Maria Padian
@mpadian.bsky.social
Author, Mainer, Life-Long Learner, Old Fashioned Feminist, Avid Reader. www.mariapadian.com
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Phone Bank for Graham! · Graham for Maine
Help us reach Mainers on the phone!
Graham Platner is taking on Sen. Susan Collins, and it's up to us to make sure Graham wins. Help us connect with voters and supporters over the phone!
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August 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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I’m just taking such divine pleasure in watching The Wall Street Journal battle the Trump Regime. It doesn’t make up for my existential agony over CBS cancelling Colbert but it helps. Booing JD at Disney helps, too.
July 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’m just taking such divine pleasure in watching The Wall Street Journal battle the Trump Regime. It doesn’t make up for my existential agony over CBS cancelling Colbert but it helps. Booing JD at Disney helps, too.
A remarkable message
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A remarkable message
You need to read this.
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July 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A remarkable message
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President Donald J.
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AOC, talking Medicaid cuts — after Rep. Weber chides her for addressing the camera:
“.. There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. .. They deserve. To see. What is happening. Here.”
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“.. There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. .. They deserve. To see. What is happening. Here.”
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May 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
AOC, talking Medicaid cuts — after Rep. Weber chides her for addressing the camera:
“.. There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. .. They deserve. To see. What is happening. Here.”
@aoc.bsky.social
“.. There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. .. They deserve. To see. What is happening. Here.”
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This week in the Resistance in Maine.
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Power of the Pen
Lettter campaigns of note
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May 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This week in the Resistance in Maine.
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This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear.
April 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear.
She’s a Fulbright scholar. She wrote an op-ed in a student newspaper. Guys in masks and unmarked SUVs whisked her away. The crisis is HERE. It’s happening NOW.
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What we know about Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts University PhD student detained by federal agents | CNN
She is one of several foreign nationals affiliated with prestigious American universities to be arrested for purported activities related to terrorist organizations amid the Trump administration’s imm...
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March 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
She’s a Fulbright scholar. She wrote an op-ed in a student newspaper. Guys in masks and unmarked SUVs whisked her away. The crisis is HERE. It’s happening NOW.
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The Milwaukee Bar Association's poll shows that Judge Crawford exceeds expectations on judicial temperament, impartiality, and integrity.
In the poll, Judge Crawford handily leads Schimel in every category, while attorneys raise serious flags about Brad Schimel’s judgment.
In the poll, Judge Crawford handily leads Schimel in every category, while attorneys raise serious flags about Brad Schimel’s judgment.
March 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Milwaukee Bar Association's poll shows that Judge Crawford exceeds expectations on judicial temperament, impartiality, and integrity.
In the poll, Judge Crawford handily leads Schimel in every category, while attorneys raise serious flags about Brad Schimel’s judgment.
In the poll, Judge Crawford handily leads Schimel in every category, while attorneys raise serious flags about Brad Schimel’s judgment.
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Strong stmt today by coalition of 50+ bar orgs-incl the ABA & the NYCityBar (whose board incls BigLaw lawyers)-calling on the profession "including lawyers in private practice from Main Street to Wall Street" to speak out against attacks on firms, judges, etc.
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Bar organizations’ statement in support of the rule of law
We the undersigned bar organizations stand together with and in support of the American Bar Association (“ABA”) to defend the Rule of Law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profe...
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March 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Strong stmt today by coalition of 50+ bar orgs-incl the ABA & the NYCityBar (whose board incls BigLaw lawyers)-calling on the profession "including lawyers in private practice from Main Street to Wall Street" to speak out against attacks on firms, judges, etc.
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You truly could not make it up.
You could not.
You could not.
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
You truly could not make it up.
You could not.
You could not.
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I can't find a spot that lets me convey the size of the crowd, but bodies are packed all the way to the stone building. #FreeRumeysaOzturk
March 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I can't find a spot that lets me convey the size of the crowd, but bodies are packed all the way to the stone building. #FreeRumeysaOzturk
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Most of yesterday's intelligence hearing focused on Signal.
Something else not to be missed: this exchange between Sen. King (ME-I) Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence. King asked why the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment did not mention climate change, after doing so for 11 years.
Something else not to be missed: this exchange between Sen. King (ME-I) Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence. King asked why the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment did not mention climate change, after doing so for 11 years.
March 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Most of yesterday's intelligence hearing focused on Signal.
Something else not to be missed: this exchange between Sen. King (ME-I) Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence. King asked why the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment did not mention climate change, after doing so for 11 years.
Something else not to be missed: this exchange between Sen. King (ME-I) Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence. King asked why the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment did not mention climate change, after doing so for 11 years.
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As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, students and researchers are left to figure out what's next.
The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling
As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, students and researchers are left to figure out what's next.
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March 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, students and researchers are left to figure out what's next.
As ever, she says it so beautifully: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/o...
Opinion | Why I Got the Measles Vaccine at Age 63 (Gift Article)
Cases have now popped up in at least 19 states, including Kentucky and Georgia. That’s near enough to home for me to start worrying.
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March 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
As ever, she says it so beautifully: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/o...
I Teach Memoir Writing. Don’t Outsource Your Life Story to A.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
Opinion | Sorry, Sam Altman, A.I. Is Not Good at Real Writing
When we let computers write our stories, we lose something essential.
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March 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I Teach Memoir Writing. Don’t Outsource Your Life Story to A.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...