Eyes widen as #SusanCollins struggles through Fox News interview: 'Yeah, she's cooked'

Nicole Charky-Chami
June 22, 2026

" 'Susan Collins is unsteady and struggling throughout this entire segment. Her inability to sit through even a softball interview gives a lot of insight into why she hasn't held a town hall in 25 years,' Lauren French, communications director at Democratic group Senate Majority PAC, wrote on X.

" 'Susan Collins is on Fox News but notably, the interview was pre-taped. She seems to be struggling her way through it. I wonder how heavily it's been edited,' journalist Aaron Rupar wrote on X."

Read more:
https://www.rawstory.com/susan-collins-fox-news-interview/

#UselessSusanCollins #USPol #MainePol

Damn, I love my town! They just gave a community service award (founded by #JimmyStewart) to a former selectboard member, who donated a huge parcel of land (woods and farmland) to a land trust. I also learned that pretty much most of our town is a #WildlifeCorridor (according to the #MaineConservationCommission), and the folks who live here want to keep it that way!

#SolarPunkSunday #MainePol #LocalPolitics #LandConservation #Farmland #Woods #PreserveNature #PreserveOpenSpace

Yes! More of this, please!

#JayME #DataCenter project put on hold after developer backs out

by Russ Reed, 6/12/2026

Excerpt: "The owners of a former paper mill in Jay have put plans to build a data center at the site on hold because the developer has backed out of the project, according to officials in the #Maine town.

"JGT2, owners of the Riley Road property that was once home to the Androscoggin Mill, told Jay officials that the developer, Sentinel, intended not to move forward at this point, according to a post on the Town of Jay Facebook page.

[...]

"The news comes more than two months after Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have put a temporary moratorium on data centers in Maine, a moratorium that would have been the first of its kind in the United States. The Maine Legislature passed the bill, #LD307, which would have required the state's Department of Energy Resources to create the Maine Data Center Coordination Council to ensure Maine is ready for data centers.

"State Rep. Melanie Sachs, the bill's sponsor, said the legislation was an attempt to make sure Maine is ready for data centers and focused on the infrastructure needed for these types of facilities. When the bill was passed, a spokesperson for Mills said the governor agreed with lawmakers that the rapid growth of large-scale AI data centers warrants careful evaluation of impacts on public resources, the environment and Maine ratepayers. But Mills also supported an exemption to the law for the proposed data center at the former Jay paper mill, which was not included in the bill passed by the Legislature."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jay-data-center-project-put-on-hold-after-developer-backs-out/ar-AA25vxLB

#DatacentersSuck #DatacenterMoratoriums #MainePol #MaineResists #ResistBigData #USPol #WorldPol

So, in local elections, two of the #CommunityGarden organizers (and advocates for #OpenSpace) were elected to the town's #Selectboard! Excellent!

#MainePol #LocalPol #LocalGovernment #MainersHelpingMainers #PreservingOpenSpace #BuildingCommunity

#MaineDSA x #Presente! #FoodBrigade

Start: Saturday, June 27, 2026•09:30 AM
Location: The location will be given once the sign up form has been filled out

"Volunteer with Maine DSA at Presente's Food Brigade. Which is their #BarrierFree community food and resource distribution program.

During the Rationing & Box-Making Shift (9:30am-12:30pm), you'll support the team by rationing dry food boxes for distribution to community members!

If you are interested in volunteering Please RSVP and fill out the sign up form emailed to you."

FMI and to volunteer:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/maine-dsa-x-presente-food-brigade-5

#DemocraticSocialists #Maine #MainePol #MainersHelpingMainers #FoodSecurity #ResourceDistribution #DSA #MutualAid

Look in the mirror, #TrumpSucks!

‘A cheap, no-good person’: #DonaldTrump tees off on #GrahamPlatner

The attacks signal a bruising, scorched-Earth general election campaign for #Maine’s Senate seat, which is key for both parties’ plans to control the upper chamber.

by Randy Billings, June 10, 2026

"President Donald Trump on Wednesday unloaded on Graham Platner, the 41-year-old political newcomer taking on five-term incumbent Susan Collins in this fall’s U.S. Senate race — a must-win for both parties.

Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump called Platner 'a #thug — a cheap, no-good person,' and criticized Platner’s oyster farming business for getting help from his mother, who is his biggest client.

" 'He’s worse than any human being that’s ever run for office, probably,' Trump said. 'Every day somebody comes forward with really proven stuff.' " [Um, maybe, but I'm pretty sure #Platner isn't in the #EpsteinFiles!]

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/06/10/a-cheap-no-good-person-donald-trump-tees-off-on-graham-platner/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/APb5P

#USPol #MainePol #Elections2026

It looks like #GrahamPlatner and #NiravShah did well in #Maine. And of course, #BabyMan #Trump is having a fit!

Why complete election results in Maine could take more than a week

By Nick Corasaniti, June 10, 2026,

"The delayed results in Maine follow a protracted vote-counting process in California, which set off unfounded and false claims of fraud from President Donald Trump. But the counting process in Maine is far different from California’s. For example, Maine does not accept late-arriving ballots that were postmarked by Election Day, and its volume of mail ballots is a small percentage of the total in California."

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/10/metro/maine-election-vote-count/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/swp2J

#USPol #MainePol #Elections2026