Today is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Iβm ashamed to admit that I did not know this.
www.kpax.com/news/mmip/fa...
Thank you so much for keeping Mainers informed!
Maine is small but this is some real serious Trvmp vendetta bulls*** that you should all know about. People are going to die. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/04/25/s...
As a person who moved to Maine from away, I agree. No one from here likes being told by outsiders how they should conduct their business.
Hundreds of Maine lawyers signed a declaration urging others in the profession to reject attempts to intimidate or penalize those working in the legal system for representing interests that do not align with the views of the Trump administration. mainemorningstar.com/2025/05/01/m...
NEW: Former employees of a Nike clothing factory in Cambodia said they sometimes saw two or three people taken to an onsite clinic in a day. One described how he carried workers who were too weak to walk.
By @robwdavis.bsky.social
Iβve found itβs more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trumpβs first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 𧡠of my speech. People need to know this story.
Woman in sweatshirt that says Dead Inside and Out holding a mug that says Life is Beautiful Enjoy the Ride!
The cognitive dissonance of daily life in the US right now.
This Hawaiian island's 'freakosystems' are a warning from the future.
Do your job Senator Collins! π€¦π»ββοΈ
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
You ever just want to scream at every ad for a loan and say βI cannot afford this; stop trying to trap me in even more debt!β
Jeff Bezos canβt get my money anymore. I will go to bookshop.org.
@chelliepingree.bsky.social
9:01 β’01 < n pr εΈ β’β’ β’ The 'world's coolest dictator' heads to the White House El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele heads to the White House to discuss further cooperation with the U.S., including the continued use of El Salvador's supermax prison for deported migrants.
NPR can fuck off with this cutesy framing
The image shows a text post from a tumble user with the handle "theconcealedweapon" making an argument about the importance of protecting the rights of criminals as a safeguard against government tyranny. The post presents the following key points: If you want to prevent government tyranny, ensuring criminals have rights must be your top priority This is not meant as a joke or exaggeration Without rights for criminals, governments can simply label people as criminals to strip away their rights The post claims this has been a common tactic of tyrannical governments throughout history The post concludes that believing people who break laws should forfeit their rights is effectively supporting tyranny The argument centers on the idea that due process and legal protections for accused/convicted persons are fundamental safeguards against authoritarian government overreach.
no lies detected. #civilrights
Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed usersβ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
Yes, you do have to accept the no. youtube.com/shorts/oU-zz...
NEW: The committee Susan Collins runs -- supposedly in charge of federal spending -- has posted its first hearing since she took over.
Not on Musk/DOGE. Not on Trump's illegal cancellation of grants. Or his unconstitutional revenge campaign against Maine. Or his tariffs.
It's on this. #MEpolitics
Letβs be perfectly clear - misogynoir got us here. The United States needs to reckon with its history.
Susan Collins is part of the critical mass behind the largest tax hike in American history.
How do we know this? Because she's not using her power to stop it -- e.g. by withholding her votes from Trump nominees; or holding hearings; or objecting to unanimous consent requests. Etc etc. #MEpolitics
Advocates say the proposal to move special education services to HHS βfurther pathologizes disability and is treating 15% of all the children in our public school buildings like theyβre medical issues β theyβre not.β
Via @jennifershutt.bsky.social : The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released an analysis showing the GOP budget resolution would allow Congress to add up to $5.8 trillion to the deficit during the next decade.
I wonder where all the federal tax money is going amidst the indiscriminate cutting and firings? This makes me so angry!
