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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

Same. I don't think people outside of Maine realize that she's not great. Having had numerous friends in the state house, the things I've heard consistently make her my 2nd or 3rd choice.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

It's too early for me to commit to a candidate, but Graham speaks to me.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

Watching people who don't live in Maine speculating on the candidates is interesting. If I didn't know better, it seems like some folks want Suzy "I'm concerned" Collins to win.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

I'll just say this. People in Maine aren't excited for our 77 year old governor to be running. The fact that the establishment is going hard for her is problematic, especially after Biden and his age.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

I can't speak to the specifics, but I know there were, in fact, local folks on this team as well. That's where he started.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

Lastly, while Mills was lifted up for her willingness to push back on Trump. Her actual track record on progressive issues was less than satisfying. She wasn't a friend to our Indigenous communities here.

I know more, but that's all I'm comfortable saying.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

Most people saying this stuff aren't in Maine.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

Using the national frame for a candidate like Graham without understanding Maine won't get you far. I'll say this. I know a lot of Maine political folks. Some are my closest friends, and none of them are riding for Mills. The energy is for Graham and maybe Jordan. Also, we have RCV here.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

Maine is a small state. It's 1.2 million people in a geographically large state. If dude was a douche, someone would be talking.

Man is an oyster farmer. Folks who do that work tend to be pretty salt of the earth.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

You literally can run to be on the City Council of the largest city in Maine (Portland) and spend mere pocket change and win. People also know their politicians here in a way, I never knew them in Chicago. I have not heard one person who knows Graham or has met him say anything weird about him.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

Maine is a different kind of place. There's a deep sense of community engagement. People will decide to just run for office. I did it 4 years ago. So if you understand Maine, you better understand how a Graham happens. I understand the desire to compare him to Fetterman, but it's doubtful.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

As I stated earlier, we share peeps in common, though we haven't met yet. I know someone who was part of the folks he consulted with about running. Local labor liked him. He was harbormaster for years and pretty involved in his various communities. Maine is the kind of place a person will run.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3h

I literally have a voicemail he left me the week he announced his run. We share colleagues/peeps, and he reached out. I missed his call. I know folks who know him and who have met him, and they all speak highly of him. His voicemail was cool, he came across as sincere.

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🦇Zombatman🦇 @budbuddyguy.bsky.social · 10h

God damn dude, stunting on the guy at his own memorial lmfao

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 11h

It doesn't, and that appears to be the point. Stephen Miller was quoted as saying he wants to see America shrink to 100 million people. Gutting the CDC is definitely one way to accomplish that goal. They actively wish death upon a lot of us.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 12h

I’d been thinking for a while that it seems like a startling number of rappers have died in their mid-40s to mid-50s from natural causes but it didn’t really feel like an epidemic until I saw this list. 😦

Deaths of Hip-Hop Artists Reveal the Alarming State of Black Men’s Health

Neo-soul singer D'Angelo joins growing list of Gen X Black male performers who are dying relatively young.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 14h

I live in Maine, and I haven't met Graham yet, but we share a number of folks in common. I hear he's really the real deal, and I agree with this assessment. Folks are truly pumped about him. No one I know is pumped about Janet. She has been an ok governor, but that's it.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 15h

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 14h

2025 has no chill. D'Angelo? Damn

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BlackBiJewess @blackbijewess.bsky.social · 1d

Menswear Guy putting out expectations on blast again

This thread doesn't cover tariffs, but if you read it?

You can read between the lines

See if your older relatives still have sewing machines

Guess I should give up my crown as Worst Seamstress in America

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 1d

Latest on Substack

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On the topic of “Columbus Day” and the baggage therein

This is a good time to take measure of what this country really is and understand its foundations. To understand that how we got to this messy place we’re in right now is rooted in things like comfy l...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

Really would like people to shift their thinking to the point where they see themselves and the people around them as the people who will collectively navigate through this moment.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 2d

Once upon a time, you could legitimately think of a notable newspaper columnist as someone who had fought their way to the top of a competitive field. Nowadays, for every six-figure salaried pro, there are 20 people saying smarter things online for free. But the money still flows.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like a perfect day.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 3d

Lovely

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · Jul 25

The U.S. is imploding, literally dissolving its democratic mechanisms—in a public way.

Yet, Black people are and will continue to thrive.
How? We take care of each other. All Black people know each other—even, perhaps especially if we’ve never met. It’s an innate safety mechanism we all utilize.

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