A PAC Stadium in Portland, Maine on an technically off election year, although there's a big

2026 election and primaries coming up as well.

That was part of Senator Bernie Sanders, Fight the Oligarchy Tour. You had Troy Jackson speaking there, who's running for

governor of Maine, as the current governor is termed out. You have Graham Platner running for the Senate

spot in Maine, as Susan Collins is very concerned

about everything imaginable but doesn't take any action.

And you've got the people in Maine completely fired up, as you can see at that event right

there.

Just zooming in on what's happening in Maine, it's a story that we're seeing across the country right now,

just in Maine and hat tip to our friends at more perfect union for this piece,

showing how trades workers are facing catastrophic layoffs based on what the Trump regime is doing right now.

And this is a story being repeated across the country, red states, blue states, and purple states

here play this clip.

I had heard people say, if you vote for this, you're going to get what you voted for.

But that's what people say every election.

A catastrophic wave of layoffs is hitting electricians in Maine.

It may be a preview of hundreds of thousands of jobs that could be lost nationwide after President Trump and Republicans just repealed billions in clean energy investments.

It was like a light switch got opened and all of our work just disappeared overnight.

We went to Maine where a solar boom has already come to an abrupt halt.

I got laid off at the beginning of May. I haven't gotten any calls yet.

I'm on unemployment right now and in the state of Maine that's $595 per week and I pay rent.

That's 1350 a month. This has nothing to do with our local union or the companies around us bidding jobs.

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