Husband/Dad/Dem/Biddeford. Rep/HD-133. IBEW. Personal/Al Horford fan account.
@mainedems
staff - not a spokesman. RTs not endorsements. He/him. Build housing.
Whenever there are layoffs at ESPN the misogynists come out of the basement to whine that Doris Burke is still employed. Doris Burke is a treasure, and real basketball fans know it.
@davidaxelrod
She was a staple of our state CDC's daily briefings during COVID and is an excellent practitioner. Tragically, one of her ASL interpreter colleagues, Joshua Seal, was one of the 18 victims Wednesday.
The RNC and Fox News teamed up to fabricate a Biden smear that has been viewed by millions of people and counting. A quick review of the footage shows how egregiously they misrepresented things. 👇
Personal news: I'm running for the Maine House of Representatives! Biddeford has been so lucky to be represented by
@SpeakerFecteau
, but sadly he cannot run again due to term limits. I'm looking forward to carrying on his legacy of progressive, practical leadership.
#mepolitics
Golden: I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war like the assault rifle he used to carry out this crime. The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure. Which is why I now call on the United States congress to ban assault rifles
I know you're not allowed to say this, because it isn't fake-savvy-pundit sounding, but the Democrats actually are offering a lot of serious and ambitious answers to Trump's racism and nationalism tonight.
@JakeSherman
@seungminkim
@SecMayorkas
Gee Jake, it's almost like he has no principles and is letting himself get pushed around by the extremists because he's weak and desperate for their approval.
1/Here’s the thing about
#Maine
: it’s a small town with *very* long driveways.
As a result, many Mainers will know someone impacted by Wednesday night’s horrific events, either directly or indirectly.
One of the victims was my friend and colleague, Josh Seal.
Ok, so now that my study has caught the attention of Russian propagandists, let's take a closer look at what I found in this analysis of the information environment around the 2022 truck convoy in Canada. ()🧵
Good on Steve for calling out McBreairty and the Maine Wire's awful, predatory behavior. I'm sure he will take a lot of crap for it, but more people need to take a stand for basic human decency.
#mepolitics
I share Speaker Talbot Ross's call for zero tolerance of this n*zi trash. As a legislator I am open to any potential ideas to address this, understanding that public policy is only one element of the response and there are limits.
One crucial point: Mainers under guardianship for mental illness CAN STILL VOTE. The courts ruled on that 23 years ago. Q8 would have simply updated ME's constitution to match that ruling. It is a shame we didn't, but people need to know what their rights are.
#mepolitics
I cannot emphasize enough how important Lois has been to our state. From fighting for domestic violence survivors at a time when that issue was too-often neglected, to fighting for equal rights for women and LGBTQ+ Mainers, there isn't much she hasn't made her mark on.
I’m very sad to hear of Lois Reckitt’s passing. I first got to know her during my time in the Maine State Senate, as she relentlessly advocated on behalf of women to advance domestic violence legislation.
An incredible bright spot on a bad night for Democrats, a fantastic Democrat just flipped a seat R to D in Augusta. Raegan's going to be a force in the state house for her constituents and for the state.
#mepolitics
BREAKING: Raegan LaRochelle just FLIPPED Maine’s HD-86! As a current Augusta city council member, Raegan knows the needs of her community & will work to help her whole state recover from the pandemic.
Hey, remember when Bruce voted to take away Mainers’ health care and sprinted into the bathroom because he was too cowardly to own up to it? Because I do.
#mepolitics
An awful development: There's been a rise in GOP bills that would require schools to report to parents when students show certain signs of LGBTQ identification.
These "forced outing" bills are becoming more of a thing in GOP state legislatures. 1/
@danbalz
@edatpost
@SenJohnMcCain
And the searing hypocrisy of a vote to proceed for a process that has burned all Senate norms to the ground. He can spare us.
🚨 New story just dropped
Inside ZIKLAG, a secret network of rich Christians trying to sway the election and bring "Biblical structure, order and truth to our Nation.”
Tax experts say it's testing or violating the law.
We have docs.
W/
@ItsDocumented
BREAKING: Brazil election exit polls suggest leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may win outright in first round against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
Remember - this person's conception of liberty is essentially "privileged people should get to do what they want to whomever they want without consequence." It has nothing do with our actual freedoms.
