Good morning. It appears that ICE is now in retreat from Maine. This newsletter will be sporadic for the next few weeks, so be sure to check out our Blue Sky and Instagram accounts for current info.
Meanwhile, I will post links to resources on our rights that pertain to these brutal and illegal actions.
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 Top Action requests we call our representatives in the House to tell them to approve the senate package with DHS funding stripped from it when it goes there on Monday and to not forget the Epstein files.
A new action from Hancock County Democrats:
Action 202: What’s next? (1/28).
More Hancock County Democrats actions are found here.
Also, a new action from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance, (1/29) on discussing denying funding for ICE, impeaching Pam Bondi, and other items.
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!
Current News:
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Weekly Vigils in the
Bangor Area
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Tuesdays
Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor 11:00 am
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Wednesdays
Weekly Orono Vigil in the town center,
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.
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NEW WEEKLY THURSDAY VIGIL
At the Federal Building in Bangor
3:00 p.m.
Based on the success of the recent protest, this is now a regular vigil every Thursday to keep Trump’s lawlessness and outrages before the public.
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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!
ICE IN MAINE RESOURCES
The ICE resources that have been listed in previous newsletters can be found here.
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NOEM RETREATS FROM MAINE
Through the hard work of Americans across the country, especially in Minnesota and Maine, ICE has cut short their operations in Maine. Senator Susan Collins is being allowed to take credit for this and is now positioning herself as the person who can protect us from Donald Trump and thus should be chosen (again) as our senator this November.
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered by ICE agents in Minneapolis. It is horrific, but the administration seems to only care about damage control and not justice. Their approval numbers are plummeting and they know they have to make changes-not because it’s the right thing to do, but because they want to do what they can to ensure they keep the majorities in the House and Senate.
The deaths of Good and Pretti and our hard work made this happen, not Susan Collins.
Upcoming Events:
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Candlelight Vigil for
Alex Pretti, RN,
and all others harmed by ICE
Bangor,
TONIGHT -Friday, 1/30
Please join National Nurses United for a candlelight vigil for Alex Pretti, RN and all others harmed by ICE during their week of action.
This Friday, 1/30/26, at 5pm in front of the Federal Building in Bangor.
Food AND Medicine
Annual Meeting
TOMORROW Saturday
1/31/26, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
with Lunch at Noon
(lots of fun!)
FAM’s 2026 Annual Meeting, in person is best, but you can also Zoom if needed; the Zoom link will be shared prior to the meeting to those who register for the Zoom. RSVP is required to attend. FAM members will have an opportunity to elect new board members and vote on proposed bylaws changes.
FAM membership is NOT required to attend, so if you aren’t a member but want to get to know us better, come to the meeting. We love to meet new people!
The program will start promptly at 9am, and we’ll have lunch together at Noon.
Location: The Food AND Medicine Solidarity Center in Brewer
20 Ivers Street
Brewer, ME 04412
NEXT NO KINGS PROTEST
MARCH 28, 2026
In 2025, millions of Americans came together in nonviolent protest to oppose the growing authoritarian actions of the Trump administration and affirm that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings. Since then, people have continued to rise up nonviolently against the Trump administration’s ongoing brutality and abuses of power, including the latest escalation in Minnesota. The No Kings Coalition is activating an immediate and ongoing nationwide digital organizing effort leading up to our next mass mobilization on March 28, including a flagship event in the Twin Cities.
Other News:
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Write a letter to the editor!
Letters to the editor are published regularly in the local newspapers from Mainers who support the brutal tactics of the authoritarian Trump regime. Write a letter to set the record straight. Click the button to go to the Bangor Daily News “Submit a letter or column” page, the Portland Press Herald “Letters to the editor” page, and the “Letter to the Editor” page at the Ellsworth American.
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
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!
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!
Please donate! 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 Friday January 30th: Contact Pingree and Golden to Support the Senate’s Appropriations Package Which Strips DHS Funding Out
Good Morning Folks, it’s the last Friday in January. Susan Collins has announced the end of the ICE “surge” in Maine, what this actually means is unclear. Maine Calling will be hosting discussion about the ICE invasion in Maine all this week. If you have experiences to relate call in.
Top Action to Take Today:
The Senate voted to take DHS (Department of Homeland Security Funding) out of the appropriations budget for separate funding. This means that the funding package with DHS stripped out of it will go to the House on Monday for a vote, and there will be a partial government shutdown over the weekend at least. Contact Representatives Pingree and Golden to ask them to approve this package with funding for DHS to be acted on separately.
If you have done the above, let’s not forget the EPSTEIN FILES – Even though the House is not in Session, please call Pingree and Golden and ask them to co-sponsor the Inherent Contempt Charges (a draft bill sponsored by Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie) against Pam Bondi for not releasing the full Epstein Files in December, when Congress required her to do so. These charges would fine Bondi each day she has delayed in the release of these files. For more information on this go to 5calls.org. This bill does not need to be approved by the Senate to go into effect.
For “More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth” from Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action (1/30), click here.
For the full text of Thursday’s (1/29) Daily, click here.
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!
