maine-kate.bsky.social @maine-kate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026filled half of an oil tank at 5.69/gallon, that hurt, over $650 all over a war of choice by order of a madman 000
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialPortland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 22/09/2026Attorney for family of Maine man shot by ICE speaks to Congresspressherald.comAttorney for family of Maine man shot by ICE speaks to CongressAfter Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was killed, a bullet hole was discovered in his daughter's car seat, the family's attorney, Sean Murphy, told members of Congress. 054
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialACLU of Maine @aclumaine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ICE Out of Maine laws have been in effect for nearly two months. Here's how we're holding public officials accountable to the law – and how you can help us.aclumaine.orgEnforcing ICE Out of Maine Laws, How You Can Help - ACLU of MaineWe're holding public officials accountable to the law – and you can help. 094
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The tragedy has been so knowable. This from seven years ago — and we’re still paying for so many Americans letting it happen. 762134273873
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 18/09/2026Weekend safety challenge: Wear a helmet. Don't fall off a ladder. Install a carbon monoxide alarm on every level of your home. 619333
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 17/09/2026We were supposed to be in session all of September. We worked 2.5 days. Now Johnson is sending us home. Why? He’s terrified of votes on Hegseth impeachment articles and another Epstein discharge petition. Meanwhile, Trump is only focused on destroying the Kennedy Center and ranting like a maniac. 19733277
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialPortland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 15/09/2026Mainers organize to push ICE out of Scarborough, file petition to congressional delegationpressherald.comMainers organize to push ICE out of Scarborough, file petition to congressional delegationThe Scarborough Democratic Town Committee leadership submitted a petition requesting a meeting to review and remove the ICE facility. 0103
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialACLU of Maine @aclumaine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026All students have a right to a public education, and new ICE Out of Maine laws make schools safer for all. Know your rights as you settle into the new school year. See our full Back to School guide at ACLUMaine.org/BackToSchool, created alongside @equalitymaine.bsky.social and @gladlaw.bsky.social.youtube.comImmigrants' Rights at School and ICE Out of Maine LawsYouTube video by ACLU of Maine 0197
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The truth finally comes out. The contractor behind the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation says the peeling and blistering of the pool’s new blue liner was caused by mistakes made during the repair itself. 38994702501
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialMaine Public @mainepublic.org · 11/09/2026As rumors of an ICE facility at the former Newport courthouse swirl, local clergy members and other religious observers are speaking out against the idea. www.mainepublic.org/immigration/202…mainepublic.orgClergy urge Newport landlord not to rent to ICEAs rumors of an ICE facility at the former Newport courthouse swirl, local clergy members and other religious observers are speaking out against the idea. 11811
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialWBUR @wbur.org · 11/09/2026After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.trib.alThey cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICEAfter 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation. 2229
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialACLU of Maine @aclumaine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Supreme Court has made it almost impossible to hold federal agents accountable under federal law. That's why we're taking ICE to court for violations under the Maine Civil Rights Act.themarshallproject.orgICE Wrongfully Arrested Him. Will His Lawsuit Change How Courts Hold Agents Accountable?As courts winnow legal path to sue federal officers, attorneys search for new avenues in state law. 0185
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 10/09/2026Yesterday, a federal appeals court rejected ICE’s mass-detention policy, comparing it to Japanese internment camps during WWII—one of the darkest chapters in our history. SCOTUS will likely take up the case. I’ve been to these detention centers. They’re deeply inhumane and woefully inadequate.politico.comAppeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUSThe 4th Circuit Court of Appeals compared ICE’s policy to Japanese internment. 14267124
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialACLU of Maine @aclumaine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026ICE Out of Maine laws are in full force. Now it's time to make sure they're fully implemented. Learn more and join the fight at ACLUMaine.org/ICEOutyoutube.comEnforcing Maine's ICE Out LawsYouTube video by ACLU of Maine 02410
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialPortland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 09/09/2026Bobby Charles’ sister says she will vote for Hannah Pingree for Maine governorpressherald.comBobby Charles’ sister says she will vote for Hannah Pingree for Maine governorIn an op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, Anita Charles said she will not support her brother's campaign for governor. 04014
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Last week, Danbury area residents showed up in huge numbers to draw the line on the brutal ICE tactics being used there - including traumatizing kids at school bus stops. It's action like this that saves our democracy. 15977972558
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 08/09/2026A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue. n.pr/3VjoQA5n.prNew report shows the economic toll of ICE raidsA new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue. 21394181
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The title really says it all. 506191766876
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialMaine Public @mainepublic.org · 02/09/2026An analysis of new federal data shows a surge in ICE arrests in the state has been driven by increased targeting of people with no criminal records. www.mainepublic.org/immigration/202…mainepublic.orgMaine sees 3rd-highest jump in nation in ICE arrests of people with no criminal records this yearAn analysis of new federal data shows a surge in ICE arrests in the state has been driven by increased targeting of people with no criminal records. 0611
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099393825
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialcateatdog @cateatdog.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Kicking out the tax paying Haitians and only letting in white South Africans and giving them money. Pretty clear cut case of white nationalism. If only we had a newspaper that described facts. 0363
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 24/08/2026While in Maine today, JD Vance was asked about the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero by ICE in Biddeford. His response was callous, smug, and offensive. You know who could use a little more “perspective,” JD? The guy in the mirror. 34315
