I’m a LOTTA late with today’s newsletter from Indivisible Bangor. Following this newsletter is the great list of important actions and information from our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible, including:

-CURRENT information about the Senate Democrats’ vote to end the shutdown and, of course, the Epstein Files, the Discharge Petition, and H.R. 4405. Read this CNN article (11/12) for background information on this process.

Also, actions from Hancock Country Democrat: Action 182 – Follow up on LD 1971 (11/17), that discusses “Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities” that has been waiting for her signature since July. Click here for a list of more actions from the HCD, including those concerning ICE and more.

Also, check out the latest from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance (11/17) that discusses the Epstein files, the U.S. Border Patrol’s invasion of Charlotte, North Carolina, and a reminder of Maine-specific actions from Friday, 11/14.

A lot of research goes into these additional actions, so be sure to read them!

Thank you to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund!

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Current News:

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Weekly Vigils

Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area!

Tomorrow is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor at 11:00 am followed by the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil from noon to 1:00 pm.  

Bangor Visibility Brigade – Fridays

The week finishes with the Visibility Brigade on Fridays. Join the brigrade on the Essex Street overpass at the new time of 3:00 p.m. as we hold letters to spell out messages for the drivers on I-95! Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!

New Action Planned at Home Depot

Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize, intimidate, and abduct people, non-citizens and citizens alike, from their property.

Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors (8/19)

As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers (10/31)

US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities (11/4)

We need more volunteers for this action

We are planning a regular vigil action on Stillwater Avenue in Bangor across from the entrance to Home Depot on Saturdays and we need more volunteers for planning and participating!

Please contact George for more information.

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Release the Epstein Files

Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., was officially sworn into the House on Wednesday, 50 days after she won her special election to take her late father’s seat — the longest time a lawmaker has waited to take the oath of office. (Desert News, 11/12/2025). She then became the 218th person to sign the petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files. This petition allows a vote without the blessing of the House leadership. It has been reported (MSNBC 11/12) that President Trump met with Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert (one of only four House Republicans who have signed) to try to get her to remove her name from that petition. However, once that 218th signature was made, the process was triggered and the vote will be held.

Please call your House Representative and ask her or him to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the Epstein Files Transparency Act.  For more on this go here.   Just tap the phone numbers to make the call.

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

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Ask Mills to Sign L.D. 1971

A recent article in The Maine Campus, the newspaper of the University of Maine, the flagship university of the University of Maine System, discusses the ICE action that occurred at Kobe Steakhouse in June of this year.

From the article:
LD 1971 and LD 1259 were introduced earlier this year to combat ICE’s impact in Maine. LD 1971, “An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities,” was introduced in May.

While this bill passed in both the House and Senate, when it was given to Gov. Janet Mills, she did not sign it. This means it is currently waiting for the next legislative session.  LD 1259 is also waiting for the next legislative session. This bill would prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from entering into contracts with ICE.”

Please contact Governor Mills and ask her to sign these bills.

Governor Janet Mills
Email Governor Mills
Call (207) 287-3531

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Join Indivisible Bangor!
Newcomers’ Meeting
This Thursday, Nov. 20

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? Or do you just want to keep up with what we’re doing?  Volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! You 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! The next NEWCOMERS’ MEETING is THIS Thursday, NOVEMBER 20, so sign up and join soon!

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Upcoming Events:

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Laurel Libbey at the
University of Maine
This Wednesday,
November 19th, 2025

UMaine students support our transgender community members, and Turning Point USA is sending Laurel Libby to our campus to spread hate and fear. Her event starts at 4pm in the Corbett Business Building, and we would LOVE to fill it with protestors. Not comfortable demonstrating inside? We’ll be outside too! Join us to rally in opposition to Libby and TPUSA and in solidarity for our LGBTQ+ friends, family, and community!

Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
4:00 p.m., Corbett Business Building
University of Maine, Orono

Their official sign up page is here.

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Rally at Senator
Susan Collins’ Office
This Thursday,
November 20, 2025
11:00 a.m.

From the Maine People’s Alliance: After more than a month, the federal shutdown is finally over. In many ways, that’s a very good thing: We’re glad that the programs a lot of us rely on will resume and federal employees will be back to work and getting paid. But Congress still hasn’t fixed the health care affordability crisis Republicans created.

That’s why on Thursday, Nov. 20, we’re rallying as a community to urge her to protect our health care.

Congress will be voting before the end of the year on whether to reinstate the Affordable Care Act tax credits that have (finally) made health insurance affordable for tens of thousands of Mainers. We need to show Senator Collins that we’re ready to hold her to her promises to work for Mainers.

Join the Maine People’s Alliance on Thursday, November 20th at 11am to rally in front of Senator Collins office at 202 Harlow Street in Bangor to protect the ACA and the subsidies Mainers need to afford it!

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Food AND Medicine Annual Solidarity Harvest
NOW!
November 13-24

Food and Medicine will be holding its annual Solidarity Harvest next month. Please consider volunteering to help them assemble and distribute locally-sourced meal baskets, each with nearly 30 pounds of produce, which is enough food for 8-10 people. The dates for this year are November 13-24. More information, donation, and sign up is here!

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UMaine Fall 2025 Series:

DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, INCLUSION, AND RELATED DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND POLICIES UNDER ATTACK AT UMAINE AND BEYOND
THIS Thursday,November 20

In 2025, DEI policies at UMaine and beyond are under attack; students, researchers, and others are threatened and live with great fear and uncertainty. This program will explore these current threats and how we can respond, resist, uphold freedom of speech, and create democratic alternatives. Elliot Benjamin has a Ph.D. from the University of Maine and has been deeply committed to Indivisible Maine and Indivisible nationally, especially in 2025. Doug Allen retired after 46 years as a professor of philosophy at UMaine and has served as Coordinator of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series since its inception in the mid-1980s.

Please email Elliot Benjamin (ben496@prexar.com) for more information on this discussion and for the Zoom link.

This Thursday, 11/20/2025
12:30-1:45 P.M.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
The University of Maine, Orono

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National Protest in Washington, D.C.
This Weekend,
November 20-22, 2025

We the People mean business.  Our presence is our power, and this time we’re showing up with firm demands and intend to change history. Remove the Regime is the moment we’ve been waiting for.

This is not a 50-state protest. On November 22, 2025, we will peacefully descend on the seat of power in Washington, DC to demand that this lawless administration come to an END.

We will no longer tolerate inaction or delay from elected officials as Donald Trump commits actual treason.  We are calling out their complicity in the sabotage of American democracy unless and until they honor their oath.  We are demanding impeachment and removal, and we are demanding it NOW.

We will lobby Congress directly beginning on Thursday, November 20, joined by movement leaders, veterans, artists, pastors, farmers and more. The Dropkick Murphys will headline our main event on Saturday!  

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Shopping Boycott
Black Friday Weekend
November 27 – December 1

We Ain’t Buying It

We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power. This Thanksgiving, choose freedom over shopping. Family over corporations.

This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration’s biased attacks on DEI; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.

(And you don’t have to limit it to these only these three companies on these few days. Many people have added Walmart to this list and have stopped shopping at these places all together- George).

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Town Hall with Matt Dunlap
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

About this event

“I’m excited to invite you to a town hall in Bangor! This is a chance for us to sit down together, talk about the issues that matter most to Maine families, and hear directly from you.

“I’ll share my vision for Maine, answer your questions, and listen to your concerns. I’ve always made it a priority to be accessible to voters, and I look forward to having an open conversation with you.

“I hope you can join me — bring your questions, ideas, and your voice!”

The Norman Minsky Lecture Hall is located on the third floor of the Library. It is accessible by stairs or elevator.

Tuesday, December 2
6:30 – 7:30pm EST

Bangor Public Library
145 Harlow St
Bangor, ME 04401

Here We Go Map

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Other News:

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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!

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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.

(207) 544-9989

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!  NO I.C.E. for Maine: Learn more about this effort to reign in ICE.

Donate to the Maine Solidarity Fund

The Maine Solidarity Fund (MSF) is an initiative of the People’s Coalition for Safety & Justice (PCSJ), a collective of frontline organizations, cultural anchors, and direct service providers with deep ties to Maine’s Black and Brown immigrant, and Trans communities.

This statewide fund is one arm of the coalition’s broader community defense strategy, designed to provide rapid, direct, and equitable support to community members facing increased detention, targeted harassment, policy rollbacks, and systemic discrimination under the new Trump administration.

