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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Maine

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Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · 1d

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Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · 1d

#nokings Waterville, #Maine

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Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · 2d

OMG, adorable photo!!!

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Dan Simonds @djsimonds.bsky.social · 10d

What does Susan Collins think about Tom Homan’s $50,000 bag of cash? Has anyone asked her? Does she care at all?
#mepolitics

open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...

The Trump Administration's Growing Tom Homan Problem

Their attempt to spin away their border czar's bribery scandal isn't going so well

open.substack.com

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Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · 19d

Ms. Collins must be concerned.

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Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · 19d

This was good!

Ken in Maine @kpjordan.bsky.social · 19d

FDT indeed

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Timothy™️ @posttim.bsky.social · 19d

It really does feel ominous, like, things are bad and so many of us are bracing ourselves for them to get much, much worse very quickly.

Please take care of yourselves in this friends—stay connected to others, the earth, your joy, and all the other things that sustain us.

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Ken in Maine @kpjordan.bsky.social · 20d

Do we need to boycott YouTube now? Man.

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Ken in Maine @kpjordan.bsky.social · Sep 11

Meanwhile, GOP senators blocked the immediate release of the Epstein files.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · Sep 10

Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.

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Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · Sep 11

And do any of these Republican senators care about the trauma inflicted on young lives involved by these offenders?

Lives of the living can be taken away by trauma. But this is the Pro Life party, so we hear.

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Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · Sep 10

I have yet to understand statements of..thoughts and prayers. We SHOULD have empathy for despicable acts.
But, they keep happening.We don’t learn, laws appear not to matter. Egos, money,who has the best social media following…that’s what dominates.

Do we even know who we are anymore? Did we ever?

Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · Sep 4

This assumes we care about this.She has a pedophile husband and this is what NBC reports.

I don’t care about her, her bad hair coloring,signs of aging on her face. A mother and First Lady has compassion,she has none based on what we are seeing in the country from the pedophile she is married to.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 2

A Democratic super PAC is launching a $700,000 digital ad blitz slamming Susan Collins for opposing a bipartisan bill that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks.

This ad accuses Collins of “the worst kind of greed… using insider information to trade stocks.”

Please WATCH and SHARE. 👀

Greed - 30s (ME)

YouTube video by Majority Forward 2025

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · Aug 31

For the 2nd most rural state in the country, Mainers have stayed consistently engaged in #theresistance. It's making a difference in public opinion.

#Maine #MEpolitics #RESIST
#EveryEffortCounts

Here's the list of Maine (and border) towns for Labor Day 2025, Workers Over Billionaires:

PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR
MAINE LABOR DAY, Sept 1, 2025

Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #RESIST!

WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES
Nationwide Protest – Maine Events
– Updated Aug 30 5:45PM –

In support of and solidarity with workers and unions. Please bring signs and posters that express this intent.

Auburn: 12-2:00pm, Court St, Longley Bridge, Auburn
Augusta: 4-6:00pm, Memorial Bridge sidewalks, Augusta
Bangor: 10-11:30am, West Market Square, 1 Broad St, Bangor
Belfast: 4-7:00pm, Steamboat Landing, 34 Comm'l St, Belfast
Brewer: 4:30-7:00pm, Solidarity Center, 20 Ivers St, Brewer
Bridgton: 12-2:00pm, Shorey Park, Main St, Bridgton
Brunswick: 10-11:30am, Maine St Mall & Gazebo, Brunswick
Calais: 11-12:30pm, Corner of North & Main, Flatiron Park, Calais
Damariscotta: 12-1:00pm, Damariscotta-Newcastle bridge
Dexter: 12-1:00pm, Corners of Post Office Rd, 1 Church St, Dexter
Dover-Foxcroft: 1-2:00pm, Main Street bridge, Dover-Foxcroft
Ellsworth: 10:30-11:30am, 175 High Street (Shaw's area), Ellsworth
Ellsworth: 12-1:30pm, City Hall, 1 City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth
Farmington: 11-12:30pm, Farmington Post Office, Farmington
Freeport: 8-11:15am, Corner of Main & School St, Freeport
Lisbon Falls: 9-10:30am, Rt 1 & Main St, Lisbon Falls
Machias: 12-1:00pm, 16 O'Brien Ave, Machias
Oxford Hills: 4-6:00pm, Main St & Fair St, Paris
Portsmouth, NH: 4-5:00pm, Market Square, Portsmouth NH
Presque Isle: 10-11:30am, North & Main Streets, Presque Isle
South Portland: 11-12:00pm, Erskine Park (at end of bridge), SoPo
Southwest Harbor: 11-12:00pm, 315 Main St, Southwest Harbor
Waterville: 10-12:00, Head of Falls Park, march starts Green St Park
Wayne: 9-10:30am, On the bridge, Main St, Wayne
Wolfeboro NH: 12-2:00pm, Pickering Corner, 151 S Main, Wolfeboro
York: 10-11:00am, York Town Hall, 186 York St, York

More Labor Day 2025 Events added as they're organized.
Submit events to: ptactivism@gmail.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 29

Good.

Health officials from Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania met this week to consider coordinating their own vaccine recommendations, separate from the federal government.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · Aug 28

Susan Collins voted to confirm RFK Jr as head of DHS, of which CDC is a part. She owns all of this.

Joe Lawlor @joelawlorph.bsky.social · Aug 28

"I see no basis for her firing," Collins said of the removal of CDC director Susan Monarez @pressherald.com reporter @rachelohm.bsky.social on scene at Collins event in Old Orchard Beach #mepolitics
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/28/s...

Susan Collins ‘extremely alarmed’ at Trump administration firing of CDC director

Maine's senior senator reacted Thursday to the firing of U.S. CDC Director Susan Monarez, who was let go by the administration this week following a reported clash with Health Secretary Robert F. Kenn...

www.pressherald.com

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · Aug 27

Sen. Susan Collins was heckled and drowned out by demonstrators at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in her home state on Tuesday, the latest in a series of confrontations between protesters and members of Congress.

Sen. Susan Collins drowned out by protesters at Maine ribbon-cutting event

The Republican senator is one of several politicians who've had to deal with angry protests in recent months.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 27

Whew! Sen. Susan Collins should be “very concerned”

She showed up as the main guest at a ribbon-cutting in Searsport, Maine. It backfired.

The crowd was not happy to have her: “Shame. Shame. Shame.”

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Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · Aug 26

Well, #crackerbarrell - your decision today confirms a train wreck in overall management, and such a massive public relations disaster. Your food was just mediocre and processed, but this latest debacle leaves more of a bad taste.

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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · Aug 26

Mainers aren't shy to show Susan Collins how they feel, it's no wonder she's constantly hiding from them. #mesen #mepolitics

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · Aug 26

We joke, but this is absolutely a signifier of America’s descent into a mafia state.

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · Aug 26

Also, he gets 10% of the biscuits now.

Cracker Barrel Dumps New Logo Hours After Trump Gripes About It

"We said we would listen, and we have," the restaurant chain said in a statement Tuesday. "Our new logo is going away and our 'Old Timer' will remain."

www.huffpost.com

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Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · Aug 22

All of these smart scholars, lawyers, former presidents etc and nobody can stop a pedophile leading the country….destroying us and the world.

Makes you wonder.

Matt in Maine/Florida @sanmataeo1372.bsky.social · Aug 22

Perhaps the Epstein Files are actually hiding in the Barrel.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Aug 21

How can you have Cracker Barrel without the Cracker?

These are the times that try men’s souls.