Good morning. We are focusing on the illegal actions in Venezuela that President Trump has taken. For a copy of the regular newsletter from Friday that has information about the MLK Jr. events and other items, please click here. ~~George
Following this newsletter is today’s Emanuel’s Daily Action Email from Augusta; the daily action along with a link to his great list of important actions and information. Today’s call to action is to contact our congressional representatives to support a war powers resolution.
Two new actions from Hancock County Democrats: Action 189 – Voting 2026 (1/2), Action 190 – Support Small-Scale SOLAR (1/2), and an addendum to Action 191 that was promoting yesterday’s protest. This addendum is a graphic that shows the amount of oil reserves that countries have, showing Venezuela at the top. More HCD actions here.
Also, two new actions from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance, Bold Coast Civic Alliance (1/2), discussing the Kennedy Center, Maine-based actions, and other actions, and a special edition from yesterday, Bold Coast Civic Alliance Special Edition (1/4), with information on what we can do in response to these war actions . More BCCA actions here.
A lot of research goes into these additional actions, so be sure to read them!
And THANK YOU to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund! Planning events and maintaining the website and email list take money, so these donations are appreciated!
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Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area!
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TOMORROW
Tuesdays
Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor – 11:00 am
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Wednesdays
Weekly Orono Vigil in the town center,
noon to 1:00 pm.
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Fridays
Bangor Visibility Brigade
The week finishes with two highway overpass actions! There is the Visibility Brigade on the Essex Street I-95 overpass at the new time of 3:00 p.m. Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!
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For upcoming events, as listed in Friday’s newsletter, please click here.
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As mentioned in the BCCA Special Edition action, Indivisible has a toolkit to help us relay the message to Stop Trump’s War in Venezuela:
“The Trump administration is dragging us into war with Venezuela. On the night of January 2, they launched an attack that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro.
“Now Trump has declared that the US will “run” Venezuela and control oil production until a transition of power can take place. He is disregarding national sovereignty and forcing a regime-change all without authorization from Congress and without citing evidence of a legitimate threat to the United States.
“And it’s all in service of his own authoritarian ambitions. If he’s not stopped, Trump will continue this power grab, escalating violence in the region and putting US service members and civilians in danger unnecessarily.
“We need Congress to check this regime’s lawless violence, or there’s no telling where this will end. The Constitution states clearly that war powers belong to Congress—not the White House.
“Every Member of Congress must do everything in their power to stand up to Trump and prevent war with Venezuela.”
Go to Take Action: Stop Trump’s War in Venezuela to see what you can do.
There was a protest rally in Bangor at the Waterfront yesterday. Around 100 people braved the freezing temperatures to show their opposition to the war in Venezuela. “No Blood For Oil” was seen on many signs. Graham Platner, Jordan Wood, Paige Loud, and other spoke out against the war actions.
See the television news coverage here: WABI and WVII. More to come later.
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 visibilty actions or be a peacekeeper? Or do you just want to keep up with what we’re doing? Sign up to volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! Your level of involvement is up to you!
Weekly member meetings are on Zoom with in-person meetings on the first Wednesday of the month. Please click the link below 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, which will resume after the holidays!
Donate to a Food Bank or Pantry
The shutdown is over, but the need is not. There are still cuts to programs that help people with food and other needs.
Please DONATE to a local food pantry- food, personal items, and even cash. Faith Linking in Action maintains a database of all food pantries and free meals– organized by both location and day of the week– in the Bangor area. Check it out here.
Also, ActivateMaine has created a site, SNAP Into Action: “a statewide effort to help those who are affected by the freezing of benefits due to the Government shut down.” If you know of any food drives that are happening, please visit this site to add it to the database!
The Maine ICE Watch Hotline
The purpose of the hotline is to protect immigrant families by providing accurate, real-time information about ICE and Border Patrol activity and connect Maine families to resources and support services during a time of heightened enforcement and targeting of immigrants and refugees.
Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition ICE Watch Resource Hub.
Read more about it here in this Newscenter Maine article.
| Other Ways to Take Action (Courtesy of Indivisible Cumberland County: Maine’s ICE Watch Hotline Training: Get trained to field, verify, and document potential community ICE sightings and provide trusted, reliable information on ICE activity to immigrant communities. Action Alert on LD 1917: Contact Governor Mills and tell her to sign into law this bill to protect Maine’s immigrant communities, workforce, public safety, and future! Donate to the Maine Solidarity Fund: Fund pools resources from across communities into a shared fund we can draw from immediately when urgent needs arise. NO I.C.E. for Maine: Learn more about this effort to reign in ICE. |
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. This is a good option if you have lengthy comments or questions.
We are on Blue Sky, Instagram, and Facebook!
Follow us! Invite your friends! Comment! You’ll be glad you did!
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 Indivisible Bangor. 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!
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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! – George and Indivisible Bangor
Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action:
Action Monday January 5th: Put Pressure on our Congressional Representatives (Especially Collins) to Support a War Powers Resolution – Call, Write Now
Good Morning Folks, the New Year is 5 days old and we have a full fledged illegal, unconstitutional war on our hands. For a comprehensive take on the stakes here, set aside 30 minutes to listen to Heather Cox Richardson on the situation. Act now.
Top Action to Take Today:
Ask your Congressional Representatives to: support a war powers resolution blocking any further unauthorized strikes on Venezuela, and call for an immediate investigation of the situation as a top priority of both the US Senate and House. Indivisible has an action kit on this – for a letter template to send to your congress people and other strategies go here. For a script for calls go here. Let’s FLOOD them with calls. If you can only call one representative, call Collins – it is the Republicans that are voting against war powers resolutions, and she could play an active role in making this resolution pass the Senate.
This is about O_I_L, but also the rule of law, both national and international. Our concerted action on this will be determinative. Make time in your day today to: write, call, and spread the word through social media. 5calls.org makes this easy to do.
With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!
As always, throw a little sand in their gears!
~~Emanuel
It’s a piece of cake to email or call with these links!
The names of our senators and representatives listed below are links that go right to their official congressional contact form pages. The telephone numbers are links that should open your phone app to call that number. It’s that easy!
Senator Angus King
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292
Senator Susan Collins
DC: (202) 224-2523
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
DC: (202) 225-6116
Portland: (207) 774-5019
Waterville: (207) 873-5713
Congressman 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
Find your State Senator:
By name: Here
By district: Here
Our government in Augusta:
Governor Janet Mills
Email Governor Mills
Call (207) 287-3531
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows
Contact Secretary Bellows
Call (207)626-8400
Attorney General Aaron M. Frey
Contact Mr. Frey
Call (207) 626-8800
Questions or comments? Contact George!
