Alex Seitz-Wald
@aseitzwald
Small-town newspaperman with the @mainevillager. Former senior national politisl reporter for NBC News. Dad, husband, hobby collector.
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New: Troy Jackson says "this winter is going to break some people" in a new ad shared first the @MaineVillager, highlighting his earlier work on heating relief as prices spike ~80% heading into the winter.
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This is THE issue people are talking about in Maine right now. Here’s a (free) on-the-ground look at why this is a perfect storm of bad for Maine folks.
Oyez, Oyez and Ahoy! Paddlers — and one dog — protest Chief Justice John Roberts' private Maine island.
The largest hospital system in Maine and northern New England is demanding answers on one of their nurses reportedly detained by ICE.
NEW: The owner of the only store in *the* reddest town on the Maine coast between the NH border and remote Washington County was arrested by ICE — now residents are rallying for his release.
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Relevant to Platner discourse: The undisputed champion of working class politics is a billionaire Manhattanite with a gold fetish and a rich dad. Don't mean that as a knock on Trump, but to question the assumption that voters will care if they otherwise think he speaks for them.
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