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Susan Collins used her Senate seat to fight for donors, not Maine #maga #politics #maine
Susan Collins spent 2018 to 2020 pushing the Navy to hand tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to a defense contractor called Navatek.
MAGA is Ruining Maine
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Susan Collins Steered Millions to a Defense Contractor While Its CEO Funneled Her Illegal Donations. Trump's Justice Department Let the Bribery Probe Die.
ProPublica found Susan Collins' office pushed the Navy to hand Navatek millions while her campaign and super PAC took illegal money from its CEO. He later told the FBI she said, 'You've seen me deliver.' The FBI corruption squad that heard him was purged.
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Susan Collins is no defender of abortion rights
Susan Collins has spent years telling voters she is a defender of abortion rights, but when it matters most, she keeps selling women out.
Susan Collins Calls Herself a Defender of Abortion Rights. She Just Helped Give a Lifetime Judgeship to a Man Who Wants No Exceptions for Rape or Incest.
Matthew Byrne told an anti-abortion group his 'pro-life credentials cannot be questioned' and that the 'life of the mother' exception should be 'strictly defined so as to avoid creating loopholes.' The Senate cut off debate on his nomination 47-46 on September 14, with Collins voting yes. A no from her would have sunk it. She voted to confirm him the next day.
Byron Donalds, Ashley Moody and Maria Elvira Salazar Championed Alligator Alcatraz. Federal Inspectors Found It Confined 79 People in Metal Cages About Four Feet Wide.
The Homeland Security inspector general found Florida's Everglades detention camp held 79 detainees in small metal enclosures with about 18 square feet of floor space. Byron Donalds called the camp a 'blueprint for other states' — and now calls investigating it 'busy work.'
These 26 Republicans Voted to Block Health Care for 9/11 First Responders. Thirteen of Them Voted No Again on the Deal That Finally Passed.
A list of the Republicans who voted to block the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act went around X this week. We checked all 42 names against the official roll calls. Every one of them voted against the bill — and the record is worse than the list says.
Elon Musk's Super PAC Is Spending $5.1 Million on the Midterms, Almost All of It in Races With 18 Republicans on This Site. It Spent $3.7 Million of That Attacking Democrats.
America PAC has reported $5.1 million in independent spending this cycle. Eighteen Republicans with report cards on this site are the main beneficiaries — and nearly three-quarters of the money went to attack ads, not to making a case for them.
In One Sitting, Susan Collins Voted Against Equal Pay, Paid Sick Days, and the Right to Join a Union. She Also Backed an Amendment to Cut Seasonal Workers Out of the Sick Leave Bill.
On June 21, 2023, the Senate labor committee took up three bills: equal pay, seven paid sick days a year, and the right to organize. All three passed on a party-line 11-10 vote. Collins, a Republican on that committee, was on the losing side of every one, and backed amendments to weaken two of them.
Bobby Charles Says Lobbyists Give Money Because 'You're Going to Buy a Favor.' He Ran a Lobbying Firm That Took $512,000 From Companies Caught Doing Exactly That.
Charles is running for governor of Maine on rooting out fraud, waste, and no-bid contracts. Maine Beacon found his own firm lobbied for MZM Inc., whose CEO pleaded guilty to bribing a congressman, while MZM held a no-bid Pentagon contract worth up to $250 million.