@mearnsmarsh.bsky.social
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There’s a lot going on right now, and Susan Collins is hoping voters won’t notice that she was the deciding vote in confirming another anti-abortion Trump judge to a lifetime appointment.
Susan Collins Casts Major Anti-Abortion Vote 6 Weeks Out From Election
The Maine senator voted in favor of a Donald Trump judicial nominee who served on the board of an anti-abortion pregnancy center.
newrepublic.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:16 AM
There’s a lot going on right now, and Susan Collins is hoping voters won’t notice that she was the deciding vote in confirming another anti-abortion Trump judge to a lifetime appointment.
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Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.
Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
August 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.
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The Hawaii Supreme Court opened the door for criminal defendants to challenge convictions based on discredited evidence, diverging from the U.S. Supreme Court.
One Hawaii Justice Is Using State Constitutionalism to Challenge Federal Constitutional Orthodoxy
Justice Todd Eddins has consistently reminded us that state courts need not agree with the U.S. Supreme Court’s reasoning or conclusions — and neither do we.
statecourtreport.org
August 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The Hawaii Supreme Court opened the door for criminal defendants to challenge convictions based on discredited evidence, diverging from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Wow! ICE’s airport arrests of people seemingly waiting in government immigration backlogs caught up a Fulbright scholar and public health researcher working at Johns Hopkins in their public health department.
Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway.
Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway.
July 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Wow! ICE’s airport arrests of people seemingly waiting in government immigration backlogs caught up a Fulbright scholar and public health researcher working at Johns Hopkins in their public health department.
Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway.
Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway.
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URGENT🚨
Arturo Quinonez Solis is a Navy veteran, who was detained on 7/18 at Camp East Montana.
He just had heart surgery last month & is being denied his heart medication by ICE! #ICELawlessness
He's pale & unwell & they're about to deport him.
Call Sen Cruz & Cornyn & Rep. Escobar
202-224-3121
Arturo Quinonez Solis is a Navy veteran, who was detained on 7/18 at Camp East Montana.
He just had heart surgery last month & is being denied his heart medication by ICE! #ICELawlessness
He's pale & unwell & they're about to deport him.
Call Sen Cruz & Cornyn & Rep. Escobar
202-224-3121
July 24, 2026 at 1:57 PM
URGENT🚨
Arturo Quinonez Solis is a Navy veteran, who was detained on 7/18 at Camp East Montana.
He just had heart surgery last month & is being denied his heart medication by ICE! #ICELawlessness
He's pale & unwell & they're about to deport him.
Call Sen Cruz & Cornyn & Rep. Escobar
202-224-3121
Arturo Quinonez Solis is a Navy veteran, who was detained on 7/18 at Camp East Montana.
He just had heart surgery last month & is being denied his heart medication by ICE! #ICELawlessness
He's pale & unwell & they're about to deport him.
Call Sen Cruz & Cornyn & Rep. Escobar
202-224-3121
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This is really bad folks, but it’s not law yet. It heads to the Senate next. Save your senator’s number in your phone RIGHT NOW and get used to calling them daily. You can look up their contact info at bit.ly/hellorep.
6 Democrats just voted with the House GOP to pass the NDAA — with a provision to hand over part of the US military to Netanyahu AND Trump’s voter suppression bill (the SAVE Act) attached to it.
These 6 Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for betraying their constituents and Democratic voters.
These 6 Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for betraying their constituents and Democratic voters.
July 23, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This is really bad folks, but it’s not law yet. It heads to the Senate next. Save your senator’s number in your phone RIGHT NOW and get used to calling them daily. You can look up their contact info at bit.ly/hellorep.
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This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!
Trump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."
July 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!
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Maine Senator @senangusking.bsky.social: There is a serious threat to our elections in 2026 — and to democracy itself — but it’s not the Chinese, Venezuela, noncitizens voting or mail-in ballots. It’s Donald J. Trump. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | What Americans should take away from Trump’s speech on election interference
Sen. Angus King: Since Trump returned to office last year, his administration has set about deliberately sabotaging the capacity of the federal government to protect our election infrastructure.
www.ms.now
July 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Maine Senator @senangusking.bsky.social: There is a serious threat to our elections in 2026 — and to democracy itself — but it’s not the Chinese, Venezuela, noncitizens voting or mail-in ballots. It’s Donald J. Trump. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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I think the main takeaway here is he’s terrified at the prospect of a Dem majority capable of conducting meaningful oversight and desperate for a pretext to meddle in the midterms.
July 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I think the main takeaway here is he’s terrified at the prospect of a Dem majority capable of conducting meaningful oversight and desperate for a pretext to meddle in the midterms.
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Revolting: Court Filings Describe Ongoing Contact Between ICE and Iran on Deportations www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
Court Filings Describe Ongoing Contact Between ICE and Iran on Deportations
In a sworn declaration, a lawyer says an Iranian official reported receiving regular dossiers on Iranian detainees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for months.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Revolting: Court Filings Describe Ongoing Contact Between ICE and Iran on Deportations www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
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A judge has reached the same conclusion as many others about President Trump’s attempt to loot the Treasury to line the pockets of his supporters and political allies. Her findings were outlined in a scathing new decision Monday.
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/judge-orde...
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/judge-orde...
July 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
A judge has reached the same conclusion as many others about President Trump’s attempt to loot the Treasury to line the pockets of his supporters and political allies. Her findings were outlined in a scathing new decision Monday.
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/judge-orde...
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/judge-orde...
