#Maine #GovernorJanetMills releases $1.25 million to help #FoodBanks respond to #SNAP losses

Mills also has not ruled out calling a special session of the Legislature so roughly 170,000 Mainers don’t lose federal food assistance.

by Randy Billings. October 30, 2025

FALMOUTH — "Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday that her administration is releasing an additional $1.25 million in funding for food pantries and anti-hunger programs in a bid to keep nearly 170,000 low-income Maine families from losing assistance during the federal government shutdown.

"Mills said the funding would be distributed through the #GoodShepherdFoodBank and the #AreaAgenciesOnAging to support programs such as #MealsOnWheels and other anti-hunger organizations.

" 'When the federal government fails, Maine will not,' Mills said in a written statement. 'When challenges arise, Maine people step up.'

"Mills is using $1 million from the governor’s contingency account and the John T. Gorman Foundation is providing $250,000. The Portland nonprofit noted that 55,000 children could lose food assistance.

"Heather Paquette, president of Good Shepherd, said in a written statement that the funding will help support nearly 600 food pantries and other partner organizations across the state.

" 'Our partners on the front lines are facing an overwhelming need for food right now and these funds will go to work immediately to help ensure everyone in Maine has access to the food they need to feed themselves and their families during this uncertain time,' Paquette said.

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"Some other states are also announcing emergency funding for food banks and food assistance programs in anticipation of the loss of SNAP benefits. #Minnesota, for example, has announced $4 million for food assistance programs, and #NewYork is committing $30 million."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/10/29/maine-gov-janet-mills-considering-all-options-to-respond-to-loss-of-snap/

Archived version:
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#USPol #MainePol #MaineResists
#Resistance #ResistTrump #TrumpSucks #TrumpIsABully #TrumpIsAFascist #SNAPCuts #USDACuts #HungerGames #KillThePoor #FoodStamps #FoodInsecurity #District13 #Mainers

#GovernorJanetMills calls on #Trump to tap emergency reserves to fund #FoodStamps

by Christopher Burns, October 30, 2025

Excerpt: "Mills and the other governors said in their letter that the anti-hunger program prevents low-income Americans from having to make 'impossible choices' between eating or taking medication, between eating or heating their homes, between eating or going to the doctor.

" '#SNAP lifts families out of poverty by allowing them to spend money that would otherwise have been used for food on rent, heat, or health care,' they wrote."

Archived version:
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#Maine governor criticizes #Trump administration for freezing funds amid #transgender athlete dispute: ‘It’s not rational’

By Alyssa Vega Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2025

"Maine #GovernorJanetMills criticized the Trump administration on Monday just days after it moved to cut all federal #education funding to the state. The move came in response to Maine’s refusal to enforce the administration’s directive to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
In an interview on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' Monday, Mills said the state received a series of letters from federal agencies, culminating in an April 2 letter from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, which the Maine governor described as 'appalling' in tone and substance. Mills said the next day Rollins threatened to pull all education funding to the state.

" 'Because there are maybe two — at most — two transgender athletes competing in Maine schools right now, they decided to shut off funding for our school nutrition program, the school lunch program entirely, on which 172,000 Maine school #children rely for their school meals. That didn’t make any sense,' Mills said. "

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/nation/maine-governor-janet-mills-criticizes-trump-administration-funding-freeze/

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#Maine #GovernorJanetMills fires back after #Trump's demand for 'full throated apology'

by Randy Billings, Mon, March 24, 2025

Mar. 24—"Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Monday brushed off President Donald #Trump's weekend demand that she issue a 'full throated apology' for publicly challenging him during a White House event last month.

"The governor responded to Trump's social media post while at a public event in Bangor. But it was not an apology.

"Mills contested Trump's claims that he wants to protect women through his executive order barring #TransgenderAthletes from women's sports, pointing out that women in the United States and around the world will be hurt by his moves to eliminate #ForeignAid, attack #SocialSecurity and #Medicaid, and impose #tariffs that will spark #TradeWars and drive up consumer prices.

