Maine Republican senator Susan Collins launches re-election bid for pivotal seat https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/maine-republican-susan-collins-senate-reelection-bid #Maine #Democrats #Republicans #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsCongress #UsSenate
The Flight Attendant
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Susan Collins believes that "ICE has learned their lesson."
Please #Maine, replace Collins with a Democrat who cares.
Note that in Maine people don’t believe Susan Collins when she says ICE/CBP have left the state. They say ICE/CBP agents are simply “blending in”.
Good article, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/maine-ice-raids 1/
Susan Collins believes that "ICE has learned their lesson."
Please #Maine, replace Collins with a Democrat who cares.
Da_Gut
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Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/maine-ice-raids #Maine #UsEconomy #UsUnions #UsNews #Economics #Business #WorldNews
Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/maine-ice-raids #Maine #UsEconomy #UsUnions #UsNews #Economics #Business #WorldNews
AstroMancer5G (she/her)
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Virtual Event - #Maine #BikePed Monthly Meetups
February 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
"Join us for Monthly Maine Bike Ped Meetups! Across Maine, local bike/ped committees, planning commissions, non-profits, and volunteers are working hard to improve safe, enjoyable, and practical active and alternate transportation options. But we aren’t always talking to one another! In these virtual monthly meetings, we hope we can learn from each other’s successes and challenges, get advice, and share resources in a casual setting – a forum for those already active in the bike/ped world, as well as for those who are curious about the current work being done or who want to start their own local conversations. Meetings recur every third Monday of the month at 4 PM via Zoom (Link below). Meetings will be ~45 minutes and will consist of introductions, share outs, and time for questions."
FMI:
https://www.bikemaine.org/event/maine-bike-ped-monthly-meetups/2026-02-16/
#SolarPunkSunday #BikeTooter #BicycleSafety #PedestrianSafety #BicycleCoalitionOfMaine #MaineCyclists #Advocacy #CommunitySpokes
Virtual Event - #Maine #BikePed Monthly Meetups
February 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
"Join us for Monthly Maine Bike Ped Meetups! Across Maine, local bike/ped committees, planning commissions, non-profits, and volunteers are working hard to improve safe, enjoyable, and practical active and alternate transportation options. But we aren’t always talking to one another! In these virtual monthly meetings, we hope we can learn from each other’s successes and challenges, get advice, and share resources in a casual setting – a forum for those already active in the bike/ped world, as well as for those who are curious about the current work being done or who want to start their own local conversations. Meetings recur every third Monday of the month at 4 PM via Zoom (Link below). Meetings will be ~45 minutes and will consist of introductions, share outs, and time for questions."
FMI:
https://www.bikemaine.org/event/maine-bike-ped-monthly-meetups/2026-02-16/
#SolarPunkSunday #BikeTooter #BicycleSafety #PedestrianSafety #BicycleCoalitionOfMaine #MaineCyclists #Advocacy #CommunitySpokes
Da_Gut
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Look what my dad found at his local game shop (the recently-opened White Rabbit Games in Belfast, #Maine — a “fibercraft-centered journaling game” created by someone here in the fediverse, @UnformedWorlds
Looks like so much fun!
Horrifying.... this is USA 2026: as many as 50 men and women in a cell with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and food 'like dog food'
#ice #massachusetts #maine
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/ice-detainees-from-maine-being-held-under-inhumane-conditions-at-mass-facility-attorneys-say/
Witchzilla
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#Maine’s Embattled #GeorgeMitchell, Reeling From #EpsteinFiles, Quits His Own Institute
Ted Cohen, February 6, 2026
Excerpt: "The U.S.-Ireland Alliance and Queens University Belfast just days ago also severed all ties with Mitchell, the latter going so far as to remove his bust from campus."
#Maine’s Embattled #GeorgeMitchell, Reeling From #EpsteinFiles, Quits His Own Institute
Ted Cohen, February 6, 2026
Excerpt: "The U.S.-Ireland Alliance and Queens University Belfast just days ago also severed all ties with Mitchell, the latter going so far as to remove his bust from campus."
