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AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>With much of Democratic Party leadership playing dead and apparently hoping Trump dies from embarrassment after reading his polling numbers, there hasn't been a lot of political opposition to Trump's fascist regime to talk about. One noted exception however, has been Maine Governor Janet Mills and her refusal to cave to Trump's anti-trans pogrom on behalf of transgender athletes in the state's school system. Some of you may remember Mills from her contentious encounter with Downmarket Mussolini in the White House where the president threatened federal funding for Maine and tried to intimidate the Governor into enforcing his (unconstitutional) anti-trans executive order. Mills famously responded "I'll see you in court" and now she has; winning a decision to block the Trump administration's attempts to withhold federal funds for school lunches in the state unless Mills agrees to discriminate against trans kids.</p><p>For more details about this story, I'd like to share this fourteen minute video by Mike Figueredo of the Humanist Report. I picked this admittedly broad discussion because Mike does an excellent job of putting the Trump regime's actions in the proper context of authoritarianism and anti-trans discrimination, while effectively contrasting the activities to resist Trump in the Democratic Party, against the collaborators and surrender muppets who're consistently advising the Party to abandon vulnerable marginalized groups at the precise moment a fascist regime comes for those people. </p><p>One segment that really stood out to me is when Figueredo explained that estimates indicated there are as few as two transgender athletes playing high school sports in the entire state of Maine. This of course highlights the unfathomable malevolence of the Trump regime towards trans people, in that they would threaten a school lunch program that serves 170,000 students in the state among other threatened funding cuts, just to discriminate against two trans people; the fact that Mills is willing to fight for the human rights of two people in her entire state when the stakes are this high demonstrates her ability to rise to the moment in the fascist Trump 2.0 era. By contrast however, when Mike asks if anyone believes a guy like Gavin Newsom would make the same choice, I think anyone who is paying attention can agree the answer is no. By contrasting Mills' active resistance to Trump's ongoing war against her state, with the appeasement and collaboration agenda proposed by folks like Newsom, Rahm Emanuel, and Elissa Slotkin, Figueredo also illuminates the likely reason that the public doesn't feel like Democrats are doing enough to resist the Trump agenda, and the Party remains mired in terrible polling even as the Trump regime also craters in popularity.</p><p>It's a broad, electoral politics-focused discussion, and I don't want to blow sunshine up your butt about a single court ruling. But if we're going to rip the liberal establishment for collaborating with fascism, it makes sense to talk about what a realistic opposition to Trump's fascist agenda might look like. Nobody is throwing a ticker tape parade here, but a Democratic Party lead by folks like Mills, Van Hollen, Pritzker, Ocasio-Cortez, and Sanders all resisting the Trump regime is an asset to folks who don't like fascism; while one that insists on embracing Trump's fascist agenda and throwing marginalized people to the wolves, is not. It would be nice if for once, The Democratic Party's leadership class made the right choice.</p><p>The Humanist Report: <br>Trump Faces Humiliating Defeat to Democratic Governor He Threatened</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKMUqEBmBbU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=DKMUqEBmBb</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p>"Trump publicly attacked Maine’s governor, Janet Mills, back in February after she refused to comply with his discriminatory trans sports ban in schools. She told Trump, “I’ll see you in court,” and he retorted by saying it would be an “easy” win against her. The Trump Administration subsequently launched a probe into her state, and Trump himself demanded an apology from Mills on Truth Social. She never backed down and just had a major victory against the Trump administration in court."</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/AntiTransPogrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiTransPogrom</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GavinNewsom</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ElissaSlotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElissaSlotkin</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TheHumanistReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHumanistReport</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MikeFigueredo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeFigueredo</span></a></p>
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Alan Lewis<p>: <a href="https://c.im/tags/beccabalint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beccabalint</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/janetmills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>janetmills</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> :</p>
Nonilex<p>The lawsuit came a week after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> announced the freeze, one of several actions Trump's admin had taken against the state since Democratic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> Gov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> clashed w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> over the issue of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> athletes during a WH event in Feb.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>As I mentioned in the post above, the Trump regime's war on the existence of trans people is clearly important enough to them ideologically and politically, to enact a series of punishments on the entire state of Maine, to cow their governor Janet Mills into submission. That's not just my interpretation as a trans woman, we literally just caught the acting Social Security Administration Commissioner admitting as much in writing:</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/leland-dudek-resign" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/leland-d</span><span class="invisible">udek-resign</span></a></p><p>"The top Democrat on the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday led calls for the resignation of acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek following the revelation of internal emails confirming that the SSA canceled contracts with the state of Maine as political payback after Democratic Gov. Janet Mills publicly defied President Donald Trump in support of transgender student athletes.</p><p>The emails—which were obtained by House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)—show that Dudek ordered the cancellation of enumeration at birth and electronic death registration contracts with Maine, even though SSAd subordinates warned that such action "would result in improper payments and potential for identity theft."</p><p>Dudek—who is leading the SSA while the Senate considers Trump's nomination of financial services executive Frank Bisignano—replied to the staffer: "Please cancel the contracts. While our improper payments will go up, and fraudsters may compromise identities, no money will go from the public trust to a petulant child."