Sign in

w3hnt.bsky.social

@w3hnt.bsky.social
13 followers 3 following 139 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
bsky.app/profile/rash...
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
bsky.app/profile/repg...
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
RNs fight for a nation that values Medicare for All over missiles www.nationalnursesunited.org/article/heal...
nationalnursesunited.org
Health care, not warfare
Nurses understand that priorities can be the difference between life or death. When a hospital CEO values corporate profits over investing in safe staffing, medication errors or missed interventions c...
021 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“He does not need to prove his commitment because we have seen his actions, and, time and time again, Troy Jackson has fought for and delivered on his promises.” www.penbaypilot.com/article/troy...
penbaypilot.com
Troy Jackson is the right person at the right time for U.S. Senate
As our trusted Majority Leader and then President of the Maine state Senate for over 10 years, Troy Jackson showed Mainers that he will fight to lower prescription drug costs, expand health care acces...
141 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
bsky.app/profile/amer...
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Only Thing on Troy Jackson’s Agenda is the Good of Maine | Letter. Portland Press Herald. 9-28-26.
020 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“economists say her votes have cost Maine people far more money than she’s brought in…Troy Jackson will be an outstanding U.S. senator. He’s built a life around working for Maine, not for extremist political agendas and billionaires.”
140 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Susan Collins was a deciding yes vote to move H.R. 1 to a final vote. Then three days later, she cast a no vote for the same bill. On the record she shows a no, but she actually moved the bill right up to the finish line.” Letter: One Big Beautiful Bill Will Hurt Maine. Bangor Daily News 9-23-26
120 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“This includes almost 7,000 children who are no longer receiving food assistance.” www.mecep.org/blog/almost-...
mecep.org
Almost 23,000 Mainers have lost food assistance over the last year — see how many live in your town - MECEP
Since the passage of President Trump’s signature legislation, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” in July last year, enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has […]
072 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“it’s audacious [for Collins] to insist on innocence and stoke conspiratorial lines of thinking by reaching for terms like ‘partisan hit job.’” “let’s keep the focus on the demise of the probe and the conditions that led to its abandonment” -Editorial Board PPH 9-27-26
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“U.S. consumers and industries depend heavily on trade with Canada and are highly vulnerable to a trade war with Canada. While this trade is concentrated among a handful of states, trade with Canada is A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF TOTAL TRADE FOR DOZENS OF STATES.” tinyurl.com/urc7jfyx
tinyurl.com
State Exposure in Canadian Trade War | AAF
U.S. consumers and industries depend heavily on trade with Canada and are highly vulnerable to a trade war with Canada.
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“In the great struggle to constrain a president who confuses himself with a Roman emperor, Collins has been largely absent. She should be on the field as a leader but is instead hiding on the sidelines.” Mainers Know that we Need to Defeat President Trump, Not Canada. Portland Press Herald 8-27-26.
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“…her admission that the Department of Justice has become a partisan weapon in Trump’s pocket raises a host of tough questions she cannot answer[…]And why has she fought against Democratic efforts to bring accountability and independence back to the DOJ?” www.ms.now/opinion/susa...
ms.now
Opinion | Susan Collins is back to her old tricks. Maine voters should see right through them.
Her opposition to Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general raises a host of tough questions.
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Letter: Susan Collins has Stood by Donald Trump for Too Long. Bangor Daily News 9-9-26
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Republicans in Congress, Sen. Collins included, have been unwilling to challenge Trump on a host of actions...we can choose peace, integrity, justice, fairness and kindness over war, criminality, injustice, economic inequality, and hate.”
110 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THE EZRA KLEIN SHOW What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe? Sept. 25, 2026 NYT
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
”if you get sick tomorrow, you are the reason for a financial transaction between your health insurer and your provider...every single part of that financial transaction, every player in that transaction, except for you, has a financial incentive to maximize the amount of money” -Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
100 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Musk’s Defeat in Wisconsin is a Flashing Warning for Republicans in 2026. Washington Post 4-2-25
001 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All he got was a cheesehead hat. 🧀 “A surprisingly easy, double-digit victory of Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford, the liberal candidate in Tuesday's pivotal state Supreme Court race, was driven in large part by voter revulsion at Musk's premise that democracy is for sale.”
111 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/abdu...
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Awards are supposed to be competitive. “I spoke with Sen. Collins office regarding the $8M … The interested company is Navatek.” joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-tues...
joycevance.substack.com
A Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan Collins
And a new order in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files case
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.veteransforpeace.org/pressroom/ne...
veteransforpeace.org
Veterans Demand End to U.S./Israeli War on Iran, Lebanon and Palestine
Veterans For Peace condemns actions by the Trump Administration that violate the War Powers Resolutions passed by the U.S. Congress and the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to end the fighting an...
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/audr...
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/reps...
030 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Letter: Susan Collins Too often Supports Trump’s Policies and Nominees. Bangor Daily News 8-4-26
021 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Her vote advanced the bill that could cost 61,000 Mainers their health insurance due to Medicaid changes. The end of Affordable Care Act tax credits is blamed for causing 50,000 Mainers to see their health insurance premiums double, triple or even quadruple.”
170 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Inside this polarized Thunderdome, Ms. Collins’s chief influence is as one more warm body giving her team the majority, and by extension the team leadership control over the agenda.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Susan Collins’s Luck May Be Running Out
The independence and moderation of Maine’s Republican senator hardly matters anymore.
