#MEpolitics: Here are a few actions you can take to combat the far-right’s expanding efforts to disrupt local governance: - Attend City Council meetings and peacefully refute their rhetoric - Join official city advisory committees - Canvass your neighbourhood for your local progressive candidates

Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 16h ago

The attack on government as a public good is not just playing out on the national level. It’s making its way to municipalities. It’s why failed candidate Jonathan Bush (yep, of those Bushes) is pumping thousands of dollars into the Bangor City Council race. It’s a war on government for the people.

A protestor gets assaulted by several MAGA supporters for merely interrupting Trump’s fascist rally, then gets manhandled by security, who merely attempt to calm the people assaulting them, leaving them in the crowd. Trump is trying to signal it is open season on his opposition.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

holy shit -- a protester at the Trump rally gets physically assaulted after they interrupt the rally by a man who punches her in the face. Trump smears the protester as a "fat guy"

A protestor gets assaulted by several MAGA supporters for merely interrupting Trump’s fascist rally, then gets manhandled by security, who merely attempt to calm the people assaulting them, leaving them in the crowd. Trump is trying to signal it is open season on his opposition.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

holy shit -- a protester at the Trump rally gets physically assaulted after they interrupt the rally by a man who punches her in the face. Trump smears the protester as a "fat guy"

Trump is pivoting to homoerotic spoken word performances in a desperate attempt to save his party’s chances in the midterms.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

Trump on Jon Husted: "I don't do this with men very often. I started examining his body, because I didn't know he was a great athlete ... I looked at his ass"

For the 48,539th time…

That's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works!

ALT: That's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works!

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h ago

Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.

#MEpolitics: I very rarely repost memes, but this is just too accurate. Susan Collins’ foolproof plan to fight rising food insecurity in Maine.

This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.

Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · yesterday

Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.

Pretty close to the truth in Maine - Janet Mills gave them a holiday and a ban on school mascots when what the Wabanaki nations deserve is full recognition of their inherent sovereignty #mepolitics

The Onion@theonion.com · 13h ago

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

The early morning DHS raid of House Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (MN-D) home is yet another escalation in not only the Trump regime’s weaponisation of the federal gov against his political enemies, but the regime’s attempt to incite a race war, as @atrupar.com explains in his new, prescient article.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 15h ago

"What Trump is doing now is next level. He’s not just attacking Somali residents. Rather, he’s calling for Minnesotans to attack them as well. And of course, it’s all based on absolute lies." — @snipy.bsky.social

Please take time to read this important thread from @andycraig.bsky.social explaining why the DHS raid on Rep. Omar’s home ahead of the midterms—an obvious act of political intimidation—is a dangerous escalation of the Trump regime’s weaponisation of the federal gov against his political enemies.

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 17h ago

There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that.

The Trump regime intensifying their weaponisation of the federal government against his political enemies is shocking but not surprising. And it will only get worse if we do not take back Congress. We must do everything we can to elect the candidates committed to holding the regime accountable.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 15h ago

Breaking News: Homeland Security agents executed a search warrant at the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative moves related to political candidates so close to elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

#MEpolitics: Here are a few actions you can take to combat the far-right’s expanding efforts to disrupt local governance: - Attend City Council meetings and peacefully refute their rhetoric - Join official city advisory committees - Canvass your neighbourhood for your local progressive candidates

Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 16h ago

The attack on government as a public good is not just playing out on the national level. It’s making its way to municipalities. It’s why failed candidate Jonathan Bush (yep, of those Bushes) is pumping thousands of dollars into the Bangor City Council race. It’s a war on government for the people.

Ruin a book by adding a word [to the title] The Wealth Gap of Nations

Rebecca Spang@rlspang.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ruin a book by adding a word [to the title] The Social Media Contract

If I purposefully train a bunch of large dogs to be vicious and destructive, then release them unsupervised into my neighbourhood, and they do significant property damage and even maul people, am I no longer liable for the their actions? Asking for humanity.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d ago

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

Watch the video of the ICE shooting in NYC and you’ll see that none of the agents—which had their firearms aimed at the victim—were in danger. They were on the side of the victim’s vehicle as he panicked and hit the gas pedal. The agents THEN shot him as he moved away. This is attempted murder.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d ago

The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.

AI comps are using more resources to game out their response to catastrophic scenarios caused by their product than actually preventing the catastrophes from happening in the first place, whilst also working to convince the Trump regime that they’re too big—and vital to national security—to fail.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d ago

“.. AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event .. most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/10/09/a...

