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Here is today’s Call to Action from Mid Maine Indivisible. Also, remember our weekly vigils here in the Bangor area! We have the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor and TODAY is the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil. 

Volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! We have had a huge influx of new members these past few months and to keep up, YOUR skills, connections, and input are needed! Weekly meetings on Zoom and monthly in-person.  Click here to sign up to join us!

Also TODAY, July 30, Part 2 of Indivisible Project’s virtual event One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism. Click here to sign up! And click here for the recording of Part 1.

And please check out the latest Action from Hancock County Democrats, Action #154: “Run, Matt, Run!” about the possibility of Matt Dunlap as a primary challenger to Jared Golden for the CD-2 seat in the House in 2026. Past actions are listed here.

Lastly, our friends at the Bold Coast Civic Alliance have drawn up another super handy list of items we can address. Check it out here!

Thank you for all you do! – Dave from Indivisible Bangor

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Hi Folks,

Good morning everyone, although Emile Bove was narrowly confirmed yesterday to the Federal Appeals Court, our Maine Senators King and Collins both voted AGAINST his nomination. This is a win for our efforts here in Maine. We don’t control what happens elsewhere.

I am not a big believer in petitions, but here is one worth signing. Over 250,000 people have signed the petition to Save Colbert. Tomorrow, Leaders We Deserve is delivering it directly to CBS headquarters in New York. To sign the petition go here.

Sign up to help oppose this fall’s voter suppression referendum in Maine go here to get involved in an effort sponsored by the Maine League of Women Voters, Maine Equal Justice, Maine ACLU, Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, Maine AFL-CIO and many others.

One Million Rising (Indivisible) is having its second training to build the resistance tonight. It will air tonight at 8:00. Go here to register.

TODAY’S ACTION (s)

• Sign the petition to CBS to save Colbert:  Petitions are one arrow in the quiver. Let CBS know how we feel about them scrapping a vocal critic of the administration who is also funny. Go here to sign the petition. Suppressing the media is a key tactic of authoritarian regimes. This is right in the playbook.
• Sign up to help oppose this fall’s voter suppression referendum: Go to Save Maine Absentee Voting  to learn how to get involved with this important referendum. See description here.
• Prepare for Saturday August 2nd “Rage Against the Regime” action: Sponsored by 50/51 . Events now planned in Augusta, Skowhegan, Ellsworth and Freeport. Go here for more detail.
• Join the One Million Rising training tonight at 8:00: This is the biggest national effort that I am aware of to build the resistance. Go here to register.
• Contribute to Megan Scribner’s substack Building Bridges Word by Word:  Building Bridges has created a safe space where we can share our stories and begin to build bridges across divides. Here is an example of something I wrote for Megan in 2021: If You’re Ready, Come Go With Me.

Statewide Actions This Week:

• August 2nd Rage Against the Regime Actions in Maine. 12 – 2 in Augusta, and in several other locations in Maine. Go here for more details.
• If you know your Maine Representative or Senator is supportive of making ICE accountable in Maine,  ask them to join with Representative Cassie Julia to put in a bill to ensure proper identification of ICE agents acting in Maine. Lawmakers in California have introduced legislation requiring the identity and affiliation of ICE agents to be displayed while interacting with the public. 
• Indivisible Actions – Register Here, For the One Million Rising action – register here  and watch the first session here.
• Help Activate Maine out – go here to submit events!
• Buy some American Flags for your next Demo; there are lots around from July 4th – Reny’s (“the Maine Shopping Experience”) has bunches.

Angus King             
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

Susan Collins         
DC: (202) 224-2523 
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417

Chellie Pingree      
DC: (202) 225-6116
Portland: (207) 774-5019  
Waterville: (207) 873-5713  

Jared Golden         
DC: (202) 225-6306 
Bangor: (207) 249-7400
Caribou: (207) 492-6009 
Lewiston: (207) 241-6767

Find Your State Senator: Here

Find your State Representative: 
By name: Here
By district: Here

LOCAL ACTIONS: Join Mid Maine Indivisible(Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. 

Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English? To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. An English Learning option at the Waterville library at 1:00 on Mondays is also an option for volunteers. Contact CANMP for the details.

Wednesday, July 30th: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville, Maine. Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center. Please join us in assuring all Mainers have access to safe, legal, shame-free reproductive health care including abortions and contraceptive care. For more info please contact Elayne Richard  at recordconnection@gmail.com. 

Thursday, July 31st: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

First Saturday of each Month at 2:30: Somerset Stands Up Rallies-Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County. Next one is August 2nd, 2:30

Sunday, August 3d: at 1:00 (and every Sunday): Stand with us against Trump/Stephen Miller; For Peace in the Middle East, For Ukraine, Stop the War in Iran, etc. on the Bridge by CVS in Waterville.

Tuesday, August 5th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the rising authoritarian state: around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

MORE ACTIONS

*If you haven’t yet, write your letter to Governor Mills thanking her for her stand against Trump, and asking her to run against Collins. SHE HAS NOT YET RULED THIS OUT! Hand written if possible.  Mail to: State House Station 1, Augusta, Maine, 04333. 

*If you would like to join Maine People’s Alliance Federal Lobby Group, please contact Jim Parakilas at jamesparakilas@gmail.com. We meet Mondays at 2 pm. Consider joining the MPA for trainings in June and July on resistance strategy, lobbying, and other areas. Contact Jim on this.

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere! 

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 

-Mid Maine Indivisible 

“Apply Truth liberally to the inflamed area.”  Stephen Colbert