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A polling graphic: Breaking: New Maine Senate Poll. Graham Platner leads Janet Mills. Graham Platner: 58%. Janet Mills: 24%.

The first independent poll of the race, from UNH.

Grateful for the people of Maine who have my back.

Both Graham Platner and @abdulelsayed.bsky.social were a no vote for Schumer, and if @osbornforne.bsky.social was also elected, it’s over for Schumer. He shouldn’t even think about reelection.

Two pictures of Graham with the captions: We need to send regular working people up to Washington to represent regular working people. Which we've not had in a very long time.

It’s really that simple.

Maine oyster farmer wants to upend Democratic politics with Senate bid Graham Platner wants to oust Sen. Susan Collins — and disrupt national Dems’ plans to unite around Gov. Janet Mills.

Graham was the top 1% quality candidate of this cycle, and he also hired an admaker from Zohran Mamdani's team.

Donate to help Graham Platner defeat Susan Collins & take back the Senate! Susan Collins is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the country in 2026.

Unlike 2020, this time I feel like we have a hope to win and send Susan Collins home, or even a rural hospital that she helped to close, thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill.

Graham's top priority is transferring to a single-payer healthcare system and banning billionaires from buying elections.

Please check his website, and donate if you feel like it.

There’s no such thing as a Koala offset. It’s not like they kill one and give birth to two by themselves.

6.0 Final Score and Offset Liability Significant residual impacts will occur to environmental matters from the development of the study area and environmental offsets will likely be required through the State and Commonwealth approvals process. A land-based approach is required for significant residual impacts to MNES and a land-based approach should take precedence for MSES as these can be co-located in a single or multiple offset areas. Any residual MSES not covered by a land-based approach can then be sought through a financial settlement. 6.1 Combination Offset for MSES A land-based offset will primarily be sought for those State prescribed environmental matters where a significant residual impact will occur (Table 27). Any proposed offset area for MNES can also be ground-truthed for those prescribed environmental matters in Table 27. Any residual quantity for those prescribed environmental matter not covered by a land-based option may be sought through the DES web-based financial settlement offset calculator. 6.2 Land-based Offset for MNES A referral and subsequent approval under the EPBC Act is required for significant impacts to MNES. Overlapping significant environmental matters within the study area where a significant impact under the EPBC Act have been identified as likely to occur include Koala and Squatter Pigeon (Southern) habitat (Table 31). Given that significant impacts to MNES will occur within the study area, offsets in accordance with EPBC Act offset policy will be required. Note that there is a minimum of a 90 % land-based offset mechanism required under the EPBC Act offset policy. Multipliers for land area are determined via a number of parameters, many of which are dependent on attributes of a suitable offset land parcel, and will therefore be determined when additional information from the offset strategy is available. Table 31 The quantity and quality of MNES habitat where a significant impact has been identified MNES Quantity impacted (ha) …

Glencore, a company that's expanding a massive coal mine in Queensland, Australia, is going to destroy a massive amount of koala habitat - and plans to buy 'koala offsets' to claim they've undone that damage

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Buttigieg's entire political approach is to come up with eloquent excuses for why we can't have good things. He has made no real intellectual contribution to potential policy solutions, and what people perceive as his intelligence is largely his ability to act like an upper-class white man.

Rep. Delia Ramirez [D-IL] Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson [D-IL] Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY] Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI] Rep. Danny K. Davis [D-IL] Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA] Rep. Hank Johnson [D-GA] Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN] Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez [D-NY] Rep. Donald S. Beyer [D-VA] Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA] Rep. Summer L. Lee [D-PA] Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA] Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman [D-NJ] Rep. Al Green [D-TX] Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI] Rep. Jesús G. “Chuy” García [D-IL] Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky [D-IL] Rep. James P. McGovern [D-MA] Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA] Rep. Becca Balint [D-VT] Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL] Rep. Lateefah Simon [D-CA] Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME] Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA] Rep. André Carson [D-IN] Rep. Greg Casar [D-TX] Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX] Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX] Rep. Valerie Foushee [D-NC]

NEW — With Khanna, Chu, and Foushee joining this week, 30 members of Congress are now signed onto Delia Ramirez's Block the Bombs Act to block offensive weapon sales to Israel.

