Tim 🇺🇦🌻

Mainer transplant 2 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Follower of all things political in home state & 🇺🇸 Je t’aime la vie politique du 🇨🇦 et Québec

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

.@grahamformaine .@SenatorCollins #SelloutSusan #ShamelessSusanCollins

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Very interesting take by Chris Hayes on how Senator Susan Collins PRETENDS to be an independent/middle of the road Senator when she’s really and truly, a hardcore party line Republican. A MUST WATCH for every Maine voter. Really good stuff👍

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@ScottJenningsKY Did she choose you? 😂😂😂😂 asshole

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

.@grahamformaine .@SenatorCollins #SelloutSusan #ShamelessSusanCollins

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

It's kind of wild to find out that the Republican in the NYT story that says she had a toxic relationship with Graham Platner is Lyndsey Fifield. Having been in DC for too long, I know a decent number of people who know her quite well. For a long time she was the co-host of a podcast with her best friend Bethany Mandel, called Ladybrains, though she has also worked for multiple super PACs, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Heritage Foundation.

Some background, presented without judgment: In 2014, Fifield began work as digital director for American Action Network, a Republican Super PAC that oversees House races. The next year she became social media manager for the Heritage Foundation, where she stayed for the next seven years.

In 2022, she joined the Super PAC backing Nikki Haley for president, switching to the official campaign side the next year, and staying until the campaign flamed out. She now lists herself as a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, a prominent dark money group that is best known for helping usher Brett Kavanaugh on to the Supreme Court and giving Susan Collins the talking points she needed to make her decisive speech in his favor.

The NYT breezed past all this, saying she was "a Virginia conservative who has worked for right-leaning groups and Republican campaigns."

In an interview for a news outlet called Red Alert Politics that named her to a “30 under 30” list back in 2016, she said that she wanted to “emulate the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart’s approach to online activism.” Breitbart, known for pushing the boundaries when it came to political combat, is perhaps best remembered for having exposed Anthony Weiner’s penchant for sending nudes to young girls, and for his work elevating James O’Keefe.

That she worked for Independent Women's Forum recently is even wilder since IWF played a critical role in Kavanaugh's confirmation and in persuading Collins to support it.

Heather Higgins, chair of IWF, laid out the group’s role in a talk several years ago. “We wrote a memo. It was used by a lot of members of the Senate and the House, Fox News, and elsewhere. Most important, Susan Collins told me that without that memo, she would not see how to support him,” Higgins said. “And if you look at the speech she gave on the Senate floor, it’s entirely the playing out and architecture of how we said to structure the argument — what to say and how to say it, which is just so gratifying. We’re watching TV and we’re like, ‘That’s ours! That’s ours!’”

Meanwhile, the timeline Fifield gives of their relationship is confusing, because during at least some of that time she was actually dating a different person, her longterm boyfriend who became her fiancee before she called off the wedding in 2018. We all know this because she and Mandel did a podcast episode on it that went mega-viral in Republican circles back then. Apparently this is the kind of thing the NYT thinks is important now, so I guess it requires more reporting. I'll report back.

Here is Heather Higgins celebrating IWF's role in getting Susan Collins to confirm Kavanaugh:

[Auschwitz Exhibition @auschwitzxhibit]

The Auschwitz Exhibition is the first traveling exhibition about the largest and most lethal German Nazi concentration camp, with a collection of more than 500 original artifacts.

A reminder of what happens when hatred is allowed to grow — and a powerful call to never forget.

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@CollinsWatch @aobrien2010 And she just recently voted against the war powers motion for Iran until she decided she had enough cover from Fetterman so it didn’t matter. She is #SelloutSusan

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

.@grahamformaine .@SenatorCollins let’s make this picture trend. We all know where #SelloutSusan loyalties lie joy with Mainers but with the Epstein class

[Collins Watch @CollinsWatch]

@TeamCollins207 It's true -- she works overtime to serve the interests of her billionaire benefactors and Republican pals. #MEpolitics

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@davidfrum Because they had the same area codes.

