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Portland Maine people: join area high school students protesting ICE seizing local students and their families.
Wednesday Dec. 3 at 2 pm Monument Square
Wednesday Dec. 3 at 2 pm Monument Square
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Portland Maine people: join area high school students protesting ICE seizing local students and their families.
Wednesday Dec. 3 at 2 pm Monument Square
Wednesday Dec. 3 at 2 pm Monument Square
Portland Hearts of Ice - our team at City Hall
Portland’s homeless residents struggle to stay warm as snow arrives
The city's warming shelter didn't open during the first storm of the winter because temperatures and snow accumulation did not meet the required threshold, leaving some people out in the cold.
www.pressherald.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Portland Hearts of Ice - our team at City Hall
Read our profane holiday issue early so you can argue about it this Thanksgiving!
December 2025 Print Edition
Maine Democrats claim they can't stop Trump's cruel food and housing cuts. That's a goddamn lie
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Read our profane holiday issue early so you can argue about it this Thanksgiving!
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Listening to Derek’s lovely album dslobley.bandcamp.com/album/begemot
begemot, by dslobley
9 track album
dslobley.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Listening to Derek’s lovely album dslobley.bandcamp.com/album/begemot
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Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social.
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social.
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More than 1,200 at-risk Mainers could lose housing under federal changes, Gov. Mills warns mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/17/m...
More than 1,200 at-risk Mainers could lose housing under federal changes, Gov. Mills warns • Maine Morning Star
Gov. Janet Mills is asking the federal government to rescind new guidance that could put more than 1,200 Mainers at risk of losing their housing. Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
mainemorningstar.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
More than 1,200 at-risk Mainers could lose housing under federal changes, Gov. Mills warns mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/17/m...
A treasure trove of new Maine music awaits your click…
The Bollard Bulletin for Nov. 17, 2025
Local Music Monday: Chris Brown’s “Tip Sheet”
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November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A treasure trove of new Maine music awaits your click…
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📖 OUT TODAY! The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits is available at all major book retailers and many local bookstores across the U.S.
All proceeds from book sales go to support Worth Rises. Get your copy today and one for a friend!
worthrises.org/theprisonind...
All proceeds from book sales go to support Worth Rises. Get your copy today and one for a friend!
worthrises.org/theprisonind...
Worth Rises — The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
worthrises.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📖 OUT TODAY! The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits is available at all major book retailers and many local bookstores across the U.S.
All proceeds from book sales go to support Worth Rises. Get your copy today and one for a friend!
worthrises.org/theprisonind...
All proceeds from book sales go to support Worth Rises. Get your copy today and one for a friend!
worthrises.org/theprisonind...
Another declaration of open warfare against the poor and disabled. The social contract in this country is officially in the shredder.
Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Another declaration of open warfare against the poor and disabled. The social contract in this country is officially in the shredder.
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"Why was it necessary to ban hemp in the deal that you supported that was supposedly focused squarely on reopening the government?" seems like a pretty basic question for Susan Collins and Angus King. #MEpolitics
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Why was it necessary to ban hemp in the deal that you supported that was supposedly focused squarely on reopening the government?" seems like a pretty basic question for Susan Collins and Angus King. #MEpolitics
City officials more than triple the fine even for harmless snow ban violations during an especially hard winter for the non-rich.
Snowed Again
Portland seeks "equity" by increasing fear and hardship among renters this winter
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
City officials more than triple the fine even for harmless snow ban violations during an especially hard winter for the non-rich.
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THIS WEEK!
TUESDAY: @biancatylek.bsky.social, co-author with @worthrises.bsky.social of, "The Prison Industry" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
WEDNESDAY: Ray D. Madoff, author of, "The Second Estate: How US Code Made American Aristocracy" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social).
www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...
TUESDAY: @biancatylek.bsky.social, co-author with @worthrises.bsky.social of, "The Prison Industry" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
WEDNESDAY: Ray D. Madoff, author of, "The Second Estate: How US Code Made American Aristocracy" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social).
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November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
THIS WEEK!
TUESDAY: @biancatylek.bsky.social, co-author with @worthrises.bsky.social of, "The Prison Industry" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
WEDNESDAY: Ray D. Madoff, author of, "The Second Estate: How US Code Made American Aristocracy" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social).
www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...