Rather than scrambling to crowdfund every time a neighbor is detained or faces a medical emergency, our fund pools resources from across communities into a shared fund we can draw from immediately when urgent needs arise. 

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New Indivisible Program

From Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible (National):

Indivisible is launching the largest Democratic primary program we’ve ever run

This isn’t about left vs right. This is about fighting back vs losing. The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. As we head into the midterms next year, we need a Democratic Party that inspires and instills pride. In this moment when the fascists are on the march, we need a Democratic Party with a spine.

Our primary program will include both the House and Senate. We will work with Indivisible groups to identify key races, provide support on the ground, and tap into movement energy across the country to boost candidates with a spine. One thing we can say for sure: We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Majority Leader.

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LEAVING MAGA

Are you someone or do you know someone who wants to leave MAGA? Please visit this site created by a man who was once in MAGA and has since left. Leavingmaga.org

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Boycott Spotify

From Ezra and Leah-

Earlier this month, Spotify began running ads to recruit for ICE, making them an active enabler of the hiring spree to build an American secret police force. That’s bad, and if we want there to be consequences for capitulation, we have to be the consequence!

If you’ve joined a weekly “What’s the Plan?” call, you’ve probably heard me and Leah reflect on the lessons from the successful Disney/ABC/Kimmel campaign. The regime bullied, the institution capitulated, the people rebelled, the institution reversed course, and democracy sat up a little straighter the next day.

What worked to influence Disney can work with Spotify! Like Disney, Spotify is a multi-billion dollar corporation that relies on subscriptions. That means we, the paying customers, have real influence.

PANDORA & SIRIUSXM

Note, according to the Huffington Post (10/31) and Rolling Stone (10/15), Pandora is also running ICE recruitment ads. Pandora is a subsidiary of SiriusXM satellite radio. SiriusXM acquired Pandora in 2019 “to form the world’s largest audio entertainment company.”

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Stop the Military 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!

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OBAMACARE Price Hike Info Now Available

Information on premium increases for ACA healthcare plans for a dozen states has been made available, according to a New York Times article “Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen State – Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.”

From the article, “Based on the newly posted information, a family of four making $130,000 in Maine would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year.” Such an increase will result in many Mainers simply not having healthcare insurance any longer.

This is what the Democrats in the Senate WERE fighting against. Please contact your Maine senators and let them know you would like them to vote with the Democrats on the Continuing Resolution to extend the ACA tax credits!

Angus King             
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

Susan Collins         
DC: (202) 224-2523 
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417

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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.

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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.

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Thank you for all you do! – Indivisible Bangor

And now to the Mid Maine Indivisible morning Call to Action:

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Action Monday November 17th: Take Action on Anti-ICE Initiatives in Maine + Release the Epstein Files

Good Morning Folks, it’s Monday and both the House and the Senate will be in session.

Top Action to Take Today:

Masked ICE and Customs and Border Patrol continue to abduct people in Maine. Several of these kidnappings have happened at Home Depots around Maine. Here are a few related actions you can take in response. Ask Governor Mills to sign LD 1971 into law. Go here to email or call her at (207) 287-3531.  This bill has passed the legislature, is sitting on Mills’ desk and forbids our state law enforcement from working with ICE and Custom and Border Patrol. Call Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau and Senate President Mattie Dougherty and ask them to allow LR 2591 into the Legislative Session starting in January. This bill would require ICE and Custom and Border Patrols to be UNMASKED in Maine. Finally educate yourself about Home Depot’s actions and consider starting a demonstration at your local Home Depot. As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers (10/31)

More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth

Take a stand to support sexual abuse survivors by contacting Senators King and Collins to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the 

Epstein Files Transparency Act which will be coming to them as soon as next week once the House passes the bill, which will most likely happen this coming Tuesday.  For more on this go here.  If you haven’t contacted Representatives Pingree and Golden on this, please do.  They are both likely to vote in favor of the release. Regardless of the political effect of the release of these files, it’s something the survivors of this sex trafficking ring have been working on for decades and at last they are being heard.

Trump and his gang have started an illegal war through extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. A dozen civilian vessels have been blown up and dozens of people killed, with no hearings, no due process. .  Trump wants to distract from his problems at home by creating a “war” on drug traffickers in which he can order anyone he wants killed by claiming they are drug dealers.  What could go wrong? Congress has done nothing about this. Our lawmakers should be demanding an investigation of these murders NOW. For more information go here.

GOT MORE TIME? HERE ARE SOME MORE ACTIONS  (just pick one!)

• Call or write Governor Mills and ask her to Sign LD 1971:  Go here to make a comment on this on her website.
• Join the Maine People’s Alliance in bringing your story to our Congresspeople: Are your insurance rates going up? Did you lose SNAP benefits – the MPA wants to hear your story and use it to fight for Mainers in the ongoing shutdown budget battle. Fill out this form and tell your story here.
• Ask our Maine Law Makers to Ring the Alarm on Trump’s murder of civilians in the Caribbean: Trump’s orders to blow up boats in the Caribbean because they are carrying drugs is illegal, unconstitutional, and a trial run for what he would like to start doing at home. These killings must be investigated and Trump must be held accountable. Call Pingree, Golden, King and Collins to raise a storm about these killings. Go to 5calls.org for a script.
• 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.
• 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

• New: Call Maine Speaker of the House, Ryan Fecteau and Senate President Mattie Dougherty and ask them to reverse the decision of the Legislative Council, and allow LR 2591, a bill to require that ICE and Border Patrol Agents be UNMASKED in Maine. to be heard and voted on this Maine Legislative session starting in January. Their numbers are below. You can also call your own representative and senator and ask them to ask the leaders to allow this bill in to the session.  Do you want masked men roaming your streets claiming to be law enforcement with no way to hold them accountable?
• Ask Governor 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. 
• Check out Graham Platner’s “Un-Shuck The System Tour”  Saturday 11/15 Farmington, American Legion Post 28 10 am,  Wednesday November 19th Biddeford, Sacred Profane Brewery 6 pm, to sign up for any of these go here or go to Grahamforsenate.com

“ A concern for the common good – keeping the common good in mind – is a moral attitude.  It recognizes that we’re all in it together.  If there is no common good, there is no society.”    ~~Robert B. Reich

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 
~~Mid Maine Indivisible

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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!

Thank you to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund!

Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list!

Here is today’s newsletter from Indivisible Bangor, followed by the great list of important actions and information from our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible, including:
-CURRENT information about the Senate Democrats’ vote to end the shutdown and, of course, the Epstein Files, the Discharge Petition, and H.R. 4405. Read this CNN article (11/12) for background information on this process.

Also, actions from Hancock Country Democrat: Action 180 – Medicare Option (11/14), that discusses the concept of a Medicare Option Amendment to the Affordable Care Act. Click here for a list of more actions from the HCD, including those concerning ICE and more.

Also, check out the latest from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance (11/14) that discusses the Epstein files, permanent ACA credits, and, very importantly, Maine-specific actions.

A lot of research goes into these additional actions, so be sure to read them!

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Current News:

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Weekly Vigils

Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area!

First up is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor at 11:00 am followed by the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil from noon to 1:00 pm.  

Bangor Visibility Brigade – Fridays
TODAY!!

We finish the week with our Visibility Brigade on Fridays. Join us on the Essex Street overpass at the new time of 3:00 p.m. as we hold letters to spell out messages for the drivers on I-95! Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!

New Action Planned at Home Depot

Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize, intimidate, and abduct people, non-citizens and citizens alike, from their property.

Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors (8/19)

As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers (10/31)

US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities (11/4)

We need more volunteers for this action

We are planning a regular vigil action on Stillwater Avenue in Bangor across from the entrance to Home Depot on Saturdays and we need more volunteers for planning and participating!

Please contact George for more information.

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Release the Epstein Files

Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., was officially sworn into the House on Wednesday, 50 days after she won her special election to take her late father’s seat — the longest time a lawmaker has waited to take the oath of office. (Desert News, 11/12/2025). She then became the 218th person to sign the petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files. This petition allows a vote without the blessing of the House leadership. It has been reported (MSNBC 11/12) that President Trump met with Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert (one of only four House Republicans who have signed) to try to get her to remove her name from that petition. However, once that 218th signature was made, the process was triggered and the vote will be held.

Please call your House Representative and ask her or him to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the Epstein Files Transparency Act.  For more on this go here.   Just tap the phone numbers to make the call.

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

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Ask Mills to Sign L.D. 1971

A recent article in The Maine Campus, the newspaper of the University of Maine, the flagship university of the University of Maine System, discusses the ICE action that occurred at Kobe Steakhouse in June of this year.

