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Chellie Pingree’s going after Trump. Why are so few of us listening? | Steve Collins (opens the original)
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Hardly anyone seems to be paying attention to the increasingly sharp and powerful case made by Rep. Chellie Pingree against President Trump. They should. Pingree, a Democrat who represents Maine’s 1st District, rips into Trump daily on an astonishing variety of issues, never mincing words. The House representative has been more or less screaming about the importance of saving America while we still can. Consider just a handful of her many comments in the past two months.: On corruption: “Trump’s
At last, something for Mainers to unite around: the Red Sox | Steve Collins (opens the original)
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After months of sniping at one another over politics, Mainers finally have something to agree on: rooting for the Red Sox. This week’s playoff showdown between the New York Yankees and “the home team” of most Mainers, as former Gov. Joseph Brennan wrote in an official proclamation in 1979, offers a rare chance to put aside our differences and focus on what’s most important in the next few days: beating the Yankees. No doubt the politicians will keep on yammering, but most sports fans in Maine wi
Susan Collins’ fundraising tactics sure look crooked to me | Steve Collins (opens the original)
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Back in 2019, I received many invitations to head to UMaine to see a nifty new boat created by the world’s largest 3D printer. That outing might have provided a clue that while Sen. Susan Collins does haul truckloads of federal cash to Maine, it comes with a price. As a shocking and deft investigation by ProPublica this week showed, the company behind the boat, a little-known Hawaiian venture named Navatek, got Collins’ help after its top executive wrote a $150,000 check to a super PAC helping C
Susan Collins’ vote for abortion foe does not add up | Steve Collins (opens the original)
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Read all of our coverage of Maine's 2026 election or stay up to date with the latest developments through the Maine Political Report in your inbox or text messages from politics editor Kirby Wilson. The U.S. Senate this week gave a thumbs up to yet another anti-abortion, election-denying acolyte of President Trump’s. Matthew Byrne will serve as a federal judge in Ohio. Unfortunately, votes like this have become routine. Our supine Senate long ago decided that it would rather give Trump whatever
A desperate Bobby Charles casts around for clout | Steve Collins (opens the original)
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Read all of our coverage of Maine's 2026 election or stay up to date with the latest developments through the Maine Political Report in your inbox or text messages from politics editor Kirby Wilson. With his campaign flailing, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles is reaching for help from, among others, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. In 2016, Christie was so tight with Donald Trump that he nearly became the GOP’s vice presidential nominee. Things haven’t gone well for that re
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