ICYMI, that NYTimes story on Graham Platner was a big Nothingburger. Key accuser is a right wing operative with Heritage, IWF, etc. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/new-york-t... #mepoli #mainepoli

Opus Dei victims to meet Pope Leo in Spain. tenerifeweekly.com/2026/06/05/p...

@hcrichardson.bsky.social today includes Eisenhower's statement, never delivered, in which he announces the failure of the landing at Cherbourg-Havre, teh bravery of our service members, and his sole responsibility. Gives me chills every time.

The main source for the @nytimes.com piece on @grahamformaine.bsky.social is a right wing blogger paid by Koch-Bradly Fdn, Coors, Walton etc. And she says she would like a job with Susan Collins. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/new-york-t... #mepoli #mainepoli

Watch Deadline D.C. with @bradbannon.bsky.social the very best in aggressive progressive must see online TV Mondays at 3PM ET. @masspolprofmo.bsky.social @willrobinson1776.bsky.social @lesliemarshallshow.bsky.social @markgrimaldi.bsky.social @politicususa.com @tarabuster.bsky.social

@nytimes.com confirmed @grahamformaine.bsky.social accuser is trolling for a job with Susan Collins. Otherwise, not much. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/new-york-t...

The New York Times put "two veteran political reporters" assisted by four other staffers on the story for several months and were able to show that Platner's chief accuser is a right-wing staffer who wants to work for Susan Collins. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/new-york-t...

Parents Unite did a whole post on Linda McMahon’s Boston visit without mentioning her role in the Ring Boys sexual abuse scandal. Here is what they missed. Justice for the Ring Boys. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/linda-mcma...

Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check

Be there! networkforpubliceducation.org/2026-nationa... and fight to save public schools. @progresstexas.bsky.social @texasaflcio.org @texastribune.org @texasobserver.org @texasaft.org @pastors4nckids.bsky.social @masspolprofmo.bsky.social

“.. Mr. Pelley sent a statement to The Times that assailed the new leadership of CBS News, writing that ‘incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc’ at the network. He added, ‘The collapse of values at the top has become untenable.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...

A nearly $1 billion contract. ONE full-time doctor for 800 detainees. Funny how there's always enough money for executive bonuses, shareholders, and political donations, but never enough for basic medical care. Human suffering is apparently just another line item in the budget. Disgraceful.

June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. For many, this issue is not abstract. It is shaped by loss, grief, and safety drills that become routine. We honor those lives by refusing to accept this as normal and by demanding real action to prevent more tragedy.

coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/01/b... @carolburris.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @publicedpartners.bsky.social @masspolprofmo.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social @osodtexas.bsky.social @kylec.bsky.social @copublicedwatch.bsky.social @workingfamiliesco.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social

Linda McMahon comes to Boston Tuesday. Let's ask her about the "ring boys", underage WWE workers who allege they were sexually molested at WWE and Linda turned a blind eye. Another Cabinet officer, another Epstein Class scandal. open.substack.com/pub/mauricec...

Don't forget Linda McMahon, who has an Epstein class problem of her own. Justice for the Ring Boys. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/linda-mcma...

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is coming to Boston. Let's ask her about the Ring Boys scandal, in which former minor employees of World Wrestling Entertainment allege she turned a blind eye to their sexual abuse by WWE higher ups. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/linda-mcma...

We owe a lot of this preventable tragedy to the Kochs and dark money. See Jane Mayer, Dark Money.

ICYMI Something is holding back the Democrats and it ain’t the guy with the tattoo mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/billionair... #mapoli #mepoli #mapoli

This is an absolutely terrifying escalation by the regime. They have now criminalized our freedom to fight the crimes they commit against us and our neighbors. These protesters acted with extraordinary courage and moral clarity.

This statement about higher ed, co-authored by AAUP and AFT, is absolutely worth reading. It sets out a vision education workers should embrace. Question is how we will win it! www.highereddive.com/news/higher-...