TUESDAY: @biancatylek.bsky.social, co-author with @worthrises.bsky.social of, "The Prison Industry" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
WEDNESDAY: Ray D. Madoff, author of, "The Second Estate: How US Code Made American Aristocracy" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social).
www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...
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Our local alt-weekly @the-bollard.bsky.social wrote the most perceptive, flat-out entertaining review of our band's latest record. Super grateful, mostly on behalf of my friend Joe, the songwriter. No one has matched Chris Busby's close reading 🤯
Wherein I pretend to be Tommy Mottola or some shit like that...
The Bollard Bulletin for Nov. 3, 2025
Local Music Monday: Would you sign Chico States?
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November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Our local alt-weekly @the-bollard.bsky.social wrote the most perceptive, flat-out entertaining review of our band's latest record. Super grateful, mostly on behalf of my friend Joe, the songwriter. No one has matched Chris Busby's close reading 🤯
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NEW Patreon:
Stewart Home on "Fascist Yoga" (@plutopress.bsky.social)
Philip Kadish on "Great White Hoax" (@thenewpress.bsky.social)
Brent Z. Kaup/Kelly F. Austin on "Pathogens of Finance" (@ucpress.bsky.social)
Hamid Dabashi on "After Savagery" (@haymarketbooks.org)
www.patreon.com/posts/new-bo...
Stewart Home on "Fascist Yoga" (@plutopress.bsky.social)
Philip Kadish on "Great White Hoax" (@thenewpress.bsky.social)
Brent Z. Kaup/Kelly F. Austin on "Pathogens of Finance" (@ucpress.bsky.social)
Hamid Dabashi on "After Savagery" (@haymarketbooks.org)
www.patreon.com/posts/new-bo...
NEW BONUS PATREON EP!: What We Learned in October (part 2) and How We Broke a 2002 War Crimes Story | This Is Hell!
Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon
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November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
NEW Patreon:
Stewart Home on "Fascist Yoga" (@plutopress.bsky.social)
Philip Kadish on "Great White Hoax" (@thenewpress.bsky.social)
Brent Z. Kaup/Kelly F. Austin on "Pathogens of Finance" (@ucpress.bsky.social)
Hamid Dabashi on "After Savagery" (@haymarketbooks.org)
www.patreon.com/posts/new-bo...
Stewart Home on "Fascist Yoga" (@plutopress.bsky.social)
Philip Kadish on "Great White Hoax" (@thenewpress.bsky.social)
Brent Z. Kaup/Kelly F. Austin on "Pathogens of Finance" (@ucpress.bsky.social)
Hamid Dabashi on "After Savagery" (@haymarketbooks.org)
www.patreon.com/posts/new-bo...
Coming to a wall near you...
The Bollard Bulletin for Nov. 6, 2025
This week's glorious art gallery guide + more!
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Coming to a wall near you...
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It’s good news that the Trump Administration is finally following the law and sending out partial SNAP payments. But it’s not enough. State lawmakers, including those in Maine, need to commit to funding the rest with our own money. No one should go hungry due to what’s happening in DC #mepolitics
The Trump administration will send partial payments this month to the roughly 42 million Americans who receive food stamps as the federal shutdown approaches its sixth week. The roughly one in eight families that receive SNAP may still be at risk of imminent hunger and financial hardship.
Trump Administration to Send Only Partial Food Stamp Payments This Month
The government said it would send the aid after a court ruled last week that it must preserve the program known as SNAP during the shutdown.
nyti.ms
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s good news that the Trump Administration is finally following the law and sending out partial SNAP payments. But it’s not enough. State lawmakers, including those in Maine, need to commit to funding the rest with our own money. No one should go hungry due to what’s happening in DC #mepolitics
Wherein I pretend to be Tommy Mottola or some shit like that...
The Bollard Bulletin for Nov. 3, 2025
Local Music Monday: Would you sign Chico States?
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Wherein I pretend to be Tommy Mottola or some shit like that...
"You know none of us really have a name, right?"
The Bollard Bulletin for Oct. 27, 2025
Local Music Monday: The liberating anonymity of Crosses of Ash
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"You know none of us really have a name, right?"
