Sen. Susan Collins struggled to name a time when her opposition to Pres. Donald Trump had changed the outcome of a vote during Thursday night’s fourth and final debate with Democrat Troy Jackson, who argued that the Republican senator’s claims of independence haven’t translated into meaningful resistance to the president’s agenda. Asked by a moderator…
Amidst all the important issues being debated this election cycle in Maine’s U.S. Senate and Congressional races — affordability, abortion, the oligarchy, Iran, tariffs, taxing the rich — the one that may matter the most is missing. Corruption. No, not Sen. Susan Collins’ false claims against Troy Jackson or even the concerning issues uncovered in…
Three months after federal immigration agents fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Democrat Troy Jackson criticized Sen. Susan Collins for supporting billions in immigration enforcement funding during Tuesday night’s third U.S. Senate debate. “This agency is so rogue that I don’t know that it can be reformed,” Jackson said, calling for Immigration and…
Tuesday, Oct. 13 marks the three-month anniversary of the ICE killing of 25-year old delivery driver Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, and his murderer still has not been brought to justice. In U.S. Senate debates last week, Sen. Susan Collins was forced to defend her votes to provide over $100 billion to supercharge ICE…
I think everybody, regardless of political affiliation, is getting fed up with the dark money ads in Maine’s U.S. Senate race. Most of the spending on these ads are coming from the pro-Collins side, which is vastly outspending Democratic candidate Troy Jackson. Elon Musk, private equity billionaires and Palantir are attempting to buy Sen. Susan…
Attention Cumberland County voters: Stephanie Anderson, candidate for District Attorney, is not who she wants you to think she is. For 28 years, Stephanie Anderson served as the DA for Cumberland County. For all of those 28 years, she was a Republican. After she retired in 2018, she ran for the state senate as a…
Sen. Susan Collins doubled down her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and opposed abolishing ICE during her first Senate debate with Democrat Troy Jackson, who argued that Collins has used her power to advance the interests of Pres. Donald Trump and wealthy donors while Mainers struggle with health care and rising…
“Today is not about wanting another statement,” Alessia Gaspar-Da Silva, of Bridgton, told reporters today in Portland. “It is about demanding to not just be seen, but heard.” Gaspar-Da Silva’s husband, Marcos, was detained by ICE for seven months before being released in August. She spoke at a press conference in front of Sen. Susan…
Democrat Troy Jackson holds a narrow lead over Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in a new poll of likely Maine voters that also found broad support for government action to make childcare more affordable. The survey, conducted by the Maine People’s Resource Center and released by the Maine People’s Alliance (of which Beacon is a…
Maine veterans gathered in Bangor on Monday to demand answers from Sen. Susan Collins following revelations that federal investigators had been investigating allegations of a pay-to-play arrangement involving the senator and a major campaign donor before the Trump administration shut down the investigation. The veterans, members of the Maine Veterans Alliance (which, like Beacon, is…