Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list! Here is today’s call to action from us at Indivisible Bangor, followed by the great list of important actions from our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible.
New actions from Hancock Country Democrats (Action 167 – Sept. 28) and Bold Coast Civic Alliance (9/25).
Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area! TODAY is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor followed by the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil.
Bangor Visibility Brigade meets on Fridays at 3:30 at Essex Street overpass. Learn more here.
Troops in Chicago
Yesterday, 9/29, Illinois governor JB Pritzker gave a speech about the announcement that Donald Trump is planning to send 100 troops to Chicago, in addition to the large number of ICE agents already occupying Chicago. This is neither wanted nor warranted. You can read the story here on the CBS Chicago site, which also has video of his full speech. This is part of the continuing escalation by Donald Trump and his “Department of War” against Americans and others in American cities. Please contact your congressional delegation and let them know that this is wrong and must stop.
Trump plans to occupy Portland, Oregon
Donald Trump is again sending troops to an American city that he sees as “the enemy.” Using lies about crime and safety as justification, he is authorizing 200 Oregon National Guard troops to be sent to Portland, Oregon. Read more here at The Hill.
We cannot allow his continued use of the military on American soil to intimidate and terrorize civilians to stand. This cannot be the new norm. The sole purpose of these actions is to intimidate and terrorize the local communities. Please contact your congressional delegation in Washington to let them know this is unacceptable and un-American. This should not be tolerated in our country!
We need volunteers for
“No on 1”!!
There are two canvassing opportunities in the Bangor/Brewer area coming up!!
On Saturday, October 4, 2025 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET, there is a canvassing action in Orono from Webster Park. Launch event in Orono on Friday, October 3. Join us to sign up for a canvassing event and learn more about Question 1!”
And on Sunday, October 5, 2025 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET, there will be one in Brewer from the Food and Medicine building. Volunteers from the Graham Platner For Senate campaign will join in on this canvass, so we’ll be sure to cover a lot of ground!
These are in addition to the many other canvassing actions happening throughout the state! Visit Save Maine Absentee Voting for more details!
And write a letter to the editor-there are letters weekly playing this down, calling it “common sense” legislation. This is part of the continuing MAGA war on voting and we can stop it!
Voting Rights Forum with Congressman Jamie Raskin
Former Speaker of the House and candidate for Governor Hannah Pingree and Congressman Jamie Raskin, one of the nations leading constitutional law experts, invite you to a critical forum on voting rights and the forces threatening our democracy in Maine and across the country.
Friday, October 3rd, in Portland! RSVP required to receive venue address, which will be shared a week before the event.
Graham Platner in Brewer Thursday of next week, October 9th
“We’ll be at the Eastern Maine Labor Council Hall from 6:00pm-7:00pm on. I hope you’ll come and check out this movement we’re building to defeat Susan Collins and her multi-billionaire backers. Come out, ask questions, and bring a friend or three. I’ll see you there.”
***Nationwide No Kings Protest!***
***October 18, 2025***
***Broadway Park, Bangor***
Tell your friends!!!
No Kings is a peaceful movement of millions of Americans from all walks of life rising up to make it clear: We don’t do dictators or kings in America. We never will. We’re organizing and taking action to defend each other and our communities, demand dignity, and say enough to all of the Trump administration’s power grabs.
Millions of us took to the streets in June, and we’re doing it again on Saturday, October 18.
The Indivisible Bangor protest will be at Broadway Park in Bangor at noon!
Please bring non-perishables and personal care items for donations to local food cupboards.
Click the link below for more info, especially parking info!
And tell a friend! We want this to be even larger than June’s protest!
Request your absentee ballot!
Would you like to take advantage of the opportunity to vote when it’s convenient for you?
Will you be out of town on Election Day, November 4, 2025?
Maine offers the option to obtain an absentee ballot that you can mail in early or drop off at your town’s drop box. There are even days of early voting, too! Click the link to request YOUR absentee ballot!
Hegseth shuts down advisory group for women in the military.
From CNN: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had decided to eliminate the group, formally called the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, saying that the committee, ‘focused on advancing a divisive feminist agenda that hurts combat readiness.’”
