Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

I urge Governor Mills to declare a state of emergency in #Maine ASAP: 1. Declare a state of emergency recognizing the humanitarian crisis created by federal immigration enforcement in Maine 2. Activate and provide emergency resources to support mutual aid networks 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

BREAKING: Fulton County demanded in court that the federal government return all of the 2020 election related materials the FBI seized from its central election hub last week. One county official stated that “our Constitution itself is at stake over this fight.”

"It's an institution that should have never existed to begin with," she added. "It's an institution that is younger than I am. And so I've lived in a world where ICE didn't exist, and we can all go back to a world where ICE doesn't exist and never exists again." #ICEOut #ICEOutNow #AbolishICE

Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot

“Today was a day in court, not just for my constitutional rights, but for millions of retired service members, and really all Americans. There’s nothing more fundamental to our democracy than the freedom of speech and the freedom to speak out about our government.” apple.news/AMLt-YhJ9R5W...

I don’t understand how thousands of women reporting horrendous abuse by one man & his known associates was ignored, how the proof is trickled out decades later, how well-known scumbags’ deeds are public & one of them is the fucking president & no one does a damn thing about it. WTF!!! WTAF!!!

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

Call on Gov. Mills to declare a state of emergency, including an eviction moratorium! www.maine.gov/governor/mil... (207) 287-3531 “Without work for even a few weeks, or with half of their income taken away, most families will quickly struggle to pay bills, buy food or keep a roof over their heads.”

If you're rich you get a tax cut, if you're not you have to work longer and harder. Populism! bsky.app/profile/atru...

"There is no structural or blanket barrier to states bringing a criminal prosecution against federal officials," says Harrison Stark, an attorney who works with the University of Wisconsin Law School's State Democracy Research Initiative. www.npr.org/2026/02/03/n...

Hours after Streiff and his supporters delivered their signatures, a coalition led by EqualityMaine, #Maine Women's Lobby and GLAD Law attacked the initiative and its ties to a conservative billionaire heavily involved in political campaigns. They pointed to an $800,000 donation from Richard Uihlein

“We felt that it was time to tell the people of America that the youth were not OK with what's happening and that we won't stand for it," said a senior at Morse and an organizer with Midcoast #Maine Youth Activists, including Morse, Brunswick, Mt. Ararat, Lincoln Academy & Freeport HS students 📣🪧✊

This should have been the case long before they killed two Americans. Border patrol agents should never have been sent in masks and camo to wreak havoc and aimlessly run around a state 1,500 miles from the Southern border. apnews.com/article/immi...

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Who's envious of the socks I got for Xmas?

Mills has $1.3 million in available cash remaining from the fourth quarter, while Planter has $3.7 million. Both candidates have begun airing television ads and have far outpaced the other Dems, Collins raised $10M for her reelection campaign so far, including $2.2M in the fourth quarter. #Maine

Gimenez: "We've been warning the administration about the enforcement that's been going on. We thought there should've been a course correction a long time ago, and now I guess it's gonna be forced on us by the Democrats. We should've been focusing on criminals and gang members, not grandmothers."

Congress has reached a deal to keep the government open while DHS funding negotiations continue — and we’re watching closely. Any DHS funding bill must include real accountability. People’s lives and access to critical resources cannot be treated as bargaining chips. Apathy is not an option.

The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club says that when Phil is deemed to have not seen his shadow, that means there will be an early spring. When he does see it, it's six more weeks of winter. Phil tends to predict a longer winter far more often than an early spring. www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...

read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000

“Melania” beat projections, but still finished behind two other big theatrical premiers this weekend.

Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year: “As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”

"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..." apnews.com/article/immi...

Musicians and other artists have sought to distance themselves from the center since Trump began exerting more control over it. Composer Philip Glass last month withdrew his Symphony No. 15, titled “Lincoln,” from its world premiere at the #KennedyCenter apple.news/ALsbiGI1eQ4G...

FYI, Kristi Noem’s full initials are K.L.A.N.

I guess they are pretty upset. For some reason.

Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."

5 year old Liam is home, according to @ilhanmn.bsky.social and @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social!

The documentary is far too "orchestrated and airbrushed and stage-managed that it barely rises to the level of a shameless infomercial." …. “ #Melania is a level of insipid propaganda that almost resists review; it's so expected and utterly pointless," Kevin Fallon with "The Daily Review" wrote.”

They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.

It’s hard to believe in 2026 people are still asking “did you mask before covid?” As some kind of gotcha. When things change, you adapt. When you learn, you change your behaviour. If I had known an N95 could prevent illness this effectively, I would have worn one sooner!

Why are billionaires

"It is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. #ICEOut #ICEOutNow #AbolishICE #Maine #MidcoastMaine #ImmigrantsMakeAmericaGreat

NEW: A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father RELEASED from the Dilley detention center. www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...

straight up Gestapo shit

Marimar Martinez is a hero. She was shot 5 times by ICE. The agent told her to “do something b*tch” before opening fire. He later bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”. DHS tried to smear her reputation but video footage vindicated her. Next week she will testify in Washington about ICE’s brutality.

#Maine #ICEOut #ICEOutNow www.midcoastvillager.com/news/local/p...

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

"Our coworkers are terrified of coming to work. Housekeeping, transport services, CNAs of color are calling out because they can't safely leave their houses and come to work. Hell, if nurses are the heartbeat of the hospital, these workers are its backbone” she said to applause from the crowd #Maine

#Maine #ICEOut #ICEOutNow #AbolishICE

I don’t like that just needing basic necessities feels like being bad with money now

"If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches and pull it out 6 inches, that's not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. They haven't pulled the knife out; they won't even admit that it's there." —Malcolm X #ICEOut #Maine

Just an FYI You cannot claim it’s “too easy” to claim disability benefits, if you’ve never been through the process.

Was quite an enthusiastic crowd downtown in Portland, Maine for the ICE OUT – PORTLAND SHUT IT DOWN rally & marc to protest ICE in Maine and to honor the Portland Strike Now businesses protecting our immigrant neighbors. It's ALL about protecting immigrant's rights to work and live in America.

Portland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...

The reviews for “Melania” are going to be far more entertaining than the movie. What a fabulous headline:

Organizers say immigrant workers are crucial to Maine's hospitality and retail industries, and are calling on the state's congressional delegation not to support continued funding for ICE. #Maine #ICEOut #AbolishICE