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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 2h

Well, that'll be a good one to remember!

Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 6h

Well, that's pretty cool!

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 7h

As full of shit as a Christmas turkey.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 7h

My pleasure, Ms. Kevin.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

“In the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party, Senate candidate Graham Platner might be the perfect soldier: The virile, earthy working man many male politicians wish they were, with the committed lefty beliefs many voters are now demanding.”

A GQ headline: Marine Turned Oysterman
Graham Platner Is Ready to Fight Trump. Will MAGA Men Join Him?

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 8h

AS GOES MAINE, SO GOES THE NATION
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Sat, Sept 11, 2025, 10-11:00AM
Town Hall w/Graham, Rumford
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#GrahamPlatner #GrahamForMaine #Maine #MEpolitics

Graham in Rumford! Town Hall at the American Legion · Mobilize

RUMFORD: I'm coming to you. We'll be at the American Legion from 10:00am-11:00am on Saturday, October 11th. I hope you'll come and check out this movement we're building to defeat Susan Collins and he...

www.mobilize.us

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 8h

AS GOES MAINE, SO GOES THE NATION

"We WILL win the primary. We WILL win the general,
and we will show this country the way forward, because
as goes Maine, so goes the nation."

#GrahamForMaine #Maine #MEpolitics

#NONViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#VoteNOon1

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 8h

650 people in Brewer, Maine — ready to set off a political earthquake.

As Maine goes, so goes the nation. And that’s exactly why the politicians in Washington, D.C. are so scared.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 9h

All Antifa pets, every one of 'em.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 10h

How many guests do these massive cruise ships typically have? I see 7 floors of cabins on a lot of them. It's absurd.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 10h

I used to work all through the downeast coast on a regular basis in the 70's, from Calais down to mid-coast, back when all those coastal communities were serious working towns, far from the typical Maine tourist.

You're absolutely right. There are better ways to boost local economies.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 10h

Nothing like fabricating an enemy then blaming them for all ills.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 11h

New interview! On the fiction of antifa and how it's weaponized against innocent people: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtTW...

Sarah Kendzior: The Fiction of Antifa, Plus, Answering the Epstein “Files” Question

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show

www.youtube.com

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 10h

You might find this interesting, if not having read it already.

Photo of folks on a town landing in Eastport, Maine with a giant cruise ship looming in the background, with the text:

‪Bangor Daily News‬
‪@bangordailynews.bsky.social‬

“All we have to do is share Eastport with ships 30 days a year … That allows us to keep it as it is for the other 335 days.” www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/22/d...

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 11h

They're a blight, in my opinion, Sara, and an eyesore blocking the view of an otherwise coastal seaport working town.

Changes the character of the Old Port entirely when they dock here. A lot of folks avoid the area because of the cruise ships.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 12h

The Graham for Senate campaign has organized several No On 1 canvassing events. Platner was/is part of helping organize Save Maine Absentee Voting in some capacity, perhaps only as volunteer. No idea, really though he's in an early image of theirs on their site.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 12h

Looking for every straw they can.
Knowing they probably won't get anywhere with it other than the bad optics for those they harangue and harass with these frivolous, literally trumped-up, charges.

Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 12h

Unprecedented peacemaking record? Him? Bullshit.
WaPo sinks to new lows daily.

Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 12h

I believe if more people, especially cruise ship customers, knew more about the impact on the environment, local communities, and potentially themselves, they may think again about welcoming them into their towns, or spending what they do to go on cruises.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 13h

👍💪✊!

Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 14h

Good grief.
This is the fastest slow roll into fascism...the general public seems oblivious how all these things tie together.

So many will, one day, think and say "How did this happen? I had no idea! Why didn't somebody do something!"

#WEaretheOpposition
#NONViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 14h

Gooood Morning MAINERS!
A bit o'frost out there this morning.
Up to 60º and sunny, otherwise.
#WEaretheOPPOSITION
#EveryEffortCounts
#RESIST

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OCT 10, Fri 4-5:30PM (& every Fri) – Saco
Saco Transportation Center, 138 Main St, Saco, Maine
STOP the COUP! – organized by Saco Biddeford Area SURJ against the current administration. Bring a sign, bells, drums and a loud voice! Parking and restrooms available. FMI: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/844088/

OCT 10, Fri 4-5:00PM (& every Fri) – Sanford
920 Main St. in front of Central Park, Sanford, Maine
Weekly Peaceful Protest. Help support this resistance event as it grows stronger every week!

