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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 31, 2026

We write to express our deep concern regarding the State Department’s reported plans to issue a limited number of specially designed U.S. passports featuring a picture of President Trump to commemorate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 31, 2026

The U.S. passport has never—and should not now—feature an image of a sitting U.S. president.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 30, 2026

Send out 20 or 30 million of these, and you will see the hundred-million-dollar cost of falls fall significantly.

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Shenna Bellows
@shennabellows· ME· May 29, 2026

What ICE did in Maine and continues to do was terrorize our friends and neighbors.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 29, 2026

I believe and I would like your view, that a more diverse energy source, particularly one that's based on resources that we control rather than a worldwide price, would be beneficial to the country.

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Shenna Bellows
@shennabellows· ME· May 29, 2026

There are no secret police in a democracy and we will always stand up for our Mainers safety and freedom.

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Shenna Bellows
@shennabellows· ME· May 29, 2026

When ICE asked for confidential license plates, I said no because covert civil immigration enforcement is not something Maine will facilitate.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

If $4.30 gas and almost $6 diesel is energy dominance, I'd rather go back to what we had before.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

A more diverse energy source, particularly one that's based on resources that we control rather than a worldwide price, would be beneficial to the country.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

I don't understand why. In terms of the overall budget, in terms of what is being proposed for expenditures in many other areas, why are we cutting the most popular program the federal government runs?

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

Much like an ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure, an $11 bathmat sure beats a $30,000 hospital trip.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

This is an $11 bathmat. I’m the Johnny Appleseed of bathmats.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

This is, I believe, an existential struggle for the future of democracy where we had an aggressive country invade a neighboring country without any justification whatsoever.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

Right now, Medicare will pay for a broken hip, but they won’t pay for a grab bar in your shower. That’s just insane.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

But I think the American people should understand that we have stepped back.

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Shenna Bellows
@shennabellows· ME· May 28, 2026

Secret police have no place in Maine, and I will never stop fighting to keep Mainers safe and free.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

At best, illegal robocalls are a constant annoyance — at worst, they’re scams that target our most vulnerable citizens or tie up businesses’ phone lines.

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