217 Comments
User's avatar
The Paranormal Geek's avatar

We need more of this to show that piece of shit that fascists aren’t welcome here.

Expand full comment
Randy O’Connell's avatar

Way to set the tone Governor Mills. You see that complicit Republicans and weak kneed Dems ?

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar
10hEdited

Let's interpret that statement with more clarity that hits to the center of our bigger problems which is our country requires more women to show their ability, strength, courage and more importantly innate willingness to sacrifice all for both justice and to provide for those in need.

It is in our DNA and surviving the abuse of men since the beginning of time we know how to navigate around formidable obstacles, fight, survive and win despite the burden of oppression and cruelty that has been perpetuated against us as a gender generation after generation.

Move over. Find another line of work. We can only afford to have the best of the best in positions of power and influence and the strongest minds and spirits serving the people of this great land. Take a seat while we stand firm; and this time we are not going back to the kitchen. Never again!! This can never again happen, and it will if men are elected no matter how unqualified and continue to hold all the power.

Expand full comment
Roseann Duchon's avatar

We will have to get more men on our side. Not all men are as horrible as trump, so the men who are confident in their own masculinity and not afraid to be kind and gentle when required, but will stand in support of women for truth and justice, will be our best allies.

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar

They can join in supporting women and such men are already showing support for qualified women; but we outnumber men in any case. Read Abigail Adam’s assessment of men in her letter to John Adams. We don’t need permission. We don’t need to recruit the converted. We need to take our power.

https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760331aa

Expand full comment
Marjorie J French's avatar

This DESPITE the crayon stopping all funding for women's health issues and wiping the word off the allowed list. " Feb 20 (Reuters) - Some U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientists have been told to stop using the words "woman," "disabled" and "elderly" in external communications, two sources familiar with the matter said, part of a list of banned terms that a White House spokesman said had misinterpreted President Donald Trump's executive order."

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar

Autocracy has replaced our Democracy. The only cure is protesting but the numbers must flood the cities — ten million at minimum which is 3.5%. My observation is we are where we are today because of prejudice long held in choosing our leaders. I’m sharing the letter from Abigail Adams because I love it so much. Everyone should read it. Inspiring and prescient as well as, unfortunately, unheeded. Imagine the rights of women were not articulated in the drafting of our Constitution. Imagine. And, now that prejudice despite many rights afforded (and then taken away most recently) has resulted in a baked in repulsion and visceral reaction to reject women holding roles of power and leadership. 250 years of wasted talent in my opinion has proven to be the death knell of our democracy. We must change and quickly. And women must lead in this much needed cultural shift and fully support each other.

https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760331aa

Expand full comment
Roseann Duchon's avatar

There needs to be a Third Wave of women making their voices heard, collectively asserting themselves into positions of power so that a new future can be realized. The first Wave saw the Suffragettes in the early 1900’s that achieved the Vote. Then in the 1960’s and 1970’s we saw the Second Wave of women demanding and achieving more economic equality regarding finances, and of course, better Healthcare, Contraceptives and Roe.

But now it’s going to be necessary for a Third Wave to further advance the interests of women and claw back our bodily autonomy, which is being taken away again. We must further strengthen our financial security and assert ourselves into positions of authority, and power where we are crafting the legislation and ensuring equality and justice.

Expand full comment
Leslee Miller's avatar

The good news is… As soon as we run him out of the office, all of those things can be put back in… And will be put back in! Talk about a waste of money.

Expand full comment
Roseann Duchon's avatar

So bizarre.

Expand full comment
Hunterson7's avatar

Maine's governor is the fascist.

Expand full comment
Ballard Graham's avatar

Bravo to Governor Mills! We must continue to stand strong against this bully chief executive, masquerading as president!

Expand full comment
Veronica Alleyne's avatar

thing is, he could not cause any of the damage he's done were he not elected to office in fact, none of them can so, whose fault is it, really?

Expand full comment
Dorothy's avatar

The fault belongs to the 33% who voted for him and the 33% who did not vote at all.

Expand full comment
Veronica Alleyne's avatar

whoever, the point I'm making is, he didn't elect himself into office, it's we the people who do that & now that he's there we will suffer for it without exception

Expand full comment
Marjorie J French's avatar

Well I am not one of the 33% either way. I voted for the woman. Yet I am forced to suffer for the other's HUGE mistake.

