Maine’s Privacy Line in the Sand
Maine’s Privacy Line in the Sand (A note from a small business owner who doesn't need your data to do the job.) I've got a feeling we're walking into one of those weeks where the political weather changes fast—like Maine in spring, when you leave the house in a hoodie, come back sunburned, and still hit black ice in the shade. You can feel it in the way people talk. Less "did you see that?" and more "okay… so what happens now?" The public mood has shifted into that tense space where trust is low, stakes feel high, and everyone assumes somebody's trying to slip something through. That assumption doesn't come out of nowhere. Whether it's new court rulings that slow down executive reach, states pushing back in their own lanes, or Congress using procedural shortcuts to keep certain fights off the floor—the checks and balances are moving. Everywhere. Not cleanly. Not calmly. But they are moving. Maine's move: "Coll...