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Ossoff: "Maybe you saw that Donald Trump was in Dalton yesterday, oblivious to the collapse of his presidency. A crowd smaller than this one enduring two hours of senile babbling while the price of oil hit its 5 month high"

Happy Columbo day to those who celebrates.

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Markwayne Mullin indicates taxpayers will not be reimbursed for Trump's propaganda ads: "Any time we can do a public service announcement and brag about America, I'm all about it ... I commend the opportunity of President Trump to give us the opportunity to brag about America"

KARL: JD Vance called your views 'left wing radicalism dressed in the skin suit of our religion' and said they 'aren't Christianity.' ADAM HAMILTON: I thought it was a sad statement that the VP would come here and attack the faith of the pastor of the largest church in the state of Kansas

She literally forced this awful choice on us with all her play ball support of Trump and his hench-nominees and now expects us to bow down and thank her profusely for a last minute likely inadequate fix. #MESen #mepolitics #ModerateMyth #VoteBlue Kick her out, elect @troyjackson207.bsky.social!

Counter-proposal to Sam Altman: Go fuck yourself www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.

Should be reposted every month....

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"When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there." #HappyBirthdayJim

Wow. "They're still working together" is how Susan Collins campaign manager describes the relationship between the guy running Susan Collins's super PAC -- which Susan Collins is legally barred from coordinating with -- and Collins's own spouse. Hello? tinyurl.com/mwyuxh67 #MEpolitics

JFC

In all the grandiose discussion about colonising Mars, I don't see much about how the soil is poisonous to us. This was only discovered in 2008. It contains perchlorates, which are environmental toxins here on Earth. Any human contact with Mars dust? Super-bad news in the long run. 1/

This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.

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Breaking News: The Supreme Court blocked a Trump administration plan to dramatically change mail-in voting for the midterms. Follow live updates.

Mother of a child with Type 1 diabetes: Susan Collins cares "not one whit for these children she professe[s] to be concerned about." #MEpolitics

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)

Sitting down w/Kushner to try to figure out how to work together (he's not even an official in the regime!) is a sign *D leadership has learned nothing*. 👉Rs *expect* Ds to go soft, to "turn the page." The plan for '28, if they lose, is to blame Ds for not immediately fixing what Trump & Rs broke.

Nick Anderson:

🔥Senator @ossoff.senate.gov : “There’s something uniquely despicable about lying 🇺🇸 into war… and while sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, Trump sleeps through meetings, golfs, trades stocks… he wants to build his ballroom & fly with Natalie 👀 on their apparently defenseless flying palace.”

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

Doctored. newsday.com/matt

Letter from @sydneymichalski.bsky.social on Susan Collins and Elon Musk. #MEpolitics

Project it on the side of a building. Turn it into a flyer and stuff it in people's mailboxes. #MEpolitics

Nick Anderson, Hearst Papers

Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell has custom meals and a comfort puppy in prison. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick kept his job after lying about his ties to Epstein. Todd Blanche was OKd as AG after his Epstein files cover-up. Clearly, Republicans think the rape of children is no big deal.

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"Working Mainers are not from the left. We're not from the right. We're from the bottom. And we must rise together." ~ Troy Jackson #WeMustRiseTogether #JACKSONforMAINE #Solidarity #MEpolitics #VOTEherOUT

Perhaps the most insulting part of this whole affair was him saying "I'll be criticized for this vote–what's new?" without an ounce of self-reflection about why Cassidy, a doctor, received such harsh criticism for voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The moment Collins announced she was a no on Blanche, you KNEW they had the votes.

$4 BILLION. That’s how much the Trump Administration has now spent paying companies to cancel offshore wind projects that would have lowered your electric bill. Yes, you heard that right: they are PAYING to keep more energy off the grid and your bills higher.

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I guess nobody remembers The Andromeda Strain.

The doctor who tried to save lives during Covid is being treated like a villain. The traitors who beat up cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6 are being treated like victims or heroes. It's American madness.

I mean it seems pretty clear @stevemistler.bsky.social. They stopped the process to work out a deal with Tillis/Cornyn because Trump needed their votes. No one's talking about stopping the process now. In 29 years Susan Collins has NEVER cast a tie-breaking vote against a GOP nominee. #MEpolitics

Oh for the love of all that is holy...

RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."

WATCH — Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on Trump’s insider trading: “If you pay Trump $100,000 a month, he will give you early access to White House announcements on economic and trade policy. None of this is normal, and a lot of this is illegal.”