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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 10h

“Tone down the rhetoric!”

“Stop being so divisive!”

With MAGA, every accusation is a confession.

Here’s a free idea for Republicans: Instead of demonizing a bunch of protestors in frog costumes, maybe get your own house in order.

Vile vitriol like this has no place in our politics, PERIOD.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

NO. It's fundamentally inappropriate for the @dscc.bsky.social to form a fundraising committee with Janet Mills. What happened to staying OUT of the primaries?

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The Maine Monitor @themainemonitor.org · 15h

Gov. Mills announced on Tuesday she plans to run for Susan Collins’ Senate seat, a recruitment win for national Democrats. Read more for free from our new D.C. correspondent, in partnership with @notus.com, at the link below.

Janet Mills announces bid for Senate

Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday she plans to run for Susan Collins’ Senate seat, a recruitment win for national Democrats.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 1d

Some opinions about the government shutdown.

Congresswoman Sarah McBride @mcbride.house.gov · 5d

🚨 It’s Mythbusters time. I asked my Democratic colleagues to help me clear up the shutdown misinformation being spread by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans.

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Marie Follayttar @mariefollayttar.bsky.social · 8h

Collins has said that PEPFAR funds are not reaching people in need, yet she refuses to use the full power of her position to end the political obstruction and lawlessness while people continue to die. The consequences of her inaction — and of her votes — are measured in body bags around the world.

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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 7h

PEPFAR, which stands for the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, is the largest global health initiative by any single nation to combat a single disease.

spotandmae.bsky.social @spotandmae.bsky.social · 7h

I wish someone would organize a massive peaceful protest in front of Susan Collins, in person. Truly, the complete bullshit that she prefers personal meetings is just one example of how she could not care less what her constituents want or need. #Maine #Mepolitics

Marie Follayttar @mariefollayttar.bsky.social · 8h

Collins has said that PEPFAR funds are not reaching people in need, yet she refuses to use the full power of her position to end the political obstruction and lawlessness while people continue to die. The consequences of her inaction — and of her votes — are measured in body bags around the world.

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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 1d

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House Republicans Block Vote on Rep. Sykes’ Pay Our Military Act to Ensure Service Members Receive Paychecks During Shutdown | U.S. Congresswoman Emilia Sykes

The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congresswoman Emilia Sykes

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 1d

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They did the Monster Slash

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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J'Net @jannetteb.bsky.social · 1d

Let's all go out and win this for the American people October 18th.

The solution is to keep ACA subsidies! Of the 1.6T the US spent on America's healthcare in 2023, just 6% went to aca subsidies, 92B.
24 million Americans on ACA right now will suffer and yes some will also die without affordable health insurance. Insurance premiums will go up for everybody even those not on ACA. The industry could even go into a death spiral. So 1) we can do what the Republicans want and just give that 92B to the ultra rich in tax write-offs. 2) or Monopoly corporations can pay their workforce's a living wage with benefits instead of seizing all employee work profits for the already ultra Rich corporations and billionaire owners.
3) We know that's not going to happen. So, save ACA subsidies!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 2d

Sunday October 12th!

REGISTER HERE!
www.mobilize.us/grahamformai...

We have less than three weeks to save absentee voting In Maine. We need all volunteers on deck to join us this Sunday at 4 PM ET on an online Zoom. Can't wait to see you there!

#GRAHMPAIGN

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Sunday October 12th at 4 pm-4:45 pm Eastern Standard Time
Three Weeks To Save Absentee Voting in Maine:All Hands ZOOM

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Jill 💙🌊🌊💙 @pumpkin061.bsky.social · 3d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Indivisible Mid Maine @indivmidmaine.bsky.social · 4d

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Join us!!

NO KINGS Waterville, ME: Justice, Democracy, and the Future for our Children · No Kings

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and o...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

With weeks to go before Mainers decide on a ballot initiative that could radically restrict voting in the state, the GOP backers of the measure seemed to have received a gift from heaven. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Mail Ballots Were Found in an Amazon Box in Maine. Some Suspect a Political Dirty Trick.

Read more here...

www.democracydocket.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 4d

It’s Day 10 of the Trump Shutdown.

The government is closed because Republicans don’t want to provide healthcare to working-class Americans.

Extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits NOW.