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Could three words — “Oh, shut up” — end up defining Democrat Troy Jackson as a candidate for US Senate — and with that definition, reelect Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine to a sixth term? They could. Last week, when a protester interrupted a debate between the two candidates, Collins said, “So this is obviously one of Troy’s supporters,” to which Jackson responded “Oh, shut up. I don’t even know that kid.” The first three words of his response have ricocheted around the political world ever since, especially since he declined to apologize or back down in any way. When asked if he had any regrets on CNN’s State of the Union, Jackson said, “I mean, she accused me of setting that up. I had no idea who it was. I mean, I was surprised whenever he jumped up out of there. You know, I’ve had four debates with Senator Collins. I’ve shook her hand afterward every time. But what I’m not going to be is, you know, talked down to by Senator Collins. I’m not going to, you know, be accused of things like that. I mean, I’m fighting for Mainers, and, you know, I mean, I just think that was another situation where she was talking down to me.

The meeting is the first such gathering since 2005, when premiers and then-prime minister Paul Martin met with Indigenous leaders in Kelowna, B.C.

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Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m. EDT3 min readNYSE trading floor (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)SummarySince 2025, preferred stocks funded purchases of 135,979 BTC through Oct. 5, Fidelity said. Bitwise expects ETFs to remain the larger demand source, with preferreds attracting yield investors. Dividend obligations and buybacks could constrain further bitcoin purchases. Bitcoin BTC$84,459.46 treasury companies like Strategy (MSTR) and Strive (ASST), whose purchases help maintain demand for the largest cryptocurrency, have a tough balancing act, according to Fidelity Digital Assets and analysts who spoke to CoinDesk. On the one hand, they need cash to fund their purchases. On the other, they need to maintain investor appetite for new sales of the perpetual preferred stock that is their favored fundraising vehicle. As the number of shares in circulation grows, so do the dividend payments. The securities, which sit between debt and common equity in the capital structure with regular payouts and no voting rights, have financed purchases of some 136,000 bitcoin in the 20 months since their introduction, Fidelity research analyst Zack Wainwright wrote in a Tuesday report.