AP:SCOTUS”will consider overturning a Hawaii law that imposes strict regulations on where people can carry guns. Trump had urged the justices to take the case, arguing the law violates the court’s 2022 ruling that found people have a right to carry firearms in public under the Second Amendment.”

www.facebook.com/share/p/1WPg... Joe Scarborough calls it like it is: MAGA untruths & manipulations that are responsible for the govt shutdown.

Gov. Janet Mills (ME): “I don’t consider healthcare to be “an insane policy demand.” This is not complicated: people want access to healthcare & a govt that works.Maine people deserve both. GOP should stop standing in the way.”

RHubble: “the shutdown is (not) a fight over healthcare funding. Although Democrats have highlighted healthcare as one issue at the center of the shutdown fight, the real issue is the constitutional authority of Congress to raise revenue and appropriate funds.”

WashPost: Pope Leo XIV “called out those who describe themselves as “pro-life” for opposing abortion but do not reject the “inhuman treatment” of migrants and the death penalty.” In my opinion, Hegseth advocates a Christian nationalist future which is completely unAmerican.

Here’s how our SecDef Hegseth addressed Generals gathered from near & far:”His predecessors had focused ‘on the wrong things,’promoting too many officers”based on their race, based on gender quotas …We became the woke department,” he said. “We are done with that shit.” Trump, the draft dodger—worse.

substack.com/redirect/2ea... “A tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing.” Samuel Becket

The sky in southern Maine put on quite a display yesterday evening!

Trump/JustaDick Vance refused to consider helping Americans save their health insurance in negotiations with Schumer/Jefferies.”Trump did not appear to be aware that Americans are facing huge increases in their healthcare insurance payments because of the budget reconciliation bill.” Out of touch.

FYI: ICE Field Office location in Portland, Maine area: 40 Manson Libby Road Suite 101 Scarborough, ME 04074 United States Too bad if any demonstrations would highlight their unwanted presence.

AP:”President Trump will speak at a hastily called meeting of top military leaders on Tuesday, The president’s participation was not part of the original plan for the meeting but that he decided that he wanted to go.” Strange, isn’t it, that Viet Nam related “bone spurs” kept him “unfit for duty”?

Katie Couric:”Dr. Zachary Rubin, a double board-certified pediatrician specializing in allergy treatment and immunology says that the White House linking Tylenol to autism isn't just wrong, it's "a disinformation campaign."

RHubble:”Trump controls the pulleys and rigging of spectacle—the military, the Oval Office, executive orders, shouted press briefings in the rotor wash of Marine 1, a vanity social media platform, and a White House press corps fighting for scraps of disinformation to broadcast to an anxious world.

Joyce Vance:”2 weeks ago, the Justice Department quietly removed a study from its website that documented that far-right extremists were responsible for the overwhelming majority of ideologically motivated deaths, outpacing all others…a deliberate move to obscure the facts in advance of

open.substack.com/pub/peterksh... Steve Schmidt does not hold back in clearly describing Trump & his Presidency. Read it!

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Anyone with 1/2 a brain can see how manipulating & delusional Trump is. His intrusion into Portland, OR is case in point.

RHubble:”The Supreme Court has simply abandoned the Constitution. When Democrats take control of Congress and the presidency, they must radically expand the Supreme Court so that a new majority on the Court can begin methodically rolling back every illegal decision by the Roberts Court.

SRosenberg: AG of Massachusetts, Andrea Campbell,talk(ed) about all this and the important role she and her 22 fellow Dem AGs have played in fighting Trump’s ongoing assault on democracy, rule of law&freedoms.

Trump sheds crocodile tears over the murder of Charlie Kirk. But he’d choose guns over public safety.

RReich:”The current occupant of the Oval Office is a thin-skinned sociopath who cannot tolerate criticism and who lies like most people breathe. Do you trust him with the power to murder anyone he says is transporting drugs to America?

We’re cutting access to healthcare insurance, but “the U.S. is preparing a $20 billion rescue package to bail out Argentina’s right-wing leader Javier Milei, an ally of Donald Trump, before October elections.” WTF! Impeach Trump & vote Blue!

JBPritzker: “Trump and Congressional Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House. But they’d rather shut down the government, tank the economy, and cut healthcare benefits than do their jobs.” Inflation.Unemployment. Lawlessness.Prejudice. Bribery.Suppression of speech. Trump.

open.substack.com/pub/luciantr... Trump never fails to entertain: making a total conceited asshole of himself in front of the UN GA. The count of lies & exaggerations was immense. Our Pres.

I have a question. How can one possibly be President of only 40+% of the American people? Trump wants to try this insanity. At Kirk’s memorial, Trump bloviated:

Robt Reich describes Trump: “the sociopathic occupant of the Oval Office who won’t tolerate criticism,who in one wild week revealed his utter contempt for the freedom of Americans to criticize him,to write or speak negatively about him, even to joke about him.” Trump is pathetic,a bully w/o clothes.

www.facebook.com/share/p/18eo... Stephen Miller, Trump’s Chief if Prejudice and principal attack dog, wouldn’t exist if his ancestors hadn’t escaped the Nazis & immigrated into the US.

