Reposted by Claire SommerTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 02/08/2026My response to Elon Musk. 722001618
Reposted by Claire SommerTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Susan Collins getting chummy with the architect of Trump's Iran war, which is costing taxpayers $1 billion a day while our hospitals shutter and our grocery prices explode. 33817228
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026ENHANCE Hugo’s World. #Maine @darthbluesky.bsky.social 000
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026What's it mean when you call your Senator's office in Augusta begging your elected representative to stop a man from ending a civilization and the staffer hangs up on you? 040
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Re: @nytimes.com @alexsteffen.bsky.social profile, this is his mini-essay I come back to again & again. For me ruggedization is about the system that starts with Me, but is part of We & All of Us. Focusing on the personal misses the barn by a mile medium.com/@AlexSteffen...medium.comDark Gray PaintIf you want to try to change the world, you will inevitably encounter the guy with the bucket of dark gray paint. 010
Reposted by Claire SommerActivate Maine💪🗓️ @activatemaine.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Please share. 03624
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Came here to say this. Eva beat me to it. The masked Occupation "Redhat" officers especially for pity's sake 010
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026My #Wellbeing Economy colleague Amanda Janoo just announced her campaign for Vermont Governor youtu.be/NQiFsYX-ORA?... #VermontStrong #VTpoli #Janooyoutu.beAmanda Janoo for GovernorYouTube video by Amanda Janoo for Governor 080
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026rep @pingree.house.gov can you pls bring Mainers to see it and honor these officers? 010
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026this is funnier seeing it for the first time on Thurs, 10 minutes after he got picked to lead DHS 000
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Been thinking about this. If I ever wondered what I would do when the fascists come for my neighbor, it’s now. I pray to have the courage needed to step forward and say Absolutely Not Acceptable in a loud voice. 010
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Dear @senangusking.bsky.social Trump posted this morning that members of Congress should be hanged. I spoke to staffers in your and Sen Collins’ offices expressing dismay and asking them to publicly call for a return to decorum and decency. What is your response and what will you do?senangusking.bsky.socialSenator Angus King (@senangusking.bsky.social)News from the office of Independent U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine. Following/reposting does not equal an endorsement. 020
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Pls @senangusking.bsky.social - your voice mails are full at 10:16am ET - this is unacceptable! Pls have your staff re-open the phone lines so we can reach yousenangusking.bsky.socialSenator Angus King (@senangusking.bsky.social)News from the office of Independent U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine. Following/reposting does not equal an endorsement. 010
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025As of 8:45am ET today you cannot leave a message for @senangusking.bsky.social at his Augusta or DC office bc the mail boxes are full. Call again at 9am and let’s try to reach a staffer. I left him messages last night not to CAVE and he did anyway 010
Reposted by Claire SommerKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 03/11/2025JUST IN: Judge Immergut renews her block on President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, saying her three-day trial showed there was no credible evidence justify Trump/Hegseth’s incursion on Oregon’s sovereignty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 413089840
Reposted by Claire SommerRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Donald Trump is the first president in US history to deny food to citizens. 501401701
Reposted by Claire SommerCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 27/10/2025Still, this is a band aid for a much larger crisis. SNAP supports 170,000 Mainers, and the Trump Administration’s refusal to fund it will push hunger to its highest level in nearly a decade. I’ll say it again: THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO KEEP SNAP GOING. They’re just choosing not to. (2/3) 1157
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Wiscasset #Maine #NoKings Marshal estimated 1700 071
Reposted by Claire SommerCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 10/10/2025This year’s class of 22 MacArthur Fellows includes not one, but *TWO* Mainers! What makes this so special is how both recipients have used their genius to highlight the Indigenous experience: Jeremy through his extraordinary basketweaving, and Margaret through her game-changing cartography. (1/2)pressherald.comTwo Mainers awarded prestigious MacArthur ‘Genius grants’Jeremy Frey, a Passamaquoddy artist, and Indigenous cartographer Margaret Wickens Pearce both received the $800,000 award. 15313
Reposted by Claire SommerPine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 02/10/2025@pressherald.com would like to hear from federal workers and others in Maine who expect to see impacts from the federal government shutting down at midnight Tuesday, Sept 30. #Maine #MEpolitics #Shutdown 073
Reposted by Claire SommerCate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 01/10/2025@skpawlicki.bsky.social was, until the Trump administration canceled the program, working as a Mellon fellow for the National Parks Service. She created the most incredible women's history programming, and now, she's recreated it entirely separately: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...storymaps.arcgis.comWomen's History IlluminatedWomen's History and the National Historic Landmarks Program 5386134
