“During the federal shutdown, the current leadership of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health changed Admiral Levine's photo to remove her current legal name and use a prior name,” says…her spokesperson. He called the move an act “of bigotry against her.” apple.news/AFgbdiT4DTi-...

"One thing I will not have in my arsenal is a weather van, to see which way the wind blows before I vote on something. There are times that you just have to take a stand at all hazards, and I've been able to survive that so far…” #Maine #MEPolitics www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...

Johnson Swears In Republican in Record Time After 50-Day Delay for Dem | The New Republic newrepublic.com/post/203957/...

"I am running to help address serious needs in our state: the high cost of living, the lack of affordable housing, and the challenges to keep quality healthcare and education in our region," Jenks said in his announcement. #Maine #MEPolitics #MidcoastMaine www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...

A “Dressbarn” in Muncie, Indiana had been named the inaugural winner of the FIFA “Most Super Glamorous Parisian Haute Couture” award.

A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award. And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.

The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."

👯‍♀️anxiety sisters👯‍♀️

The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."

But even though Trump has dispatched the largest U.S. naval flotilla to the Caribbean since the Cuban Missile Crisis, 15,000 U.S. troops aboard those warships would not be enough to take control of Venezuela. The South American country is larger than Texas home to rugged mountains and Amazon jungle.

Welcome the Stranger! This #holidayseason ♥️ “Philoxenia” is the Greek term used in the New Testament for this love of strangers – it is the opposite of xenophobia, which is what JD Vance and Trump were practising when they started lying about immigrants dining on cats and dogs. — Bill McKibben

Remember when Republicans were proud to be the party of “personal liberty?” #Maine #MEPolitics #SusanCollins www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...

If you need another example of the difference between legacy media and independent pro-democracy media, compare The Washington Post and Democracy Docket's coverage of the same story. ("controversial video"--WTF.) Subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.

We have watched over the years as rightwing evangelical churches turned the Jesus we grew up with into exactly the opposite of who we understood him to be. At its most basic, they turned a figure of love into a figure of hate who blesses precisely the cruelties that he condemned in the Gospel

In a statement released today, the anonymous collective explained that the Big Light in its current form was “simply too powerful to be murdered.” Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/122538...

Conley takes up leadership of Maine's second-largest police force in a particularly turbulent time for the city. While shootings and crime rates are down overall, violent crime involving young people ages 10 to 19 is on the rise. #Maine www.mainepublic.org/courts-and-c...

I pray that this Administration doesn’t start an expensive, cruel (and entirely unnecessary!) war with #Venezuela 💣 There are no “narco-terrorists” in the fishing boats that the US military keeps bombing. How does murdering poor fishermen—who subsist on $100 a month—making us any safer?

“His abusive and excessive use of the GV Jet for his personal adventures and the assignment of SWAT-qualified special agents to guard his girlfriend are indicative of his lack of leadership experience, judgment and humility,” he added... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

#HappyHolidays2025 🎅🎄🌟

Russian asset since the 80s.

John M. Glowa Sr. (72) a longtime Maine wildlife advocate and retired state environmental specialist, has entered the 2026 race for governor as an independent….A seventh-generation Mainer born in Aroostook County in 1953, Glowa spent more than 30 years working as an environmental specialist #Maine

There should be no statute of limitations on when rape victims can come forward. It takes the average victim 23.9 years to process what happened to them….. Once a rapist, always a rapist. Victims should have no pressure to come forward until they are ready.

incredible

KONSYSE: The EU is closing a loophole that allowed low-value Chinese parcels to enter duty-free. Platforms like Shein and Temu face new costs, while European retailers anticipate relief from years of unfair competition flooding the market.

“There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.” —Chinua Achebe #Maine #MidcoastMaine

Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

We now have leaders of allied nations unable to trust a word the US tells them. We are witnessing one of the greatest diplomatic and foreign relations blunders of our lifetimes.

To stock the pantry, Anderson said Whitefield Elementary held a food drive from Nov. 4 to Nov. 14. She said local residents responded with force to the pantry effort, bringing bags full of goods to the school. “At one point our lobby was overwhelmed with food.” #Maine lcnme.com/currentnews/...

Anyone arrogant enough to think they can walk into a government agency and vibe code transformative improvements in a month is definitely stupid enough to think billionaires will protect them from consequences

Strong was the only one of the 11 defendants with a prior conviction related to prostitution. He was found guilty in March 2013 in York County of 12 counts of promotion of prostitution and one count of conspiracy to commit the crime of promotion of prostitution in an unrelated case. #Maine

Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.

“Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, whom I fought for,” she said in a statement posted on X. apple.news/Ay7Mv5VP6Sw2...

BREAKING NEWS 🐥

Other series I want more people to read is @tkingfisher.com ‘s Sworn Soldier series. Yes yes it has trans rep and that’s cool but what’s COOLER is how the first book is a retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher and it fucks severely.

Don't ya just love these f*ckers? Can we ever punt these people and fix the system?????

The Founding Fathers also championed the designated hitter rule, alternate side parking

Lol. I mean, awful and corrupt and all that. But that goofy looking design is seriously lol.

I had not heard this!

REMINDER-- ACT Next week! Nov 28 to Dec 1 Buy only from local stores!! Make your dollars count!! Full Black Out: Don’t buy anything from Target, Amazon, Home Depot, and other major stores supporting this administration's policies during Nov 28 - Dec 1.

These lawmakers have been on an island apart from their colleagues as they’ve called for the Department of Justice to release files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and supported a resolution to censure a fellow Republican accused of sexual misconduct. #Epstein

When will the Epstein files be released now that the Senate has agreed to make them public?

Power is for those who are willing to organize and to take it.