From the article:
LD 1971 and LD 1259 were introduced earlier this year to combat ICE’s impact in Maine. LD 1971, “An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities,” was introduced in May.

While this bill passed in both the House and Senate, when it was given to Gov. Janet Mills, she did not sign it. This means it is currently waiting for the next legislative session.  LD 1259 is also waiting for the next legislative session. This bill would prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from entering into contracts with ICE.”

Please contact Governor Mills and ask her to sign these bills.

Governor Janet Mills
Email Governor Mills
Call (207) 287-3531

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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? Or do you just want to keep up with what we’re doing?  Volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! You 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! The next NEWCOMERS MEETING is next Thursday, NOVEMBER 20, so sign up and join soon!

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Upcoming Events:

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Food AND Medicine Annual Solidarity Harvest
Starting TODAY!
November 13-24

Food and Medicine will be holding its annual Solidarity Harvest next month. Please consider volunteering to help them assemble and distribute locally-sourced meal baskets, each with nearly 30 pounds of produce, which is enough food for 8-10 people. The dates for this year are November 13-24. More information, donation, and sign up is here!

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UMaine Fall 2025 Series:

DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, INCLUSION, AND RELATED DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND POLICIES UNDER ATTACK AT UMAINE AND BEYOND
Next Thursday,November 20

In 2025, DEI policies at UMaine and beyond are under attack; students, researchers, and others are threatened and live with great fear and uncertainty. This program will explore these current threats and how we can respond, resist, uphold freedom of speech, and create democratic alternatives. Elliot Benjamin has a Ph.D. from the University of Maine and has been deeply committed to Indivisible Maine and Indivisible nationally, especially in 2025. Doug Allen retired after 46 years as a professor of philosophy at UMaine and has served as Coordinator of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series since its inception in the mid-1980s.

Please email Elliot Benjamin (ben496@prexar.com) for more information on this discussion and for the Zoom link.

Thursday, 11/20/2025
12:30-1:45 P.M.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
The University of Maine, Orono

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National Protest in Washington, D.C.
November 20-22, 2025

We the People mean business.  Our presence is our power, and this time we’re showing up with firm demands and intend to change history. Remove the Regime is the moment we’ve been waiting for.

This is not a 50-state protest. On November 22, 2025, we will peacefully descend on the seat of power in Washington, DC to demand that this lawless administration come to an END.

We will no longer tolerate inaction or delay from elected officials as Donald Trump commits actual treason.  We are calling out their complicity in the sabotage of American democracy unless and until they honor their oath.  We are demanding impeachment and removal, and we are demanding it NOW.

We will lobby Congress directly beginning on Thursday, November 20, joined by movement leaders, veterans, artists, pastors, farmers and more. The Dropkick Murphys will headline our main event on Saturday!  

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Shopping Boycott
Black Friday Weekend
November 27 – December 1

We Ain’t Buying It

We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power. This Thanksgiving, choose freedom over shopping. Family over corporations.

This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration’s biased attacks on DEI; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.

(And you don’t have to limit it to these only these three companies on these few days. Many people have added Walmart to this list and have stopped shopping at these places all together- George).

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Other News:

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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!

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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.

(207) 544-9989

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!  NO I.C.E. for Maine: Learn more about this effort to reign in ICE.

Donate to the Maine Solidarity Fund

The Maine Solidarity Fund (MSF) is an initiative of the People’s Coalition for Safety & Justice (PCSJ), a collective of frontline organizations, cultural anchors, and direct service providers with deep ties to Maine’s Black and Brown immigrant, and Trans communities.

This statewide fund is one arm of the coalition’s broader community defense strategy, designed to provide rapid, direct, and equitable support to community members facing increased detention, targeted harassment, policy rollbacks, and systemic discrimination under the new Trump administration.

Rather than scrambling to crowdfund every time a neighbor is detained or faces a medical emergency, our fund pools resources from across communities into a shared fund we can draw from immediately when urgent needs arise. 

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New Indivisible Program

From Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible (National):

Indivisible is launching the largest Democratic primary program we’ve ever run

This isn’t about left vs right. This is about fighting back vs losing. The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. As we head into the midterms next year, we need a Democratic Party that inspires and instills pride. In this moment when the fascists are on the march, we need a Democratic Party with a spine.

Our primary program will include both the House and Senate. We will work with Indivisible groups to identify key races, provide support on the ground, and tap into movement energy across the country to boost candidates with a spine. One thing we can say for sure: We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Majority Leader.

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LEAVING MAGA

Are you someone or do you know someone who wants to leave MAGA? Please visit this site created by a man who was once in MAGA and has since left. Leavingmaga.org

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Boycott Spotify

From Ezra and Leah-

Earlier this month, Spotify began running ads to recruit for ICE, making them an active enabler of the hiring spree to build an American secret police force. That’s bad, and if we want there to be consequences for capitulation, we have to be the consequence!

If you’ve joined a weekly “What’s the Plan?” call, you’ve probably heard me and Leah reflect on the lessons from the successful Disney/ABC/Kimmel campaign. The regime bullied, the institution capitulated, the people rebelled, the institution reversed course, and democracy sat up a little straighter the next day.

What worked to influence Disney can work with Spotify! Like Disney, Spotify is a multi-billion dollar corporation that relies on subscriptions. That means we, the paying customers, have real influence.

PANDORA & SIRIUSXM

Note, according to the Huffington Post (10/31) and Rolling Stone (10/15), Pandora is also running ICE recruitment ads. Pandora is a subsidiary of SiriusXM satellite radio. SiriusXM acquired Pandora in 2019 “to form the world’s largest audio entertainment company.”

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Stop the Military 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!

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OBAMACARE Price Hike Info Now Available

Information on premium increases for ACA healthcare plans for a dozen states has been made available, according to a New York Times article “Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen State – Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.”

From the article, “Based on the newly posted information, a family of four making $130,000 in Maine would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year.” Such an increase will result in many Mainers simply not having healthcare insurance any longer.

This is what the Democrats in the Senate WERE fighting against. Please contact your Maine senators and let them know you would like them to vote with the Democrats on the Continuing Resolution to extend the ACA tax credits!

Angus King             
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

Susan Collins         
DC: (202) 224-2523 
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417

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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.

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We are on Blue Sky, Instagram, and Facebook!

Follow us! Invite your friends! Comment! You’ll be glad you did!

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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 “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.

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Thank you for all you do! – Indivisible Bangor

And now to the Mid Maine Indivisible morning Call to Action:

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Action Friday November 14th: Solidarity With Sexual Abuse Survivors: Call Collins + King to Support The Epstein Files Transparency Act 

Good Morning Folks, it’s the last day of the working week, and we are moving into the darkest season of the year. Time for community, and solidarity.

Top Action to Take Today: 

Take a stand to support sexual abuse survivors by contacting Senators King and Collins to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the Epstein Files Transparency Act which will be coming to them as soon as next week once the House passes the bill, which will most likely happen this coming Tuesday.  For more on this go here.  If you haven’t contacted Representatives Pingree and Golden on this, please do.  They are both likely to vote in favor of the release. Regardless of the political effect of the release of these files, it’s something the survivors of this sex trafficking ring have been working on for decades and at last they are being heard

More Actions Today if You Have the BandwidthTrump and his gang have started an illegal war through extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. A dozen civilian vessels have been blown up and dozens of people killed, with no hearings, no due process. .  Trump wants to distract from his problems at home by creating a “war” on drug traffickers in which he can order anyone he wants killed by claiming they are drug dealers.  What could go wrong? Congress has done nothing about this. Our lawmakers should be demanding an investigation of these murders NOW. For more information go here.

Although the deal put forward by the Senate and House includes full funding for SNAP benefits, the food emergency will be  gathering force. One approach is to get involved with or start a mutual aid effort if there are no food banks in your area. Here is a resource for starting a mutual aid campaign put together by the No Kings Alliance.  If you have a food bank/soup kitchen in your area send them some money. 

 If you want to find out the food assistance programs nearest you, here is a listing by town. Donating to Good Shepherd or your local food bank is one of the most effective things you could do at this moment. The Winslow Food Cupboard goes all over Kennebec County, If you are able to help, please click here (WCCPantry.com) and then click on the white “Donate Now” button. 

GOT MORE TIME? HERE ARE SOME MORE ACTIONS  (just pick one!)

