Brian Pierce MD
@mainedpcdoc.medsky.social
he/him, independent family physician in Midcoast Maine, lucky husband, empty nest dad, Direct Primary Care (DPC) small business owner, learning POCUS, USCG and USAF veteran, former Republican, like Mastodon but this place is busier
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"That’s how oligarchs and autocrats work. The oligarchs want political power to advantage their businesses. The autocrat wants key businesses to be controlled by allies in service of strengthening his regime."
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Trump and the Oligarchs Are Killing Corporate Media
The oligarchs only care about money. The dictator only cares about power. They can make that arrangement work.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"That’s how oligarchs and autocrats work. The oligarchs want political power to advantage their businesses. The autocrat wants key businesses to be controlled by allies in service of strengthening his regime."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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“How many United States military veterans have you deported?” Magaziner asked Noem.
“Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.”
Little did she know there was one staring right at her.
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“Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.”
Little did she know there was one staring right at her.
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Noem Gets Most Awkward Fact-Check of Her Life on Deported Veterans
Homeland Security Kristi Noem had a tough time selling her lies to Congress.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“How many United States military veterans have you deported?” Magaziner asked Noem.
“Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.”
Little did she know there was one staring right at her.
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“Sir, we have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.”
Little did she know there was one staring right at her.
trib.al/HtvW3WG
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The regime did everything in its power to rig the congressional maps in Indiana — and lost.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The regime did everything in its power to rig the congressional maps in Indiana — and lost.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
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Online age verification isn't like showing ID at a bar. It's more invasive, affects far more transactions, and poses serious privacy, security, and free speech risks that in-person checks never do. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
www.eff.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Online age verification isn't like showing ID at a bar. It's more invasive, affects far more transactions, and poses serious privacy, security, and free speech risks that in-person checks never do. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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BREAKING: Jerome Powell revealed that staffers at the Fed think the government could be overestimating the number of jobs created by 60,000 each month.
The true numbers could be closer to a loss of 20,000 jobs a month. trib.al/o9uyuPt
The true numbers could be closer to a loss of 20,000 jobs a month. trib.al/o9uyuPt
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
BREAKING: Jerome Powell revealed that staffers at the Fed think the government could be overestimating the number of jobs created by 60,000 each month.
The true numbers could be closer to a loss of 20,000 jobs a month. trib.al/o9uyuPt
The true numbers could be closer to a loss of 20,000 jobs a month. trib.al/o9uyuPt
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This is the 3rd consecutive month in which Maine has seen
a year-over-year decline in nonfarm jobs. A big caution is that Maine's labor market is constrained by an aging workforce, but typically this has only happened in - or just before - a recession #mepolitics
a year-over-year decline in nonfarm jobs. A big caution is that Maine's labor market is constrained by an aging workforce, but typically this has only happened in - or just before - a recession #mepolitics
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is the 3rd consecutive month in which Maine has seen
a year-over-year decline in nonfarm jobs. A big caution is that Maine's labor market is constrained by an aging workforce, but typically this has only happened in - or just before - a recession #mepolitics
a year-over-year decline in nonfarm jobs. A big caution is that Maine's labor market is constrained by an aging workforce, but typically this has only happened in - or just before - a recession #mepolitics
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Canada is Maine’s largest trading partner by far. Paul LePage supports these tariffs that are hurting Maine exporters #mepolitics
mainemorningstar.com/2025/12/11/m...
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Maine exports to Canada down nearly 20%, with forest products hardest hit by tariffs • Maine Morning Star
Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration contributed to a decline in Maine exports to Canada and fewer northern neighbors coming to visit the Pine Tree State this year. Overall, exports from Maine ...
mainemorningstar.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Canada is Maine’s largest trading partner by far. Paul LePage supports these tariffs that are hurting Maine exporters #mepolitics
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Naturally, the local NBC affiliate's headline on the ACA votes highlights that Susan Collins voted FOR extending the subsidies while omitting the fact that she also voted AGAINST extending them.
This is how we got here. #MEpolitics
This is how we got here. #MEpolitics
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Naturally, the local NBC affiliate's headline on the ACA votes highlights that Susan Collins voted FOR extending the subsidies while omitting the fact that she also voted AGAINST extending them.
This is how we got here. #MEpolitics
This is how we got here. #MEpolitics
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HUGE appreciation for the local Indivisible groups in Indiana who have been working for weeks and weeks on this, meeting with legislators, testifying, protesting, calling, advocating. Pressure works!!!
🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
HUGE appreciation for the local Indivisible groups in Indiana who have been working for weeks and weeks on this, meeting with legislators, testifying, protesting, calling, advocating. Pressure works!!!
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The regime is weak. That doesn't mean it's not dangerous. But it means it's beatable, and we're beating it.
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The regime is weak. That doesn't mean it's not dangerous. But it means it's beatable, and we're beating it.
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In a pop-up city off the coast of Honduras aimed to “make death optional," longevity startups are trying to fast-track drug research outside of America’s burdensome regulatory constraints.