It's hard to overstate what a wildly aggressive constitutional power play this is, even from the Trump Administration. A total usurpation of popular sovereignty.

When you need to send out Stephen Miller on the topic of anyone's sexuality, you are really in trouble.

To billionaire, or not to billionaire, that is the question. @repauchincloss.bsky.social says Hell yes Billionaires! @grahamformaine.bsky.social has a different answer. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/billionair... #mapoli #mepoli #mainepoli

@repauchincloss.bsky.social wants Mainers to vote against @grahamformaine.bsky.social & not for Susan Collins but maybe yes, No he kinda-sorta means it, Dems need senate but don't vote for ME nominee, etc) & Auchincloss thinks he has a clear message? mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/billionair...

He is back, the lawsuit King! Friday horror show! editions.ajc.com/shortcode/AJ...

More anti vax BS from Leonard Leo Catholic Becket Fund. www.deseret.com/politics/202...

Amazing that this story has not been picked up by any national news. So many elements. Maine. Leonard Leo. Susan Collins. Free speech. Billionaire. Cops ignoring US Constitution. Imagine if this offense said “Google George Soros” It would be everywhere. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/05/28/h...

MA Congressman Jake Auchincloss has weighed in for “nobody” against Maine's Graham Planter and sort-of but-not-really-kinda-for-maybe against-or-neutral on Susan Collins. He worries about Platner’s “brand.” But Auchincloss’s brand is a bigger problem for Democrats. open.substack.com/pub/mauricec...

It feels worth trying! votewelch.com

Democrats in disarray? What disarray?

He is mentally ill, and suffering from dementia. Anyone can see that.

Congrats to these workers. Solidarity.

Political is when a black quarterback silently kneels Not political is when a white quarterback introduces the president’s speech at a campaign rally

mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/koch-and-w... “Democrats for Education Reform” pouring money into a Maine Democrats gubernatorial primary. DFER is a front for billionaires like Koch, DeVos, & Waltons to replace public education with voucher-sucking for-profit and Christian Nationalist schools.

Remember the Walton family front Democrats for Education Reform? It has veered even further to the Right and picked up a new funder: Charles Koch. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/koch-and-w...

Since I wrote this one I just came across another $500K from Davis to a Cornyn dark money SuperPAC. More MAGA ties mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/trumpmaga-...

Donald Trump weeps after he reads my critical commentary on his imperial presidency in @thehill.com . Check it out for yourselves at thehill.com/people/brad-... @lesliemarshallshow.bsky.social @masspolprofmo.bsky.social @politicususa.com @tarabuster.bsky.social @willrobinson1776.bsky.social

Just another day in America.

As it happens, this IS what they voted for

American democracy at work.

Also, this is a white Christian nationalist talking point and needs to always be called out. Here's a piece about why teachers' must address that in their classrooms. christophermartell.blogspot.com/2024/06/teac...

One imagines that if was a synagogue in San Diego was was shot up by two terrorists with records of what the police chief called "hate speech," killing five, that the New York Times--this is while the situation was ongoing!--would find space for it as one of their lead stories. Mosque, who cares?

Here I am, a fun loving septuagenarian, and somehow I missed out on the era of transgender for everybody. What a putz I am.

We did have a festering problem, but he went back to D.C.

Trump's mental health, accusations Lind McMahon turned a blind eye to employees sexually abusing minors? HoHum. Nothing to see here. open.substack.com/pub/mauricec...

I'm not shocked. Are you shocked?

It’s an never ending sludge of Leonard Leo infection. Today’s edition www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/05/08/r...

May 2026 issue of Washingtonian. Leonard Leo says Most Cherished Possession - My Faith. In all the stories done on Leonard Leo there has NEVER been one examining his MAGA Catholic Nationalist Integralism. A small subsect of US Catholicism opposed to everything Pope Leo. Reporters - Do your job