Kate Pennington
@mizkate.bsky.social
Retired editor (Maine Antique Digest), former high school teacher, former theater manager (Theater at Monmouth), feminist, U.U., breastfeeding advocate, LGBTQ ally, baker, reader, dog owner, wife, and proud mother and mother-in-law of three teachers
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
I hope more governors do the same.
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I hope more governors do the same.
Seems like a good day to repost this great sign from 2020.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Seems like a good day to repost this great sign from 2020.
Mainers - vote NO on 1!
#MEPolitics: IMPORTANT - No matter who you vote for, if you value free, fair, and open elections, vote NO on Question 1.
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Mainers - vote NO on 1!
You know what would really make America healthy? If RFK Jr. and his cronies fixed the broken health care system and made sure that everyone, not just special Trump supporters, could get the care they need.
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
You know what would really make America healthy? If RFK Jr. and his cronies fixed the broken health care system and made sure that everyone, not just special Trump supporters, could get the care they need.
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You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.
October 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.
Just this morning I have seen posts from a small restaurant chain and a farm stand offering free food to those who will not be getting their SNAP benefits. These businesses have more compassion than most politicians.
October 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Just this morning I have seen posts from a small restaurant chain and a farm stand offering free food to those who will not be getting their SNAP benefits. These businesses have more compassion than most politicians.
Our local paper printed the full text of Question 1 this week. It would change so much more than requiring voter ID! I hope anyone who is considering voting yes on 1 will read the full text of what they are supporting. Here's another editorial urging a no vote. www.pressherald.com/2025/10/24/q...
Question 1 could jeopardize voting for many older Mainers | Opinion
This isn't a partisan issue; it's a fairness issue.
www.pressherald.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our local paper printed the full text of Question 1 this week. It would change so much more than requiring voter ID! I hope anyone who is considering voting yes on 1 will read the full text of what they are supporting. Here's another editorial urging a no vote. www.pressherald.com/2025/10/24/q...
A good reason to stay away from Portland, Maine, this weekend.
ALERT: Work in tourist biz in #Portland, like food service, or clerk/shop in the Old Port, or work/visit downtown?
Be aware there is a cruise ship docking on Sunday carrying the very contagious novovirus.
Novovirus is spread a variety of ways:
Be aware there is a cruise ship docking on Sunday carrying the very contagious novovirus.
Novovirus is spread a variety of ways:
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A good reason to stay away from Portland, Maine, this weekend.
Saturday was the second time I was able to use the local "party pack" instead of paper plates & napkins for an event. Thanks to all the organizations and companies that helped support this effort.
October 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Saturday was the second time I was able to use the local "party pack" instead of paper plates & napkins for an event. Thanks to all the organizations and companies that helped support this effort.
I reuse to repost the video, but I watched it once and my jaw dropped. Has there ever been a more vulgar president?
Trump’s video seems like the fever dream of someone very self conscious about their loss of bowel control.
October 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I reuse to repost the video, but I watched it once and my jaw dropped. Has there ever been a more vulgar president?
This misleading ad was in last week's Lincoln County News. To save absentee voting, Mainers need to vote No on 1! Question 1 would make it harder for many people to get absentee ballots.
October 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This misleading ad was in last week's Lincoln County News. To save absentee voting, Mainers need to vote No on 1! Question 1 would make it harder for many people to get absentee ballots.
If you're near Portland, Maine, and could use a diversion from everything that is awful these days, go see this show. A terrific cast and a funny play (with a few surprises) that delivers a message about love and family. www.goodtheater.com/it-shoulda-b...
It Shoulda Been You | Oct 2 - Oct 19 | Musical | Portland, Maine — Good Theater
BUY TICKETS HERE | Broadway’s wild musical farce with blushing brides, nervous grooms, overbearing moms, unexpected guests and plenty of crazy twists and turns. The charming, funny and original new m...
www.goodtheater.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If you're near Portland, Maine, and could use a diversion from everything that is awful these days, go see this show. A terrific cast and a funny play (with a few surprises) that delivers a message about love and family. www.goodtheater.com/it-shoulda-b...
