Anne Hayden
@acjhayden.bsky.social
Supporter of community-based fisheries in Maine. Interested in policy, politics and whatever can help Maine and the country move forward. Huge fan of women’s sports.
Thank you mattieformaine.bsky.social for making Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave program a reality! We knew it would work! 💪
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thank you mattieformaine.bsky.social for making Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave program a reality! We knew it would work! 💪
Wow, justice prevails! Needed a good news story today. 🇺🇸
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Wow, justice prevails! Needed a good news story today. 🇺🇸
Joined today’s big outpouring of support for the Somali community in Lewiston. Anger and frustration brought many to the event but the atmosphere was upbeat as leaders from across the state called for unity in protecting the rights of the community.
#Maine #MEpolitics #somalicommunity
#Maine #MEpolitics #somalicommunity
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Joined today’s big outpouring of support for the Somali community in Lewiston. Anger and frustration brought many to the event but the atmosphere was upbeat as leaders from across the state called for unity in protecting the rights of the community.
#Maine #MEpolitics #somalicommunity
#Maine #MEpolitics #somalicommunity
Agreed! 😡
A two for none deal. n.pr/48oR7tq
National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national par...
n.pr
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Agreed! 😡
Free pass to National Parks honors Trump on his birthday -
Read Steven Cash’s article on some of the ways that’s a bad thing. Visit a state park instead on June 14! #NPSprotest
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Read Steven Cash’s article on some of the ways that’s a bad thing. Visit a state park instead on June 14! #NPSprotest
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
The Birthday Parks: A Small Thing With a Very Big Signal
The Steady State | Steven A. Cash
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Free pass to National Parks honors Trump on his birthday -
Read Steven Cash’s article on some of the ways that’s a bad thing. Visit a state park instead on June 14! #NPSprotest
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Read Steven Cash’s article on some of the ways that’s a bad thing. Visit a state park instead on June 14! #NPSprotest
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Celebrated Penobscot D-Day veteran Charles Shay dies at 101. A true hero. RIP.
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Celebrated Penobscot D-Day veteran Charles Shay dies at 101. A true hero. RIP.
The impact of cutting these research funds will last for many years.
Susan Collins helped this happen. #mepolitics
“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The impact of cutting these research funds will last for many years.
Agreed!
Maine Humanities Council doing great work here. They have been amazing in recent years at promoting smart, interesting, truly literary voices and celebrating the written word in Maine.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Agreed!
Yes!
11/24 As America’s health insurance crisis worsens, Maine Governor Janet Mills announces support for universal health care and calls on President Trump to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits #maine #MEpolitics
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Yes!
Guilty as charged!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Guilty as charged!
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The SOS has released the official election results for the Nov 4 Referendums
Q1 (Voter ID and other restrictions) REJECTED by 28.4pts❌
Q2 (Red Flag Law) PASSED by 25.8pts✅
#mepolitics
Q1 (Voter ID and other restrictions) REJECTED by 28.4pts❌
Q2 (Red Flag Law) PASSED by 25.8pts✅
#mepolitics
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The SOS has released the official election results for the Nov 4 Referendums
Q1 (Voter ID and other restrictions) REJECTED by 28.4pts❌
Q2 (Red Flag Law) PASSED by 25.8pts✅
#mepolitics
Q1 (Voter ID and other restrictions) REJECTED by 28.4pts❌
Q2 (Red Flag Law) PASSED by 25.8pts✅
#mepolitics
Remember the victims! 😢
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Remember the victims! 😢
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Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
Reposted by Anne Hayden
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
Happy to have hosted an event for Nirav Shah this afternoon. Great discussion on Nirav’s plans for addressing needs in health care, housing, hunger prevention and economic development in Maine. Lots of energy generated for Nirav’s campaign! #shahformaine
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Happy to have hosted an event for Nirav Shah this afternoon. Great discussion on Nirav’s plans for addressing needs in health care, housing, hunger prevention and economic development in Maine. Lots of energy generated for Nirav’s campaign! #shahformaine
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Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Reposted by Anne Hayden
There’ still a shared American story, I write in @nytimes.com, and the data shows it isn’t Vance’s ethnonationalist one. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | There’s Still a Shared American Story, and JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Vision Isn’t It
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
There’ still a shared American story, I write in @nytimes.com, and the data shows it isn’t Vance’s ethnonationalist one. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Reposted by Anne Hayden
October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025
Yesterday a reporter asked Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, about the administration’s withholding of reserve funds Congress intended would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
October 31, 2025
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
Reposted by Anne Hayden
From Hopium:
- Senator Merkley takes to the Senate floor to warn about Trump's escalating authoritarianism
- 13 House Rs call for extending the ACA subsidies
- 24 states file new law suit to block Trump's invasion of cities
- Good new polling in VA
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/senator-me...
- Senator Merkley takes to the Senate floor to warn about Trump's escalating authoritarianism
- 13 House Rs call for extending the ACA subsidies
- 24 states file new law suit to block Trump's invasion of cities
- Good new polling in VA
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/senator-me...
Senator Merkley Speaks Out Against Trump's Escalating Authoritarianism, More Notes On The GOP's Ongoing Budget Fiasco, Winning The November Elections
13 House Republicans - "Allowing these tax credits to lapse without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent"
www.hopiumchronicles.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
From Hopium:
- Senator Merkley takes to the Senate floor to warn about Trump's escalating authoritarianism
- 13 House Rs call for extending the ACA subsidies
- 24 states file new law suit to block Trump's invasion of cities
- Good new polling in VA
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/senator-me...
- Senator Merkley takes to the Senate floor to warn about Trump's escalating authoritarianism
- 13 House Rs call for extending the ACA subsidies
- 24 states file new law suit to block Trump's invasion of cities
- Good new polling in VA
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/senator-me...
Reposted by Anne Hayden
If you're heading out to protest this weekend, know your rights so you can make your voice heard. Learn more at ACLUMaine.org/KnowYourRights
October 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If you're heading out to protest this weekend, know your rights so you can make your voice heard. Learn more at ACLUMaine.org/KnowYourRights