This Friday, we take notice of the calendar, and the fact that we are just a little more than two weeks away from all of this nonsense finally being over.

We do have a lot of debate activity to go over, from both the U.S. Senate race between Jackson and Collins, as well as the gubernatorial debates and even a debate in Maine’s 2nd Congressional district. “Fireworks” was the name of the game in these head to heads with the vitriol noticeably increasing, and we break down what we thought of them.

We also take a moment of time to respond to a ridiculous op-ed in the Portland Press Herald which took shots at Maine Policy Institute’s 2026 Blueprint. It was a particularly vapid, so we have a little fun with it.

All that and more on this week’s Pine Tree Pulse.


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