Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 19hI've always firmly believed that JD Vance knows how submediocre he is & that he attacks minorities and immigrants because he knows he's only gotten where he has due to unearned white male privilege. 074
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19h"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. 38032021587
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In excusable, nostalgia drenched coverage in lieu of exacting account of mentally unstable rants. This is truly reprehensible non-journalism. See: www.contrariannews.org/p/you-can-he...nytimes.comIn Alabama, Trump Relives His Glory Days (This Time With Some Empty Seats)The Deep South was the birthplace of the mega MAGA rally. How do people on the Gulf feel about President Trump now? 59805175
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You’re worried about the bills you can’t pay because of Trump & Vance. They’re focused on lying to exonerate Richard Nixon. 061
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Maine's Senate race is a pure Toss Up. In the DDHQ Forecast, Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson both have a 50% win probability. This must-win seat for both parties is the closest Senate race in our forecast. 52211
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh it is OVER for both Cornell and those seven rapists. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...nytimes.comHochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case (Gift Article)Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her. 2030140
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 01/10/2026$20 million represents the total income tax payments of 1,053 households. A thousand American families worked full time for a whole year just to pay for Trump’s campaign ads. 4312125
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Everyone involved with this, except a dozen or so already very wealthy people, will lose. 22955211
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 01/10/2026From 1950 through 1995, the entirety of MLB's postseason aired on free TV. Here's where that line has gone every year since then. 912325
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us 351339491
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTrump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit saysThe change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues. 9435522011
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026among other things, musk is the #1 donor to the Republican Party in 2024 and 2026, now appointed to a board where he can steers contracts to his businesses. Bought and sold. Thieves. 19748208
mainejosh (he/him) @mainejosh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The anti-Troy Jackson ads, calling him a “20 year Augusta Politician”, might play differently if his opponent wasn’t a (checks the calendar) TWENTY-NINE YEAR Washington politician. #MEPolitics 140
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 524101752226
mainejosh (he/him) @mainejosh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Quote with what you think would earn Walt’s disapproval/confusion. 1122
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Trump To Rename AI ‘Super Intelligence’ On All U.S. Documents theonion.com/trump-to-rename-ai-sup… 1545325
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'd like to think Sleepy Joe found a sympathetic Wilmington witch who was good with curses. 215011
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump is now using taxpayer money to run his 2024 campaign ad, but changes his campaign logo at the end to “PAID FOR BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT” 115325
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Always remember that when voters were considering their vote in 2024, The Ohio State University put their full Epstein-Wexner-Strauss-tainted hand on the scale for the Trump-Vance ticket by vouching for Vance's character. Indefensible. Disgraceful. And so Ohio State University. 1145
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Vance graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ohio State. Which says a lot about Ohio State. 4123
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026UNREAL!!! Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students. The goal of Trump regime to erase the LGBTQ community from existence thehill.com/homenews/edu...thehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 83867456
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency 22426031068
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump thinking the problem is America wants more Trump. 59910
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27674973154
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAlberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of ratProvince’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin 283
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Dr. Jennessa Hester 🍒 @cherrypoppunk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's important we listen to the man who spent over a billion dollars to make Quibi 151204384
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026Trump, for over a decade: "I wouldn't give him a state dinner." This week: A full state dinner at the White House for China's Xi Jinping, complete with the arrival ceremony, a gift, and billionaires everywhere. 1572131992
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)The Onion @theonion.com · 26/09/2026“Test-takers will be expected to safely merge onto the highway and then successfully weave their getaway vehicle through traffic while being tailed at high speeds by the police.” — William Deiboldt, California DMV spokespersontheonion.comCalifornia DMV Adds Highway Chase To Road TestSACRAMENTO, CA—Saying the newly instituted changes better reflected the realities of modern driving, officials at the California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Friday that they had added a hig... 26104389
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Traded them for F-35 parts. 716633
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tucker Carlson reveals Trump told him the consequences of the Iran war don't matter because "in the end, we all die anyway" 98135
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21188123852
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A big factor keeping Collins in the lead in Maine is the whiteness of Maine. She leads 51-45 among white respondents, who comprise a whopping 91% of the electorate. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 112
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians. My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:thehandbasket.coI saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza. 342516948
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 24/09/20261-If Fetterman votes for the resolution, then Collins wouldn't have been able to vote for it (or else the resolution would pass). 2-Remember Collins only votes with Democrats when it doesn't matter. 1910
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 24/09/2026Donald Trump’s administration falsely labeled birth control as “abortion.” And then they wanted to LITERALLY set millions of dollars' worth of contraception on FIRE. Contraception is under attack, too. We’ve got to speak up and fight back. 818276
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026More bad news for my fellow Jews.ejewishphilanthropy.comSunkist Fruit Gems, a colorful staple of synagogue celebrations, discontinuedThe kosher confection appears to be the latest victim of private-equity firms acquiring classic candy brands and then shaping them for the mass market 5411
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Bon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In today's FAFO news ... 😈🇨🇦 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCEO who posted about wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts to Halifax is no longer CEO | CBC NewsThe Michigan tourist who recently went viral over a Facebook photo where she and three family members appeared to be wearing "Lake America" sweatshirts has parted ways with her employer. 179130
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It’s a real who’s who of who’s to blame. 814033
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103564412
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 538153687220
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lmfao Jesus Christ.....this is so delicious, it simply MUST be fattening 😂😈 1321281167
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 23/09/2026Mozilla's new ad campaign skewers tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk bit.ly/4xBAuDZbusinessinsider.comMozilla is plastering New York with posters mocking tech billionaires as part of a new marketing campaignThe Mozilla Foundation skewers Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk in a new poster campaign promoting its fellowship program. 07021
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026People don’t know this but each Flock camera has a delicious Wonka Bar inside. 1837358
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026You should be angry about this. Everyone should be angry about this. 42209170
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886342302
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist… 811137273285
Reposted by mainejosh (he/him)Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs? 25982421644