AIPAC poured over $2 million into Foushee's 2022 campaign. This week, she said she won't accept AIPAC money.

Prices of essentials in Gaza have soared since war began Percent change in prices, shown in U.S. dollars

"Sugar now costs about $106 per kilogram compared with 89 cents before the war, flour is $12 per kilogram compared with 42 cents, and tomatoes are $30 per kilogram compared with 59 cents..." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/w...

YouTube video by Zeteo Who Matters More to Congress: Americans or Israel?

We have a new inside look showing you how committed the US is to Israel — even at the expense of Americans, including one killed weeks ago.

Now, almost too aptly, right after that (and after Congress responded by giving more weapons to Israel), Israeli settlers have just killed *another* American:

Rohit Chopra answering the question: "How fucked are we?"

Six Democrats just joined Republicans to advance Trump's nominee for Director of the United States Marshals Service:

Durbin (D-IL)
Hassan (D-NH)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Peters (D-MI)
Shaheen (D-NH)

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There’s a difference between running to win—and running not to lose.

Running to win means fighting for an economy that works for working people, not corporations.

Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) CNN: Schumer and his team believe Haley Stevens is the strongest Senate candidate in Michigan. DSCC chair Kristen Gillibrand has also encouraged donors to support Stevens. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/20...

With Democrats like Chuck Schumer, Kristen Gillibrand, court reforms will never become law, regardless of whether Democrats have a trifecta.

If we’re sick and tired of Democrats doing nothing to stop the kangaroo judges, let’s elect @abdulelsayed.bsky.social to the Senate.

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

The era of climate migration is upon us.

Residents of Tuvalu are slowly resettling in Australia. This is only the beginning…

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This is genocide. And our tax dollars are funding it.

Not sure a Jeffrey Epstein associate should get that much access to an 18-year-old’s personal info

First-Ever Ban on Surveillance Pricing Introduced in Congress A bill authored by Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) would stop companies from setting individualized prices and wages based on spy dossiers they assemble on Americans.

well well well!! prospect.org/economy/2025...

Our tax dollars are being used to both starve children in Gaza—and shoot them while they line up for food. WTF are we doing here?

The self absorption of these people is beyond belief. Why am I supposed to care that this Senator “was one of the first to learn that Stephen Colbert’s show has been cancelled” ??

From NYC to Minneapolis – change is coming! With a multi-racial, people-powered campaign, TCDSA endorsed mayoral candidate @omarfatehmn.com is also DFL endorsed.

Between Mamdani and Colbert, guess which one Hakeem Jeffries endorsed!

This is a genuine national emergency.

In the next few months, tens of millions of people are going to be hit with astronomical increases in health care premiums unless there’s a policy intervention.

If Kathy Hochul dares to speak to Zohran in that way again, Zohran should tell her he’ll endorse @delgadoforny.bsky.social for Governor.

"NY governor says she told Mamdani he has ‘a lot of healing to do with the Jewish community’ By Luke Tress Follow 16 July 2025, 8:44 pm Share 2 New York Governor Kathy Hochul says she told New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani that he needs to make amends with the city’s Jews. Hochul tells MSNBC that she told Mamdani, “‘You have a lot of healing to do with the Jewish community. Many of your words have been hurtful and hateful to people in their interpretation.'”"

Kind of weirded out by all of these non-Jewish politicians claiming to speak on behalf of the Jews, I have to say.

14 Senators Posed With Netanyahu – But Said Nothing When a Palestinian-American Was Killed by Israeli Settlers From the White House to Congress, there's largely been silence from US leaders on the brutal killing of 20-year-old Florida native Sayfollah Musallet.

We reached out to every Senator who took that chummy photo with Benjamin Netanyahu last week — about the Israeli settler killing of an American that took place two days after the photo.

None had said anything about it publicly.

And then none answered our questions about it.

Exclusive: FBI Is Buying A Private Jet For DOJ Executives According to federal procurement documents, the FBI director and Attorney General are on the hunt for a new private jet for long distance travel, allegedly unrelated to their respective histories vaca...

Exclusive: FBI Is Buying A Private Jet For DOJ Executives

From journalist Dan Boguslaw: