Maine journalist. Formerly @mainemonitor, @tennessean, @bangordailynews. DM for Signal.
Biddeford, ME
Joined March 2013
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NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins.
Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams.
ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇
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Here's my guide to the Democratic convention process, which is going to be wild from beginning to end. bangordailynews.com/2026/07/…
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If you’re looking for a reason why the Celtics wanted out of Jaylen Brown’s contract so bad that they would take on Paul George and two first round picks ⬇️
Private equity influence is changing the Celtics
The Celtics sale tells you a lot about where sports ownership is heading.
A private equity firm financed the deal.
And they negotiated preferred shares, meaning the PE firm gets paid back before other owners, and changes the power of who runs the team.
youtube.com/watch?v=taaj-jBe…
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What we think of as modern civilization is essentially coextensive with mass literacy. People greeting the end of mass literacy with a yawn are assuming that we can keep this machine work going in the absence of the foundations it was built on. Huge civilizational-scale gamble.
"passively accepting the end of mass literacy" is the line more people need to hear. the framing around AI in education has somehow made "kids should learn to read and write well" the radical position. if the default path leads to a generation that can prompt but can't compose, we've made a terrible trade. the typewriter idea is interesting because it forces the actual thinking back into the process.
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Here's a video of a Maine State Police trooper sitting on a handcuffed man and punching him in the face. The MSP investigated, found the trooper did nothing wrong, and promoted him for the first time in 16 years. Read the BDN/Monitor investigation. themainemonitor.org/trooper-…...
Here's a video of a Maine State Police trooper sitting on a handcuffed man and punching him in the face. The MSP investigated, found the trooper did nothing wrong, and promoted him for the first time in 16 years. Read the BDN/Monitor investigation. themainemonitor.org/trooper-…...
Here's our analysis comparing video footage from the arrest with the police reports written about it. The police report narratives diverge from the visual record at several key points. themainemonitor.org/police-d…...
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How the Trump administration took aim at Maine. The acting head of the Social Security Administration called the state’s governor “disrespectful” and vowed there would be consequences, by @jslaternyc @FedGirlWaPo
washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Trump megadonor Steve Wynn has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which protects the media's ability to aggressively cover public officials. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/2…
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Our senior health reporter, @RoseLundyyy, joins @newscentermaine to discuss vaccines for schoolchildren in Maine.
Watch the full video here: newscentermaine.com/video/ne…
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🧵 In a highly unusual move, the FCC has asked CBS News to hand over the unedited transcript and tapes from its interview with VP Kamala Harris last fall. CBS says "we are working to comply with that inquiry as we are legally compelled to do."
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Hi @WIRED. If you’re old enough to hold down a high-ranking full time job with the federal government, you are most certainly old enough to be named by the press.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a halt to Donald Trump's sweeping aid freeze, issuing a "brief administrative stay" to preserve the status quo for at least a few days while further litigation plays out.
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“People rely on us, we got no notice that this was going to happen.”
Last update for tonight on how housing assistance in Maine will be affected by the federal grant freeze: bangordailynews.com/2025/01/…
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Federal data tells a very different story about DHHS and child welfare in Maine than the one I hear being told by politicians. My latest for the @mainemonitor. themainemonitor.org/dhhs-mov…
Federal data tells a very different story about DHHS and child welfare in Maine than the one I hear being told by politicians. My latest for the @mainemonitor. themainemonitor.org/dhhs-mov…