Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
@pingree.house.gov
Organic farmer. Maine islander. Congresswoman for Maine’s 1st District 🦞🌲
There’s some shady shit going on with Trump’s “Freedom 250."
Taxpayer dollars are being rerouted into a Trump-branded scheme where big donors get access to the president, history gets whitewashed, and money is moved with no oversight.
It's looking more and more like pay-to-play wrapped in a flag.
Taxpayer dollars are being rerouted into a Trump-branded scheme where big donors get access to the president, history gets whitewashed, and money is moved with no oversight.
It's looking more and more like pay-to-play wrapped in a flag.
February 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
There’s some shady shit going on with Trump’s “Freedom 250."
Taxpayer dollars are being rerouted into a Trump-branded scheme where big donors get access to the president, history gets whitewashed, and money is moved with no oversight.
It's looking more and more like pay-to-play wrapped in a flag.
Taxpayer dollars are being rerouted into a Trump-branded scheme where big donors get access to the president, history gets whitewashed, and money is moved with no oversight.
It's looking more and more like pay-to-play wrapped in a flag.
ICE arrested ~200 people during its surge in Maine. Only a few had committed a crime.
DHS data shows <14% of the people they’ve apprehended had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses.
Fourteen.
The “worst of the worst” argument was always bullshit. Now we have the data to prove it.
DHS data shows <14% of the people they’ve apprehended had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses.
Fourteen.
The “worst of the worst” argument was always bullshit. Now we have the data to prove it.
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
ICE arrested ~200 people during its surge in Maine. Only a few had committed a crime.
DHS data shows <14% of the people they’ve apprehended had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses.
Fourteen.
The “worst of the worst” argument was always bullshit. Now we have the data to prove it.
DHS data shows <14% of the people they’ve apprehended had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses.
Fourteen.
The “worst of the worst” argument was always bullshit. Now we have the data to prove it.
Frigid ferry ride this morning! This week in the House:
👉🏻 DHS funding is still up in the air. @housedemocrats.bsky.social are demanding changes before giving ICE another cent.
👉🏻 We’ll take up Republicans’ voter suppression bill—which would disenfranchise millions.
I’ll be a HELL NO on that one.
👉🏻 DHS funding is still up in the air. @housedemocrats.bsky.social are demanding changes before giving ICE another cent.
👉🏻 We’ll take up Republicans’ voter suppression bill—which would disenfranchise millions.
I’ll be a HELL NO on that one.
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Frigid ferry ride this morning! This week in the House:
👉🏻 DHS funding is still up in the air. @housedemocrats.bsky.social are demanding changes before giving ICE another cent.
👉🏻 We’ll take up Republicans’ voter suppression bill—which would disenfranchise millions.
I’ll be a HELL NO on that one.
👉🏻 DHS funding is still up in the air. @housedemocrats.bsky.social are demanding changes before giving ICE another cent.
👉🏻 We’ll take up Republicans’ voter suppression bill—which would disenfranchise millions.
I’ll be a HELL NO on that one.
Who’s ready for Green Day and Bad Bunny tonight? 🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️ #ICEOUT #superbowl
February 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Who’s ready for Green Day and Bad Bunny tonight? 🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️ #ICEOUT #superbowl
In a truly free society, citizens don’t live in fear of their own government.
My Stop ICE Intimidation Act demands transparency and accountability and ensures that not one more taxpayer dollar is spent on this surveillance state.
My Stop ICE Intimidation Act demands transparency and accountability and ensures that not one more taxpayer dollar is spent on this surveillance state.
February 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM
In a truly free society, citizens don’t live in fear of their own government.
My Stop ICE Intimidation Act demands transparency and accountability and ensures that not one more taxpayer dollar is spent on this surveillance state.
My Stop ICE Intimidation Act demands transparency and accountability and ensures that not one more taxpayer dollar is spent on this surveillance state.
Trump shared an AI video depicting the Obamas as apes.
This tells you all you need to know about his character—and how racist ideology has permeated the modern Republican party.
This isn’t a dog whistle. It’s vile, explicit racism shouted through a bullhorn.
This man should not be President.
This tells you all you need to know about his character—and how racist ideology has permeated the modern Republican party.
This isn’t a dog whistle. It’s vile, explicit racism shouted through a bullhorn.
