Sarah Laurence

Where are you protesting on Saturday? Lots of options in Maine, and others driving down to Boston and DC. #mepolitics #Handsoff

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

🚨ATTENTION PUBLIC HEALTH ALLIES!🚨

We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.

Please spread the word!

#courageiscontagious #spreadthecolor

They needed an overflow room for the empty chair town hall for Rep. Jared 'it's fine if Trump wins' Golden, currently ongoing in Bangor. #MEpolitics

Thank you!

Collins snaps at reporter on Trump policy turmoil as public pressure on her increases - Maine Beacon Sen. Susan Collins pushed back against a reporter’s question Monday, dismissing concerns about the Trump administration’s recent policy swings that have disrupted federal funding for Maine. “I see tha...

Keep calling and writing, junior rangers! Susan is GeTtInG CrAnKy. 🦝🦝
#WhereIsSusan

mainebeacon.com/collins-snap...

My favorite part of the Twitter resistance has immigrated to Blue Sky. #AltGov

Portland Care Not Cuts Action Congress wants to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid to fund tax giveaways for the ultra-rich, but nurses across the country are fighting back and standing instead with the over 72 mill...

Tomorrow in Portland!! Join National Nurses United outside Susan Collins' office at One Canal Plaza to demand she reject cuts to Medicaid. Congress is currently considering $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid in order to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. RSVP at the link below!

@mainepeople.bsky.social is currently seeking a #Maine farmer that participated in the now suspended USDA Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program to speak to the program and their experiences with it at an upcoming advocacy event.

Does anyone happen to know someone that fits that bill?

Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump). • Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges. • Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side. • A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush. • The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.

1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.

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Important 🧵👇

Here's the starter pack for the verified #AltGov accounts!
go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d

Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts

Whitewashing American history The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure

New, from me:

Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.

Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

You heard Trump’s attorney general — if you visit a Tesla dealership, she will prosecute you.

Be safe! Shop somewhere else.

This is a useful calendar for folks looking for political action info in Maine.

Do your research on organizers and events, and be safe out there, friends.

My two favorite medical Substacks that got my family safely through the pandemic:

A government program made tax filing free and more efficient. Musk and DOGE may get rid of it anyway The fate of the IRS Direct File program is unclear as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency cleave their way through the federal bureaucracy. Republicans and commercial tax preparation...

Here is one weird form of public participation this tax season:

If you can, use Direct File, the free IRS software to enable you to report your taxes. The more people that use it, and report good experiences, the harder it will be for DOGE to later remove it.
apnews.com/article/dire...

Call King! I called his Portland office earlier today, and his staff said he was undecided on tomorrow’s Cloture vote.

I just called my senators in Maine and was shocked that Ind Senator King was undecided. Your call matters! #mepolitics King in Portland: (207) 245-1565. Collins in Lewiston: (207) 784-6969.

Call your reps and donate to food banks. Hungry children should never be used as political pawns. #mepolitics

USDA ending local purchasing programs for Maine food banks and schools That includes a program that provided more than $720,000 to Maine schools to serve local produce to students.

That includes a program that provided more than $720,000 to Maine schools to serve local produce to students. Via Maine Public

They're really putting the FFS into tariffs is what they're doing

I know it's not ~that~ important given everything else, but as an Argentine I'm here wondering how they are gonna pull off a US-Mexico-Canada 2026 World Cup given how the presidents are getting along.

FRIDAY: Join @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies around the US to protest funding cuts, illegal firings, and censorship of scientists. In response to the attacks, the most important thing we can do is to visually show that science has strong support in this country, so please show up if you can!

The CFPB drops its case against payment app Zelle, in another sign of a Trump pivot It's the latest lawsuit abandoned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since Trump appointees have taken over at the bureau.

It's the latest lawsuit abandoned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since Trump appointees have taken over at the bureau.

🇬🇧🇺🇦 "Did you hear people cheering you on the street? You can see the support. And we will support as long as it takes. We want long-term peace," — Starmer to Zelensky

Hi Heather! Good to find you here too, fighting for good books.