• Join the Maine People’s Alliance in bringing your story to our Congresspeople: Are your insurance rates going up? Did you lose SNAP benefits – the MPA wants to hear your story and use it to fight for Mainers in the ongoing shutdown budget battle. Fill out this form and tell your story here.
• Ask our Maine Law Makers to Ring the Alarm on Trump’s murder of civilians in the Caribbean: Trump’s orders to blow up boats in the Caribbean because they are carrying drugs is illegal, unconstitutional, and a trial run for what he would like to start doing at home. These killings must be investigated and Trump must be held accountable. Call Pingree, Golden, King and Collins to raise a storm about these killings. Go to 5calls.org for a script.
• 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

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 
~~Mid Maine Indivisible

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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!

Thank you to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund!

Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list!

Here is today’s newsletter from Indivisible Bangor, followed by the great list of important actions and information from our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible, including:
-CURRENT information about the Senate Democrats’ vote to end the shutdown and, of course, the Epstein Files, the Discharge Petition, and H.R. 4405. Read this CNN article (11/12) for background information on this process.

Also, actions from Hancock Country Democrat. Click here for a list of more actions from the HCD, including those concerning ICE and more.

Also, check out the latest from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance (11/10) that discusses the privatization of the USPS and the Trump ballroom.

A lot of research goes into these additional actions, so be sure to read them!

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Weekly Vigils

Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area!

First up is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor at 11:00 am followed by the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil from noon to 1:00 pm.  

Bangor Visibility Brigade – Fridays
TOMORROW

We finish the week with our Visibility Brigade on Fridays. Join us on the Essex Street overpass at the new time of 3:00 p.m. as we hold letters to spell out messages for the drivers on I-95! Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!

New Action Planned at Home Depot

Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize, intimidate, and abduct people, non-citizens and citizens alike, from their property.

Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors (8/19)

As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers (10/31)

US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities (11/4)

We need more volunteers!

We are planning a regular vigil action on Stillwater Avenue in Bangor across from the entrance to Home Depot on Saturdays and we need more volunteers for planning and participating! Please contact George for more information!

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Release the Epstein Files

Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., was officially sworn into the House on Wednesday, 50 days after she won her special election to take her late father’s seat — the longest time a lawmaker has waited to take the oath of office. (Desert News, 11/12/2025). She then became the 218th person to sign the petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files. This petition allows a vote without the blessing of the House leadership. It has been reported (MSNBC 11/12) that President Trump met with Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert (one of only four House Republicans who have signed) to try to get her to remove her name from that petition. However, once that 218th signature was made, the process was triggered and the vote will be held.

Please call your House Representative and ask her or him to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the Epstein Files Transparency Act.  For more on this go here.   Just tap the phone numbers to make the call.

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

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Join Indivisible Bangor!

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New members, and current members, too, are invited to join one of our monthly Zoom informational meetings! The next NEWCOMERS MEETING is next Thursday, NOVEMBER 20, so sign up and join soon!

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New Indivisible Program

From Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible (National):

Indivisible is launching the largest Democratic primary program we’ve ever run

This isn’t about left vs right. This is about fighting back vs losing. The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. As we head into the midterms next year, we need a Democratic Party that inspires and instills pride. In this moment when the fascists are on the march, we need a Democratic Party with a spine.

Our primary program will include both the House and Senate. We will work with Indivisible groups to identify key races, provide support on the ground, and tap into movement energy across the country to boost candidates with a spine. One thing we can say for sure: We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Majority Leader.

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Upcoming Events:

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Food AND Medicine Annual Solidarity Harvest
Starting TODAY!
November 13-24

Food and Medicine will be holding its annual Solidarity Harvest next month. Please consider volunteering to help them assemble and distribute locally-sourced meal baskets, each with nearly 30 pounds of produce, which is enough food for 8-10 people. The dates for this year are November 13-24. More information, donation, and sign up is here!

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Tomorrow!!
Jordan Wood Is Returning to Bangor!
TONIGHT!!
November 13

Democratic House Candidate Jordan Wood is coming to meet you. We’ll be at the Bangor Public Library. Come out to meet Jordan, learn why he’s the strongest candidate to defeat Paul LePage, and hear about what his plans as your next Congressman: sweeping campaign finance reform, passing the Ultra-Millionaire Wealth Tax, enacting universal childcare and addressing the affordability crisis head on.

Thursday, November 13, 6:00pm-7:30 pm. at the Bangor Public Library.

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UMaine Fall 2025 Series:

DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, INCLUSION, AND RELATED DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND POLICIES UNDER ATTACK AT UMAINE AND BEYOND
Next Thursday,November 20

In 2025, DEI policies at UMaine and beyond are under attack; students, researchers, and others are threatened and live with great fear and uncertainty. This program will explore these current threats and how we can respond, resist, uphold freedom of speech, and create democratic alternatives. Elliot Benjamin has a Ph.D. from the University of Maine and has been deeply committed to Indivisible Maine and Indivisible nationally, especially in 2025. Doug Allen retired after 46 years as a professor of philosophy at UMaine and has served as Coordinator of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series since its inception in the mid-1980s.

Please email Elliot Benjamin (ben496@prexar.com) for more information on this discussion and for the Zoom link.

Thursday, 11/20/2025
12:30-1:45 P.M.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
The University of Maine, Orono

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National Protest in Washington, D.C.
November 20-22, 2025

We the People mean business.  Our presence is our power, and this time we’re showing up with firm demands and intend to change history. Remove the Regime is the moment we’ve been waiting for.

This is not a 50-state protest. On November 22, 2025, we will peacefully descend on the seat of power in Washington, DC to demand that this lawless administration come to an END.

We will no longer tolerate inaction or delay from elected officials as Donald Trump commits actual treason.  We are calling out their complicity in the sabotage of American democracy unless and until they honor their oath.  We are demanding impeachment and removal, and we are demanding it NOW.

We will lobby Congress directly beginning on Thursday, November 20, joined by movement leaders, veterans, artists, pastors, farmers and more. The Dropkick Murphys will headline our main event on Saturday!  

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Other News:

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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!

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Shopping Boycott

Black Friday Weekend

We Ain’t Buying It

We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power. This Thanksgiving, choose freedom over shopping. Family over corporations.

This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration’s biased attacks on DEI; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.

(And you don’t have to limit it to these only these three companies on these few days. Many people have added Walmart to this list and have stopped shopping at these places all together- George).

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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.

(207) 544-9989

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!  NO I.C.E. for Maine: Learn more about this effort to reign in ICE.

Donate to the Maine Solidarity Fund

The Maine Solidarity Fund (MSF) is an initiative of the People’s Coalition for Safety & Justice (PCSJ), a collective of frontline organizations, cultural anchors, and direct service providers with deep ties to Maine’s Black and Brown immigrant, and Trans communities.

This statewide fund is one arm of the coalition’s broader community defense strategy, designed to provide rapid, direct, and equitable support to community members facing increased detention, targeted harassment, policy rollbacks, and systemic discrimination under the new Trump administration.

Rather than scrambling to crowdfund every time a neighbor is detained or faces a medical emergency, our fund pools resources from across communities into a shared fund we can draw from immediately when urgent needs arise. 

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LEAVING MAGA

Are you someone or do you know someone who wants to leave MAGA? Please visit this site created by a man who was once in MAGA and has since left. Leavingmaga.org

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Boycott Spotify

From Ezra and Leah-

Earlier this month, Spotify began running ads to recruit for ICE, making them an active enabler of the hiring spree to build an American secret police force. That’s bad, and if we want there to be consequences for capitulation, we have to be the consequence!

If you’ve joined a weekly “What’s the Plan?” call, you’ve probably heard me and Leah reflect on the lessons from the successful Disney/ABC/Kimmel campaign. The regime bullied, the institution capitulated, the people rebelled, the institution reversed course, and democracy sat up a little straighter the next day.

What worked to influence Disney can work with Spotify! Like Disney, Spotify is a multi-billion dollar corporation that relies on subscriptions. That means we, the paying customers, have real influence.

PANDORA & SIRIUSXM

Note, according to the Huffington Post (10/31) and Rolling Stone (10/15), Pandora is also running ICE recruitment ads. Pandora is a subsidiary of SiriusXM satellite radio. SiriusXM acquired Pandora in 2019 “to form the world’s largest audio entertainment company.”

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Stop the Military 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!

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OBAMACARE Price Hike Info Now Available

Information on premium increases for ACA healthcare plans for a dozen states has been made available, according to a New York Times article “Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen State – Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.”

