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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · 7h

Just checking to make sure all Dems have moved on from Katie porter

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christinebkirby.bsky.social @christinebkirby.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful oped in support of a Red Flag Law from former Senate President and current Maine gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson. #mepolitics

Maine’s traditions are not at odds with a red flag law | Troy Jackson

Refusing to change course on this issue is a failure of leadership.

www.centralmaine.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · 3d

One shop in Augusta prints the ballots. Envelopes are printed at another shop, unsure where. The ballots get sealed in sets of 50 and mainly UPS’d (but some USPS in rural areas) to towns. I thought the SOS elections division mailed them, but apparently they come straight from the printer.

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · 6d

democrats in congress are generally bad at politics and this moment feels so dark due to the lack of a capable minority party

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 7d

10/2 Newburgh, Maine resident claims she received stacks of ballots in an Amazon package, but little about the story adds up #maine #MEpolitics

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · 7d

So the chain of custody is still traceable, if 250 ballots went missing from a clerks office or mail room we should be able to pinpoint where exactly they left from and can investigate that and who is responsible.

Once ballots have been voted they are handled in the locked metal boxes by hand etc.

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · 7d

SOS actually does use UPS (and some USPS for rural towns) to get the sealed sets of ballots to each town. However the shipping happens in sealed, inventoried, boxes, where SOS (sender) and town clerk (recipient) count and sign off to ensure the correct number of everything is included.

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · 7d

It appears the ballots are real. They obviously did not show up in an amazon box (and funny how the recipient's first call was not the police but the Maine Wire...), but a serious interception of ballots took place.

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · 15d

It is wild that the Kimmel monologue has over 13 million views in the first 14 hours after upload. It is well worth watching!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27d

“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 27d

Trump's declaration that radical right extremism is justified as a response to the left will likely be heard all over the far right as a clear invitation to violence.

“That statement is basically a permission slip," one tracker of right wing extremism tells me.

newrepublic.com/article/2004...

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 28d

Institutional trust is so low at a point when it is critically neeeded.

Doing law enforcement by selective leaks and social media posts is deeply problematic.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 28d

Ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology was found inside the rifle authorities believe was used in Kirk’s shooting, sources say.

Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved with Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources

Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, according to an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation. The older-model

on.wsj.com

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · Sep 9

Team just not Janet!

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · Sep 5

So long as Turkish airlines flies to wherever he gets formally offered, I bet he will take it

Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · Sep 5

BREAKING: Close advisers have been crafting a plan for President Trump to nominate Mayor Eric Adams to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, in an effort to end the mayor’s long-shot campaign for re-election in New York City, according to four people familiar with the discussions.

Talks Between Adams and Trump Surrogate Center on Saudi Ambassadorship

www.nytimes.com

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · Sep 4

Certainly not something that you just dump something on

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’ve studied US drone strikes, I wrote a book called “Drones and Terrorism,” and this Caribbean strike is different.

Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 3

* FED BEIGE BOOK: MOST DISTRICTS SEE LITTLE OR NO GROWTH

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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Collins’s husband, Thomas Daffron, owns stock in several defense contracting companies despite his spouse sitting as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee."

#mesen #mepolitics

www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/...

Democrats target Susan Collins over congressional stock trading ban in new ad

A Democratic advocacy group is running two digital ads against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and her stance on members of Congress trading stocks.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · Aug 29

In honor of the Ernst news it is important for us all to remember that all political careers die

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Schumer should accept defeat here. He should stop trying to recruit anyone to run against Platner. He should give everyone in the Democratic coalition a fair and unspoiled test of left-populist appeal."

Agreed, @brianbeutler.bsky.social
www.offmessage.net/p/graham-pla...

Graham Platner And The Perils Of Infighting

Chuck Schumer should bow out and let this guy cook.

www.offmessage.net

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · Aug 29

This isn't just a political claim, it's an empirical one. If "the problem is not guns" then we shouldn't see any correlation between gun ownership and oh wait platform.vox.com/wp-content/u...

Scatterplot showing a strong positive correlation between gun ownership and gun deaths among several dozen countries, with the United States a huge outlier on both measures

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Christian Ricci @cricci.pro · Aug 27

PSA: If you’ve donated to Jordan Wood- it is not too late to request a refund! #mepolitics

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 27

No point in shouting "shame." To get through to Collins, they need to use works she can relate to.
Try chanting "Concerned. Concerned. Concerned."

Andy O'Brien @aobrien2024.bsky.social · Aug 26

Senator Susan Collins got an earful from protesters at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Searsport today.

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