#mepolitics
Excellent op-ed by former Rep. Scott Cuddy (from Winterport) about why we are right to be concerned about the rise of vocal neo-nazis in our state, and why outlets like The Maine Wire shouldn't minimize it.
#mepolitics
The lengths these people will go to harass a high school student are wild, and honestly despicable. Argue whatever you want on the House floor. Leave the kids alone. This act is shameless and despicable.
#mepolitics
There is going to be more of this. Racists want to kill. This is a byproduct of years of dogwhistles which became bullhorns which became socially acceptable calls for eliminationist, hateful action.
Please take a second to watch this…
Leroy Walker’s son Joey tried to stop the mass shooter in Maine but he was killed.
Leroy shares why he can’t hate his son’s murderer.
Rosen endorsing Gov. Mills is a big deal. The Rosens are very popular in the Bucksport area and are stalwart Republicans. That she would endorse a Democrat is an indictment of LePage. This is a great ad.
#mepolitics
Some interesting endorsements in the new
@JanetMillsforME
ad, with the notables being Kim Rosen -- whose husband was a DAFS commissioner before he suddenly resigned -- and Roger Katz, who had several public fights with LePage while in office
#mepolitics
@Soupsandwich15
@travisakers
Sadly not satire. This guy has been harassing school communities up here for years, has been the subject of many public controversies, and is only escalating his behavior. He believes this stuff.
@MollyJongFast
Cunningham did himself in that’s true. But re Gideon I suggest noting that opponents and voters have agency too. Gideon did everything she could. Collins’s position, while weakened, was still very strong and difficult to take down. Sara came closer than anyone else has.
That's pretty gross, Senator Pouliot. All legislators, but particularly one from Augusta, should known darn well how hard state MSEA members work to serve the state. I know I do.
#mepolitics
Sen. Matt Pouliot (R-Augusta) responds to criticism about voting against heating assistance for struggling Mainers by crapping on union members.
#mepolitics
Lewiston is a ghost town. Streets empty, businesses closed, parks deserted. Helicopter circling overhead. Everyone outside seems to be either a reporter or a cop. It's an unusually warm fall day. There should picnickers here soaking in some sun before the long winter.
All authoritarians should lose power in free and fair elections and then spend their days ambling around Florida in gym shorts desperately wishing people would love them.
It's
#InfrastructureWeek
and President Biden is investing in Maine! While Trump talked about addressing our country's crumbling infrastructure, President Biden is getting it done with big projects that are keeping Mainers physically and digitally connected. 🏗️
"LePage’s antics and anger got in the way of progress during his two terms in office. As he runs for a third nonconsecutive term, it appears nothing has changed."
We've made real progress under
@JanetMillsforME
, we can't go back to the
#SameOldLePage
Now
@MainePolicy
‘s news arm the
@TheMaineWire
is posting content from PINE, a white supremacist organization affiliated with antisemitic street gang NSC-131, which has held rallies around Maine.
#mepolitics
Typical from the Maine GOP's favorite "news" outlet. Taking something lovely and innocuous and using it to feed the extremists who push hateful "great replacement" conspiracies.
#mepolitics
Journalists covering the far right in Maine say there’s long been a pipeline between mainstream conservative media and its extreme fringe, but those lines of separation are getting even more blurred.
#mepolitics
Scathing statement by
@VFWHQ
admonishing Trump: “These asinine comments not only diminish the significance of our nation’s highest award for valor, but also crassly characterizes the sacrifices of those who have risked their lives above and beyond the call of duty.”
The Neo-Nazi cult leader Hammer has abandoned his plans for chud settlement in
#Maine
and sold his land in Penobscot County. More tonight in the Disinfomaniacs podcast.
#mepolitics
If Republicans win the Maine House and Senate and Paul LePage is elected governor, expect Maine to outlaw abortion like other states have. If you care about abortion rights, it is NECESSARY for you to vote to re-elect Janet Mills and to elect Democratic legislators.
I fight problems, not people. That means working together with Republicans, Democrats, and Independents and taking ideas from everybody — as it turns out, working together still pays off!
P.S. Thanks for your support Angus!
Watch our new ad ⬇️📺
Funny how tweeting about neo-Nazis gets a bunch of proud neo-Nazis in your mentions parroting neo-nazi talking points while mad that you’re calling them neo-Nazis 🤔
He's evading the issue because he knows its unpopular. If a total ban makes it to his desk, he will sign it. The Christian Civic League would not support him if they didn't feel confident in this.
