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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 22/08/2026
Donald Trump overplayed his hand. The cost of this trade war is going to be brutal — and he can't count on the solidarity needed to get through it. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: Donald Trump’s war on Canada will fail — just like last time
The clarity around Donald Trump’s true intentions is a strategic asset for Canada, Justin Ling writes. We know now, with no ambiguity, that he wants our capitulation.
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smr260.bsky.social @smr260.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Velvet Goldmine but for Steely Dan
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smr260.bsky.social @smr260.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hopefully education reform includes teaching that bowls and cups go BETWEEN the dishwasher tines, not ON them.
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oh no @ili.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
en esta economía??????
nyt cooking melissa clark seis leches cake january 21, 2020
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 30/07/2026
The SAVE America Act would make it harder for eligible Americans to cast a ballot. It’s an outright attack on workers’ fundamental freedom to vote. Working people need and deserve a democracy where we can all make our voices heard at the ballot box.
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smr260.bsky.social @smr260.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Velvet Goldmine for Steely Dan
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If people want to do something nice for my birthday, I would really appreciate subscribing or sharing my blog; I put a lot of time and effort into this thing, and it's gotten me some actual writing work lately, which I never expected. Thanks for being part of it. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
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About
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
GIFT LINK: Faced with federal assault, Minn-St Paul resorted to hyper-local politics, w/ resistance hubs organized largely around neighborhood, school & church. I interviewed dozens of thoughtful activists. Their networks are robust and ready for midterms. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...
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Minneapolis Offers a Blueprint for How to Beat MAGA
Faced with an unprecedented federal assault, citizens of the Twin Cities turned to their neighborhoods, churches and schools to defeat MAGA.
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Rick Herrera @herreramilhist.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Worth reading napinillos.substack.com/p/the-honest...
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The Honest Case for the Humanities
Or: Why I’m Tired of My Colleagues Making Arguments That Only Work on Us
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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
New piece (from an actual Maine voter) on Graham Platner, the media's sudden "concern" over us poor dumb Mainers, and how I came around to voting for him: catvalente.substack.com/p/the-democr...
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The Democratic Urge to Lose
I went to see Graham Platner speak and all I got was this lousy sack of bullshit from people on the internet who don't even go here
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
With its recent rulings, the Roberts Court has now entirely perverted the purpose of the 15th Amendment, turning an outright ban on racial discrimination in voting into a right to discriminate against black voters. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate
Alabama gambled on the Court’s partisanship, and won.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A great opportunity to be Trump's arch nemesis. Comment by noon on June 3. savingplaces.org/monumental-a...
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Public Comment Period: Proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Members of the public have the opportunity to provide input on a proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery. The National Trust has raised concerns about the proposed...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/05/2026
From @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social, in a piece where she shares the words of other Black and POC Mainers who said things like: “White people love to tell Black people how they should respond and react to racism without checking themselves.”
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Platner is the presumptive candidate, but is he the right person? My Final Thoughts
NOTE: Almost certainly this piece will travel beyond my usual readership, so I thought it wise to add a quick preface.
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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
My final piece on Graham Platner and the US Senate race. At almost 5000 words, it's long but based on several meetings with Platner and others. I'm not arguing with people online, so there are no comments. Life is too short to be stressed. open.substack.com/pub/shaystew...
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Platner is the presumptive candidate, but is he the right person? My Final Thoughts
NOTE: Almost certainly this piece will travel beyond my usual readership, so I thought it wise to add a quick preface.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...
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The Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day Started
Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Indie artist Phoebe Bridgers sold out a surprise show in Jackson without ever advertising it online—and by only announcing it the morning of the show using posters placed around the city. Tickets couldn't be bought online; long lines formed at the venue instead. By @heatherharrison.bsky.social:
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Phoebe Bridgers Surprises Jackson Fans With Pop-Up Show Using Only Analog Advertising
Music artist Phoebe Bridgers stopped in Jackson for a surprise concert at Duling Hall that she advertised using only posters to ensure local fans could attend.
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 21/02/2025
If you are an agency employee asked to take a polygraph contact a lawyer *immediately*. I am more than willing to immediately respond to anyone being pushed into this. My email is in my bio and my signal is NationalSecurityCounselors.16
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The Maine Monitor @themainemonitor.org · 13/04/2026
Graham Platner’s campaign once seemed destined to be a short-lived novelty. Now he’s the favorite to win the Democratic nomination for #U.S. #Senate. Reporter @joshkeefe.bsky.social wanted to understand why. Read the story for free at the link 👇 themainemonitor.org/graham-platn...
