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DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a>! Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education 'overreach'Riley Board, Portland Press Herald, Maine Tue, April 22, 2025"Four Maine higher education leaders have signed on to a letter accusing the Trump administration of 'unprecedented government overreach and political interference.'"Safa Zaki of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BowdoinCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BowdoinCollege</a>, Garry Jenkins of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BatesCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BatesCollege</a>, David Greene of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColbyCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColbyCollege</a> and James Herbert of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfNewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UniversityOfNewEngland</a> all added their names to the letter, published Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. More than 230 presidents of colleges, universities and scholarly societies throughout the country have signed so far." 'We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight,' the letter reads. 'However, we must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work on our campuses. We will always seek effective and fair financial practices, but we must reject the coercive use of public research funding.'"Though the letter primarily represents private institutions, leaders from a handful of state colleges and universities signed on, including University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes and Eastern Connecticut State University President Karim Ismaili. A spokesperson for the University of Maine system declined to comment."In recent months, the Trump administration has pulled or threatened to pull federal funding from higher education institutions that don't comply with his agenda on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtesters</a>, admissions practices and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthlete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransgenderAthlete</a> policies."The administration has also revoked the visas of hundreds of international students. On Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACLU</a>] of Maine filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHS</a>] and other agencies behind the visa revocations, asking that a judge restore the visas of any New England students who have had them wrongfully removed, and protecting future students from the same actions."Read more: <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-maine-college-presidents-sign-224700038.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-maine-college-presidents-sign-224700038.html</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineResists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpIsABully</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEducation</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistAuthoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WatervilleME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WatervilleME</a> protesters urge passersby to ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumpTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DumpTrump</a>’More than 50 people gathered Thursday morning on the sidewalk in downtown Waterville to protest President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>. by Amy Calder, February 27, 2025WATERVILLE — "More than 50 people stood in a snowstorm downtown Thursday, protesting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government programs and cut the federal workforce. "The 'Dump Trump' rally was organized by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElizabethLeonard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElizabethLeonard</a>, an author, historian, and professor emeritus of history at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColbyCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColbyCollege</a>, who on Feb. 5 led a rally at a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> charging station less than a mile away. "News of that protest went viral, prompting dozens of similar protests across the country at Telsa dealerships and charging stations. A Morning Sentinel story about that rally was featured on at least one national television show and in the Boston Globe as part of a subsequent interview with Leonard. "She said she never thought the Tesla event would have such an impact. 'It’s just proof of the fact that a small group of people can make a huge difference, or you could say, where a butterfly flaps its wings, a breeze goes around the world,' Leonard, 68, said. 'We didn’t expect so many people to pay attention.' "It was a chilly 29 degrees on Main Street Thursday as motorists beeped their horns in support of the protesters. Someone in a white car yelled 'Go home!' to the group. "Some protesters held trash bags with signs attached that read 'Dump Trump.' Leonard said she agrees with scholars who say the world is re-living history as it witnesses <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascists</a> rise to power and destroy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratic</a> governments. "'This is all how it happens,' she said."[...]"Linda Woods, 73, and Beth Schiller, 68, both of Waterville, protested at the Tesla charging station rally Feb. 5 and were on the street again Thursday. They praised Leonard for starting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeslaProtest</a>, which was widely mimicked. "'I’m just sad that we have to do this,' Woods said. 'I’m tired of standing in the cold.'"Schiller said she is horrified that people have been <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brainwashed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brainwashed</a> into believing the government is 'bad.'"'They’re going to miss all the good things that government does for all of us when it’s been burned to the ground from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a>,' she said, referring to a conservative plan for restructuring government."Leonard said she is trying to contact <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> in Maine who have been fired from jobs in areas such as the Transportation Safety Administration, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Social Security Administration to bring them together and let them talk and know they are supported. Ruining people’s lives in that way is unacceptable, Leonard said."'They’ll all be at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SoupKitchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoupKitchen</a>, but there won’t be any money for that because the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> is gone,' she said."Read more: <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/27/waterville-protesters-urge-passersby-to-dump-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/27/waterville-protesters-urge-passersby-to-dump-trump/</a>Archived version: <a href="https://archive.md/tR9RY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/tR9RY</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadDOGE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MainePol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineProtests</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistDOGE</a>

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