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Kim Simmons

@kmsmmns.bsky.social
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Maine Feminist Sociologist Mother Climate Justice Part-Time Faculty Title IX & ERA advocate Welcoming & Belonging - www.imyourneighborbooks.org

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 09/10/2026
🧵1 The footage displays Oct. 8. D.C.’s drop boxes opened Oct. 9 at 11 a.m. Soldiers beside a ballot drop box. In Washington, D.C. Who the hell ordered this? You should never have to wonder whether troops are watching you vote. Commanders owe voters answers. Put the orders on the record.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I think of you (who I only really knew on twitter) every day- I hope your expertise gets a big platform
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 24/09/2026
From 2017 to 2024, rates of violence in Maine prisons fell 36% and rates of staff use of force fell 69%. New research finds the Maine Model is off to a strong start, though more work is needed to achieve its goals. bit.ly/4hlKmM0
brennancenter.org
Improving Maine’s Prisons
An early look at correctional transformation in Maine shows promise. While there is more work to do, other states should consider adopting similar reforms for their own systems.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RFK Jr. received "more than $250,000 worth of free flights to Fiji and Greece as well as use of a vacation home in Washington, D.C. from Gavin de Becker..." de Becker has been described as Jeff Bezo's "top security staffer" www.wsj.com/politics/rfk...
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top Donor
The health secretary disclosed over $250,000 in gifts from security specialist Gavin de Becker.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Texans, vote for Gina Hinojosa for Governor! Out with hot wheels and in with high heels. @ginafortexas.bsky.social ginafortexas.com
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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 08/09/2026
==================== TROY JACKSON for MAINE ==================== HOW TO HELP: ✨Donate to: JacksonForMaine.com ✨Sign up to help with any of over 120 Maine Dem canvass events happening around Maine the next two weeks. Find your town here: 👉 www.mobilize.us?country=US&o... #MEpolitics
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A functional train system is a dream we all deserve to see realized. To get from Savannah GA to Atlanta GA routes through Washington DC! If time were not a problem at all it seems really fun to “train trip” and get off every 6 hours to see things, but alas.
A picture of the train itinerary suggested by Amtrak showing a 4 hour drive taking 22 hours by train
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NWSA (National Women’s Studies) conference feels important given the massive threat we are experiencing AND the carbon I will use by flying feels wrong to spend. Train is bananas long and expensive, driving an EV possible but also 18+ hours each way. What will/would you do? #climate
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/09/2026
my latest: Massachusetts is one of the safest states for trans people—but multiple hospitals preemptively ended youth trans care over Trump admin threats to cut fed funding. on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
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Even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it
Activists are calling on the state attorney general to take action against hospitals that have ended gender-affirming care programs after Trump retook office
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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 08/09/2026
ICE wrongfully arrested him. Will his lawsuit change how courts hold agents accountable?
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Bivens lawsuit in Maine aims to hold DHS agents accountable
As courts winnow legal path to sue federal officers, attorneys search for new avenues in state law.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If you want to do something to keep youth athletes safe it isn’t demonizing trans youth. It’s demonizing sexual violence and holding those who perpetrate it accountable.
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Bruce Bourgoine @brucebourgoine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“I probably got my period in 1973, which was when Roe passed. My whole reproductive life was lived safely within the confines of Roe v. Wade, and my kids don’t have that.” - Sarah Mahoney, Arrowsic, Maine #MESen #mepolitics #VoteBlue Elect @troyjackson207.bsky.social
19thnews.org
Women who remember life before Roe are turning away from Susan Collins
Many women in their 60s who backed the Republican incumbent for years now point to her role in confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court as the moment when she lost their trust.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Protesters in Danbury are demanding ICE get out and to shut down operations. The Danbury community is not backing down. 62 fathers, sons, brothers, mothers, daughters, sisters taken in four days. Goons tasing neighbors, breaking windows, arresting parents in front of their children.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Will RFK, Jr. turn out to be America’s Most Successful Serial Killer? MAGIC EIGHTBALL: “Outlook good.”
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Prepping for teaching fall 2026 and struggling to cut content to a reasonable level. I love that I still find gender fascinating but there is so so so much to intro - would love to hear how others are structure courses in the age of overwhelm?
