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Ask the Editor in Chief: Maine Senate Updates, Mitch McConnell's Mystery, Trump's Pillow Guy Plug + More — 7/20/26

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    Watch now   Ask the Editor in Chief: Maine Senate Updates, Mitch McConnell's Mystery, Trump's Pillow Guy Plug + More — 7/20/26 Ron Filipkowski and Pablo Manríquez tackle the week's biggest questions from Meidas+ subscribers Ron Filipkowski , Pablo Manríquez , and MeidasTouch Network Jul 21 ∙ Another week, another round of subscriber questions put directly to MeidasTouch Editor-in-Chief Ron Filipkowski, with DC correspondent Pablo Manríquez running the show. Thank you to all our subscribers who submitted questions as comments to Ron’s daily bulletin! Read below for a full recap of this episode and watch above! Let’s dive in. Is Troy Jackson Maine’s best shot at unseating Susan Collins? The first question dug into the chaotic aftermath of Graham Platner’s implosion and whether Troy Jackson is really the answer for Maine Democrats. Filipkowski explained his frustration with how the nominating process played out. What was supposed to be a thoughtful, delegate-driven conve...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 94. 3/18/25

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  Today in Politics, Bulletin 94. 3/18/25 Ron Filipkowski Mar 18 ∙ … MN State Sen.  Justin Eichorn  was arrested for soliciting a 16-year-old girl for sex, who turned out to be an undercover police officer. Eichorn is a Republican who is married with 4 children. He made national headlines earlier this week for being a sponsor of a bill that would declare ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ a mental illness. … Now he’s making headlines in other ways. … Amazing how this just keeps happening over and over and over. …  Trump  had his big phone call with  Putin  today to try to allegedly persuade him to sign a ceasefire agreement as a precursor to a negotiated permanent peace agreement. Putin essentially said that if Ukraine and the US agree to all of his demands then he might consider signing a cease fire. Both sides also issued statements about the call that were different in some key details. … From the White House readout of the call: “The leaders agreed that...