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Shenna Bellows

@shennabellows

ME Secretary of State, Former State Senator, Executive Director, ACLU, Holocaust & Human Rights Center. Tweets are my own and not official. Follow @MESecofState

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Shenna Bellows(@shennabellows) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many of you have asked if Brandon and I are safe. We are. Please see my personal Facebook post here. m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

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MaineSOS(@MESecOfState) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issued this decision regarding three challenges brought by Maine voters to the nomination petitions of Donald J. Trump for the Republican primary for the President of the United States. Read the decision here: maine.gov/sos/news/2023/…

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Mary Katharine Ham(@mkhammer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'The 17 female hostages are not bargaining chips to be debated by diplomats. They are daughters, and one of them is mine. My primal scream should be the scream of mothers everywhere. Bring her home now!'

thefp.com/p/the-woman-in…

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Maya Wiley(@mayawiley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

YouTube & Meta have both decided it’s fine to allow the debunked disinformation that the 2020 election was rigged. It’s one thing to protect free speech. We must do that. It’s another thing to allow the promotion of lies that have endangered lives.

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Michael Beschloss(@BeschlossDC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Final words, prepared for a speech JFK did not survive to deliver, planned for an Austin Democratic dinner sixty years ago tonight (cancelled because of the assassination):
'Neither the fanatics nor the faint-hearted are needed....Our duty is not merely the preservation of…

Final words, prepared for a speech JFK did not survive to deliver, planned for an Austin Democratic dinner sixty years ago tonight (cancelled because of the assassination): 'Neither the fanatics nor the faint-hearted are needed....Our duty is not merely the preservation of…
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Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦(@cmclymer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. There have been at least 26 trans and gender non-conforming people murdered in the United States in 2023, with 54 percent of them being Black women:

LaKendra Andrews, 26
London Price, 26
Lisa Love, 35
Dominic Dupree (Palace), 25
A'nee…

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Shenna Bellows(@shennabellows) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This story is horrifying. Incredible to see the lengths at which votes are discarded by partisans. Grateful to be in Maine where our elections are free, fair and secure.

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Pat Callaghan(@PatCallaghan6) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here’s a reminder from Fitzy to exercise your right to be heard on this Election Day. 🇺🇸He’d love to vote, but the best he can do is wait patiently while Mom is inside casting her ballot.

Here’s a reminder from Fitzy to exercise your right to be heard on this Election Day. 🇺🇸He’d love to vote, but the best he can do is wait patiently while Mom is inside casting her ballot.
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Shenna Bellows(@shennabellows) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m passionate about supporting our local clerks. Support state election officials too by voting yes on 5 to give state election officials more time to validate petitions.

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James Myall(@JamesxMyall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We'll feel her absence in the Legislature, for sure.

If anyone wants to learn more about Rep Reckitt's life & legacy, she recorded two oral history interviews held by USM

One recently in 2020:
digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/querying_ohpro…

And from 1999:
digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/usmlgoh/6/

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Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross(@RTalbotRoss) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am so saddened by the passing of Rep. Lois Reckitt. She will be remembered as a trailblazer, a feminist icon and for her relentless efforts on behalf of Maine women and families. I was blessed to know Lois for 5 decades and I will never forget her courage, resiliency, and (1/3)

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James Myall(@JamesxMyall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You can get a sense of Lois Reckitt's impact on Maine through her consistent presence in the newspaper archives. Here she is in 1975, 1977, 1980, and 1995

You can get a sense of Lois Reckitt's impact on Maine through her consistent presence in the newspaper archives. Here she is in 1975, 1977, 1980, and 1995 #mepolitics
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Anthony J. Ronzio(@Ronzio) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For folks wondering how they can help support the victims, families, responders, and responding organizations in after this week's tragedy, we've just launched this resource page. Please take a look: maine.gov/governor/mills…

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Shenna Bellows(@shennabellows) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you to law enforcement who worked so hard to find the perpetrator. We grieve. We remember. Hopefully, we can heal.

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