CNN goes on to say, “The move is the latest in a series by Hegseth that have eliminated efforts to increase the role of women in military leadership and planning.” Secretary Hegseth is on record as saying that he does not believe women should serve in combat.
Our Independent Senator, Angus King, is on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Our Congressperson from Maine’s Second District, Jared Golden, is on the House Armed Services Committee.
Contact Sen. King and Rep. Golden and let them know that this is unacceptable.
Volunteer on election day
Election Day is coming up on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Have you thought about volunteering at your town office to help? It’s a great way to learn about the election process as well as to give back to your town. Call your town office today-click the button/link for the list of all Maine towns, find your town, and give ’em a call!
Jimmy Kimmel
***UPDATE***
Sinclair (statement) and Nexstar (statement) stations are now broadcasting “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
Nexstar coming to Bangor
Nexstar Media Group is the media company that is major player in this decision. It was announced last month that Nexstar is in the process of buying Tegna for $6.2 billion. Tegna owns channel 2, WLBZ (NBC)in Bangor and its sister station channel 6, WCSH (NBC) in Portland. Read the AP article here.
Sinclair Broadcasting Group is the second largest tv station operator in the U.S. after Nexstar and is the nation’s largest ABC affiliate group. They own channels 13, WGME (CBS affiliate)Portland, and 23, WPFO (FOX affiliate)Portland – Waterville.
Both Sinclair and Nexstar are conservative corporations that dictate the local news broadcasts, sometimes using the same scripts in their stations across the country.
COIVD vaccinations are available without a prescription in Maine
On September 12, 2025, the Maine CDC issued a standing order (PDF) “all recommended individuals six months and older can receive routine COVID-19 vaccination.”
Please call your pharmacy to verify before you arrive to make sure this order has not changed. Click the button/link for more information from the Maine.gov site.
CARE OVER CUTS: REINING IN THE TRUMP CHAOS
Trump’s authoritarian rise is being funded by our tax dollars. The national Indivisible Project has everything you need to know about passing a federal budget by September 30th; how Republicans and Democrats must rein in Trump’s regime, protect access to healthcare, and take away his slush funds for terrorizing our communities; and what you can do.
One way or another, the Trump regime’s weaponization of federal power – terrorizing communities, ripping away life-saving government services, and showering tax giveaways on the wealthy and well-connected at the expense of people already struggling to get by – must be stopped. Learn more about this fight below and take action to demand your Members of Congress take away Trump’s blank check to visit devastation on our communities, economy, and democracy.
Join Indivisible Bangor!
Do you want to become more involved? Would you like to help with the website and communications? How about helping to organize events, such as rallies and overpass actions or be a peacekeeper? 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 member meetings are on Zoom with in-person meetings on the first Wednesday of the month. Please click the button to sign up and we’ll help you with the process of becoming a member of Indivisible Bangor!
New members, and current members, too, are invited to join one of our monthly Zoom informational meetings!
Make Some Calls!
It’s mentioned a few times in these newsletters about calling your representatives in Washington, D.C. It’s one of the most important things we can do and it’s so easy!
Write Some Emails!
If you are more comfortable with sending emails to our Maine congressional delegation in Washington, click the links/buttons.
We are on Blue Sky!
Check us out on this social media site that is similar to that other one that has changed hands recently, but with less nonsense!
Follow us! Invite your friends! Comment! You’ll be glad you did!
The ACLU Maine has a “Know Your Rights” plan for students going back to school. “Politicians are attacking students’ and teachers’ rights throughout the country, including here in Maine – but as the Supreme Court ruled in 1969, students do not ‘shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.’” Click the button for these important details.
We have an easy way to donate to Indivisible Bangor. Drop off your returnable bottles and cans to Ohio Street Redemption in Bangor and tell them to put it on the account of Dave Cox. They’ll add the money to our kitty, mail out a regular check, and the money goes to our bank account to help with our expenses! You can find them here!
****Be sure the attendant writes down “Dave Cox” or “Indivisible Bangor” because several donations have not been credited. Thank you!****
And you can donate here, too! Donations help pay for supplies, website, outreach, and to fund the many upcoming actions in Maine.
Thank you for all you do! – Dave from Indivisible Bangor
And now to the Mid Maine Indivisible morning Call to Action!