Expand full comment
Dorothy's avatar

Exactly, Marjorie! Same here, along with the rest of 33 percenters who voted for Kamala.

Expand full comment
Veronica Alleyne's avatar

yes, because like it or not we all are in this together but, too many allow themselves to become distracted by an us against them ideology over the important things like, choosing to vote for legislative leaders who have at least a modicum of good character & integrity & instead of applying critical thinking & logic versus the, my daddy & his daddy before him voted for so & so & by that measure so will I as their rights & liberties get whittled away until they've got almost nothing left save the hatred they've allowed themselves to become addicted to but, still somehow believing themselves superior because of an accident of birth that not one of us has any control over whatsoever anyhow, if we don't grow up already & I mean do it fast we will no longer have a democracy flawed or otherwise & every choice will summarily be taken from us never to be contemplated again & as long as people keep voting to put certain people at the head of things that is indeed what they're saying they want & personally, I like neither the thought nor sound of fascist authoritarianism

Expand full comment
Dorothy's avatar

Tell that to the people who didn't bother to vote.

Expand full comment
Diane Pietraskiewicz's avatar

McConnell, for one

Expand full comment
Bluesmurf's avatar

McConnell could have ended this in 2021 but he did not. I never like McConnell before that, either. I do blame him - the people that voted for Donny the dumpster fire would not have had the opportunity if Mitch would have done the right thing after January 6th.

Expand full comment
Marliss Desens's avatar

And then there was Kevin McCarthy's pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago after the insurrection of January 6. It puzzles me that people still interview McCarthy.

Expand full comment
Bluesmurf's avatar

He is click bait!

Expand full comment
Marliss Desens's avatar

Yet, there he was pontificating on Bill Maher's show and interrupting and talking over Kara Swisher, who was the only reason I was watching the overtime segment.

Expand full comment
CARLA HEISTEN's avatar

I still say he didn't really win.

Expand full comment
DL's avatar

EXACTLY check out the Lights On podcast with Jessica Denson formerly of The MeidasTouchNetwork ( I think that it’s a podcast found it on YouTube lots of great interviews to this and other very salient issues in this horrific disaster.)

Expand full comment
Dorothy M Neddermeyer PhD's avatar

NOT by any standard.

Expand full comment
DL's avatar

I heard and saw a Lights On video in which Jessica Denson mentioned that there is ongoing investigation that points to the squatter in the White House not being legally elected. I’m keeping up with Jessica to see where this goes and asap I firmly hope and pray.🇺🇸🗽💙👍

Expand full comment
DL's avatar

Check out Lights On with Jessica Denson YouTube on the subject of the illegality of the squatter in the White House even being there some legal points to its actual disqualification for that office.

Expand full comment
KingRayVet's avatar

People really do need to grow up in this country. We gonna play the blame-game the rest of our lives or do what's necessary to fight back and take our country back? That crap is getting really old, boring, inconsequential, and irrelevant now.

Expand full comment
Roseann Duchon's avatar

Notice that it’s the women who are not afraid to speak out and fight back against a bully?

Expand full comment
Daniel H Laemmerhirt's avatar

Strong-willed women TERRIFY the liddle guy! [sic]

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar
9hEdited

Oh, they are definitely and rightly afraid of women; and this has been the case since the beginning of time. Our culture is different in that women are barred from positions of power and leadership. We cannot wait for permission after this crisis is solved. We must take power and push for women to hold seats of influence.

We cannot afford to exclude them any longer for our democracy and our nation cannot afford to have anything short of only the best of the best in roles of leadership; and the only way to have a pool of the best of the best to choose from is to include everyone qualified not by race or gender or sexual identity but by sheer talent, qualifications, grit, education and experience.

Today our pool of candidates is stagnant and shrinking because of prejudice and exclusion. This has got to stop here and now! We cannot afford to continue to feed the vanity of men at the expense of our country. Women step forward! Everyone step forward who has until today has been barred due to prejudice and hate. Run for office! And we the voters must support them not spit them out like you were served a bitter root. That response is a learned one, a visceral one and one that is bringing our country to ruin. Get over it!