This man should not be President.
February 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Trump shared an AI video depicting the Obamas as apes.
This tells you all you need to know about his character—and how racist ideology has permeated the modern Republican party.
This isn’t a dog whistle. It’s vile, explicit racism shouted through a bullhorn.
This man should not be President.
This tells you all you need to know about his character—and how racist ideology has permeated the modern Republican party.
This isn’t a dog whistle. It’s vile, explicit racism shouted through a bullhorn.
This man should not be President.
40% of Maine hospitals are losing money.
76% are at risk of "severe financial problems."
Several have been forced to close.
Things are about to get worse.
Thanks to the Big Ugly Bill, 31,000 Mainers are at risk of losing coverage. That could lead to a potential death-spiral at many hospitals.
76% are at risk of "severe financial problems."
Several have been forced to close.
Things are about to get worse.
Thanks to the Big Ugly Bill, 31,000 Mainers are at risk of losing coverage. That could lead to a potential death-spiral at many hospitals.
Maine’s hospitals chase financial stability as Medicaid cuts loom
About 40% of Maine's hospitals are currently losing money, said Steven Michaud, president of the Maine Hospital Association.
www.pressherald.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
40% of Maine hospitals are losing money.
76% are at risk of "severe financial problems."
Several have been forced to close.
Things are about to get worse.
Thanks to the Big Ugly Bill, 31,000 Mainers are at risk of losing coverage. That could lead to a potential death-spiral at many hospitals.
76% are at risk of "severe financial problems."
Several have been forced to close.
Things are about to get worse.
Thanks to the Big Ugly Bill, 31,000 Mainers are at risk of losing coverage. That could lead to a potential death-spiral at many hospitals.
I’m completely disgusted by the layoffs at The Washington Post. It’s a travesty.
Jeff Bezos is worth $250 BILLION. He is single-handedly destroying one of our country’s most important newspapers.
As the paper’s masthead famously says, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”
Bezos is turning off the lights.
Jeff Bezos is worth $250 BILLION. He is single-handedly destroying one of our country’s most important newspapers.
As the paper’s masthead famously says, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”
Bezos is turning off the lights.
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I’m completely disgusted by the layoffs at The Washington Post. It’s a travesty.
Jeff Bezos is worth $250 BILLION. He is single-handedly destroying one of our country’s most important newspapers.
As the paper’s masthead famously says, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”
Bezos is turning off the lights.
Jeff Bezos is worth $250 BILLION. He is single-handedly destroying one of our country’s most important newspapers.
As the paper’s masthead famously says, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”
Bezos is turning off the lights.
The Kennedy Center is a living monument to a man who fervently believed in the emancipatory power of art and culture.
It’s a legacy that Donald Trump clearly doesn’t understand—and has no right to usurp for himself.
I will do everything in my power to ensure he doesn’t.
Read my op-ed at MS NOW 👇
It’s a legacy that Donald Trump clearly doesn’t understand—and has no right to usurp for himself.
I will do everything in my power to ensure he doesn’t.
Read my op-ed at MS NOW 👇
Opinion | I’m fighting Trump’s egomaniacal Kennedy Center fixation in Congress — and could use some help
Rep. Chellie Pingree: My Republican colleagues in Congress should join us on the other side of the aisle, and stand up for this institution for all Americans.
www.ms.now
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The Kennedy Center is a living monument to a man who fervently believed in the emancipatory power of art and culture.
It’s a legacy that Donald Trump clearly doesn’t understand—and has no right to usurp for himself.
I will do everything in my power to ensure he doesn’t.
Read my op-ed at MS NOW 👇
It’s a legacy that Donald Trump clearly doesn’t understand—and has no right to usurp for himself.
I will do everything in my power to ensure he doesn’t.
Read my op-ed at MS NOW 👇
ICE has scaled down in Maine. But they ARE still here.
Please continue to report ICE activity to 207-544-9989.
That so many people are calling my office about this means no one's taking anything for granted. They're continuing to protect their neighbors.
Be vigilant, be safe and KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Please continue to report ICE activity to 207-544-9989.
That so many people are calling my office about this means no one's taking anything for granted. They're continuing to protect their neighbors.
