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Ferris Wheeler
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6th-generation Mainer from New Jersey. Slug charmer, fan of the Oxford comma. You can follow me but I'm not going anywhere.

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NO on Question 1
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Not sure about upcoming ballot questions?
The GOP (w/Leonard Leo) backed ballot measure, if passed, would radically restrict voting in Maine.

40% of Mainers & 60% of Maine seniors depend on mail voting. Do not let this measure pass. #NoOn1

#MEpolitics
A GOP-Backed Ballot Measure Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting in Maine
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For someone who grew up with this musical imprinted on their soul, this hits pretty hard

youtu.be/jV9mEkvJAbE
Edelweiss for Today: Epstein Files; A Sound of Music Challenge for Trump
YouTube video by Shirley Șerban
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October 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
October 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
@Governor Janet Mills, you've been kinda quiet since your inspiring "See you in court" moment.
Wes Moore is NOT playing: I am the Commander in Chief of the National Guard. I will not authorize the Maryland National Guard to be activated.

THIS is how you fight back.
September 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Welcome to the many, many people who have found this campaign in the last week.

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.

2,900 volunteers. $1 million raised. In just over a week.

Join us.
August 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I'm attending No Kings' event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Rep Jeffries is using his time to give folks time to keep calling and he’s also giving us the blueprint for what needs to be done for 2026.

He’s literally naming names but some of y’all are too busy complaining to notice that.

He’s
Giving
You
The
Blueprint

Pay attention!!!
July 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@moderation.bsky.app
Please review your censorship ("rude" label) of @sonsofliberty. I follow this guy on YouTube; he's a passionate anti-fascist and an important voice in the anti-Trump/project 2025 resistance.
April 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration?

I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.

I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
February 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM