Deep analysis of the 20+ videos we collected showing the events around ICE chasing and then killing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. From a whole bunch of people on the byline & me. 🎁 Free Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/w...

In October 2025 Platner told Prof. Nick Jacobs that the only reason he was running as a Democrat was to get access to Act Blue, so he could raise money. #mepolitics theconversation.com/graham-platn...

Site with everything you need to sign up for the county meetings where delegates to the Democrats ME-SEN nominating convention will be picked. All registered Maine Dems are eligible! Big credit to the state party for running an extremely open process under very difficult circumstances. #MEpolitics

Mainers: If you follow us and you're a registered Dem that seems like a good indication you should run to be a delegate to the ME-SEN nominating convention OR sign up to vote on who *should* be a delegate. Party says 2,000 sign-ups as of tonight. Doesn't seem like a huge number? #MEpolitics

I can’t decide whether to mute or block people from out of state who have a fervent preference as to who us Mainers “should” or “must” pick to run against Susan Collins. #MePolitics

Mainers, there’s no time to waste. We’re in a solid position to secure the U.S. Senate nomination and defeat Susan Collins, but we’ll need all hands on deck. Sign at jacksonformaine.com/win, and complete both forms to register to run as a delegate. The deadline is Wed., July 15, at 5 PM. Thank you!

Susan Collins is the reason why so many women have far less reproductive healthcare rights than they did the last time she ran . www.politico.com/live-updates...

So basically, she concludes that nobody should go to school….

This is a plan of somebody who doesn’t plan on leaving but wants to make sure the hoards are kept out

Hey New York Times, your author doesn’t know what he’s talking about. People in Somali community can be just as generous and kind and civic minded as everyone else. When I was having personal issues it was the Somali women at work who made sure I ate lunch and had food to take home on weekends.

Most older people never ever take a cognitive test because, well, because they don’t show signs of cognitive decline. Unlike this person who repeatedly shows signs of cognitive decline, but who has memorized the test.

The fight to replace Graham Platner will come down to 1 day in Bangor www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/11/p...

Another cognitive exam

I don’t know why I wasn’t spellbound by your favorite candidate. I just wasn’t but he’s gone. There are other progressives to choose from. Don’t go out of your way to tear them down without cause because you’re still angry about losing your favorite. He did it to himself. #MePolitics

I have a bit of sincere advice for some men on the far-left and in the progressive movement who need to hear this. It's not all men. It's not most men. But it's definitely some men who need to hear it. (thread)

Directing Graham Platner’s campaign

Here’s how the Maine convention to replace you know who will work www.pressherald.com/2026/07/10/w...

So ICE has thugs wearing “media” vests and masks filming protesters, something that is totally normal in a democracy www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

It’s been a while since I’ve been a regular attendee at a Catholic Church, but I seem to remember this isn’t how it works.

Want to build a golf course in the nesting grounds of an endangered bird? no problem 🤬

The Trump regime redefined “harm” under the Endangered Species Act, removing protections for habitats. This change allows activities like farming, drilling, mining, real estate development and other activities in endangered species’ habitats, potentially accelerating their extinction.

So he whom I hope I never have to read about again formally dropped out if the US Senate race in Maine. The office of the Secretary of State confirms it. Phew.

“I think Maine people will dust off their jeans, look at the task at hand, and get it done.” Full @bostonglobe.com coverage: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/09/n...

I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...

This is a relief.

So at the risk of being obvious, I hope everyone realizes that we can be progressive without you know who, and that there are a lot of talented progressives in Maine other than you know who, and that we can and will beat Susan Collins if we keep our heads screwed on straight youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0?...

#MEpolitics: The Maine Democratic Party has released their ‘Candidate Qualification Rules for the 2026 U.S. Senate Nominating Caucus’, which is the event at which the candidate to replace Graham Platner on the ballot will be selected.

Let’s be clear eyed. The most establishment person out there is Susan Collins. As I told @kristenwelker.bsky.social at @meetthepress.com, Sen. Collins was elected in 1996 and since then Washington changed her from maverick to rubber stamp for Trump. Let’s upset the Collins establishment in November!