Be vigilant, be safe and KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Maine immigration enforcement appears to have slowed since surge, but effects linger
Observers say 'normal' enforcement during the Trump administration is far from normal.
www.pressherald.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
ICE has scaled down in Maine. But they ARE still here.
Please continue to report ICE activity to 207-544-9989.
That so many people are calling my office about this means no one's taking anything for granted. They're continuing to protect their neighbors.
Be vigilant, be safe and KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Please continue to report ICE activity to 207-544-9989.
That so many people are calling my office about this means no one's taking anything for granted. They're continuing to protect their neighbors.
Be vigilant, be safe and KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
The Kennedy Center is a living monument to JFK and to the belief that art, culture, and shared experience bind our country together.
It is NOT a private real estate project.
It is NOT a campaign prop.
It is NOT a vanity playground for demolition.
And it certainly does NOT belong to Donald Trump.
It is NOT a private real estate project.
It is NOT a campaign prop.
It is NOT a vanity playground for demolition.
And it certainly does NOT belong to Donald Trump.
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The Kennedy Center is a living monument to JFK and to the belief that art, culture, and shared experience bind our country together.
It is NOT a private real estate project.
It is NOT a campaign prop.
It is NOT a vanity playground for demolition.
And it certainly does NOT belong to Donald Trump.
It is NOT a private real estate project.
It is NOT a campaign prop.
It is NOT a vanity playground for demolition.
And it certainly does NOT belong to Donald Trump.
I voted NO on today's funding bill.
We now have 10 days to negotiate on DHS—and a real chance to hold ICE accountable:
✅ Masks off
✅ Body cams on
✅ Mandatory judicial warrants
✅ No more prisons
✅ Strip funding from the Big Ugly Bill
✅ Get the hell out of Minnesota!
Believe me, it’s a LONG list.
We now have 10 days to negotiate on DHS—and a real chance to hold ICE accountable:
✅ Masks off
✅ Body cams on
✅ Mandatory judicial warrants
✅ No more prisons
✅ Strip funding from the Big Ugly Bill
✅ Get the hell out of Minnesota!
Believe me, it’s a LONG list.
February 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I voted NO on today's funding bill.
We now have 10 days to negotiate on DHS—and a real chance to hold ICE accountable:
✅ Masks off
✅ Body cams on
✅ Mandatory judicial warrants
✅ No more prisons
✅ Strip funding from the Big Ugly Bill
✅ Get the hell out of Minnesota!
Believe me, it’s a LONG list.
We now have 10 days to negotiate on DHS—and a real chance to hold ICE accountable:
✅ Masks off
✅ Body cams on
✅ Mandatory judicial warrants
✅ No more prisons
✅ Strip funding from the Big Ugly Bill
✅ Get the hell out of Minnesota!
Believe me, it’s a LONG list.
When the watchdog can’t watch, farmers pay the price.
Here in Maine we lost 27% of our USDA workforce because of DOGE—among the highest in the country.
That means fewer people helping farmers access loans and aid.
Fewer people to protect our soil and water.
Fewer experts and boots on the ground.
Here in Maine we lost 27% of our USDA workforce because of DOGE—among the highest in the country.
That means fewer people helping farmers access loans and aid.
Fewer people to protect our soil and water.
Fewer experts and boots on the ground.
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
When the watchdog can’t watch, farmers pay the price.
Here in Maine we lost 27% of our USDA workforce because of DOGE—among the highest in the country.
That means fewer people helping farmers access loans and aid.
Fewer people to protect our soil and water.
Fewer experts and boots on the ground.
Here in Maine we lost 27% of our USDA workforce because of DOGE—among the highest in the country.
That means fewer people helping farmers access loans and aid.
Fewer people to protect our soil and water.
Fewer experts and boots on the ground.
Trump says he’s closing the Kennedy Center because it needs “major renovations.”
Bull. Shit.
It’s closing because so many artists—including the National Symphony and National Opera—refuse to play at a venue that the president is obviously (and grossly) mismanaging.
Bull. Shit.
It’s closing because so many artists—including the National Symphony and National Opera—refuse to play at a venue that the president is obviously (and grossly) mismanaging.
February 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Trump says he’s closing the Kennedy Center because it needs “major renovations.”
Bull. Shit.
It’s closing because so many artists—including the National Symphony and National Opera—refuse to play at a venue that the president is obviously (and grossly) mismanaging.
