Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
– Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
Something tells me that Thomas Jefferson might be rolling over in his grave right about now if he could see what is happening to our country. Just today, it was announced that the Treasury intends to put Donald Trump’s signature on our currency… The same signature that appears in his weird and suggestive birthday love letter to his ol pal Jeffrey Epstein. Throw it on the pile, I suppose, with the rest of the Prince’s many trophies and baubles.
And this is why we must attend No Kings TOMORROW! The Trump regime and the merry band of Republicans have seemingly no end in sight for the lunacy we are experiencing every day. We need to show them that enough is enough. We neither want nor need a Prince – or a King, or this Megalomaniac in the White House.
We need universal healthcare. We need affordable housing. We need a stable economy to support our families and our community. We need leadership that will work for US and not for the Epstein class. Thomas Jefferson also wrote this in the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
And those needs sound a lot like what he was describing here. It’s not a matter of want or deserve. These are unalienable Rights. Big-R Rights! Guaranteed to all Americans. It’s time we remind our government that despite their best efforts, we still have those Rights, whether they like it or not.
I hope you decide to stand with us at No Kings tomorrow. If not in Bangor, anywhere else that is near you. We are better together, and only together will we win what is rightfully ours. So come out and use your OUTSIDE VOICE to be heard tomorrow!
I will be there and I want to hear your voice as well. I will be interviewing those of you who feel comfortable and want to be heard. We want to hear why Democracy matters to you. We want to hear what is your most important need to pursue your happiness!
There will also be an opportunity to be a part of the Singing Resistance! If you would like to participate, you can download the file below!
REQUEST:
We could use more Peacekeepers on Saturday for No Kings protest. If you are able to volunteer to help as a Peacekeeper, please send an email to chrispru20@gmail.com to volunteer.
There are some new events listed, so make sure to check them out!
NOTICE:
Beginning this week, any cars parked in The Penquis parking lot near the federal building without their permit stickers will be ticketed and towed!
Food AND Medicine is having their 2026 membership campaign from March 3rd to April 3rd. If you are interested in helping, please submit a response here. If you would like to join FAM, you can do so on their website!
…And don’t forget! Check out details for the Susan Collins Empty Chair Town Hall and register to come and have YOUR voice be heard! We hope to see you there!
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NEWS
Could this weekend’s No Kings protests be the largest ever?
With more than 3,100 events planned nationwide to protest President Donald Trump‘s actions and policies, organizers expect the No Kings protests to draw millions of Americans into the streets March 28.
Two earlier No Kings protests brought out huge crowds, and organizers hope this event will be among the largest days of protest in U.S. history.
The ACLU estimated that the No Kings protests in initial June 2025 drew about 5 million people to 1,800 events, and the October 2025 demonstrations drew 7 million to 2,500 events. The ACLU’s estimate for the June 2025 protests matched the findings of Harvard University’s Crowd Counting Consortium.
Read the entire article here.
Maine Senate Passes Landmark Privacy Bill
The Maine State Senate today passed LD 1822, a bill to support Fourth Amendment rights and protect personal data by limiting sweeping digital surveillance. The legislation passed the House of Representatives on Feb. 10, 2026, and now faces enactment votes in both chambers.
Read the entire article here.
MaineDOT Begins I-95 Overpass Replacement Work
Starting on April 6, the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) will begin clearing and preparing the median between I-95’s northbound and southbound lanes to begin the process of replacing three major I-95 overpasses in Bangor.
Read’s full article here.
Susan Collins supports “Save America Act”
Despite Mainers voting overwhelmingly to reject the voter suppression measures list in Question 1 last November, Senator Collins has decided that she supports even stricter voter suppression measures.The bill recently passed in the House and will be up for vote in the Senate soon. From Bangor Daily News:
Trump has framed the bill as a national voter ID push, although it is slightly different than that. Democrats have argued it could still bar millions of people from voting, with the liberal Brennan Center for Justice saying 21 million Americans lack ready access to the documents that would be required to prove citizenship. Noncitizens are barred from voting in federal elections.
Read the entire article here.
LEGISLATION
This is a list of important bills to keep an eye on. Click on the bill number to get more details. Please take some time and contact your legislators with your opinions!
- Check complete bill listing here: https://legislature.maine.gov/Calendar/#PHWS. Set the date range in the upper left corner. This listing also shows work sessions if you want to weigh in on any of those.
