I just gave Republicans a chance to backtrack on the $1 TRILLION cuts to Medicaid in their budget bill. Every single one of them doubled down on their plans to deny their constituents life-saving health care and voted no.

This headline is also...false?

The bill advanced! Because Susan Collins voted to let it thru! It's on the verge of becoming law! How is that "a weekend of setbacks"?

Is anybody awake over at @pressherald.com? #MEpolitics @joelawlorph.bsky.social @randybillings.bsky.social

Lewiston mother sues Androscoggin County jail, medical contractor for son’s 2023 death Trevor Saunders died of pneumonia at the jail in 2023. His mother says the jail and its medical staff ignored his pain and cries for help.

Ashby believes her son’s death is indicative of a larger, systemic problem at the jail, where, her lawsuits state, staff routinely dismiss and ignore inmates’ medical needs.

These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to.

This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.

So ICE took her into custody.

The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.

"I can't breathe."

Page One in Des Moines.

@jemsinger.bsky.social

DHS now threatening *all* of Harvard's international students with loss of legal status. Just beyond the pale. #edusky #academicsky #phdsky #highered

People want institutions to stand up

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The Texas House has approved a $1 billion private school voucher bill — the culmination of more than three decades of work by Christian conservative donors.

@jschwartzreporter.bsky.social explains how we got to this moment (published 2024):

If you receive one of these bizarre, unethical, poorly written letters from Ed Martin, please send it to me so that I can write about how bizarre, unethical, and poorly written it is.

Signal: annabower.24

Email: anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org

Musk’s SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield SpaceX-led group is pitching the Pentagon on a ‘subscription model’ for missile defense

Listen, we should not let the richest people in the world own a network of globe-spanning surveillance satellites connected to another network of satellites equipped with lasers and missiles that they "rent" to the US military. Come on.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Cuts to USDA & Farming Contracts
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affects forestry, energy, conservation, rural development, food banks, school programs, nutrition, research and SO much more, not just farmers.
#STOPtheCUTS #HONORtheCONTRACTS #PAYtheFARMERS #SrandUPforFarmers

Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.

This is what its like to work in the Trump administration now. When a career official objected to declaring that living immigrants were dead on legal and ethical grounds, security guards went to his office and told him to leave.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is right. The fact that they’re doing this to “innocent people” is not irrelevant, but it’s ultimately not the point. People convicted of crimes have rights too. And you can be damn sure that if they want to convict them - or me, or you - of something, they will.

BREAKING: SCOTUS will require the government to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia — but remands to district court to clarify its directive

Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

Salt Lake City showed up

A large crowd of protesters gathered in St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo by Tim Evans/AFP — Getty Images

Demonstrators gathered across the U.S. on Saturday for a day of protest against President Trump and his policies. Read more: nyti.ms/3Ebi0oi

Massive crowd at Hands Off rally in St. Paul, Minnesota

Wow. #HandsOff rally in St. Paul, Minnesota is massive!

Portland OR Hands Off Rally

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING
#handsoff

Image of large crowd gathered in protest, stretching into the distance between two rows of tall buildings.

Image of yelling teen holding a sign aloft with crowd of protesters in the background.

Throngs of protesters holding signs line both sides of a street in a downtown scene.

This is just so impressive.
Monument Square, Portland Maine
Apr 5, 2025, Hands ØFF rally in protest of the current administration and their reign of terror.
All photos show credits.

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

Thurmond was the same age as Booker when he set the record Senator Cory Booker just broke.

Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours.

Incredible.

Seven polling sites in Milwaukee ran out of ballots due to "historic turnout" according to city election director. More ballots are being printed and on way. Very important to remind voters that if they're in line when polls close at 8 CT they get to vote. Do not leave. Please spread the word

Aleksei Navalny Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners

A posthumous memoir by the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, which detailed his fight against autocracy and corruption in Russia and was published eight months after he died in prison, won a National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography.

Why Shoppers Abroad Are Boycotting U.S. Goods A growing number of Europeans and citizens of other countries are choosing not to buy American products to demonstrate their anger at President Trump’s policies.

People around the world are choosing not to buy American products to demonstrate their anger at President Trump’s policies. “We all feel that we are doing something,” said one boycotter. “We are acting on our frustration.”

Canadians to Maine: No Thanks! | CNN Canadian tourists make up about 30-40% of the revenue for many businesses in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. This year, many are choosing to skip their regular getaway, given President Trump’s antagonistic ...

Does this impact any Republican districts in Maine ?

If so, Ask that representative why he is putting Trump ahead of his district !

Canadians to Maine: No, thanks!

www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/t...

JUST IN: Trump pulls security clearances of more political/legal adversaries — some of these were previously known but new list includes:

-Kamala Harris
-Liz Cheney
-Joe Biden + Biden family
-Fiona Hill

we believe we are special and we simply are not

Beyond being crazily against the law for the IRS to hand over this info, it's also so painfully stupid. These are people who are paying their taxes, and Trump is making sure they never will again.

This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public.

They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.