Ann Matlack
@annhm.bsky.social
I proudly represent Maine House District 43. Wife, mother, Meme to 2 great grandkids. The liberal wing of the Higgins family of Castine, Maine.
And she laughs about cutting money to feed children. Cruelty truly is the objective.
Joy and gratitude for being picked to be that special girl allowed to cut the life support for hungry children. They should make a Hallmark movie about it.
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
And she laughs about cutting money to feed children. Cruelty truly is the objective.
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Maine secretary of state opposes using federal immigration database to determine voter eligibility
Maine secretary of state opposes using federal immigration database to determine voter eligibility
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows joined Democratic officials from 11 other states in criticizing the Trump administration's proposed expansion of its use.
www.pressherald.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Maine secretary of state opposes using federal immigration database to determine voter eligibility
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The Hometown Holler amplifies voices across North Carolina, sharing the stories and tackling the issues that shape our state. Together, we’re building a better North Carolina, one conversation at a time.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Hometown Holler amplifies voices across North Carolina, sharing the stories and tackling the issues that shape our state. Together, we’re building a better North Carolina, one conversation at a time.
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➡️ @sulliview.bsky.social agrees with us: The White House media “bias” tracker is a gimmick and most people aren’t going to buy whatever it is selling.
“Trashing the media is not going to help Trump get out of the trouble – or the bubble – that he’s in,” she writes in @theguardian.com.
“Trashing the media is not going to help Trump get out of the trouble – or the bubble – that he’s in,” she writes in @theguardian.com.
The White House’s new media ‘bias’ tracker is a desperate gimmick | Margaret Sullivan
The site isn’t exposing misleading reporting – it’s revealing the bubble Trump increasingly inhabits
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
➡️ @sulliview.bsky.social agrees with us: The White House media “bias” tracker is a gimmick and most people aren’t going to buy whatever it is selling.
“Trashing the media is not going to help Trump get out of the trouble – or the bubble – that he’s in,” she writes in @theguardian.com.
“Trashing the media is not going to help Trump get out of the trouble – or the bubble – that he’s in,” she writes in @theguardian.com.
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“With or without papers, we keep building power.”
Siembra NC was born in 2017 in response to Trump’s war on immigrants and the gap in support and resources for the broader Latine community in North Carolina.
Read more about supporting Siembra
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Siembra NC was born in 2017 in response to Trump’s war on immigrants and the gap in support and resources for the broader Latine community in North Carolina.
Read more about supporting Siembra
www.siembranc.org/about-us
Siembra NC | About Us
Join Siembra in the fight against ICE, abusive employers and landlords, discrimination and criminalization of the Latinx community in North Carolina.
www.siembranc.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“With or without papers, we keep building power.”
Siembra NC was born in 2017 in response to Trump’s war on immigrants and the gap in support and resources for the broader Latine community in North Carolina.
Read more about supporting Siembra
www.siembranc.org/about-us
Siembra NC was born in 2017 in response to Trump’s war on immigrants and the gap in support and resources for the broader Latine community in North Carolina.
Read more about supporting Siembra
www.siembranc.org/about-us
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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
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It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...
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Roughcut Media Network
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Roughcut Media Network
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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Yesterday, Roger Stone announced his partnership with a menswear company, where together they've released a collection of tailored clothing items.
Here is my review of those pieces. 🧵
Here is my review of those pieces. 🧵
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Yesterday, Roger Stone announced his partnership with a menswear company, where together they've released a collection of tailored clothing items.
Here is my review of those pieces. 🧵
Here is my review of those pieces. 🧵
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Classic American style was also expressed through the idiosyncratic two-button cuff, often made with the buttons slightly spaced apart (but not so much that a third button could fit between them). Even Bernie Sanders understands this look, which is why it's surprising Roger doesn't.
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Classic American style was also expressed through the idiosyncratic two-button cuff, often made with the buttons slightly spaced apart (but not so much that a third button could fit between them). Even Bernie Sanders understands this look, which is why it's surprising Roger doesn't.
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Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
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I'll have to remember to re-post this again & again beginning next August.
Sen. Susan Collins recently accepted an award from a group that has pushed to privatize Social Security and end ACA subsidies, even as Maine faces major cuts to health care and assistance programs. Click the link below to read the full story.
Collins honored by anti-AARP group that pushed to privatize Social Security, end health care subsidies - Maine Beacon
Sen. Susan Collins recently accepted an award from the 60 Plus Association, a group that has pushed privatizing Social Security and Medicare, eliminating Affordable Care Act subsidies and defended the...
mainebeacon.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'll have to remember to re-post this again & again beginning next August.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
Words to live by! That and, never put a frozen turkey in a hot fryer. 🔥
PSA: if you are cooking a turkey from frozen, put it in the fridge now.
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Words to live by! That and, never put a frozen turkey in a hot fryer. 🔥
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Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
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If SCOTUS conservatives gut VRA protections from election discrimination, it won't just threaten POC seats in Congress. It is more often used to protect local elections — like in Fayette, TN, where officials used racist voting maps to ensure an all-white county board:
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS. - Bolts
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If SCOTUS conservatives gut VRA protections from election discrimination, it won't just threaten POC seats in Congress. It is more often used to protect local elections — like in Fayette, TN, where officials used racist voting maps to ensure an all-white county board:
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
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Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."
www.nyc.gov
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."