From the article, “Based on the newly posted information, a family of four making $130,000 in Maine would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year.” Such an increase will result in many Mainers simply not having healthcare insurance any longer.

This is what the Democrats in the Senate WERE fighting against. Please contact your Maine senators and let them know you would like them to vote with the Democrats on the Continuing Resolution to extend the ACA tax credits!

Angus King             
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

Susan Collins         
DC: (202) 224-2523 
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417

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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.

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We are on Blue Sky, Instagram, and Facebook!

Follow us! Invite your friends! Comment! You’ll be glad you did!

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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 “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.

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Thank you for all you do! – Indivisible Bangor

And now to the Mid Maine Indivisible morning Call to Action:

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Action Thursday November 13th: For the Heart Thursday + Thank Chellie Pingree for Voting NO on the CR + Ask Pingree and Golden to Vote Yes on Releasing the Epstein Files 

Good Morning Folks, it’s a For the Heart Thursday. We do a lot with our heads these days, prognosticating, strategizing, planning, and often not enough with our hearts. Strategy that is not infused with heart can be amazing but lead to much more suffering. Take a moment today to extend compassion to yourself and all that you are trying to do.

Top Action to Take Today: 

The House voted yesterday on the budget bill that did not include extending the Tax Credits. Chellie Pingree voted no on this – holding the line and standing up to Trump’s autocratic rule and his dominion over the Republican party.  Please call her office to thank her for taking this stand!  And, while you are at it ask her to stand with sexual abuse survivors and vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the 

Epstein Files Transparency Act.  For more on this go here.  If you’re in Golden’s district you could ask him to support this bill, I believe he has in the past.

For the Heart

For Your Heart this Eighth Week of Fall: 
Can we accept the way things are which means including our own annoyance, anger, sadness? When we accept all, a fierce straightforward action can take place. 

~~Nancy Hathaway  Center for Studying Mindfulness 

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St. Francis And The Sow

The bud

stands for all things,

even those things that don’t flower,

for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;

though sometimes it is necessary

to reteach a thing its loveliness,

to put a hand on its brow

of the flower

and retell it in words and in touch

it is lovely

until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing;

as St. Francis

put his hand on the creased forehead

of the sow, and told her in words and in touch

blessings of earth on the sow, and the sow

began remembering all down her thick length,

from the earthen snout all the way

through the fodder and slops to the spiritual curl of

the tail,

from the hard spininess spiked out from the spine

down through the great broken heart

to the blue milken dreaminess spurting and shuddering

from the fourteen teats into the fourteen mouths sucking

and blowing beneath them:

the long, perfect loveliness of sow.

Galway Kinnell

More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth

Trump and his gang have started an illegal war through extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. A dozen civilian vessels have been blown up and dozens of people killed, with no hearings, no due process. .  Trump wants to distract from his problems at home by creating a “war” on drug traffickers in which he can order anyone he wants killed by claiming they are drug dealers.  What could go wrong? Congress has done nothing about this. Our lawmakers should be demanding an investigation of these murders NOW. For more information go here.

Although the deal put forward by the Senate and House includes full funding for SNAP benefits, the food emergency will be  gathering force. One approach is to get involved with or start a mutual aid effort if there are no food banks in your area. Here is a resource for starting a mutual aid campaign put together by the No Kings Alliance.  If you have a food bank/soup kitchen in your area send them some money.  If you want to find out the food assistance programs nearest you, here is a listing by town. Donating to Good Shepherd or your local food bank is one of the most effective things you could do at this moment. The Winslow Food Cupboard goes all over Kennebec County, If you are able to help, please click here (WCCPantry.com) and then click on the white “Donate Now” button. 

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.” 

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 
~~Mid Maine Indivisible

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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!

Thank you to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund!

Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list!

Here is today’s newsletter from Indivisible Bangor, followed by the great list of important actions and information from our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible, including:
-CURRENT information about the Senate Democrats’ vote to end the shutdown and, of course, the Epstein Files, the Discharge Petition, and H.R. 4405. Read this CNN article (11/12) for background information on this process.

Also, actions from Hancock Country Democrat. Click here for a list of more actions from the HCD, including those concerning ICE and more.

Also, check out the latest from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance (11/10) that discusses the privatization of the USPS and the Trump ballroom.

A lot of research goes into these additional actions, so be sure to read them!

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Current News:

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Weekly Vigils

Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area!

First up is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor at 11:00 am and today is the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil from noon to 1:00 pm.  

Bangor Visibility Brigade – Fridays

We finish the week with our Visibility Brigade on Fridays. Join us on the Essex Street overpass at the new time of 3:00 p.m. as we hold letters to spell out messages for the drivers on I-95! Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!

New Action Planned at Home Depot

Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize, intimidate, and abduct people, non-citizens and citizens alike, from their property.

Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors (8/19)

As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers (10/31)

US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities (11/4)

We need more volunteers!

We are planning a regular vigil action on Stillwater Avenue in Bangor across from the entrance to Home Depot on Saturdays and we need more volunteers for planning and participating! Please contact George for more information!

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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!  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! The next informational meeting for new members is NOVEMBER 20, so sign up and join soon!

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New Indivisible Program

From Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible (National):

Indivisible is launching the largest Democratic primary program we’ve ever run

This isn’t about left vs right. This is about fighting back vs losing. The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. As we head into the midterms next year, we need a Democratic Party that inspires and instills pride. In this moment when the fascists are on the march, we need a Democratic Party with a spine.

Our primary program will include both the House and Senate. We will work with Indivisible groups to identify key races, provide support on the ground, and tap into movement energy across the country to boost candidates with a spine. One thing we can say for sure: We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Majority Leader.

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Upcoming Events:

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Food AND Medicine Annual Solidarity Harvest
Starting Tomorrow!
November 13-24

Food and Medicine will be holding its annual Solidarity Harvest next month. Please consider volunteering to help them assemble and distribute locally-sourced meal baskets, each with nearly 30 pounds of produce, which is enough food for 8-10 people. The dates for this year are November 13-24. More information, donation, and sign up is here!

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Tomorrow!!
Jordan Wood Is Returning to Bangor!
November 13

Democratic Senate Candidate Jordan Wood is coming to meet you. We’ll be at the Bangor Public Library. Come out to meet Jordan, learn why he’s the strongest candidate to defeat Susan Collins, and hear about what his plans as your next Senator: sweeping campaign finance reform, passing the Ultra-Millionaire Wealth Tax, enact universal childcare and addressing the affordability crisis head on.

Thursday, November 13, 6:00pm-7:30 pm. at the Bangor Public Library.

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UMaine Fall 2025 Series:

DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, INCLUSION, AND RELATED DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND POLICIES UNDER ATTACK AT UMAINE AND BEYOND
November 20

In 2025, DEI policies at UMaine and beyond are under attack; students, researchers, and others are threatened and live with great fear and uncertainty. This program will explore these current threats and how we can respond, resist, uphold freedom of speech, and create democratic alternatives. Elliot Benjamin has a Ph.D. from the University of Maine and has been deeply committed to Indivisible Maine and Indivisible nationally, especially in 2025. Doug Allen retired after 46 years as a professor of philosophy at UMaine and has served as Coordinator of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series since its inception in the mid-1980s.

Please email Elliot Benjamin (ben496@prexar.com) for more information on this discussion and for the Zoom link.

Thursday, 11/20/2025
12:30-1:45 P.M.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
The University of Maine, Orono

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National Protest in Washington, D.C.
November 20-22, 2025

We the People mean business.  Our presence is our power, and this time we’re showing up with firm demands and intend to change history. Remove the Regime is the moment we’ve been waiting for.

This is not a 50-state protest. On November 22, 2025, we will peacefully descend on the seat of power in Washington, DC to demand that this lawless administration come to an END.

We will no longer tolerate inaction or delay from elected officials as Donald Trump commits actual treason.  We are calling out their complicity in the sabotage of American democracy unless and until they honor their oath.  We are demanding impeachment and removal, and we are demanding it NOW.

We will lobby Congress directly beginning on Thursday, November 20, joined by movement leaders, veterans, artists, pastors, farmers and more. The Dropkick Murphys will headline our main event on Saturday!  

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Other News:

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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!

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Shopping Boycott

Black Friday Weekend

We Ain’t Buying It

We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power. This Thanksgiving, choose freedom over shopping. Family over corporations.

This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration’s biased attacks on DEI; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.

(And you don’t have to limit it to these only these three companies on these few days. Many people have added Walmart to this list and have stopped shopping at these places all together- George).

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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.

