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Our democracy isn't broken, it just isn't being utilized. Michelle Obama.
December 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Our democracy isn't broken, it just isn't being utilized. Michelle Obama.
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December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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“David D Kirkpatrick spent months tallying how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House… unimaginable without his presidencies: profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.” @newyorker.com
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
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Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
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![New Yorker Chart by Francesco Muzzi: How much money is Trump really making off the presidency?
Total as of August 2025: $3.4 BILLION
Crypto: $2.37 BILLION
Finance: $339.6 million
Other incl private jet: $277.7 million
Hospitality: $270.8 million
Media: $116 million
David D. Kirkpatrick spent months tallying up how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House—golf course by golf course, crypto deal by crypto deal.
Donald Trump’s immediate family is making a dizzying sum of money that would be unimaginable without his Presidencies, including profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.
David Kirkpatrick “decided to attempt to tally up just how much Trump and his immediate family have pocketed off his time in the White House [as of August 2025].” A reasonable estimate, he thinks: $3.4 BILLION.
For more, please read The Number: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:um3dlpu4s64lwq4lmqyo3dni/bafkreidv3b46rv4c7ksxdcoq6ot2we3atpenf3inx2itbwckh4ies3dfyq@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“David D Kirkpatrick spent months tallying how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House… unimaginable without his presidencies: profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.” @newyorker.com
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
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Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
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The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials said Wednesday.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials said Wednesday.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social You are on fire tonight, my friend. Thank you. "With the presumption of lying"
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social You are on fire tonight, my friend. Thank you. "With the presumption of lying"
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I bet every Mainer knows a young person or two concerned about what's going on in America.
Let them know about The Franklin Project: "For Young Americans to take our future into our own hands."
The new group is holding their first meeting this evening in Portland.
#MEpolitics
Let them know about The Franklin Project: "For Young Americans to take our future into our own hands."
The new group is holding their first meeting this evening in Portland.
#MEpolitics
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I bet every Mainer knows a young person or two concerned about what's going on in America.
Let them know about The Franklin Project: "For Young Americans to take our future into our own hands."
The new group is holding their first meeting this evening in Portland.
#MEpolitics
Let them know about The Franklin Project: "For Young Americans to take our future into our own hands."
The new group is holding their first meeting this evening in Portland.
#MEpolitics
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As a military officer I am going to keep saying this---please stop framing this as "war crimes". There is no war here. We are not at war with a handful of drug runners off the coast of Venezuela. It's a extrajudicial killing. Calling it a "war crime" gives it legitimacy it does not have.
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
As a military officer I am going to keep saying this---please stop framing this as "war crimes". There is no war here. We are not at war with a handful of drug runners off the coast of Venezuela. It's a extrajudicial killing. Calling it a "war crime" gives it legitimacy it does not have.
wtaf, every day, 10s of 1000s of wtafs.
“Just come legally and do things the right way and you’ll be fine” they say. They lie.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
wtaf, every day, 10s of 1000s of wtafs.
If ICE breaks your car window, is it covered by insurance? Does it matter if you are or are not a US citizen?
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If ICE breaks your car window, is it covered by insurance? Does it matter if you are or are not a US citizen?
When does Nancy Mace get fully vetted in Congressional pension, that's the date
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
When does Nancy Mace get fully vetted in Congressional pension, that's the date
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
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Working Mainers deserve a Congressperson who fights for them — not billionaires or special interests. I wrote about why I’m running, what I’ve learned serving this state, and the future we can build together.
Read my op-ed in the Bangor Daily News:
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/01/o...
Read my op-ed in the Bangor Daily News:
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion: I’m running for Congress because Mainers deserve a better future
“We cannot count on anyone in Washington to come and rescue us; we have to do it ourselves.”
www.bangordailynews.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Working Mainers deserve a Congressperson who fights for them — not billionaires or special interests. I wrote about why I’m running, what I’ve learned serving this state, and the future we can build together.
Read my op-ed in the Bangor Daily News:
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/01/o...
Read my op-ed in the Bangor Daily News:
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/01/o...
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GEORGIA: Rodney Taylor, a double amputee barber here his whole life was 2 days away from getting new legs when Trump’s ICE goons grabbed him. He has been held almost a year, facing deportation to Liberia.
What are we doing?
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
What are we doing?
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
GEORGIA: Rodney Taylor, a double amputee barber here his whole life was 2 days away from getting new legs when Trump’s ICE goons grabbed him. He has been held almost a year, facing deportation to Liberia.
What are we doing?
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
What are we doing?
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Awesome
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Awesome
Continue to pay attention to our friends in Ukraine.
Russia killed 33 people, including six children, by a missile strike on Ternopil on November 19.
94 more people were injured, 18 of them children. Six people remain missing.
Ukrainian rescuers worked for four days at two locations, managing to save 46 people, including seven children.
94 more people were injured, 18 of them children. Six people remain missing.
Ukrainian rescuers worked for four days at two locations, managing to save 46 people, including seven children.
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Continue to pay attention to our friends in Ukraine.
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Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...
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The truth will have its day.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The truth will have its day.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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Kyiv, Sophia Square today.
The annual “Empty Chairs” event –
in support of journalists, writers, and cultural figures
missing, imprisoned, or held captive
because of russia’s war against Ukraine.
I was there. I want the world to see.
The annual “Empty Chairs” event –
in support of journalists, writers, and cultural figures
missing, imprisoned, or held captive
because of russia’s war against Ukraine.
I was there. I want the world to see.
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Kyiv, Sophia Square today.
The annual “Empty Chairs” event –
in support of journalists, writers, and cultural figures
missing, imprisoned, or held captive
because of russia’s war against Ukraine.
I was there. I want the world to see.
The annual “Empty Chairs” event –
in support of journalists, writers, and cultural figures
missing, imprisoned, or held captive
because of russia’s war against Ukraine.
I was there. I want the world to see.
My friends! Such great work.
For the last 16 years, this Winnetka couple has helped plant almost half a million fruit trees — mostly breadfruit — across the Caribbean and Africa, about 250,000 of those in Jamaica alone.
Breadfruit trees are climate-resilient and ensure food security post-hurricane. Gift link:
Breadfruit trees are climate-resilient and ensure food security post-hurricane. Gift link:
In hurricane-torn Jamaica, Winnetka couple’s climate-resilient breadfruit program offers food and hope
After Hurricane Melissa’s exceptionally strong winds subsided, the roots of breadfruit trees clung deep into the fertile Jamaican soil — offering hope and a step toward food security in the f…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My friends! Such great work.
10,000% correct. Clinics and hospitals will close if more Mainers are forced to do without insurance coverage.
Tens of thousands of Maine people are facing skyrocketing health care costs because of Donald Trump and Susan Collins.
Maine people deserve affordable health care — not just the promise of a vote that won’t go anywhere.
Fight back.
Maine people deserve affordable health care — not just the promise of a vote that won’t go anywhere.
Fight back.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
10,000% correct. Clinics and hospitals will close if more Mainers are forced to do without insurance coverage.
Mainers - call Senator King's office now.
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Congress just dropped a so-called “minibus” deal to end the 40-day shutdown but it’s a surrender disguised as progress.
It funds veterans and agriculture but abandons the 20 million Americans who rely on ACA subsidies for health care.
A Band-Aid won’t fix a bleeding nation.
Congress just dropped a so-called “minibus” deal to end the 40-day shutdown but it’s a surrender disguised as progress.
It funds veterans and agriculture but abandons the 20 million Americans who rely on ACA subsidies for health care.
A Band-Aid won’t fix a bleeding nation.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Mainers - call Senator King's office now.