It’s after 5pm on Election Day. Pray for all the exhausted campaign staffers who are starting to receive “what are ya hearing?” texts from people who never signed up for canvass shifts but remembered just now that you work in politics.
#Solidarity
Cynical attempts to gain political favor by targeting a vulnerable population of people. It won't work for them politically, and in Maine bills like this are DOA - as they should be.
The Maine Policy Center/Maine Wire (as always, not a legitimate source of news) continues their thirsty chase for clicks and far-right clout, pushing a juvenile farce of bravado about things which are not mandated now, because they want their base scared and angry.
#mepolitics
Oh look, Florida Man in a luxury car has opinions. Wonder what he thinks of the former Governor who gutted Maine’s public health infrastructure.
#mepolitics
Former Maine Gov LePage spoke to protesters at a rally in Augusta against Gov. Janet Mills’ coronavirus related business restrictions on Saturday. But he stayed in a Lexus with Florida plates and spoke through the phone to a crowd about 40 feet away, then appeared to leave.
This is a crucial point about
@DouthatNYT
's latest column, which accuses those who take the 14th amendment question seriously of being "anti-democratic."
[Link: ]
I see multiple other serious problems with the column 1/
Per
@MEStatePolice
— multiple reports of active shooters at schools, including Sanford, across Maine are HOAXES.
@YorkCountyEMA
confirms. First responders tell me they are frustrated by this and how it affects their resources
@newscentermaine
#maine
@memesMD
@MollyJongFast
Because a late flood of money came in. I live up here - trust me, she flooded the zone and there was little left she could spend on. Plenty of legit criticisms for any campaign but the notion she didn’t try hard enough is false.
JUST IN | The
#Maine
State Capitol is being evacuated, according to our crews covering the 1st day of session.
We're waiting on more details from
@MECapitolPolice
but it follows a number of state's receiving unfounded threats today.
@WGME
@tomwatson
No, it's not. I think it's a small-ball issue. You disagree. That's fine. But you're really stretching to turn this into some kind of disgusting attack. She has faced a ton of disgusting attacks - this is fair criticism.
Getting to know other regular people who’ve been slandered by
@jimstewartson
. There’s a pattern:
Jim seeks to discredit anyone with expertise + anyone who even mildly disagrees with him.
He says he abhors cults, but he’s pretty similar to the thing he says he’s fighting.
A festival in VA canceled a menorah lighting — which had nothing to do with Israel —because it claimed celebrating Chanukah would imply support for the “killing/bombing” of Gaza.
It is antisemitic to hold Jews collectively responsible for Israel. Period.
@LemieuxLGM
This guy's quote is so hurtful, and so ludicrous, it makes me want to scream. Basically contending that we're weak because we're not wizards. It's Trump-think and I'm sick of this crap.
I see that the president* and an attention-starved Florida man have thoughts on what Maine should be doing. I’ll stick w/ Dr Shah and the public health experts, not the vocal pro-virus minority.
#mepolitics
.
@SaraGideon
was poised, professional, and prepared tonight. She’s on our side, and doesn’t fall for the nonsense that the Collins campaign flings at her.
#mepolitics
You know, I’m open to the idea that life in prison is too long a sentence for the Silk Road bro, but the phrase “the Nelson Mandela of Bitcoin” is such laughable spoiled libertarian nonsense it’s incredible.
#mepolitics
The
@pressherald
has a great, distinctive voice on social media. During the pandemic, their posts have been written like a conversation with friends rather than a news ticker. Like.
@PressHerald
You could say that we're blaming each other for the delay, or you could point out that Democrats (with a majority of House Rs) voted for it and that the delay was caused by Senate Republicans.
@caphilltrish
@yashar
@SenSusanCollins
This is theater criticism. Asking how she would vote on someone confirmed 15 years ago? Waste of time and a way for Collins to dodge her ducking of issues facing us right now.
📣BREAKING: David LaFountain FLIPS district 16 red-to-blue. Republicans have held this seat since 2014. LaFountain is a lifelong resident of Winslow and served as the Waterville & Winslow fire chief
#mepolitics
There’s a hallucinogenic Huey Long/LSU bit in this week’s
@ShutdownFullcas
cold open. Just listen to the first two minutes and don’t ask for it to make sense.
@RTMannJr