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 07/08/2026
"Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest dismal jobs report. Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."
newrepublic.com
Trump’s Terrible July Jobs Numbers Only Hurt Women
And the number of women who have left the workforce since January is more than double the number of men.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Info on plastic free building materials and ideas for communities on pipe replacement habitablefuture.org
habitablefuture.org
Home | Habitable | Creating a Path to Planetary Health
Join us in our mission to rebalance the health of humans and our planet. Explore how Habitable activates science to reimagine the materials economy for a sustainable future.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Stop using so much plastic. Stop buying plastic. Stop making plastic. www.breakfreefromplastic.org
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Judith Enek is so funny - and so smart! @beyondplastics.bsky.social offers model legislation and a lot of solutions
A sign with the text Beyond Plastics, Judith Enek President A sign that says we cannot recycle our way out of this problem and a photo of the speaker
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 03/08/2026
I delivered all 3 of my kids at hospitals that no longer provide labor and delivery care. Maine has lost 10 birthing units in just the past decade. While I appreciate the challenges hospitals like Lincoln face, closing this unit would be devastating for patients, workers, and Midcoast communities.
mainepublic.org
Dozens rally in Portland ahead of MaineHealth board vote on closure of birthing unit in Damariscotta
MaineHealth says it's considering the closure because of staffing challenges and low birth rates.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
He wants us to forget the #EpsteinFiles The survivors deserve justice. The #EpsteinBookmobile is ready to hit the road, and you can help! www.defiance.org/bookmobile
defiance.org
Help to fund The Trump and Epstein Memorial Bookmobile — DEFIANCE.org
Most Americans will never have the chance to read them. so we're bringing them to the American people.
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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I am SOO proud to be Board President of @educateusaction.bsky.social- doing incredible work ousting Moms for Liberty from School Boards and building a national movement to demand the sex ed our schools need and deserve. And we're 5 YEARS OLD! Celebrate with us! educateusaction.org/5thbirthdayp...
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Celebrate with us! • EducateUS
The EducateUS 5th Birthday Party! Can you believe we're turning 5 years old this August? So much has changed since we launched in 2021, and the years have
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I am always trying to explain to folks that most Americans have never met a Jew and people do not believe me and I just need you to understand that the perception that we are a powerful group in this country is intentionally created by antisemites and you’re unknowingly buying in.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Mainers, this is coming to Portland Museum of Art!
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We are not going to change via careful choosing of who to bring into rogue power abusing hyper masculine State violence but by abolishing domination as a well paid job for a particular kind of man, abolishing the logic of policing, defunding police, abolishing ICE, valuing freedom for every body
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Communications experts is there any effective way to say, “duh” as an invitation to care/help change rather than a finger wag? The socialization into male violence, militarization, and connection between “State, Street and Home” is well documented - it’s the goal of male supremacy.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This makes me excited for Maine families and how dads might experience fatherhood differently than their fathers and the fathers before them. Maine’s Paid Leave program a gift to future generations
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How many more summer days have to be stolen before we stop pretending this is natural? How many unprecedented disasters must be explained before the explanation is allowed to stick?
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Another summer day, stolen
What are we still waiting to learn?
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Laura Lorson @lauralorson.net · 17/07/2026
Yes, I am the oddball who built a Corsi-Rosenthal box a couple of years ago when we had big wildfires in western Kansas that sent smoke our way. Took about an hour. Works great. Impressed the construction team we had out at our house on unrelated issues. engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/science...
engineering.ucdavis.edu
Science in Action: How to Build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box
Learn how to build a Corsi-Rosenthal box. The device was created to provide significant reduction in the amount of virus-laden, aerosol particles that are in the air. Follow along as Dean Richard L. C...
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I’m frustrated that the stage is 5 men and 1 woman. Why do we not have parity now, and why do we amplify 2 male moderators after the massive cluster caused by male entitlement. And, the questions are not feminist in content or tone. We have so much to do to dismantle male supremacy.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Watching Maine Dems debate for Maine Senate / love the plain speak from our candidates about the essentialness of abolishing ICE. I’m team Shenna! www.bellowsformaine.com
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Shenna Bellows for Maine | Join the Movement
Support Shenna Bellows campaign for U.S. Senate! Learn about her leadership, values, and plans to improve communities. Join the campaign today.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Democrats need Shenna Bellows for Maine
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Dangerous record-breaking heat linked to climate change could be somewhat moderated this week by the presence of dangerous wildfire smoke in the air linked to climate change. Do I have that right?
cnn.com
Dangerous smoke from Canadian wildfires moves into the Great Lakes and Northeast | CNN
Wildfires in Canada are pouring thick clouds of smoke into the US and will usher in unhealthy air quality for millions of people in Northeast and Midwest.
