Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Matt Dunlap destroyed Paul LePage in tonight’s debate. LePage has clearly lost a step. A tired act with nothing left. Sad. #mepolitics 25512
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u... 1505370809
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJoseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Claims Swirl Around U.S. Marines Injured Aboard Mystery Vessel Attacked In The Strait Of Hormuz www.twz.com/news-feature...twz.comClaims Swirl Around U.S. Marines Injured Aboard Mystery Vessel Attacked In The Strait Of HormuzAt the center of suspicions is a former Royal Mail ship with its own fascinating backstory, but what it was doing at the time is unclear. 0188
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillMaine Public @mainepublic.org · 22/09/2026After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry. bit.ly/3TNQULHmainepublic.orgThe FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — until Trump got in the wayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 44021
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ted Cruz interrupted during ESPN appearance by fired-up crowd chanting, "TED, YOU SUCK!" 711325260
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years ago, on a clear September morning, an otherwise ordinary day became one of history’s darkest. Through the darkness, we also saw the best of humanity. 20135831058
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026BBC engineers built robo-cameras disguised as dung heaps to film wildlife at distances no human crew could ever get close enough to reach. 38253661045
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’m not sure people appreciate how radical this is. A pro-active process to inform locals when there is a cruise ship health risk. No other port to my knowledge has done this. It is why @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social exists. Never would have happened without @wespelletier.bsky.social ⚓️💙⚓️ 197
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The 2027 cruise schedule includes 102 cruise ships. 26 days with 2 ships at once. Some days the floating cities will reach almost 10k population. No restriction on fuel. No decrease in air pollution. No elimination of scrubber wash contaminants in Casco Bay. Is this what Portland wants? 177
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 461283795
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Today 9/8 at 5:30 pm on zoom the HHS+ PS Committee will meet. The Opt-in Text Alert for when cruise ships arrive with an outbreak will be presented by Bridget Rauscher of Public Health dept. portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/8346/f... #Portland #Maine #PublicHealth #cruiseShips #norovirus 052
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillThe Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026💯💯💯 2384
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPeter Hoogmoed @pchoog.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The Guardian - Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common viruses www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAir pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study findsScientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common viruses 054
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 30/08/2026⚓️PSA⚓️ There will be 63 more cruise ships coming to Portland before the season ends. If you'd like to avoid the pollution, passengers & plague we suggest you use Port Call: maine.portcall.com#!?tab=2&port... Vision of the Seas arrived @ 8 am & will depart @ 6 pm #cruiseships #Portland #Maine 144
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillMr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10 345119712989
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/08/2026NEW: Harmeet Dhillon swore in 100+ new Civil Rights Division lawyers as "civil rights warriors" for "ALL Americans" — then named exactly none of them. So we did. Court filings let us ID 11. At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities. 1/citizen.orgMeet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission - Public CitizenIntroduction On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new… 9830851582
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJames Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026ICE arrested this Mainer and sent him to Guatemala "accidently" and in defiance of a judicial order. He didn't even have a deportation order issued against him. Susan Collins' body cameras won't fix behavior like this #mepolitics #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2026/08/05/m...pressherald.comICE to return Maine man after ‘inadvertently’ deporting himThe agency told a judge it 'inadvertently removed' the 31-year-old Portland resident after misidentifying him during the January enforcement surge. 2268
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillShooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Butler’s 34-year military career spans the Spanish-American War in 1898 through WWI. He rose through all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major General. He received 16 medals and was one of only two Marines to be awarded the Medal of Honor twice for separate military actions. /2 111021
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Freedom Fuel stations were put together by a pair of serial grifters who stole $667,000 worth of gas from a distributor five years ago, a private credit sponsor, and an energy trader tied up in multiple Trump schemes and profiting heavily off the war in Iran. prospect.org/2026/07/20/k...prospect.orgThe Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations - The American ProspectHow can Freedom Fuel afford to sell gas for $3.47 a gallon? That’s the wrong question to ask. 361673809
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Elon’s a walking monkey paw so the way this works is destroying the value of the earth by several thousand trillion dollars 000
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/07/2026Selling his stake in World Liberty Financial brought in $65.6 million (pp. 855, 867) Most, if not all, of that money came from a firm backed by the UAE's National Security Adviser. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 23921