- Find the text of any bill here: https://legislature.maine.gov Or click through on the calendar, on the bill number, which is a link. Then read the pdf or the word version (link in upper left area). Form your own opinions!
- Instructions for testifying are here: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/
If you know of other important legislation, please let us know and we’ll add it to the list!
Maine
Economy
LD 229: An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets and Tax Rates
LD 1879: An Act to Support Maine’s Agricultural Economy by Increasing Revenue from the Corporate Income Tax
Education
LD 1089: An Act to Permanently Fund 55 Percent of the State’s Share of Education by Establishing a Tax on Incomes of More than $1,000,000
LD 1414: An Act to Support and Sustain Maine’s Child Care Workforce
LD 1955: An Act to Increase Child Care Affordability and Early Childhood Educator Stability
LD 2066: An Act to Establish the Child Care Employment Award
LD 2175: Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: The Credentialing of Education Personnel, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education, State Board of Education
LD 2192: An Act to Protect Students by Ensuring Schools Have Complete Information About School Employees and Applicants for Employment
Environment
LD 276: An Act Regarding Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
LD 474: An Act to Improve Maine’s Environment and Protect Natural Resources
LD 1870: An Act to Establish a Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program to Impose Penalties on Climate Polluters
LD 2174: An Act to Replace the Maine Waterway Development and Conservation Act with the Maine Renewable Energy and Associated Transmission Development and Conservation Act
Healthcare
LD 2206: An Act Expanding Access to Oral Health Care by Creating a New Path for Obtaining a License to Practice Dentistry
LD 2208: An Act to Offset Federal Cuts to Health Insurance for Certain Maine Families and Seniors
LD 2209: Resolve, to Direct the Department of Health and Human Services to Develop Innovative Models for the Delivery of Dental Services to Expand Access to Oral Health Care Throughout the State
Civil & Human Rights
LD 335: An Act to Safeguard Reproductive Rights
LD 1383: An Act to Require State Divestment from Perpetrators of International Human Rights Violations
LD 1666: An Act to Include in the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Other Related Changes
LD 1822: An Act to Enact the Maine Online Data Privacy Act
LD 2176: An Act to Safeguard Reproductive Rights
Immigration
LD 2106: An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review
Tribal Sovereignty
LD 395: An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations
LD 785: An Act to Enact the Remaining Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act
Federal
H.R.22: SAVE Act
H.R.7300: Make Elections Great Again Act
H.R.7296: SAVE America Act
ACTIONS
Event: Attend an event!
Events are easy to attend and only require a small amount of time investment – some you can even attend from the comfort of your own couch! Take a look at the upcoming events below and register.
Petition: Sign “Iran War Concerns” Petition
As United States citizens from various political perspectives, we have serious concerns about the current war in Iran and the justification that was used for initiating it.
Petition: Sign “A Winning Democratic Strategy” Petition
This petition lists a number of items that Democrats should pledge to do.
Contact: Oppose the SAVE Act, MEGA Act, and Save America Act
Take action on the SAVE Act, the MEGA Act, and the Save America Act. These anti-democratic bills could be fast-tracked through Congress, with the Save America Act passed in the U.S. House last week (SAVE Act passed in the House last year). These laws would require voters to prove their citizenship by showing a passport or birth certificate in order to register to vote — a requirement that would disenfranchise millions of voters. According to the Brennan Center, “21 million American citizens don’t have these documents readily available.”
This bill would especially burden military voters, tribal voters, rural voters, and survivors of natural disasters. Plus, are you someone who’s married and changed your name? Or just someone who’s changed your name? You, too, could be affected. This could also affect Mainers living near the border who might have been born at a Canadian hospital to U.S. parents.
The MEGA Act would prohibit the use of mail-in voting (like absentee voting) and Ranked Choice Voting. The bill promotes voter roll purges and criminalizes clerical errors by election workers. It’s a package of terrible ideas built upon false, debunked theories that our elections are not secure. Maine has the right to conduct our elections, which are already fair, transparent, and accessible. Let’s reject this federal intervention.
Letter: Tell Senate Democrats: Not a penny more for ICE and Border Patrol terror
Across the country, millions of us have held the line for months demanding an end to the violence and terror of ICE and Border Patrol. As reports are circulating that Democrats are open to considering a deal being floated by the White House, it’s time to remind them that our demands have not changed: The only way ICE and Border Patrol get so much as a single penny more is if Democrats fail to lead.