011 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“With Mr. Trump running amok, and congressional Republicans loath to stand up to him, Ms. Collins’s presence in the Senate is, on balance, costing her state far more than it is contributing.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Susan Collins’s Luck May Be Running Out
The independence and moderation of Maine’s Republican senator hardly matters anymore.
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“The political insider in this race is not Troy Jackson, but Susan Collins.” Mainers Cannot Afford a Sixth Term for Susan Collins. Bangor Daily News, 8-11-26.
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mainers Cannot Afford a Sixth Term for Susan Collins. Bangor Daily News, 8-11-26.
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“The Pine Tree Solutions super PAC, which is backing Collins and is funded by nearly 100 billionaires or their spouses, makes it plain[…]that the billionaire class as well as corporate interests have a keen interest in Republicans retaining control of the Senate.”
100 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“While Collins boasts about bringing home the goods for her state, these funding sources should clarify that most of the golden eggs issued from her office are not directly for Mainers’ consumption.” Mainers Cannot Afford a Sixth Term for Susan Collins. Bangor Daily News, 8-11-26.
032 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“…a prohibited corporate contribution to Collins for Senate, the authorized committee of Senator Susan Collins” FEC 3-7-23 www.fec.gov/files/legal/...
fec.gov
020 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Under the Act, a contribution includes “any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value made by any person for the purpose of influencing any election for Federal office.” Contributions made in the name of another are prohibited. FEC 3-7-23 www.fec.gov/files/legal/...
fec.gov
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.cbpp.org/blog/veteran...
cbpp.org
Veterans Have Borne Trump Administration’s Deep Cuts to Federal Personnel
The Trump Administration's radical cuts to the federal civilian workforce will harm veterans, maybe most acutely at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For lower-income and aging veterans who rely on a mix of VA support and public safety net programs (food aid, Medicaid, etc), isolated veteran-focused relief offered by Sen. Collins FALLS FAR SHORT in making up for the Trump administration’s broad reductions in spending for vulnerable Americans.
100 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“If they aren’t able to get through the system fast enough, they’ll show up to chemo or show up for cancer surgery and find out they don’t have the coverage they need. Their lifesaving treatment will be taken from them.” www.cnn.com/2026/06/06/p...
cnn.com
Trump administration makes it harder for some sick Americans to maintain Medicaid | CNN Politics
Millions of sick Americans could have a tougher time retaining – or even signing up for – Medicaid coverage after the first-ever federal work requirement begins in January.
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“This damaging rule is administrative overreach that will result in the loss of health coverage for millions of Americans.” “It will disproportionately harm those most at risk, including those with chronic and complex medical conditions.” mediarelations.gwu.edu/public-healt...
mediarelations.gwu.edu
Public Health Leaders and 161 Scholars File Amicus Brief Challenging CMS Medicaid Work Requirement Rule | Media Relations | The George Washington University
The American Public Health Association, Grantmakers in Health, the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health’s Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health and National Center for Me...
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/rbre...
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“The industry’s money and political clout, meanwhile, gives them outsize power to raise rents, lobby against regulation, and put homeownership out of reach of more people.” Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream | by Megan Greenwell (2025)
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Between apartments, single-family houses, and mobile homes, private equity firms now own millions of individual homes across the U.S.“ Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream | by Megan Greenwell (2025)
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“In donations to individual candidates, private equity strongly favors incumbents. Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine)—who chairs the appropriations committee—leads the pack, with over $700,000.” Private Equity's Political Spending Flips Toward Republicans. Wall Street Journal 8-14-26
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“She [Susan Collins] has built a defense that only holds up if the rest of us forget what the conviction vote was actually for. It was a judgment that the man who held the nuclear codes had tried to overturn an election and gotten people killed doing it.” www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-deal-s...
adamkinzinger.com
The Deal Susan Collins Made With Trump
Susan Collins says Liz Cheney has “no influence.” But what did Collins have to compromise to keep hers?
110 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“We are all connected. What unites us is our common humanity... what you do, what I do, affects the whole world.“ -Bishop Desmond Tutu
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Concentration of so much wealth in so few hands can cripple a democratic society. It enables the rich to use the government to their own ends” Tax the Rich: Wealth Inequality Puts Our Democracy at Risk. Commonweal, 7/30/2026
010 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“I support work requirements for able-bodied adults who are not raising young children, who are not caregivers, or attending school.” - Public statement by Senator Susan Collins (Senate website, 7/1/2025)
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Meanwhile: “People with Serious Health Conditions Will Lose Medicaid Under Trump Administration Work Requirement Rule” healthlaw.org/news/nhelp-f...
healthlaw.org
NHeLP Files Amicus in Massachusetts v. Oz - National Health Law Program
People with Serious Health Conditions Will  Lose Medicaid Under Trump Administration Work Requirement Rule BOSTON, Massachusetts — The National Health Law Program (NHeLP), the Center for Public Repres...
100 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Tens of thousands of volunteers and 150,000 voters voted for healthcare as a right, housing that isn't a commodity, an economy that isn't rigged for billionaires and corporations, along with real support for workers and veterans” region9a.uaw.org/news/TroyJac...
region9a.uaw.org
UAW Endorses Former UAW Member Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine
UAW Region 9A local unions in Maine unanimously voted to endorse former UAW member Troy Jackson to represent Mainers in the United States Senate.
000 0
w3hnt.bsky.social @w3hnt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Real support for workers and veterans region9a.uaw.org/news/TroyJac...
region9a.uaw.org
UAW Endorses Former UAW Member Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine
UAW Region 9A local unions in Maine unanimously voted to endorse former UAW member Troy Jackson to represent Mainers in the United States Senate.
011 0