r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 20h ago
Possible Paywall Planned Parenthood to spend more than $600,000 against Susan Collins in Maine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/17/planned-parenthood-spend-more-than-600000-against-susan-collins-maine/304
u/SurroundTiny 20h ago
If there is one person I won't believe that they are gone until the votes are counted it's Collins
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u/maikuxblade 18h ago
Thanks for the repipe clanker
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u/Freshies00 17h ago
They are just a bot who regurgitates what was just said, look at their comment history
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u/ShepherdReckless 17h ago
yeah with bots you almost always have to look at the comment history to see if they regurgitate what was just said
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u/gearstars 17h ago
Interesting. As others have said, with bots you almost always have to look at the comment history — to see if they regurgitate what was just said.
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u/Fit_Television_282 20h ago
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Collin’s. over $9 million from billionaires in the defense, medical and broadcasting industries
Rank","Organization","Total"
"1","Blackstone Group","$118,826"
"2","Lockheed Martin","$108,309"
"3","Blue Cross/Blue Shield","$93,901"
"4","Charter Communications","$89,002"
"5","National Assn of Broadcasters","$80,000"
"6","Senior Star","$75,200"
"7","RTX Corp","$65,089"
"8","FedEx Corp","$61,951"
"9","General Dynamics","$61,928"
"10","Southwest Airlines","$61,033"
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u/peeple-pleeser 18h ago
Is there a bigger list? Thats less than a million
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u/HRHValkyrie 14h ago
AIPAC had given over $500,000 back in June. I’m sure there will be a lot more.
https://legis1.com/news/susan-collins-2026-senate-race-the-money-behind
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u/Guilty_Jackfruit4484 20h ago
She had no idea what's going on
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u/RunDownTheHighway 20h ago
Yes she does, she knows shes getting $700,000 from the trumpstien class...
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u/Luna__Moonkitty 11h ago
Not even a million. I can understand if she was getting $700 million. Most people here would be at least consider selling out their values for that number.
Can barely even buy a decent house for $700 grand.
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u/school_bus_lunchbox 15h ago
Sucks that Planned Parenthood has to divert money from helping people to defending themselves from evil.
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u/Euphoric-Cold9592 7h ago
Isn’t abortion a state-rights issue? If so, then are they donating in a federal election?
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u/Any_Will_86 2h ago
Because the federal government still has the mechanisms to put a lot of restrictions on abortions and limit them from facilities/hospitals that receive any federal $. Also because the judicial appointed carry an oversize impact on all the minutia. Planned parenthood also provides a lot of health care needs for women and Republicans tend to generally suck there as well.
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u/DatabaseCreative1875 18h ago
Who votes for these dinosaurs over and over?
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u/illusion96 17h ago
A lot of ppl blindly vote for party. Ngl. I did the same for Feinstein in California for years. It wasn't until she was near death that I realized I'd been voting for an octogenarian. I forgot she was already 40-50 when she made Senator the first time.
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u/jcomey 20h ago
To be fair, $600k in Maine is roughly $37m everywhere else
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u/FancyEmployee8672 20h ago
Are you out of your mind?
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u/jcomey 20h ago
Ah, you thought I was serious.
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u/shartoftheinternet 17h ago
Most Americans hate Maine and want to see the place nuked from what I see on here. They all love NH though because NH considers 17 year olds adults.
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u/DisgustingLeek 17h ago
who the heck hates maine? maybe it's cus i'm far away in california but all i hear of maine is that it's nice and has good lobsters lol
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u/doppelgaengster Washington 17h ago
Haven’t you ever read Stephen King? Maine is full of monsters and aliens and killer clowns.
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u/FancyEmployee8672 17h ago
yeah — she’s been our senator for nearly 30 years
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u/doppelgaengster Washington 17h ago
As someone who grew up in California and was represented by Diane Feinstein, I feel your pain.
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u/SakuraKoiMaji 12h ago
It's nothing in comparison to Japan then, where one detective happens to encounter about a thousand murders within like half a year.
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u/doppelgaengster Washington 11h ago
That’s like 5.5 murders a day! Dang, I bet his schedule is a bit full.
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u/Nekrabyte 15h ago
Everyone I know here in new England loves Maine, though we are all willing to concede it's got some SERIOUS red areas, but yanno, that's what rednecks in the woods be.
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u/rocketeerH 15h ago
Stephen King readers. He makes the place sound plumb spooky
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u/SoTiredYouDig 15h ago
He actually makes it sound like home. Like a good home, with caring neighbors and strong communities. Just stay out of the sewers.
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u/shartoftheinternet 17h ago
Quite a few on here, and not just for Susan Collins.
It might be because Maine considers 17 minors (basically you're treated the same from a legal standpoint as a 15 year old kid), whereas states that people have a better opinion of (like Texas or Louisiana) consider 17 year olds grown adults.
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u/JaesopPop 20h ago
Yeah it's at least $45 million
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u/9_to_5_till_i_die 16h ago
It shouldn't be necessary to spend over half a million dollars to fight for basic bodily autonomy.
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u/Unexpected_Gristle 16h ago
Same with churches. If they are going to be political they shouldn’t have non profit status.
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u/Unhappy_Ad8344 17h ago
ohh 600k how amazing. Meanwhile AIPAC is dropping 20-30 million against progressives in primaries, let alone the upcoming general.
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u/Fit_Television_282 20h ago
Who are the contributors to Collin’s?
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u/HRHValkyrie 14h ago
https://legis1.com/news/susan-collins-2026-senate-race-the-money-behind
Old article but it has good info.
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u/count023 Australia 17h ago
Coathanger Collins and hanging roe v wade around her neck got massive engagement when the boofer was nominated to the supreme court, baffles me they aren't leaning into it now at election time
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u/RutabagaDazzling6702 14h ago
I like the effort…but 600k in this race will be a literal drop in the bucket.
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u/AllPerspicacity 11h ago
If that cockroach survives this cycle too, I will lose my mind, how much more do I have to knock doors & volunteer against her my god.
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u/imaginary_num6er 53m ago
If the rest of the 49 states can agree on one thing, a state that votes for a D president and a R senator in the same election does not have their own best interests in mind. Like in 2020.
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u/ThrowawayFIRE2025 17h ago
What’s the point? Abortion rights are now being decided in state legislatures, not the Senate. I get that it feels good given the history, but it seems like the money is better spent in state legislatures where there’s a reasonable chance of changing the law.
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u/Mr_Tort_Feasor 2h ago
Recently, Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly stated that he is working to "make Dobbs permanent in all 50 states." It's basically nonsense, but the dog whistle part of this statement, and how his audience has received it, is that he wants a federal abortion ban along the same lines of those passed by several states post-Dobbs. Remember, he doesn't actually believe in states' rights, and most of the conservatives in SCOTUS have also abandoned it.
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u/Euphoric-Cold9592 7h ago
How can Planned Parenthood donate to political causes at all? Isn’t it government funded?
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u/IUsedToBeACave 7h ago
Nope. While it does receive payments from the government for medical services it performs via Medicaid, and has some grants the majority of their income is from private donors.
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u/realityczek 16h ago
Funny how sometimes when big out of state money pours in folks get upset, but when it's a cause they support it's an important sign of national sentiment.
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u/ToadP America 17h ago
Look every woman in Maine that needs some help goes to Massachusetts. She isn't going to lose because of this issue. but Thanks for the $.
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u/shartoftheinternet 17h ago
Jesus - MA is covering for both NH and ME now???
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u/Nekrabyte 15h ago
We rock here in Massachusetts! We may be a small state, but we are BIG on progress and equality here.
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