The case of a Connecticut woman is the first example of an immigrant criticizing conditions in a Portland jail that has generated headlines around its role in the national enforcement surge.

Black Americans have always been at the heart of the country’s democracy movement and attacking and humiliating them is key work of those who hate democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

"I really wish this wasn’t happening, but it's nice to see so many people are willing to come out here and freeze our butts off to show people we’ve got their backs" - Julia, who works at a business nearby and didn't share her last name because she doesn't want to be targeted by ICE.

Well, this Portlander is giving these guys he says are ICE agents, a piece of his mind as they wander off into the snow-filled night. #Maine #ICEoutOfMaine #NonViolenceIsPower

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Hope is an action! Join the @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social Media and Democracy Project’s 2025 Review & Celebration honoring journalists and media activists fighting for democracy & press freedom #PressFreedom Zoom • Thu Jan 22 8p-10p ET • All welcome RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/mediademocra...

Brilliant indeed! I spent a looooong time with Margery starting back in the 1970s #MargeryKempe oldestvocation.com/2015/02/24/t...

Really interesting discussion about #MargeryKempe & her times: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

One for the #MargeryKempe stans. And the #RayWinstone stans. Dream team! 😭💪 BBC Radio 4 - History's Heroes, History's Toughest Heroes, Margery Kempe: Ministry of Tears share.google/bodbTnqBVfQC...

Weekend reading: Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision. My new piece:

This piece is a lovely reminder that in addtion to E.B. White's great children's novels Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little; and The Trumpet of the Swan, he also wrote a wealth of pointed, incisive, and/or poignant essays. www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...

NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about. DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom. Tonight, at Law Dork:

‼️ I said this about the current Supreme Court and some people looked at me crazy but I stand by it as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum

Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy. “I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.” #DefendHigherEd

I’m really enjoying the downfall of Larry Summers. He deserves every humiliation he is getting. And those if you know me know I don’t say that about people. Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

Everyone in NYC should be camped out on @schumer.senate.gov’s doorstep in Park Slope. The @democrats.org CANNOT fold.

===================== MAINE RESISTANCE EVENTS AUG 26 - SEPT 1, 2025 ===================== #RESIST through #PEACEFULProtest #STOPtheCUTS-HEALtheWOUNDS #NONViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts REPOST & SHARE! Updated Aug 26, 7:20AM #Maine #MEPolitics pg 16/18

Question 1 would eliminate voting access for rural voters, working families, seniors, and voters with disabilities. Maine’s absentee voting system is secure, and used by 40% of Mainers. Let’s keep it that way. ➡️ More: mainedems.org/protectabsente #NoOnQuestion1 #ProtectAbsenteeVoting #MaineVotes

Senator Susan Collins got an earful from protesters at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Searsport today.

This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.

Via @mainenewsroom.bsky.social's Instagram we learn that a new UNH poll found 95% of Mainers want to ban stock trading by members of Congress. Not only does Susan Collins oppose a ban; her portfolio went up a bonkers 77.5% in 2024 -- an eyebrow-raising return even for a Wall St pro. #MEpolitics

The #FoxTakedown movement is growing. People are taking their protests directly to Fox News, the Trump regime’s propaganda arm that’s enabling this fascist and billionaire takeover. Visit foxtakedown.com for more info on how to join by protesting at your local station and taking other actions.

The Republican Party is just one big child sex trafficking and sexual abuse ring at this point

I’m still waiting for a Republican business owner or farmer to get arrested for illegally employing migrant workers. When are we going to get perp walk videos of them being hauled off to vans in cuffs by masked agents?

All of us deserve better than this tyrant. Believing that no one should suffer under fascism is an important first step toward defeating it. Impeach. Convict. Remove. Have courage.

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

Last month, I sat down with @thenation.com to talk about the legacy of Fiorella La Guardia, how we're building a new kind of politics to meet this moment, and our mission to deliver a dignified life for the working people of this city.

Good Trouble Lives On #EllsworthME: John Lewis Day of Action July 17, 2025 #GoodTrouble #GoodTroubleLivesOn #JohnLewisDayOfAction cc @dfadcoalition.bsky.social @demcast.com @indivisible.org @popdemocaction.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social @mariefollayttar.bsky.social goodtroubleliveson.org

It’s going to be real tough to discuss Japanese American internment without saying something negative. All national parks now have this sign. Sanitizing crimes and erasing memory is one more step towards a white supremacist version of history.

===================== MAINE RESISTANCE EVENTS JUNE 16- JUNE 22, 2025 ===================== STOP PASSAGE of the BIG UGLY BUDGET BILL It is disastrous to Medicaid and much more. CALL your Senators! Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 Updated June 16, 6:25AM #Maine #MEPolitics REPOST & SHARE! pg1/8

As we brace for Trump's escalation of conflict in LA and his vain $45m military parade, sharing convo I had with @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social this week. We covered a lot of ground. But this stood out: Empathy and solidarity are the antidotes to authoritarianism. www.whitetoolong.net/p/empathy-an...

Torrington, Connecticut showed UP today @ #NoKings #NoKingsDay #FlagDay 🇺🇸 1000 or more patriots 4/5 deep along Coe Park & across on the other side. 3x previous turnout & we are growing! #DefendDemocracy #Indivisible #IndivisibleNWCT @indivisible.org @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov

Holy CRAP. This was fascinating. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @gilduran.com w/ insight behind DOGE's gutting of govt. agencies, the administration's attacks on universities, Project 2025, and visions of a post-democracy America that would sound like science fiction if they weren't happening today.🇺🇸

Same people at all the protests for years 🔥🔥

This is absolutely essential reading in case you’re wondering what the wholesale dismantling of civil service work has to do with you. data4democracy.substack.com/p/how-to-dis...

75 years ago today, Maine’s first woman Senator, Margaret Chase Smith, delivered one of the most powerful speeches in American history. 🧵

New today: I joined Post Reporte podcast to discuss the history of the Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark decision cementing birthright citizenship and my story on his great grandson fighting to protect his legacy. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...

Please read @davidnakamura.bsky.social's thoughtful piece about Norman Wong! His great-grandfather #WongKimArk was represented at SCOTUS by my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton, defending #BirthrightCitizenship oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...

It’s sad that the US doesn’t have a history of a capable and well-regarded president who used a wheelchair.

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This past week, Homan has been threatening mayors AND governors with arrest if they defy him and ICE. We're all in with defending Gov Mills and all of our mayors- right, gang? 💪 Now is the time to contact them and be vocal with our support. #ElbowsUpMaine www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people? P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process

Amazing turnout in #Torrington + #Winsted contingent in NWCT May 3 May Day #Mayday2025 rally! An early crowd of ~200 at Coe Park swelled to ~400 patriots by the finish #NoKings #NoDictators #RuleOfLaw and #DueProcess for ALL! No kidnappings! Great spirit & consensUS #BillionairesAreStealingFromYou

My mom, historian Clarissa Atkinson @oldestvocation.bsky.social, is the great-granddaughter of J. Hubley Ashton, who defended #WongKimArk @ SCOTUS in 1898. She has recently been in touch w/Norman Wong, who is himself the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark & active in defending #BirthrightCitizenship!