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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“Don’t worry, Pete. That little speech I read was just for the voters back home. I have to put on these little shows to convince them I’m independent. You will get the $1.5 trillion for your wars even though I just gave ICE unlimited funding to run wild. We’ll just borrow more.”

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Susan Collins is spineless and corrupt. And in 149 days, we will defeat her.

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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Black Americans have always been at the heart of the country’s democracy movement and attacking and humiliating them is key work of those who hate democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

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‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

"I really wish this wasn’t happening, but it's nice to see so many people are willing to come out here and freeze our butts off to show people we’ve got their backs" - Julia, who works at a business nearby and didn't share her last name because she doesn't want to be targeted by ICE.

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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 27/01/2026

Well, this Portlander is giving these guys he says are ICE agents, a piece of his mind as they wander off into the snow-filled night. #Maine #ICEoutOfMaine #NonViolenceIsPower

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Holley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hope is an action! Join the @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social Media and Democracy Project’s 2025 Review & Celebration honoring journalists and media activists fighting for democracy & press freedom #PressFreedom Zoom • Thu Jan 22 8p-10p ET • All welcome RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/mediademocra...

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Our MAD 2025 Review & Celebration + Special Guests! · The Media and Democracy Project

Join the Media and Democracy Project for our 2025 extravaganza! Join our community of media activists for an inspiring celebration. JOIN us as we celebrate our "2025 Heroes", our achievements - you...

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Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

One for the #MargeryKempe stans. And the #RayWinstone stans. Dream team! 😭💪 BBC Radio 4 - History's Heroes, History's Toughest Heroes, Margery Kempe: Ministry of Tears share.google/bodbTnqBVfQC...

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BBC Radio 4 - History's Heroes, History's Toughest Heroes, Margery Kempe: Ministry of Tears

A medieval woman finds superhuman strength in her tears.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Weekend reading: Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision. My new piece:

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Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals

The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist

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MirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

This piece is a lovely reminder that in addtion to E.B. White's great children's novels Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little; and The Trumpet of the Swan, he also wrote a wealth of pointed, incisive, and/or poignant essays. www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...

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Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about

DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about. DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom. Tonight, at Law Dork:

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Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about

DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/12/2025

‼️ I said this about the current Supreme Court and some people looked at me crazy but I stand by it as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum

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AAUP @aaup.org · 24/11/2025

Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy. “I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.” #DefendHigherEd

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Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I’m really enjoying the downfall of Larry Summers. He deserves every humiliation he is getting. And those if you know me know I don’t say that about people. Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

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Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/10/2025

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Everyone in NYC should be camped out on @schumer.senate.gov’s doorstep in Park Slope. The @democrats.org CANNOT fold.

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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 26/08/2025

===================== MAINE RESISTANCE EVENTS AUG 26 - SEPT 1, 2025 ===================== #RESIST through #PEACEFULProtest #STOPtheCUTS-HEALtheWOUNDS #NONViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts REPOST & SHARE! Updated Aug 26, 7:20AM #Maine #MEPolitics pg 16/18

SUN AUG 31 -----------------

**NEW AUG 31, Sun-11-2:00PM – Skowhegan
USW 9 Hall, 653 Waterville Road, Skowhegan.

Central Maine Labor Council Day BBQ
Free Labor Day BBQ sponsored by the Central Maine Labor Council on SUNDAY, August 31st at the USW 9 Hall, 653 Waterville Road, Skowhegan. 11:00am-2:00pm. Union members, friends, community allies, and family welcome.

FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/816747/

AUG 31, Sun 12-1:00PM (& every Sun) – Belfast
Post Office Square, Belfast, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – https://www.mvprights.org/events

AUG 31, Sun 12-1:00PM (& every Sun) – Ellsworth
Union River Bridge downtown, Ellsworth, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – https://www.mvprights.org/events

AUG 31, Sun 1-2:00PM (& every Sun) – Waterville
1 Kennedy Memorial Dr (on the bridge next to CVS), Waterville, Maine
STAND UP to Preserve and Restore Our Country – Demand restoration and preservation of our democracy, support of Ukraine, and opposition to the trump administration: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/779042/

AUG 31, Sun 4-5PM (& every Sun) – Portsmouth NH
Market Square, Portsmouth, NH
Civil Rights Sundays – Take a Stand to Defend Our Democracy!
Bring signs, though signs/flags available! Hosted by Occupy Seacoast.

MON Sept 1 -----------------

SEPT 1, Mon 11:30AM – Waterville
Main St & Temple St, Waterville, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – https://www.mvprights.org/events

SEPT 1, Mon 3:30-4:30 (biweekly) – Blue Hill
Blue Hill Co-op, 70 South St, Blue Hill, Maine
Indivisible Peninsula Biweekly Klatch – Join in conversation and collaboration. It's a get together of Blue Hill Peninsula folk who care about preserving democracy. We gather outside when the weather is good.

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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Question 1 would eliminate voting access for rural voters, working families, seniors, and voters with disabilities. Maine’s absentee voting system is secure, and used by 40% of Mainers. Let’s keep it that way. ➡️ More: mainedems.org/protectabsente #NoOnQuestion1 #ProtectAbsenteeVoting #MaineVotes

NO on Question 1
Protect Absentee Voting

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.

J.B. Pritzker: "Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here."

