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Preparing for the next four years. Here is a practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0.
Surviving the Next Four Years
A practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
This is really good. Well worth the read.
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Maine is one of the states that the Department of Justice has sued because Bellows' office has refused to comply with requests for voter roll information as part of the agency's election integrity efforts:
Shenna Bellows joins other secretaries of state to press DOJ for details on voter data requests
Maine is one of the states that the Department of Justice has sued because Bellows' office has refused to comply with requests for voter roll information as part of the agency's election integrity eff...
www.mainepublic.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Maine is one of the states that the Department of Justice has sued because Bellows' office has refused to comply with requests for voter roll information as part of the agency's election integrity efforts:
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If you’ve never heard of Maine Needs before then please give them a look. I just finished up an afternoon volunteer shift with them and they are excellent folks.
They could always use more help! And we could always use stronger communities.
They could always use more help! And we could always use stronger communities.
Maine Needs
We strive to help individuals and families in Maine meet their basic material needs by providing donated clothing, hygiene products, household items and other necessities. We focus our work on those s...
www.maineneeds.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you’ve never heard of Maine Needs before then please give them a look. I just finished up an afternoon volunteer shift with them and they are excellent folks.
They could always use more help! And we could always use stronger communities.
They could always use more help! And we could always use stronger communities.
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A year in, the #Resistance is everywhere.
As Tim Snyder said last week: "It's the organizers who are gonna save us in all this. Make sure we're doing something. Find someone more courageous than you, who organizes better than you, and do that thing, too."
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
As Tim Snyder said last week: "It's the organizers who are gonna save us in all this. Make sure we're doing something. Find someone more courageous than you, who organizes better than you, and do that thing, too."
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A year in, the #Resistance is everywhere.
As Tim Snyder said last week: "It's the organizers who are gonna save us in all this. Make sure we're doing something. Find someone more courageous than you, who organizes better than you, and do that thing, too."
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
As Tim Snyder said last week: "It's the organizers who are gonna save us in all this. Make sure we're doing something. Find someone more courageous than you, who organizes better than you, and do that thing, too."
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
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If ICE is in your community or on the streets, remember: you have rights. Learn more about what you should do if ICE is at your home, in your community, or placing you under arrest.
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If ICE is in your community or on the streets, remember: you have rights. Learn more about what you should do if ICE is at your home, in your community, or placing you under arrest.
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Maine AG joins suit over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/26/m...
Maine AG joins suit over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness • Maine Morning Star
Nineteen attorneys general and two governors filed suit in Rhode Island on Tuesday to stop the Trump administration from shifting nearly $4 billion in housing grants, a policy change they say could…
mainemorningstar.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Maine AG joins suit over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/26/m...
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Criminal words are not protected speech.
🚨 BREAKING: Days after Exxon asked SCOTUS to give corporations a First Amendment right to hide pollution, RealPage is now arguing that AI companies have a First Amendment right to help landlords collude to raise rents.
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Criminal words are not protected speech.
That miserable piece of shit! There is going to be so much damage to undo after we pry these assholes out of office.
JFC! 🤬🤬🤬
A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
That miserable piece of shit! There is going to be so much damage to undo after we pry these assholes out of office.
I would hope so!
Trump shedding support among Latino voters, survey finds | via
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @StatesNewsroom.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/26/r...
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @StatesNewsroom.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/26/r...
Trump shedding support among Latino voters, survey finds • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — A majority of U.S. Latinos have grown pessimistic since the 2024 presidential election and increasingly disapprove of the immigration and economic policies of the second Trump…
mainemorningstar.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I would hope so!
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DC pundits who haven’t stepped foot in Maine should read this. They might actually learn something about our campaign.
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion: Matt Dunlap is the kind of Democrat who can win Maine’s 2nd Congressional District
“Dunlap also brings varied experience that undercuts any attempt to paint him as extreme or unprepared.”
www.bangordailynews.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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“Anyone who searches for freedom can find a home here.”
Except not actually because we have a broken immigration system and we’re restricting asylum and refugee claims as much as we can.
Except not actually because we have a broken immigration system and we’re restricting asylum and refugee claims as much as we can.
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Anyone who searches for freedom can find a home here.”
Except not actually because we have a broken immigration system and we’re restricting asylum and refugee claims as much as we can.