If you are an Oxford County registered Democrat and want to become a delegate to the ME-SEN nominating convention, you need to be at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive School at 1pm on Sunday, July 19. Pass it along. #MEpolitcs via @nathantbernard.bsky.social

Even setting aside the mind-blowing stock returns (tinyurl.com/3cpv2v7k) there are extremely serious questions about the nexus between Susan Collins's activities and her husband's work -- going back +/-18 years but up to this very day! (tinyurl.com/yc52myh3) Media don't want to touch it! #MEpolitics

Paul LePage said Social Security was "welfare, pure and simple." A slap in the face to every Maine senior who worked their whole career for the benefit they were promised. I'll fight to protect these programs. Paul LePage will work to end them.

Senator Susan Collins promised a group of Mainers that if there were documents or writings by Kavanagh (from when he was in the Office of Legal Counsel) they would be made available to all before his confirmation hearings. Well, they never were. Blanche’s writings won’t be either. #MePolitics

Well, all I can say is that if Platner misses the deadline to withdraw his candidacy, then Susan Collins and her supporters owe him a really well paying cushy job for the rest of his life.

Hahahahaha

Shenna Bellows has announced her candidacy for the Democratic Senate nomination. #mepolitics

I’m sure there will be any number of volunteers, Mr. Platner who would be willing to drive to your house, hand you a pen and a print out of the letter and then drive it to Augusta. But why are you waiting until Monday to do it?

Sometimes you just miss the two best buddies you had. We never had to put the puppy on a leash because he would just hold onto the old dog bandanna or his ear if he wasn’t wearing a bandanna.

I'm in. The people of Maine have been building something real – a movement that deserves to go all the way to November. I've spent my entire career taking on tough fights for working people, and I'm not stopping now. I'm running for US Senate, and together we are going to defeat Susan Collins.

"You don’t pressure witnesses to a shooting to self-deport if your goal is to get to the bottom of what happened." In the same way that the government did not investigate the Minnesota shootings, they will not investigate these shootings.

The next time your friends tell you that a particular public figure makes their hair stand up on the back of their neck or a supervisor at work gives them the creeps, or the bartender is a little too aggressive towards women pay attention, please. Don’t jump into I’m sure he’s changed until you know

To the out of state consultants, pundits, and internet experts treating Maine like a political science experiment: ENOUGH! Mainers are independent. We have common sense. And we know exactly what’s at stake. Leave Maine alone, and let Mainers lead. Dirigo.

I don’t see the ‘all powerful’ senior Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee doing much about this situation. Makes you wonder if all that experience and seniority is for nothing. #MePolitics www.pressherald.com/2026/07/08/o...

This guy is a Susan Collins campaign official -- town chair for Skowhegan -- though Press Herald doesn't identify him as such. tinyurl.com/mvm6kduc #MEpolitics

The perils of a purely personality-based campaign? Susan Collins and her billionaire pals have spent like $10M beating up Platner. But none of it has been about the issues -- which she's vulnerable on pretty much across the board. Might as well have flushed that money down the toilet. #MEpolitics

📣 A reminder that if you donated to the Graham Platner campaign via ActBlue within the past 90 days, here's the instructions on how to request a refund: help.actblue.com/hc/en-us/art...

Narcissists gotta do what narcissist gotta do. Wannabe Messiahs go down hard.

As a result, children are being detained and removed at about three times the rate as during even the first Trump administration.

I was back in Immigration Court this week, this time for the hearing of a sweet little three-year-old girl, I’ll call her Estrella. She’s been in federal custody, separated from her family for more than 10 months – even though her mom lives here in NYC. The cruelty is truly mind-boggling. 🧵

As I said to @lauracoates.com on @cnn.com, Mainers are fed up with a system that is letting them down. They can’t afford the basics. Healthcare is totally broken. And 2026 Sen. Collins is not the 1996 Sen. Collins. Graham’s message resonated. Now we need a nominee who can carry the message onward.