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Noise @portlandnoise.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The week of June 15th Part 2 *underlining represents Maine based musicians 021
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Noise @portlandnoise.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Tuesday, June 16th *underlining represents Maine based musicians 021
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Don’t know why Trump is diddling in Europe with the reflecting pool looking like shit. Totally irresponsible to leave town at such a critical time 000
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Noise @portlandnoise.bsky.social · 08/06/2026The week of June 8th Part 1 *underlining represents Maine based musicians 021
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Noise @portlandnoise.bsky.social · 08/06/2026The week of June 8th Part 2 *underlining represents Maine based musicians 021
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 19/05/2026When he barricades himself in there, we’re just going to have to build a sarcophagus around the block and put one of those signs that lasts into the next epoch that this is a poison place that should be shunned and left undisturbed. 010
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillDavid Costello @davidcostello.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I understand the Platner campaign’s logic in withdrawing from the 5 scheduled debates, yet this move cuts short important policy discussions and conversations and shortchanges Maine voters, most of whom haven’t fully focused on June’s primary election. I hope he’ll reconsider #MEpolitics 41277101
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 21/04/2026Seems like NYT should have mentioned that UAE's spymaster bought 49% of Trump's World Liberty Financial and used $2B of its USD1 stablecoin, directing hundreds of millions to Trump. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...nytimes.comU.S. Considers Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E. 361396637
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026To all who celebrate 8585171927
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 07/04/2026Portland to weigh repairing or rebuilding its historic Expopressherald.comPortland to weigh repairing or rebuilding its historic ExpoA recent assessment found that the 110-year-old building may need $30 million in repairs. 011
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Noise @portlandnoise.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The week of March 30th *underlining represents Maine based musicians 021
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Noise @portlandnoise.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Tuesday, March 31st *underlining represents Maine based musicians 021
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillWarren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/03/2026How can this go on for another 3 years? 197106783834
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Instead of posting reasons why putting ICE in TSA roles is a bad idea, people should write them down on little pieces of paper and then we can have a fun little game of showing them to each other when they start happening. 000
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillMaine Public @mainepublic.org · 18/03/2026Maine announces more than 90 new apartments for people experiencing chronic homelessness www.mainepublic.org/business-and-ec…mainepublic.orgMaine announces more than 90 new apartments for people experiencing chronic homelessnessThe new projects are all in the early planning stages and will be located in Portland, South Portland and Bangor. 0144
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillThe Bollard @the-bollard.bsky.social · 14/03/2026If you were cool, you'd be getting our Bollard Bulletin arts & entertainment guide each morning. It's never too late to be cool.open.substack.comThe Bollard Bulletin for March 14 & 15, 2026If Maine cities went to war over music, what would happen? Plus more dark thoughts 022
Reposted by Jowly Glower Billmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 13/03/2026the proud boys' lawyer thinks he redacted the email addresses of the over 2000 people who donated to the fundraiser for the lawsuit, but here's the thing: no he did not lol 563568698
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I have literally watched something like 5 hours of this DOGE bro testimony. I'm completely obsessed, it's weirdly captivating. The circular arguments, the disdain from everyone involved, a true pleasure to watch Follow 404 Media on Instagram (www.instagram.com/404mediaco/) for more like this 68618165
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...404media.coI Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For ThemselvesThe hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE. 19058462119
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 04/03/2026So out of the loop I have to now look up where bar and bites was. 000
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Gotta tip your cap to @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social for scooping everyone on this. 411332264
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 10/02/2026MAINERS: ICE expanding in Portland. EVERYONE: Search your state. Read the article. #OPPOSE The One City Center building in Portland, Maine, where ICE plans to expand its offices, is within walking distance to at least six churches, a mosque, one synagogue, and a Salvation Army adult rehab center. 32819
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillDaniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 08/02/2026On a less humorous note, the man should be indicted. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...pbs.orgNewly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.'s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreakDocuments obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press undermine Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s testimony during his Senate confirmation hearings that the 2019 trip he took to Samoa before a devastating... 0247
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 07/02/2026There’s a guy in charge of stuff named Calvin Ball 000