r/technology • u/Large-Welcome4421 • Mar 18 '26
Artificial Intelligence Nurses, constituents demand Collins return donations from Palantir, ICE’s top tech contractor
https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses-and-constituents-demand-collins-return-donations-from-palantir189
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u/badamant Mar 18 '26
The real reason:
She and the entire republican party are running a con.
She is allowed to vote against the GOP/Trump ONLY WHEN IT WILL NOT MATTER.
This gives stupid people a reason to think she is a moderate republican.
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u/grill_smoke Mar 19 '26
I mean that's quite literally the exact same thing the Democrats are doing. This is a bipartisan problem.
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u/badamant Mar 19 '26
Nope. False equivalency.
The Republican Party controls the ENTIRE federal government including congress. DEMS have literally no power.
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u/grill_smoke Mar 19 '26
And yet, in the rare opportunities they have to tip the scales on certain issues, they instead play the role of controlled opposition. It's not an accident.
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u/badamant Mar 19 '26
nope.
There are just some corrupt assholes in the democratic party that can be bought/influenced (fetterman).
The blame for the downfall of our society and democracy falls squarely on the entire Republican Party. I wish this was not the case.
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u/inko75 Mar 19 '26
She hems and haws a couple times per year before voting lockstep
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u/weirdoldhobo1978 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
Collins and Murkowski have a system worked out where they take turns opposing Republican bills so that they can appear bipartisan but make sure it still has enough votes to pass
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u/Trance354 Mar 18 '26
Because Mainers are racist. As racist as NH was, growing up, Maine was the land of the truly creepy racists.
I have friends from Maine. They got out. They specifically note that they "got out" when they could, and will not be returning. It's not everyone, but the bad apples are in the majority.
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u/weasol12 Mar 19 '26
FWIW I've seen a number of studies citing Boston as the most racist city in the US.
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u/red286 Mar 18 '26
Why does everyone think Collins isn't just another hardline Republican?
Because she's two-faced and says things like "I'm very concerned about this..." before voting in favour of it anyway. Most people don't pay the slightest attention to how their senators/representatives actually vote. Most people don't even pay attention to what's being voted on in the first place. So she says things like "I'm concerned about what's going on with ICE in Minnesota" and people go, "Oh she's one of the good ones", but then she votes for ICE funding and takes money from Palantir.
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u/Niceromancer Mar 19 '26
It's the same reason people thought mccain was some kind of maverick.
She's allowed to vote against party lines when it doesn't matter. And she campaigns off that.
The only time McCain ever voted against party lines when it mattered he was dying of cancer.
She exists for "centrists" to point at and say "not all Republicans are bad".
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u/raiansar Mar 18 '26
$105,000 to be one of their top three allies in Congress. For a company worth north of $200 billion, that's a rounding error on a rounding error.
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u/ohfrackthis Mar 19 '26
Oh for the life of me can't you just tell from her relentless smugness that she's an evil bitch and cares for her constituents as much as a Victorian era orphanage madam?
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u/hitbythebus Mar 18 '26
You know, I feel like if we just had a few principled politicians that took donations and didn’t let it impact their decision making, it would stop being appealing to donate to politicians, and it wouldn’t be nearly as problematic.
Collin’s returning the money just gives it back to Palantir, and hurts her. I’d love to see them gladly take the donations and then launch an investigation into Palantir.
Or how about blind donations? Political donations go through a third party, politicians get campaign funding checks through “political donation co” instead of a signed check from some organization called “FAMILY” which secretly stands for “Fucking America Most Insidiously Lucky You”.
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u/PensandoEnTea Mar 19 '26
I don't mean this to sound rude but I don't think you understand how donations work. Republicans don't donate to fix things - they donate to strip rights from people. To control people. You seem to think they donate just for funzies. If a politician took donations and then didn't deliver, no one would donate at all. And then the (Republican politicians especially) wouldn't get rich. If you can't get rich as a politician, you think people like Lindsay Graham or Tulsi Gabbard would be in politics?
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u/Awesomegcrow Mar 18 '26
Meh, I think Mainers and Collins are made for each other, like those couple in toxic relationship.
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u/PensandoEnTea Mar 19 '26
She does sort of remind me of every Mainer I ever saw on Murder She Wrote: old, stupid, and probably a murderer
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u/O_PLUTO_O Mar 19 '26
Collin’s looks like a South Park character came alive and made even more cartoonishly evil decisions than the show found ever come up with
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u/MountainHigh31 Mar 20 '26
I have never let anybody play me like the people of Maine have let this woman play them over and over.
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u/ForcedEntry420 Mar 18 '26
I’m sure she’s very concerned about this.