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Bold Coast Civic Alliance Action Items- Monday, September 8th

Written by

George Lincoln

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Action Items to choose from (or do all of them: your choice!) Scroll down to the matching number of your option: 

  1. Call or email Janet Mills and urge her to take the Come and Take It Pledge and fight back against Republican redistricting 
  2. Demand that our state use its resources to fight the federal power grab 
  3. Keep the Epstein files front and center 
  4. Keep fighting to get rid of RFK, Jr. 
  5. Fight the Save Act–both Maine’s version and the federal version
  6. Save our National Forests 
  7. Chalk our message everywhere it’s legal to do so (sidewalks and roadways) 

Reminder: When you call vs when you email via our reps’ websites (best way to contact them in writing), don’t forget to begin with: “Hi, my name is [name] and I’m a constituent calling from [zip code]. That is important, because if they don’t know you’re actually a constituent, your opinion will be ignored. 

Contact info: 

Senator Susan Collins:  

Email: http://www.collins.senate.gov/contact/email-senator-collins/form  

Phone: (202) 224-2523 (DC office), (207) 945-0417 (Bangor office) 

Senator Angus King:  

Email http://www.king.senate.gov/contact 

Phone: (202) 224-5344 (DC office), (207) 945-8000 (Bangor office) 

Representative Jared Golden: 

Email: golden.house.gov/contact 

Phone: (202) 224-3121 (DC office), (207) 249-7400 (Bangor office) 

(Please note that for those of you receiving this email who are not represented by Senators or House members in our district, I have to leave it up to you to find the contact info for your own representatives.) 

Actions 

1)      Call or email Janet Mills and urge her to take the Come and Take It Pledge and fight back against Republican redistricting: 

    She should do the same thing Governor Newsom has done, and push to respond with reciprocal redistricting in Maine so that Democratic candidates have the edge in the second district, if and only if other states join Texas in redistricting to the advantage of Republicans: 

     To call: https://indivisible.quorum.us/campaign/redistricting-call-comeandtakeit/  

     To email: https://indivisible.quorum.us/campaign/redistricting-email-solidarity-states/ 

2)      Demand that our state use its resources to fight the federal power grab: 

     Yes, I’m repeating the action from my last email. I feel this is something we really have to grab hold of with both hands and start acting on in big way. And do call, if you can, rather than email. Everything I’ve been reading says that phone calls have exponentially greater impact than emails. Let’s make some good trouble at our state level by urging our officials  to exercise their powers under states’ rights to nullify unconstitutional actions/orders by the federal government: 

And, of course, contact your representatives in the state legislature, which depends on your district: 

          To learn more about what is in these lawmakers’ power to do:  

https://rachelandthecity.substack.com/p/you-cant-sue-the-government-like

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/blue-states-have-90-days-to-kill

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-for-americans-to-start-talking\

          To see some scripts for these calls (be sure to personalize them, though!): 

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/5-phone-calls-can-stop-american-fascism

3)      Keep the Epstein files front and center: 
     A discharge petition to force a House vote on a bill requiring the Justice Department to release the Epstein files within 30 days. Right now, 2 more votes are necessary to reach the required number required to compel the vote. Four Republicans and all Democrats have signed on, and the rest of the Republicans are under huge pressure from the administration and Mike Johnson to not sign on. But there are currently 4 vacant seats in the house, three of which are in deep blue districts where the Democrat is expected to prevail in special elections slated for later this year. Two of those elections will happen this month, and both of the Democratic candidates are vowing to sign the petition as soon as they arrive on Capitol Hill.   
     Call Jared Golden to thank him for signing on to the discharge petition, but also to ask him to urge his Republican colleagues to cross over and do the right thing. Write a letter to the editor. We want to make sure our lawmakers in Congress know that we’re not letting this get swept under the carpet. 

     Of course, if you’re registered to vote in another state—not Maine—and have a Republican representative, call them asap and demand that they sign on to the discharge petition. 

4)      Keep fighting to get rid of RFK, Jr: 

     He’s systematically destroying all legitimate healthcare in the U.S. and the lives of all Americans. His lunatic depredations—attacks on public health and essential scientific research, extreme vaccine denialism, conspiracy theories, and harmful “alternative” treatments—must stop.  

     Call Senator Collins, Senator King, and Representative Golden to demand that they move to impeach and fire Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Health Secretary. 

5)      Fight the SAVE Act—both Maine’s version and the federal version: 
     Currently, the Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA) group is in the middle of a countrywide bus tour to, among other things, promote the anti-voter legislation known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. They’re calling on Congress to attach the policy to either a budget resolution, an omnibus spending bill or the annual National Defense Authorization Act, so the SAVE Act would be forced through as part of avoiding a government shutdown this fall.  
    Maine’s upcoming referendum is similar: Both claim to be protecting the integrity of our elections, but both are really designed to limit who can actually vote. Both need to be stopped. 
Call Senators Susan Collins and Angus King to demand that they vote against the SAVE Act. 
     Continue to do everything you can—talking to people, writing letters to the editor, putting up signs, chalking sidewalks and streets (see Action #7)—to let Mainers know that they should vote NO on this referendum no matter how sensible the Republicans make it sound. They are lying. People need to understand that this is a voter suppression bill—no more, no less. 
 

6)      Save our National Forests: 
     The public comment period for the USDA’s next step in rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule closes on September 19th, 2 weeks from now. They are trying to claim that this is a necessary move to protect the forests from wildfires, but proper forest management is all that’s needed, not logging and development of these old forests. Get your comments in now: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/29/2025-16581/special-areas-roadless-area-conservation-national-forest-system-lands 
 

7)      Chalk our message everywhere it’s legal to do so (a messaging idea from Mid Maine Indivisible): 
     Be prepared: Carry a piece of sidewalk chalk around with you for those moments when inspiration and opportunity strike! Chalk something like RESIST or DEFEND DEMOCRACY on the sidewalk or road. It’s not illegal, it might feel empowering, and who knows who you might inspire to join the resistance!  

Yours in Civic Action, 

Bold Coast Civic Alliance

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