Bull. Shit.
It’s closing because so many artists—including the National Symphony and National Opera—refuse to play at a venue that the president is obviously (and grossly) mismanaging.
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DHS is bragging about capturing 200 people in Maine.
Thus far, only 8 of those identified have been accused or convicted of a crime.
Who are some of the other so-called “worst of the worst”?
A mother whose only “crime” was letting her 4-year-old play soccer with other kids outside. (1/4)
DHS is bragging about capturing 200 people in Maine.
Thus far, only 8 of those identified have been accused or convicted of a crime.
Who are some of the other so-called “worst of the worst”?
A mother whose only “crime” was letting her 4-year-old play soccer with other kids outside. (1/4)
The Mainers detained by ICE
What we know about the people swept up in a federal immigration crackdown.
www.pressherald.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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DHS is bragging about capturing 200 people in Maine.
Thus far, only 8 of those identified have been accused or convicted of a crime.
Who are some of the other so-called “worst of the worst”?
A mother whose only “crime” was letting her 4-year-old play soccer with other kids outside. (1/4)
DHS is bragging about capturing 200 people in Maine.
Thus far, only 8 of those identified have been accused or convicted of a crime.
Who are some of the other so-called “worst of the worst”?
A mother whose only “crime” was letting her 4-year-old play soccer with other kids outside. (1/4)
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Black History Month gives us all a chance to reflect on—and bear witness to—the Black experience in America.
To confront the horrors of slavery, and the ongoing scourge of racism.
To both acknowledge injustice and honor the infinite contributions Black Americans have made to our country. (1/3)
Black History Month gives us all a chance to reflect on—and bear witness to—the Black experience in America.
To confront the horrors of slavery, and the ongoing scourge of racism.
To both acknowledge injustice and honor the infinite contributions Black Americans have made to our country. (1/3)
February 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Black History Month gives us all a chance to reflect on—and bear witness to—the Black experience in America.
To confront the horrors of slavery, and the ongoing scourge of racism.
To both acknowledge injustice and honor the infinite contributions Black Americans have made to our country. (1/3)
Black History Month gives us all a chance to reflect on—and bear witness to—the Black experience in America.
To confront the horrors of slavery, and the ongoing scourge of racism.
To both acknowledge injustice and honor the infinite contributions Black Americans have made to our country. (1/3)
Trump has run the Kennedy Center into the ground, failed artists + workers, and disgraced the memory of JFK.
Can’t sell tickets. Can’t book performers. So to hide his utter failure he is shutting it down for “renovations.”
I call BULLSHIT.
Can’t sell tickets. Can’t book performers. So to hide his utter failure he is shutting it down for “renovations.”
I call BULLSHIT.
February 2, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Trump has run the Kennedy Center into the ground, failed artists + workers, and disgraced the memory of JFK.
Can’t sell tickets. Can’t book performers. So to hide his utter failure he is shutting it down for “renovations.”
I call BULLSHIT.
Can’t sell tickets. Can’t book performers. So to hide his utter failure he is shutting it down for “renovations.”
I call BULLSHIT.
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Yesterday, I visited three organizations that’ve been directly impacted by ICE’s terror campaign.
At American Roots, an apparel company that employs new Mainers, I was amazed to see so many people showing up to work—despite the ever-present threat of ICE.
Their bravery is so inspiring. (1/5)
Yesterday, I visited three organizations that’ve been directly impacted by ICE’s terror campaign.
At American Roots, an apparel company that employs new Mainers, I was amazed to see so many people showing up to work—despite the ever-present threat of ICE.
Their bravery is so inspiring. (1/5)
Maine volunteers form human wall to protect immigrant workers
Immigrant workers at American Roots in Westbrook remain fearful of federal immigration enforcement, despite reports that ICE has scaled down its operations in Maine.
www.pressherald.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Yesterday, I visited three organizations that’ve been directly impacted by ICE’s terror campaign.
At American Roots, an apparel company that employs new Mainers, I was amazed to see so many people showing up to work—despite the ever-present threat of ICE.
Their bravery is so inspiring. (1/5)
Yesterday, I visited three organizations that’ve been directly impacted by ICE’s terror campaign.
At American Roots, an apparel company that employs new Mainers, I was amazed to see so many people showing up to work—despite the ever-present threat of ICE.