Is this the future of medical research? trib.al/yUcoZ4K
Is this the future of medical research? trib.al/yUcoZ4K
December 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In a pop-up city off the coast of Honduras aimed to “make death optional," longevity startups are trying to fast-track drug research outside of America’s burdensome regulatory constraints.
Is this the future of medical research? trib.al/yUcoZ4K
Is this the future of medical research? trib.al/yUcoZ4K
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Cuellar accepted a pardon from Trump, who clearly wanted the congressman personally indebted to him. That's not what a real opposition party does. Democrats on the Appropriations committee should vote against reinstating Cuellar.
Pardoned Democrat faces internal opposition as he seeks to regain powerful committee post
Henry Cuellar faces a vote of fellow Democratic appropriators Thursday, and some have doubts.
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Cuellar accepted a pardon from Trump, who clearly wanted the congressman personally indebted to him. That's not what a real opposition party does. Democrats on the Appropriations committee should vote against reinstating Cuellar.
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ICE Deports Man To Guatemala, Blowing Off Ruling That Said He Was Likely To Be Tortured There
ICE continues to be increasingly awful as it chases arrest and deportation quotas it will never meet. The administration's desire to rid this nation of as many migrants as possible is generating new…
ICE continues to be increasingly awful as it chases arrest and deportation quotas it will never meet. The administration's desire to rid this nation of as many migrants as possible is generating new…
ICE Deports Man To Guatemala, Blowing Off Ruling That Said He Was Likely To Be Tortured There
ICE continues to be increasingly awful as it chases arrest and deportation quotas it will never meet. The administration's desire to rid this nation of as many migrants as possible is generating new nastiness on a daily basis. This bit of hideousness will likely have been subsumed several times over by the time you read this, but that doesn't mean it should pass by unnoticed.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ICE Deports Man To Guatemala, Blowing Off Ruling That Said He Was Likely To Be Tortured There
ICE continues to be increasingly awful as it chases arrest and deportation quotas it will never meet. The administration's desire to rid this nation of as many migrants as possible is generating new…
ICE continues to be increasingly awful as it chases arrest and deportation quotas it will never meet. The administration's desire to rid this nation of as many migrants as possible is generating new…
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The DOJ has confirmed that Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents requested as part of a lawsuit brought by injured Jan. 6 police officers.
With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/8UHhq9Z
With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/8UHhq9Z
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The DOJ has confirmed that Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents requested as part of a lawsuit brought by injured Jan. 6 police officers.
With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/8UHhq9Z
With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/8UHhq9Z
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There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
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I think this is right. It’s like when a family has decided to tolerate an abusive drunk. They know what he’s like and they’ve priced it into their decisions and they don’t want to hear you talk about it.
Yes, Fox makes people dumber, but I think many of you underestimate how many Trump supporters go to Fox because they already know he’s terrible and they don’t want to hear about it
For my own edification, I started watching Fox News. Their audience has no clue about any of Trump's failings. Any thing negative will not be reported, or if it is, it'll be cast as a false accusation made by evil Dems.
I know several Ivy League graduates who fell for the narrative. It's nuts.
I know several Ivy League graduates who fell for the narrative. It's nuts.
December 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I think this is right. It’s like when a family has decided to tolerate an abusive drunk. They know what he’s like and they’ve priced it into their decisions and they don’t want to hear you talk about it.
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This is the second new case reported in December. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/11/b...
32nd HIV case detected in Penobscot County outbreak
Nearly all of the people affected by the outbreak have reported injecting drugs or being homeless within one year of their diagnosis.
www.bangordailynews.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is the second new case reported in December. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/11/b...
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"The factors that brought Jimmy Kimmel back so quickly may be difficult to replicate, but they stand as proof of concept: Public pressure can help protect freedom of speech. The courts are not coming to save us, but we might be able to save ourselves," writes @ericcolumbus.bsky.social.
How the FCC Chair Unplugged Jimmy Kimmel—and Why It Didn’t Last
Disney’s spine was stiffened by force. Others’ mileage may vary.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"The factors that brought Jimmy Kimmel back so quickly may be difficult to replicate, but they stand as proof of concept: Public pressure can help protect freedom of speech. The courts are not coming to save us, but we might be able to save ourselves," writes @ericcolumbus.bsky.social.
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Great journalism by Nashville local tv news investigator @philinvestigates.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Great journalism by Nashville local tv news investigator @philinvestigates.com
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The request came from the Center for American Rights, a nonprofit law firm that has played a prominent role in the news-distortion investigations spearheaded by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses
NPR and PBS stations targeted by group involved in Carr’s news-distortion probes.
arstechnica.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The request came from the Center for American Rights, a nonprofit law firm that has played a prominent role in the news-distortion investigations spearheaded by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
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Costco’s lawsuit stands out not only because of the size of the company involved, but because it illustrates how tariffs actually work—and exposes the Trump administration’s lies about them.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Costco’s lawsuit stands out not only because of the size of the company involved, but because it illustrates how tariffs actually work—and exposes the Trump administration’s lies about them.
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