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, including the military occupation of American cities and Senator King’s vote on the budget bill. And the Epstein files -they cannot be forgotten. And vote TODAY!!!
Also, actions from Hancock Country Democrats (Action 168: Comment NOW (closes 10/20)) and Bold Coast Civic Alliance (10/7).
Weekly Vigils
Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area! First in the week is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, followed by the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil.
TODAY!!!! Friday, the Bangor Visibility Brigade meets at 3:30 at Essex Street overpass. Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!
Canvass for Save Maine Absentee Voting!
Food AND Medicine is organizing a weekly canvassing action: “Canvass with us! Spread the word to our neighbors in Bangor to remember to vote, and talk about the issues that we all hold dear, and the candidates who support those values.
We’re going out each Saturday in October, starting tomorrow, 10/11 at 9am from our building at 20 Ivers Street, Brewer. Contact FAM@foodandmedicine.org to join us. We’ll have all the materials you need, and will train if you haven’t canvassed before. It’s actually fun! You don’t have to live in Bangor to canvass with us.”
Write a Letter to the Editor!
There are letters weekly playing this down, calling it “common sense” legislation and simply lying about the effects and intent of this voter suppression law. This is part of the continuing MAGA war on voting and we can stop it!
The League of Women Voters/Democracy Maine, which is part of the Save Maine Absentee Voting coalition, is organizing several letter-to-the-editor training opportunities on Zoom.
Remember: Your voice matters.
- Wednesday, October 15, 6:30-7:30 p.m. RSVP here!
23rd Anniversary of Solidarity Harvest and Food AND Medicine! TOMORROW!
FAM is celebrating and we’d love for you to join us at beautiful North Branch Farm in Monroe on Saturday,October 11th, from 3-5 pm for some food and music.
Just a quick drive from Bangor, North Branch Farm is one of Solidarity Harvest’s contributing farms, and they’ve offered to show us around and host this fun event. You’ll meet Anna and Seth as well as a couple of the other Solidarity Harvest farmers.
There will be music, appetizers, and non-alcoholic beverages, including hot local cider. It should also be peak leaf weekend, and it looks like the weather will be perfect, so take a ride out and take in the views.
This will be a fun, casual celebration and a fundraiser for Solidarity Harvest!
MONDAY!!! Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission (MITSC) invites you to the audiobook launch of SEA RUN in Veazie
The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission (MITSC) invites you to the audiobook launch of SEA RUN, authored by Dr. Anthony (Tony) Sutton and Judd Esty-Kendall, Esq., at our event on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 13, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Veazie Salmon Club, the site of a key dam removal on the Penobscot River. Attend this important event to hear from co-author Judd Esty-Kendall, Wabanaki leaders, and other distinguished guests involved in fisheries restoration.
***Nationwide No Kings Protest!***
***Saturday October 18, 2025***
***Broadway Park, Bangor***
Tell your friends!!!
We had a perfect protest on that day in June at the Bangor Waterfront. That was a fantastic place, but it was already booked for 10/18, so we have selected Broadway Park for the Bangor location of this next “No Kings” national day of protest. Please tell your friends, as many people think it will be at the Waterfront again.
- He’s using OUR tax dollars to pay for HIS power grabs.
- Trump is pouring public money into his authoritarian takeovers of cities—deploying federal forces, seizing local police departments, and funding mass detention and deportation operations—while cutting services that working families rely on every single day.
- We are united against kings.
- President Trump has already indicated that he’s aiming for at least a third term. But the American people don’t put up with kings. Together, we will mobilize in huge numbers to reject this corruption and abuse of power—it’s in our DNA as a country.
- They’ve gone too far.
- This is bigger than political disagreement. The administration has defied our courts, deported American citizens, disappeared people off the streets, and slashed our services—all while orchestrating a massive giveaway to their billionaire allies. Enough is enough. For anyone who thinks they’ve gone too far, this movement is for you.
- That’s why we say: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.
- No Kings is about defending the ideals we fought for. This country doesn’t belong to strongmen. It belongs to the people.
Millions of us took to the streets in June, and we’re doing it again next Saturday, October 18.
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!
ACLU’s No Kings: Protest Safety,
Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training 10/15
Before you hit the streets for the No Kings National Day of Protest– join our know your rights, protest safety, and de-escalation training on 10/15/25 at 7 PM ET.
WHAT: ACLU’s Protest Safety, Know Your Rights and De-Escalation Training
WHEN: Wednesday, October 15th at 7 PM ET
WHERE: On Zoom!
Stop the Occupation of American Cities!
We cannot allow Donald Trump’s continued use of armed federal agents and 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 into compliance. 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!
STOP THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN
What you can do
Republicans shut down the federal government because they insist on taking away healthcare and giving Trump another blank check to fuel his dangerous and illegal power grab. The Indivisible toolkit has everything you need to know about our next steps, including how to hold Republicans accountable, how to help Democrats hold the line, and how to mobilize locally against blank checks for a wannabe king.
