Rhiannon Hampson
@rheeinme.bsky.social
Person, parent, farmer, music devotee, true believer in policy for the people, occasional bureaucrat. Maine. Opinions? All mine.
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😳WATCH & SHARE — NURSE: “These Republican Medicaid/Medicare cuts will cause chaos, kill the disabled & elderly, hurt rural 🇺🇸, and impact everyone… it’s unpopular — That’s why they did it at 1AM. CALL YOUR SENATORS.”
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May 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
😳WATCH & SHARE — NURSE: “These Republican Medicaid/Medicare cuts will cause chaos, kill the disabled & elderly, hurt rural 🇺🇸, and impact everyone… it’s unpopular — That’s why they did it at 1AM. CALL YOUR SENATORS.”
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March 15, 2025:
March 15, 2025
March 15 is a crucially important day in U.S.
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March 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
March 15, 2025:
Gift article for folks w/o PPH Subscription
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Maine Sea Grant in jeopardy after Trump administration terminates $4.5 million grant program
The move to discontinue the four-year agreement — which comes amid the White House's efforts to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget — leaves the fishery organization’s p...
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March 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Gift article for folks w/o PPH Subscription
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Macon Bolling Allen, was admitted to the Maine bar decades earlier as the nation’s first Black lawyer. His picture hung at City Hall for several years. Historians say it was the only known image of him to have ever existed.
America’s first Black lawyer started in Maine. His only known portrait has been missing for decades.
Macon Bolling Allen went on to become the nation's first African American judge and was a partner at the first Black-led firm in South Carolina.
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February 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Macon Bolling Allen, was admitted to the Maine bar decades earlier as the nation’s first Black lawyer. His picture hung at City Hall for several years. Historians say it was the only known image of him to have ever existed.
Grateful to have an AG Commissioner standing up for #MaineFarmers
#Dirigo
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#Dirigo
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February 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Grateful to have an AG Commissioner standing up for #MaineFarmers
#Dirigo
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#Dirigo
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Just highlighting here that the Maine USDA staff are NOT the folks making decisions to withhold payments. These folks are hard working #CivilServants who have dedicated their careers to helping our small businesses and farmers. This is coming from the top.
"He secured a $90,000 bank loan, cobbled together $15,000 in cash and hired a contractor to install the array. Although the work is done, the USDA is now refusing to reimburse him."
This is what rural America is up against.
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This is what rural America is up against.
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Maine farmers left in limbo by federal funding freeze
Despite having signed government contracts, farmers who have spent money on projects to conserve soil, water and power have been told they cannot get reimbursed until USDA programs and policies are re...
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February 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Just highlighting here that the Maine USDA staff are NOT the folks making decisions to withhold payments. These folks are hard working #CivilServants who have dedicated their careers to helping our small businesses and farmers. This is coming from the top.
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Civil Service Strong from former OPM director and other dedicated former officials is working to help current civil service employees. Civil servants work for the people. Spread the word.
www.civilservicestrong.org
www.civilservicestrong.org
Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants
Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...
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February 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Civil Service Strong from former OPM director and other dedicated former officials is working to help current civil service employees. Civil servants work for the people. Spread the word.
www.civilservicestrong.org
www.civilservicestrong.org
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Hello, brothers and sisters in public service. This is the official resistance group of USDA Rural Development. #RuralMatters
February 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Hello, brothers and sisters in public service. This is the official resistance group of USDA Rural Development. #RuralMatters
They are our neighbors.
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
February 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
They are our neighbors.
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Vianey shared this video of farm workers pruning in the orchards of Hanford CA. He shares he doesnt understand why so many don’t appreciate the hard work and sacrifice of farm workers. Man or woman, they only want to work in peace and provide for their families. #WeFeedYou
February 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Vianey shared this video of farm workers pruning in the orchards of Hanford CA. He shares he doesnt understand why so many don’t appreciate the hard work and sacrifice of farm workers. Man or woman, they only want to work in peace and provide for their families. #WeFeedYou
Here's what I can tell you after leading a team of federal employees for 3+ years: 🧵
1.) Those "federal employees"? They care - a lot. The community you live in? That's their community too. Where their kids and grandkids go to school.
1.) Those "federal employees"? They care - a lot. The community you live in? That's their community too. Where their kids and grandkids go to school.
January 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Here's what I can tell you after leading a team of federal employees for 3+ years: 🧵
1.) Those "federal employees"? They care - a lot. The community you live in? That's their community too. Where their kids and grandkids go to school.
1.) Those "federal employees"? They care - a lot. The community you live in? That's their community too. Where their kids and grandkids go to school.
I just delivered the final turkey order of our 10th pasture season. We work hard here at the farm and we have health care, access to clean bathrooms, a warm home, and earned EQUITY because we own this land. When our turkey is on your table Thursday, remember Esteban. He has earned these things too.
Esteban spent hours trudging through muddy, wet fields cutting pumpkin vines. Despite the exhausting work and difficult conditions workers typically earn minimum wage. This #Thanksgiving remember the hard work behind the pumpkin pie on your table. #WeFeedYou
November 27, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I just delivered the final turkey order of our 10th pasture season. We work hard here at the farm and we have health care, access to clean bathrooms, a warm home, and earned EQUITY because we own this land. When our turkey is on your table Thursday, remember Esteban. He has earned these things too.
All I want for my birthday is a just and equitable food system.
P.S. it comes in every color, and I already know it fits.
P.S. it comes in every color, and I already know it fits.
Gallo of Sonoma workers are hard at work getting the vineyard ready for next year's crop. They appreciate their union contract which ensures they have the safety gear they need including gloves, safety goggles and more. #WeFeedYou
November 18, 2024 at 1:12 AM
All I want for my birthday is a just and equitable food system.
P.S. it comes in every color, and I already know it fits.
P.S. it comes in every color, and I already know it fits.
Oooh Lord,
If we can please just have nice things, I promise to only use Bluesky for the forces of good and not evil, and to not spend too much time binge scrolling and laughing at all the clever, snarky comments and adorable dog pictures.
Amen 😉
If we can please just have nice things, I promise to only use Bluesky for the forces of good and not evil, and to not spend too much time binge scrolling and laughing at all the clever, snarky comments and adorable dog pictures.
Amen 😉
November 15, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Oooh Lord,
If we can please just have nice things, I promise to only use Bluesky for the forces of good and not evil, and to not spend too much time binge scrolling and laughing at all the clever, snarky comments and adorable dog pictures.
Amen 😉
If we can please just have nice things, I promise to only use Bluesky for the forces of good and not evil, and to not spend too much time binge scrolling and laughing at all the clever, snarky comments and adorable dog pictures.
Amen 😉