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Martha Whitten Howell

@lubec.bsky.social

Born Auburn, Maine. Retired banking attorney. Married Peter Howell. Living our best life in DownEast Maine.

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This really is so disheartening.

09.11.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I called Senator King. No point calling Collins.

09.11.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am ashamed.

09.11.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! I missed that. So, did my IRA.

09.11.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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211 is a national hotline number that refers people to service providers-including for SNAP benefits

Since Trump refused to fund the program, calls to the number have QUADRUPLED

And while millions of Americans are desperate to feed their families

Trump is throwing lavish parties at Mar-a-Lago

09.11.2025 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 594    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 8

They are drunk on MAGA power.

07.11.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Court Orders ICE to Clean Up Chicago Detention Conditions Immigrants are housed in a β€œdisgusting” facility that doesn’t pass constitutional muster, according to a federal judge.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to significantly improve conditions at an immigration detention facility in suburban Chicago.

06.11.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents. The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...

β€œThey didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. β€œThis is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

06.11.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3093    πŸ” 1367    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 118

New: MSNBC was the #1 cable news network for Tuesday’s primetime Election coverage, beating FOX & CNN in total viewers.

05.11.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 2

Today is day 36 of Trump's govt shutdown, the longest shutdown in US historyβ€”second only to his 2019 shutdown.

Republicans continue making history for all the wrong reasons.

It's time for them to reopen the govt, save healthcare, & feed our families.

And the people agree.

05.11.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Will be amazing when SCOTUS realizes that Congress has other powers also.

05.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 909    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 4

THIS!!!

04.11.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 571    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Who?

04.11.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The country is increasingly led by mentally ill people, and tens of millions are happy and cheering about this

01.11.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3066    πŸ” 567    πŸ’¬ 271    πŸ“Œ 106

Canada says β€œelbows up.” I say for America, β€œcameras out.” Film every last one of these brutal criminals. We will need the evidence for their trials.

01.11.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 16630    πŸ” 4374    πŸ’¬ 298    πŸ“Œ 131
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He is going to get us into wwIII.

01.11.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And in Maine, vote No on One to protect absentee voting for our seniors and disabled.

31.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And he doesnt have the excuse of age and dementia.

30.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How do we stop this insanity?

30.10.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Donald Trump and Peter Hegseth have now murdered 57 human beings on their boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

That means they've passed Seattle's "Green River Killer" (49) to become the most lethal serial killers in American history

Where is The Hague?

30.10.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1118    πŸ” 446    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 23

He is cruel vecause he can be. An evil, vile man.

29.10.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There’s a $6 billion emergency fund ready to keep food aid flowing. The Trump Administration is refusing to use it, putting millions of families at risk of going hungry during the shutdown. This is just cruelty, plain and simple.

29.10.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 223    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 5

I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?

29.10.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11867    πŸ” 1940    πŸ’¬ 927    πŸ“Œ 313
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β€˜People will freezeΒ to death’ in Maine if federal heating aid doesn’t come soon The federal government shutdown means heating aid will not be released on Nov. 1, leading to stark worries from those who manage the program here.

The federal government shutdown means heating aid will not be released on Nov. 1, leading to stark worries from those who manage the program here.

29.10.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

He is intentionally starving people, and trying to blame the Dems. He is obscene.

29.10.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He doesnt care. He doesnt plan to run, just stay.

29.10.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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