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Still waiting (right?) for Mills or Frey or Maine DAs etc etc to tell folks what they should do if masked, armed groups of unidentified men try to grab them up off the street.
Should folks flee? Fight back? Call 911? Submit?
A basic question that deserved a clear answer months ago. #MEpolitics
Should folks flee? Fight back? Call 911? Submit?
A basic question that deserved a clear answer months ago. #MEpolitics
ICE and CBP GOONS are patrolling Chicago in unmarked civilian cars, kidnapping and disappearing people for filming.
October 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Still waiting (right?) for Mills or Frey or Maine DAs etc etc to tell folks what they should do if masked, armed groups of unidentified men try to grab them up off the street.
Should folks flee? Fight back? Call 911? Submit?
A basic question that deserved a clear answer months ago. #MEpolitics
Should folks flee? Fight back? Call 911? Submit?
A basic question that deserved a clear answer months ago. #MEpolitics
Hot off the pixel presses! Buy us a beer & read it now!
November 2025 Print Edition
The Fading Art of Handcrafted Watercraft
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October 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Hot off the pixel presses! Buy us a beer & read it now!
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I saw a wizard hat lost in the stars
Salvation Army man handing out jars
But they were empty
And so were the gas tanks of our cars
from “Wizard Hat Lost in the Stars” by Circus Devils, When Machines Attack (2013)
Salvation Army man handing out jars
But they were empty
And so were the gas tanks of our cars
from “Wizard Hat Lost in the Stars” by Circus Devils, When Machines Attack (2013)
October 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I saw a wizard hat lost in the stars
Salvation Army man handing out jars
But they were empty
And so were the gas tanks of our cars
from “Wizard Hat Lost in the Stars” by Circus Devils, When Machines Attack (2013)
Salvation Army man handing out jars
But they were empty
And so were the gas tanks of our cars
from “Wizard Hat Lost in the Stars” by Circus Devils, When Machines Attack (2013)
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Susan Collins says she'd prefer that Trump not aggregate to himself the power to kill whoever he wants whenever and wherever he wants but is not sure she'll vote to stop him from doing so. #MEpolitics
Susan Collins declines to say how she will vote on a resolution restricting Trump from taking military action in Venezuela
#mesen #mepolitics
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
#mesen #mepolitics
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Susan Collins says she'd prefer that Trump not aggregate to himself the power to kill whoever he wants whenever and wherever he wants but is not sure she'll vote to stop him from doing so. #MEpolitics
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NEW FREE HELL!
Our guest is @philipkadish.bsky.social, author of, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
Support our work -- and get daily bonus content -- before we're labelled criminals under Trump's NSPM-7.
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Our guest is @philipkadish.bsky.social, author of, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
Support our work -- and get daily bonus content -- before we're labelled criminals under Trump's NSPM-7.
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NEW EP! The Great White Hoaxes of Racial Inferiority and White Supremacy | This Is Hell!
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October 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
NEW FREE HELL!
Our guest is @philipkadish.bsky.social, author of, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
Support our work -- and get daily bonus content -- before we're labelled criminals under Trump's NSPM-7.
www.patreon.com/posts/new-ep...
Our guest is @philipkadish.bsky.social, author of, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
Support our work -- and get daily bonus content -- before we're labelled criminals under Trump's NSPM-7.
www.patreon.com/posts/new-ep...
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This week in Hell!
TUESDAY:
Stewart Home on "Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order in Wellness" (@plutopress.bsky.social).
WEDNESDAY:
Philip Kadish, author of, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
TUESDAY:
Stewart Home on "Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order in Wellness" (@plutopress.bsky.social).
WEDNESDAY:
Philip Kadish, author of, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
This Is Hell!
Long-form interviews with writers, thinkers and workers from around the world and across the spectrum of experience.
thisishell.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This week in Hell!
TUESDAY:
Stewart Home on "Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order in Wellness" (@plutopress.bsky.social).
WEDNESDAY:
Philip Kadish, author of, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
TUESDAY:
Stewart Home on "Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order in Wellness" (@plutopress.bsky.social).
WEDNESDAY:
Philip Kadish, author of, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).
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It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.