The “blue wave” that washed across Maine on Tuesday did not stop at the governorship and Maine legislature, which are now dominated by Democrats. Local elections also delivered a number of notable wins, signaling voter support for progressive issues up and down the ticket. Restorative justice prevails in District 6 DA race Campaigning on a…
The Republican health care repeal effort has sparked a firestorm of protest across the country, but it was activists in Maine who came immediately to mind for Ezra Levin, a co-founder of the Indivisible movement, when asked about opposition to the Senate bill on the Rachel Maddow show on Monday night. “There are groups in…
Even as Mainers are standing up and speaking out against President Donald Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, Senator Susan Collins seems set to back the use of the “nuclear option” to change Senate rules and eliminate the judicial filibuster in order to confirm his nomination. Demonstrations against Gorsuch have increased in…
More than a thousand Mainers rallied on the steps of City Hall in Portland on Sunday morning to call on Senator Susan Collins to stand against a series of appointments and policy moves by President Donald Trump and her Republican colleagues in Congress. They also called on her to attend a town hall style meeting…