so post primary what it appears to me is el-sayed is a good candidate who uses every media avail to talk himself up while talking shit about his opponent, precisely the kind of thing the leftist and centrist wings of the party should want.
Kate Josephs
@alnadem.bsky.social
dog person, bicoastal, OnceUponABay.org
"...and that's why I'm eventually going to vote for the $33 billion Iran War ask!" (after expressing obligatory concern) (unless they don't need my vote) #MEpolitics
Thank you, Joel Umanzor of Richmondside.org and photographer Maurice Tierney, for making us look good!
Couple is podcasting from a boat in San Pablo Harbor to preserve bay history
Mike Herz, founder of SF Baykeeper, and his wife, Kate Josephs, are sharing stories about the bay from their home upon the waves.
richmondside.org
Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
theatlantic.com
Whatever your take on Platner, I see his incomplete run as a case of winning ground. He SO clearly articulated what is wrong with our politics that he rewrote the script. The shift from "red vs. blue" to "billionaires vs. the rest of us" is happening. Eyes on the platform going forward! #MEpolitics
Wow, I've been added to 5 lists so far. Wonder what I said? (I don't wonder what I said) "Smart People" "Techno-pessimists” "unoffensive list name” "Nazis and their enablers" "Actual predators"
124 cruise ships this season in Maine? Water pollution, air pollution, disease vectors and just general grossness. I get the commerce part but who is looking after the commons? #MEpolitics
Portland Cruise Control_Maine@portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 5mo agoWith 124 cruise ships this season we are always under threat of infectious disease outbreaks. Portland is NOT prepared. Public Health is presenting their recommendations to HHS+PS Committee 5.12.26 portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/8342/f... portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/infectious-d...
WHY ONE 21-MINUTE PODCAST took 3 1/2 years to produce: we're old, we like to argue, maybe we shouldn't have eaten those shrooms...
More about Episode 1: The Baykeeper & Me
Depending on how you count, this 21-minute episode took 3 1/2 years from start to finish. That's because we spent the first year and half finding a boat 3,500 miles from home and figuring out where to put it. Then we had to figure out how to execute our idea. Then, we collected enough material for at least 21 episodes and I realized I needed to learn a few things. After that we argued over content, style, story order, etc., and then I found I had to learn even more stuff, and then I went on stri
onceuponabay.org
This is an extremely thoughtful and thorough look at the Maine Senate race.
I went to school with Graham Platner. Here's a look at his success
Graham Platner, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, is possibly the most remarkable political story in the country.
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Cruise lines rarely change their behavior, if it will cost them $. Portland needs the conviction to demand the ships use cleaner fuel ~ to protect the health of residents & to protect Casco Bay, the critical region of commercial fishing in Maine. #MEpolitics #Portland #banscrubbers #cruiseships
Portland Cruise Control_Maine@portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 6mo ago“We wanted to take an incentive approach to see if offering a discount will move the needle at all & ships will burn cleaner fuel while in port. We'll see.” E. Hipple, port director Banning toxic scrubber wash in Casco Bay will be a suggestion, not a requirement. #Portland #Maine #cruiseships
I'm terrible at marketing, so forgot to tell everyone about Episode 2 - an underwater tour of San Francisco! On all podcast apps or online here: rss.com/podcasts/onc... It's called "Gold, Cuban Cigars & Mud." Our guest is the maritime archaeologist and incredible storyteller James Delgado.
San Francisco Baykeeper founder Mike Herz & I just launched a podcast celebrating his favorite Bay. With shipwrecks, fish tales, courtroom battles, secret CIA vessels, scoundrels & environmental heroes. ONCE UPON A BAY is on all the usual podcast apps, or online at rss.com/podcasts/onc... 🐟🐟🐟
We're spending more EACH DAY on Susan Collins and Donald Trump's deadly war of choice than Collins procured in earmarks over the last SEVERAL YEARS. Worth thinking about the next time Maine press runs a warmed over press release about the money Collins is supposedly bringing home. #MEpolitics
Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting. She had some things she needed to get off her chest
Conservative white evangelicals are unmatched in their fervor, ferocity, and organization. In vast numbers, these people have completely lost the plot of their faith tradition, to the point that they now pose a human rights emergency to the rest of us. - John Pavlovitz
A Pastor's Warning: We're Not in a Civil War, But a Christian Nationalist Holy War—And They Must Not Win.
I’m not sure Americans really understand what we’re facing right now.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
As in other times of historic monstrous regimes, there is no ambiguity left now. The lines are starkly drawn, the factions clearly defined, the opposing values unmistakable. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/for-the-sa...
For the Sake of The Nation and Humanity, His Supporters Must Be Shunned
At this point, decent people need to face a painful truth:
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
I'm sorry but I hate it when people say passed instead of died. Please, you can say died and it won't kill anyone.
Can't believe Mamdani decided to go after Susan Collins in his inaugural speech. #MEpolitics
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 9mo agoMamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
Whether it’s Pete Buttigieg learning to speak eight languages or Donald Trump successfully identifying a giraffe, there’s plenty of intellectual accomplishments on both sides of the aisle.
Do you love dogs? Do you live on the East Coast? I would like to encourage you to foster a dog to save a life. NYC has a high kill shelter. They killed 11 dogs just this week, some just pups still. Fosters get full support , transport to you, food , even veterinary care. @princesskim.bsky.social
Next Saturday, Lewiston, 12-3, Kennedy Park. Come if you can.
L@livkalearns.bsky.social · 10mo agoImmigrants are welcome here! ♥️ #Maine #MEPolitics