Reposted by Claire SommerClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/10/2025RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick) 204108921931
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Bye bye Marvel movies Superheros are supposed to champion free speech #Kimmel 020
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Stunning. Thank you @clarajeffery.bsky.social WTG MLPS Institute of Art 020
Reposted by Claire SommerJ. Emory Parker 🏳️🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 05/08/2025“if it looks really easy in common sense, it means that 20 people have already thought about it and tried it before you, and they've all failed because it's still around.” 093
Reposted by Claire SommerMarie Follayttar @mariefollayttar.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Mainers are outside @SenatorCollins’ Portland office demanding she #VoteNo on the #BigBadBill that will throw Mainers off of Medicaid, tax the rich & fund the deportation machine. #MEpolitics 33810
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Watch it all live: www.dailypress.senate.govdailypress.senate.govHome - U.S. Senate Daily PressSenate ScheduleThe Senate began the “vote-a-rama” at 9:35 a.m. Many votes are expected throughout the day. Senate Hearings & Meetings 010
Reposted by Claire SommerSenator Angus King @senangusking.bsky.social · 30/06/2025This bill is literally taking food out of the mouths of children to give tax breaks to millionaires. It's wrong and it's immoral. I'm urging all my colleagues to vote no so we can start over and work together to deliver a responsible, bipartisan spending bill. 1523488
Reposted by Claire SommerDemocrats @democrats.org · 19/06/2025Juneteenth is a powerful testament to the resilience of Black Americans. While we celebrate the fight for freedom and justice, today also serves as a reminder that our work is far from over. 1519252
Reposted by Claire SommerHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19/06/2025A short video about Juneteenth:youtu.beWhat is Juneteenth and Why Does it Matter: A Short History | Journey to American DemocracyYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 6534301428
Reposted by Claire SommerSenator Angus King @senangusking.bsky.social · 19/06/2025On June 19, 1865, the last slaves in Galveston, Texas rejoiced as they received word of their freedom. 160 years later, we recognize #Juneteenth as a celebration of their strength, resiliency and dreams, and recommit ourselves to working toward a more just and fair society. 09615
Reposted by Claire SommerCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 17/06/2025Let me be clear: the President does *not* have the authority to take us to war with Iran without the approval of Congress. The last thing we need is to be thrust into another forever war. Congress must assert its Constitutional authority and insist on blocking further hostilities with Iran. (2/2) 3498
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025It’s the post, and the thead continues with important info: 020
Reposted by Claire SommerKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/06/2025BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored. 103133853581
Reposted by Claire SommerSuit Up Maine @suitupmaine.bsky.social · 15/06/202535,689 people in 51 towns & cities across Maine showed up for #NoKings to peacefully protest the Trump regime’s authoritarian takeover -- that’s 2.5% of our state’s population! Tallies below come from organizers & attendees, confirmed with photography. Let us know if we missed your town! (1/4) 2195
Reposted by Claire Sommerjen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 15/06/2025via @douglandry.bsky.social "I just got back from the Trump parade and I have to say it was legitimately the worst executed mass attendance event I’ve ever seen One overarching thought: how do you spend $80 million and fumble the basics? Many more thoughts..." 🧵 🧵 🧵 96954282
Reposted by Claire SommerErik Ledbetter @bandoblue.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/ 9042121898
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Minnesota showed up for #NoKings - love & respect from your neighbor in #Maine 030
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Better photo of Wiscasset ME bridge full end to end with happy peaceful ralliers #NoKings 031
Claire Sommer @clairesommer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Wiscasset ME bridge was full of happy peaceful ralliers! #NoKings 030
Reposted by Claire SommerElizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Today is the day! May the anti-tyranny, anti-fascism, pro-democracy, pro-human decency protests/marches all across the land & globe be peaceful & joyful & SUCCESSFUL in dragging us back from the brink of the abyss, summoning people everywhere ... 141
Reposted by Claire SommerMaine Matters @mainematters.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Complete list of No Kings rallies in Maine, plus some tips on what to bring. New rally just added: Kittery, "No Kings", 11-12:30, John Paul Jones Park #NoKings #Maine #MEPolitics amymacdonald1.substack.com/p/important-...amymacdonald1.substack.comImportant No Kings updates3 rallies in Portland; 7 new rallies. Complete list & what to bring 152
Reposted by Claire SommerJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Share this everywhere! www.nokings.org No Kingsnokings.orgNo KingsOn June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ... 711164
Reposted by Claire SommerRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/06/2025This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...wagingnonviolence.orgAmerican Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is acceleratingContrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful. 10911373
