Written by my friend Samuel James here in Maine. samuelj.substack.com/p/renee-nico...

My main takeaway from the Jack Smith testimony: we should push our presidential candidate to make him Attorney General in 2029.

Um, no

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

The Minnesota woman who died today was apparently a mother. Someone close to the family and who has access to a lawyer should help set up GoFundMe. IMO, the money should go directly into a trust, which should go directly to the child when they are 18 years old, not an intermediary family member.

❤️ Vicky Gehring, Maine photographer.

If ever there were a time you might want a separate but equal branch of the United States government to run a check on the president, it would be now ….

UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far: 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇮🇷 Iran 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇲🇽 Mexico Insane.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

✨🖤✨ Photograph courtesy of my friend Fay Prince.

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

☀️ Sunrise at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park, Freeport, Maine. Eric Storm Photographer

🙌🏽 Socialism isn’t about preventing people getting wealthy, it is about preventing anyone from being in poverty.

Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.

New snow, New Year! Paul Cyr, Maine Photographer. 🦅

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Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park, Maine Benjamin Williamson photographer

🧡 "Monks don’t walk for attention. They walk when the world is out of alignment." (full text in ALT)

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These monks and the Walk for Peace are bringing out THE best in people. #WalkForPeace 🧡

Harrisburg Area Visibility Brigade out on the overpass. Message: “Read Heather Cox Richardson” Her work connects the dots between past and present, helping us understand why speaking up and showing up matters. #HeatherCoxRichardson #HistoryMatters

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🧡👣🧡 *See ALT FMI* #WalkForPeace Photographer unknown.

Love this painting! 💚 "Bountiful Lake" by the artist Vladimir Pshenichnikov.

✨🧡👣🧡✨ Buddhist monks are currently on a major "Walk for Peace" across the U.S., from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to raise compassion & mindfulness; drawing crowds in Georgia and Alabama and are expected to reach D.C. by February 2026.

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🌟 Mount Katahdin with stars earlier today. Paul Cyr photographer. #maine #winter

✨🖤✨ Art - Tijana Lukovic

The Intelligence of Gentleness open.substack.com/pub/brigitan...

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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Turn Off The News (Build A Garden) - Lukas Nelson www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTul...

❤️ Cardinals - Northern Maine

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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air

✨ Art - "The Old Ones" by Hannah Willow

✨☃️✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A3T...

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