</p><p>He was referring to Mills, who stood up to Trump in February after the president threatened to suspend federal funding for Maine unless the state banned transgender girls and women from participating on female scholastic sports teams."</p><p>I mean good on Connolly to call for Dudek's resignation, but are centrist party strategists even paying attention to what's going on here? I can't stress how degrading it is to keep having to remind powerful cis people who were happy to promote supporting trans rights as a brand eight years ago, that the fascist Trump regime's anti-trans pogrom is going to affect everyone who isn't a fascist negatively, not just trans people. But also, that's exactly what's happening, and even as we speak these same people point to opinion polling as an excuse for leaving trans people and their civil rights to the tender mercies of guys like Stephen fucking Miller.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LelandDudek</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GerryConnolly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GerryConnolly</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revenge</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>So, is the fascist's ongoing anti-trans pogrom still a "culture war distraction" when it's affecting education funding for the State of Maine - because their Governor won't ban trans women from school sports in deference to the Trump regime's stated quest to erase trans people from public life?</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/usda-suspends-maine-education-funds-over-states-support-for-trans-athletes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/usda-sus</span><span class="invisible">pends-maine-education-funds-over-states-support-for-trans-athletes/</span></a></p><p>USDA Suspends Maine Education Funds Over State’s Support for Trans Athletes</p><p>"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Wednesday that it is suspending federal funding for select education programs in Maine, citing the state’s refusal to comply with President Donald Trump’s anti-trans directive to exclude transgender students from girls’ and women’s sports.</p><p>In a letter to Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the funding freeze would affect “certain administrative and technological functions in schools,” and warned that “[t]his is only the beginning.”</p><p>Rollins also noted that the USDA is reviewing Maine’s research and education-related funding to assess compliance with the U.S. Constitution, federal law, and the Trump administration’s anti-trans policy agenda. She specifically invoked Title IX — which the White House has weaponized against trans people — and Title VI, which the administration has distorted to go after diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts."</p><p>You might be tempted to scoff at this story because Department of Agriculture funding is a narrow application of force by the regime, to try and dictate Maine's compliance with Trump's executive order, but as the article notes this is part of a much larger attack on Maine's education funding to force the state's compliance with the regime's persecution of trans people via an executive order that is being challenged in court still. I have no idea if we even have laws or constitutional rights in this country anymore, but if SCOTUS doesn't want to play Calvinball, Trump's order is almost certainly unconstitutional and shouldn't survive legal challenges. Given the existence of a 6-3 fascist high SCOTUS that is quite happy to make up the law as it goes to support the Trump regime's agenda however, you'll forgive me if I don't have a lot of confidence in the courts to save trans folks, particularly trans women like me. </p><p>Speaking more broadly, I'm sharing this article to point out how shortsighted and utterly ineffective the liberal establishment's plan to stop talking about trans rights is, even in the face of an anti-trans pogrom, because they think doing so will win them elections that might not even happen or be fair at all. The fact is the anti-trans pogrom is a foundational plank in the Trump regime's larger fascist agenda; it doesn't matter if bougie lib politicians want to talk about it, they're going to make you folks either help them eliminate trans people, or talk about why the rights of trans people are human rights and must be protected. You don't get to opt out, they're pushing this agenda whether you want to talk about it or not. </p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/AntiTransProgrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiTransProgrom</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Transpohobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transpohobia</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/BrookeRollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrookeRollins</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Admin briefly ended a contract that had allowed parents of newborn babies in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> to sign their children up for a SSN at the hospital, instead requiring them to do so in person at an office. Dudek said he had ordered the move after watching <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a>, ME’s Democratic governor, clash w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>….</p><p>“I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” Dudek said…. “I screwed up. I’ll admit I screwed up.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/politics/frank-bisignano-social-security-upheaval.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=41E4C5C4-52C3-46C8-9DCB-8B9B4FF4D264" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/frank-bisignano-social-security-upheaval.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=41E4C5C4-52C3-46C8-9DCB-8B9B4FF4D264</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> shows how to stand up to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/02/22/opinion/editorials/janet-mills-shows-how-to-stand-up-to-donald-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangordailynews.com/2025/02/22</span><span class="invisible">/opinion/editorials/janet-mills-shows-how-to-stand-up-to-donald-trump/</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>"So you better comply [with the executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports] because otherwise you’re not getting any federal funding."</p><p>"See you in court."</p><p>Fucking badass.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-maine-governor-transgender-athletes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y04.HtNl.25ZjN61Jjb9U&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-maine-governor-transgender-athletes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y04.HtNl.25ZjN61Jjb9U&smid=url-share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/ally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ally</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/GovMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovMills</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Dept launched a probe into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> student sports participation policy after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> threatened the state’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> at a meeting of governors…</p><p>During the event Trump touted his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> that barred transgender students from competing in women’s sports & the effect it has had on the NCAA. Soon after he threatened Maine’s federal funding & singled out Maine Gov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> (D) & her state’s policies after she refused to say whether she would comply w/his order.</p>
