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================= REQUEST A YARD SIGN ================= Election Day is coming up! If you haven't picked up yard signs yet, it's time to get 'em in the ground! Find your nearest pick up location for free yard signs: 👉 mainedems.org/yard-sign/ 👈 #VOTE #JACKSONforMAINE #RetireSusan #MEpolitics

Maybe @benkail.bsky.social @bangordailynews.bsky.social will ⬇️ front page above the fold facts: Susan Collins' $$ from heating oil fossil fuel execs made extra rich thanks to Collins votes for Iran war. #Mepolitics

The resistance around the world keeps growing. Brazil and Serbia are thousands of miles apart, but people in both countries are standing up to authoritarianism. They’ve shown us what can happen when people refuse to give up.

“Sickening racism and vulgar politics” is on-point summation of the Susan Collins 2026 campaign. Kudos to Stevens Collins (no relation) for abandoning his long-time deference to the Senator and describing how far she has fallen.

It's true. Just do it!

10/26 The home heating oil industry has given Senator Susan Collins’s re-election efforts almost $242k this cycle. The cost for a gallon of heating oil in Maine hit a record $6.04 last week. #maine #MEpolitics

Susan Collins voted to confirm this wacko even though he had no relevant qualifications and a ton of red flags. #MEpolitics

=============== TUES OCT 27 - 6PM FREEPORT, MAINE =============== Join U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson for a Meet and Greet with Senator Mark Kelly, Rep. Chellie Pingree, and Democratic candidate for Governor Hannah Pingree as part of his Solidarity Forever Tour across Maine. #MEpolitics #VOTE!

Attn: USPS changes mean your ballot may not be postmarked the same day you mail it. Don’t wait until Election Day! Deadlines vary by state. Some require ballots to ARRIVE by Election Day, not just be postmarked.

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

Read here: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-26...

10/26 UPDATE: The Maine Secretary of State's office has begun posting DAILY updates on early vote data, so new data has been added to our dashboard at mainenewsroom.com/earlyvote/. We're up to more than 197k ballots processed, or 22 percent of the total Maine electorate. #maine #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.

When we say “Trump owns this war,” we don’t just mean politically. He’s literally profiting off it—to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. The next time he says high gas prices are “a small price to pay," remember: 🟢 Trump’s not paying for it 🟢 The longer it drags on, the more money he makes

Standout this Saturday,October 31st from 1:00-2:00 pm on the sidewalk in front of Shaw’s in Ellsworth. Bring your flags and signs on what you are voting for. We will have 20 premade VOTE Our VALUES signs if you want to hold one. Remember parking anywhere in the SHAW’s plaza is at your own risk.

We're asking millions of Americans to be ready to mobilize in response to election disruption and subversion if needed.

============ SUSAN COLLINS: Vote for me to help me stop my own party but not really This time, her shtick about legislative efficacy might be overwhelmed by voters’ anger at Trump. You can read the first eight paragraphs for free and get the gist... #RetireSusan #VOTE #JACKSONforMAINE #MEpolitics

SIXTY-TWO former U.S. ambassadors & national security leaders endorse TROY JACKSON for U.S. Senate. These are knowledgeable career diplomats and gov't leaders who served over five decades. They know the score & that it's time to #RetireSusan and that Troy Jackson is the man to do it. #MEpolitics

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

We created some simple, helpful reminders about the election that is currently underway. If your friends or family don't use social media, you can save any of these images and share them via text messages. #Maine #elections

Susan Collins will regret this descent into sleaze | Steve Collins

Thank you, Waterville and @warren.senate.gov We’ve got 8 days to flip this seat and bring this home. Early voting ends THURSDAY. Let’s do this.

I voted! Have you? jacksonformaine.com/vote

Nearly three months into a ban on cellphones in Maine schools, educators told The Maine Monitor they have been surprised by how understanding students have been. They described the effects on students as overwhelmingly positive.

"I am not Cassandra. I accept only one nickname: Cosa Nostradamus, because I see organized crime." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/cosa-nostr...

I was proud to help pass universal school meals in the Maine Legislature. But feeding our kids takes more than passing a law. Hardworking farmers like those at Milkhouse Farms, who produce high-quality milk for families across Maine, are the ones putting in the work.

This week’s installment of my Stop the Presses newsletter recalls the Republicans’ history of cheating in elections. They’ve often gotten away with it. Let’s make sure cheaters don’t prosper this time.

From the article in The Hill, released Mon 10/26 at noon: 🔥 Former diplomats, top foreign affairs experts back Jackson in Maine Senate race Article: 👉 thehill.com/homenews/sta... #MEpolitics

SIXTY-TWO former U.S. ambassadors & national security leaders endorse TROY JACKSON for U.S. Senate. These are knowledgeable career diplomats and gov't leaders who served over five decades. They know the score & that it's time to #RetireSusan and that Troy Jackson is the man to do it. #MEpolitics

Read this op-ed on the debate’s starkest contrast, Paul LePage’s record on health care versus Matt’s focus on restoring coverage for Mainers who need it most:

Growing up with, and apart from, Susan Collins | Opinion

Encouraging sign that Democrats will play hardball if they win the midterms.

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Abolish ICE.

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

Yesterday, Brazil and Serbia secured major wins for democracy. In 8 days, it’s our turn. #NoKings ❌👑

While Senator Susan Collins attended a posh fundraiser with wealthy donors (and had police kick out journalists from the Netherlands), we stood outside the gates on a crisp #Maine evening to remind her and her funders that we her constituents have had it with her ways in Washington. #MEPolitics

Watch a MAGA donor get exasperated by a candlelight vigil and burn rubber outside an exclusive fundraiser for Susan Collins at a beach resort in Rockport, #Maine last night. He: “Don’t You People Ever Quit?” We: “No!” #Democracy #MEPolitics #SusanCollins

FiftyPlusOne just moved this race to Lean Democrat. This is the final push, and it’s going to take all of us to get this over the finish line. Chip in now 👇️

This week’s main story is about how more and more white nationalists, antisemites, and Nazi sympathizers seem to be integrating into the Republican Party, how some of them are currently running for office, and how old you can be for JD Vance to consider you “a very young boy.”

From the article: “In Spring 2025… 1,089 Knox County residents signed a formal petition asking Maine’s congressional delegation—Rep. Chellie Pingree, Sen. Angus King, and Sen. Susan Collins—to host public town halls.” #Maine #MEPolitics #SusanCollins www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...

.@mainewomenslobby.bsky.social came out and endorsed me last week. They’ve never done that for a U.S. Senate race before. It's a huge honor.

Makes your heart soar

🔥 ELECTION DAY IS EIGHT DAYS AWAY 🔥 Do you know where your sign pick-up spot is? Yard signs DO make a difference. In a close election, the difference they make can be just what it takes to win. 👉 mainedems.org/yard-sign/ 👈

Lots of great observations & points made in this. The almost buried point I appreciate most is Seitz-Wald's mention of how effective Jackson was in securing the primary, that he knew how to work the angles and lock it up before anyone knew, and that the ability to work like that will serve him well.

October 25, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-25...

But let us also honor the incredible support + resilience that the Lewiston community showed in the wake of that terrible tragedy. And let us commit—to these families, this community, and all our fellow Mainers—to doing everything in our power to ensure nothing like this ever happens again.

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