you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric

I hope more governors do the same.

Seems like a good day to repost this great sign from 2020.

Mainers - vote NO on 1!

You know what would really make America healthy? If RFK Jr. and his cronies fixed the broken health care system and made sure that everyone, not just special Trump supporters, could get the care they need.

You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.

Just this morning I have seen posts from a small restaurant chain and a farm stand offering free food to those who will not be getting their SNAP benefits. These businesses have more compassion than most politicians.

Our local paper printed the full text of Question 1 this week. It would change so much more than requiring voter ID! I hope anyone who is considering voting yes on 1 will read the full text of what they are supporting. Here's another editorial urging a no vote. www.pressherald.com/2025/10/24/q...

A good reason to stay away from Portland, Maine, this weekend.

Saturday was the second time I was able to use the local "party pack" instead of paper plates & napkins for an event. Thanks to all the organizations and companies that helped support this effort.

I reuse to repost the video, but I watched it once and my jaw dropped. Has there ever been a more vulgar president?

This misleading ad was in last week's Lincoln County News. To save absentee voting, Mainers need to vote No on 1! Question 1 would make it harder for many people to get absentee ballots.

If you're near Portland, Maine, and could use a diversion from everything that is awful these days, go see this show. A terrific cast and a funny play (with a few surprises) that delivers a message about love and family. www.goodtheater.com/it-shoulda-b...

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

"Question 1 is mostly about making absentee voting harder and that matters." Mainers, if you are undecided on Question 1, please take the time to find out what it would really do. I am voting No on 1.

The "vote yes on question 1" arguments I have seen are all terribly misleading. Question 1 will harm Maine voters.

Providing care to immigrants isn't why our health care system doesn't work.

My father proudly served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years. I'm pretty sure he knew it wasn't his job to "kill people and break things."

I am just now learning about this insanity. It is wild!

Mainers: Sinclair owns WGME 13.

Has any other president ever done something this offensive?

Well said, Dr. Hotez. "In the end, that's what MAHA is: an economic stimulus plan for the wellness influencers."

Absolutely shameful. "Many of the panelists also seemed unsure about the purpose of the Vaccines for Children program, which provides free shots to roughly half of all American children."

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

I'd say this is unbelievable, but sadly it is all too easy to believe he really said this. "Just kill them."

"I won’t celebrate his death, but I’m not obligated to celebrate his life, either."

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

Fascinating article! "What struck me most was how much of their skepticism came from incomplete information rather than anti-science ideology."

My mother, born in 1931, survived polio as a child but was left with scoliosis and a pronounced limp. She'd have been heartbroken and appalled to see all the unscientific anti-vaccine propaganda.

Ping! I canned seven jars of dilly beans with beautiful green beans from the farm stand.

This is well worth reading if you agree that RFK Jr. is "a leathery 71-year-old husk of a man addled by vanity and misinformation and fads, the adult failson of an atrophied political dynasty, dealing out tired anecdotes about how you never saw autistic kids back in his day."

Once again I am reminded that marrying someone who loves to cook was a good idea. Pasta a la Norma, with fresh eggplant from the farmer's market.

I was worried that Nick had trimmed the blackberry bushes too far back. But it looks like another good harvest this year. Fresh berries for breakfast tomorrow!

I picked up some books a retired LLL Leader was giving away. Good reading to get prepped for World Breastfeeding Week! #WBW2025

My awesome niece Olivia recently spoke with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree about the very real threats to Mainers that cuts to Family Planning are causing.

Cumston Hall, home of The Theater at Monmouth, is as beautiful as always. And the 90-minute version of Twelfth Night was great fun this afternoon.

Missing my mom today on her birthday. I was lucky to have two great parents. I'm sorry she didn't live long enough to see her 11 grandchildren become the amazing adults they are. She'd be heartbroken, though, to see so many of the feminist causes she fought for still under attack.

Such cruelty from people who call themselves Christians.

"Keep Hope Alive in 2025" was the theme of this morning's Pride and Unity event in Newcastle/Damariscotta. A little rain didn't stop us from celebrating.

"...it’s a time for every health care leader to stand firmly in support of the science and vaccines that save lives." Absolutely.

This graffiti was painted last night or early this morning on Academy Hill in Newcastle, Maine. No War, No Pigs. No Trump.

A great way to start our 38th wedding anniversary. At the No Kings protest in Wiscasset, Maine.

Nick and I will be at “NO KINGS Wiscasset Maine.” (There are plenty of other locations too.) www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Another great letter to the editor by a young cisgender person who has competed against trans athletes. www.pressherald.com?p=7462673&uu...

On this World Environment Day, here is part of the reason I continue to volunteer my time to support breastfeeding. Human milk is the most sustainable first food for infants. No packaging. No shipping. No waste.

Apple historian John Bunker and I were in the same teacher-training program many years ago. He's a great person and knows a phenomenal amount about apples. www.mainepublic.org/maine/2025-0...

Yet another depressing article about the consequences of slashing funding without paying attention to the consequences.

"the moral of the story is just because you do something publicly and don't die, it doesn't prove a damn thing."

Tomorrow evening I'm attending The Media and Democracy Project's event, “The power of editorial cartoonists for democracy." www.mobilize.us/mediademocra...

This is awful news. Kennedy and his cronies are going to cost people their lives.