Kelli Whitlock Burton

Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
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Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.

Today’s Supreme Court ruling reaffirms that only Congress has the constitutional authority to impose tariffs, and the President can only do so under a clear and limited delegation of authority from Congress. My votes against the President unilaterally imposing tariffs on Canada reflected the same conclusion as well as my belief that these tariffs often harm Maine’s economy and consumers.

Susan Collins praises the Sup Ct ruling on tariffs...but she refused to lift a finger to kill the policy; declined to sign a legal brief arguing they were illegal; and actually PRAISED Trump for "working very hard" on the issue.

Behavior of a pundit -- not a senator with actual power. #MEpolitics

Time to #StandWithWabanaki! Submit testimony for two bills that will restore Wabanaki sovereignty. Public hearings are THURSDAY Feb 19. Learn more in the @wabanakialliance.bsky.social Toolkit here:

www.wabanakialliance.com/sovereignty-...

#MEPolitics

At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.

The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.

Seems kinda bad?

AOC on Susan Collins. Oof. #MEpolitics via @dabbs346.bsky.social

The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the fede...

Author of the "research" that was reportedly the basis of the Fulton County election raid:

"In 2004, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor voyeurism charge and was ordered by a jury to pay $3.25 million in damages after secretly filming guests in his home bathroom."

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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?

People

Let’s get one thing straight: nationalizing our elections is illegal. As Secretary of State I will continue to fight the Trump administration to keep our elections safe and secure and keep the federal government out of our elections.

Susan Collins in front of a city scene that appears to be New York.

NEW: The TV ad for Wall Street's favorite senator Susan Collins set to play during the Super Bowl (tinyurl.com/ykknxzum) appears to show Collins superimposed over a New York City street scene (?) complete with a NYC fire truck.

Comparison image: tinyurl.com/mvh6mkre

Oops! #MEpolitics

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Then shut it down.

#ICEOut
#MEPolitics

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT AND ACTION: The Bangor City Council has shared that they intend to review an ordinance at the GovOps meeting on MONDAY 2/2 at 5:30 to officially DISBAND the Bangor City Council Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights (ACREIHR).

#MEPolitics #Bangor

Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps

Just spitballing here but maybe telling these guys to wear bodycams and throwing them a few bucks for de-escalation training isn't going to do the trick? #MEpolitics

MAJOR UPSET ALERT: Democrat Taylor Rehmet has just been projected the winner of the Texas SD9 special election — flipping a district that went Trump +17 and hasn’t elected a Democrat since 1991.

Trump personally endorsed Leigh Wambsganss and spent days hyping this race… and still lost.

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

"But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old’s brain, said three nurses familiar with the case."

Susan Collins praised ICE as recently as yesterday! The day before she voted to funnel the paramilitary billions of dollars that could go to schools or hospitals etc.

Not sure how many Mainers know this! Would be a good time for the folks with big megaphones/wallets to spread the word. #MEpolitics

Great shout out from @maddow.bsky.social to the more than 1,000 Mainers who marched in 10 degree weather in Portland.

Mainers show up for our neighbors.

Every. Damn. Time.

#MEPolitics
#ICEOutMaine

Remember the hope we felt on December 12th, 2017 when we elected @dougjones.bsky.social to the United States Senate? Remember when we showed the country that, even in Alabama, change is possible? Change is still possible. If you believe in a better Alabama, we hope you will join us.

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Graphic: Take action to protect Maine schools, hospitals, daycare, libraries from ICE. Support LD 2106. WWW.ILAPMAINE.ORG/LD-2196

LD 2160 public hearing Thursday January 29 at 1pm.

Maine legislators will hear testimony Jan 29 on a bill to protect schools, hospitals, daycare facilities, libraries from ICE. Tell your state reps to support LD 2106 and submit testimony in support online!

Learn more and contact your reps here: ilapmaine.org/ld-2106
#MEPolitics #ICEOutMaine

Action Toolkit: Support LD 2106 Action Toolkit:Support LD 2106 to Protect Maine’s Public Schools, Hospitals, Daycares, and Libraries from ICE In This Toolkit: Background: Why We Must Protect Maine’s Public Schools, Hospitals, Day...

MAINERS! It is time to TESTIFY!

Here's the Action Toolkit from ILAP, with ways
YOU can help LD 2106 pass in Maine.
This is important for Maine and Maine families.

Lots of suggestions on this page.
Hearing tomorrow in Augusta – see post above.
#SupportLD2106 #EveryEffortCounts

#Maine #MEpolitics

A problem in Maine is Border Patrol defines our entire state as the border. We fought this unsuccessfully about 20 years ago when I was head of the ACLU, warning about abuse of power then. It’s time for Congress to fix that.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Donald Trump Is Frightened Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/

(New piece)
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.