Gardiner Bryant<p>Seriously proud of my governor. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Of course</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin launches probe into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> sports participation policy</p><p>This is because Gov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> dared to stand up to Trump.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StatesRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatesRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/trump-administration-maine-transgender-sports-participation-policy-00205554" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/02/21/t</span><span class="invisible">rump-administration-maine-transgender-sports-participation-policy-00205554</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get federal funding,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said, echoing a threat he made Thurs evening at a meeting for the Republican Governor’s Association. While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrders</span></a> direct the government to enforce laws, they cannot override federal laws or statutes independently.</p><p>“See you in court,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> Gov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> said. 🔥</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> asked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a>, who attended Friday’s event, whether she would direct her state to follow the order. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>’s governing body for high school sports, the Maine Principal’s Assn, previously said it would not bar <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> athletes from competing on teams that match their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a>, citing a state anti-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> preventing the organization from doing so.</p><p>“I’m complying with state & federal law,” Mills responded.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>’s Democratic Gov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> quarreled Friday at a National Governors Association session at the WH after Trump told a meeting of Republican governors he would withhold federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> from the state over its refusal to comply with an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> athletes.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <br><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5157818-trump-janet-mills-maine-transgender-athletes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/homenews/state-wat</span><span class="invisible">ch/5157818-trump-janet-mills-maine-transgender-athletes/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpragueEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpragueEnergy</span></a> Unveils Alternative, Lower-Impact Plan for Floating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OffshoreWind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffshoreWind</span></a> at Its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MackPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MackPoint</span></a> Terminal in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a></p><p>Harnessing Existing Infrastructure, Sequestering Tons of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carbon</span></a> Per Year and Protecting 100 Acres of Undisturbed Natural Habitat on and off <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SearsIsland</span></a></p><p>June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire</p><p>"'Building a wind port on Sears Island means more than 75 acres of upland forest will be cleared, graded, and compacted. It also means filling 25 acres of pristine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotBay</span></a> to extend the shoreline where a previously protected ocean sand dune is located,' said Rolf E. Olsen, vice president of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FriendsOfSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FriendsOfSearsIsland</span></a>, a volunteer nonprofit organization that manages the conservation area on behalf of the people of Maine and supports the idea of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindPort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindPort</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Searsport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Searsport</span></a>.</p><p>"Olsen continued, 'That estimate by the State does not include the additional impact from a new and greatly expanded approach road and rail bed to get to the facility. This seriously damages the island's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a>, recreational, and economic value. Re-developing Mack Point - which has thrived as an industrial site for more than a century - is a far better and less disruptive decision, and the State has previously stated that it meets the requirements for the port.'</p><p>"On April 24, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineDOT</span></a> issued a request for information seeking public input on Maine's commercial offshore wind solicitation approach and implementation. Public opinions should be emailed to geo@maine.gov before the June 21st deadline. More information is available on the Maine.gov website."</p><p><a href="https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2024/06/06/10024531.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tmcnet.com/usubmit/2024/06/06/</span><span class="invisible">10024531.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectSearsIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindTerminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SandDunes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectWahsumkik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWahsumkik</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wahsumkik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wahsumkik</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheDunes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wassumkeag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wassumkeag</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotBay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Rapid transit plan calls for 10-20 minute service through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandMaine</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestbrookMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestbrookMaine</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamMaine</span></a></p><p>Maine Public | By Nicole Ogrysko</p><p>Published July 28, 2023 </p><p>"Local officials in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreaterPortland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreaterPortland</span></a> are considering a system of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RapidTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RapidTransit</span></a> bus routes for the region.