Ann Matlack
@annhm.bsky.social
I proudly represent Maine House District 43. Wife, mother, Meme to 2 great grandkids. The liberal wing of the Higgins family of Castine, Maine.
😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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"A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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Cheryl Reeve, winningest coach in WNBA history, defends transgender athletes against sports bans. “Exclusion is never the answer. Separate isn’t equal. Trans lives matter.” 💗🏳️⚧️💗🏀💗
NEW via @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: Leaders in the Assemblies of God — DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin’s own denomination — say pastors with religious visas were detained and “pressured” with separation from their children if they didn’t sign voluntary departure papers religionnews.com/2026/07/24/p...
Detained pastor couple had religious worker visas, Assemblies of God leaders say
(RNS) — Pastor Nepthali Zozaya Saucedo, 36, said he and his wife, who came to the U.S. legally, were repeatedly pressured to sign voluntary departure papers but that they had refused.
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The communist Trump WH routinely steals the work of others to use for their warmonger propaganda.
There should be no "Epstein Fortune." Whatever ill-gotten gains there are belong to his victims not his coddled playmates. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/b...
Meet Jeffrey Epstein’s Girlfriend, Who Stands to Inherit Much of His Estate (Gift Article)
Karyna Shuliak, 37, is a complicated and unusual figure in the disgraced financier’s world who has been trying to blend into obscurity since his death.
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So Weird Al turned down an AI ad and also the Riyadh comedy festival and the lesson is Weird Al has more integrity than the vast majority of entertainers triblive.com/aande/music/...
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic gets Bigger & Weirder in a tour headed to Pittsburgh
It’s fairly easy to see how “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Bigger and Weirder tour got its name. The tour grew to 90 cities (after hitting 75 last year), plus the band has doubled in si...
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BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.
You know, people who say that Troy Jackson is benefitting from Graham Platner's movement have it backwards. Platner was helped by what Troy was part of and helped build. #mepolitics
7/25 BREAKING NEWS: Maine Dems choose Troy Jackson as their nominee to take on Senator Susan Collins
I regret to inform you that issue polling is complicated because the way people think about politics is complicated, and that this is a feature and not a bug
Susan Collins voted for $70 billion in ICE funding just before an ICE agent gunned down a young immigrant father in Maine. Collins also voted against an amendment requiring bodycams. These votes will now be hung around her neck, Dems in the state tell me. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2133...
Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn
Collins cast some recent votes that can help likely Democratic challenger Troy Jackson tie her to Trump and to ICE. And there’s evidence that both liberals and moderates will listen.
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Voter roll purges are necessary to remove people who have passed away, moved or otherwise become ineligible to vote. But sometimes purges can erroneously include thousands of eligible voters. As the Trump administration ramps up its attacks on voting, make sure you know your registration status:
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Schiff: The judge, in that decision on Monday, referred Blanche, basically, to the New York Bar Association because of his conduct. How is it possible that after being referred to the bar association for potential discipline on Monday, we’re contemplating this guy for attorney general on Wednesday?
The reason why ICE agents continue to shoot people is because nothing ever happens to them when they do. They essentially have been granted full immunity for whatever they choose to do to people by a lawless regime of thugs.
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
It's ironic to me that I have to show up for work, teaching a classroom full of 10-year-olds every day, while fighting stage IV cancer and racking up crazy amounts of medical debt, but Mitch McConnell can just disappear for weeks on end and he gets to keep his comfy job and amazing benefits. 🤔
Jeff Bridges as The Dude: Funny Stir
ALT: Jeff Bridges as The Dude: Funny Stir
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Florida folks: If you have O- blood and are of African or African American descent, OneBlood is searching for donors who have a rare antigen that matches with a teenager with sickle cell disease who needs 50 units of blood so she can have a bone marrow transplant.
Rare blood needed to save life of Florida teen needing bone marrow transplant
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA)— Blood donors of African descent are needed to save the life of a Florida 18-year-old fighting an aggressive form of sickle cell disease, OneBlood announced. Gigi Felix,…
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When Jeff Bezos (who is 100 times richer than Taylor Swift) was married, he essentially took over the city of Venice, pushed locals aside, and provided nothing lasting in return. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce personally donated over $26 million to charities to commemorate their wedding.
Trump destroyed the teams at DOJ dedicated to going after kleptocrats and oligarchs like Putin, right off the bat. It was the first of many favors. Trump/Russia is no hoax. www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
Putin’s £100m yacht flees to Arctic
A £100m superyacht believed to be owned by Vladimir Putin is fleeing Europe to avoid Ukrainian drone attacks.
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I’ve looked and looked. I can’t find any reporting of the inmates’ demands. As if they just went rogue, kidnapping guards for no reason. Which maybe but prove it.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.Prisoners at a jail in Eastern North Carolina overpowered staff and have seized control of the facility, authorities said www.wral.com/news/state/b...
“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:
