Jess Gagne

This is my question. I’m set to camp in Acadia this Thu-Sat. We can go to a state park nearby (unless everyone else does the same thing). We want to be helpful (and are both residents here in Maine too).

Trump admitted in the Oval Office he is shutting the government down. Democrats are ready to stop your health insurance costs from doubling.

Bless The Alaskans Who Greeted Putin With Ukrainian Flags Well done, humans.

Bless these Alaskans!

And my neighborhood of Ocean Park had another 75 🙌🏻

Ocean Park had about 75!

No kings 🇺🇸

Trump using National Guard in LA is an 'abuse of power,' says national security expert The ACLU's National Security Project director worries President Trump is 'writing himself a blank check' to use the military on civilians in other U.S. cities.

Make no mistake: deploying troops in California isn't just about protests in Los Angeles. President Trump is attempting to write himself a blank check to use the military there and in other places where people speak out and exercise their rights. Read more from @npr.org’s interview with @aclu.org ⤵️

75 years ago today Maine senator Margaret Chase Smith stood up for the constitution, our fellow Americans, and our human conscience.

According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.

We must defeat it.

Fear has a way of being contagious.

But courage is also contagious.

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Thank you so.

I spent two hours out there this morning. I know that was only round 1.

Dog head peeking above snowbank

Snowiest stretch in southern coastal Maine in awhile. Two more snowstorms on the way in the next week. Soon my 70 lb dog will be lost in the mounds.

Yeah Maine!

As the forces of hatred are on the march, my promise is this:

Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.

A screenshot of a tweet from Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinF). The tweet quotes Atul Gawande, a former USAID official: "Two weeks ago I was combatting diseases. We had 21 serious outbreaks at the time worldwide. Three are serious now: an Ebola outbreak in the capital of Uganda. Bird flu has broken out in 49 countries. Our efforts to contain them have all been shut down."

Trump/Musk shutting down USAID puts us all at greater risk.

You still got it 🩷

The president can veto or support legislation. He can make recommendations to Congress. But he doesn't have the unilateral right to change laws.

Trump has very little respect for the rule of law & our Constitution. He is moving us toward authoritarianism.

We must stop him.

I lived in Los Angeles for two years and I've felt more earthquakes here in my home state of #Maine including the 4.1 this morning not far from work/home. My office is in the basement so it felt like a freight train going by (if there were tracks here). #maineearthquake

Changes Charles Bradley, The Budos Band · Changes · Song · 2016

Recently turned on to The Budos Band. This gem came up today. Thanks Spotify. Charles Bradley (and the Budos Band) taking on Black Sabbath’s “Changes”: open.spotify.com/track/3HC6U3...

All the thumbs down

Hoping to see more and more of you here

Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework after President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement.

After Trump ordered the US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Bloomberg Philanthropies and other U.S. climate funders announced that they will “ensure the United States meets its global climate obligations.”

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