</p><p>"Under a draft proposal from the Greater Portland Council of Governments, dedicated bus lanes would provide express service through Portland, Westbrook and Gorham more quickly than traditional bus service, with stops along the way.</p><p>"The preferred route would start at the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham, travel through downtown Westbrook and stop at the USM campus in Portland before heading down Congress Street and ending near the Eastern Promenade.</p><p>"The proposal envisions service every 10 minutes between Portland and Westbrook, and 20 minutes between Westbrook and Gorham.</p><p>"'That's frequent enough that you're not relying on a schedule anymore,' said Andrew Clark, transit program manager for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GPCOG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPCOG</span></a>. 'You're no longer planning your day around the bus schedule. You just know you can go out to the station, and the bus will be there in 10 minutes or something like that.'</p><p>"Clark said service every 10-20 minutes should also lure riders who wouldn't normally consider taking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a>.</p><p>"'I think people understand the role that transit can play in making our cities better, its role in reducing congestion, its role in better climate outcomes, better social equity outcomes,' he said.</p><p>"Greater Portland Metro would operate the proposed route, but the vehicles and stops would have a different look than the service's existing buses, Clark added.</p><p>"The proposed routes are still a long way away, Clark said. The cities of Portland, Westbrook and Gorham will need to decide how much road space can be freed up for dedicated bus lanes. The project will also need to secure federal funds for the new bus lanes and some new battery-powered vehicles.</p><p>"Local officials also eventually envision rapid transit routes to South Portland, Biddeford and Saco, Brunswick and Windham."</p><p><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2023-07-28/rapid-transit-plan-calls-for-10-20-minute-service-through-portland-westbrook-and-gorham" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mainepublic.org/business-and-e</span><span class="invisible">conomy/2023-07-28/rapid-transit-plan-calls-for-10-20-minute-service-through-portland-westbrook-and-gorham</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamBypass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamBypass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSmilingHillFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveSmilingHillFarm</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sprawl</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Woodlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Woodlands</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meadows</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InducedDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InducedDemand</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalImpact</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamConnector</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveRedBrook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveRedBrook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedBrook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedBrook</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreaterPortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreaterPortlandMaine</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BusService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusService</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MTA</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectFarmland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectFarmland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LessCars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingFarms</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeterMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommuterRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommuterRail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RapidTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RapidTransit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreaterPortland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreaterPortland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> Alliance Coalition hosts rally in Augusta regarding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Question6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Question6</span></a></p><p>By WAGM News<br>Published: Oct. 9, 2023 at 5:49 PM EDT|</p><p>"AUGUSTA, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> (WAGM) - In honor of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoplesDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoplesDay</span></a> the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiAlliance</span></a> Coalition rallied in Augusta in favor of Question 6, a referendum question that will be on the November 7 ballot.</p><p>"More than 200 people came out to show support for Question 6, which would restore the full printing of Maine’s constitution. Currently three sections, which include treaty and other obligation details, are left out of the printed version of the constitution. Governor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> opposes question 6, saying in a statement that the sections were dropped from printed copies back in 1876 to make the constitution more readable.</p><p>"In a phone conversation with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotNation</span></a> Ambassador and Wabanaki Alliance President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaulianBryant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaulianBryant</span></a>, she explained why hundreds of people gathered at the rally.</p><p>"'It’s no secret that the tribes and the state don’t have the best relationship a lot of the time, and we have a lot of policy struggles and uneven litigation, and a lot of lack of clarity, I think, in communication with the state sometimes,' President Bryant said. 'So when we’re thinking about this relationship it needs to be based in truth and respect. And if we are hiding that original documentation of those treaty obligations, it really sends a message to tribes that maybe we don’t matter enough to be in the printed version of the constitution.'</p><p>"After the rally, the group went out into the Augusta community to talk to voters. President Bryant says it was incredible to see hundreds of people come together and gather for the rally."</p><p><a href="https://www.wagmtv.com/2023/10/09/wabanaki-alliance-coalition-hosts-rally-augusta-regarding-question-6/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wagmtv.com/2023/10/09/wabanaki</span><span class="invisible">-alliance-coalition-hosts-rally-augusta-regarding-question-6/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernmentTransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentTransparency</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RespectTheTreaties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RespectTheTreaties</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiConfederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiConfederacy</span></a></p>
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