As the US Senate wakes up that Medicaid cuts will kill Rural Hospitals, there is a proposal to create a 100 Billion Dollar Hospital bailout fund Sr. Collins sees a far larger need. Would the Administration control this fund and punish Democratic states

Repubs in the House can only pass there budget bill by slashing Medicaid. This will be on top of the rising cost of groceries and gas and everything else due to tariffs and loss of people to pick crops, milk cows and work in slaughter houses!!! Then lots less people to fight fires due to cuts

Sen Collins, Do you plan on cutting Medicaid in order to give money to billionaires? Is that how you serve your constituents? In the State of Maine ; Look to France Perkins who established the safety net that the poor and middle class rely on !!!

Sen Collins of Maine Will go down as the Neville Chamberlain of the US Senate. Always saying something like “I’m concerned “, “I’m engaging in a discussion …” and so on Yet in the end the hideous Cabinet Nominee gets a pass. I’m happy to contrast that with our Governor Janet Mills

With all the serious flooding in Mississippi, Kentucky what agency will be providing funding for the cleanup a state one or a federal one. Who has the money and the ability to do the job? And remember the will be a five year recovery. In Asheville , NC the cleanup is still going on.

At the same time that Trump wishes to reward Putin for invading Ukraine, a group of 6 Russian ships were just escorted from dutch waters.

See the American Medical Association on Physician Stats for 2034 has the USA with a deficit of around 130,000 physicians of which 34,000 will be primary care. Congress has refused to increase there Medicare payments for several years even to cover the normal cost of living increases.

I respect and honor the memory of Rev Martin Luther King . I can see the ugliness of our new President in stark contrast to a man who gave his life to the cause of Racial Equality and Justice.

Georges River near Searsmont, ME