Margaret Forsyth
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“We’re not from the left, we’re not from the right. We’re from the bottom, and we’re rising.” Troy Jackson
If Susan Collins stopped writing blank checks to ICE and we clawed back that money instead, we could fund health care for the 31,000 people who are about to lose it thanks to Trump's Big Beautiful Bill #mepolitics
Economic Policy Institute@epi.org · 8h agoThe Trump administration plans on spending $268.9 BILLION—or $2,358 per taxpayer—to undertake mass deportations. Ever wonder what that money could have funded instead? Check out EPI's new calculator to see what your state, county, congressional district, or town could have invested in.
Mainers being pragmatic in Nov means to vote in droves for Troy Jackson and to dump Susan Collins, for the sake of not only Maine but all of America. #MEpolitics #MEsen #JACKSONforMAINE #VOTEherOUT
Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · yesterdayIn the November elections, to be radical is to be pragmatic.
Like Troy said about himself, we've all: "been so waiting for a time when everyday people push back and say, y'know what, this is not working. I don't care about the wealthy. It's the rest of us that need a break. Now is OUR time." Troy Jackson for Senate. #MEpolitics #MEsen #JACKSONforMAINE
Troy Jackson@troyjackson207.bsky.social · yesterdayOur fight has never changed. From universal healthcare to reproductive rights to dependable childcare, now's our time to say to the system: This isn't working.
I join union nurses in calling for Debora Kapisha's immediate release from ICE detention. To those who can make it, I encourage you to join Maine union nurses for an emergency demonstration today at 10:30 AM outside Maine Medical Center in Portland.
Thank you, Sanford City Council, for unanimously approving the data center moratorium last night - and to the citizens who worked so hard to make it happen! Now we have time to put ordinances in place to protect our city from the devastating environmental effects these centers can cause. Well done!
=============== WED AUG 5 10:30AM MAINE MED CENTER =============== Western Prom near 22 Bramhall St, Portland, Maine MAINE MED NURSES DEMAND IMMEDIATE RELEASE of COLLEAGUE FROM ICE DETENTION. Details below. #AbolishICE #ICEoutOfMaine
Maine Medical Center nurses demand immediate release of their colleague from ICE detention
Nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine are staging an emergency protest Wednesday, Aug. 5 to demand the immediate release of an RN colleague who is being detained by ICE despite the fact th...
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ICE just kidnapped a nurse in Maine. Not a criminal. Not a threat. A nurse. Debora Kapisha was legally working at Maine Med, saving lives. ICE took her anyway. Abolish ICE.
======================= ORGANIZED PEOPLE CAN BEAT ORGANIZED MONEY ======================= Let's make it happen in Maine. Support and organize for Troy Jackson. #ORGANIZEforTROY #JACKSONforMAINE #MEpolitics #MEsen
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 9h agoAbdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
Maine Medical Center nurses protest colleague’s ICE detention
Maine Medical Center nurses protest colleague’s ICE detention
Debora Kapisha, a registered nurse at the hospital, was detained by immigration agents last week. Kapisha is challenging her detention.
pressherald.com
Debora Kapisha, a medical-surgical nurse at Maine Medical Center in Portland, was detained on July 30 at Logan Airport, according to the nurses union. https://www.mainepublic.org/immigration/2026-08-05/mainehealth-nurses-demand-release-of-colleague-arrested-by-ice
MaineHealth nurses demand release of colleague arrested by ICE
Debora Kapisha, a medical-surgical nurse at Maine Medical Center in Portland, was detained on July 30 at Logan Airport, according to the nurses union.
mainepublic.org
Increasing clouds, high 89º, calm =============== MAINE RESISTANCE WED, AUG 5, 2026 =============== #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved #VOTE ✨ ☎️ MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989 ☎️ p1/3 – REPOST/SHARE! #MEpolitics
8/5 Maine Medical Center nurses outraged about colleague taken by ICE at airport on Thursday #maine #MEpolitics
"Together, we have demonstrated that the answer to fear is not division, it’s community. And that’s why we’re here today—to build a Maine where local resources remain dedicated to local communities.” ~Ruben Torres, MIRC mainebeacon.com/community-is...
“Community is stronger than fear” — New ICE Out of Maine laws take effect - Maine Beacon
Three new laws aimed at protecting Maine communities from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s violent tactics take effect today. The laws, known collectively as ICE Out of Maine laws, are called ICE...
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FBI not conducting civil rights investigation into ICE shooting in Maine despite questions about use of force, sources say
The deadly encounter between an ICE officer and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero on July 13 in Biddeford, Maine, is the latest in a growing string of clashes between civilians and ICE agents.
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Maine's online absentee ballot request form is now live for the November general election! Voters can request an absentee ballot online now using the link below, and ballots will start being mailed out in early October.
