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Realizing that a lot of folks still may not have seen this.
Our story from July which hits different in the context of the more recent @propublica revelations. #MEpolitics
NEW: Susan Collins was close enough with Tom Daffron nine years before they married that she took him as her date to a black tie White House gala -- at a time when he was a registered lobbyist and still married to his former wife.
Link to our story in the next post. #MEpolitics
Wow another Republican candidate (tinyurl.com/4mzz3cut) who's a big Trump fan (tinyurl.com/54es3c9j) thinks Susan Collins is the bees knees. Shocking development! #MEpolitics
From @midcoastvillager's coverage of a protest outside a Rockland resort yesterday where Susan Collins was holding a fundraiser. tinyurl.com/r2c8yysc #MEpolitics
Hey is it a good thing when, eight days before an election, you feel compelled to plant a column by one of your staffer's husbands (!) in your sympathetic local paper arguing that a Pulitzer-winning outlet's month-old story was poorly researched? #MEpolitics
P.S. The story was credible and explosive. And backed up with evidence like e-mails. That's why Bangor Daily News ran it on the top of their front page! #MEpolitics
Shame on @benkail for playing along w/ this nonsense.
Voting to advance a bill so you can change it ISN'T A THING. Anyone can propose changes.
It's also Susan Collins SECOND excuse. First she said she defers to the Maj Leader on procedural votes -- an obvious lie. #MEpolitics
Why's Susan Collins spending time fundraising NINE DAYS before an election?
It's not because her campaign needs the $$. It's cuz her benefactors demand she make good on her end of the sordid money-for-access bargain her career is built around.
See e.g. @ProPublica. #MEpolitics
Still thinking about this which was about as close to an "emperor has no clothes" moment as you'll get in an American political debate. #MEpolitics
Q: Can you name a time when you voted against your party and President Trump and it changed the outcome?
SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Secretary Hegseth. As you undoubtedly have read, at the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated for that job.
Q: So it didn't change the outcome
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) making the case for why Mainers should give Susan Collins the boot and elect Troy Jackson. #MEpolitics
At the big press conference after the Lewiston shootings, Susan Collins said banning high-capacity magazines was preferable to banning assault guns...then lied when a reporter noted she'd voted against banning those too. tinyurl.com/5wahvtkx #MEpolitics
Third anniversary of the Lewiston shootings.
Earlier that very day, Susan Collins voted for an amendment that singled out veterans to be *exempted* from losing access to guns based on mental health screens that would otherwise apply. tinyurl.com/3y6rvfjp #MEpolitics
An Army reservist with a history of mental health issues is suspected of killing at least 18 people.
Hours before the rampage, the Senate voted 53-45 to adopt an amendment making it easier for veterans with mental disabilities to get guns.
Story: rollingstone.com/politics/po…
Stephen King says Susan Collins only "voice[s] concern"; implores Mainers to "pull the emergency break" on Trump and vote for Troy Jackson. #MEpolitics
Nine days ago. #MEpolitics
Troy Jackson is from/for the working class and Susan Collins is from/for the ownership class.
There are a lot of (rich!) people interested in obscuring that basic contrast, but when you boil it down, it isn't much more complicated than that. #MEpolitics
Unbelievable turnout on a beautiful Saturday in Maine to send @TroyJackson207 our @GoIUPAT member to the United States Senate!!!
To an approximation no one in "objective" US media talks about Susan Collins with the kind of unguarded skepticism on view here -- even though she's widely seen by the public as a phony -- because she's got legacy/broadcast/corporate media wrapped around her finger. #MEpolitics
Time for a quick refresher on Susan Collins and Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford.
First some context: Trump nominated Kav 7/9/18 and pro-choice groups warned he'd kill Roe -- which Collins had vowed to protect. But on 8/31 HuffPo reported she'd already secretly approved him.
After Ford testified ably and credibly before a national audience, Susan Collins tried to strike an uneasy balance -- voicing sympathy for her and refraining from skepticism of her account...while simultaneously working to undermine Ford's credibility with the public. #MEpolitics