Apple Removes ICEBlock App
Reported by NBC News. To comply with a demand from the Donald Trump administration, DoJ officials, at the request of Attorney General Pamela Bondi, “reached out” to Apple, after which Apple removed the ICEBlock app and other apps that share user generated location information of ICE activity. The excuse given is weak and inconsistent with reality.
Google complied with a similar action without having been “reached out” to by Pam Bondi. This is another example of how companies “obey in advance,” even huge tech companies.
Contact Apple and Google (must sign in) to let them know this is unacceptable!
States Have a Win!
As reported in a recent edition of the Bangor Daily News, “Feds drop ICE clause from crime victim grants after lawsuit by Maine and 20 states.” The federal government had tied Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grants to the states with their complying with ICE demands. Yesterday, 10/6, they dropped that requirement. That is a win!
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!
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!
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.
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 Friday October 10th: Ask Senator King to Vote With Democrats on Budget Bill to Protect Mainers Health Insurance + Ask Our Congresspeople to Publicly Denounce US Military in US Cities
Hi Folks, first serious frost here in Waterville. Likely there will be a vote on the CR budget bill today. Republicans refuse to negotiate. . If you can this morning, email or call Senator King’s office and support his changing his vote to support the budget demand to extend the ACA tax credits which will prevent thousands of Mainers from seeing their Health Insurance Premiums increase dramatically.
As you know Trump is using US Military to create havoc in Blue American Cities – Chicago, Portland Oregon, Los Angeles. This is part of the plan to get people used to seeing military on the streets and next year to intimidate voters. We need all our Congressional Representatives to condemn the domestic use of our military. Go to 5calls.orgfor a script for your call.
If you have another moment, comment on the Administration’s attempt to enforce Voter ID for national elections; “Now they are trying to get the independent, bipartisan Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to require a passport or other proof of citizenship to register to vote.The EAC is taking public comments on this latest voter suppression measure. Our task is to comment in opposition to the AFLF petition. Comment here. Share why you oppose the proof of citizenship requirement – comment anonymously if you wish.”
On the local front, ICE kidnapped Paola’s partner here in Kennebec County. The Community Relief Fund a Bipoc and community led effort is fundraising to help her, and help pay for her husband’s lawyer ($2,500 downpayment, 5k total needed) and to support her and her baby. Send donations here. Consider sending the attached email from Deb to 5 friends. This is urgent.
TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Call Senator King and let him know you support his voting TODAY with the Democrats to demand a CR that will not dramatically increase the health insurance premiums of thousands of Mainers: Up to now he has consistently voted with the Republicans throughout the voting on the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the budget. More on the shutdown here.
- Call or email our Congressional Representatives to publicly condemn the administration’s use of our Military to create havoc in Blue Cities: It is time to publicly denounce these unconstitutional, king-like actions of our Executive branch. Where is the outrage? Go to 5calls.org for a script on this request.
- From Earlier this week
- Donate to Paola’s family – the victim of ICE kidnapping here in Kennebec County: See above and the attached email below for more details. Go to the Community Relief Fund webpage to make your donation.
- Send your comment on the National ID Voter Requirement to the Election Assistance Commission: For details see description in section one of this email. Go here to comment.
- Vote absentee today especially if you want to be involved on Election Day canvassing, tabling, or helping work the polls: see the links above or below to get moving on this.
- Get involved in the referendum questions coming up in Maine on November 4th: 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 our Congressional Representatives to demand the release of the Homan and Epstein Files: Democrat Adelita Grijalva just got elected to the US House, giving us enough votes to force the release of the files, but Mike Johnson has kept the House on recess in part to avoid this vote. This makes release of these files even more important. 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. Trump is considering pardoning sex trafficker and abuser Ghislaine Maxwell who most likely has the dirt on him.
- Call Governor Mills and our Congressional Representatives: Ask Mills to deny any request from the Trump administration to deploy National Guard Troops for local law enforcement; Ask our representatives to sound the alarm about the use of US Military to intimidate and harass peaceful, public protests. Go here for wording on this.
- Consider volunteering and/or donating to one of the worthy immigrant support organizations listed below: Capital Area New Mainers Project, Mainers for Humane Immigration, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, (all Maine based), and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.
Statewide Actions
- Call Governor Mills to ask her to deny any request from the administration to deploy National Guard troops in Maine to conduct law enforcement activities. We don’t need them.
- VOTE YES ON #2 – 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.
- 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”, Saturday 10/11 Rumford, American Legion Post 24 10am, Skowhegan Maine Grains 1 pm, Dover Foxcroft, The Mill 3:30 pm, Monday 10/13 Augusta, Cushnoc Brewing 6 pm, rsvp@tinyurl.com/grahamrsvp or go to Grahamforsenate.com
As always, throw a little sand in their gears!
~~~Mid Maine Indivisible
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!
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
Questions or comments? Contact Dave!