If reports about the proposal are true, this “offer” would constitute a blank check to Border Patrol and add to ICE’s already bloated budget, merely separating out “deportation operations” to be funded later. And this funding could very well come without any guardrails to curb ICE brutality and terror operations. Your Democratic Senators need to hear from you today: Any vote for this proposal is a vote to support ICE and Border Patrol’s terror, violence, and the authoritarian Trump agenda.
Letter: Support childcare funding
Next week, our legislators will be considering a number of bills that will make Maine’s childcare system stronger.
This includes LD 1955, which will provide $15 million in ongoing funding for the Child Care Affordability Program. This will provide immediate relief to children and families who are currently on waitlists, while also ensuring future families can access affordable childcare without delays as they work, pursue education, or engage in job training.
LD 2066 will make the Child Care Affordability Program Educator Employment Award permanent. This will ensure that current employees at licensed childcare programs receive tuition support and will help to both recruit and retain qualified staff. And lastly, LD 1414 will increase infant and toddler payment rates through the Child Care Affordability Program for eligible families—making it easier for providers to offer affordable care for the youngest kids.
This action is sponsored by our friends over at Maine People’s Alliance.
Letter: Tell Congress: Stop President Trump’s illegal boat strikes
The Trump administration is murdering civilians in international waters. We need answers so we can stop the killing.
Since September, the Trump administration has ordered dozens of lethal strikes on civilian boats near Venezuela, killing over 150 people in clear violation of domestic and international law. For weeks, the Trump administration has promoted unsubstantiated, fear-mongering claims about the people being targeted, even though investigations show that the strikes killed fishermen who were simply trying to make a living for their families. The administration is reportedly relying on a secret legal memo that wrongly claims these killings are lawful and that anyone involved in the strikes would somehow be immune from prosecution for murder or other crimes, yet they refuse to make the memo public.
Letter: Reject the Deportation & Detention Agenda
The Big Ugly Bill funneled enough money for ICE and Border Patrol to fund their terror for years to come. We have already seen how dangerous this is in communities across the country. Now the administration is trying to use this money to do a massive expansion in detention facilities across the country. They have been buying up properties, and sometimes actually converting warehouses into camps that will hold human beings, often in dangerous and horrifying conditions.
We have a chance to stop this expansion in its tracks, in partnership with experts across the country, by speaking up and demanding our elected officials speak up too. This is already working – and even some Republicans are criticizing the warehouses – from Pennsylvania, to Tennessee, and beyond. So let’s keep up the pressure.
Letter: 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.
Contact: Call or email your legislators
If you want an easy way to actually do something, check out 5calls.org. You enter your location, pick an issue you care about, and it gives you your representatives’ phone numbers and a script. That’s it. Calling your elected officials is one of the most effective forms of civic engagement there is!
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.
Boycott: Pressure companies to stop working with ICE
Vote with your wallet and boycott companies and services that work with ICE! Check out the full list here.
Donate: Give to a food bank
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.
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!
EVENTS
Weekly Events
Indivisible Bangor Meeting
5:00 pm Every Wednesday @ Zoom
Vigils in the Bangor Area
Tuesdays
11:00 am @ the Federal Building
Wednesdays
12:00-1:00 pm @ Orono town center – Details
Bangor Visibility Brigade
Fridays
3:30 pm @ Essex Street Overpass
Tuesdays & Bi-Weekly on Saturdays
2:30 pm @ Hammond Street Overpass
Virtual Events
Thursdays
7:30 pm – League of Women Voters Youth Advocacy Team – Details
Monthly Events
The Preservation of Democracy/Republic After the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
April 13, 2026 – Monday – 6:15 pm
Belfast, Maine Free Library: 106 High Street
3rd Floor Conference Room
A free monthly discussion/support/action group for anyone
concerned about the threat to democracy/republic in the
United States after the 2024 presidential election, inclusive of
sharing one’s strategic non-cooperation activities and
concerns about Trump’s war with Iran.
Facilitated by Elliot Benjamin, Ph.D.
For more information send an e-mail inquiry to ben496@prexar.com or leave a phone message at 207-223-0052.
