Zafra Whitcomb

October 10, 2025 All of President Donald J.

"Immigration lawyer Aaron Reichlin-Melnick commented: 'Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?'"

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Graham in Belfast! Town Hall at The American Legion · Graham for Maine BELFAST: I'm coming to you. We'll be at The American Legion from 6:00pm-7:00pm on Wednesday, Oct. 8th. I hope you'll come and check out this movement we're building to defeat Susan Collins and her mul...

I'm attending Graham for Maine's event, “Graham in Belfast! Town Hall at The American Legion” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/grahamformai...

But what violence does, it closes you off, it turns the world into a stranger. Into worse than that. Something unknowable and impossible to know, something easy to kill."
- Tochi Onyebuci, Harmattan Season @tochitruestory.bsky.social

"It's like a muscle, belonging to a community. If you leave it for too long, it atrophies. You forget you were ever able to greet your neighbor. The world is full of strangers forever closed off to you ... I do not condone violence, but I do not condemn my people ...

Caricature of Donald Trump with open mouth spewing green bile and a big black fly on his tongue.

"En boca cerrada no entran moscas"
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Donald Trump is speedrunning the history of presidential scandals From Teapot Dome to his own prior impeachment, there are historical echoes to Trump’s brewing scandals.

Winning bigly... www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

5/ "20 Stars ... Phenomenal show ... Katie [Glessner] was stellar ... the whole cast was brilliant ... I will be raving about this show for a long time." - A.S.
"So great! Do not miss this show. An amazing cast." - A.E.
"Preview Night was FANTASTIC!!
Great Show!!!" - A.C.

4/ "...amazing, captivating, hilarious, and entertaining. A whirlwind of emotions and tension that rips you out of your seat, thrashes you about, and then rests you gently back in your seat, thinking, "WTF just happened and why am I grinning so much?" - T.H.
"It was great!" - R.R.

3/ Here are just a few unsolicited audience testimonials from opening weekend of "Becky's New Car":
"Went to Friday's show, it was Fantastic." - S.R.

2/ Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 PM, with TWO matinees: Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM.
Tickets are priced at $18 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors and can be purchased online now.

Maine peeps - you must see this show!
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[Belfast Maskers'] first play of 2025, "Becky’s New Car" is a high-octane comedy by an acclaimed playwright. The run continues through March 16th at the Basil Burwell Community Theater (17 Court Street in Belfast).

What you can do Revised and expanded

Don't mourn - organize!
#BuildTheResistance #StopTheCoup

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"Musk will reinvent the US government in the way that the hyperloop reinvented trains, that the Boring company reinvented subways, that Juicero reinvented squeezing."

#StopTheCoup #BuildTheResistence

February 8, 2025 Yesterday the National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration announced a new policy that will dramatically change the way the United States funds medical research.

#Project2025 Destroying our capacity for innovation and economic growth and crippling our national security and public safety infrastructure. That's a heck of an own goal...

#BuildTheResistence #StopTheCoup

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Send Us Photos of Changes to Federal Buildings We’re documenting how federal buildings are changing during the transition to the new government.

We’re looking to document changes in the physical appearances of federal buildings during the transition to the Trump administration. Use this form to send us photos of what you’ve seen.

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A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’ An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

The Audacity, a local group organizing Creative Action Together, starts weekly community singing protests this Saturday at Noon in Rockland. We welcome all opposed to the bigotry, corruption, and fascism of Trump and his minions. Gather at Chapman Park (Park and Main) every Saturday. [1/4]

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

About Infiltrators and “Bad Actors” in Maine political rallies Feb 6th 2025 Normally I would post this directly to one of the political FaceBook pages in the area, but these blogs get more staying power if posted here. In case you have been hibernating in a hollow log in t…

My reaction to the Feb 5h rally: wp.me/p2mf8z-11E

Maine writer and civil rights pioneer team up on new kids’ book Phillip Hoose collaborated on 'Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!' about Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks.

Claudette Colvin wanted to share her story of standing up to Jim Crow laws in the 1950s with young people today. Maine author Phillip Hoose helped her do it.

Analysis | The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.

Shocking. I'm completely shocked.

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February 6, 2025 The U.S.

“It has become ever more apparent that, to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals... something to navigate around or simply ignore” - U.S. District Judge John Coughenour

#BuildTheResistance #StopTheCoup

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Time for a snow day double feature
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Space agencies raise risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth The probability of a 2032 collision with the 50-meter asteroid has risen to 1.9%. However, ongoing calculations in the coming days and weeks may cause this estimate to fluctuate

On the up side, there's a 1 in 50 chance that none of this horses**t will matter after Xmas 2032... english.elpais.com/science-tech...

All The Federal Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders We put them all in one place.

And this one: www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r...

It's hard to keep up...

A federal judge has just ordered Musk to get out of Treasury’s computers. We are fortunate there are good lawyers representing democracy. Normally that would end the matter, but in this era there are legit questions about compliance & enforcement. We live on the edge of a constitutional crisis.

Huzzah! #BuildTheResistance #StopTheCoup #r/50501 #50501Protests #Feb5 #USProtests #Maine #Augusta #AugustaME