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Civil war.
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
Donald Trump has recognized the basic truth that a critical mass of Americans will cheer the more brutal you are to people they see as criminals.
The last thing I want to do is turn into someone like bhattacharya and center my minor social media scandals. But Prasad is just straight out lying here. Unlike him, I never monetized social media content. It’s bad when government leaders lies about their critics.
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Deploying the military against Americans.
The decision's better than feared. AI *is* competition. Google's not a monopoly. Sharing data probably helps others' AI. Selling Chrome'd be idiotic. Cutting off fees to Mozilla, Apple would've been damaging, but without exclusivity do they reduce? 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
Stopping immigration seems to require illiberal enforcement measures. Not stopping it risks fueling illiberal demagogues. The redoubtable Chandran Kukathas and David Goodhart discussed this challenge at last month’s “Liberalism for the 21st Century” conference. open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
The coverup continues. politi.co/45LVjlF
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I have to say it’s strange that the first Epstein file they publish is a giant banner
Distraction, it’s made the Epstein file demands go away so….
"It just seems like AIM is just hellbent on making sure this town doesn't either have water to drink, or that if the water is there to drink, that it's got crap in it," Mayor Paul Bissonette said.
This will be the 1 time ever I will share the epoch times seriously. Just more cancel culture from our censorious medical establishment.
Wow, House Republicans are going to a lot of trouble not to force the release of the real Epstein files. The real files, the ones that we know Donald Trump features in, since FBI agents working at the direction of Bondi and Patel spent a lot of time redacting his name.
The truth? Trump is once again tacoing because he is so weak youtu.be/y69NXtzTfV4?...
Edgar Vicente Bermeo Sicha arrived at the U.S. southern border in 2024, fleeing persecution in Ecuador. (via Maine Public)
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson accused Google last week of using "partisan" spam filtering in Gmail that sends Republican fundraising emails to the spam folder while delivering Democratic emails to inboxes.
Pritzker says the press should be asking this question, too, and he's right.
I wrote, warning about this, fully two weeks ago. Too bad nobody (in the elite media) listens. presswatchers.org/2025/08/the-...
The great @sifill.bsky.social shreds the media for falling for Trump's narratives -- in this case, that these occupations have anything to do with crime. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
DOOCY: How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead? TRUMP: ... DOOCY: You see that? TRUMP: No ... I heard that. I get reports.
Federal Officers Arrest Two People Fighting A Wildfire In Washington Because Why Not You can't do mass deportation without being indiscriminate. That's how things are working out in Trump's second term in office, with ICE, etc. entirely abandoning any pretense of just trying to rid this country of…
Monday was supposed to be a welcome-to-college football party for the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach. Instead, it was the latest crack in his once seemingly impenetrable armor. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/02/s...
This article has now been updated with a lie from our government. I only make money, a little, from book. My YouTube channel had 250 followers, too small to monetize even if I wanted. Censor Prasad can’t conceive that anyone would work for free, but if he wants to keep bring attention to me…
The specially designed and climate-controlled box allows parents in crisis to anonymously surrender their infant. (via Spectrum News) www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/02/c...
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is eliminating regulations at breakneck speed by using a process that cuts dozens of rules at a time while giving the public only 10 or 20 days to review each proposal and submit objections.
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Noah Kahan's called his song 'Maine' “forever my favorite." But as much significance as the track has for the 28-year-old singer-songwriter, it might be greater for our state.
OpenAI’s Answer To ChatGPT-Related Suicide Lawsuit: Spy On Users, Report To Cops When you read about Adam Raine's suicide and ChatGPT's role in helping him plan his death, the immediate reaction is obvious and understandable: something must be done. OpenAI should be held responsible. This cannot…
The data was key evidence in the death of a pedestrian in 2019.
“Kennedy’s “Make America healthy again” movement, gullible skeptics Trump has brought into his coalition…RFK Jr.’s transition from left-wing to right-wing kook personifies the realignment of a certain strain of modern snake-oil peddlers into the Republican tent.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The verb 'must' looks a lot like German 'musste' and Dutch 'moest'. But wait a minute: those mean "had to", not "have to". They're past tense forms. Well, 'must' used to be a past tense too! It ditched its present tense, which would've become *moot if it had survived. Here's the story of 'must':
We are watching, in real time, the destruction of the CDC. Our kids' and families' health is going to be put at risk because Trump and RFK Jr. are running a money-making conspiracy racket instead of a public health agency. Another result of Trump's corruption machine.
The festival, a creation of the pioneering Points North Institute, is a dazzling, challenging, eye-opening and above all deeply human collection of documentary and boundary-stretching nonfiction films where life in all its facets is viewed through the lenses of the best and boldest filmmakers.
Having to watch them and converter app adverts! 😭
Trump's tariffs are basically illegal, federal appeals court rules
In a move that is sure to shock no one, a judge has ruled that Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to LA was illegal. As a retired National Guard member told our friends at @revealnews.org in June, Trump's co-opting of the military is putting our democracy in extreme danger.
"Work from home is bad for everyone Only a few people retain productivity Intangible office connections are gone Young people r further isolated and lonely City centers decay" -Vinay Prasad, the FDA Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, who barely comes into the office.
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Federal Grand Jury Refuses To Indict DC Sandwich Thrower We're all familiar with what grand juries should be able to do to the proverbial ham sandwich. But in Washington DC -- the unwilling host of Donald Trump's martial law test run -- federal prosecutors can't even get an indictment to stick the…
The Maine Monitor will be in Eastport TONIGHT with The Quoddy Tides to meet with the community to talk about #news in #Maine. Click the link for more details. We hope to see you there! www.facebook.com/share/15A1a4...
