Beacon Podcast

This week on the Beacon podcast, Ben and Mike thank the hard-working organizers who are putting together the upcoming Maine Resistance Summit – all are welcome.

Also: A UMaine student is silenced at a legislative hearing and finds a much louder voice, and the Maine Restaurant Association begins to crack under the strain of supporting Trump and LePage.

Plus a special, musical ray of hope.

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Photo: MPA members meet in Portland.

This week on the Beacon podcast Taryn, Ben and Mike discuss Governor LePage’s State of the State address, how DHHS misdirected more than $13 million meant to help poor kids, a new attack on voting rights and some disappointing votes from Sen. Susan Collins.

They also mention some rays of hope stretching across a dark political landscape, including the alternative narrative of the Rodham Presidency, which since recording has now moved to its own Facebook page.

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This week on the Beacon Podcast, Taryn, Ben and Mike talk about the flood of marches, campaigns, rallies and actions in the first two weeks of Trump’s presidency and discuss how Maine activists can keep up on what’s happening and engage strategically without burning out.

Also: Gov. LePage’s budget and his latest lie about the minimum wage.

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Photo via Sarah Rawlings.

Amy Halsted and Taryn Hallweaver take over the podcast this week to talk about the women’s march, movement-building, intersectionality, and the fight ahead. They’re joined by June Sapiel of the Penobscot Nation, Shay Stewart-Bouley of Black Girl in Maine, Kendall Mackey from 350.org and Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Sara Gideon.

If you’d like to feel better after the week we’ve just had, listening to these smart activists planning for the future will help.

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Photo via Andi Parkinson.

This week on the Beacon Podcast, Mike and Ben discuss Governor LePage’s new budget proposal and racist remarks, as well as amazing rallies for health care in Portland and immigrants in Lewiston.

Also: the discussion continues on Ben’s election analysis.

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Photo via Jeff Kirlin.

This week on the Beacon podcast, Ben and Mike discuss what an analysis of the 2016 referendum results tells us about how Democrats and progressives can win in rural Maine.

Also: The very different approaches of Sen. Collins and Sen. King to the Affordable Care Act.

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It’s finally here. This week on the Beacon podcast, Ben and Mike celebrate the minimum wage increase going into effect this Saturday. The minimum wage will increase from $7.50 to $9 an hour on January 7th and the subminimum wage for tipped workers will increase from $3.75 to $5 an hour, raising incomes for 103,000 Mainers.

Also: an update on the state of attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and why your calls to Senator Susan Collins are so important.

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This week on the Beacon podcast, Ben and Mike take a nerdy dive into Star Wars, organizing theory, health care policy and Roman history.

Spoiler alert: if you’re planning to see Rogue One and haven’t yet, you might want to wait to listen to this one.

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This week on the Beacon podcast, Ben and Mike discuss a record-breaking signature gathering drive to place Medicaid expansion on the ballot, Sen. Collin’s role in protecting the Affordable Care Act (and how 15 health care advocates got stuck in an elevator) and the battle over privatizing a new facility at Riverview psychiatric hospital.

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This week on the Beacon Podcast, Ben and Mike discuss the first day of legislative session and Gov. LePage’s latest attacks on voter-approved referenda to raise the minimum wage and tax the wealthy to fund education.

Also: Sen. Collins speaks out against dismembering Obamacare (or privatizing Medicare) and Alex Steed and Molly Adams have launched a new Kickstarter project to do good, digital civic journalism in Maine.

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