Don’t forget that many of our Action Items are ongoing, not limited to the time when you first see them. You can always go back to an earlier email to find more information you might have forgotten or to redo actions that bear repeating! 

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

1. Continue the fight for free speech 
2. Fight for food security 
3. Support LGBTQ+ youth 
4. Fight the administration’s efforts to protect its lawbreaking lackeys 
5. Protest Pete Hegseth’s ongoing attempts to reduce the role of women in the military 
6. Support California’s Proposition 50, also known as the “Election Rigging Response Act” 
7. Consider volunteering at your town office on November 4^th 
8. REMEMBER: October 18^th is the next big nationwide protest day! 

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: 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 Representative: 
By name: Here
By district: Here

(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) Continue the fight for free speech: 

    Now that we’ve enjoyed our brief victory with the return of Jimmy Kimmel, we need to recognize that it wasn’t a complete victory: ABC affiliates under both Nexstar and Sinclair are still preempting Kimmel’s show. Meanwhile, Nexstar and Sinclair are both trying to buy Tegna, which owns News Center Maine in Bangor/Portland. Mainer’s need News Center Maine to remain a friendly, local station focused on real journalism, not to join the raft of local broadcasters squeezed under the umbrella of a company eager to pander to the anti-free-speech demands of the Trump administration. 

     Call or write to News Center Maine, Tegna, Nexstar, Sinclair, and the FCC to object to the muzzling of newscasters and journalists and urging them to support our constitutional right to freedom of speech. 

® News Center Maine:  

          WCSH 6: One Congress Sq, Portland, ME 04101, (207-828-666 and 800-464-1213) 

          WLBZ 2: 329 Mount Hope Ave, Bangor, ME 04401, (207- 942-4821 and 800-244-6306) 

® Tegna Inc.: 8350 Broad Street, Suite 2000, Tysons, VA 22102 (phone: 703-873-6600)  

          President and CEO: Mike Steib 

®Nexstar: 545 East John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 700, Irving, TX 75062 (972-373-8800) 

          Chairman and CEO: Perry A. Sook 

® Sinclair: 10706 Beaver Dam Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21030 (410-568-1500) or https://sbgi.net/contact-us/  

          President and CEO: Christopher S. Ripley 

          Executive Chairman: David D. Smith 

® FCC: 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554 (888-225-5322) 

          Chairman: Brendan Carr 

2) Fight for food security: 

    The Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025 — soon to be introduced — would repeal the damaging budget reconciliation cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). 

     Use the FRAC Action Network to send a ready-to-go email to your Members of Congress urging them to reject any Farm Bill that does not address the recent, devastating SNAP cuts and to actively pursue every legislative avenue to restore SNAP. https://secure.everyaction.com/xf5JzY9MDEGusDx_2WNpsQ2 

3) Support LGBTQ+ youth: 

    Senators Baldwin and Murkowski have introduced the 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act, a bipartisan bill to re-establish the national emergency suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth. Contact Senators King and Collins and urge them to co-sponsor this important bill. 

4) Fight the administration’s efforts to protect its lawbreaking lackeys: 

     Contact Jared Golden to urge him to demand the release of the video of Border Czar Tom Homan accepting a bribe. More here: https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-demand-doj-fbi-release-recordings-of-tom-homan-receiving-50000-cash-bribe 

5) Protest Pete Hegseth’s ongoing attempts to reduce the role of women in the military: 

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said in no uncertain terms that women should not serve in combat. Now he has announced that he is eliminating the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, saying that it, “focused on advancing a divisive feminist agenda that hurts combat readiness.” You can read more about the background of this very helpful committee here: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/politics/hegseth-shuts-down-women-advisory-military 

     Contact Senator Angus King, who is on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representative Jared Golden, who is on the House Armed Services Committee, to let them know that the elimination of this Defense Advisory Committee is unacceptable.  

6) Support California’s Proposition 50, also known as the Election Rigging Response Act: 

    Join Vote Forward’s letter writing campaign to California voters: https://votefwd.org/district/CA_2025_C4_PROP50_LBW 

7) Consider volunteering at your town office on November 4^th: 

    We know that the GOP will be doing everything possible to make voting harder for everyone. More friendly faces at the voting sites could help. If you have the time and energy, volunteer to work the Nov. 4^th election in your town. If you’re not sure whom to call, check here: https://www.maine.gov/sos/elections-voting/find-a-municipal-clerk-or-registrar 

8) Make plans for the next nationwide No Kings Protests on October 18^th: 

    This is important! The last No Kings Day brought millions to the streets to protest the current administration’s illegal/unethical/unconstitutional overreach. We need to get as many people as possible out to protest on 10/18. We have to demonstrate visibly and volubly that the resistance is stronger and more determined than ever—and growing. Put the date on your calendars. Make arrangements to get there. Bring friends and family. Be there! 

Yours in Civic Action, 

Bold Coast Civic Alliance