LumenARRT!

@lumenarrt.bsky.social

Art based video projections, like electronic graffiti, are a visual voice bringing awareness to issues of social, economic & environmental justice in Maine. Our videos and graphics are free to download & use: https://lumenarrt.wordpress.com/gallery/

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions

The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

nbcnews.com

Let’s be honest about what this is. When I paused issuing ICE unmarked license plates and pushed back on Trump trying to nationalize elections, far-right politicians got angry. Now they want me out of the way. I won’t be intimidated from upholding my duty to the Constitution.

Bild

Keep the pressure on! Update on DHS funding: A procedural vote on Thursday fell short of the number required, leaving it stalled ahead of a midnight Saturday deadline.... The Senate is on a week-long recess but could be called back if a deal is reached. From www.bbc.com/news/article...

DHS heads towards shutdown after funding bill fails in Senate

Democrats block a funding bill in the Senate, after disagreement over putting new restrictions on immigration agents

bbc.com

“Children in a concentration camp dare to protest.” This is a real statement, describing a real event, in Trump’s America. Let’s take a few minutes to sit with that and really think about what we can do to free these children and make sure such a statement is never uttered again.

Amanda Katz@katzish.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Truly amazing that tech leaders and Republican members of Congress aren’t brave enough to stand up to Trump/Miller while literal children in a concentration camp dare to protest apnews.com/article/texa...

🧵 Alex Pretti was a VA ICU nurse. Colleagues remember him as kind, warm, and caring. He was a beloved son, brother, friend, and neighbor.   ICE agents murdered him in cold blood. In broad daylight. And then they had the gall—the sheer, evil audacity—to call *him* a domestic terrorist. (1/3)

Photo of Alex Preti

Hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to Minnesota’s voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.

AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting

Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.

democracydocket.com

WaPo brutal headline/lede (paywalled): "The surge of federal [ICE] agents into Maine has put the Senate's most vulnerable Republican, Susan Collins, on the defensive -- and in avoidance mode -- as she fends off attacks from two Dem challengers who say she needs to stand up to" Trump. #MEpolitics

ICE surge creates new headache for Maine’s Susan Collins

Susan Collins, the most vulnerable Republican in the Senate, would not say whether she supported the Trump administration’s ICE operation in Maine.

washingtonpost.com