OCT 10, Fri, 4-5:00PM (& daily @ 4:00ish)– Wiscasset
Rt 1 Wiscasset Bridge, Wiscasset, Maine
WE ARE AMERICANS – RISE UP!
Help support this Daily Standout on the Wiscasset bridge started by a single concerned citizen. “I stand out there every day 4 to 5 normally by myself. Spread the word and let's fill that bridge!”

OCT 10, Fri 4:30-6:00 PM (& every Fri AM & PM) – Freeport
Old County Road overpass over I-295, Freeport, Maine
Freeport Rush Hour Brigade – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with other Indivisible groups up and down the Rte 295 corridor.
FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/818177/

OCT 10, Fri 5-6:00PM (& every Fri) – Brunswick
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens, Brunswick, Maine
Vigil for Peace – Join PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick as they call for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. https://peaceworksbrunswickme.org

OCT 10, Fri 5-5:30PM (& every Fri) – Portland
Congress Square Park (across from Ptld Museum of Art) – Portland, Maine
Women in Black Vigil
A world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and violence, these weekly protests typically attract a diverse group of folks.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/828747/

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 14h

Gooood Morning MAINERS!
A bit o'frost out there this morning.
Up to 60º and sunny, otherwise.
#WEaretheOPPOSITION
#EveryEffortCounts
#RESIST

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WED, OCT 10, 2025
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PLEASE SHARE!
Updated OCT 10, 6:15AM
#Maine #MEPolitics
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OCT 10, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – Augusta
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine
Women in Black Peace Vigil – Augusta Women in Black have held a weekly peace vigil continuously since 2002.

OCT 10, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – Houlton
Peace Pole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – https://www.mvprights.org/events

OCT 10, Fri 3-4:00PM EDT – Virtual Meeting
Join from anywhere
WHAT'S THE PLAN? Weekly Discussion w/Indivisible’s Co-Founders The onslaught of news & chaos coming out of the White House is meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back.
Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan.
FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/773746/

OCT 10, Fri 3:30PM – Saco
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that General Dynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. People of conscience demand that General Dynamics leave the state and that GD execs be held accountable for profiting off genocide. https://www.mvprights.org/events

OCT 10, Fri 4-5:30PM (every Wed & Fri) – Portland
Deering Ave overpass over I-295/Rt 1, Portland, Maine
DIRIGO BRIDGE BRIGADE
Just before Deering Oaks & Hadlock Field. Bring signs, banners, flags for drivers to see. There is parking right on Deering Ave and the nearby side streets. Bring a sign if you have one (see Ground Rules on the About page for detailed information).
FMI/RSVP: www.dirigobrigade.org

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 14h

Gooood Morning MAINERS!
A bit o'frost out there this morning.
Up to 60º and sunny, otherwise.
#WEaretheOPPOSITION
#EveryEffortCounts
#RESIST

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MAINE RESISTANCE
WED, OCT 10, 2025
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PLEASE SHARE!
Updated OCT 10, 6:15AM
#Maine #MEPolitics
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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 14h

The ludicrous size of these behemoths, and that they choose to use the cheapest fuel – which pollutes the most, both through exhaust stacks into the atmosphere and through exhaust scrubbers directly into the ocean – is every kind of wrong.

#Portland #Maine #BanCruiseShips

Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 14h

These cruise ships pollute our air. We can see and smell the billowing exhaust.

But did you know that they are also polluting our water?

Their scrubber wash causes a witches’ brew of chemical discharge directly into Casco Bay.

#Portland #Maine

portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/scrubber-was...

A detail of a Princess cruise ship spewing exhaust from its smoke stack with trees and rooftops in the foreground.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 16h

It's my understanding that any of the 217 can change their vote, though only before the number 218 is reached. After that, no.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 20h

Jon Fasman can kiss my country ass.

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