“This is political messaging under Trump 2.0: Inconvenient facts aren’t to be swept under the rug, but loudly denounced as ridiculous lib nonsense.” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-real...
"If Question 1 were passed, it would be one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the country." www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/02/o...
Trump is once again weaponizing government power for revenge. Schiff, James, and Cook are the latest targets—dragged into “fraud” investigations pulled straight from Trump’s enemies list. This isn’t justice. It’s political retribution. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/selective-...
/2 This would very plausibly get charged in the U.S. — particularly if it were about a group subject to less prejudice. It’s not clear the prosecution would succeed, but it’s quite possible this would get you arrested here, particularly by state authorities.
The UK’s approach to prosecutions for social media content is quite different than ours in ways I have criticized. This one is within shouting distance of prosecutable in the U.S. The relevant question is whether it’s sufficiently imminent to meet our incitement standard./1
October 2020 and Makary was calling it the flu. 😂
For now, RSU 20 will operate using last year's budget until voters approve a new one. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/02/m...
Does ANY Trump Cabinet secretary know anything about the subject matter of his department?
Some of Meta's new AI staff are already eyeing the exit after extremely brief tenures with the company.
"I don’t know if Donald Trump has a personal health problem. But I’m confident he has a political health care problem...Republicans have handed Democrats a powerful agenda: Undo the Medicaid cuts. Keep the health insurance tax credits. Provide vaccines." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Anne Applebaum on the threat of authoritarianism in the United States. "The surprise has been the number of people, the Republicans in the Senate and the House, but also law firms, business...how many people gave up before fighting and they just kind of acquiesced." youtube.com/shorts/QpYrO...
New Mainers are buying and operating village markets and variety stores across the state, often in rural areas where they are preserving the only retail access to gas, groceries and other necessities for miles around.
Again, German media are better at covering America's fall into fascism than American media. Lead stories in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Trump's DC goal is total control über alles. Is this how a dictatorship begins? Trump's propaganda is reminiscent of the Nazis'.
Both sides have until Sept. 30 to reach a deal or Northern Light will leave Anthem's network. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/02/b...
New at Media Nation: How two-tier Disney is helping to fuel the rise of middle-class anger and resentment. dankennedy.net/2025/09/02/h...
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Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This week on the podcast, we chat with Rep Rafael Macias (D-Topsham), a retired naval officer and first-time legislator. He reflects on the past session including the hurdles of budget negotiations and frustrations with the lack of progressive action. Listen below or on your favorite podcasting app!
Wired, Business Insider Editors Duped By Completely Bogus ‘AI’ Using ‘Journalist’ Who Made Up Towns, People That Don’t Exist The rushed integration of half-cooked automation into the already broken U.S. journalism industry simply isn’t going very well. There have been just countless examples where…
"It’s surreal to witness the nascent elements of a similar authoritarian takeover in Washington DC, the capitol of supposedly the world’s leading democracy. It may not yet be at the stage of an actual coup, but the groundwork is being laid." bylinetimes.com/2025/08/29/d...
Holy cow. New this morning from the @bostonglobe.com: “A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective.” If you're not a subscriber but you know where to look, it's there. I swear I didn't post it.
“As I was wrapping my head around the model, it was the answer to so many of the issues that I was having.” www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/02/a...
#CDC directors going back to 1977 tell the truth about #RFKJr: he is endangering the health of every American. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
The Senators who voted "Yea" for this man are 100% responsible for propping RFK Jr. up and giving him this platform. They, too, deserve our loathing and anger. They have caused this existential threat to rise. (This quote is from 2023, so you know they knew about it.)
Susan Collins voted for RFK Jr. The deaths he’s causing are on her too.
The chaos at the CDC in the wake of last week’s firing of its Director and the resignations of four senior officials is fallout from the latest skirmish in RFK Jr.’s war against vaccines. Make no mistake, RFK Jr. is working hard to take away your vaccines, if he can. Here’s a progress report.
Friday I tried to read Trump's mind: "I figured Bobby might get the message to ease up. Instead he decided to melt down his whole goddamn agency!" Trump's 8:15 am Monday post suggests I may not have been wrong to think Trump is losing patience with Bobby. www.thebulwark.com/p/camelot-fo...
These policing failures appear to have torpedoed the prosecution of a major drug bust. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/02/m...
"Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned Donald Trump’s America is drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics — and said other investors are too scared of the president to speak up." www.ft.com/content/b86b...
Maybe he's going to discredit the Epstein victims before their press conference on Wednesday.
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Bernie Sanders backs Graham Platner, Troy Jackson at Labor Day rally in Portland
Portland could levy fines on commercial property owners who leave spaces vacant
“What happens in small towns, especially rural towns, is the talent pool is very very thin. You can’t find people that know basic accounting, let alone the added complexities of governmental accounting.” www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/02/p...
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Nobody is talking about this, but Casey Means was nominated as surgeon general on and referred to the Senate HELP Committee on June 2. As of July 31, the committee has not advanced her nomination due to missing paperwork. The Surgeon General has to have a medical license, which she does not have.
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Nits really hard to make myself watch this. It’s nauseating.
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned Donald Trump’s America is drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics — and said other investors are too scared of the president to speak up on.ft.com/46g7Iyd
This video remains undeleted. Watch 2 very powerful officials today discuss their plan for herd immunity via mass infection 5 years ago. (Or skip to minute 11 to hear it). It’s important to remember. youtu.be/rz_Z7Gf1aRE
/3 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is in that category of shows I watched as a kid in syndication, usually when I was sick and was allowed to use the tiny black-and-white tv, or when my parents were out, since I wasn’t allowed a lot of tv.
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