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Photographic novice, life-long Independent who has always valued integrity, honesty, and a strong-awake work ethic in my life and my politics. “Let the Lame Duck Lie Fast Asleep”.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s latest financial report said Paramount gave him tickets to the 2025 Kennedy Center gala worth $12,390. He and his wife sat in skybox seats. Such seats sold for $125,000 a piece, according to Kennedy Center guidelines.

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...

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Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in a sign of a wilting labor market - NPR Can it get worse with Trump as President? I can’t believe I asked myself that question. It can and will only get worse with Trump as President and while the Republican majority remains paralyzed with fear. VOTE!!!!!

NEW: Elvis Brooks was exonerated after 42 years in prison. Civil rights attorneys called his case an egregious example of a wrongful conviction. But the Louisiana Attorney General maintains he is guilty — and thus doesn’t qualify for any compensation from the state. with @veritenews.org

He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.

Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore...

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AIPAC put out a statement today letting people know they are going all in for Mike Rogers. After spending $60 million to try to elect Haley Stevens, now they're throwing even more money at the republican in the race. Vote El-Sayed. Foreign governments should not be allowed to buy our elections.

Trump signs executive orders targeting birthright citizenship, birth tourism after Supreme Court setback - Fox News Here’s a novel concept; if these executive orders are truly addressing a real fraud committed against birth right citizenship why not actually write a law and have Congress pass it?

A third straight poll shows us what we already know. No amount of billionaire money can overcome an organized movement of working Mainers fighting for an economy that works for us. Susan Collins should be very concerned.

NEW U.S. SENATE POLL
TROY LEADS SUSAN COLLINS IN THIRD STRAIGHT POLL.

JACKSON 49%
COLLINS 45%

HART RESEARCH - JULY 27 TO AUG 1, 2026 - N=802 LIKELY GENERAL ELECTION VOTERS IN MAINE

LOGGER - MAINER - LABOR CHAMPION

61 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act became law of the land. Today, Trump and MAGA extremists have made voter suppression their priority — attempting to rig our elections, cling to power, and enrich themselves at your expense.

🚨BREAKING: A federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to D.C.'s unredacted voter registration lists. The department now stands at 0-21 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.

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