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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 08/10/2026
Maine House speaker says state looking at ways to ease federal healthcare cuts, heating oil spikes
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Maine House speaker says state looking at ways to ease federal healthcare cuts, heating oil spikes
Medicaid cutbacks are slated to start in 2027, and Mainers are already feeling the impacts of heating oil price increases.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Remember when we said that it would get really bad as the President realizes that accountability is nigh?
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Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 05/10/2026
Absentee voting in Maine begins today www.mainepublic.org/politics/2026-1…
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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Maine's Senate race is a pure Toss Up. In the DDHQ Forecast, Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson both have a 50% win probability. This must-win seat for both parties is the closest Senate race in our forecast.
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Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 22/09/2026
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry. bit.ly/3TNQULH
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The FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — until Trump got in the way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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TW @tobinw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Air travel in the U.S. is a complete disaster these days and keeps getting worse. I feel like every domestic trip my wife or I have taken on lately has had *at best* a 50/50 chance of going as planned. Enshittification is rampant everywhere, but perhaps nowhere else more than air travel. It’s sad.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/09/2026
I have no words. Pew can't even fill in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th-ranked countries for this year because there weren't any. bsky.app/profile/patr...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026
For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 08/09/2026
The annual Mount Nebo Chicken Fry, a mainstay of Arkansas politics for generations, saw a break from tradition this year. via @arkansasadvocate.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
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Democrats see rare signs of hope in solidly red Arkansas’ midterms
DARDANELLE — The annual Mount Nebo Chicken Fry, a mainstay of Arkansas politics for generations, saw a break from tradition this year.In election years, the Democratic and Republican parties usually…
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Good arguments that this is the most dysfunctional/least productive Congress in American history.
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TW @tobinw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am so ready for this clown to be out of Congress.
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Alex Clifton • Sabrehood 🏒 @albatrossalex.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think what’s making Dolly’s death hit so hard was just how much of a force for Good she was in the world. Never heard anyone say they had a bad interaction with her. She was always so gracious, kind, and generous, and wanted to leave the world a better place than she found it.
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TW @tobinw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Having a nice trip to Tarragona and Barcelona this week.
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TW @tobinw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@sickoscommittee.org @sickosfc.bsky.social Spotted in Maine just now —
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 05/08/2026
📖Read our full report about how local leaders and organizers are fighting for immigrant communities: www.nilc.org/resources/ho...
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How States Are Stepping Up to Trump’s Enforcement Actions
This report captures pro-immigrant state laws enacted in 2025 and bills signed in the first five months of 2026 to address immigration enforcement.
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Blue-Eyed Samurai @blue-eyedsamurai01.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Brilliantly laid out here. Really user friendly. A guide to all up-coming elections & all new results are updated.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Now @apnews.com has a deeply reported story confirming the recently-hired ICE officer who shot a man in Maine had serious mental health issues and a long history of violence against women. This comes after ICE slashed hiring standards and rushed some into the field before background checks cleared.
By  JACK BROOK, MICHAEL R. SISAK, AMANDA SWINHART and CLAIRE GALOFARO
Updated 7:59 PM EDT, July 16, 2026
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never should have been given a badge and gun to patrol American streets, several of his close relatives told The Associated Press.

David Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years, and one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.

Brouillette’s troubling past further challenges how thoroughly the Department of Homeland Security has vetted recruits as it went on a hiring spree to help carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

At least 10 people have died in encounters with immigration agents since Trump launched the crackdown after retaking office, including 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian national who was shot and killed by Brouillette on Monday while in his car near his home in the coastal Maine city of Biddeford.

