Martha Whitten Howell
@lubec.bsky.social
Born Auburn, Maine. Retired banking attorney. Married Peter Howell. Living our best life in DownEast Maine.
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Years of poor bookkeeping led to a financial crisis in Washington County. It’s not the only county government that is delayed in analyzing its finances.
Nearly half of Maine’s counties are behind on their audits
Years of poor bookkeeping led to a financial crisis in Washington County. It’s not the only county government that is delayed in analyzing its finances.
www.bangordailynews.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Years of poor bookkeeping led to a financial crisis in Washington County. It’s not the only county government that is delayed in analyzing its finances.
I would laugh if it were not so obscenely possible.
Before Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, he was readying for JD Vance to become the next president of the United States. Now, Erika Kirk is determined to make that happen.
Charlie Kirk’s Empire Is Lining Up Behind a JD Vance Presidential Bid
The vice president will speak Sunday at Turning Point USA’s premier event, days after Erika Kirk endorsed him for a 2028 run.
on.wsj.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I would laugh if it were not so obscenely possible.
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DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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When cats are under stress, they sometimes pee to mark territory and claim ownership. Same with fascists.
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
When cats are under stress, they sometimes pee to mark territory and claim ownership. Same with fascists.
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Most weak-kneed phrase in journalism right now?
“Critics say…”
“Critics say…”
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Most weak-kneed phrase in journalism right now?
“Critics say…”
“Critics say…”
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As I wrote a few months back: “the so-called announcement of a “deal” appears to be an announcement of a deal to make a deal.” When you’re dealing with Trump, that probably isn’t enough.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
As I wrote a few months back: “the so-called announcement of a “deal” appears to be an announcement of a deal to make a deal.” When you’re dealing with Trump, that probably isn’t enough.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
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Less than a month's rent. Big whoop.
"1,450,000 military service members will receive a special, we call, warrior dividend before Christmas. A warrior dividend. In honor of our nation's founding in 1776, we are sending every soldier $1,776," Trump said during his televised address to the nation. https://cnn.it/48MVA9y
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Less than a month's rent. Big whoop.
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Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
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Wow. Treating that speech with seriousness and not calling it what it was is…a choice
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Wow. Treating that speech with seriousness and not calling it what it was is…a choice
Glad I am not in a job where I have to watch it. Please, let's not give him air.
Trump says he will give national address on Wednesday reut.rs/4p250m5
Trump says he will give national address on Wednesday
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will give a national address from the White House on Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST(0200 GMT on Thursday). He did not provide a topic for the address.
reut.rs
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Glad I am not in a job where I have to watch it. Please, let's not give him air.
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No wonder the FBI hasn't found the Brown University shooter yet when so many agents have been shifted to the campaign to make America whiter.
Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement
Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
No wonder the FBI hasn't found the Brown University shooter yet when so many agents have been shifted to the campaign to make America whiter.
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The free world, if it is to remain free, must stop taking Ukraine’s unbelievable bravery for granted!
By refusing to send a clear, unambiguous stop now signal, Europe and America create the very vacuum that keeps pulling Russian violence westward.
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
By refusing to send a clear, unambiguous stop now signal, Europe and America create the very vacuum that keeps pulling Russian violence westward.
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
Three ways Russia's criminal war ends
Plus one path to peace the Free World should aim for, but doesn't
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The free world, if it is to remain free, must stop taking Ukraine’s unbelievable bravery for granted!
By refusing to send a clear, unambiguous stop now signal, Europe and America create the very vacuum that keeps pulling Russian violence westward.
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
By refusing to send a clear, unambiguous stop now signal, Europe and America create the very vacuum that keeps pulling Russian violence westward.
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
I seem to recall sharing the job w a buddy in English Lit. She read, um, Tristam Shandy and I read Tom Jones; then each schooled the other before class. Huge books!
In U.S. high schools, the age of the book may be fading.
Many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to a reader survey by The New York Times.
Many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to a reader survey by The New York Times.