Danielle Bensky(victim of Epstein & Maxwell): I don’t understand why House Oversight Committee ignored our experience.

Political advocacy at Maine Common Ground Fair: Oppose Question 1 which limits access to mail-in voting.

Stephen Miller at Kirk’s Memorial: "They cannot imagine what they have awakened,” the deputy chief of staff — and architect of many key Trump policies such as on immigration — declared. “We stand for what is good, what is virtuous and what is noble. And to those trying to incite violence

www.facebook.com/share/p/1CBf... Pope Leo knows how wrong Charlie Kirk’s views were , & how it was time to replace the retiring Cardinal Dolan with Bishop Daniel Flores. Bravo!

Message to Trump re:$100k charge for H-1B visas(high tech imported talent):”H-1B visas are a critical ingredient in America’s success & allow the best and the brightest from around the world to teach in our universities, do research in our research institutes, and work in our tech sector.”PKrugman

RHubble: “The cowardice and double standard of the Republican Party are implied in every story about Trump’s vulgar, hateful, corrupt actions.”

Trump’s administration acting as a criminal gang:”FBI agents last year caught Tom Homan—now Trump’s “border czar”—on video accepting $50,000 in cash from agents posing as business executives after he promised he could help them win government contracts for border enforcement in

Bulwark:”Kennedy disparaged CDC staff: “He called . . . CDC the most corrupt federal agency in the world, emphasized that CDC employees were horrible people. . . . He said that CDC employees were killing children and they don’t care.” I served at CDC in the ‘70s. RFK Jr’s accusations are outrageous.

open.substack.com/pub/joycevan... Easy-peasy! I hope it catches on.

Congressman Jason Crow: ““When I think of America, I still think of those young paratroopers. How we came together, despite our differences, we served together, we fought together, we found great strength in one another. “That is America.”

HCRichardson: “the share of all American adults who say the country is off track has increased 13 percentage points since June, from 62% to 75%, the biggest change has been among Republicans.”

Why is this dingbat smiling? Does he realize that “lethal injection” involves killing the injectee? A person. A human being. For shame, Brian Kilmeade! Go back to Aushwitz & relish the odor of burnt flesh.

PKrugman:”if I were making decisions for a multinational corporation I’d be really hesitant about making large investments in a nation where foreigners never know whether they will in effect be kidnapped by masked thugs who supposedly work for the government but are clearly running amok.

Robt Reich:”Trump hates to be the object of humor.Some deep part of his reptilian brain understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.”That’s why late night comedy threatens him. It’s not “just business”. 1st amendment, Donald, like it or not.

HCRichardson:”Today, agents from the Department of Homeland Security arrested New York City comptroller Brad Lander and public advocate Jumaane Williams along with ten other city and state elected officials near federal immigration courts when they tried to conduct oversight of people detained by…

Jacob Knudson:”Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the DOJ could seek racketeering charges against people who partake in “organized”protests against the president that “inflict harm and terror and damage on the United States.” That is total bullshit.We have a Constitutional right to protest!

JoyceVance:”Americans speaking up is precisely what this administration doesn’t want.They want us to be overwhelmed by all the stories about all the things.They want us to be intimidated from exercising our right to speak,lest we fall under attack too.So, our job is to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA): “RFK Jr is a HEALTHCARE PARIAH.” Said on Lawrence O’Donnell’s “Last Word”. RFK Jr must be fired ASAP.

Patel was pathetic testifying before the Congressional Judiciary Committee. He obfuscated, diverted, obscured, denied, & lied. He refused to answer direct questions. This is our FBI director. A clown driving the Clown Car.

Supreme Thin-skin Stupidity: “Donald Trump files $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, Penguin Random House over articles in the lead-up to the 2024 election, which Trump says were intended to harm his reputation, candidacy.”(1440) Get over it, Donald. It comes w/ the job.

TRUMP SAYS QUARTERLY EARNINGS REPORTS UNNECESSARY. “This will save money and allow managers to concentrate on properly running their companies.” Really? I think Trump is trying to dodge the flood of bad news from his economic policies. Taco Donald.

Marc Elias:”Like most bullies, Trump surrounds himself with weak sycophants. He values incompetence and loyalty over expertise and original thought. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a fool. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi compete for the title of most obsequious.

HCRichardson:On”Fox & Friends Friday, host Brian Kilmeade suggested the way to address homelessness was through “involuntary lethal injection. Or something. Just kill them.” When asked “why did we have to get to this point,” he answered: “we’re not voting for the right people.” This guy is SICK.

Trump’s latest treachery:(BMeiselas) ..his latest betrayal of America: Trump’s attacks on Ukraine. In his deranged rants, Trump calls the war “Biden’s and Zelensky’s war,” never once mentioning Putin, the actual aggressor. He blames the United States and Ukraine for Russia’s invasion.