Clarissa W. Atkinson

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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#RESIST through #PEACEFULProtest
#STOPtheCUTS-HEALtheWOUNDS
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NO on Question 1 Protect Absentee Voting

Question 1 would eliminate voting access for rural voters, working families, seniors, and voters with disabilities. Maine’s absentee voting system is secure, and used by 40% of Mainers. Let’s keep it that way.
➡️ More: mainedems.org/protectabsente
#NoOnQuestion1 #ProtectAbsenteeVoting #MaineVotes

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.

@indivmidmaine.bsky.social @activatemaine.bsky.social

Protestors Take to the Water to Send Message to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has had a seasonal home on Hupper Island since 2006.

www.midcoastvillager.com/news/waterfr...

Good Trouble Lives On #EllsworthME: John Lewis Day of Action July 17, 2025 #GoodTrouble #GoodTroubleLivesOn #JohnLewisDayOfAction cc @dfadcoalition.bsky.social @demcast.com @indivisible.org @popdemocaction.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social @mariefollayttar.bsky.social goodtroubleliveson.org

It’s going to be real tough to discuss Japanese American internment without saying something negative.

All national parks now have this sign. Sanitizing crimes and erasing memory is one more step towards a white supremacist version of history.

PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR Events for June 16 – June 22 pg 1/8 Details confirmed as of Mon, June 16, 6:45AM Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #RESIST! Submit events to: ptactivism@gmail.com **SHOP LOCAL – All Day, Every Day – Nationwide** Support local small biz; it builds community & the local economy. When shopping large, patronize those corporations that actively support diversity,equity & inclusion. In Maine, Hannaford and Costco are great examples. #RESIST the Budget Bill & #SAVEMEDICAID FLOOD your Senators: Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 MON JUNE 16 ----------------- JUNE 16, Mon 11:00AM – Waterville Main St & Temple St, Waterville, Maine Weekly Stand Out for Peace – https://www.mvprights.org/events **JUNE 16, Mon 8-9:00PM EDT – Virtual Event – Join from anywhere (Attendee Debrief Call) NO KINGS: What's Next in the Fight? – On June 14, we told our governments and communities: No Kings! Join us on Monday night after the big day for a debrief call for everyone across the movement who attended a No Kings event. We'll talk about what we accomplished and what's next in the fight. https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/798722/ TUE JUNE 17 ------------------ JUNE 17, Tues 8-10:00AM (& every Tue) – Freeport Main & School Streets, Freeport, Maine Fighting for Freedom – Freeport Dems weekly stand-out. JUNE 17, Tues 12noon (& every Tue) – Cherryfield Rt 1 Bridge: Meet on the lower bridge Peaceful Rally in Support of Constitution & American Way of Life For Concerned Citizens and Patriots of all Parties JUNE 17, Tue 12-1:00PM (& every Tue) – Lewiston Across Susan Collins' office: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon St, Lewiston, Maine RESIST Central Maine, Call To Action – In urgent need of support! Bring signs! Street parking & parking garages nearby. https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/757948/ (cont'd in replies) Pine Tree Activism strives to publish confirmed events with accurate details as submitted or as found on…

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STOP PASSAGE of the BIG UGLY BUDGET BILL
It is disastrous to Medicaid and much more.
CALL your Senators! Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

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Empathy and Solidarity are the Antidotes to Authoritarianism: My Conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of "Strongmen" PLUS, a 25% subscription discount extended through the summer.

As we brace for Trump's escalation of conflict in LA and his vain $45m military parade, sharing convo I had with @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social this week. We covered a lot of ground. But this stood out:
Empathy and solidarity are the antidotes to authoritarianism.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/empathy-an...

Torrington, Connecticut showed UP today @ #NoKings #NoKingsDay #FlagDay 🇺🇸 1000 or more patriots 4/5 deep along Coe Park & across on the other side. 3x previous turnout & we are growing! #DefendDemocracy #Indivisible #IndivisibleNWCT @indivisible.org @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson American Conversations: Technology Reporter Gil Duran

Holy CRAP. This was fascinating. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @gilduran.com w/ insight behind DOGE's gutting of govt. agencies, the administration's attacks on universities, Project 2025, and visions of a post-democracy America that would sound like science fiction if they weren't happening today.🇺🇸

Same people at all the protests for years 🔥🔥

How to Dismantle a Democracy, One Job Posting at a Time OPM’s new hiring memo imports the authoritarian playbook—quietly, bureaucratically, and by design.

This is absolutely essential reading in case you’re wondering what the wholesale dismantling of civil service work has to do with you. data4democracy.substack.com/p/how-to-dis...

75 years ago today, Maine’s first woman Senator, Margaret Chase Smith, delivered one of the most powerful speeches in American history.

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Family Lawyer Lincolniana: A Glimpse of Lincoln in 1864 by J. Hubley Ashton [click image above to read full account] My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for…

Norman Wong has become a persuasive & righteous spokesperson for #BirthrightCitizenship. In a smaller way I too fairly recently discovered a family connection to the issue—because it was my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton who argued #WongKimArk at SCOTUS in 1898 oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...

Family Lawyer Lincolniana: A Glimpse of Lincoln in 1864 by J. Hubley Ashton [click image above to read full account] My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for…

Norman Wong has become a persuasive & righteous spokesperson for #BirthrightCitizenship. In a smaller way I too fairly recently discovered a family connection to the issue—because it was my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton who argued #WongKimArk at SCOTUS in 1898 oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...

Family Lawyer Lincolniana: A Glimpse of Lincoln in 1864 by J. Hubley Ashton [click image above to read full account] My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for…

And in 1898 my great-grandfather argued #WongKimArk @ SCOTUS, w/ #BirthrightCitizenship as a requirement of the 14th Amendment. He prevailed despite the xenophobia of the era. Now, in the face of Trump's threats & deportations, we must insist on that same argument: oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...

The little-known history of birthright citizenship - The Washington Post The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday about birthright citizenship. Today we explore the history of this constitutional right and meet the man who has become an unlikely spoke...

New today: I joined Post Reporte podcast to discuss the history of the Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark decision cementing birthright citizenship and my story on his great grandson fighting to protect his legacy. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...