"It’s hard to change your mind about someone you once respected. When I hear Sen. Susan Collins speak, some part of my brain (or heart) still wants to believe the 30-year-old pitch of a humble and hard-working County girl devoted to public service...." Devastating stuff. #MEpolitics
Collins Watch
Collins Watch
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Keeping an eye on Maine's senior senator and Maine politics since 2006. Send tips/thoughts to collinswatch@protonmail.com. susancollinswatch.substack.com
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Surprised to see this and credit to Angus... ...but it only makes his silence (so far?) about you know what that much more outrageous. #MEpolitics
NEW: Sen. Angus King is endorsing our campaign! Sen. King has spent his career fighting for the people of Maine. I’m ready to get to work alongside him in Washington, fighting for the people of this state and district.
Susan Collins voted to confirm this wacko even though he had no relevant qualifications and a ton of red flags. #MEpolitics
RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
Great to see this teamwork approach from Pingree and Jackson. "Every Pingree voter should be a Jackson voter and every Jackson voter should be a Pingree voter" is something some folks you know may need to hear! #MEpolitics
Maine, it's a tie game. But the game isn't over yet. We have a chance to win our government back, but we all have to get out to vote. Make a plan to vote today: jacksonformaine.com/vote Thank you, @hannahpingree.bsky.social! I'm so excited to do great things for Maine together.
Easy to lose the forest from the trees when it comes to Susan Collins, tariffs and Trump. But big picture: Trump launched a trade war for no good reason; Maine is suffering bigly because of it; and Collins has responded to his campaign of destruction by voting with him 95% of the time. #MEpolitics
There's perhaps no clearer example of Canadians protesting with their wallets than the massive drop in visits to America Canadian tourist spending in the US has fallen 24% since 2024, mirrored by a 24% rise in non-US tourism spending.
Steve Collins with the most important Maine political column of the year. Big credit to him for covering a dark story the rest of the Maine press is studiously ignoring. Couldn't have been easy for him -- he was boosting Susan Collins as recently as last year. #MEpolitics
One of the saddest developments of this year’s U.S. Senate campaign in Maine has been watching Susan Collins, a senator once renowned for civility and decency, embrace the Maine Wire’s sickening racism and vulgar politics. www.pressherald.com/2026/10/26/s...
Susan Collins has been dog-whistling to woo bigots since we started covering her back in the mid-2000s. (tinyurl.com/y5s5tpw5) But her appeals have gotten cruder and more obvious. The sword shtick is as embarrassing as it is disgusting. She should lose but she should also be shunned. #MEpolitics
From @midcoastvillager.bsky.social's coverage of @theaudacitymaine.bsky.social's protest outside a Rockland resort yesterday where Susan Collins was holding a fundraiser. tinyurl.com/r2c8yysc #MEpolitics
Shame on @benkail.bsky.social for playing along w/ this nonsense. Voting to advance a bill so you can make changes ISN'T A THING. Anyone can propose changes. It's also Susan Collins SECOND excuse. First she said she defers to the Majority Leader on procedural votes -- an obvious lie. #MEpolitics
Still thinking about this which was about as close to an "emperor has no clothes" moment as you'll get in an American political debate. #MEpolitics
Q: Can you name a time when you voted against Trump and it changed the outcome? SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Sec. Hegseth. At the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated. Q: So it didn't change the outcome
At the big press conference after the Lewiston shootings, Susan Collins said banning high-capacity magazines was more important than banning assault guns...and then lied when a reporter pressed her [1:42] over the fact that she'd voted against banning those too. tinyurl.com/5wahvtkx #MEpolitics
Third anniversary of the Lewiston shootings. Earlier that very day, Susan Collins voted for an amendment that singled out veterans to be *exempted* from losing access to guns based on mental health screens that would otherwise apply. tinyurl.com/3y6rvfjp #MEpolitics
Collins Watch reposted
Bootlicking interview from Susan Collins sycophant Phil Hirschkorn (what's new? how does he sleep at night) but it still manages to make some news starting at 14:25 when she begins a wild rant with: "Israel does not target civilians." tinyurl.com/3ex9nxrh #MEpoltics
"Collins has snowed a lot of people; if you read the typical fare from the political media, you’ll mostly see her characterized as a pro-choice Republican who, somehow or another, keeps casting pivotal votes that further the ends of the anti-abortion movement." #MEpolitics
Not convinced the tariff thing is even expected to move the needle as much as it's a gambit to channel the public conversaton away from Susan Collins's corruption, her betrayal on abortion rights, her RFK Jr vote, her terrible debate answer about successfully opposing Trump (never) etc. #MEpolitics
There's a reason Press Herald and even Susan Collins's normally deferential hometown paper ran this story a month ago today: It's credible, damning and includes e-mails to support it's bombshell claims. Challenge anyone to read it and not come away thinking Collins is corrupt as hell. #MEpolitics
And how about the products whose tariffs are going UP in the same announcement @pressherald.com??? #MEpolitics
Unlike Susan Collins's events yesterday with a widely-disliked lobbyist/has-been, Troy Jackson is campaigning today with a popular political figure of national stature. So all the press coverage will be as positive as it was yesterday for Collins, right? Haha there's no chance of it! #MEpolitics
So honored to share the stage with @aoc.bsky.social and take questions at the Students vs. Billionaires Town Hall. When we come together, we can take on the rich and powerful and win this seat back for Mainers.
An important point. Susan Collins had a moment (2025-6) where at least in theory she's had the ability to exercise significant power She's squandered that moment and it's just about over. tinyurl.com/4as38aes #MEpolitics