#MEpolitics: Based on the countless hours I’ve spent both listening to—and empirically refuting—supporters of Bobby Charles (and Donald Trump) as they pontificate about unhoused people in Bangor during the public comment period of City Council meetings, their “solution” has a distinctly “final” hue.

James Myall@jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 3d ago

The metaphor also makes me wonder exactly what solution Bobby has in mind if this is how he dehumanizes people who are homeless.

#MEpolitics: I live in Bangor—walking distance from downtown—and Bobby Charles is not only talking out of his arse, he’s employing the MAGA tactic of trying to dehumanise and demonise unhoused people, many of whom are unhoused because of the failed, inhumane policies of people like Bobby Charles.

James Myall@jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 3d ago

It’s been a minute since I was in Bangor, but I feel like this might been a teensy exaggeration. #mepolitics

When we take back control of the federal government and begin the work to reform it into a strong and robust social democracy, one of the first actions will not only be to arrest every member of the Trump regime, but to confiscate all of their pilfered assets and return them to the people.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

"Next month, Trump is hosting the 'most exclusive dinner in the world' at his golf club in Virginia — & you’re invited! Well, only if you can pony up millions to buy his scammy meme coin. It’s just another breathtaking bit of corruption that, by now, is depressingly routine." — @snipy.bsky.social

Ask yourself *why* any government would levy sanctions on the ICC, denounce its investigations, and reject its jurisdiction. Then research *which* have levied sanctions on the ICC, denounced its investigations, and rejected its jurisdiction. I think you’ll find some very concerning commonalities.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d ago

* ICC STRONGLY REJECTS US SANCTIONS AGAINST THE INSTITUTION * ICC SAYS SANCTIONS ARE AN ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE @reuters.com

Mullin’s comments during the DHS presser for another brutal ICE abduction in NYC get to the heart of the regime’s philosophy: Constitutionally protected due process is a privilege only afforded to those that can pay for it. And, if you’re not male, white, and/or Christian, you have to pay extra.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Markwayne Mullin: "It's shameful that we're giving this particular case so much attention when this was a thug, an absolute worst of the worst"

Many of us have warned for sometime that the “jokes” and “random comments” from Trump and his cronies about rejecting election results that imperil his regime were designed to seed and signpost its plans for responding to the midterms and 2028 general election. The regime will not go quietly.

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 5d ago

NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war

Do you know which other entities live stream executions? ISIS. The Taliban. The Iranian regime. The US federal government has been taken over by another fascist faction of religious extremists.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan

For every $75 cut from patient care in the Big Beautiful Bill, the much-vaunted Rural Health Transformation Program gives back just $1. This and other fact checks on Collins’ claims about RHTP #mepolitics www.mecep-action.org/fact-check-c...

Fact Check: Senator Collins’ rural health fund falls billions short of what the One Big Beautiful Bill takes away

LePage blocked policies approved by voters, cut services for families, shifted costs onto towns and households, and left federal funding unclaimed or unspent.

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PREDICTION: Trump is going to make similar racist statements about immigrant communities in other blue and purple states over the course of the next few weeks leading up to election day in an attempt to incite disorder, which his regime will use as a pretext to send troops to polling stations.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"

This arbitrary change in terminology—which Trump and other members of his regime have done before—is a well-worn tactic for authoritarians. It may seem farcical, but that’s actually the point: it’s an intentional farce used to test the subservience of his supporters and the resolve of his enemies.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

#MEpolitics: Susan Collins is not only politically corrupt, but she’s morally corrupt, choosing to fabricate a nonsensical explanation for dismissing Christine Blasey Ford’s sworn testimony that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Ford so as to justify confirming Kavanaugh to SCOTUS. Vote. Her. Out.

Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · 5d ago

Attorneys for Christina Blasey Ford: "[Susan] Collins may claim to be a moderate, but she does not vote like one. And where Dr. Ford demonstrated tremendous courage, Sen. Collins has demonstrated that she will always place politics over principle." tinyurl.com/yb6pyx63 #MEpolitics

#MEpolitics: Susan Collins’ approach to the debate with Troy Jackson last night—and her entire philosophy as one of the most powerful members of the federal government—can essentially be summarised in five words: “Let them eat road salt.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

Trump: “…right after we kick off Infrastructure Week.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "We will pass a truly great healthcare plan"

The President of the United States, in front of a crowd of his supporters, during a televised rally, admits to a Quid Pro Quo pardon, which is a felony and impeachable offence. And absolutely nothing will happen, because his party, which controls congress, are fascist collaborators and sycophants.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

moments after saying he didn't expect anything in exchange for pardoning Cueller, Trump admits "I guess I expected maybe he wouldn't run or maybe he'd run as a Republican"