Trainings
ICE Watch Verifier Training
First Tuesday of the month
By signing up as an ICE Watch verifier, you’ll help verify reports of ICE operations in Maine and help create a safer environment for our neighbors.
Centering Trans Leadership and Accountable Allyship
March 30, 2026 – Monday – 7:30 pm
Deepen your understanding of systemic oppression and violence facing trans people while honoring the leadership, resilience, and contributions of trans and gender-diverse communities. Explore how to practice accountable allyship and inclusive leadership that centers trans voices in movement spaces.
We are proud to partner with Advocates for Trans Equality and Parents of Trans Youth, LLC, two organizations at the forefront of advocacy for trans people.
Maine Democrats: Run Local Training
April 2, 2026 – Thursday – 6:00 pm
Are you a Democrat running for local office here in Maine? Or even thinking about running for local office? Check out this free, live, online training on how to run a winning local campaign! This training covers important topics like: direct voter contact, signs, mail, and letters to letters-to-the-editor. Any Maine Democrat can sign up! Note, these trainings are intended for Maine candidates and volunteers only and not for folks in other states.
Future Events
Food AND Medicine Membership Campaign
March 3, 2026 – April 3, 2026
Food AND Medicine is having their 2026 membership campaign from March 3rd to April 3rd. If you are interested in helping, please submit a response here. If you would like to join FAM, you can do so on their website!
Postcard Writing Party
April 7 & 14, 2026 – Tuesday – 5:30 pm
20 Ivers St, Brewer, ME 04412
Join Indivisble Bangor and Food AND Medicine to write postcards to legislators!
We’ll have snacks and lively conversation while we write news boosting postcards to help combat disinformation and make sure voters in the highly competitive Senate election in Maine learn how harmful the Trump/GOP agenda is for them. Postcards courtesy of Progressive Turnout Project.
NO KINGS PROTEST
March 28, 2026 – Saturday
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.
Susan Collins Empty Chair Town Hall
March 30, 2026 – Monday – 6:00 pm
Susan Collins hasn’t held a Town Hall in over 25 years. She is supposed to represent Mainers, yet refuses to face her constituents. That’s why Indivisible Bangor, alongside many other co-sponsors, is holding one for her. Enough is enough – it’s time YOUR voices are heard. We’ve invited Senator Collins to attend twice, but we’ve received no response.
All are welcome to attend to speak or listen. Those that wish to speak will have two minutes to do so.
Doors will open at 5:30pm and the Town Hall will take place from 6pm-8pm. Space is limited so all are encouraged to arrive early.
Collaborative Community Art Project
Deadline for project: April 18, 2026
In celebration of the United States’ Semiquincentennial in 2026, Bangor Public Library is creating a large-scale American flag* mural compiled from 312 individual squares that together form a vibrant version of the American flag, a symbol of unity, shared purpose, hope, and love for our country.
Be part of this project and take home a square. Then paint, sew, collage, and colorize according to the color code on the back. See some examples above! The squares are now available on the second floor in the Reference Lobby.
Note that we need the completed squares back by April 18th.
The squares will then be arranged into the American flag and sewn onto a large piece of canvas. The flag will be displayed in the Cyr Gallery during the library’s 250th celebration, June through July. We will bring it back out for the exhibit of the Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence in September.
Artist Stephanie Krimmel and Mrs. Maynard’s Art Room blog inspired our project, and we look forward to sharing our version with the community this summer.
Socialist and Marxist Studies Series
April 2026 – Thursdays – 12:30 pm
A Zoom link will be provided for those who cannot attend in person
Check out details on the upcoming series in this PDF below!
RESOURCES
Friends of Indivisible Bangor
ICE In Maine
Maine’s Attorney General Aaron Frey has started an ICE tip-line Citizens are urged to report intimidating and excessive federal enforcement behavior to CitizenReporting.OAG@maine.gov.
“Emailers should be advised that any content sent may be subject to public dissemination under Maine’s Freedom of Access Laws.”
The ICE resources that have been listed in previous newsletters can be found here.
Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition has published a resource hub here.
ACLU Maine – Know Your Rights
If you see what you identify as an ICE vehicle in your town call the ICE Watch hotline in Maine: (207) 544-9989. You can also text them a photo of what you believe to be an ICE vehicle, or any ICE actions in your area.
Legislator Contact Info
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!
