Clarissa W. Atkinson

‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo

Black Americans have always been at the heart of the country’s democracy movement and attacking and humiliating them is key work of those who hate democracy.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

"I really wish this wasn’t happening, but it's nice to see so many people are willing to come out here and freeze our butts off to show people we’ve got their backs" - Julia, who works at a business nearby and didn't share her last name because she doesn't want to be targeted by ICE.

Well, this Portlander is giving these guys he says are ICE agents, a piece of his mind as they wander off into the snow-filled night.

#Maine #ICEoutOfMaine
#NonViolenceIsPower

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR Events for Friday JAN 16, 2026 Details confirmed as of 1/16 4:15AM Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #RESIST! Pg 1/3 Submit events to: ptactivism@gmail.com FRI JAN 16 ------------------ JAN 16, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – Calais Corner of North St & Main St, Calais, Maine Stand Up Downeast Maine – Join in our weekly protest, one block from the border crossing to Canada, for this lively & international atmosphere. Stand Up Downeast Network. JAN 16, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – Farmington Post Office, 196 Main St, Farmington, Maine PEACE & PROTEST VIGIL - Farmington and surrounding area activists gather at noon ON the Sidewalks in front of the post office with peace vigil signs and protest messages to advocate for peace and protect democracy. Started 21 yrs ago as a Women in Black Vigil, this is now a community event and includes Veterans for Peace, Western Mtns Third Act, and Indivisible. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879624/ JAN 16, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – Augusta Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002. JAN 16, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – Houlton Peace Pole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events JAN 16, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – Brunswick 156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens, Brunswick, Maine VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media. FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html (calendar cont'd in comments) PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right corner for links you can copy/paste. Pine Tree Activism strives to publish confirmed events with accurate details as submitted or as found on a group's official public listing. Only verified events are included. La…

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REPORT ICE: 207-544-9989
PEACEFULLY Observe & Document
#Organize #Resist #Oppose
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved

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“This Creature”: 40 Years of Margery Kempe In the mid-1970s, casting about for a dissertation topic, I stumbled over Margery Kempe. In those days you had to stumble over her – she did not appear in the syllabus of any course in medieval stu…

Brilliant indeed! I spent a looooong time with Margery starting back in the 1970s #MargeryKempe oldestvocation.com/2015/02/24/t...

In Our Time - Margery Kempe and English Mysticism - BBC Sounds Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.

Really interesting discussion about #MargeryKempe & her times:
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BBC Radio 4 - History's Heroes, History's Toughest Heroes, Margery Kempe: Ministry of Tears A medieval woman finds superhuman strength in her tears.

One for the #MargeryKempe stans. And the #RayWinstone stans. Dream team! 😭💪
BBC Radio 4 - History's Heroes, History's Toughest Heroes, Margery Kempe: Ministry of Tears share.google/bodbTnqBVfQC...

Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist

Weekend reading:

Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals

The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.

My new piece:

Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

This piece is a lovely reminder that in addtion to E.B. White's great children's novels Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little; and The Trumpet of the Swan, he also wrote a wealth of pointed, incisive, and/or poignant essays. www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...

Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.

DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

‼️ I said this about the current Supreme Court and some people looked at me crazy but I stand by it

as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum

Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.

Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.

“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”

#DefendHigherEd

Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties

I’m really enjoying the downfall of Larry Summers. He deserves every humiliation he is getting. And those if you know me know I don’t say that about people. Gift Link

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

Everyone in NYC should be camped out on @schumer.senate.gov’s doorstep in Park Slope. The @democrats.org CANNOT fold.

SUN AUG 31 ----------------- **NEW AUG 31, Sun-11-2:00PM – Skowhegan USW 9 Hall, 653 Waterville Road, Skowhegan. Central Maine Labor Council Day BBQ Free Labor Day BBQ sponsored by the Central Maine Labor Council on SUNDAY, August 31st at the USW 9 Hall, 653 Waterville Road, Skowhegan. 11:00am-2:00pm. Union members, friends, community allies, and family welcome. FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/816747/ AUG 31, Sun 12-1:00PM (& every Sun) – Belfast Post Office Square, Belfast, Maine Weekly Stand Out for Peace – https://www.mvprights.org/events AUG 31, Sun 12-1:00PM (& every Sun) – Ellsworth Union River Bridge downtown, Ellsworth, Maine Weekly Stand Out for Peace – https://www.mvprights.org/events AUG 31, Sun 1-2:00PM (& every Sun) – Waterville 1 Kennedy Memorial Dr (on the bridge next to CVS), Waterville, Maine STAND UP to Preserve and Restore Our Country – Demand restoration and preservation of our democracy, support of Ukraine, and opposition to the trump administration: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/779042/ AUG 31, Sun 4-5PM (& every Sun) – Portsmouth NH Market Square, Portsmouth, NH Civil Rights Sundays – Take a Stand to Defend Our Democracy! Bring signs, though signs/flags available! Hosted by Occupy Seacoast. MON Sept 1 ----------------- SEPT 1, Mon 11:30AM – Waterville Main St & Temple St, Waterville, Maine Weekly Stand Out for Peace – https://www.mvprights.org/events SEPT 1, Mon 3:30-4:30 (biweekly) – Blue Hill Blue Hill Co-op, 70 South St, Blue Hill, Maine Indivisible Peninsula Biweekly Klatch – Join in conversation and collaboration. It's a get together of Blue Hill Peninsula folk who care about preserving democracy. We gather outside when the weather is good. cont'd in comments) PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right corner for links you can copy/paste.

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Senator Susan Collins got an earful from protesters at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Searsport today.

J.B. Pritzker: "Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here."

This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.

Via @mainenewsroom.bsky.social's Instagram we learn that a new UNH poll found 95% of Mainers want to ban stock trading by members of Congress.

Not only does Susan Collins oppose a ban; her portfolio went up a bonkers 77.5% in 2024 -- an eyebrow-raising return even for a Wall St pro. #MEpolitics

The #FoxTakedown movement is growing.

People are taking their protests directly to Fox News, the Trump regime’s propaganda arm that’s enabling this fascist and billionaire takeover.

Visit foxtakedown.com for more info on how to join by protesting at your local station and taking other actions.

The Republican Party is just one big child sex trafficking and sexual abuse ring at this point

I’m still waiting for a Republican business owner or farmer to get arrested for illegally employing migrant workers. When are we going to get perp walk videos of them being hauled off to vans in cuffs by masked agents?

All of us deserve better than this tyrant.

Believing that no one should suffer under fascism is an important first step toward defeating it.

Impeach. Convict. Remove. Have courage.

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.

I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.

Last month, I sat down with @thenation.com to talk about the legacy of Fiorella La Guardia, how we're building a new kind of politics to meet this moment, and our mission to deliver a dignified life for the working people of this city.