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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 11d

I wonder if Susan voted to confirm Vought!

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Kelsie Taggart @kelsietaggart.bsky.social · 12d

WATCH: Susan Collins just voted to raise health care prices on Mainers and shut down the government.

Over 50,000 Mainers benefit from ACA tax credits, and she just voted against each and every one of them. #MESen

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 12d

Great point here. #mesen #mepolitics

danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 12d

senator who voted to confirm russell vought despite him saying he would do impoundments.

#mesen #mepolitics

danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 13d

Susan Collins sent this solicitation about "flooding Maine with outside money from liberal elites in New York and California" as she was *literally* on her way back from a big Hollywood (California) fundraiser.

You simply can't make this shit up.

#mesen #mepolitics

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 16d

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 18d

Trump Administration keeps screwing over Maine:

*stopping funding for anti-human trafficking services

*cancelled grants for veterans, low-income & first-generation high schoolers to get help with college

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 18d

Susan Collins *again* doubles down on her crucial vote to confirm RFK Jr., despite literally everything that has happened.

Vote. Her. Out.

#mesen #mepolitics

www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/24/p...

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 19d

sure

bangordailynews.com/2025/09/22/p...

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 24d

NEW: After being quoted earlier today suggesting that Trump nominees would benefit from more vetting (tinyurl.com/49mvhk4r) Susan Collins takes the unprecedented step of voting to confirm FORTY-EIGHT of his picks in a single vote.

No individual scrutiny. No individual advice/consent. #MEpolitics

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 24d

On a party line tally of 51-47 the Senate confirmed the 48 nominations included in S.Res.377. Senators Banks and Lee did not vote. Further votes are possible this evening.

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 23d

New CAP Scorecard: Susan Collins has voted with Trump 96% of the time.

This should be what papers insert instead of fake "centrist" and "breaks with Trump" bullshit

www.americanprogressaction.org/article/the-...

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 23d

November 2024: Susan Collins says we need “extensive” vetting of Trump nominees

September 2025: Collins says “more vetting needs to done.”

Also, Sept 2025: Collins supports nuclear option to install 48 Trump nominees.

Fraud needs to be voted out. #mesen #mepolitics

danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 24d

screaming

danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 24d

Susan Collins buries her head in the sand yet again.

#mesen #mepolitics

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 24d

Hard to even feign surprise any more, but fake institutionalist Susan Collins says the nuclear option does not weaken the filibuster.

#mesen #mepolitics

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/u...

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 25d

Susan Collins votes to override the chair so that Trump can push through blocks of nominations on a single vote.

She's giving away more of her own (i.e. Maine's) power here. Because that's what MAGA wants. #MEpolitics

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 25d

By a vote of 47-52, the decision of the Chair is not sustained that the threshold for cloture on en bloc nominations requires 60-votes.

It was a party line vote with Senator Lee not voting.

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 25d

Susan Collins quadruples down on her crucial vote to confirm RFK Jr. #mesen #mepolitics

danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 25d

Amazing.

Susan Collins and Bill Cassidy create a totally foreseeable and avoidable problem by confirming RFK Jr., and are now clamoring for credit because they're doing nothing more than a show hearing.

#mesen #mepolitics

www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 25d

hard to be more swampy than susan collins.

#mesen #mepolitics

rollcall.com/2025/09/16/h...

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 26d

They're not keep their story straight #mesen #mepolitics

thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 27d

Susan Collins accepts thousands from insurers while health costs soar for Mainers #mesen #mepolitics

mainebeacon.com/susan-collin...

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 27d

As this piece mentions, Susan Collins voted to confirm RFK Jr. despite everyone telling her what would happen.

www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

#mesen #mepolitics

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 27d

Maybe she shouldn't have voted to advance the garbage bill?

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 27d

Bingo