"At one point, the documents indicate, prison officials planned to house Epstein in a cell with Cesar Sayoc, a fanatical supporter of Trump’s who in 2019 was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he mailed explosive devices to prominent Democrats and media figures." Washington Post
Yikes.
The quote he is mad about is an actual Reagan quote. This is a post-truth presidency.
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
"So the tariff is paid in this country by the importer, is that right?" -- Eugene Robinson guides Scott Bessent into acknowledging that tariffs are in fact paid in the United States, not by foreign governments
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@indivisiblebangor.org will take part in the Good Trouble Lives On rallies on July 17th! Be there at one near you! (Yes, it's a Thursday, but Stephen Miller works on Thursdays, so we can do this on a Thursday).
This is coming up shortly and we need you to be there with us! Collins needs to be held accountable and it’s up to us to us to keep her accountable. Please share.
#HoldTheLine #TogetherWeCan #HandsOff
Classic abuser tactic.
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration is violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens. One of the children has Stage 4 cancer and was deported without medication, the family’s lawyer said.
This is insane. U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty, a Trump appointee, called this “illegal and unconstitutional.”
"I don't know if JD Vance killed the Pope, but I think we should deport him to El Salvador just in case." -Steve Hoftetter
Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
Every interview, the administration claims the USA "has been ripped off for years." It is super frustrating that it gets no pushback at all. It is accepted as fact, and they get to move on to other lies. All the evidence points to the opposite. It is a wild claim. Make them defend their position!
WE RISE! End the Tyranny!
This Saturday, 4/19 12 PM – 2 PM Rally in front of the Federal Building, and then March!
Peacefully protecting democracy. Stop the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, Social Security and more. Stop the cuts to billionaire taxes!
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Must be at least 1000 people here. Very well organized.
Bangor, ME hands off rally!
"It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense.”
“In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five and you would have to believe it. "― George Orwell, 1984
Jared Golden (ME-2) has withdrawn from the TRIO Caucus, a bipartisan group supportive of higher education access for low-income, first-generation, and disabled students.
He is officially against higher ed access now. Maybe he believes only the wealthy should have a college degree?
"probably my last" from your mouth to God's ears, buddy.
Come one, come all! We are holding a town hall and giving Jared Golden an opportunity to connect with us, hear our concerns and chime in. Let’s see if he’s courageous enough to show up!
Please
There are currently more children in Texas with measles than trans athletes in college in the US.
Tonight in her newsletter, @hcrichardson.bsky.social quoting Maine Senator Angus King telling the Senate to wake up. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
I had to strengthen my personal security last winter especially after being doxxed and swatted because of my ruling that President Trump had engaged in insurrection on January 6. So I understand how it feels to be targeted. But all of us in office swore an oath to defend the Constitution.
Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, challenged President Trump during a White House meeting on Friday. The fight has thrust Mills onto the national stage, making her a folk hero to her party and a political target. Here's what to know.
A screenshot of a text excerpt from a court proceeding, showing a conversation between Judge Reyes and Jason C. Lynch about an executive order that defines “sex” strictly as male or female. Judge Reyes challenges this definition, noting that there are roughly 30 different intersex variations and citing examples such as XXX chromosomes, androgen insensitivity, and five-alpha reductase deficiency. Judge Reyes emphasizes that not everyone fits neatly into an XX or XY pattern, concluding that the executive order’s premise—that there are only two sexes—is biologically incorrect.
Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now
This could be read both ways.