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@LucasSa56947288 Yes

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@TroyJackson207 He doesn’t pay taxes. 🙄🙄#epsteinclass

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@jaredpolis @RepThomasMassie @MassieforKY I think u need to back into the hole u crawled in When u pardoned an election denier Massie had the balls to stand up to the Dear Leader…. U obviously lost urs

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@tedcruz You hate anyone who actually tells the truth.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

Donald Trump is illegally giving $1.7 billion of taxpayer money to his friends who assaulted Capitol Police and conspired to overturn an election.

No Congressional authorization. Just pure corruption.

Billions for slush funds and illegal wars, paid for with Medicaid cuts.

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@invis4yo 🙌🙌🙌

[Collins Watch @CollinsWatch]

In 1994/1995 -- when Susan Collins was about the same age Graham Platner is now -- an assault gun manufacturer created a job for her to funnel $$$ her way until her next race.

That count as working class?

(She later voted to prohibit lawsuits against gun companies.) #MEpolitics

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@AlexThomp @FreeBeacon It’s still a loan… and if ur parents could do something like that wouldn’t u jump at the chance? If they got the loan docs then it’s legit Where he lives is not a cheap place. It’s small town Maine but the coast. $200k won’t buy much

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@DougWahl1 Yes.

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@Isikoff Obviously you’ve never been to Downeast Maine. Whatever his background or financial situation he came from, it’s not an easy life. And for all u know getting specialized treatments abroad r sometimes cheaper than in US. Don’t be an entitled dick just b/c

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

@RepJackKimble According 2 DOL labor stats avg US Sal. is $65k. U at a min. make almost 2x avg. Most Americans if lucky work 240 - 250 days/yr & that’s if they get 2 wks vacay & 10 holidays & 1 wk sick. A lot of which is not pd time clearly there r idiots in Congress

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

.@kaitlancollins comment? #thirstykaitlin

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump interrupts his own interview with Hannity to rage about a female reporter in misogynistic outburst!

Donald Trump is still obsessively seething over a journalist’s question he didn’t like.

During a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Trump went completely off-topic to viciously attack CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell, calling her “stupid,” “horrible,” and so average that “you could take anybody off the street and it would be as good as she is.”

This latest unhinged rant stems from a 60 Minutes interview where O’Donnell dared to read part of the manifesto from the man accused of trying to assassinate administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Trump is still furious weeks later.

This is far from an isolated incident. Trump has a clear and ugly pattern of lashing out at female reporters who ask him tough questions. Beyond the frequent “dumb” and “stupid” person, Trump has:

-- Called Rachel Scott a “horror show” and “one of the worst reporters”
--Said “Quiet piggy” to Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey
-- Attacked Kaitlan Collins as “so bad” and “the worst reporter”
--Labeled Jessica Tarlov one of the “least attractive and talented people on all of television”

The White House’s defense? Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has claimed this is just Trump being “frank and honest” and that it’s somehow more respectful than previous administrations.

Speaking of honest, we can be honest too. This isn’t “frankness.” It’s the behavior of a thin-skinned, petty, and deeply insecure and misogynistic man who cannot handle any criticism, especially from women. More especially from black women.

Instead of discussing policy or trade negotiations with China, Trump wastes time throwing tantrums at reporters on live television. This is not the conduct of a stable leader. It’s the conduct of a man completely consumed by grievance and ego.

We’ve said it many times before, but this kind of pathetic, thin-skinned behavior is beneath the presidency and embarrassing for the country.

If you’re tired of watching Trump’s endless, unhinged attacks on journalists -- especially women who dare challenge him -- like and share this post.

[Tim 🇺🇦🌻 @TimTimbuktu8]

.@kaitlancollins ?? Will you? Or r u thirsty?

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

Steve Harness: “When is a reporter gonna snap back and say don’t you fucking talk to me that way? I’m a goddamned adult. I’m here working. You work for us, asshole. Go fuck yourself. Somebody, for the love of God, I will buy the Pulitzer for you if you will just tell this man how fucking dare you, do not talk to me that way”