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@kitmandu.bsky.social

coast of Maine. Foodie, wordy, techie, nerdy.

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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

11.01.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10847    πŸ” 3543    πŸ’¬ 208    πŸ“Œ 98
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Portland, Maine

19.10.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure | Washington Monthly While Trump defies constitutional norms, Congress remains conspicuously silent and the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility.

It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...

29.06.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The White House Easter Egg Roll: Shockingly, 30,000 real eggs are being used this year despite a nationwide egg crisis which has left consumers struggling with skyrocketing egg prices and staggering egg shortages.

Trump was insistent on using real eggs for the event. "They were saying…

20.04.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1094    πŸ” 383    πŸ’¬ 185    πŸ“Œ 88
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Thousands gather in Center City for the nationwide β€˜Hands Off!’ anti-Trump protest SEPTA trains haven't seen such a rush of commuters since the Eagles Super Bowl celebration.

Thousands gather in Center City Philadelphia for the nationwide β€˜Hands Off!’ anti-Trump protest, reports @inquirer.com. SEPTA trains haven't seen such a rush of commuters since the Eagles Super Bowl celebration.

05.04.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 581    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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LISTEN to Barack Obama: The most important office in this democracy is the citizen.

Freedom tomorrow is not a givenβ€”it has to be fought for.

05.04.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 965    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 11
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Most Accurate Headline of the Day πŸ†

www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

04.04.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 20813    πŸ” 5998    πŸ’¬ 467    πŸ“Œ 230
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Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯!

"You journalists need to get your balls back"

03.04.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 28160    πŸ” 6618    πŸ’¬ 653    πŸ“Œ 862
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β€œI promise you, (John Lewis) that I will do everything possible to make you proud.” β€”Cory Booker

01.04.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5087    πŸ” 937    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 70
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So proud of our governor!

01.04.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This. Biden, RBG, and Garland aren’t the bad guys. We’re all victims of the oligarchs. Sometimes victims make mistakes. That doesn’t exonerate the perpetrators for exploiting them.

31.03.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1287    πŸ” 218    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 9
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Illinois returns nearly 1,500 acres of stolen land to state's first federally recognized tribe The land in southern Dekalb County once belonged to Chief Shab-eh-nay of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation but was seized and sold by the U.S. when the chief was visiting relatives.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed a law restoring Shabbona State Park, which covers about 1,500 acres in DeKalb County, to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.

25.03.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1644    πŸ” 269    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 23
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Hope the email lady is having a great day

24.03.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 717    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
Carrie Bradshaw at laptop

Carrie Bradshaw at laptop

And then I wondered … had Pete Hegseth really meant to text me the state secrets?

24.03.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7433    πŸ” 1017    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 60
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β€˜This is not your grandmother’s Easter Egg Roll’: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event | CNN Politics The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s annual Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics ex...

The White House is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s Easter Egg Roll. Corruption in the name of Jesus
www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/p...

23.03.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1335    πŸ” 396    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 101
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

14.03.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 39096    πŸ” 9746    πŸ’¬ 473    πŸ“Œ 593
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Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia Lately, Musk’s beef has merged with a general conviction on the right that the site is biased against conservatives.

At a time when many social-media sites have abandoned their safeguards against mis- and disinformation, Wikipedia is a bastion of transparency and accessible knowledge. So maybe it should come as no surprise that Elon Musk has been attacking it.

13.03.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 383    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 10

Trump is bulldozing the Education Department, which helps homeless and disabled kids gain access to school, while he does a car commercial at the White House for the richest man in the world.
Robber barons are waging class warfare on the rest of us.

11.03.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2374    πŸ” 729    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 12

ehh .. boffin GOO!

11.03.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maine (and thank you)

06.03.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I enjoyed your song, melody and words equally! Thank you!

05.03.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions

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05.03.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a great and unfortunate reminder that there are some incredible Democrats elected throughout the country that many of us have never heard of. Another reason why we need to make sure we lift those voices up now.

26.02.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4824    πŸ” 970    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 25
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WATCH: 'See you in court,' Maine's governor tells Trump on transgender athlete ban President Donald Trump sparred with Maine's Democratic governor during a meeting of governors at the White House on Friday, with Gov. Janet Mills telling the Republican president, β€œWe'll see you in…

President Donald Trump sparred with Maine’s Democratic governor during a meeting of governors at the White House on Friday, with Gov. Janet Mills telling the Republican president, β€œWe’ll see you in court,” over his push to deny federal funding to the state over transgender athletes.

22.02.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 973    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 20

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18.02.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mackerel the cat thinks she can fly.

Mackerel the cat thinks she can fly.

It’s Friday!

14.02.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay!πŸ˜ƒ πŸ₯°

11.02.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m just one person but I quit twix nine years ago, Faceblech seven years ago, Amazon Prime this fall. IG is next. Join me!

08.02.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Little Percy’s lost sister!

07.02.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kit Carson comes to mind. 😣

07.02.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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