State of Maine Online Absentee Ballot Request & Tracking Service
absenteeballotrequest.sos.maine.gov
Funny that it's so hard to find Daffron divorce date. 🤔From Capitol Hill to tying the knot: A look at power couple Susan Collins and Thomas Daffron www.centralmaine.com/2012/07/29/c...
From Capitol Hill to tying the knot: A look at power couple Susan Collins and Thomas Daffron
One of the most influential Maine political figures you've likely never heard of soon will tie the knot with the woman who will soon be the most powerful politician in the state.
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A coalition of Maine-based attorneys and legal nonprofits are arguing that the state had the right to deny federal immigration agents covert license plates and that the lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s administration should be dismissed. mainemorningstar.com/2026/08/04/m...
Maine legal groups back state’s refusal to issue covert license plates to federal agents • Maine Morning Star
A coalition of Maine-based attorneys and legal nonprofits are arguing that the state had the right to deny federal immigration agents covert license plates and that the lawsuit filed by President…
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I'm in. Though not in ME-02, I'm happy to do everything I can to help Matt Dunlap win this election & keep Paul LePage out. I urge every Mainer to encourage their friends and family in ME-02 to VOTE for MATT DUNLAP! Let's turn this state blue, through and through. #MEpolitics #DunlapForCongress
Matt Dunlap@dunlapforcongress.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW Election Forecast: This race is a toss-up — and it'll decide whether working families keep getting shafted by people like Paul LePage, or finally get the relief they've been waiting for. We built this the right way: knocking doors, listening, showing up. Now let's finish it. Are you in?
Maine People's Alliance (MPA) has formally endorsed senate candidate Troy Jackson. MPA is Maine’s largest progressive community action organization. "Fighting for a world where everyone contributes what they can, has what they need, and no one is left behind." #JACKSONforMAINE #MEpolitics #MEsen
Maine People's Alliance@mainepeople.bsky.social · 2d agoThe member-led board of directors of Maine People’s Alliance has endorsed Troy Jackson in the U.S. Senate race! The organizing power of his team and base are exactly what we need to defeat Sen. Susan Collins and overcome the large amounts of money that Republicans will be throwing against us to win.
This report on the closing of the birthing center in Houlton from "This American Life" should become part of the #MeSen campaign #MePolitics www.thisamericanlife.org/894/i-couldn...
Closing Time - This American Life
A doctor trained as a midwife tells the eye-popping story of how she and others came together to save a baby during a birth that suddenly went wrong, in a part of rural Maine where the local labo...
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Unlocked www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
She Voted for a Justice Who Overturned Roe. Now it Haunts Her on the Trail. (Gift Article)
Senator Susan Collins, who supports abortion rights, endorsed Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court. It has emerged as a major issue in her campaign for re-election.
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Susan Collins's staff routinely asks the ME press to make stories more favorable to her. As @collinswatch.bsky.social reported this week, @pressherald.com has agreed. Free Press editor Andy O'Brien did not. Here's the staffer's markup of his editorial. andyobrien.substack.com/p/the-collin...
Collins Watch and Andy O'Brien have documented how Collins owns the local press here in Maine. Thoroughly corrupt—her staff controls, edits and revises news stories about her. National media needs gets them on the defensive about it, but it won't ever stop. andyobrien.substack.com/p/the-collin...
The Collins Media Industrial Complex Strikes Again
Maine’s legacy media props up Collins while national media goes after Troy
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Awful: The local press in Maine is crediting Susan Collins for getting Trump to agree to ICE bodycams nationwide. It's cynical BS: She voted for $70 billion in ICE money and against requiring bodycams. But this kind of thing is why she could still win. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
8/1 Poll: Just 35% of Maine voters say Senator Collins has done a good job with how she's voted on Supreme Court nominees #maine #MEpolitics
Will BDN be covering Elon Musk entering the Maine Chat? The Ultra White Supremacist that lives to demean and destroy all others. Who possesses a deeply sick mind. Who destroys everything in his path. Just ask the poor citizens of Memphis. Where he runs illegal methane turbines.
Bangor Daily News@bangordailynews.bsky.social · 5d agoThe hire will help the caucus develop policy priorities and build coalitions with advocacy groups, reporting to caucus members.
Dems need to take this seriously. Susan Collins is making her move right now to distance herself from the horrific ICE shooting in Maine. She's very good at this kind of maneuver. It's why she keeps getting reelected there.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d agoSusan Collins, who voted for $70 billion in no-strings-attached ICE funding, is now taking credit for securing new bodycams to distance herself from Trump and ICE. This is how Collins wins in Maine. Dems must go on offense on ICE to thwart this scam. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...