Sara in Maine
@sara207.bsky.social
Retired lawyer and health policy analyst. Midcoast Maine for now.
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There’s an underlying assumption a lot of people are making that if a black guy successfully misleads you, it means you have set your racism levels too low.
Pro-tip: if you're under the age of 25 and looking for a clever way to sow doubt within your MAGA relatives, ask them what they remember about the invasion of Iraq. Open-ended questions. You just wanna understand that time period. Don't offer opinions. Let them talk. Trust me on this.
No, he took a swing at the president, noting that the president would rather spend time with her on his plane than do his job. If I complain that my son is spending all his time at the beach instead of doing chores, I am not actually "taking a swing at the beach"
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoGeorgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is up for reelection in November, took a swing at Natalie Harp, President Donald Trump’s executive assistant. CNN’s Betsy Klein explains who Harp is and how her relationship with the president has evolved over the years. Read more: https://cnn.it/4gffjRx
Paul LePage vetoed Medicaid six times. He gave his wealthy friends a $900 million tax cut. He said Social Security was "welfare, pure and simple". That's who Paul LePage is, and it's why he won't fight for your family in Washington. I will. Watch our new ad. 📺️
Spoiler - it would be more than $25 an hour. TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS!! Instead, most of the gain from all that increased productivity is going to boost corporate profits and CEO pay. Dems need to pound on this issue every single day.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3d agoCan you guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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our entire global financial system is currently leveraged to the hilt on the premise that it was good and right for a small cadre of US companies to steal all of the intellectual work ever produced by humanity and sell its back to us without credit or remuneration to the authors (plagiarism)
It’s amazing that Susan Collins skated for her whole career on “I did not expect the obvious when I voted yes on X.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoQ: The shock gloves that ICE is reportedly rolling out using the deescalation funding. Is that the sort of use you envisioned when you passed that bill? SUSAN COLLINS: It's not
I covered a townhall tonight in rural Maine for the Union. A few observations: 1. I was the only Black man in the building and people noticed. 2. Parts of Maine much as well be the deep south. 3. Conservatives are just so full of hate and they revel in it. /1
M. Gessen has written a truly extraordinary piece about the "soft fascism" faced by transgender people in America, and by trans people in Kansas particularly. Beautifully written and reported, deeply humane. I really hope you'll read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...
Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)
Is Kansas just the beginning?
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"Imagine having to choose between not driving and outing yourself as trans every time you enter a club, buy an alcoholic beverage, go to a building where security personnel check ID (an office building, your kid’s school), vote, rent a car, check into a hotel or are stopped for a traffic violation."
Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social · 6d agoM. Gessen has written a truly extraordinary piece about the "soft fascism" faced by transgender people in America, and by trans people in Kansas particularly. Beautifully written and reported, deeply humane. I really hope you'll read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...
Trump’s police state at work infiltrating local Minnesota church ladies
Jon Collins@jcollins.bsky.social · 6d agoLegal documents released today show federal law enforcement officials extensively surveilled public meetings and activists during the ICE surge, and created dossiers on political enemies. I've been busy, but will post some takeaways on this thread soon: (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
This is excellent advice! My 92yo mother is enjoying it too, she gets a big kick out of how many birds it picks up when she’s just sitting on her front porch. She’s learning about birds she never knew about even tho she’s lived there most of her life.
Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli@banditelli.org · 6d agoDownload the merlin app and ID birds and enjoy the world around you. Slow down. It rules. It's great for your mental health and might even lead you to exercise more!
Download the merlin app and ID birds and enjoy the world around you. Slow down. It rules. It's great for your mental health and might even lead you to exercise more!
Riley Bruce@rileybruce.bsky.social · 7d agoWhat’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
Trans young people, like everyone else, deserve the right to keep their most intimate medical records private.
If you find yourself dooming, it's worth recalling that Trump has neither the legal nor (more importantly) the practical ability to effectively federalize & rig the midterms. But if you find yourself complacent, it's important to note he can cause a whole lot of chaos by illegally trying & failing.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.🚨🚨🚨 WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: You have the right to declare a national security emergency for elections. If you do this in the next month, we will get photo ID, proof of citizenship, and a limit to mail ballots TRUMP: Let me just say stranger things have happened. I'll leave it at that
The @nytimes hasn't written a single article asking if "voters will think Tom Tiffany is too radical" because he is an election-denying, pro-ICE, authoritarian extremist. Somehow, his position on the political spectrum has disappeared completely from the National and State Conversations™️
Will Wisconsin Voters Think Francesca Hong Is Too Radical? Here’s Where She Stands.
The democratic socialist is the front-runner to win the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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Not a yard sign but I am a loon guy so must support.
Rachel Widome@rwidome.bsky.social · last wk.I do love the laser-eyed loon
It’s true that if you don’t count 2/3 of its population, Minnesota would be a red state
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Tom Emmer: "Minnesota doesn't necessarily lean Democrat. In fact, if you look at the 2024 presidential heat map, it is overwhelmingly red. There is a blue dot essentially in the Twin Cities."
Baltimore cut homicides 68% with 400 fewer cops, which is a deeply inconvenient plot twist for the “more police is the only way to safety” narrative.
How Baltimore Achieved Historically Low Homicides—With Less Police – Emerald Book
◆ Emerald Pages ◆ public safety / urban policy How Baltimore Achieved Historically Low Homicides—With Less Police Emerald Book Publication August 4, 2026 Updated: August 6, 2026 9 min read Baltimore h...
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After some pretty nasty lies that a Susan Collins super PAC that her lobbyist husband has ties to has been spreading about Troy Jackson, it's probably a good time to bring up your handy guide to refute them. #MEpolitics #ME
A Handy Guide to the Republican Lies & Smears Against Troy Jackson
Susan Collins wants to talk about everything but her support for Trump's failed policies
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this is excellent and so spot on from @susanrinkunas.com: Susan Collins Reminds Maine Voters Just How Easily Brett Kavanaugh Duped Her ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Susan Collins Reminds Maine Voters Just How Easily Brett Kavanaugh Duped Her
Collins claims to support abortion rights. Her voting record shows otherwise.
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