Bob Van Meter

Have you voted early?

Friday nights in Arkansas are for football and reminding folks to vote! #ChrisJonesforCongress #AR02 #FridayNightLights #VOTE

"If its proponents’ objectives include empowering marginalized voices and minor parties, then increasing the costs while reducing the time to organize and campaign seems particularly unwise." commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/all-...

"....Look at what the top-two system has produced in California and Washington: vote-splitting lockouts, perverse incentives to game the primary, and pressure on candidates without big money to drop out." commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/ques...

serious question

Want an expert opinion on why YOU should vote NO on 5? Hear from Dr. Phineas Baxandall #noon5ma #mapoli #MApolitics

Great pice by Will Saletan on The Bulwark. The Case Against Susan Collins open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

@jonesforar.bsky.social is great. Our paths crossed when he led a community development organization in Boston.

I'm attending Maine Coordinated Campaign's event, “Kennebunk - Get Out the Vote for Maine Democrats!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mainecoordin...

Musk murdered many by killing USAID and now is murdering more in Ukraine.

watching matt darling wade into a thread to try and explain "actually the social impact of one-time windfalls is well-studied in economics, the net effect is mid" against every annoying fool on this website is like that scene in ip man where he decides to fight ten men

Axis of Evil: Putin, Musk and Trump.

Today would be a good day for top editors in our major news organizations to call a meeting to announce to their staff that yes, he is a lunatic, and they should report and write accordingly.

Less than half a “Scaramucci”. Katie Zacharia Is Out After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.

Ms Rachel from the top ropes

Glad to canvass today in Kennebunk for @troyjackson207.bsky.social @mainedems.bsky.social and the dynamic Kennebunk coordinator Ruth Metcalf.

Voted yes to #legalizestarterhomes for Massachusetts Ballot Question Seven.

Cast my early vote at the drop box.

🏠 Make the call when YOU can! 📞 Contact your MA legislators about duplex legalization and YIGBY whenever it works for you.

This was an eye opening event.

Can’t tell you how lucky Massachusetts is to have a housing champion in the Attorney General’s office. YES ON 7!

The Boomer conception of the 'burbs as consisting entirely of single-family detached homes, together with their belief that the value of their homes depends on that, is a major cause of our housing crisis. Would town homes be the end of the world?

I don't know how it will play in Maine, but Troy Jackson seems to be winning this debate

@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social is having throwback Wednesday with a totally out to lunch Chris Mathews and @rahmemanuel.bsky.social who hopes the “Romney Republicans” join the Democrats for 28 and cast their votes for him.

Mitchell Berman, an ER nurse, could flip Paul Ryan's old seat. How sweet would it be for Paul Ryan’s district to become the place where Dems win a majority in the House?"

Built in 1795, this 4-bed, 4-bath home in historic Old Town Marblehead sits on just a 2,000sf lot. Today, you’d need a lot over 4x the size to build the same home here. Imagine proposing Marblehead to Marblehead today…

“We’re trying to make sure we build no house? I don’t get it. People live in houses.” Marblehead’s David Modica is endorsing YES ON 7, a ballot question to legalize starter homes and make it easier to build more houses for people across Massachusetts.

This is one reason to vote no on Mass ballot question 3.

A very good question indeed! Remember: The most dangerous words in the English language are “We’re from private equity, and we’re here to help.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/02/m...

Just delivered a $150,000 check to Susan Collins' office with @mainedems.bsky.social. A copy of the check a defense contractor funneled to her super PAC through a fake company. He's in federal prison. Her super PAC kept the money. Senator, you answer to us. On November 3rd, we answer back.

Troy Jackson speaking to volunteers in Kennebunk today. Looking forward to knocking doors this afternoon for Troy.

Disappointed that @npr.org election summary from Mara Liasson this morning downplays the Democratic wave building.

"Massachusetts needs to invest in its residents, in order to promote the public good and public safety. That doesn’t happen at no cost. Tossing away $120 million in vital funding to score election year points is not the answer to rising gas prices." commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/susp...

Perfect!

This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:

He imposed Shania Law

This story was broken by @emptywheel.bsky.social yesterday I believe.

This was great piece of investigative journalism.

Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script.

I did not have Susan Collins accepting a bribe on my 2026 Maine Senate bingo card.

www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

A disqualifying action for @gavinnewsom.bsky.social in his quest to be president.

White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs: The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934. She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime. Be like Dorothy Thompson.

Seems like Ed Sheeran has secured his place in @jacobweisberg.bsky.social’s Profiles in Cowardice Volume II.

THIS IS THE WAY!!! LET’S GO!!!

I agree with @jvl.bsky.social. Dems would do well to conduct serial impeachments. First Heggy (if he is not convicted in Dec, after he IS impeached in House), then RFK. Then prioritize based on what will either gain support among Senate GOPers OR embarrass them. www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...

“A series of impeachments would destabilize the Trump administration…This works best if Trump himself is not impeached. Democrats can claim they’re merely going after government corruption by underlings, not fighting the will of the great and good American people.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...