Sunquinox

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.

I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

I also like Woody's song where he specifically calls out Fred Trump for being a sleazy slumlord

it's like a Xerox of a Xerox of a Xerox

nice cityscape

buckflation

Housekeeper Susana Pacheco said she “no longer races against the clock to clean an unmanageable number of hotel suites, and she’s spending more quality time with her children because of the better pay and guaranteed days off.

“Now with the union, we have a voice,” she said.

visitors touring Bull Run powerhouse

another photo at tour link

conspiracy to jaywalk

You know that scene in an action movie when the bad guy runs through the kitchen of a restaurant and pulls down all the pots and pans behind him to slow down his pursuers? We're in that part of the Trump presidency.

along those lines of being commonly known, interesting body language from Leavitt a few days ago...

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Art of the deal: Trump's Empire State Building doodle fetches $16,000 George W. Bush famously turned to portrait painting as a hobby when he left office. Could President Donald Trump one day follow in his footsteps, encouraged by the recent sale of his drawing of New York City's Empire State Building for $16,000?

a Trump-signed sketch of Empire State Building:

"Trump sketched the skyscraper at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida for a charity auction, where it sold for less than $100. The original buyer, whom the auction house did not identify, has kept the drawing until now."

www.reuters.com/article/life...

here's another Trump Doodle for Hunger on this page

blacktiemagazine.com/Save_The%20_...

as others have pointed out, Colbert could run for South Carolina senate in 2026...

would perhaps have to leave CBS prior to his just-announced May 2026 termination

hooray

Senator Smith, go for it -- all gas, no brakes!

this is noteworthy, thanks for posting this.

looking forward to more posts from this account.

time for pollsters to query awareness/opinions of Ranked Choice Voting?

I believe the executive branch must supply Congress with the exact text of any such agreement, within a certain number of days

has this happened, do any Dems have access?

this would be the perfect time for unfiltered Kamala to go on his show

autism awareness and acceptance will i hope be one of the biggest impacts of the 2020s, when history assesses the rejection of RFK post-Trump

Johnson so much as stated this allegiance earlier today...

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U.S. Could Breach Debt Limit in July The Treasury Department will likely exhaust its borrowing authority — leading the federal government to default on some of its obligations — as soon as mid-July, according to a Bipartisan Policy Cente...

as soon as mid-July

politicalwire.com/2025/03/24/u...

Kotek, Kitzhaber urge Oregon’s lone Republican Rep. to vote against Medicaid cuts Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz voted for the version of the reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in May, but the version of the bill now awaiting a vote includes new cuts to Medica...

keep an eye on Rep Cliff Bentz (R-OR), he is undecided...

www.opb.org/article/2025...

Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (who worked with Bentz on bill ideas) urges Bentz to vote against the Senate’s version of the bill.

Kitz wrote "you [Bentz] are in a position to help prevent the catastrophe..."

if Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) is your congressperson, call him to state how you feel about this bill

I feel seen!

Dems can say voting for Collins amendment is just putting lipstick on a pig, and that the GOP bill as a whole is still a pig.

Should make sense to Collins if she's sincere about her concerns, as she has stated... but, who knows?!?

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social has been a great follow for Hill news, is posting actively today

I was sitting in a hotel room in The Dallas, Oregon, scrolling and refreshing.

Maybe could be some similar drama tonight? Hmm

Mary Pickford had some great cinematography in her movies, like this shot from My Best Girl (1927)

Democrats will force out-loud reading of 940-page megabill It's expected to take 15 hours. Republicans did the same to Democrats in 2021.

Dems gonna do it!

(if this report is to be believed, and if Dems really do follow through)

www.politico.com/live-updates...