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The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.
October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.
"Question 1 is mostly about making absentee voting harder and that matters." Mainers, if you are undecided on Question 1, please take the time to find out what it would really do. I am voting No on 1.
I don't think I've seen a more relentlessly dishonest campaign than Yes on 1. It started with trickery that enabled them to get the anti-absentee ballot referendum qualified. They want voters to be misinformed about it and our election system. #mepolitics
amyfried.substack.com/p/misinforma...
amyfried.substack.com/p/misinforma...
Misinformation in Maine’s Voter Suppression Referendum Began with a Deceptive Title
Petition tactics hid absentee ballot limits. Question 1 proponents then used Newburgh ballots to mislead further.
amyfried.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Question 1 is mostly about making absentee voting harder and that matters." Mainers, if you are undecided on Question 1, please take the time to find out what it would really do. I am voting No on 1.
The "vote yes on question 1" arguments I have seen are all terribly misleading. Question 1 will harm Maine voters.
Political science research clearly shows that Question 1 would make voting harder. Why would we want to do that? (gift link) #mepolitics www.pressherald.com?p=7506109&uu...
Research shows Question 1 would harm Maine voters | Opinion
There's a lot more to the Nov. 4 referendum question than simply presenting identification to vote.
www.pressherald.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The "vote yes on question 1" arguments I have seen are all terribly misleading. Question 1 will harm Maine voters.
Providing care to immigrants isn't why our health care system doesn't work.
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Providing care to immigrants isn't why our health care system doesn't work.
My father proudly served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years. I'm pretty sure he knew it wasn't his job to "kill people and break things."
Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."
September 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My father proudly served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years. I'm pretty sure he knew it wasn't his job to "kill people and break things."
I am just now learning about this insanity. It is wild!
An AI-generated video of Trump was circulating in which he promised med beds for all Americans.
I wrote about this old conspiracy theory a few months back. It's wild.
#Medsky
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
I wrote about this old conspiracy theory a few months back. It's wild.
#Medsky
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Med Beds: Not Today, Maybe Tomorrow?
“Oh dear, I can just see, when I take the dogs out tonight, I’m gonna have all of these people standing around that only I can see because, you know, they’re very directional like that.” The woman, wh...
www.mcgill.ca
September 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I am just now learning about this insanity. It is wild!
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Mainers: Sinclair owns WGME 13.
This just in from Sinclair: "Beginning Tuesday night Sinclair will be preempting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return."
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Mainers: Sinclair owns WGME 13.
Has any other president ever done something this offensive?
Charlie Kirk's grieving widow had just left the stage moments before the fireworks for Trump kicked off.
Just so wildly and blatantly inappropriate for a memorial service for someone else.
Fucking nuts.
Just so wildly and blatantly inappropriate for a memorial service for someone else.
Fucking nuts.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Has any other president ever done something this offensive?
Well said, Dr. Hotez. "In the end, that's what MAHA is: an economic stimulus plan for the wellness influencers."
September 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Well said, Dr. Hotez. "In the end, that's what MAHA is: an economic stimulus plan for the wellness influencers."
Absolutely shameful. "Many of the panelists also seemed unsure about the purpose of the Vaccines for Children program, which provides free shots to roughly half of all American children."
Susan Collins voted to confirm RFK Jr to this position. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...
Kennedy’s Advisory Panel Votes to Limit M.M.R.V. Vaccine for Children Under 4
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Absolutely shameful. "Many of the panelists also seemed unsure about the purpose of the Vaccines for Children program, which provides free shots to roughly half of all American children."
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Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
I'd say this is unbelievable, but sadly it is all too easy to believe he really said this. "Just kill them."
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I'd say this is unbelievable, but sadly it is all too easy to believe he really said this. "Just kill them."