DHS, which hasn’t released the name of the officer who killed Durán Guerrero, has said the “vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.”
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Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Now my daughter asks for Papa, and I don't have the strength to tell her that Papa isn't coming.”
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‘He lived for her’: Wife of man killed by ICE in Maine speaks of the father he was and wanted to be
"Now my daughter asks for Papa, and I don't have the strength to tell her that Papa isn't coming.”
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SickosFC @sickosfc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
GIVE CABO VERDE 3RD PLACE
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
seeing a lot of quotes from sen angus king about info he's been able to get about this fatal shooting. you'll remember tho that maine actually has two senators and we don't seem to have heard much from that other one.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Finally a matchup between the two biggest stars in world soccer: Lionel Messi and Vozinha
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Leo @leor7.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Just an absolutely astonishing football story
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TW @tobinw.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Bayonets Gettysburg
ALT: Bayonets Gettysburg
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Derek Rae @raecomm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Set for a delay here at the Azteca. Lightning ⚡️ in the sky at various times and rain still falling. 🇲🇽 🇪🇨
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Ben Johnson @ailaexecdir.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed a fundamental constitutional promise: if you're born in the United States, you're a U.S. citizen. Our rights are rooted in the Constitution, not changing political agendas.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
JUST IN: The Supreme Court *upholds* birthright citizenship as a right under the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Roberts writes the 6-3 decision, with only Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissenting.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court in a 6-3 vote UPHOLDS birthright citizenship, affirming the default rule that all persons born in the United States (with narrow exceptions) are U.S. citizens at birth. A total LOSS for President Trump and the effort to rewrite the 14th Amendment.
Held: Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States
and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.
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Ben Jacobs @jacobsben.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🚨 Cape Verde qualify for the knockout phase on their World Cup debut after going unbeaten in Group H. An incredible story. And Cape Verde now face defending champions Argentina in the R32.🇨🇻
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TW @tobinw.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Cabo Verde!! 🦈 What a story.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
all of europe fixated on Philly-area doppler radar maps. staring at King of Prussia and wondering what goes on there.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Imagine if Trump were as focused on health care costs as he was on this pool. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump says repair work to begin ‘immediately’ on beleaguered reflecting pool
Algae blooms and peeling paint mar $14.2m renovation as president claims pool has been ‘seriously vandalized’
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Juneteenth is a celebration—and a reminder that the fight for racial justice in our country is far from over.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Juneteenth is a day to reflect on a dark period of our county's history. It's part commemoration, and part looking forward with purpose. Juneteenth brings balance to America's celebration of freedom.
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Americans are reaching a financial breaking point the particularly unchecked brand of capitalism we have here in the US has worked to extract the maximum from working people while returning the barest minimum, fueling the rise of inequality Gift link: wapo.st/4fXrgwL
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Americans are reaching a financial breaking point
The majority of Americans are actively stressed about money. The rich have never been richer. No wonder we’re so mad.
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TW @tobinw.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@williamfleitch.bsky.social I saw this and thought of you. Big day for Mattoon.
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TW @tobinw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Raúl Jiménez!! So happy for him. 🇲🇽🇲🇽
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TW @tobinw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
One of my all-time favorite Simpsons clips.
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ACLU of Maine @aclumaine.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Thank you to all of the town clerks who have secured the ballots and conducted another smooth, free, and fair election.
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SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
10 June 1942: SS forces destroyed the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. #History #WW2 Some 340 civilians, including 88 children, were murdered by the SS during the destruction of #Lidice
Memorial to the massacre of children in Lidice
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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 30/05/2026
Thanks for that first season and especially for No.20 Arne. Sorry it didn’t work out beyond that, good luck for the future. Best decision for everyone, but most importantly the club. www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpo...
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Liverpool FC statement - Liverpool FC
Liverpool FC can confirm Arne Slot is to depart his role as head coach with immediate effect and that the process to appoint a successor is under way.
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Speaker Ryan Fecteau @speakerfecteau.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
"The report reveals that Maine’s housing has not only become unaffordable to most people in the state, but that Mainers are feeling the pressure of rising home prices more than almost every other state while wages have struggled to keep up."
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Home prices surged more in Maine than nearly every other state
The typical home in the state's largest city costs nearly $300,000 more than it would have a decade ago, a new study revealed.
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Hannah Pingree @hannahpingree.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I've known Troy and Shenna since 2002 — we grew up together in Maine politics and have stood on the front lines of some of the most important fights this state has seen. Like me, I know they will fight for working Mainers. Maine needs leaders like that up and down the ballot in November.
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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Decision Desk HQ projects Christopher Rabb wins the PA US House 3 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 10:20 PM EDT
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jack @roddyceramics.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
google has been trash for years now
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Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 14/05/2026
Read how US funding cuts have impacted refugees and the survivors of torture and human rights abuses among them - including CVT client who lost their care services at our Jordan program.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 13/05/2026
"keep politics out of sports" too late
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