Susan Collins is running for re-election to make sure this continues.
#mepolitics

Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

Susan Collins is airing campaign ads right now, taking credit for funding of cancer research. Meanwhile, Trump is gutting the entire field.

It’s dishonest, shameful, and infuriating. #mepolitics

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

…to me…

I wrote to Susan Collins about this. She said Trumps shouldn’t be profiting from the Presidency, but since she is a Senator, there’s nothing she can do about it?

Sounds like bullshit and cowardice to be. Or maybe just corruption.
#mepolitics

If you watch and share one thing today make at this. Why is every democrat in the country not talking like this?

I wrote to Susan Collins in the 1st days of this expr. opposition to Trump’s stupid war. She responded with preachy letter reminding me about the 1979 hostage crisis.

Is Collins really stupid enough think Trump is managing this well? Of course not. So why does she still support? #mepolitics

Exactly this: Trump is powerful because Susan Collins wants him to be powerful. #mepolitics

Donald Trump is only as powerful as the Republican Senate and House majorities allow him to be, which is quite un-American of them.
#Project2025 fascism

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

1/3. And this is one more reason the war goes on in some form — people close to Trump are making money from it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

This is - of course- a crime. But because Susan Collins is in the Senate, insider trading laws don’t apply to Republicans anymore.
#mepolitics

Incompetence and corruption. Always both.

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

Susan Collins confirmed Patel for the FBI because incompetence and corruption are no longer a barrier for senior government positions.

And this is what happened. (gift link)
#mepolitics

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I’m a Maine Licensed Forester: this is my lane.

USFS is a global leader in research for forests, wood products, and ecology. Trump Admin are proposing to simplify abandon all of it. Colossally stupid and short-sighted.
#mepolitics

Looking forward to an American president who follows the laws, starting with the Presidential Records Act.

No president should be speaking for America on a platform they personally own.

Home - Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study Hubbard BrookEcosystem Study Long-term ecological research in the northern hardwood forest. People We are a multidisciplinary community of scientists, students, technicians, educators, artists, and en...

For those interested, one example of what is at stake:

About to be de-funded and abandoned. Globally recognized, foundational research center in forest ecology.

hubbardbrook.org

“…darkness and filth…”

Excellent and appropriate framing. I might need to use it in my next letter to Susan Collins. #mepolitics

….Forester…

But he looks so ‘authentic’ in his flannel shirt.
#mepolitics

Pointing a gun. Shooting a gun. Shooting someone in the head.

ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

I’m a Maine Licensed Forestry and longtime customer of #llbean. Trump administration is proposing a wholesale looting of the USFS. Includes abandoning 80 years of ongoing research at facilities in NH and ME. Absolute disaster for anyone who cares about our landscape and environment. #mepolitics

Blatant corruption is part of the core identity of today’s GOP. Susan Collins helped make this possible. That’s her legacy now.
#mepolitics

I'm helping to lead a group of Senate Democrats who are planning to force a vote - every single week the Senate is in session - to end the war in Iran. We have that right under the Senate rules, and we are going to keep putting Republicans on record supporting this insane war.

Susan Collins told me that Trump’s corruption is not her responsibility.

I think she is a coward and traitor.
#mepolitics

As Trump Rants About Birds and Wind Turbines, the World Passes the US By It’s not hard to look around America today and see signs of...

As Trump Rants About Birds and Wind Turbines, the World Passes the US By talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/as-tr...

a very confused Trump: "Look at Justice Ginsburg. She was not exactly a young woman. The election was taken. They had a Democrat who could've appointed a liberal justice. About two minutes after the election, she went out." (Ginsburg died in September 2020, when Trump was president.)

I guess I need to write Susan Collins again. Does she share Trump’s approval of seditious conspiracy?
#mepolitics

Because of Susan Collins, the US Federal govt is discouraging this. That puts her in favor of disease, suffering, and death.
Quite a platform for re-election. #mepolitics

I wrote to Susan Collins about the shameless corruption of Trump. Her reply is below.

In summary: Collins agrees that corruption is bad, but since she is only a US Senator, there is nothing at all she can do about it.

Cowardly bullshit, Senator. #mepolitics

Susan Collins made this possible. Corruption is now normal and accepted. Quite a legacy to run on.
#mepolitics