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Concerned Citizen, Forester, small-time Entrepreneur from a little town in the mountains of Maine (2nd district). I make a living with 3rd party certification standards for sustainable wood products (FSC, SFI, PEFC).
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Just in case anyone still has any ideas that laws apply to everyone.

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Ex-Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton is calling for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and current National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to resign over the Ukraine debacle.

submitted 12 hours ago • 178 comments

Trump and Vance have repeatedly claimed that Zelensky has not been sufficiently grateful for U.S. support throughout the war. We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.

submitted 12 hours ago • 207 comments

Collins is disappointed that Zelenskyy couldn’t quite see the moral equivalence between bruising Trump’s ego and killing children in their beds in Kiev. #mepolitics

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

Susan Collins is steering herself into the history books. Does she even remember what it feels like to act with honor and integrity? I have never felt so ashamed. #mepolitics

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

Does Susan Collins still think that no one is above the law? #mepolitics

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

YOUVE GOT TO SEE THIS: I was just reporting on how the plaintiff's lawyer in the ElonMail case just filed a motion for sanctions against the govt's lawyers since they lied to the court about the ElonMail's (called GWES) always being voluntary. Now they've just gone back and changed the policy ...

submitted 12 hours ago • 14 comments

I am just so deeply ashamed. And angry.

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!

submitted 15 hours ago • 484 comments

Donald Trump is embarrassing the United States on the world stage. We are a country that stands up to dictators and fights for democracy. Minnesota stands firmly with our allies in Ukraine.

submitted 16 hours ago • 913 comments

There's so much bad in this paragraph it's hard to know where to start. FAA is now controlled by Elon Musk. He's awarding himself this contract. That's not what a conflict of interest means. This is simple looting. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 16 hours ago • 86 comments

If they're not Russian assets what would Russian assets be doing differently?

submitted 14 hours ago • 15 comments

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

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Hearing from Community Partners International, which works from Myanmar to Bangladesh, that USAID cuts mean 14,000 people with HIV losing access to lifesaving meds and a total stop in all HIV and TB screening. So many people will die due to these chaotic, sudden, horrifically implemented cuts.

submitted 19 hours ago • 25 comments

That fact even Ron DeSantis and Dave Portnoy are repulsed by the Trump administration’s effort to free the Tate brothers means this is a useful thing we can exploit to get normal people to turn on the regime. “Trump and Musk are importing rapists to rape your American daughters” is *true*.

submitted 1 day ago • 54 comments

Looks like Maine voters need to write to Senator Collins and remind her that weather forecasting is kind of important. #mepolitics

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What does the leader of the GOP have to do before Susan Collins withdraws her loyal support ? Not this I guess. #mepolitics

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Musk and Trump are working hard to be cruel to hungry and powerless people. Because they are evil and shameless. Susan Collins is working hard to pretend this has nothing to do with her? Hard to guess why. I guess she just doesn’t care. #mepolitics

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America is an amazing country, sometimes you tell someone they deserve better from their government and workplace and they get mad at YOU

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Utterly bananas. Susan Collins could HOLD HEARINGS. She could PUT A HOLD ON NOMINEES or THREATEN TO VOTE 'NO'. She has actual power. But she refuses to use it to advance her supposed (i.e. fake) objectives. A huge story and no one in Maine media has the moxie to report it candidly. #MEpolitics

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

True story - I was at the kitchen table the other day doing my taxes and my daughter walked by and asked why.

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

Absolute journalistic malpractice from @joelawlorph.bsky.social -- centering Susan Collins toothless rhetoric rather than the key facts: That she is DOING NOTHING to stop what she pretends to oppose. Lawlor -- who knows better -- is helping advance a con job. here. Shame on him and PPH. #MEpolitics

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

This is deeply dishonest and corrupt. Susan Collins’ commitment is limited to public posturing aimed at curating her own political image. As Senate Appropriations chair she has real power, but won’t use it. Why? Because Trump owns the GOP (and Collins). #mepolitics

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Head of Appropriations Committee needs help to lobby the executive branch on a funding cut that's likely illegal and unconstitutional.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

One more disgusting example of how Susan Collins & the GOP governs. #mepolitics

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Donald Trump just helped free Andrew Tate from his rape and human trafficking charges. Tate has bragged about grabbing women by their necks, breaking their jaws, and said “I am absolutely a misogynist.”

submitted 1 day ago • 1007 comments

HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE PULLING THE VOTE ON THE BUDGET RESOLUTION. THEY DON'T HAVE THE VOTES!

submitted 3 days ago • 163 comments

The NBC DC affiliate has the police report, which describes Cory Mills as having "grabbed her, shoved her, and pushed her out of the door.” being overheard "instruct[ing] her to lie about the origin of her bruises" and "admitting that the situation escalated from verbal to physical."

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

She should ask Susan Collins. Surely the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee knows. Has anyone asked? #mepolitics

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I’m aware there’s various technical, sensible excuses for why the Biden admin kept letting the Boer blatantly violate the law. At this point, I don’t fucking care. I know stopping Musk before the election would have been HARD. If we’d done the HARD thing, we wouldn’t be in this dark place.

submitted 5 days ago • 29 comments

I challenge anyone to point to the part of this column where big talker Angus King outlines what he is prepared to do to "fight back" -- or even what specifically he's urging his colleagues to do. Because I can't find it. #MEpolitics www.bangordailynews.com/2025/02/21/o...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Shame on every "journalist" writing shit like this. Shame.

submitted 11 days ago • 471 comments

#mepolitics

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#mepolitics

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/

submitted 8 days ago • 41 comments