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I went to school with Graham Platner. Here's a look at his success
Graham Platner, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, is possibly the most remarkable political story in the country.
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Susanne democratic socialist @momoftwo.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Epstein is not trending folks, so let's make some noise. RELEASE ALL THE FILES.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2026
the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
No Kings. Find your event for this Saturday, March 28th. www.nokings.org #NoKings
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 22/03/2026
it is always kind of funny to encounter the "liberals have no theory of power" shibboleth from people who, in my experience, are not merely as far from understanding power--how to gain it and how to exercise it--as it is possible to be, but who do not seem to even *want* to gain and exercise power
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/02/2026
Breaking News: The Justice Department did not release key records in the Epstein files about a woman who made an unverified accusation against Donald Trump. In 2019, the woman said she had been sexually assaulted by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein decades earlier, when she was a minor.
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman’s unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor. But several memos related to her account are not in the files.
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Keep pushing. It matters. There have been consequences for Mandelson, Prince Andrew, Larry Summers, Bill Gates. The shit stinks. Keep it going. Bring them down.🔥🔥🔥
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
NYT matches NPR. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
NPR had it first
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
NYT confirms MS NOW: The Epstein files released by the Trump Justice Department failed to include some key materials — FBI memos summarizing interviews — related to a woman who said she had been sexually assaulted by both Trump and Epstein decades earlier, when she was a minor.
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Such a surprise. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times. I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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a man in a suit and tie is wearing a crown and saying yeah boyy !
Alt: Flavor Flav says YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!!
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 22/02/2026
No kings, no evictions! 😮‍💨🙏 Please helpe de Juno
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smr260.bsky.social @smr260.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Free airtime for Democrats to workshop new messaging.
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smr260.bsky.social @smr260.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The new angle on all the Sunday shows. Not sure how Trump will weasel out of this one.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
USA takes gold + bronze in Bobsled,,, congratz Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries on their medals. What incredible athletes + MOTHERS. We would be no one without our moms and they go outs there proving to be some of the best,!! I can’t believe I gets to be a small part of something so big,!!
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Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Brian Rafford, 38, allegedly attempted to vote in the name of his late uncle. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/12/b...
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Hermon man pleads not guilty to trying to vote twice in 2024 election
A Hermon man has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to vote twice and forging absentee ballots in the 2024 election.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Why are we here, you ask? This. This is why we are here.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it. Spread this one far and wide.
bostonreview.net
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
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John Drake @johndrake.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
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smr260.bsky.social @smr260.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I was at a conference about outdoor recreation in Portland Maine today, where ICE has been highly visible for a week or so. @senangusking.bsky.social was there to discuss federal issues and recreation (like national parks) but the questions focused on ICE in our community. Some quotes 1/
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Hey @mayorfrey.com and @governorwalz.mn.gov you guys are straight up fucking the dog, your constituents speaking the truth
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
My latest is up! open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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The Year America Broke Open
It would be silly to pretend that 2025 was not among the most challenging years this country has faced in modern times.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 28/12/2025
Activists in LA photographed immigration officers wearing Halloween masks of horror movie villains while conducting raids. When a citizen journalist asked DHS for comment, a spokesperson replied, “Happy Halloween.” trib.al/fPpA6Wf
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Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 17/09/2025
Penobscot Nation to reclaim 1,700 acres in rural Maine as tribe grows land holdings
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Penobscot Nation to reclaim 1,700 acres in rural Maine as tribe grows land holdings
The Appalachian Mountain Club is repatriating the parcel to its former Indigenous stewards as part of a larger acquisition finalized Tuesday.
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Mike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
You killed her, America. And now you’re just going to sit and enjoy your turkey dinner. I’m so fucking ashamed of you.
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Sarah Beckstrom Died for Donald Trump’s Vanity
Sarah Beckstrom was twenty years old.
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smr260.bsky.social @smr260.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
“If I get the opportunity to fight like this for the rest of my life, I would be totally OK with that,” Ben said.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
One of the key disagreements in a budget deal to reopen the government is whether the president can unilaterally ignore it — and what recompense there will be if he does. The GOP position is that he should have unlimited ability to ignore the deal, with no consequence. Wish I were exaggerating!
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