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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 13h

Yep.

martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 13h

I am a single issue voter and that issue is I want the Republican Party in federal prison.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 13h

That rage you feel, as you watch the White House get leveled? That's how we beat Trump. Harness that, refine it, find ways to get other people equally enraged. Get them so mad they can't see straight. None of this kumbaya BS. White-hot, unreasoning anger, that demands the people who did this PAY.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 13h

And even then, some of them can’t appreciate the good and that. Zohran is a talented politician and seems to genuinely care about NY. If you’re going to pick a hill to die on to refuse to let the other shoe drop, pick him!

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 13h

Like if this is some sort of op, I don’t think he’s a republican trying to help Susan Collins win reelection. I don’t think he cares about her either way. He’s just fucking with the libs because that’s edgy and funny.

Everyone is 12.

martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 13h

The most charitable explanation is that a guy with very poor judgment talked to his way into the progressive lane of a competitive primary.

The least charitable is that he actually is a right winger trying to infiltrate the Dems to cause psychological harm to our coalition.

Erdogan Gwan Delilah @socialconcarne.bsky.social · 1d

chat it doesn't look good

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah he’s on track to hit Biden levels unpopularity.

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 16h

Just brutal national tracks for Trump in recent days.
Approve/disapprove:
37%-61% (-24) AP-NORC
37%-60% (-23) ARG
39%-56% (-17) Econ/YouGov
42%-56% (-14) Ipsos/Reuters
fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 16h

new gallup data comes out showing democrats taking a lead on trust to handle the economy, just as they emerge with an edge in national party ID www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-n...

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 16h

I think Maine Dems watched Sara Gideon, the former speaker of the State House get pasted when they thought Collins would go down with Trump in 2020, and it had a chilling effect.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

again, the sooner Platner reads the room and bows out with some kind of grace, the sooner a plausible alternative to Mills can be stood up

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 16h

there are seven people in this race.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 16h

He’s running for gov but someone could get him to switch races and there are others already there who could win that seat. All the other decent Maine Dem politicians are not running or running for gov bc it’s easier than challenging a six-term incumbent.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 16h

I suppose my stance is that there’s no way we get out of this intact if we do not take necessary risks or take unnecessary risks. The Nazi skull tattoo is an unnecessary risk.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 17h

Competitive primaries are good. I feel the same relief of this happening now as I did at the realization that its good that Biden’s debate happened in June and not in September.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 17h

Critical support to comrade Janet Mills (D-ME)

martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah at this point the damage is done and I think excusing this will lead to more damage to our party psyche than Mills defeating Collins.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 17h

They’re all in the gubernatorial primary bc that is the easier race and Mills will have effectively frozen the senate field if others aren’t willing to challenge her.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 17h

Maine statewide races currently in a state of having the elderly grandma, snippy concerned aunt, and “edgy” problematic cousin locked in the car with the keys while everyone else normal is afraid to get in and stop them from taking off.

rose @breadnrosie.bsky.social · 21h

the whole bench is in the gubernatorial race because everyone is afraid of collins and mills froze the senate primary. there are 5 extremely prominent dems in it

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rose @breadnrosie.bsky.social · 21h

the whole bench is in the gubernatorial race because everyone is afraid of collins and mills froze the senate primary. there are 5 extremely prominent dems in it

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 21h

how do you not have a single person on your bench under 60 in a swing state with an aging GOP incumbent. how have you let the party apparatus languish like that

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18h

I think the problem here is that the list of proven Democrats in Maine is pretty short, Mills would be an impressive candidate in every way but one, and Collins has proved incredibly difficult to beat. But that one thing has been a pretty big sticking point for Dems lately

Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 21h

i think this might give them too much credit but even if true, “the best we can find is a 70-something who isn’t even onboard with basic shit like ditching the filibuster” is either rank incompetence of actively and intentionally sabotaging any future dem majority.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 22h

Agree with all of this!

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 18h

That, and one of his past roles was chief of staff to Katie Porter and he’s worked primarily in DC - even if he is from Maine, he’ll still seem like a carpetbagger.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 18h

“Use competitive primaries to improve Team Fight margins in our Senate ranks” challenge. Primary voters need to vote the way their No Kings marches would indicate.

Disgraziato @primaryschool.bsky.social · 19h

Maine with an ancient filibuster fan looking favored, Illinois with a crypto guy with more money than God, Michigan at risk of splitting the vote for Haley Stevens, Minnesota maybe going to Angie Craig, no big primary challenges materializing other than Moulton to Markey. don't like it

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 19h

Man why can’t politicians who quote Andor be more like Pritzker or Raskin who don’t have problematic tattoos.

martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 19h

Again this is why competitive primaries are good. Susan Collins is no pushover electorally and while 2026 may be the time to unseat her, it’s going to be a knife fight.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, this is why Jackson running for gov is important - if she can take the seat but then dies in office, he can appoint the replacement.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 19h

The thing is, if she was anti-filibuster I’d be fine ok her despite the age! It’s not just that she’s pro-filibuster, it’s that she’s in favor of it for a reason thats been irrelevant for over a decade. Ignorance at best and age showing at worst.

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martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 19h

But yeah generally having two candidates taking up the major lanes (establishment vs progs) both having problematic traits is *not good* and speaks to how thin the Maine bench is compared to some other blue states. Troy Jackson needs to stay running for gov though.

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