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This isn't even about opportunity, however. It's about promotions that were earned and accorded in a process Hegseth is inserting himself in. Hegseth Blocks Promotions for More Women Done.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Getting a pep talk from @ejeancarroll.bsky.social - Ask E. Jean movie streaming now
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@shennabellows.bsky.social is the most qualified, progressive and badass and has the energy to campaign and win - www.bellowsformaine.com
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Shenna Bellows for Maine | Join the Movement
Support Shenna Bellows campaign for U.S. Senate! Learn about her leadership, values, and plans to improve communities. Join the campaign today.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@shennabellows.bsky.social is the most qualified, progressive and badass and has the energy to campaign and win - www.bellowsformaine.com
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Shenna Bellows for Maine | Join the Movement
Support Shenna Bellows campaign for U.S. Senate! Learn about her leadership, values, and plans to improve communities. Join the campaign today.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Yes! I’m for @shennabellows.bsky.social - She is the most qualified, progressive and badass and has the energy to campaign and win - www.bellowsformaine.com
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Shenna Bellows for Maine | Join the Movement
Support Shenna Bellows campaign for U.S. Senate! Learn about her leadership, values, and plans to improve communities. Join the campaign today.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Shenna stands for all those things too! And she has the coalition building skill to move legislation forward! @shennabellows.bsky.social is the most qualified, progressive and badass and has the energy to campaign and win - www.bellowsformaine.com
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Shenna Bellows for Maine | Join the Movement
Support Shenna Bellows campaign for U.S. Senate! Learn about her leadership, values, and plans to improve communities. Join the campaign today.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@shennabellows.bsky.social is the most qualified, progressive and badass and has the energy to campaign and win - www.bellowsformaine.com
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Shenna Bellows for Maine | Join the Movement
Support Shenna Bellows campaign for U.S. Senate! Learn about her leadership, values, and plans to improve communities. Join the campaign today.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@shennabellows.bsky.social is the most qualified, progressive and badass and has the energy to campaign and win - www.bellowsformaine.com
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Shenna Bellows for Maine | Join the Movement
Support Shenna Bellows campaign for U.S. Senate! Learn about her leadership, values, and plans to improve communities. Join the campaign today.
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Kim Simmons @kmsmmns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It is @shennabellows.bsky.social Shenna Bellows and she’s gonna be a hell of a Maine Senator!
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Another killing by ICE, this time in Maine. That’s twice in one week. How can America keep asking immigrant workers to work as usual if they are being shot dead on their way to work? Stop killing us.
Another killing by ICE, this time in Maine. That’s twice in one week. How can America keep asking immigrant workers to work as usual if they are being shot dead on their way to work? 

Stop killing us.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICE has fatally shot 11 people since Donald Trump's second term began. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a cruel, violent system. Abolish ICE.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 13/07/2026
On the scene here in Biddeford where ICE shot and killed someone this morning. Still so many unknowns. Let me be clear: Federal immigration enforcement should NOT be using deadly force against anyone in our communities. Period. We need a full, independent investigation, and we need answers.
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LAL @lindli.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Our local newspaper, The Portland Press Herald, has lifted their paywall on coverage of the ICE shooting of a man in Biddeford, Maine this morning. They have excellent reporters and will have much more accurate information than natl news as we learn more: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...
pressherald.com
Live updates: King calls for transparent investigation after Biddeford man killed in ICE-involved shooting
Protests are growing after a man identified as a 26-year-old from Colombia was fatally shot. Immigration advocates say he was authorized to work in the U.S.
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Christina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 06/07/2026
$3,600.   That's how much EXTRA the average family in Washington state had to pay since Trump took office because of his reckless and stupid policies.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 10/07/2026
My heart is with the family & loved ones of Louisa Gag, a beloved community member & public servant committed to making Boston a safer & more accessible city. Her dedication to improving the livability of our streets, neighborhoods, & public spaces has made Boston a better place.
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