Steve ( He / Him ) 🏴 🦇 🇵🇸
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#MaineSettlementAct was a raw deal for #Maine #FirstNations... And #GeorgeMitchell helped to write it! Just leaving that here...
"Two key players in the passage of the legislation were U.S. Sens. Bill Cohen and George Mitchell. Attorney Tim Woodcock, who was from Bangor, was appointed by Cohen to the Indian Affairs Committee."
George J. Mitchell Papers · The Drafting and Enactment of the Maine Settlement Act
Memo from James Case (staffer to Senator Muskie, and then to Senator Mitchell). This memo is probably addressed to Senator George J. Mitchell, and has a White House analysis of Bill S. 2829 attached. (06/13/1980)
https://maineindianclaims.omeka.net/items/show/6
#EpsteinFiles #USPol #LandBack #Wabanakik #MaineTribes #WabanakiConfederacy
#MaineSettlementAct was a raw deal for #Maine #FirstNations... And #GeorgeMitchell helped to write it! Just leaving that here...
"Two key players in the passage of the legislation were U.S. Sens. Bill Cohen and George Mitchell. Attorney Tim Woodcock, who was from Bangor, was appointed by Cohen to the Indian Affairs Committee."
George J. Mitchell Papers · The Drafting and Enactment of the Maine Settlement Act
Memo from James Case (staffer to Senator Muskie, and then to Senator Mitchell). This memo is probably addressed to Senator George J. Mitchell, and has a White House analysis of Bill S. 2829 attached. (06/13/1980)
https://maineindianclaims.omeka.net/items/show/6
#EpsteinFiles #USPol #LandBack #Wabanakik #MaineTribes #WabanakiConfederacy
Jo - pièce de résistance
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ICE detainees from #Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in #Massachusetts facility, attorneys say https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/ice-detainees-from-maine-being-held-under-inhumane-conditions-at-mass-facility-attorneys-say/
ICE detainees from #Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in #Massachusetts facility, attorneys say https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/ice-detainees-from-maine-being-held-under-inhumane-conditions-at-mass-facility-attorneys-say/
#ICE detainees from #Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
https://www.centralmaine.com/2026/02/07/ice-detainees-from-maine-being-held-under-inhumane-conditions-at-mass-facility-attorneys-say/
> An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
Eowyn
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Another piece by Maine artist #SusanBickford -- "Nut's Garment: What do we Carry?". 2024-25. Silk, hand #embroidery, silver thread. 3 feet 9 inches wide by 3 feet by 9 inches long. Part of the "Of Sybils and Source" exhibit in #PortlandME.
Artist statement: "Constellations located at significant astrological aspects of Summer Solstice chart 2024 embroidered into a hand sewn Kaftan. Embroidered while traveling in Italy, France, Greece, and finished upon returning home in #Maine."
#FirstFridayArtWalk #FiberArts #MaineArtists #EgyptianMythology #Muses #GoddessNut #NightSkies #Art
Another piece by Maine artist #SusanBickford -- "Nut's Garment: What do we Carry?". 2024-25. Silk, hand #embroidery, silver thread. 3 feet 9 inches wide by 3 feet by 9 inches long. Part of the "Of Sybils and Source" exhibit in #PortlandME.
Artist statement: "Constellations located at significant astrological aspects of Summer Solstice chart 2024 embroidered into a hand sewn Kaftan. Embroidered while traveling in Italy, France, Greece, and finished upon returning home in #Maine."
#FirstFridayArtWalk #FiberArts #MaineArtists #EgyptianMythology #Muses #GoddessNut #NightSkies #Art
#Maine State #Police called immigration authorities about 60 times last year
https://www.centralmaine.com/2026/02/06/maine-state-police-called-immigration-authorities-about-60-times-last-year/
> Troopers were told they were allowed to hold people on the side of the road for #immigration officials, even if there was no suspected criminal conduct.