(207) 544-9989

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!  NO I.C.E. for Maine: Learn more about this effort to reign in ICE.

Donate to the Maine Solidarity Fund

The Maine Solidarity Fund (MSF) is an initiative of the People’s Coalition for Safety & Justice (PCSJ), a collective of frontline organizations, cultural anchors, and direct service providers with deep ties to Maine’s Black and Brown immigrant, and Trans communities.

This statewide fund is one arm of the coalition’s broader community defense strategy, designed to provide rapid, direct, and equitable support to community members facing increased detention, targeted harassment, policy rollbacks, and systemic discrimination under the new Trump administration.

Rather than scrambling to crowdfund every time a neighbor is detained or faces a medical emergency, our fund pools resources from across communities into a shared fund we can draw from immediately when urgent needs arise. 

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LEAVING MAGA

Are you someone or do you know someone who wants to leave MAGA? Please visit this site created by a man who was once in MAGA and has since left. Leavingmaga.org

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Boycott Spotify

From Ezra and Leah-

Earlier this month, Spotify began running ads to recruit for ICE, making them an active enabler of the hiring spree to build an American secret police force. That’s bad, and if we want there to be consequences for capitulation, we have to be the consequence!

If you’ve joined a weekly “What’s the Plan?” call, you’ve probably heard me and Leah reflect on the lessons from the successful Disney/ABC/Kimmel campaign. The regime bullied, the institution capitulated, the people rebelled, the institution reversed course, and democracy sat up a little straighter the next day.

What worked to influence Disney can work with Spotify! Like Disney, Spotify is a multi-billion dollar corporation that relies on subscriptions. That means we, the paying customers, have real influence.

PANDORA & SIRIUSXM

Note, according to the Huffington Post (10/31) and Rolling Stone (10/15), Pandora is also running ICE recruitment ads. Pandora is a subsidiary of SiriusXM satellite radio. SiriusXM acquired Pandora in 2019 “to form the world’s largest audio entertainment company.”

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Stop the Military 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!

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OBAMACARE Price Hike Info Now Available

Information on premium increases for ACA healthcare plans for a dozen states has been made available, according to a New York Times article “Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen State – Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.”

From the article, “Based on the newly posted information, a family of four making $130,000 in Maine would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year.” Such an increase will result in many Mainers simply not having healthcare insurance any longer.

This is what the Democrats in the Senate WERE fighting against. Please contact your Maine senators and let them know you would like them to vote with the Democrats on the Continuing Resolution to extend the ACA tax credits!

Angus King             
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

Susan Collins         
DC: (202) 224-2523 
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417

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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.

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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.

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Thank you for all you do! – Indivisible Bangor

And now to the Mid Maine Indivisible morning Call to Action:

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Action Wednesday November 12th: Ask Pingree and Golden to Vote to Release the Epstein Files + to Vote NO on the Continuing Budget Resolution 

Good Morning Folks, today we have Snow (in MidMaine anyhow)! And a beautiful sunrise. It seems always possible to find something to appreciate even in the midst of our unfolding political calamities. (Especially appreciating the natural beauty we encounter daily in Maine)

Top Action to Take Today: 

The House will be voting today on the Senate’s CR bill that does not include an extension of the ACA tax credits.

This means that the Speaker will have to swear in Adelita Grijalva who is a recently elected Representative from Arizona. She will be the last vote needed to bring a discharge petition to release the Epstein Files to the floor of the House. Ask your Representative, Pingree or Golden, to vote in favor of the Discharge Petition and then to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the Epstein Files Transparency Act.  For more on this go here. Stand with Sexual Abuse Survivors and get closer to the truth on this issue as Trump considers pardoning  “apex predator” Ghislaine Maxwell.

More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth

As you know the Senate voted last night to re-open the government if you haven’t yet ask Representatives Pingree and Golden to vote NO on the Continuing Resolution as passed in the Senate, and demand the inclusion of the ACA tax credits in any bill to re-open the government. Perhaps the House Dems will have more guts than the Senate Dems.

Trump and his gang have started an illegal war through extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. A dozen civilian vessels have been blown up and dozens of people killed, with no hearings, no due process. .  Trump wants to distract from his problems at home by creating a “war” on drug traffickers in which he can order anyone he wants killed by claiming they are drug dealers.  What could go wrong? Congress has done nothing about this. Our lawmakers should be demanding an investigation of these murders NOW. For more information go here.

Although the deal put forward by the Senate includes full funding for SNAP benefits, will probably go through, in the meantime, the food emergency will be  gathering force. One approach is to get involved with or start a mutual aid effort if there are no food banks in your area. Here is a resource for starting a mutual aid campaign put together by the No Kings Alliance.  If you have a food bank/soup kitchen in your area send them some money. 

 If you want to find out the food assistance programs nearest you, here is a listing by town. Donating to Good Shepherd or your local food bank is one of the most effective things you could do at this moment. The Winslow Food Cupboard goes all over Kennebec County, If you are able to help, please click here (WCCPantry.com) and then click on the white “Donate Now” button. 

The Maine USDA has The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP); this gives out food to organizations which are getting food to hungry people.  Could your school, non-profit, church, synagogue qualify for food?  Go here to find out. 

Arts and Politics!

Fall of Freedom“is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being criminalized. Institutions and media have been recast as mouthpieces of propaganda.

This Fall, we are activating a nationwide wave of creative resistance. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, theaters, and concert halls across the country will host exhibitions, performances, and public events that channel the urgency of this moment.” (from their website) They have a toolkit to help with creating graphics, posters, events to join the Art Resistance. (Thank you Connie for this.)

GOT MORE TIME? HERE ARE SOME MORE ACTIONS  (just pick one!)

• A lot of us are frustrated with Senator King’s role in caving on the Continuing Resolution: I know of at least two demonstrations to voice this frustration this week – Today, there will be a protest of his surrender in Brunswick from 2-3 at the Joshua Chamberlain Statue and TODAY King will be talking at Colby at 6pm to students and faculty and a few community members, so, MidMaine Indivisible is planning a protest at Elm Plaza on this 3 -4,  for details email Elizabeth Leonard, edleonar@colby.edu . 
• Join the Maine People’s Alliance in bringing your story to our Congresspeople: Are your insurance rates going up? Did you lose SNAP benefits – the MPA wants to hear your story and use it to fight for Mainers in the ongoing shutdown budget battle. Fill out this form and tell your story here.
• Ask our Maine Law Makers to Ring the Alarm on Trump’s murder of civilians in the Caribbean: Trump’s orders to blow up boats in the Caribbean because they are carrying drugs is illegal, unconstitutional, and a trial run for what he would like to start doing at home. These killings must be investigated and Trump must be held accountable. Call Pingree, Golden, King and Collins to raise a storm about these killings. Go to 5calls.org for a script.
• 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.
• Call or write Governor Mills and ask her to Sign LD 1971:  Go here to make a comment on this on her website.
• 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.
• Call or email Governor Mills to ask her to declare a STATE OF EMERGENCY or Call the Legislature into Special Session:  This would allow her to release SNAP funds for November while Trump and his Republican allies support making tens of millions of children and their families hungry just in time for Thanksgiving.
• 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

• New: Call Maine Speaker of the House, Ryan Fecteau and Senate President Mattie Dougherty and ask them to reverse the decision of the Legislative Council, and allow LR 2591, a bill to require that ICE and Border Patrol Agents be UNMASKED in Maine. to be heard and voted on this Maine Legislative session starting in January. Their numbers are below. You can also call your own representative and senator and ask them to ask the leaders to allow this bill in to the session.  Do you want masked men roaming your streets claiming to be law enforcement with no way to hold them accountable?
• Call/Write Governor Mills to ask her to SIGN LD 1971. 
• Ask Governor 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. 
• Check out Graham Platner’s “Un-Shuck The System Tour” \  Wed, Nov 12 @ 6pm Graham Data Volunteer Team Call, New Projects, and Orientation ›  Wed, Nov 12 @ 7pm  Art Volunteer Team Call, Saturday 11/15 Farmington, American Legion Post 28 10 am,  Wednesday November 19th Biddeford, Sacred Profane Brewery 6 pm, to sign up for any of these go here or go to Grahamforsenate.com

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 
~~Mid Maine Indivisible

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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!

Thank you to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund!

Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list!

Here is today’s newsletter from Indivisible Bangor, followed by the great list of important actions and information from our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible, including:
-CURRENT information about the Senate Democrats’ vote to end the shutdown.

Also, actions from Hancock Country Democrat. Click here for a list of more actions from the HCD, including those concerning ICE and more.

