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2/6 UMaine grad Frankie Del Duca will carry the American flag at the Olympics opening ceremony today #maine #MEpolitics
February 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
2/6 UMaine grad Frankie Del Duca will carry the American flag at the Olympics opening ceremony today #maine #MEpolitics
2/5 It appears it was a UPS employee who put those #Maine absentee ballots in an Amazon package in Oct. The PPH reported Thursday that the Secretary of State felt like UPS was stonewalling the investigation and UPS is now saying the whole situation was an accident. #MEpolitics
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
2/5 It appears it was a UPS employee who put those #Maine absentee ballots in an Amazon package in Oct. The PPH reported Thursday that the Secretary of State felt like UPS was stonewalling the investigation and UPS is now saying the whole situation was an accident. #MEpolitics
2/5 SuperPAC backing Senator Collins buys Super Bowl spot as part of eight-figure ad buy #maine #MEpolitics
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
2/5 SuperPAC backing Senator Collins buys Super Bowl spot as part of eight-figure ad buy #maine #MEpolitics
2/4 That proposed cannabis referendum will NOT be on Mainers' ballot this November after all. You remember... the one where the signature gatherers openly lied about what it would do. #maine #MEpolitics
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
2/4 That proposed cannabis referendum will NOT be on Mainers' ballot this November after all. You remember... the one where the signature gatherers openly lied about what it would do. #maine #MEpolitics
2/4 Why is this photo of Senator Susan Collins going viral on Maine social media right now? #maine #MEpolitics
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
2/4 Why is this photo of Senator Susan Collins going viral on Maine social media right now? #maine #MEpolitics
2/4 Maine radio host lets slip on the air that Senator Collins's staffer told him to ask a specific question during interview last week #maine #MEpolitics
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
2/4 Maine radio host lets slip on the air that Senator Collins's staffer told him to ask a specific question during interview last week #maine #MEpolitics
2/3 ICE is still operating here in Maine, even if the “surge” has ended #maine #MEpolitics
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
2/3 ICE is still operating here in Maine, even if the “surge” has ended #maine #MEpolitics
2/3 Maine radio host lets slip on the air that Senator Collins's staffer told him to ask a specific question during interview last week #maine #MEpolitics
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
2/3 Maine radio host lets slip on the air that Senator Collins's staffer told him to ask a specific question during interview last week #maine #MEpolitics
2/3 Democrats in the Maine legislature are moving to keep ICE out of schools, churches, hospitals, and childcare facilities without a judicial warrant #maine #MEpolitics
February 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
2/3 Democrats in the Maine legislature are moving to keep ICE out of schools, churches, hospitals, and childcare facilities without a judicial warrant #maine #MEpolitics
2/3 After repeated performer cancellations, President Trump will close the Kennedy Center for two years “for renovations” #maine #MEpolitics
February 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
2/3 After repeated performer cancellations, President Trump will close the Kennedy Center for two years “for renovations” #maine #MEpolitics
2/2 Yes, the federal government is mostly shut down. Again. #maine #MEpolitics
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
2/2 Yes, the federal government is mostly shut down. Again. #maine #MEpolitics
1/30 Deal to prevent government shutdown being blocked over GOP senators’ J6 cash grab #maine #MEpolitics
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 PM
1/30 Deal to prevent government shutdown being blocked over GOP senators’ J6 cash grab #maine #MEpolitics
1/29 U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree told me Thursday afternoon that it does *appear* the ICE surge in Maine IS actually ending, but warns that the Trump Administration immigration policies of the last year remain #maine #MEpolitics
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
1/29 U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree told me Thursday afternoon that it does *appear* the ICE surge in Maine IS actually ending, but warns that the Trump Administration immigration policies of the last year remain #maine #MEpolitics
1/29 17 questions about Senator Collins's announcement of the alleged end of the ICE surge in Maine #maine #MEpolitics
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
1/29 17 questions about Senator Collins's announcement of the alleged end of the ICE surge in Maine #maine #MEpolitics
1/29 11:30 am - Maine Senator Susan Collins says that the ICE surge in Maine has ended... but there's no official word yet and the manner and timing of the announcement — particularly in connection to the "minibus" vote — raises questions. #maine #MEpolitics
January 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM
1/29 11:30 am - Maine Senator Susan Collins says that the ICE surge in Maine has ended... but there's no official word yet and the manner and timing of the announcement — particularly in connection to the "minibus" vote — raises questions. #maine #MEpolitics
1/29 Graham Platner reacts to Senator Collins's announcement about alleged end to ICE surge in Maine #maine #MEpolitics
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
1/29 Graham Platner reacts to Senator Collins's announcement about alleged end to ICE surge in Maine #maine #MEpolitics
1/29 Maine leaders, mayors decry ICE for making cities less safe and avoiding accountability #maine #MEpolitics
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
1/29 Maine leaders, mayors decry ICE for making cities less safe and avoiding accountability #maine #MEpolitics
1/28 Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has created an email hotline for Mainers to report abuses by federal agents while here for immigration enforcement surge. But remember: emails to government accounts may go public under the state's Freedom to Access law. #maine #MEpolitics
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
1/28 Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has created an email hotline for Mainers to report abuses by federal agents while here for immigration enforcement surge. But remember: emails to government accounts may go public under the state's Freedom to Access law. #maine #MEpolitics
1/28 Speaker of the Maine House Ryan Fecteau: Lowering the cost of living is Democrats' top priority #maine #MEpolitics
January 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
1/28 Speaker of the Maine House Ryan Fecteau: Lowering the cost of living is Democrats' top priority #maine #MEpolitics
1/28 Father of newborn baby taken by ICE in Saco, Maine, on way home from hospital #maine #MEpolitics
January 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
1/28 Father of newborn baby taken by ICE in Saco, Maine, on way home from hospital #maine #MEpolitics
1/27 #Maine Gov. Janet Mills in her State of the State on Tuesday: "We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced. And to anyone outside these halls, including any Federal officials, I say: if you seek to harm Maine people, you will have to go through me first." #MEpolitics
January 28, 2026 at 3:08 AM
1/27 #Maine Gov. Janet Mills in her State of the State on Tuesday: "We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced. And to anyone outside these halls, including any Federal officials, I say: if you seek to harm Maine people, you will have to go through me first." #MEpolitics
1/27 Senator Collins has boxed herself in between her appropriations bills and oversight of ICE #maine #MEpolitics
January 28, 2026 at 12:30 AM
1/27 Senator Collins has boxed herself in between her appropriations bills and oversight of ICE #maine #MEpolitics
1/27 Maine Libertarians want justice for Alex Pretti; National Libertarians issue a stark warning about ICE and "occupation-style policing" #maine #MEpolitics
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
1/27 Maine Libertarians want justice for Alex Pretti; National Libertarians issue a stark warning about ICE and "occupation-style policing" #maine #MEpolitics
1/27 Governor Mills proposes $2.25 million to backfill Trump cuts to Maine Family Planning, Planned Parenthood #maine #MEpolitics
January 27, 2026 at 7:44 PM
1/27 Governor Mills proposes $2.25 million to backfill Trump cuts to Maine Family Planning, Planned Parenthood #maine #MEpolitics
1/27 ICE has taken ANOTHER corrections officer from Maine, this time from York County. He had no criminal record and was taken when ICE invited him to a fake immigration check-in status appointment at the Scarborough facility. #maine #MEpolitics
January 27, 2026 at 4:26 PM
1/27 ICE has taken ANOTHER corrections officer from Maine, this time from York County. He had no criminal record and was taken when ICE invited him to a fake immigration check-in status appointment at the Scarborough facility. #maine #MEpolitics