"'If the current occupant of the White House wants to protect women and girls, he should start by protecting the women and teenage girls who are suffering #miscarriages and dying because they can't get basic, life-saving health care in states across this country,' Mills said, according to the Bangor Daily News. 'If he truly cares about women and girls and people of this country, let's see the economic plan. Let's see the health care plan. Let's see the education plan.'

"Mills, who was in Bangor celebrating the purchase of a mobile home park by its residents under a new state law, added that 'if he cares about women and girls, he should talk about the little girls and boys and infants in #Sudan and other countries who are dying right now because he has cut off their supply of food and life-saving medicines.'"

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-mills-fires-back-trumps-224700049.html
#TrumpIsABully #USPol #MaineResists #MaineResistance #SeeYouInCourt #ProtectTransYouth #FuckTrump
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #Resist #Authoritarianism #USAID #ProBirth #WomensHealthCare #GirlsHealthCare #ReproductiveRights #GovernorMills

#Trump is such a pathetic, petty man-child (much like his first buddy). Stand strong, #GovernorJanetMills !

Petulant Trump Demands Groveling From Governor Who Stood Up to Him

by Liam Archacki, Sat, March 22, 2025

"President Donald Trump suggested he would continue to punish #Maine until the state’s governor offers a 'full throated apology' for standing up to him on #TransRights and promises never to 'challenge' him again.

"Gov. #JanetMills went viral after she took on Trump in a fiery verbal exchange at a meeting of the National Governors Association last month. After the president called her out for not complying with an executive order against transgender athletes, Mills retorted, 'We’ll see you in court.'

"On Saturday, Trump—who has sicced multiple federal agencies on Maine as retaliation—took to Truth Social to demand that Mills grovel."

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/petulant-trump-demands-groveling-governor-204627663.html`
#TrumpIsABully #USPol #MaineResists #MaineResistance #SeeYouInCourt #ProtectTransYouth #FuckTrump
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #Resist #Authoritarianism

Just received mine in the mail! #MaineResists!

'See you in court'; #EqualityCommunityCenter creates t-shirts in response to heated #Trump, #Mills exchange

All of the proceeds benefit #MaineTransNet, a nonprofit that provides a variety of support services and community events for transgender people

https://www.wmtw.com/article/see-you-in-court-equality-community-center-creates-t-shirts-in-response-to-heated-trump-mills-exchange/63943519

Order here:
https://www.littlechairprinting.com/store/see-you-in-court?fbclid=IwY2xjawIseWlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHeLu2aF3VoKVloZOAXPniR2FsSo1yL8J-gc4Jb3MjuQRM1YWsfVjDo5Mfg_aem_DutIONWPLGSrKaeM54G9Aw
#Maine #USPol #MainePol #TransRightsAreHumanRights #GovernorJanetMills #ProtectTransYouth

So yeah. Not looking good in #Maine (despite our defiant #GovernorJanetMills ). How twisted!!!

#USDA Launches Compliance Review of University of Maine for #TitleIX Violations

Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2025— "The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has initiated a compliance review of the University of Maine following the State of Maine’s blatant disregard for President Trump’s Executive Order #EO14201

Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports

“President Trump has made it abundantly clear: taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars will not support institutions that discriminate against women,” said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. “USDA is committed to upholding the President’s executive order, meaning any institution that chooses to disregard it can count on losing future funding.”

"As a federally funded land-grant institution, the University of Maine receives over $100 million in USDA funding. Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities that receive federal funding. Compliance with federal law is mandatory for institutions to continue receiving taxpayer funded support, including USDA grants."
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/22/usda-launches-compliance-review-university-maine-title-ix-violations
#GenderFascists

#GovernorJanetMills is a true patriot and has bigger balls than any snivelling #MAGAt #GOP #Qunt

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/janet-mills-maine-trump.html