Also, check out the latest from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance (11/10) that discusses the privatization of the USPS and the Trump ballroom.

A lot of research goes into these additional actions, so be sure to read them!

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Weekly Vigils

Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area!

Veteran’s Day Rally is today at 11:00!

TODAY is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor at 11:00 am and for this week, we are holding our Veteran’s Day rally at this location and time. The next day is the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil from noon to 1:00 pm.  

Bangor Visibility Brigade

We finish the week with our Visibility Brigade on Fridays. Join us on the Essex Street overpass at the new time of 3:00 p.m. as we hold letters to spell out messages for the drivers on I-95! Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!

New Action Planned at Home Depot

Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize, intimidate, and abduct people, non-citizens and citizens alike, from their property.

Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors (8/19)

As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers (10/31)

US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities (11/4)

We need more volunteers!

We are planning a regular vigil action on Stillwater Avenue in Bangor across from the entrance to Home Depot on Saturdays and we need more volunteers for planning and participating! Please contact George for more information!

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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! The next informational meeting for new members is NOVEMBER 20, so sign up and join soon!

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New Indivisible Program

From Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible (National):

Indivisible is launching the largest Democratic primary program we’ve ever run

This isn’t about left vs right. This is about fighting back vs losing. The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. As we head into the midterms next year, we need a Democratic Party that inspires and instills pride. In this moment when the fascists are on the march, we need a Democratic Party with a spine.

Our primary program will include both the House and Senate. We will work with Indivisible groups to identify key races, provide support on the ground, and tap into movement energy across the country to boost candidates with a spine. One thing we can say for sure: We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Majority Leader.

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Upcoming Events:

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TODAY
Veterans’ Day Rally
Tuesday, 11/11

Join us TODAY, 11/11, to stand with Vets Say No as we collectively refuse to allow growing fascism to be normalized.

We will be at the usual Tuesday vigil location, the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building & Courthouse, 202 Harlow Street, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. We will have a speaker and please bring signs thanking our veterans as well as donations for food pantries! This will be after the Bangor Veteran’s Day march.

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Food AND Medicine Annual Solidarity Harvest
November 13-24

Food and Medicine will be holding its annual Solidarity Harvest next month. Please consider volunteering to help them assemble and distribute locally-sourced meal baskets, each with nearly 30 pounds of produce, which is enough food for 8-10 people. The dates for this year are November 13-24. More information, donation, and sign up is here!

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Jordan Wood Is Returning to Bangor!
November 13

Democratic Senate Candidate Jordan Wood is coming to meet you. We’ll be at the Bangor Public Library. Come out to meet Jordan, learn why he’s the strongest candidate to defeat Susan Collins, and hear about what his plans as your next Senator: sweeping campaign finance reform, passing the Ultra-Millionaire Wealth Tax, enact universal childcare and addressing the affordability crisis head on.

Thursday, November 13, 6:00pm-7:30 pm. at the Bangor Public Library.

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UMaine Fall 2025 Series:

DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, INCLUSION, AND RELATED DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND POLICIES UNDER ATTACK AT UMAINE AND BEYOND
November 20

In 2025, DEI policies at UMaine and beyond are under attack; students, researchers, and others are threatened and live with great fear and uncertainty. This program will explore these current threats and how we can respond, resist, uphold freedom of speech, and create democratic alternatives. Elliot Benjamin has a Ph.D. from the University of Maine and has been deeply committed to Indivisible Maine and Indivisible nationally, especially in 2025. Doug Allen retired after 46 years as a professor of philosophy at UMaine and has served as Coordinator of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series since its inception in the mid-1980s.

Please email Elliot Benjamin (ben496@prexar.com) for more information on this discussion and for the Zoom link.

Thursday, 11/20/2025
12:30-1:45 P.M.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
The University of Maine, Orono

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National Protest in Washington, D.C.
November 20-22, 2025

We the People mean business.  Our presence is our power, and this time we’re showing up with firm demands and intend to change history. Remove the Regime is the moment we’ve been waiting for.

This is not a 50-state protest. On November 22, 2025, we will peacefully descend on the seat of power in Washington, DC to demand that this lawless administration come to an END.

We will no longer tolerate inaction or delay from elected officials as Donald Trump commits actual treason.  We are calling out their complicity in the sabotage of American democracy unless and until they honor their oath.  We are demanding impeachment and removal, and we are demanding it NOW.

We will lobby Congress directly beginning on Thursday, November 20, joined by movement leaders, veterans, artists, pastors, farmers and more. The Dropkick Murphys will headline our main event on Saturday!  

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Other News:

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Donate to a Food Bank or Pantry

It is important that we continue the good work we did on No Kings Day on 10/18 in other ways! 

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!

If you get the paper edition of the Bangor Daily News, the first section of the paper on Friday, October 31, has a list of 260 food pantries.

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LEAVING MAGA

Are you someone or do you know someone who wants to leave MAGA? Please visit this site created by a man who was once in MAGA and has since left. Leavingmaga.org

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Boycott Spotify

From Ezra and Leah-

Earlier this month, Spotify began running ads to recruit for ICE, making them an active enabler of the hiring spree to build an American secret police force. That’s bad, and if we want there to be consequences for capitulation, we have to be the consequence!

If you’ve joined a weekly “What’s the Plan?” call, you’ve probably heard me and Leah reflect on the lessons from the successful Disney/ABC/Kimmel campaign. The regime bullied, the institution capitulated, the people rebelled, the institution reversed course, and democracy sat up a little straighter the next day.

What worked to influence Disney can work with Spotify! Like Disney, Spotify is a multi-billion dollar corporation that relies on subscriptions. That means we, the paying customers, have real influence.

So on Thursday, Leah and I sent a formal letter to Spotify, pointing out their problematic ads and requesting a meeting. If they do not respond by tomorrow, we’re going to launch a campaign to push them from capitulation to active resistance. Stay tuned for more soon, and come to “What’s the Plan?” on Thursday to discuss next steps.

PANDORA & SIRIUSXM

Note, according to the Huffington Post (10/31) and Rolling Stone (10/15), Pandora is also running ICE recruitment ads. Pandora is a subsidiary of SiriusXM satellite radio. SiriusXM acquired Pandora in 2019 “to form the world’s largest audio entertainment company.”

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The Maine ICE Watch Hotline Is LIVE!

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.

Verifying ICE and Border Patrol activity in real time.

(207) 544-9989

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Stop the Military 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!

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OBAMACARE Price Hike Info Now Available

Information on premium increases for ACA healthcare plans for a dozen states has been made available, according to a New York Times article “Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen State – Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.”

From the article, “Based on the newly posted information, a family of four making $130,000 in Maine would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year.” Such an increase will result in many Mainers simply not having healthcare insurance any longer.

This is what the Democrats in the Senate WERE fighting against. Please contact your Maine senators and let them know you would like them to vote with the Democrats on the Continuing Resolution to extend the ACA tax credits!

Angus King             
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

Susan Collins         
DC: (202) 224-2523 
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417

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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.

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We are on Blue Sky, Instagram, and Facebook!

Follow us! Invite your friends! Comment! You’ll be glad you did!

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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 “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.

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Thank you for all you do! – Indivisible Bangor

And now to the Mid Maine Indivisible morning Call to Action:

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Action Tuesday November 11th: Join Veteran’s For Peace in Portland + Ask Pingree + Golden to Vote AGAINST the Senate CR Bill 

Good Morning Folks, today is Veteran’s Day. If you are in the Portland area, or are so moved join the Maine Veteran’s for Peace demonstration at 9:30, with a march at 10:00. For the full description of the event go here.

Top Action to Take Today: 

As you know the Senate voted last night to re-open the government.  8 Democrats who are not standing for re-election in 2026 were picked by their caucus to make the deal. To learn more on how this was a group cave-in, read Ezra Levin’s take on it attached below. The House has to agree with this measure – and no Democrats should go along with what the Senate passed. So, topline action is to ask Representatives Pingree and Golden to vote NO on the Continuing Resolution as passed in the Senate, and demand the inclusion of the ACA tax credits in any bill to re-open the government. Perhaps the House Dems will have more guts than the Senate Dems.

More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth

One bright side of the capitulation of the Democratic Caucus on the CR is that the House will have to reopen. This means that the Speaker will have to swear in Adelita Grijalva who is a recently elected Representative from Arizona. She will be the last vote needed to bring a discharge petition to release the Epstein Files to the floor of the House. Ask your Representative, Pingree or Golden, to vote in favor of the Discharge Petition and then to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the 

Epstein Files Transparency Act.  For more on this go here.