Expand full comment
Roseann Duchon's avatar

The fact that the US still has never had a female president speaks to the misogyny and racism still prevalent in this country. Women are stepping up into politics at all levels, but until we are 51% in both chambers and a woman in the White House, we have not yet completely arrived. Women still have to work harder, be smarter, "likeable" and yet be "electable." That means they cannot be too "abrasive, shrill, cold, or a shrew." No matter how stupid, grouchy, short tempered, or angry a male candidate is, we women are held to a much higher standard than any male candidate.

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar

All of which has proven to be impossible standards and exactly the poison that is killing our democracy by excluding qualified women — and we outnumber men — playing by the rules imposed has not worked — and we have no time left to stay on this course which has been imposed on us to keep men in power — look at where we are — look at what is at stake — my only concern is we have no more time to diddle and get male support and approval — why wait?

Expand full comment
Roseann Duchon's avatar

Only when we are in positions of power so that we make the rules, will lives improve significantly, especially for women and children. Women approach problems in a different way than men. We know what we need.

Expand full comment
Marjorie J French's avatar

I absolutely agree. So do you know any women we can push to run for office? I am too old (78), too frail, and I know few who are willing to put him down publicly.

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar
7hEdited

Bernie Sanders and AOC at their rallies are speaking directly to the people encouraging all of us so inclined to run for office. Anyone who is qualified man, woman no matter the race or sexual persuasion or other identifiers that include more than standard issue white male must be supported by us women; and if you were raised in my household voting was an individual choice — my mom a democrat did not consult my dad a republican, but they had lively discussions each and every election.

I don’t understand any other approach to it for it will be us the women who save this democracy, and to do so we must also work and act to change our culture. Vote but open our minds to the fact we hold unconscious prejudice toward women in our society, and widen our viewpoint long overdue that out of all those who come forward why is it that no matter how qualified female candidates are still finding it impossible to break that glass ceiling?

I posit the ceiling for women can only be broken if women come out united (for the sake of our children) and in great numbers in support of women. We historically have not supported each other. I also believe we are up against a baked-in cultural issue that has produced a visceral response and rejection of any woman standing up and pitching for what is rightfully something she should be welcomed to present as qualified to take on.

This letter written by Abigail Adams is mind blowing! Her prescience and intelligence are on full display asking for consideration for the rights of her gender, which was in the end denied. Read on her frank assessment of men who hold power. Brilliant!

https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760331aa

Expand full comment
SLMontgo's avatar

We've had lots of practice.

Expand full comment
Helga Wright's avatar

Just told my husband the same thing!

Expand full comment
Regina Melton's avatar

More noticeable with each and every day. 🤔 Who came up with the “women are the weaker sex” phrase?

Expand full comment
Winston Manchester's avatar

Probably a man like Trump who wanted to keep women down and from using the fullness of their power to speak up for others and so he could abuse her however he wanted.

Expand full comment
SLMontgo's avatar

Underneath his Spanx suit pants with his very looong red tie hiding that there is no zipper because of "pull-ups," he's got paunch to hide and he's mostly bald under that elaborate, constructed "hairdo" of papier mâché, airplane glue, and flax.

Expand full comment
Marjorie J French's avatar

He desperately needs a facial and a fix for his digestive issues, I have heard. I think a frontal lobotomy would work.

Expand full comment
Shellison's avatar

I hear bleach works wonders.

Expand full comment
SLMontgo's avatar

Have you noticed his nose? He claims he doesn't drink, but there is something sketchy happening to the end of his nose.

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar

It is not just "men" it is the culture of this country compared with that of other nations. In fact, when the settlers in the 1600's arrived and were invited to a meeting with the natives to work out how the two "tribes" could exist peacefully the men showed up for that meet up only to be asked, "Where are your women?" For it was unthinkable for these natives to make any move not in concert with the women of the tribe.

It is our culture that needs to be challenged and changed. And we don't need permission to make this happen. We are fully capable of getting this done. After all -- it is we who rock the cradle isn't it? It is we who are the teachers at the schools. It is we who know the friends of our children and know them as if they were our own children.

We do not need permission. We do not need to have this discussion with our spouses. We just need to grab up the power that is already ours and get it done. Our culture of prejudice needs to be changed to one of full acceptance. Our government should only have the best of the best in power and positions of leadership.

