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Bridgton Maine. March to End the Madness protest was well attended and powerful. Protests erupted around the state. The people are awake and ready to protect our democracy. We see the bullies in the playground and we don’t like it!

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

A cold wind whistles through the empty barn, disturbing a few desiccated wisps of straw. The roof has caved in, and the structure lists to the side. Footsteps approach. The structure collapses. The New York Times editor finds the door, stands it upright, and thuds the lock.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

So, ridicule Americans who want to flee abroad all you want. But remember, there’s a reason why Germany produced the most Nobel laureates before World War II, but the U.S. took the lead afterward.

submitted 35 days ago • 36 comments

I don’t have a fancy lesson I delivered about the #SuperBowlHalftimeShow Before I showed it, I instructed my students to write down three words and document when they noticed them: •imagery •symbolism •message We watched once all the way through, then we broke down where my students noted. +

submitted 45 days ago • 37 comments

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration has not entirely complied with a court order to lift the federal spending freeze.

submitted 46 days ago • 29 comments

Most Idiotic Trade War Of All Time!

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

I actually agree with this.

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Recap: The deadly cost of banning fenantyl test strips. Propaganda maker at the border. Trump's favorite Texas oligrachs. One of Cecile Richards' final interviews. And more in our January/February 2024 issue. www.texasobserver.org/issues/janua...

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Here is a list of Maine State committees and committee members. This will be helpful for contacting and telling your Rep/Senator to either support or oppose bills introduced to their committee. legislature.maine.gov/house/house/...

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

submitted 51 days ago • 1273 comments

This is beautiful.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

If given the opportunity, I will kick the shit out these nerdlingers, one-by-one, until all there's left of them is unrecognizable biomass.

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

JFC

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

I feel seen, lol

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In my experience as an architect and now general contractor, Canada, Mexico, China & Italy make about 60% of our projects’ construction materials here in South Florida. (Thailand & Taiwan products make up another 5%.). And yes, SoFla is experiencing a SEVERE housing shortage. The math is simple.

submitted 54 days ago • 8 comments

curious what Robert F Kennedy Jr, who is nominated to join Trump’s Cabinet, thinks of the effort to kill an agency that was created under his uncle + hailed by JFK as one of his major achievements as president

submitted 53 days ago • 26 comments

A deadly serious bureaucratic-legal question. What formal position does Musk currently hold & what authority does he have (“the president told me” doesn’t count) to shut down federal agencies & raid their secure material? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 53 days ago • 92 comments

The environmental agency just scrubbed most mentions of the global crisis from its online public presence.

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

I spoke to CNN about Susan Collins, Trump, and the path forward www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/p...

submitted 58 days ago • 7 comments

I don't know how to say this any louder THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS MORE RADICAL, MORE FASCIST, MORE VIOLENT THAN ANYONE IN MAINSTREAM POLITICS OR MEDIA IS WILLING TO ADMIT OUT LOUD THEY ARE FULLY IN THRALL TO A MOVEMENT OF ONLINE NAZIS THAT WANT TO END AMERICA AND KILL MANY, MANY PEOPLE

submitted 58 days ago • 14 comments

Just released memorandum from OPM: Federal facilities will now have a bathroom ban for transgender people. It will go into effect on the 31st. It also has a slew of effects and puts into place the 1st anti-trans EO policies for every agency. This will have a ton of impacts very quickly.

submitted 57 days ago • 216 comments

• Get a library card • Use your library card • Support indie booksellers • Read banned books • Read diverse authors • Resist • Repeat #booksky #resist

submitted 64 days ago • 183 comments

Absolutely spineless. Never claim to “back the blue” or say that you believe “blue lives matter” again.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

We are contending with a GOP that knows how to win the most important factor that shapes perception: attention. Understanding this is step one. Step two is actually changing it. Dems need a whole new strategy. Fighting the attention war is a key part of my platform.

submitted 65 days ago • 135 comments

“The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired,” Musk posted on X several hours after he left the stage.

submitted 65 days ago • 12 comments

sounds useful, what's the risk? downside? thanks.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Be Very, Very, Concerned, Utah.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

What’s the logical approach here?

submitted 68 days ago • 10 comments

Minimum wage in Maine is now 14.35. Cali should be at least that. The Federal Minimum wage should be at least 15/hour, or more.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

OTTAWA – Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia will help fight wildfires in California, and the federal government is co-ordinating efforts with the provinces to deploy resources.

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

this had not occurred to me.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

click on the video progress line, or start the video and randomly start it; these are your 2025 words. Or pick some words you like.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

This Bangor Daily News column asserts that scrutiny of Sen. Susan Collins' votes on judges and cabinet picks reveals a 'double standard' with male senators. The column doesn't disclose it, but it was written by Collins' fall '24 intern. 🧵 www.bangordailynews.com/2025/01/02/o...

submitted 85 days ago • 3 comments

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 91 days ago • 7 comments

I’ve resisted TikTok because I’m an audio and written word gal but Dr. Thomas makes such a good point here. We need more good public outreach and communication on YouTube from content experts.

submitted 86 days ago • 15 comments

This is really important. Niceness is a version of complacency. Stand up, be heard. Complacency is letting them win.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

No one enjoys being called out or corrected, and it can be really uncomfortable. But the problem with “you should have said that more nicely” is that niceness is a not just a moving target, it’s bottomless pit. There is no level of niceness that will allow some people to accept being wrong.

submitted 85 days ago • 21 comments

Imagine being literally the richest person in the world, maybe in history, and still worrying about tax cuts. lmao loser

submitted 96 days ago • 34 comments