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Via @mainenewsroom.bsky.social's Instagram we learn that a new UNH poll found 95% of Mainers want to ban stock trading by members of Congress. Not only does Susan Collins oppose a ban; her portfolio went up a bonkers 77.5% in 2024 -- an eyebrow-raising return even for a Wall St pro. #MEpolitics

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The #FoxTakedown movement is growing. People are taking their protests directly to Fox News, the Trump regime’s propaganda arm that’s enabling this fascist and billionaire takeover. Visit foxtakedown.com for more info on how to join by protesting at your local station and taking other actions.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/08/2025

The Republican Party is just one big child sex trafficking and sexual abuse ring at this point

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I’m still waiting for a Republican business owner or farmer to get arrested for illegally employing migrant workers. When are we going to get perp walk videos of them being hauled off to vans in cuffs by masked agents?

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 22/08/2025

All of us deserve better than this tyrant. Believing that no one should suffer under fascism is an important first step toward defeating it. Impeach. Convict. Remove. Have courage.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Last month, I sat down with @thenation.com to talk about the legacy of Fiorella La Guardia, how we're building a new kind of politics to meet this moment, and our mission to deliver a dignified life for the working people of this city.

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“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani

New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

It’s going to be real tough to discuss Japanese American internment without saying something negative. All national parks now have this sign. Sanitizing crimes and erasing memory is one more step towards a white supremacist version of history.

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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 16/06/2025

===================== MAINE RESISTANCE EVENTS JUNE 16- JUNE 22, 2025 ===================== STOP PASSAGE of the BIG UGLY BUDGET BILL It is disastrous to Medicaid and much more. CALL your Senators! Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 Updated June 16, 6:25AM #Maine #MEPolitics REPOST & SHARE! pg1/8

PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR
Events for June 16 – June 22
pg 1/8 Details confirmed as of Mon, June 16, 6:45AM

Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #RESIST!
Submit events to: ptactivism@gmail.com

**SHOP LOCAL – All Day, Every Day – Nationwide**
Support local small biz; it builds community & the local economy. When shopping large, patronize those corporations that actively support diversity,equity & inclusion. In Maine, Hannaford and Costco are great examples.

#RESIST the Budget Bill & #SAVEMEDICAID
FLOOD your Senators: Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

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JUNE 16, Mon 11:00AM – Waterville
Main St & Temple St, Waterville, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – https://www.mvprights.org/events

**JUNE 16, Mon 8-9:00PM EDT – Virtual Event – Join from anywhere
(Attendee Debrief Call)
NO KINGS: What's Next in the Fight? – On June 14, we told our governments and communities: No Kings! Join us on Monday night after the big day for a debrief call for everyone across the movement who attended a No Kings event. We'll talk about what we accomplished and what's next in the fight. https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/798722/

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JUNE 17, Tues 8-10:00AM (& every Tue) – Freeport
Main & School Streets, Freeport, Maine
Fighting for Freedom – Freeport Dems weekly stand-out.

JUNE 17, Tues 12noon (& every Tue) – Cherryfield
Rt 1 Bridge: Meet on the lower bridge
Peaceful Rally in Support of Constitution & American Way of Life
For Concerned Citizens and Patriots of all Parties

JUNE 17, Tue 12-1:00PM (& every Tue) – Lewiston
Across Susan Collins' office: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon St, Lewiston, Maine
RESIST Central Maine, Call To Action – In urgent need of support! Bring signs! Street parking & parking garages nearby. https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/757948/

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Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

As we brace for Trump's escalation of conflict in LA and his vain $45m military parade, sharing convo I had with @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social this week. We covered a lot of ground. But this stood out: Empathy and solidarity are the antidotes to authoritarianism. www.whitetoolong.net/p/empathy-an...

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Empathy and Solidarity are the Antidotes to Authoritarianism: My Conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of "Strongmen"

PLUS, a 25% subscription discount extended through the summer.

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Holley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Torrington, Connecticut showed UP today @ #NoKings #NoKingsDay #FlagDay 🇺🇸 1000 or more patriots 4/5 deep along Coe Park & across on the other side. 3x previous turnout & we are growing! #DefendDemocracy #Indivisible #IndivisibleNWCT @indivisible.org @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov

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Steve Horrocks🕺🏻 @stevehorrocks.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Holy CRAP. This was fascinating. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @gilduran.com w/ insight behind DOGE's gutting of govt. agencies, the administration's attacks on universities, Project 2025, and visions of a post-democracy America that would sound like science fiction if they weren't happening today.🇺🇸

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American Conversations: Technology Reporter Gil Duran

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Liz Gumbinner @mom101.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Same people at all the protests for years 🔥🔥

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

This is absolutely essential reading in case you’re wondering what the wholesale dismantling of civil service work has to do with you. data4democracy.substack.com/p/how-to-dis...

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How to Dismantle a Democracy, One Job Posting at a Time

OPM’s new hiring memo imports the authoritarian playbook—quietly, bureaucratically, and by design.

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 01/06/2025

75 years ago today, Maine’s first woman Senator, Margaret Chase Smith, delivered one of the most powerful speeches in American history. 🧵

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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

New today: I joined Post Reporte podcast to discuss the history of the Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark decision cementing birthright citizenship and my story on his great grandson fighting to protect his legacy. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...

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The little-known history of birthright citizenship - The Washington Post

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday about birthright citizenship. Today we explore the history of this constitutional right and meet the man who has become an unlikely spoke...

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It’s sad that the US doesn’t have a history of a capable and well-regarded president who used a wheelchair.

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Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

This past week, Homan has been threatening mayors AND governors with arrest if they defy him and ICE. We're all in with defending Gov Mills and all of our mayors- right, gang? 💪 Now is the time to contact them and be vocal with our support. #ElbowsUpMaine www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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