Action Tuesday September 30th: Work Locally to Defeat Referendum Question 1 and Save Maine’s Absentee Ballot + Call Our Congresspeople to Save Health Care
Hi Folks, it’s Tuesday and many items are live.
National Issues:
There are only 24 hours left before the Government Shuts Down. Keep the heat on our Congressional Representatives (Especially Senator King ) (+ Collins – if you’re an optimist) to demand that they only support a budget that restores Medicaid Cuts , that the ACA’s tax credits be renewed which will prevent insurance premiums going up by 75%, that the US Military be withdrawn from US cities, and the illegal abduction of immigrants cease or else they will vote against the Continuing Resolution to fund the budget. If you have already called contact 5 friends to call as well.
For much more detail on this see “Action 167.”
If you have not yet please call your Congressional Representatives to ask them to demand the release of the Epstein Files. For the full rundown on this call go to 5calls.org. This effort could help to bring the house of cards down quicker than anything else.
Go here for a full rundown on the “HOMAN FILES” situation from Representative Jamie Raskin. Call your Reps about the immediate release of these files. Corruption, corruption, corruption.
TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Get local – get your absentee ballot, work against referendum question 1 (see below), volunteer at your local polling station: See above for all the links to do these things.
- Get involved in the referendum questions coming up in Maine on November 4th: Canvassing this weekend for this effort! Here is the wording of the questions; you can donate and canvass to oppose the voter ID law (Question 1) by going to SaveAbsenteeMe , and you can support the institution of a Red Flag Law (Question 2) by going to the Maine Gun Safety Coalition. You can request your absentee ballot here, now. One yes vote (Red Flag), one no vote (Voter ID).
- Call on Senator King, Collins and your Representative to pledge that they will vote against funding the Government until agreed upon demands are met: Go here for a script for this call (Indivisible’s campaign on this) 5calls also has some background on this. For more background information go to “Care Over Cuts”. For even more background go here. Check out the letter attached below as well. If you have done this already call 5 friends to call as well.
- Call on Representative Pingree and Golden to demand the release of the Homan Files: According to reliable sources, the FBI has video of our man Homan accepting $50,000 in a Cava bag in return for a promise to give undercover agents Government Contracts once Trump gets back into office. Learn more here.
- Call/write to All of your National Representatives and ask them to demand the Release of the Epstein Files: Go here to get a script and telephone numbers.
Statewide Actions
- Support the effort to defeat the Voter ID referendum Question One, which takes away our right as Mainers to use absentee ballots. We can vote NO on Question 1, donate, and canvass to defeat this voter suppression initiative. Go to SaveAbsenteeMe to pledge to vote no, and sign up for canvassing This Weekend! Question One will have significant support as it is paired with the Red Flag initiative cited below.
- Support the effort to get a red flag gun law in Maine – Question 2 on this Fall’s Referendum. Gun rights advocates will be out in force to defeat this one. For more information go to the Maine Gun Safety Coalition. You can help by voting YES, canvassing and donating to this cause as well.
- Start a Poster/Chalking Campaign in Your Neighborhood! Go here for ideas and check in with Karen about a postering campaign in Mid Maine on this Tuesday at the Waterville UU Church. Poster ideas also attached below.
- Indivisible Bangor has a great daily newsletter and actions go here to sign up.If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here.
- Ask Janet Mills to join other Blue States to call for a redistricting of Maine so that Democratic candidates have the edge in the second district, if and only if other states join Texas in redistricting to the Republican advantage. For talking points on this go here. For a toolkit on this for red and blue states go here.
- 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.
- For statewide NoKings2 Actions go to the Activate Maine calendar, and Mobilize to see if there is an event planned near you for October 18th. If there isn’t one within an hour’s drive plan one for your community!!
- Check out Graham Platner’s “Un-Shuck The System Tour”, Wednesday 10/1: Rockport, American Flatbread 6 pm; Thursday, 10/2, Brunswick, Curtis Memorial Library 6pm. rsvp@tinyurl.com/grahamrsvp or go to Grahamforsenate.com
As always, throw a little sand in their gears!
~~~Mid Maine Indivisible
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
