Dan Simonds

Dan Simonds

@djsimonds.bsky.social

Concerned Citizen, Forester, small-time Entrepreneur from a little town in the mountains of Maine (2nd district). I make a living with 3rd party certification standards for sustainable wood products (FSC, SFI, PEFC).

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This racist pig is a cabinet secretary because of Susan Collins.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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And I am another NIH scientist. RFK Jr is corrupt and destroying NIH.

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social

Adding my name to this, too. I am another NIH scientist stating with my name that RFK Jr. is corrupt and destroying NIH. He is overseeing discriminatory censorship at NIH. He allowed unethical study terminations that put research participants at risk. He has installed political actors.

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This week, NIH advisors rebuked RFK for harming #NIH and US science. Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported it. Then RFK posted calling her sources anonymous or corrupt. I'll say this hoping it does good: I'm an NIH scientist, I'm not anonymous, and RFK Jr is destroying NIH. More in attachment:

Someone should be asking Susan Collins about how the Senate Appropriations process is managing all of this.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "You know how much money we're taking out of Venezuela? Hundreds of billions of dollars we're taking out of Venezuela"

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Very few out of state electeds are likely to have even a negligible impact on a Senate campaign -- doubly so for Maine. But Bernie, AOC and Kelly are possible exceptions. Kelly because he ISN'T a fire-breathing partisan. Campaigning against a colleague is no small thing. #MEpolitics

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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

Of course he is

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

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The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

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These men have a right to a hearing, like everyone in the United States. We're in federal court today and next week demanding a course correction for the sake of all of our civil liberties.

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The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) on Susan Collins: "JD was campaigning for her in Maine, so that's interesting ... and here's the truth with Susan Collins: when we need here, she's been there. And also, if we lose her, we're unlikely to ever get that seat back."

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) on Susan Collins: "JD was campaigning for her in Maine, so that's interesting ... and here's the truth with Susan Collins: when we need here, she's been there. And also, if we lose her, we're unlikely to ever get that seat back."

Summary in the thread. Whole story is long but very convincing. Lots of damning details. In normal times, this would be career ending. In time of Trump, corruption is normalized.

ProPublica@propublica.org

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

How many innocent children have to die in order to keep Susan Collins in the Senate? Answer: as many as it takes.

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

NEW, from Bloomberg News: “Within hours of a Feb. 28 missile attack that hit an Iranian school, some Pentagon personnel knew the US was responsible, according to officials involved in an internal investigation of the incident.”

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NEW: Susan Collins casts tie-breaking vote to advance Trump judge nominee who was on the board of an anti-abortion pregnancy crisis center (!); and in his confirmation wouldn't say who won the 2020 election or talk about Jan 6. Would be above-the-fold news if Maine media did its job. #MEpolitics

Senate Press Gallery@senatepress.bsky.social

By a vote of 47-46, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Matthew R. Byrne to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio. Party-line vote with Senators Coons, Cramer, Marshall, Murkowski, Risch, Schmitt, and Tillis.

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9/11 gave us the Department of Homeland Security, which gave us ICE. Things got worse after 9/11 and stayed that way

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

Re-elect Susan Collins to support this kind of leadership for America.

Hunter Walker@hunterw.bsky.social

White House Iran War Denialism Reaches Absurd New Level in Briefing Where Vance Both Confirms and Denies Bullets Are Flying talkingpointsmemo.com/news/white-h...

He’s planning to lose.

The Intellectualist@theintellectualist.bsky.social

Trump Removes Election Commission Members Months Before Midterms President Trump fired two Democratic members of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission, leaving the federal agency without sitting commissioners before the midterms. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-remo...

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America, spend some time watching Mark Carney dealing with Trump’s offensive and illegal trade war. It will remind you what a leader should be and make you deeply embarrassed at the face we currently show the world.

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Ossoff: "Iran's ballistic missiles and drones are not destroyed. The regime is intact, along with its ability to throttle the global energy supply. Along with its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which it only assembled after Donald Trump shredded President Obama's Iran deal."

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Susan Collins making clear she won't do anything to stop a Republican policy that she concedes hurts her own state. Also notice how she's too much of a chicken to use the words "Trump" or "president" and instead resorts to "The Administration." #MEpolitics

Breaking news everyone. Susan Collins has an answer to Trump’s stupid Canadian tariffs. She “….urges both sides …. to reach a fair agreement” Can’t make this stuff up…..

Susan Collins likes to remind everyone about how powerful she is as Senate Appropriations chair. But she hasn’t said a word about where the $ comes from to demolish and replace the East Wing.

President Trump’s vision for a White House ballroom stretches back more than a decade. His argument that it is “vital to our national security,” which culminated Friday in an appeal to the Supreme Court, is far more recent. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4xb84Bw

You might imagine that Susan Collins would have an opinion about this. You’d be wrong. As long as she can be a Senator, she’ll be OK with a stupid navy.

Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social

This is, bar none, the stupidest fuckung thing I’ve ever heard. And the idea that there’s nobody in the chain of command - civilian or military - with enough courage to say so is a disgrace.

Voting for Susan Collins guarantees more things like this.

Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social

This is, bar none, the stupidest fuckung thing I’ve ever heard. And the idea that there’s nobody in the chain of command - civilian or military - with enough courage to say so is a disgrace.

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"Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals." Susan Collins & Congressional Republicans voted to fund all of this.

apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocksImmigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

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The gap between corporate profits and worker wages is the largest it's ever been. Wondering why people are fed up with the system? [Source: KPMG]