Susie Crimmins 8647
@scrimmins.bsky.social
Retired and live in beautiful Maine. Used to live in CD-2, now live in CD-1. Will not obey in advance.(We need to become ungovernable). Firmly believe that Trump is not a King and ICE is slippery and dangerous. Abolish ICE.
The Heritage Foundation is run by Opus Dei Catholics Kevin Roberts and Roger Severino. More than 50% of the 100 orgs behind Project 2025 were funded by Opus Dei affiliated Leonard Leo. Miss the faith driven politics and you miss the story. jesspiper.substack.com/p/give-them-...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
jesspiper.substack.com
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
Guess what, Susan Collins, people in Maine are tired of your game when your vote isn’t necessary to pass a bill or confirm a nominee you vote the way Mainers want or need, but when it IS needed, well… #MePolitics
🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
🤯 Max Miller's interview with Tapper is an utter trainwreck 🤯
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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Well, I guess we now know that both Senator Thune and Senator Collins still know how to count votes.
Reminder that last year a Republican senator speaking on the record (!) admitted in so many words that all of this is playacting -- that GOP leadership "allow[s] [Susan] Collins the flexibility to vote no on some nominees" for electoral reasons. #MEpolitics
Thanks, Susan Collins. 😬
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · yesterdayFor those interested in more on this "BREAKING" story, here's a link to the story in POLITICO last night by @alicemiranda.bsky.social & myself on Blanche's comments in a private call with anti-abortion activists www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Another disaster from our incompetent Builder-in-Chief.
8/4 Audio: Maine Senator Susan Collins says she’d vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court again. She had previously acknowledged that Kavanaugh had misled her about Roe v Wade being settled law before ultimately overturning Roe v Wade. #maine #MEpolitics
One-man news outlet (?) doing laps around @pressherald.com, @bangordailynews.bsky.social etc. (It helps if you see telling the truth about Susan Collins as central to your mission rather than something to be avoided whenever possible because it might get you yelled at.) #MEpolitics
Maine Newsroom@mainenewsroom.com · yesterday8/4 Audio: Maine Senator Susan Collins says she’d vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court again. She had previously acknowledged that Kavanaugh had misled her about Roe v Wade being settled law before ultimately overturning Roe v Wade. #maine #MEpolitics
For all these reasons, so well articulated here, Senator Collins is going to probably vote *checks notes*…. #MePolitics
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
Susan Collins can't decide whether the president's personal lawyer should be allowed to continue to use the Dept of Justice to prosecute the Trump's enemies, overlook Trump's tax fraud and cover up child abuse to protect Trump #mepolitics www.bangordailynews.com/2026/08/03/p...
Susan Collins hasn’t decided whether to confirm Todd Blanche as AG
The Republican senator from Maine did vote with her party to confirm him as deputy attorney general last year.
bangordailynews.com
A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...
El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says
The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.
thecityreporter.nyc
ABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"
Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'
Capital One says it closed hundreds of accounts associated with President Trump and his businesses in 2021 "for anti-money laundering reasons," according to a filing.
abcnews.com
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Never too early to remind friends, neighbors and relatives. Particularly those who aren't political junkies or who haven't reliably participated in off-year elections. #MEpolitics
ACLU of Maine@aclumaine.bsky.social · 2d agoElection Day may be a couple of months away, but it's already time to request a mail-in absentee ballot online! Maine makes it accessible, convenient, and secure for all voters. Visit absenteeballotrequest.sos.maine.gov to request your ballot.
8/3 Hannah Pingree tells me she would try to ban Flock cameras if elected Maine governor, calling the technology "incredibly dangerous" and saying it infringes on "our basic constitutional rights." #maine #MEpolitics
This kind of initiatives have two major purposes. Primarily and foremost , to make life unbearable for trans kids and secondarily to discourage girls from playing sports at all. 🧵
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
It's about killing women's sports, not just annihilating trans people (though it's certainly and viciously about that).
I wouldn’t my kid relatives play sports in school if I had anything to say about it if these were the conditions under which they had to play.  It’s hard enough to be an athletic girl for example without people questioning if you are a girl and if you’re trans well, these exams are just horrific.
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Corporations, not immigrants, are responsible for the vast majority of healthcare fraud, OIG report shows
Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows
Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on healthcare fraud doesn’t even mention them.
theintercept.com
I’m old enough to know that RSV has been around since the mid 50s and pretty sure that contrary to what RFK Jr wants us to believe it wasn’t the result of gain of function research.
