







Editor's Notes: Entering the Circular Firing Squad
Today, we published the second Alan Elrod article in a week on the toxic politics surrounding the Democratic candidate for Maine's Senate seat, Graham Platner. What's more, yesterday we published Katherine Alejandra Cross in a similar vein. Why the focus on Platner, when so much is at stake

Maine's Senate Polls Disagree by Seven Points. The Governor's Race in the Same Polls Doesn't.
Coral's new "Maine Senate Race" cluster (Maine, Susan Collins, Obama, Senate) is active on the same day Barack Obama endorsed Troy Jackson in a video, per the...

Platner’s campaign trying to navigate exit from consequential Maine race, sources say | CNN Politics
Graham Platner and a small team of strategists behind his candidacy are trying to navigate an exit from the consequential Senate race in Maine without entirely squandering the movement he built, people familiar with the matter said, rather than digging in or trying to find a path forward for his candidacy.

Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 128 (Tuesday, July 7, 2026)
Midterm Elections in Maine, October 2026
The Marist Institute for Public Opinion (MIPO) is a survey research center. MIPO is home to the Marist Poll and conducts polls on politics, the economy, sports, technology and more at the local, state, and national level.
HF 1606 2nd Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
CID Congress #2: Big DASL
IPFS Project CID Congress #2 29 April 2025 Luma https://lu.ma/03gj3rrb Agenda + Notes https://hackmd.io/1mXZ9HzJQWyFHNaF9yZWKg
2025-0915_OP-MiniWS-r4.pdf
PR Library: How Proportional Representation Would Finally Solve Our Redistricting and Gerrymandering Problems - FairVote
By Douglas J. AmyDepartment of PoliticsMount Holyoke College This piece is part of the Proportional Representation Library. (This piece is...


ME SEN Delegate Meeting Results (Nicholas Anastácio/National Journal's Hotline)
ME SEN Delegate Meeting Results (Nicholas Anastácio/National Journal's Hotline)
Text - S.1748 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Kids Online Safety Act
Text for S.1748 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Kids Online Safety Act
Maine Voters 50+ Could Help Decide Closely Watched 2026 Races
Rising prices, affordability, and threats to democracy are motivating older Maine voters in the 2026 election.

We will discuss this paper in the civic participation journal club. Cannot wait to read it at lunchtime tomorrow🍎
Brihi Joshi
Reasoning about the "why" behind user behavior can improve LLM personas! ✨🧠📈 📝Excited to share our new work: Improving LLM Personas via Rationalization with Psychological Scaffolds 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2504.17993 🧵 (1/n)
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The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.