Nicole D.

A Letter from Rick Schneider, President & CEO of Maine Public
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596 Books Banned by Department of Defense Schools Include Titles on Democracy, Feminism, Racism - PEN America A list of 596 books removed from Department of Defense schools includes Advanced Placement psychology study guides, titles about diversity, puberty, and racism, and the aptly named Young Adult book, Y...

The Department of Defense banned almost 600 books about topics the Trump administration would like to censor.

The list includes titles like "You Call This Democracy?" and other books focusing on race, gender, and politics.

Maine can't afford to lose federal funding, governor says Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about how President Trump's massive tax and spending bill will harm the state's healthcare system and residents.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about how President Trump's massive tax and spending bill will harm the state's healthcare system and residents.

Call Sen Collins NOW as the Senate may vote in 24 hours!
*a trillion dollars Medicaid cuts
*gives ICE a larger budget than many militaries in the world
*strips healthcare from 5% of Americans
*kicks 11.8 million off SNAP
*cuts funding for green energy

207-283-1101 Biddeford #
202-224-2523 DC #

Look Up Your Senators' Numbers Call your senators today and demand that they vote NO on this bill.

This isn’t over—we can still stop the GOP bill. I’m staying in the fight for every baby who shouldn’t go hungry. Every senior who shouldn’t get kicked out of a nursing home. Every American who shouldn’t lose their health care.

Now is the time to call your senators.

The Good News You don't have to know what your life is. You don't have to wake today in the summer light and dance your way into the kitchen. Your tired heart doesn't have to make a sound. Listen. Just keep breathing and the magic will happen. When Lazarus felt a hand upon his shoulder, he didn't ask if he deserved that mercy. He stood. He took the new life. Friend, don't lie down forever. Couldn't you also be chosen? Hasn't anyone told you? The amount of agony you carry is only the vastness of your love waiting in the darkness to be found. —Joseph Fasano

If you're feeling exhausted with it all, I hope this finds you.

I will never recover from seeing this image

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Don't put a bandaid on this.

Whether you're in a blue state or a red state, call your House Representative tomorrow and demand the Impeachment of Donald Trump for imprisoning an innocent man - Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

They can stop Trump. Full stop.

5calls.org

An image of Trump’s Truth Social post. “Now is a good time to buy.” Rule 10b-5 prohibits the use of material nonpublic information for personal or third-party financial gain. Trump’s post, when combined with the market-moving announcement and Greer’s testimony, fits the legal definition of market manipulation and insider trading. Trump’s post was 7 minutes after the NYSE opened—before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the 90-day pause on tariffs. The sequence and timing directly support insider trading and market manipulation. By informing people to buy before the policy was publicly disclosed, Trump broke the law.

Trump’s post was 7 minutes after the NYSE opened—before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the 90-day pause on tariffs. The sequence and timing directly support insider trading and market manipulation. By informing people to buy before the policy was publicly disclosed, Trump broke the law.

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Great to meet you yesterday! Here for it! (Nicole, with the umbrella)

@maddow.msnbc.com

Nothing will ever trickle down.

Ok that made me laugh

You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.

—Joseph Brodsky

Deb Haaland, Biden's Interior Secretary, announces her candidacy for Governor of New Mexico. 😍

If elected, she would be the first Native American woman to serve as governor of any state.

To America’s 2.3 million federal employees:

Don’t accept a buyout.

Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer.

And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it?

Sincerely,
Robert Reich
Former U.S.Secretary of Labor

The propaganda of political division gives the illusion that it’s possible to punish the opposite party and not your own. As if there are two Americas and we can target our enemies to hurt only them. It’s a damn shame it will take Trump hurting all of America for some to find out we were never separate groups in the first place. Quote by Melissa Nadia Viviana

We have to stop dividing our problems into “left and right" and start seeing our problems like “top vs bottom.”

737 billionaires in the U.S. have a combined wealth of 5.5 trillion. And they funneled it out of the middle class.

Then Trump keeps us fighting with each other while they steal more.

Auschwitz survivors mark Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after liberation Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.

Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.

Some winter joy from this week. @aknstudioart.bsky.social

There was no going back - hand #embroidery on linen #art #textiles #fiberart

What you can do Ten ways to resist Trump II

Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.

Finding the light "Evening Reflections" - Words from Rev Budde to President Trump "May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being, to speak the truth to one another in love and walk humbly with each other for the good of all people.” #art #painting #hope #create

Lucy, also in Maine, also rescue Pit 💕 here with her cousin Suzette.

Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

Will do! Same here! Also check out Libro.fm instead of audible