Our resident Elvis expert (!) Kelli Schmidt writes about Baz Luhrmann’s second feature about the King. 👑 open.substack.com/pub/themaine...
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Our resident Elvis expert (!) Kelli Schmidt writes about Baz Luhrmann’s second feature about the King. 👑 open.substack.com/pub/themaine...
Lockheed Martin, RTX Land F-35 Contracts, US to Triple Some Defense Prodution
This is a publicly funded industry, proof that the U.S. can create jobs programs and design industrial policy when it wants to, but only substantially does so for the purpose of war and violence.
Nancy Youssef tweet: The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 billion a day, a congressional official told me.
We're spending more EACH DAY on Susan Collins and Donald Trump's deadly war of choice than Collins procured in earmarks over the last SEVERAL YEARS.
Worth thinking about the next time Maine press runs a warmed over press release about the money Collins is supposedly bringing home. #MEpolitics
The “euphoria” with which these US jihadists preach to our troops is the scariest part. 100% CULT
Susan Collins and Jared Golden are praying for U.S. troops. We’ve received a response!
One of my favourite sides of politics/media.
A stunningly beautiful album by the Maine gothic-folk artist awaits your ears and hearts...
Our monthly contribution to the fine folks at @the-bollard.bsky.social: This Month at the Movies! bollardhead.substack.com/p/this-month...
"I'm also praying the Universal Sky God will help our troops inflict mass death, destruction and despair on innocent Iranians. I am, however, concerned about the president's debriefing process." — Sen. Susan Collins, direct quote
"I'm just praying to the Sky God of the Universe to keep all U.S. soldiers safe." — Rep. Jared Golden, paraphrased
"I'm just a small-town lawyer from Brunswick, Maine. I don't know what a 'war' is." — Sen. Angus King, paraphrased
HERE IT IS: Your entertaining and enlightening free guide to upcoming film screenings
"The draconian policies of our city manager and elected mayor and councilors are de facto death sentences for the poorest Portlanders. ... Medieval villages had more enlightened and compassionate public health and safety practices than Portland does now."
EXCLUSIVE: A view inside ICE's Maine detention machine and what it takes to escape it and survive
A whopping 700,000 Mainers don't have a passport. That (or an "enhanced REAL ID," which Maine doesn't use, are acceptable ids for voting under the SAVE Act. #mepolitics.
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Janet Mills claimed to have raised $1 million from small donors in the first 24 hours of her campaign. It turns out half that was big donations, and her small-dollar fundraising has sputtered since then.
None of this is normal
New proposal would tap real estate tax on million-dollar homes to fund homeless shelters mainemorningstar.com/2026/02/11/n...
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