#mainepol

"Republican groups backing Collins have already spent or reserved over $112 million in ads, while Democrats have reserved only half that amount... Given Maine’s critical role in deciding control of the U.S. Senate next year, however, Democrats nationwide could flood the state with funds. For Democrats to flip the Senate, they must accomplish two goals: win competitive elections in... New Hampshire, Michigan, and Georgia and flip four states currently held by Republicans. Maine is the only state with a current Republican senator up for election this year in a state that Kamala Harris won in 2024." [gift link] https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/20/nation/troy-jackson-susan-collins-maine/?s_campaign=8315%3Avarf #USPol #MainePol #TroyJackson #USSenate #Election2026

Apparently, after the #ICE agent told his ex-wife he shot #JohanSebastiánGuerrero, she doxed him to the press! Good for her! Also, this pretty much sums up the kind of folks that ICE is hiring... "Ashley Brouillette [the ICE agent's wife] told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about David Brouillette’s mental health." ICE agent who killed man in #BiddefordME identified as former Maine law enforcement officer An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. 7/16/2026 Excerpt: "The federal immigration agent who shot and killed a 25-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford has been identified as David #MichaelBrouillette. "Brouillette, who is 37 and lives in Manchester, was identified by an ex-wife as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot #JohanSebastiánDuránGuerrero on Monday. "Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that her ex-husband called admitting to the shooting and defending his actions. The Press Herald, the first news outlet to report David Brouillette’s identity, reviewed a screenshot of incoming calls that Ashley Brouillette said she received from her ex-husband via his current wife’s Facebook account on Wednesday. " 'He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,' Ashley Brouillette said. 'I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.' "She said she has seen videos of Brouillette on the scene of the shooting and told him: 'Nowhere in there does it show that this man charged at you with a car.' " Read more: https://www.pressherald.com/2026/07/16/ice-agent-who-shot-man-in-biddeford-identified-as-former-maine-law-enforcement-officer/ Archived version: TBD [Archive.ph seems to be down atm] #ICESucks #ICEOutOfMaine #USPol #MainePol #DefundICE #AbolishICE #DefundCBP #MurderPatrol

Oh look! One of my "neighbors" is at the anti-ICE rally -- on the opposing side! Ricky Redneck didn't even bother to brush his teeth. Figures! (And that woman he's confronting is a saint. I would NOT be putting up with that fetid breath in my face!) Photo credit: AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty #ICEOutOfMaine #MAGAScum #MAGAMan #StupidAngryWhiteMen #MainePol #USPol

Protesters shoo Gov. #JanetMills from Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s memorial in #BiddefordME ‘Don’t come back up here unless you got results!’ one person yelled at the governor. by Drew Johnson, Dylan Tusinski, July 15, 2026 "Angry protesters on Wednesday shooed Gov. Janet Mills from a memorial for #JohanSebastiánDuránGuerrero at the intersection where he was killed this week by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. Video posted by the Boston Globe showed a crowd yelling at Mills, who was in Biddeford to meet with local leaders and pay respects to Guerrero. Mills had called for ICE to take certain measures or be abolished at a press conference earlier in the day. " 'Do something!” one person shouted.' " 'You had never cared about us!' " 'That’s another dead body!' yelled another. 'Don’t come back up here unless you got results!' " Read more: https://www.pressherald.com/2026/07/15/protesters-shoo-gov-janet-mills-from-johan-sebastian-duran-guerreros-memorial-in-biddeford/ Archived version: https://archive.md/4XEhN #USPol #MainePol #ICEOutOfMaine #ICEOut #JohanSebastiánGuerrero