage inquiry into allegations that a defense contractor made concealed political contributions benefiting Collins in exchange for help securing federal contracts. wapo.st/4yevo1C
wapo.st
A past FBI inquiry complicates Susan Collins’s campaign message in Maine
News of a probe involving political contributions and federal contracts has some in a shipyard town raising questions about her influence.
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Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 28/09/2026
Northern Mainers fear they can't afford heating bills this winter www.mainepublic.org/business-and-ec…
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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." #MEpolitics
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Northern Mainers fear they can't afford heating bills this winter
AVEC Community Action, which serves Aroostook, Washington and Hancock Counties, says residents are already calling for emergency fuel assistance.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sure, the 2024 election was one too, but 2026 might be the clearest intelligence test ever presented to the American electorate. Taken at face value, he's saying he stole hundreds of billions from the gov't, hid it somewhere Congress can't reach, and he pinky swears he will give you a piece. Really.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The senator's complacent response to open allegations of bribery sends voters a very clear and disrespectful message," the editorial declared. ttps://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/susan-collins-gets-brutal-warning-210046010.html
yahoo.com
Susan Collins Gets a Brutal Warning From Home-State Paper
Embattled Maine Sen. Susan Collins has been accused of disrespecting voters ahead of the midterms. In a scathing editorial, the Portland Press Herald called out Collins, 73, over her handling of revel...
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These RW morons don't know or don't care that the primary substantive issue of this ruling is to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment...on the same day new Cornell allegations are being made public. The endless blabbering about protecting women is BS.
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Matt Dunlap @dunlapforcongress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Proud to earn endorsements from the Alliance for Retired Americans and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. I'll fight to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, lower prescription drug prices, and make sure Maine seniors can retire with dignity.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another poll shows us what we already know. No amount of billionaire money can overcome an organized movement of working Mainers fighting for an economy that works for us. Susan Collins should be very concerned. When we come together, we win.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump had $400 million in his PAC and he STILL decided that he needed to steal taxpayer money to pay for campaign ads for the midterms.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We're leading Susan Collins in another poll despite the millions of dollars Elon and Republican dark money groups are dumping into this race. They can spend all they want, but they can't convince Mainers Senator Collins is on the side of working people.
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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#MEpolitics: Collins wouldn’t even be renouncing these unconstitutional rescissions right now if not for her desperate need to distract from her own corruption scandal, reassert herself as an “independent” chair of the Senate Appropriations Comm, obfuscate her vote to confirm Vought as OMB Director.
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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Day 5 since Pro-Publica reported on Susan Collins corrupt operation trading campaign cash for federal contracts. What’s been her response? She’s running the Trump playbook. Claiming to be the victim of a vast conspiracy by the media and Democrats. No remorse, no apology, no accountability.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 27/09/2026
Russ Vought is Donald Trump's budget director and the most dangerous person you've never heard of. He helped write Project 2025, and he has spent years arguing that a president should be free to ignore spending laws he doesn't like. Now he's doing exactly that.
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Bruce Bourgoine @brucebourgoine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The average price of a gallon of heating oil hit $6.02 this week." Trump's GOP war will give #Maine a bad coming winter: -Children will be miserably cold -Elders in desperation will accidentally burn themselves out -Scarce funds needed elsewhere will have to be repurposed #mepolitics #VoteBlue
mainepublic.org
Maine posts record-breaking heating oil prices amid Iran War
A global refining crunch is pushing up the prices of diesel and other fuel oils.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins acknowledged during the Vought confirmation battle that he'd claimed the authority to ignore the law. Her response was to support him anyway and express hope that the courts would sort it out afterward. #MEpolitics
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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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Matt Dunlap @dunlapforcongress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
$100 of groceries in 2020 now costs $130. That's the reality Mainers are facing every single time they go to the store. In Congress, I'll fight to lower grocery costs, restore support for Maine farmers, and make sure every family has access to safe, affordable food.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Washington Post confirms @propublica.org's reporting that the FBI shuttered a pay-to-play investigation into Susan Collins after Trump took over last year. #MEpolitics
WaPo: Three people familiar with the matter confirmed to The Washington Post that the FBI last year closed an early-stage inquiry into allegations that a defense contractor made concealed political contributions benefiting Collins in exchange for help securing federal contracts. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the previously undisclosed investigation.
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skippile.bsky.social @skippile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A common Collins tactic. Approve appointments and budget priorities that hurt people across the country and then try and claw back individual funding and rights through her position as appropriation chair. Makes her appear like a saviour when in fact she was part of the problem in the first place.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins says she delivers for Maine, but we all know the truth. Her legacy is corruption and self-service.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
nytimes.com
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought and is pretending or stupid or more likely both to be surprised that he’s doing what he said he’d do. #mesen #mepolitics
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Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It is legitimately insulting that we live in a time where democracy ACTUALLY IS under attack, but a bunch of neighborhood busybodies who hate housing think not having enough meetings is an assault on democracy. Get a grip missionlocal.org/2026/09/rich...
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At Richmond District town hall on Safeway housing project, neighbors see an assault on democracy
Some 60 people attended to listen and air their thoughts about a proposed eight-story Safeway redevelopment project in the Outer Richmond.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DOJ wants to violate the Privacy Act to share passport information under the same bullshit excuse, to investigate voting registration. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Seeks to Expand Access to Passport Records for Voter Checks
The US State Department is moving to give state and local officials, as well as potentially some nonprofit organizations, access to passport records to verify voters’ citizenship.
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skippile.bsky.social @skippile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Despite this, the administration achieved their objective to convince their base that there is a broad conspiracy to allow illegal voting. The sizzle is really all they need when getting the initial narrative is always important.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The fact that a bunch of lefty state legislators signed onto this ridiculous anti-nuclear fearmongering letter is unbelievable Cuomo teamed up with RFK Jr. shut down a nuclear plant and it caused NY emissions to skyrocket!
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Campaign finance expert Brendan Fischer of non-partisan Campaign Legal Center on corruption allegations vs Susan Collins: "The evidence indicates that [Susan] Collins was aware of who was contributing to her super PAC. There was a lot of overlap between her campaign and the super PAC." #MEpolitics
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A campaign finance expert weighs in on claims that Sen. Susan Collins was involved in a pay-to-play scheme
“This entire episode is indicative of the way that money shapes policy and the way that money shapes how our taxpayer dollars are being spent”
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They're...going to deregulate tobacco now? What year is it Also: they really are neo-Confederates, huh
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Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins’ vote to confirm another Trump-nominated judge with an anti-abortion record is adding to advocates’ criticism of her record on reproductive rights, despite Collins’ longtime claims that she supports abortion rights.
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Collins has ‘lost moral compass’ on abortion, advocates say, while Jackson protects reproductive care - Maine Beacon
After Sen. Susan Collins’ vote to confirm Matthew Byrne to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio this past week, advocates are contrasting her actions on abortion rights with her c...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Latest from ProPublica: "As the scandal over Susan Collins’ relationship with Hawaii defense contractor Navatek became the central issue in her senate campaign, she and her top aides mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims." www.propublica.org/article/debu...
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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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.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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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Usually when Collins gets upset by media - and that is her standard procedure - media, especially Maine media back down Not ProPublica as you can see below - and they have the receipts to back it up So this has got to be a especially jarring for her and her team
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