Their bravery is so inspiring. (1/5)
Arresting journalists for doing their job is a chilling abuse of power—and an assault on the very idea of a free press.
The Admin is clearly trying to intimidate the media from documenting their lawlessness.
Two different courts refused to greenlight charges. That’s how absurd the DOJ’s case is.
The Admin is clearly trying to intimidate the media from documenting their lawlessness.
Two different courts refused to greenlight charges. That’s how absurd the DOJ’s case is.
Feds arrest 4, including Don Lemon and Minnesota journalist over church protest
Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards, his attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement posted on social media.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Arresting journalists for doing their job is a chilling abuse of power—and an assault on the very idea of a free press.
The Admin is clearly trying to intimidate the media from documenting their lawlessness.
Two different courts refused to greenlight charges. That’s how absurd the DOJ’s case is.
The Admin is clearly trying to intimidate the media from documenting their lawlessness.
Two different courts refused to greenlight charges. That’s how absurd the DOJ’s case is.
Threatening peaceful observers.
Detaining immigrants who here legally.
Only providing information to partisan news outlets like Fox over members of Congress.
Operation “Catch of the Day” has brought nothing but fear, anxiety, and terror to our state.
#ICEOUTOFMAINE
Detaining immigrants who here legally.
Only providing information to partisan news outlets like Fox over members of Congress.
Operation “Catch of the Day” has brought nothing but fear, anxiety, and terror to our state.
#ICEOUTOFMAINE
January 30, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Threatening peaceful observers.
Detaining immigrants who here legally.
Only providing information to partisan news outlets like Fox over members of Congress.
Operation “Catch of the Day” has brought nothing but fear, anxiety, and terror to our state.
#ICEOUTOFMAINE
Detaining immigrants who here legally.
Only providing information to partisan news outlets like Fox over members of Congress.
Operation “Catch of the Day” has brought nothing but fear, anxiety, and terror to our state.
#ICEOUTOFMAINE
Reposted by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
1/29 U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree told me Thursday afternoon that it does *appear* the ICE surge in Maine IS actually ending, but warns that the Trump Administration immigration policies of the last year remain #maine #MEpolitics
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
1/29 U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree told me Thursday afternoon that it does *appear* the ICE surge in Maine IS actually ending, but warns that the Trump Administration immigration policies of the last year remain #maine #MEpolitics
As if their heinous abductions and violence against peaceful protestors weren’t awful enough, ICE is spending billions of dollars (made possible by the Big Ugly Bill) on high-tech surveillance tools—many of which are clearly unconstitutional in scope.
The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
Biometric trackers, cellphone location databases and drones are among the surveillance technologies agents are using in their immigration enforcement campaign.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:56 PM
As if their heinous abductions and violence against peaceful protestors weren’t awful enough, ICE is spending billions of dollars (made possible by the Big Ugly Bill) on high-tech surveillance tools—many of which are clearly unconstitutional in scope.
ICE's presence in our state is has been extremely stressful and traumatizing for so many. But Mainers have shown up every single day to protect their neighbors, get kids to school, put food on tables, and speak up for what’s right.
📺:@contrariannews.org @jenrubin.bsky.social
📺:@contrariannews.org @jenrubin.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 5:51 PM
ICE's presence in our state is has been extremely stressful and traumatizing for so many. But Mainers have shown up every single day to protect their neighbors, get kids to school, put food on tables, and speak up for what’s right.
📺:@contrariannews.org @jenrubin.bsky.social
📺:@contrariannews.org @jenrubin.bsky.social
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I cannot independently confirm this announcement because the Department of Homeland Security has not provided my office with basic information about this operation, despite repeated requests for weeks. (1/7)
I cannot independently confirm this announcement because the Department of Homeland Security has not provided my office with basic information about this operation, despite repeated requests for weeks. (1/7)
ICE ending Maine surge, Senator Collins says - The Boston Globe
The Republican senator had urged Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to pause what was called "Operation Catch of the Day."
www.bostonglobe.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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I cannot independently confirm this announcement because the Department of Homeland Security has not provided my office with basic information about this operation, despite repeated requests for weeks. (1/7)
I cannot independently confirm this announcement because the Department of Homeland Security has not provided my office with basic information about this operation, despite repeated requests for weeks. (1/7)