That cannot happen if less than 50% of our citizens (white straight men) are acceptable candidates for positions of power and leadership to the majority of us entrenched in this culture of intolerance. To not vote for a equally and/or better qualified woman is not so much a choice as a visceral response; and that is how deeply entrenched our views of womanhood and who "should be in charge" have become over the past 250 years.

We and our rightful place in our society was not even considered or noted in the writing of the Constitution. That is why we have a dying not a thriving democracy today. That is why we have lost everything to oligarchs and corporations. Let's get this done ladies!

Expand full comment
SLMontgo's avatar

Obviously, some power-mad white guy with a bald head and a beer belly.

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar
9hEdited

I think it was "Adam" -- as he exited the garden with Eve who had the curiosity and courage to expand her boundaries and in doing so expanded their world. Then Adam and their sons declared all of it their territory and fought over it and murdered each other over it; and look where we are today.

Expand full comment
Janelle Gilkeson's avatar

THISSSSSS ^^

Expand full comment
Dorothy's avatar

"Well behaved women never make history."

Expand full comment
Joe Jones's avatar

Because they know bullies are just spoiled babies!

Expand full comment
Bluesmurf's avatar

That would be the case. I grew up with an extended family full of cousins. The oldest one, 4 years my senior, was a bully and announced to all of us that he was the "king of the cousins" and he picked on all of us, especially the other boy cousins, my older brother in particular. We had family on the other side of the my family tree who lived close, so being the person I am, I got in his face and told him he wasn't the king of my cousins and never would be. Then I pronounced clearly my full name, including my last name, different than his, and made it clear I wasn't impressed - this started when I was 4 years old.

I reminded him on a regular basis that he wasn't my master and he knew he couldn't bully me (I used to fist fight with my brother). He hated my guts until the day he died in 2009. As awful as this sounds, I shed no tears at his passing. He was mean, cruel and a bully his entire existence. The only way he stopped bullying my brother and my other boy cousin was because they caught him alone one day and they duked it out. The bully lost and he stopped picking on them physically after that, but he was still a bully.

I have never had a problem speaking truth to power regardless of gender and wouldn't have a problem speaking truth to that power any day of the week. I am with you all. Bring it on!

Expand full comment
KingRayVet's avatar

Yes, we noticed. Really makes me wonder where most men lost their balls. Better find 'em quick!

Expand full comment
Marliss Desens's avatar

Well, I'm not so sure Gretchen Whitmer covered herself in glory.

Expand full comment
Linda PullenStout's avatar

Alone we are a rain drop, TOGETHER WE ARE A FLOOD!!!

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar

We must stop joining the men in what is truly a visceral response to reject women from positions of power and leadership. We rule the household, not them. Think for yourself and judge not another woman who is brave enough to come forward without cover or protection driven to serve and qualified to do so.

Expand full comment
Elizabeth Norton's avatar

Yes! The only way to deal with Trump is to stand up to him. He’s a coward, and I’ll tell him so to his face, if he has the courage to stand up to an 80-year-old female. Hey, Trump, come and challenge me! Given Musk’s thievery, you probably know where I live.

Expand full comment
Ch.st's avatar

Elizabeth, if I could give you a million hearts, thumbs up and likes I would!

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar

If you need company in that face off just message me. I'm 74 and damn strong!

Expand full comment
Dorothy's avatar

I'm right there with you!

Expand full comment
Laurie Fontes's avatar

Nice. I'm with you I'm 55 but I will not be bullied. Women are strong and that scares some men.

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar

Really -- we each know in our hearts we are warriors as do our partners, husbands and children and anyone who gets in the way of our protecting and caring for them. So, let's give up the surrender to how they want us to dress, act and speak. I'm tired. Are you?

Expand full comment
Topfer Louise's avatar

There is no end to Trump’s scumbaggery🙄🙄🙄 … I’m so glad the Gov of Maine won this battle … how DARE he!!!😡🇨🇦

Expand full comment
Melanie Marie Kill's avatar

He’s probably going to lie and say he won! Pathological liar he is!😡

Expand full comment
Topfer Louise's avatar

Of course he will 🙄

Expand full comment
RAISSA's avatar
9hEdited

Obviously each and every wife and trophy wife of Trump was more talented better looking and smarter than Trump shows himself to be. Unfortunately, they were not unlike him as well for to be with him is to be just as transactional and crooked as Trump is himself. Melania is fully transactional.

