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http://collinswatch.blogspot.com 11-01-2010 01:31:11
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Pingree votes against Israel $$$ citing 'clear violations of international law' and acts that escalate regional instability.
'We cannot continue to send unchecked offensive capabilities to Netanyahu's govt,' she writes.
Jared Golden voted yes on Israel military aid. #mepolitics
Before voting to extend the govt's authority to search Americans private communications without a warrant yesterday, Susan Collins and Angus King both voted to let federal officials pay data brokers to get info on Americans they'd otherwise need a warrant to obtain. #mepolitics
Not only did Susan Collins vote against capping insulin costs in Medicare -- she blasted Dems for doing it and for working to cap costs for others.
She said she had her own bill that'd do it better (or whatever) but she always says that. tinyurl.com/5h8j8d2j #mepolitics
This is funny:
No way to know till you click the link but Jared Golden is praising BIDEN here -- in the most elliptical/timid way possible.
He can't just say, 'Good job, Joe' or whatever -- he has to resort to 'I support efforts by any president...'
Fox News brain. #mepolitics
Susan Collins suggesting between the lines (barely) that Democrats rejection of the House GOP's sham impeachment means that if her guy Trump wins Republicans would be justified in letting him off the hook for actual offenses.
Classy stuff. tinyurl.com/3nrtfthw #mepolitics
File it under things Susan Collins would never say*
*Except during a few weeks in 2016 when Trump's odds of winning hit their lows and for a month or so after January 6, 2020 #mepolitics
To Susan Collins, the 'embarrassment' is people confronting the GOP's cynicism and nihilism -- not the cynicism and nihilism itself.
This is actually a pretty good distillation of Collins worldview! #mepolitics
No surprise Susan Collins toeing the GOP party line here, pretending her party's news-cycle-driven impeachment charade deserves to be taken seriously.
As always, her priorities in order are:
1. What's good for Susan Collins
2. What's good for GOP
3. Everything else #mepolitics
Susan Collins loves taking credit for Approps bills even though she doesn't run the cmtee.
But when @NYPost (!) asked why DOJ's antitrust budget got cut, noting Collins $550K tech stock portfolio...suddenly she isn't so powerful after all! tinyurl.com/5n877xn7 #mepolitics
Susan Collins doesn't own every fringe position of every one of her GOP colleagues. But when you represent one of the most pro-choice states in the nation and spend thousands of dollars to help elect a pol who wants to ban birth control...you should be asked about it. #mepolitics
In a new filing Sara Gideon reveals her 2020 campaign committee still holds $4M+ for a race she lost almost 4 yrs ago.
In Q1 Gideon spent approx $21K on lawyers/consulants; gave away just over $12K; and made $33K in interest!
Deeply unethical. But how's this legal? #mepolitics
Remarkable how few columns there've been in Maine outlets these last couple years on Susan Collins role in aiding and enabling her party's descent into authoritarianism. But plenty of Mainers get it and some write letters. #mepolitics tinyurl.com/5tyde5p2
Susan Collins sent Blackburn $5,000 for her last race. How many deranged warmongers have you sent $5,000 to? #mepolitics
In a tie-breaking vote yesterday, Jared Golden sided against a bipartisan proposal to require the government to get a warrant before searching Americans private electronic communications. (Pingree voted in favor of warrants.)
The amendment failed 212-212. #mepolitics