Except not actually because we have a broken immigration system and we’re restricting asylum and refugee claims as much as we can.
this is awesome, but it would have gone differently if not for the work of Indivisible groups, the Working People’s party, Maine Families, etc. they were already getting the word out months before I saw my local Dems communicating about it.
NEW: Final numbers for the 2025 Election are in! Here are the major shifts and trends from across Maine. #MEPolitics
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
this is awesome, but it would have gone differently if not for the work of Indivisible groups, the Working People’s party, Maine Families, etc. they were already getting the word out months before I saw my local Dems communicating about it.
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Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved, but you must absolutely avoid being *hated.*
So many forget that last part.
So many forget that last part.
It is a bit alarming, when rereading Machiavelli's The Prince, that it lands as reportage rather than political theory. However, I find great comfort in the fact that they are really effing it up.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved, but you must absolutely avoid being *hated.*
So many forget that last part.
So many forget that last part.
they could at least sit in their own camps while awaiting trial. But i don’t want to sink to their level of inhumanity.
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
they could at least sit in their own camps while awaiting trial. But i don’t want to sink to their level of inhumanity.
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Sen. King: "I can't believe these charlatans and thieves, who everyone told me were charlatans and thieves, are acting like charlatans and thieves! It's just not right!"
King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sen. King: "I can't believe these charlatans and thieves, who everyone told me were charlatans and thieves, are acting like charlatans and thieves! It's just not right!"
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Arrested in Massachusetts and quickly taken to a red state...Louisiana.
In America, even the Trump administration knows you have more rights in blue states.
In America, even the Trump administration knows you have more rights in blue states.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Arrested in Massachusetts and quickly taken to a red state...Louisiana.
In America, even the Trump administration knows you have more rights in blue states.
In America, even the Trump administration knows you have more rights in blue states.
Ukraine made a similar accusation, early in the war. Shameful that no one listened then.
‼️ The International Committee of the Red Cross accused of financing Kremlin propaganda and humanitarian activities in the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow through the Russian Red Cross, - Le Temps
ICRC and IFRC transferred more than 6 million and 6.5 million francs to CRR last year.
ICRC and IFRC transferred more than 6 million and 6.5 million francs to CRR last year.
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Ukraine made a similar accusation, early in the war. Shameful that no one listened then.
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my list of articles showing how AI is harmful is now 17 pages long! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
my list of articles showing how AI is harmful is now 17 pages long! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office said it would cost $244.64 to review the emails between Abbott and Musk, which @kutnews.bsky.social and The Texas Newsroom paid.
After the check was cashed, Abbott’s and Musk’s lawyers sought to keep the records secret.
After the check was cashed, Abbott’s and Musk’s lawyers sought to keep the records secret.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s i...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office said it would cost $244.64 to review the emails between Abbott and Musk, which @kutnews.bsky.social and The Texas Newsroom paid.
After the check was cashed, Abbott’s and Musk’s lawyers sought to keep the records secret.
After the check was cashed, Abbott’s and Musk’s lawyers sought to keep the records secret.
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the mother of her nephew!!!
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
the mother of her nephew!!!
Witkoff needs to be investigated.
By getting Trump to endorse and push Russia's "peace plan," Steve Witkoff successfully took the sanctions pressure off Russia. Last week we were talking about Congress voting to sanction Russia and now we are not.
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Witkoff needs to be investigated.
yes. And also, it feels like more and more processes are less and less clear and efficient, because every platform wants to hold your attention as long as possible. My most fervent desire now is just to be left alone.
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
yes. And also, it feels like more and more processes are less and less clear and efficient, because every platform wants to hold your attention as long as possible. My most fervent desire now is just to be left alone.
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US judge orders Trump administration to provide bond hearings to detained migrants reut.rs/4ipPTRZ
US judge orders Trump administration to provide bond hearings to detained migrants
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Donald Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond.
reut.rs
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
US judge orders Trump administration to provide bond hearings to detained migrants reut.rs/4ipPTRZ
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This is the way.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is the way.
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1. I see elsewhere on Bluesky that the discourse has turned toward telling writers not to be ashamed to admit they have day jobs or other sources of income (or spousal/family financial support), and you know what, that's 100% correct. Day jobs and support from loved ones are great if you have them!
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
1. I see elsewhere on Bluesky that the discourse has turned toward telling writers not to be ashamed to admit they have day jobs or other sources of income (or spousal/family financial support), and you know what, that's 100% correct. Day jobs and support from loved ones are great if you have them!