Pete Hegseth is coming to BIW on Monday to tour the facility and give a speech about the battleships we can’t build. I guess it’s possible we could build units if BIW partners with other shipyards. Ingalls is already experimenting with outsourcing Arleigh Burke units. We may end up with similar work. We could build units here then barge them downriver to be assembled into a battleship elsewhere. But we will not build battleships start to finish like Arleigh Burkes. Some of Chuck Krugh’s statements to employees on this topic have been misleading. Management may try to pull the wool over Hegseth’s eyes, too. Who knows? In any case, I suspect management is nervous about his visit.
In Maine News
Ballot initiatives
Elections
Immigration
Bangor Daily News: Pete Hegseth plans speech at Bath Iron Works next week
Portland Press Herald: What are the Maine income tax brackets for 2025?
In National News
Immigration
- AP: 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father return to Minnesota from ICE facility in Texas
- AP: Trump’s border czar pulling 700 immigration officers out of Minnesota immediately
- In These Times: Trump’s assault on immigrants hurts US-born workers, too
- Jacobin: Democrats aren’t reining in ICE. Here’s how they could [Branko Marcetic]
- Labor Notes: How to debunk anti-immigrant myths at work
- ProPublica: The real story behind the midnight immigration raid on a Chicago apartment building
- ProPublica: Two CBP agents identified in Alex Pretti shooting
Texas elections
- AP: Texas stunner. Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips Republican state Senate district Trump won by 17 points
- Houston Chronicle: Teamsters back Greg Abbott as unions split endorsements in governor’s race
- IAM Union: IAM Union congratulates IAM District 776 member and activist Taylor Rehmet on Texas Senate District 9 victory
- The New York Times: After his Democratic victory in Texas, a new working-class star rises
AP: Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs
Ars Technica: ICE observer says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face
San Francisco Chronicle: Supreme Court leaves California’s Prop 50 maps in place for 2026 midterms
Shifting Gears: Status of suspended Ford worker changes
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