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How some Maine parents are fighting back against conservative education groups
How some Maine parents are fighting back against conservative education groups
Parents of Maine students are beginning to organize against the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric from the growing number of conservative parents' organizations in Maine.
www.pressherald.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
How some Maine parents are fighting back against conservative education groups
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12/21 U.S. Senate Republicans are already using AI slop to deceive Maine voters #maine #MEpolitics
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
12/21 U.S. Senate Republicans are already using AI slop to deceive Maine voters #maine #MEpolitics
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We need some more tree-posting on this app.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
We need some more tree-posting on this app.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
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Where does Christian Nationalism gain traction? In the parts of the country the 1880-1924 Great Wave immigrants didn’t go. My latest for @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Immigrants Once Avoided Some Regions of America. That’s a Big Reason We’re So Divided.
Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.
www.politico.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Where does Christian Nationalism gain traction? In the parts of the country the 1880-1924 Great Wave immigrants didn’t go. My latest for @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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We generally don’t think much about county government, but downeast towns have to. #MEpolitics
Washington County seeks early payments of 2026 property taxes from municipalities to cover $8 million debt. Small towns may bear the burden.
Washington County asks towns to pay taxes early to address budget crisis
www.bangordailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We generally don’t think much about county government, but downeast towns have to. #MEpolitics
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SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Portland’s ICE protests at their doorstep: Gas masks, 100-decibel din, sleepless nights
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
October 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Portland’s ICE protests at their doorstep: Gas masks, 100-decibel din, sleepless nights
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
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Verified #altGov accounts will never ask for money because for some of us, integrity still matters. Anyone can call themself an alt.
Don’t let the grifters get you down. Do your good work in the world, bring some truth & joy (they’re not mutually exclusive!) & try to make a difference for someone.
Don’t let the grifters get you down. Do your good work in the world, bring some truth & joy (they’re not mutually exclusive!) & try to make a difference for someone.
October 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Verified #altGov accounts will never ask for money because for some of us, integrity still matters. Anyone can call themself an alt.
Don’t let the grifters get you down. Do your good work in the world, bring some truth & joy (they’re not mutually exclusive!) & try to make a difference for someone.
Don’t let the grifters get you down. Do your good work in the world, bring some truth & joy (they’re not mutually exclusive!) & try to make a difference for someone.
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It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
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Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities?
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities?
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is once again available on Sinclair and Nexstar TV stations
www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...
Sinclair and Nexstar restore 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to their local TV stations
The major broadcasting groups said in statements the late-night talk show will return to their TV stations on Friday.
www.npr.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is once again available on Sinclair and Nexstar TV stations
www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...
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The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
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Spencer Cox: "Our nation is broken. We had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the gov of Pennsylvania. And we had an attempted assassination on a president. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken"
September 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Spencer Cox: "Our nation is broken. We had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the gov of Pennsylvania. And we had an attempted assassination on a president. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken"
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I’m running for the U.S. Senate.
Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people.
youtube.com/shorts/IpO0S...
Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people.
youtube.com/shorts/IpO0S...
I’m running for the U.S. Senate
YouTube video by James Talarico
youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I’m running for the U.S. Senate.
Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people.
youtube.com/shorts/IpO0S...
Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people.
youtube.com/shorts/IpO0S...
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SHAMELESS: Donald Trump is slapping his name on infrastructure projects across the U.S. funded by President Biden’s historic 2021 infrastructure law that Trump opposed and tried to derail. (NYT)
September 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
SHAMELESS: Donald Trump is slapping his name on infrastructure projects across the U.S. funded by President Biden’s historic 2021 infrastructure law that Trump opposed and tried to derail. (NYT)
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Susan Collins hasn’t held a town hall in over 25 years. I’m holding 22 in the next two months.
Maine: wherever you are, I'll see you there.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/grahamrsvp
Maine: wherever you are, I'll see you there.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/grahamrsvp
September 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Susan Collins hasn’t held a town hall in over 25 years. I’m holding 22 in the next two months.
Maine: wherever you are, I'll see you there.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/grahamrsvp
Maine: wherever you are, I'll see you there.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/grahamrsvp
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…
September 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…
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Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
September 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
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#BREAKING: Judge Breyer has held that the Trump admin. *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in and around Los Angeles, and has enjoined further use of those troops for law enforcement tasks. The order is stayed through 12 PDT on 9/12:
georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...
georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#BREAKING: Judge Breyer has held that the Trump admin. *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in and around Los Angeles, and has enjoined further use of those troops for law enforcement tasks. The order is stayed through 12 PDT on 9/12:
georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...
georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...
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Wow! Love the photos. @drdemetre.bsky.social, Dan, and I greatly appreciate the community coming out to support us and lifting up the “bat signal” we sent out
Look who made the cover of AJC?
CDC heroes; our heroes.
They are heartbroken. We are heartbroken.
We will work together to #saveCDC and #savepublichealth.
@drdemetre.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social
Thanks @ajc.com for the coverage.
CDC heroes; our heroes.
They are heartbroken. We are heartbroken.
We will work together to #saveCDC and #savepublichealth.
@drdemetre.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social
Thanks @ajc.com for the coverage.
August 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Wow! Love the photos. @drdemetre.bsky.social, Dan, and I greatly appreciate the community coming out to support us and lifting up the “bat signal” we sent out