Action Items to choose from (or do all of them: your choice!) Scroll down to the matching number of your option:
- Support taking DHS funding out of the package voting for funding everything else
- Oppose the MEGA (Make Elections Great Again) Act and the Save America Act (a more extreme version of the SAVE Act:
- Fight for the ACA Premium Tax Credit extension
- Oppose the targeting of journalists by the Trump administration
- Get ALL the Epstein files out ASAP and prioritize protecting the victims
- Put a candle in your window
- Keep looking for ways to stop enabling/supporting companies that are not in line with our values
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:
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Find your State Senator:
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(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) Support taking DHS funding out of the package voting for funding everything else:
This week the House will be voting on H.R. 7148, the funding package without DHS included. Contact Representative Golden to urge him to approve this package with funding for DHS to be acted on separately. Pressure him to stand tough on the DHS funding: NO further funding for DHS should be allowed without serious changes to control the lawless way ICE and CBP have been operating in U.S. cities. Yes, FEMA and the Coast Guard, etc., will be affected, but this is too important to compromise on.
2) Oppose the MEGA (Make Elections Great Again) Act and the Save America Act (a more extreme version of the SAVE Act:
Last week, House Republicans introduced yet another bill that would restrict voting access while claiming to address election fraud—a problem that doesn’t actually exist. The Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act, similar to the previously House-passed SAVE Act, would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and mandate photo ID at the polls. Millions of Americans—especially people with disabilities, young voters, and Black and Hispanic communities—don’t possess the documents these requirements would demand. Married women who took their husband’s last names would have serious problems due to their birth certificates (if they have them) not matching the name on their more current IDs, such as driver’s licenses and passports.
By mandating extensive changes such as requiring states to reject mail-in ballots that arrive after polls close on election day, eliminating universal vote-by-mail programs, and banning ranked-choice voting in federal elections this legislation would also override the states’ constitutionally-granted power to run elections.
Despite the GOP’s repeated false assertions, election fraud in the United States is extremely rare. The real danger to democratic elections comes from Republican efforts to erode public trust in election security and suppress voter turnout ahead of this fall’s midterm elections.
Contact Representative Golden to tell him that you are still disappointed in him for voting in favor of the SAVE Act and demand that he reject the MEGA Act and the new Save America Act, as well as all the deceptive misinformation about election fraud and interference.
3) Fight for the ACA Premium Tax Credit extension:
Now that the ACA premium tax credits have expired, households across the country are drowning in healthcare bills. Taking away affordable healthcare from Americans in order to pay for tax breaks for billionaires is unacceptable. Without these tax credits, millions of Americans are being forced to choose between feeding their families and having healthcare.
Contact Senators King and Collins to urge them to pass the ACA Premium Tax Credit extensions.
4) Oppose the targeting of journalists by the Trump administration:
Controlling journalists is a clear part of the fascist playbook. We can’t allow that to happen here. Contact Senators King and Collins to demand that the denounce these partisan targeting of journalist who are doing nothing but investigating and reporting that is completely allowed by the First Amendment. Our Senators need to stand up to protect the First Amendment and the independence of the press.
5) Get ALL the Epstein files out ASAP and prioritize protecting the victims:
It is unbelievable that the DOJ still hasn’t released all the Epstein files as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Plus, last week’s tranche of files not only didn’t protect the victims, but also listed some of their full names and showed photos of them as young girls. Isn’t that a crime? Pam Bondi needs to be fired and brought up on charges for what lawyers are calling “the single most egregious violation of victim privacy in one day in United States history.” I’m sure there are plenty of other charges that could be brought against her for her weaponization of the DOJ in service to Donald Trump.
Contact Representative Golden and remind him to support Congressmen Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie in filing inherent contempt charges against Pam Bondi and/or any other tack they might take to enforce the Epstein Transparency Law that Bondi is clearly ignoring.
6) Put a candle in your window:
This is an easy one. There’s a new campaign called We Are the Light. Simply put a candle in your window to shine a light amidst the darkness. Place candles in your windows every night until the assault on our freedom ends, to remind one another that we are not alone.
7) Keep looking for ways to stop enabling/supporting companies that are not in line with our values:
Here’s a new website that lists and explains all the corporations that are directly enabling the Trump administration’s nasty policies and/or helping ICE and CBP: https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ I know it’s hard to turn away from a lot of these big services so many of us rely on all the time, so my suggestion is to look at your options and start by boycotting those whose nonuse won’t make life too difficult for you.
Yours in Civic Action,
Bold Coast Civic Alliance
