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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 15h

If the answer is no to either of these questions, maybe you shouldn’t be commenting on the Maine Senate race.

Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 15h

So if you find yourself having big feelings that you need to express about who should be the candidate to run against Susan Collins in Maine, ask yourself if you know what a dooryard is and if you’ve ever used the word dooryard in a sentence.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 8h

Trump take cars

CNN @cnn.com · 8h

New car buyers can expect to shell out an average of more than $50,000 for the first time, according to a report from Kelley Blue Book. https://cnn.it/4odLnaO

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Janet Mills @janetmillsforme.bsky.social · 23h

I've never backed down from a bully and I never will.

Donald Trump is ripping away health care from millions, driving up costs, and giving corporate CEOs massive tax cuts. And Susan Collins is helping him.

My life’s work has prepared me for this fight—and I'm ready to win.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

A federal judge said "DHS, you cannot legally put this language into a grant." So what DHS did is... keep putting that language in grants — but with a new disclaimer saying it would only apply if the court order was struck down.

The judge was NOT happy.

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 18h

Judge William Smith (W. Bush appointee): The Government has done "precisely what the ... [court's] Order forbids."

The case is Illinois v. FEMA

On Wednesday, we'll publish an updated catalogue of such judicial decisions on noncompliance with court orders at @justsecurity.org at the link below:

The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation

Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."

www.justsecurity.org

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 14h

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 15h

The toxic misogyny has been a reliable throughline of the Trump Era since 2015.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 15h

If the answer is no to either of these questions, maybe you shouldn’t be commenting on the Maine Senate race.

Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 15h

So if you find yourself having big feelings that you need to express about who should be the candidate to run against Susan Collins in Maine, ask yourself if you know what a dooryard is and if you’ve ever used the word dooryard in a sentence.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 15h

So if you find yourself having big feelings that you need to express about who should be the candidate to run against Susan Collins in Maine, ask yourself if you know what a dooryard is and if you’ve ever used the word dooryard in a sentence.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 15h

But they won’t pay their fair share of taxes, or give up a disproportionate tax cut that us in their favor. They just make wild claims that they are willing to pay for the trendy thing of the day

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 16h

It would be a big mistake to think that anybody could ever convince Governor Mills to do something she had not determined was right for her to do in the first place. If anything, she is her own person to a fault. She often charts her own path, driving various Dems crazy sometimes.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 17h

Say whaaaaa?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here:

youtu.be/evXWmHVx5Eg

Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING in Maine as MAJOR LOSS HAUNTS HIM

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Meiselas: How do you see yourself in that race versus Graham Platner?

Mills: We’ve run people against Susan Collins before, and she won because we ran people who were untested… I’m the only one in the race who’s actually won an election

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 20h

When asked to name senators he admires, your bro Platner named only white men, including Josh Hawley.

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 1d

A hallmark of Trump related enterprises throughout the years and even decades has been the idea that distinction between true and false fact fiction actually don’t exist.

He always has tended to simply assert what is useful or convenient or easy as truth

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

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

www.cbsnews.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

One of Trump’s few consistent positions is pro-corruption.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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Carolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 3d

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

As a Mainer, whether or not certain members of the Democratic National Committee prefer one candidate or the other is pretty much irrelevant to most of us Maine voters. We will have a primary it will be ranked choice voting, and we will pick our candidate to go up against Collins. Stop whining.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Save this graph for the next time @MarshaBlackburn @SpeakerJohnson @JDVance try to hold $50 Billion for rural hospitals out as a of win for the 🇺🇸 people

We’re bad at math but $1.1 TRILLION in cuts (for tax cuts for the rich) > $50 BILLION

They think we are all morons

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

The Democratic primary voters in Maine will determine who the candidate is who faces Susan Collins. The primary will be RCV.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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