The Trump Administration has abruptly pulled $4.5 million in Maine Sea Grant funds (via NOAA), which were used to protect Maine’s working waterfront and ocean ecosystems. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m... - ThreadSky

jacquelyngill.bsky.social • 1 day ago

The Trump Administration has abruptly pulled $4.5 million in Maine Sea Grant funds (via NOAA), which were used to protect Maine’s working waterfront and ocean ecosystems.

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/maine-sea-grant-funding-terminated-as-trump-administration-makes-cuts-to-noaa/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2dtkR9sqO2Mvg70nWkgkYLvHTNffPCUe6m4H9nmidp-24zDBFHjB4ddVM_aem_66iL-GHvHVmoX_XRICRN0g

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lp7.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

publius64.bsky.social•1 day ago

insanity - I've got nothin else

josiahthecat.bsky.social•1 day ago

So is Jeff Bezos stepping in to pick up the slack left by the US government with no strings attached?

alexsmazur.bsky.social•1 day ago

Shameful retribution for Gov. Mills standing her ground for trans rights.

bobkopp.net•1 day ago

Is this Maine specific or are they clawing back Sea Grant funds generally?

antsara.bsky.social•1 day ago

It is only Maine at this point.

donboesch.bsky.social•1 day ago

While this could be petty retribution for Maine Governor Janet Wells speaking out during the governors’ meeting with Trump, it is hard to believe it will stop there. Sea Grant is very popular in the states, need to rally support from the Republican coastal members of Congress.

wotsayu.bsky.social•1 day ago

The wholesale destruction of our world is just so damn profitable... 💔

shadysimpleton.bsky.social•23 hours ago

What will Susan Collins say about this?

vhemt4all.bsky.social•1 day ago

I assume Susan Collins is almost mildly worried. That’s sure to help.

n83z01qbui.bsky.social•1 day ago

@nick-carmody.bsky.social #DopeyFascist

actuary92637.bsky.social•1 day ago

Has Suzy C expressed her concern yet?

ernestounionista.bsky.social•1 day ago

No benefits coming in? Maybe the tax money going out should be halted. And maybe Canada could use another Maritime province, too.

claynotmarble.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hey @SenSusanCollins.bsky.social
Are you "concerned" yet?

drkarenwieland.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hope the Felon-voting Maine fisherfolk and companies who make their living from the sea realize that that mendacious arse is trying to ruin their livelihoods permanently.

jacquelyngill.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maine Sea Grant generates $15 in income for every dollar spent.

And that’s what the “treat government like a business” people never seem to want to admit. The ROI of federal funding is beyond anything any corporation could ever dream of. It just doesn’t end up in their pockets.

travisklempan.bsky.social•42 minutes ago

It goes along with them not understanding a whole host of other things.

katyhadalittlefarm.bsky.social•1 day ago

I beat this drum a lot. These public services save us money.

humansarenature.bsky.social•1 day ago

Same could be said for many Nature Based Solutions but because they can be done for way less money they don’t get considered. Heck, NBSs tend to appreciate over time as opposed to human made alternatives. It’s not about the accounting unless it makes someone money.

kedwards.bsky.social•36 minutes ago

There was a story a couple years ago about a start up that wanted to develop these glowing tanks full of green algae that they could put in parks and along sidewalks that would sequester carbon and heat and everyone was like, “you invented trees, but electric.”

jashsf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly. There can never be any ROI from any public sector investment to them. Impossible. They have never heard of Tesla either.

sueg13.bsky.social•1 day ago

Punishing the people of Maine because their governor dared to speak truth to power. What a destructive baby sits in the People's House in DC!

shainverow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh fuck, We kind of needed that! Which of course is the point, but there is no price where bowing to fascists becomes a good deal, so I suppose we will find a way without it.

killedbyapencil.bsky.social•1 day ago

You should still make them suffer for taking it away. Annoy the hell out of your rep. Tell every Trump voter you know. Something.

This type of thing works well with maga. I sure as hell told Trump voters when Trump fired people who did our fire mapping.

buleste.bsky.social•1 day ago

So FOTUS is carrying out his threats like the cry baby bully he is. Total Dicktater.

pumpfirst.cc•1 day ago

Well "Dicktater" is my new favorite word.

marthature.bsky.social•1 day ago

He's a vindictive muthafugga, eh?

jashsf.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Nice work Susan Collins!

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