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 23/08/2026Trump promised to put America first. But in reality, he’s putting American farmers last—flooding the market with foreign beef for 90 days in an attempt to lower prices just long enough to get through the midterms. 64121
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In June, Susan Collins voted AGAINST requiring ICE agents to wear body cameras. Then she gave them $70 BILLION with no strings attached. Now she expects us to thank her for body cams? Mainers can see through her PR stunt. 33786264
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Whether it’s Hillary Clinton sharing risotto recipes on a private server or Donald Trump spending 24 hours a day with a mentally unstable aide who has no security clearance, both candidates presented grave national security risks. 352412435
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The next time you hear Republicans in Congress complaining about the national debt, remember that roughly 25% of it has been added during Trump's presidencies — largely thanks to his tax cuts for the rich. The notion that Republicans care about the debt is one of the biggest lies in politics. 8728381062
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.social𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/08/202615,903 "illegal ballots" became 185, and they still haven’t shown that those 185 people cast any ballots. Gifted article: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u... 14234901535
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialOhio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 21/08/2026Catholic nuns are playing a visible role among religious leaders organizing demonstrations now that ICE is conducting operations in Springfield, Ohio to deport Haitian refugees who’ve had their protected status taken away ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/20/e...ohiocapitaljournal.com‘Even the nuns are mad’: Catholic sisters are standing for Haitians outside ICE offices • Ohio Capital JournalCatholic nuns are playing a visible role among religious leaders organizing demonstrations now that ICE is conducting operations in Springfield, Ohio to deport Haitian refugees who’ve had their… 216443
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 19/08/2026You don’t get to take $100 BILLION in taxpayer money and act like an army of lawless thugs. ICE needs to be abolished. Unqualified, dangerous agents need to be held accountable. And we need justice for Johan and his family. 12010
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians. 204188153823
maine-kate.bsky.social @maine-kate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026the 2.5 hour hearing was step #1 in getting justice for the ICE murder in Biddeford maine last month. 040
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Just Trump allying America with one of the most egregious dictators on the planet against one of the USAs closest allies in Asia. When is enough enough? 54508128
maine-kate.bsky.social @maine-kate.bsky.social · 17/08/2026shadow hearing in Biddeford about ICE murder www.youtube.com/live/yFPe7pD... live now 11am Monday Aug 17youtube.comHearing: Oversight of ICE’s Use of Force in the Death of Johan Sebastián Durán GuerreroYouTube video by Congresswoman Pingree 000
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialRav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 13/08/2026That’s a funny way of saying “illegally violating a court order.” 1152488
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialPortland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 11/08/2026Pingree and top Homeland Security Democrat to hold forum about ICE in Biddefordpressherald.comPingree and top Homeland Security Democrat to hold forum about ICE in BiddefordThe public is invited to attend the congressional oversight 'shadow hearing' on Aug. 17. 1126
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Reminder to vote tomorrow in South Carolina, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Vermont, and Alabama! And thank you in advance to everyone heading to the polls and to all the poll workers! 11366512405
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The US tourism industry lost out on as much as $16.6 billion in 2025 and is headed for an additional $21 billion deficit in 2026. That’s a combined $37.6 billion. When does the winning start? 724766
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall. 420138274759
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 10/08/2026As we speak, bulldozers are tearing into Big Bend National Park after the Admin waived 28 environmental and historic preservation laws to ram through a wasteful border project. Appropriations Democrats tried to stop this destruction. Every Republican voted against our amendment. Disgraceful.newsweek.comBulldozers plow through Big Bend National Park, sparking fury in TexasVideo and photos show work underway in Big Bend National Park, the location of a border project which has sparked bipartisan fury. 12615
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 06/08/2026GREAT NEWS! Debora Kapisha, the Maine Medical Center nurse who was detained by ICE at Logan Airport, has been released from detention and is on her way back to Maine! Thank you to EVERYONE who stood up, spoke out, and worked so hard to make this happen. 310833
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialCollins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026If Susan Collins doesn't have enough juice with Trump and the GOP to stop them from grabbing up a Maine nurse -- a legal resident! -- two months before early voting starts...how much power do folks think she'll have the day (or the month or the year) *after* the election? Useless. #MEpolitics 22612
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialWBUR @wbur.org · 05/08/2026The federal government is interested in acquiring 249 parking spots in Boston. Local officials are already lining up against the move.trib.alLocal officials line up against ICE quest for nearly 250 Boston parking spotsThe federal government is interested in acquiring 249 parking spots in Boston. Local officials are already lining up against the move. 26319
maine-kate.bsky.social @maine-kate.bsky.social · 04/08/2026this hits particularly hard in states like Maine where summer tourism (esp from Canadians) provides income to so many businesses, keeping them afloat in the winter months 000
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/08/2026The people who falsely accused an Olympian of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are the same people telling you to trust them about the war with Iran 299141623782
maine-kate.bsky.social @maine-kate.bsky.social · 30/07/2026does your state have a very cool Senator Watch bluesky account like Maine? Bravo, Collins Watch! 000
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialPortland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 29/07/2026ICE tactics raise alarms in wake of Biddeford shootingpressherald.comICE tactics raise alarms in wake of Biddeford shootingThe agent who allegedly shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero had stopped another father in a similar circumstance just over a month prior. 056
maine-kate.bsky.social @maine-kate.bsky.social · 28/07/2026arresting ppl without criminal convictions? let me guess, their real crime was not being white 110
maine-kate.bsky.social @maine-kate.bsky.social · 28/07/2026the racism is more openly spread and gleefully so, under this awful guy 000
Reposted by @maine-kate.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/07/2026ICE is murdering people because the Trump regime wants ICE to murder people. If the regime didn't want ICE to murder people, it would publicly crack down on ICE agents who murder people. But the regime doesn't. Because it wants ICE to murder people. 1082061707