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ICE keeps killing people who weren't even targets. Their irresponsibility is only exceeded by their incompetence.
BREAKING:
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.
July 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
ICE keeps killing people who weren't even targets. Their irresponsibility is only exceeded by their incompetence.
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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
July 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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I’m just going to point out that many, many, many people have been predicting for literally years that this was the next step after the fake trans panic.
You cannot endorse the policing of anyone else’s body and expect that yours will remain free.
You cannot endorse the policing of anyone else’s body and expect that yours will remain free.
My god. The Heritage Foundation, which mercilessly attacked transgender kids in order to protect the "integrity of women's sports," is now attacking the legal basis for women's sports. The transgender student decision is barely 2 weeks old.
July 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I’m just going to point out that many, many, many people have been predicting for literally years that this was the next step after the fake trans panic.
You cannot endorse the policing of anyone else’s body and expect that yours will remain free.
You cannot endorse the policing of anyone else’s body and expect that yours will remain free.
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They flat murdered this man in front of his daughter in her Bluey pajamas.
There is no hell hot enough.
There is no hell hot enough.
Joan Sebastian Guerrero had his whole life ahead of him. This is a national tragedy. Protests have erupted across Biddeford.
July 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
They flat murdered this man in front of his daughter in her Bluey pajamas.
There is no hell hot enough.
There is no hell hot enough.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social turned decades of studying democracy into a nightly act of devotion, writing alone past midnight, no sponsors, no noise, just truth and care.
She’s given millions a place to breathe, to understand, to feel less alone. Grateful for her light in the dark.
TYSM HCR!
#Pinks
She’s given millions a place to breathe, to understand, to feel less alone. Grateful for her light in the dark.
TYSM HCR!
#Pinks
July 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social turned decades of studying democracy into a nightly act of devotion, writing alone past midnight, no sponsors, no noise, just truth and care.
She’s given millions a place to breathe, to understand, to feel less alone. Grateful for her light in the dark.
TYSM HCR!
#Pinks
She’s given millions a place to breathe, to understand, to feel less alone. Grateful for her light in the dark.
TYSM HCR!
#Pinks
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Specifically interested in talking to people who worked on Summer Lee's 2022 campaign.
If you’ve ever worked or interacted with Dan Moraff, I’d like to chat for a story. Message marisakabas.04 on Signal.
July 13, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Specifically interested in talking to people who worked on Summer Lee's 2022 campaign.
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Maine is in absolute outrage! Protesters took over Senator Susan Collins’ office chanting "VOTE HER OUT" after an ICE thug brutally executed a 26-year-old Colombian man. We demand immediate accountability for this state-sponsored murder! Enough is enough!
July 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Maine is in absolute outrage! Protesters took over Senator Susan Collins’ office chanting "VOTE HER OUT" after an ICE thug brutally executed a 26-year-old Colombian man. We demand immediate accountability for this state-sponsored murder! Enough is enough!
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A three year old still in her Bluey pajamas as her dad was executed by ICE on the street.
No words.
No words.
A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:
July 13, 2026 at 6:53 PM
A three year old still in her Bluey pajamas as her dad was executed by ICE on the street.
No words.
No words.
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"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.
In the same way that the government did not investigate the Minnesota shootings, they will not investigate these shootings.
NEWS --> Three men who were in the van with the victim of the ICE shooting in Texas are potential witnesses, but they're now under pressure to self-deport, a rep for the families tells me.
They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters.
Details in this piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2129...
They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters.
Details in this piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2129...
Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.
newrepublic.com
July 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"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.
In the same way that the government did not investigate the Minnesota shootings, they will not investigate these shootings.
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ICE murdered another person.
NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead.
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
www.thebulwark.com
July 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
ICE murdered another person.
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there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.
July 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.
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Saving everyone the read: Ken Klippenstein is an asshole.
yeah, got a couple of graphs in and I'm not reading that. whiney, defensive, taking no responsibility, still insulting people who were right as premature anti Platnerites, not reflection on his misogyny and homophobia. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/my-graham-...
My Graham Platner Apology
The allegations published yesterday that Senate nominee Graham Platner sexually assaulted a woman are different from the previous scandals.
www.kenklippenstein.com
July 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Saving everyone the read: Ken Klippenstein is an asshole.
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THREAD!!!
if you got taken in by Platner:
1) center the experiences of those he hurt
2) admit you were wrong
3) spend the next few days figuring out how to not get taken in by a guy doing *exactly* the same thing next time, because there will be guys doing *exactly* the same thing for the rest of your life
1) center the experiences of those he hurt
2) admit you were wrong
3) spend the next few days figuring out how to not get taken in by a guy doing *exactly* the same thing next time, because there will be guys doing *exactly* the same thing for the rest of your life
July 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
THREAD!!!
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This is a human rights crisis on so many fronts.
Detainees at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in New Jersey are going without air conditioning during an extreme heat wave.
Families say the AC is off in one of the housing units, potentially leaving hundreds of people trapped in sweltering heat over 100 degrees.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
Families say the AC is off in one of the housing units, potentially leaving hundreds of people trapped in sweltering heat over 100 degrees.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
Delaney Hall’s air conditioning goes out during N.J.’s worst heat wave in 15 years
Air conditioning failed at Delaney Hall during a major heat wave, prompting concerns for detainees as advocates cite ongoing complaints and inspection disputes.
www.nj.com
July 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This is a human rights crisis on so many fronts.