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
When teachers do assign whole books, they often choose from a stagnant list of classics.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I seem to recall sharing the job w a buddy in English Lit. She read, um, Tristam Shandy and I read Tom Jones; then each schooled the other before class. Huge books!
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Great question 👇
Are regional Fed prez's supposed to vote based on the impact to local constituents or impact nationally?
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Great question 👇
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Oh. Of course.
WALKINSHAW: Are you familiar with the Proud Boys?
GLASHEEN: I'm familiar with the name
WALKINSHAW: Does the FBI still designate them as an extremist organization? They did during Trump's first term
GLASHEEN: We are in the process right now of changing our, uh, categories for domestic terrorism
GLASHEEN: I'm familiar with the name
WALKINSHAW: Does the FBI still designate them as an extremist organization? They did during Trump's first term
GLASHEEN: We are in the process right now of changing our, uh, categories for domestic terrorism
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Oh. Of course.
My anger and disgust with this administration grows by the day.
The Trump administration jettisoned a plan to honor the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and the civil-rights movement on quarters for the nation’s 250th birthday.
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My anger and disgust with this administration grows by the day.
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Unlike Supreme Court Justices, the rest of the fed’l judiciary is governed by canons of ethics. Among other things, they’re not supposed to attend political events & should avoid even an appearance of impropriety. joycevance.substack.com/p/judicial-e...
Judicial Ethics
Yesterday, Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Emil Bove attended an event where Donald Trump spoke.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Unlike Supreme Court Justices, the rest of the fed’l judiciary is governed by canons of ethics. Among other things, they’re not supposed to attend political events & should avoid even an appearance of impropriety. joycevance.substack.com/p/judicial-e...
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The Albuquerque election was a referendum on whether the city should cooperate with or obstruct ICE and CBP operations. Those for obstruction won by a two-to-one margin.
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The Albuquerque election was a referendum on whether the city should cooperate with or obstruct ICE and CBP operations. Those for obstruction won by a two-to-one margin.
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Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
Havent bought from Amazon in many months. It's easy.
Amazon workers in Quebec unionized, so Amazon closed all their fulfillment centres in the province.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Havent bought from Amazon in many months. It's easy.
Horrible. It's Brave New World
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Horrible. It's Brave New World
Hurray!
Honduras AG issues international arrest warrant for pardoned ex-president Hernandez reut.rs/4q0FoqU
Honduras AG issues international arrest warrant for pardoned ex-president Hernandez
Honduras Attorney General Johel Antonio Zelaya on Monday issued an international arrest warrant for former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, he said in a post on X.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Hurray!
It's always projection. He assumes everyone else is as crooked as he is.
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It's always projection. He assumes everyone else is as crooked as he is.
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The Underground Railroad. Mississippi Freedom Summer. And now, the ICE resistance
I went to New Orleans to witness the next American Revolution - everyday folk blowing whistles, chasing cars, and impeding the masked agents of a tyrannical regime. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
I went to New Orleans to witness the next American Revolution - everyday folk blowing whistles, chasing cars, and impeding the masked agents of a tyrannical regime. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
www.inquirer.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Underground Railroad. Mississippi Freedom Summer. And now, the ICE resistance
I went to New Orleans to witness the next American Revolution - everyday folk blowing whistles, chasing cars, and impeding the masked agents of a tyrannical regime. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
I went to New Orleans to witness the next American Revolution - everyday folk blowing whistles, chasing cars, and impeding the masked agents of a tyrannical regime. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
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The Supreme Court on Monday will consider whether President Trump can fire independent government officials despite laws meant to protect them from politics, a major test for the justices to determine how far to expand presidential power.
Supreme Court to Hear Major Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials
The court’s conservative majority has generally let President Trump remove leaders of independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, at least temporarily.
nyti.ms
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday will consider whether President Trump can fire independent government officials despite laws meant to protect them from politics, a major test for the justices to determine how far to expand presidential power.