I really don't care -- but the Trump family is and always has been a crime family. Those of us from New York have known this since the beginning. It's been painful to watch how many he has conned and robbed and destroyed.

It is impossible to warn a fool that the person who stands before them is a con man whose hand has slipped into and is now deep inside the fool's pocket while the con man's other hand is shaking the "mark's" hand and smiling with promises of delivering all they ever hoped to attain.

It is sad to know that the fool will not get what they hoped for and will lose all they dearly treasure; after which the con man will walk away without a shred of regret for what they have done. A fool is born every day. Trump is at the head of a world-wide crime family, and he is a master class con man and a criminal and worse.

Today he is not only a danger to the fool and the "mark" but as a result of an American election holds the most powerful position in the world. He will use that power to get what he wants no matter what it takes and no matter how many suffer and die and lose all they possess, including our children's future to attain it. This threat is not contained it is worldwide.

Expand full comment
Melanie Marie Kill's avatar

Sad, but true. 😢🤬🤮

Expand full comment
SLMontgo's avatar

Remember how dickless donnie shot back at Gov. Mills after she said, "See you in court"? He said, "Yes, this will be an easy one. Enjoy your life after governor because I don't think you're to be around very long.." not a direct quote, but the best as I recall it. Kudos, Gov. Janet Mills, victorious over the rancid bigot... showing the way.

Expand full comment
Marjorie J French's avatar

I really like his nickname!!! Gov. Janet Mills is a hero among cowards for sure. I wonder what she calls him privately?

Expand full comment
Judy Epps's avatar

Kudos To Governor Mills!!! Maine was not having any of it!!!

Expand full comment
Ballard Graham's avatar

Governor Mills is my hero, standing up to a tyrannical felon criminal!

Expand full comment
Coop's avatar

The Orange Turd needs flushing. But even after the flushing, the stink of the Turd Family will remain for decades.

Elbow Zupp! 🇨🇦

Expand full comment
Lillian Schmidt's avatar

Reminder, the only reason he appears to be the most powerful person is because of those who have capitulated. But resistance has proven that we are, not him.

Expand full comment
Nancy Wang's avatar

He is actually not the most powerful man in the world. His position as US prez is. He’s a worm wiggling in a big pot of soil and is getting it full of shit. The only problem with this metaphor is that actually worms enrich the soil with their poop. He’s still a lowly worm.

Expand full comment
Kaci Christian's avatar

Let’s not disparage worms by labeling Trump as a worm.

#govegan

Expand full comment
Hannah Rudolph's avatar

How ‘bout leach?

Expand full comment
Pauline Stebbins's avatar

Keep it rollong

Expand full comment
Jaye Raye's avatar

Not only that, those who have capitulated find him coming back for more. It’s like the bully if you give them your lunch money, he’ll just come back for more and very often escalated so you haven’t appeased him,You’ve just dug yourself in deeper.

Expand full comment
@theresetcollab's avatar

We, the people, must join them. We can’t sit on the sidelines while the truth fights alone. Every voice, every action, every refusal to be silenced matters. Stand with Mills and other elected officials who stand against Trump and his capitulating GOP! Stand for democracy — and let’s keep the losses piling up for corruption!

Expand full comment
Would U. Turnin-Annefrank's avatar

I feel that people are feeling torn. While many wish to stand up, some are fearful of personal harm.

Those of us who are able need to plan a peaceful “breaking” of the government, similar to how the people of France protest against their government.

Expand full comment
KingRayVet's avatar

We are France x 50. We can't do what those little countries did with one of this size & magnitude.

You see how they're ignoring peaceful protests. Right? I just don't get how many would rather live under fascism than risk their comfort zones. It's going to get far more uncomfortable the longer we leave this regime unchallenged for real. Full stop.

Expand full comment
Marjorie J French's avatar

Our Pastor told us a story today about a woman arrested by ICE for the crime of publicly praying for someone, either someone ICE wanted or someone of the wrong color or some such thing. I don't remember the details. (I thought the pacemaker was supposed to make me better!!)

Expand full comment
Pauline Stebbins's avatar

•Bravo 👏🏽👏🏻👏🏾👏👏🏼👏🏿, keep it rolling!

Expand full comment