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Steve Mistler

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Reporter for Maine Public Broadcasting. Assignments for @npr. Former 🗞️ guy now on the 📻. Signal: @stevemistler.83

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  1. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
    Steve Mistler
    RT @cspan: From June, @jonathanvswan on Stephen Miller: "He'd been looking for a vessel for his ideology and he saw - I think - in Donald Trump, somebody who had the charisma and the star power to take Stephen Miller's ideas and really elevate them, and frankly to crush the old Republican Party which Stephen Miller has absolute contempt for. The George W. Bush compassionate, conservative, welcoming immigrants. Utter distain and contempt for that party and wants it to be gone. He saw Trump as a vehicle and became one of his most valued aids. Very smart guy. Relentless. Has a vision and sticks to it. Was as well-prepared as anyone for the second term." Watch full program here:
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  2. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
    This depiction of the vote shift in Maine is inaccurate. That's because it uses municipal level voting data, which is how Maine reports its returns. But it aggregates county level everywhere else. Notice 400+ data points vs other states. NYT got it right.
    NBC News @NBCNews
    How this year's Senate vote shifted compared to Trump's 2024 results.
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  3. NBC News✓@NBCNews
    How this year's Senate vote shifted compared to Trump's 2024 results.
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  4. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
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    We've made note of this to @nbcnews, but have received nothing but bot responses.
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    The tilting reader glasses and the attempt to stop himself from saying "bullshit" but then surrendering to the impulse is peak Troy Jackson.
    Dan Gottlieb @DanGottlieb_
    They’re calling it the Boba Bounce™
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    They’re calling it the Boba Bounce™
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  8. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
    Joey Belladonna, lead singer for Anthrax, just sang the National Anthem for MNF. And it as friggin awesome. 🇺🇸💪
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  9. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
    Steve Mistler
    RT @anna_c_kramer: NEWS: Trump admin officials want US companies to accept the Russian diesel currently crossing the Atlantic. But American firms want nothing to do with it. They’re very scared of the legal and reputational risk, industry sources tell me and @jstein_sun
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    RT @stphnfwlr: New on @npr | In the final week of the 2026 midterm election, ad spending data suggests the core battle is less about stopping a Democratic wave in the House, and more about figuring out how high it crests. A look at where the $$$ is going:
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  11. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
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    RT @Kellen_Browning: SCOOP: Democrats have insisted they have nothing to do with the other Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot. But aides with the Mary Peltola campaign and DSCC were part of a monthslong secret plan to recruit him to run -- as well as other candidates.
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    RT @stphnfwlr: “Last week, we received a credible tip from a trusted source that Wedgewood Polls might be faking data.”
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    Steve Mistler
    RT @RonanFarrow: 1/3 Musk ordered last week's slowdown of Starshield, which Ukraine fights on, after talking with Trump, per @WSJ. In '23 the Pentagon signed a contract with SpaceX to “prevent Musk from turning off the switch," per fmr Under Sec of Defense Colin Kahl.
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    RT @laraseligman: Incredible scoop by my @WSJ colleagues: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration.
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  15. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
    Remember watching this unfold in 2020. Gideon won these blue towns, but her margins were too low. Collins peeled off the ticket-splitters. No POTUS on the ballot this time, but these towns could be determinative again. Affluent Dem strongholds, but less progressive than Portland
    Steve Kornacki @SteveKornacki
    Where did Collins' anti-Trump votes come from? Her biggest overperformances compared to Trump were in high-income/high college+ politically blue southern Maine. In '20 these voters could simultaneously vote against Trump and for Collins. What do they do in '26?
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    Where did Collins' anti-Trump votes come from? Her biggest overperformances compared to Trump were in high-income/high college+ politically blue southern Maine. In '20 these voters could simultaneously vote against Trump and for Collins. What do they do in '26?
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  17. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
    Part 2 of ProPublica's Navatek pay-to-play series, detailing how company partnered with SC's state university for dubious research projects and then approached high-ranking members of congressional delegation for govt contracts in exchange for campaign cash.
    ProPublica @propublica
    New: An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark.
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    New: An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark.
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  19. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
    Steve Mistler
    RT @washingtonpost: Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said.
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  20. Steve Mistler@stevemistler
    ICYMI: Spoke with @mtredden early this week about her @propublica piece on Sen. Collins and Martin Kao for our weekly election podcast. She responds to Collins’ camp’s dismissal of the story. 🧵
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    We followed up with another episode that looks at the story’s implications on the race, how it intersects with Collins’ electoral strength as the Senate’s lead appropriator and provides a tangible example of dark money infiltration of super PACs 👇🎧
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    RT @BostonGlobe: A lesbian bar in Greenfield eased its stringent mask mandate, a decision that has splintered the queer community in the city and beyond.
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    RT @burgessev: News - GOP super PAC Old North Action is scrapping $6.5M in ad reservations for North Carolina's Senate race set to air before the election per AdImpact. Comes as party weighs Whatley's viability as he consistently trails Cooper. That group still has $14.5M reserved. SLF also slashed $900K in broadcast but added $400K in digital; group says it's part of regular rejiggering of ads to maximize viewership. SLF still has $23M reserved through election day
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