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Living Your Best Life in a Dystopian Nightmare As the song goes, “Summer’s here and the time is right for dancin’ in the street.”

Right now, living one’s best life in this fascist hellscape seems like a fruitless fight and a losing battle, but it is actually the bleeding, beating heart of the war we’re in.

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There are no participation ribbons. We’re playing for keeps.

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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford

I'm Shenna Bellows, and I've fought for the people of Maine my entire life, from the campaign for marriage equality to the ACLU to the office of Secretary of State.

Today, I’m proud to announce that I’m running to be the next Governor of Maine! bellowsformaine.com

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U.S. Flag Stolen From Rockland Memorial; Replaced with 'Trump Train' The United States flag which was stolen was city property, and a replacement could cost as much as $1,000 or more.

Trumpers hauled down the American flag in a public park in Rockland, #Maine yesterday, took it away to an unknown fate, and replaced it with a “Trump Train” flag. This is what they pledge allegiance to.

We put the American flag back.

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#MEPolitics

So many of our local businesses will feel the impact of this.

Colorado! Making me proud.

I still don't think it's been adequately acknowledged how much this could impact the U.S. economy

YouTube video by MSNBC Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster

The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment.

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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

The USDA has reversed its funding freeze at the University of Maine

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OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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Democracies stand with Ukraine.

There’s not a lot giving me hope these days, but I am hopeful for the future of Maine. I see more people civically engaged and stepping up and am grateful for our elected representatives actively voicing resistance (Mills, King, Pingree)

Sen. Collins: join us on the right side of history.

#dirigo

Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

You need to read this.

Hey, I am really proud of you. Thank you for calling your reps. Thank you for caring for your dog. Thank you for picking up your neighbors kids. Thank you for donating to your local nonprofit. Thank you for making good art.

Thank you for staying.

Maine, stand up!

Thank you Janet Mills!

After Maine native testifies before Congress, Elon Musk targets his disability Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette said he's not surprised by online trolls highlighting his blindness instead of focusing on what he said about eliminating waste and fraud in government.

So Elon Musk and his followers are openly attacking people with disabilities now?

This makes my blood boil.

Absolutely disgusting display from the unelected Billionaire in Chief.

The Corporate Coup in Global Context Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Astra Taylor An Emergency Town Hall Monday February 17 at 5:00 pm ET Haymarket Books

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on resisting the shock & awe politics of the far right & their billionaire enthusiasts

Monday, February 17 at 5:00 pm ET

RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

I’m asking you to check back in. A few minutes each day. Each one of us needs to be a witness.

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

We don’t need leaders.
We need to be leaders.
The #resistance is #grassroots and decentralized, not under the control of corrupt politicians or wealthy donors.
That’s the best response to #fascism: To embody the diversity and individual freedom that we cherish.

This is tomorrow at 5 ET.

If you can make the time, please register and tune in.

We have big plans.

Come on, North Dakota… Be better than this.