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AmyFromMaine

@amyfrommaine.bsky.social
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News & Public Affairs Mgr @ WERU. 11th+ generation Mainer, Acadian roots, genealogy, local history, old houses, dogs, thrift shops, upcycling, swimming, kayaking/paddling, hiking, books, rocks, moss, fog. LCSW-in-exile

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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Delusions are fixed false beliefs that persist despite evidence to the contrary and are disconnected from cultural or religious norms. They frequently occur as comorbid features in various psychiatric disorders..." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563...
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"[B]ut allowed below-ground national security-related construction to continue". Who believes Trump's building this underground bunker for future presidents in a sudden fit of altruism? And who thinks he may have other plans? @ms.now
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It's BANG-GORE @ms.now @msnowreports.bsky.social @cnn.com
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How To Say Bangor, Maine | "We Are Bangor"
YouTube video by Sutherland Weston Marketing Communications
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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@amyfrommaine.bsky.social is 🔴LIVE on stream.place!
Bernie Sanders, Graham Platner & Troy Jackson UMaine Orono
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Orono act.berniesanders.com/signup/rsvp-...
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Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Orono
RSVP today to say you'll join Bernie in Orono on Sunday, May 24! Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Orono With Special Guests Graham Platner and Troy Jackson Sunday, May ...
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Hannaford: Adopt a Maine-First Sourcing Policy. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ha...
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Hannaford: Adopt a Maine-First Sourcing Policy
Hannaford Supermarket and Pharmacy recently released a statement addressing a shortage in carrots, noting that a “specific brand, size or type” of carrot may not be available due to supply chain disru...
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Easter Day diplomacy à la a con man who’s in way over his head
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 31/03/2026
BREAKING: A judge orders the Trump administration to halt construction of $400 million White House ballroom unless Congress approves the plan.
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Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House.
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#NoKings Belfast, Maine
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#NoKings Belfast, Maine
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#NoKings Belfast, Maine
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=Y3zi...
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U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by U2
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
pressherald.com
Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland, leave his car running in the street with a smashed window
The man is in the country on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree at UMaine, his colleagues said.
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Dear France - You should probably come take this back now
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
"The Brownshirts are infamous for their operation outside of the law and their violent intimidation of Germany’s leftists and Jewish population."
historyhit.com
The Brownshirts: The Role of the Sturmabteilung (SA) in Nazi Germany
The SA was instrumental in the Nazi’s rise to power yet played a diminished role during the Second World War. The Brownshirts are infamous for...
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
4. Use the "state of emergency" as justification to arrest & detain people without cause and without limits on the length of incarceration.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
Gestapo | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
3. Allow officials to spy on citizens and search private homes without a warrant or reasonable cause.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
Gestapo | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Gestapo was Nazi Germany’s infamous political police force. It enforced Nazism’s radical impulses and perpetrated crimes against targeted groups. Learn more
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
2. Suspend provisions of the constitution that protect basic individual rights, including freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly.
bbc.co.uk
The Police State - Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-1939 - OCR B - GCSE History Revision - OCR B - BBC Bitesize
Learn about and revise what life was like in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1939 with this BBC Bitesize History (OCR B) study guide.
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
1. Use false pretenses to establish a permanent state of emergency.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
Nazi Terror Begins | Holocaust Encyclopedia
After rising to power in January 1933, the Nazis began the process of moving Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship. Learn more.
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Bangor, Maine
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Bangor, Maine
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Bangor, Maine #StephenKing
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Who needs emergency weather alerts when we could just send $20 billion to Argentina for no apparent (good) reason? 🤷🏼‍♀️
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Blackstone billionaire Steve Schwarzman gave $2 million to Collins’ Super PAC a day before she voted to advance Trump’s Big Beautiful (sic) Bill #SusanCollins #Maine
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Susan Collins Raked in Wall Street Cash Before Advancing Trump Tax Bill
Susan Collins voted to advance Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill a day after her Super PAC received $2 million from Blackstone billionaire Steve Schwarzman.
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
among other things
americanprogress.org
Fact Sheet: Trump’s Rescission Request Would Slash Spending on Foreign Assistance Programs That Benefit American Interests
The Trump administration’s FY 2025 rescission package would eliminate more than $8 billion in investments critical to global health, stability, and democracy while the administration increases spendin...
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
#4thofJuly #DeclarationOfIndependence (4 of 4)
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
#4thofJuly #DeclarationOfIndependence (3 of 4)
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
#4thofJuly #DeclarationOfIndependence (2 of 4)
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
#4thofJuly #DeclarationOfIndependence (1 of 4)
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
More #BangorPride #Maine
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
#BangorPride #Maine
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Who can't get along with Canada, ffs?! Maybe he could get some coaching from the real author of the Art of the Deal www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#NoKings rally in Bangor, Maine
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 14/06/2025
“We’ve seen hundreds of new events on the No Kings Day map since the weekend,” said Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, one of the groups behind the “day of defiance”.
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Millions in US expected to protest against Trump in ‘No Kings’ demonstrations
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it"--and those who do can't get through to them.
newyorker.com
Stories from the Smallpox Scare
From 1947: New York City’s health commissioner, whose office inoculated more than six million New Yorkers in the course of a month, discusses mass vaccination, sore arms, and hysteria.
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The House will vote this week on a massive cut to public media funding. Your local stations are at risk [including @weru-fm.bsky.social ] Call your Rep. now and urge them to vote NO before it’s too late. bit.ly/3T68Qgw #ProtectMyPublicMedia
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Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Call your Members of Congress now!
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"She said the 'hateful, inflammatory rhetoric' from the White House is reminiscent of the rhetoric that inspired the National Guard to open fire at Kent State in 1970...(W)e’re going to see that when excessive force is used against protesters, it will just provoke and escalate their actions'"
beaconjournal.com
Survivor of 1970 shootings at Kent State sees parallels in Los Angeles protests
Roseann ‘Chic’ Canfora says using armed soldiers to silence dissent is something that police states do. She hopes reason will prevail.
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Robin Kirby @robinmk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
history.com
Boston Massacre: Causes, Date & Facts | HISTORY
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston between American colonists and British soldiers. It helped pave the way for the American Revolution.
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Escalating things to justify a crackdown I've witnessed / experienced this first hand in the US
politicsrights.com
Agents Provocateurs: Eroding Democracy & Free Speech
In the labyrinth of modern law enforcement tactics, the role of agents provocateurs emerges as a particularly contentious and enigmatic element.
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Time to brush up on some basics
brennancenter.org
The Posse Comitatus Act Explained
The law generally prevents the president from using the military as a domestic police force.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
New update 🤣💀
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/05/2025
Breaking News: NPR said it was suing President Trump over his executive order that aimed to end its federal funding, saying it violated the First Amendment.
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NPR Sues Trump Over Order to Cut Funding
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
All hail the The Ministry of Truth
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AmyFromMaine @amyfrommaine.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🚨 Public media is under attack from every direction: ❌ Funding eliminated in the Administration’s budget ❌ Executive order targeting NPR + PBS ❌ Grants to kids' educational programs cut Save public media now. Contact Congress: bit.ly/4iPZakE #ProtectMyPublicMedia
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Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Email your Members of Congress now!
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Wellkeepers @wellkeepers.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Interested in connecting with others in the Waldo County area to support grassroots organizing in our community and beyond? Come to the Resistance Faire: Rebuild, Recharge, Reconnect, Reimagine, and Resist Together! Saturday, May 10, 2025 1 PM - 5 PM Hosted at UUCB 37 Miller St Belfast, ME
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