In light of it being Veteran’s Day, Trump and his gang have started an illegal war through extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. A dozen civilian vessels have been blown up and dozens of people killed, with no hearings, no due process. .  Trump wants to distract from his problems at home by creating a “war” on drug traffickers in which he can order anyone he wants killed by claiming they are drug dealers.  What could go wrong? Congress has done nothing about this. Our lawmakers should be demanding an investigation of these murders NOW. For more information go here.

Although the deal put forward by the Senate includes full funding for SNAP benefits, it may not go through. In the meantime, the food emergency will be  gathering force. One approach is to get involved with or start a mutual aid effort if there are no food banks in your area. Here is a resource for starting a mutual aid campaign put together by the No Kings Alliance.  If you have a food bank/soup kitchen in your area send them some money. 

 If you want to find out the food assistance programs nearest you, here is a listing by town. Donating to Good Shepherd or your local food bank is one of the most effective things you could do at this moment. The Winslow Food Cupboard goes all over Kennebec County, If you are able to help, please click here (WCCPantry.com) and then click on the white “Donate Now” button. 

People are ramping up mutual aid efforts. Here is a valuable resource in these hunger times.  The Maine USDA has The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP); this gives out food to organizations which are getting food to hungry people.  Could your school, non-profit, church, synagogue qualify for food?  Go here to find out. 

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.” 

Arts and Politics!

Consider boycotting Spotify and canceling your subscription to them: To participate in the boycott of Spotify for their running of ads recruiting for ICE, visit this Indivisible page for more information, and for ready-made materials you can post online and use in other ways to encourage others to cancel their subscriptions, visit this page.

Fall of Freedom“is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being criminalized. Institutions and media have been recast as mouthpieces of propaganda.

This Fall, we are activating a nationwide wave of creative resistance. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, theaters, and concert halls across the country will host exhibitions, performances, and public events that channel the urgency of this moment.” (from their website) They have a toolkit to help with creating graphics, posters, events to join the Art Resistance. (Thank you Connie for this.)

March on DC November 20 – 22 – Remove the Regime! Consider joining this National Event which will combine a march, rally, and congressional lobbying. Go here for more information. This event may involve encounters with Trump’s shock troopers, so please be prepared.

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 
~~Mid Maine Indivisible

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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!

Thank you to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund!

Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list!

Here is today’s newsletter from Indivisible Bangor, followed by the great list of important actions and information from our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible, including updated information about the Senate Democrats’ vote to end the shutdown.

Also, actions from Hancock Country Democrat. Click here for a list of more actions from the HCD, including those concerning ICE and more.

Also, check out the latest from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance (11/10) that discusses the privatization of the USPS and the Trump ballroom.

A lot of research goes into these additional actions, so be sure to read them!

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Weekly Vigils

Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area!

Tomorrow is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor at 11:00 am and for this week, we are holding our Veteran’s Day rally at this location and time. The next day is the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil from noon to 1:00 pm.  

Bangor Visibility Brigade

We finish the week with our Visibility Brigade on Fridays. Join us on the Essex Street overpass at the new time of 3:00 p.m. as we hold letters to spell out messages for the drivers on I-95! Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!

New Action Planned at Home Depot

Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize, intimidate, and abduct people, non-citizens and citizens alike, from their property.

Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors (8/19)

As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers (10/31)

US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities (11/4)

We need more volunteers!

We are planning a regular vigil action on Stillwater Avenue in Bangor across from the entrance to Home Depot on Saturdays and we need more volunteers for planning and participating! Please contact George for more information!

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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!

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Upcoming Events:

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TOMORROW
Veterans’ Day Rally
Tuesday, 11/11

Join us Tuesday, 11/11, to stand with Vets Say No as we collectively refuse to allow growing fascism to be normalized.

We will be at the usual Tuesday vigil location, the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building & Courthouse, 202 Harlow Street, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. We will have a speaker and please bring signs thanking our veterans as well as donations for food pantries! This will be after the Bangor Veteran’s Day march.

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Food AND Medicine Annual Solidarity Harvest
November 13-24

Food and Medicine will be holding its annual Solidarity Harvest next month. Please consider volunteering to help them assemble and distribute locally-sourced meal baskets, each with nearly 30 pounds of produce, which is enough food for 8-10 people. The dates for this year are November 13-24. More information, donation, and sign up is here!

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Jordan Wood Is Returning to Bangor!
November 13

Democratic Senate Candidate Jordan Wood is coming to meet you. We’ll be at the Bangor Public Library. Come out to meet Jordan, learn why he’s the strongest candidate to defeat Susan Collins, and hear about what his plans as your next Senator: sweeping campaign finance reform, passing the Ultra-Millionaire Wealth Tax, enact universal childcare and addressing the affordability crisis head on.

Thursday, November 13, 6:00pm-7:30 pm. at the Bangor Public Library.

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UMaine Fall 2025 Series:

DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, INCLUSION, AND RELATED DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND POLICIES UNDER ATTACK AT UMAINE AND BEYOND
November 20

In 2025, DEI policies at UMaine and beyond are under attack; students, researchers, and others are threatened and live with great fear and uncertainty. This program will explore these current threats and how we can respond, resist, uphold freedom of speech, and create democratic alternatives. Elliot Benjamin has a Ph.D. from the University of Maine and has been deeply committed to Indivisible Maine and Indivisible nationally, especially in 2025. Doug Allen retired after 46 years as a professor of philosophy at UMaine and has served as Coordinator of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series since its inception in the mid-1980s.

Please email Elliot Benjamin (ben496@prexar.com) for more information on this discussion and for the Zoom link.

Thursday, 11/20/2025
12:30-1:45 P.M.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
The University of Maine, Orono

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Other News:

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Donate to a Food Bank or Pantry

It is important that we continue the good work we did on No Kings Day on 10/18 in other ways! 

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!

If you get the paper edition of the Bangor Daily News, the first section of the paper on Friday, October 31, has a list of 260 food pantries.

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HEATING ASSISTANCE CUTS

Read about how the shutdown is affecting LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) in this NPR article and how it affecting Maine in this Maine Public Radio article from 10/30. This is in addition to the cuts that are already part of H.R. 1, the “Big Beautiful Bill,” that President Trump and the Republicans passed this summer. Read about that in an article from News Center Maine. Also, in this article from Snap Navigator, dated 7/15/2025.

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LEAVING MAGA

Are you someone or do you know someone who wants to leave MAGA? Please visit this site created by a man who was once in MAGA and has since left. Leavingmaga.org

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Boycott Spotify

From Ezra and Leah-

Earlier this month, Spotify began running ads to recruit for ICE, making them an active enabler of the hiring spree to build an American secret police force. That’s bad, and if we want there to be consequences for capitulation, we have to be the consequence!

If you’ve joined a weekly “What’s the Plan?” call, you’ve probably heard me and Leah reflect on the lessons from the successful Disney/ABC/Kimmel campaign. The regime bullied, the institution capitulated, the people rebelled, the institution reversed course, and democracy sat up a little straighter the next day.

What worked to influence Disney can work with Spotify! Like Disney, Spotify is a multi-billion dollar corporation that relies on subscriptions. That means we, the paying customers, have real influence.

So on Thursday, Leah and I sent a formal letter to Spotify, pointing out their problematic ads and requesting a meeting. If they do not respond by tomorrow, we’re going to launch a campaign to push them from capitulation to active resistance. Stay tuned for more soon, and come to “What’s the Plan?” on Thursday to discuss next steps.

PANDORA & SIRIUSXM

Note, according to the Huffington Post (10/31) and Rolling Stone (10/15), Pandora is also running ICE recruitment ads. Pandora is a subsidiary of SiriusXM satellite radio. SiriusXM acquired Pandora in 2019 “to form the world’s largest audio entertainment company.”

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The Maine ICE Watch Hotline Is LIVE!

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.

Verifying ICE and Border Patrol activity in real time.

(207) 544-9989

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Stop the Military 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!

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OBAMACARE Price Hike Info Now Available

Information on premium increases for ACA healthcare plans for a dozen states has been made available, according to a New York Times article “Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen State – Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.”

From the article, “Based on the newly posted information, a family of four making $130,000 in Maine would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year.” Such an increase will result in many Mainers simply not having healthcare insurance any longer.

This is what the Democrats in the Senate WERE fighting against. Please contact your Maine senators and let them know you would like them to vote with the Democrats on the Continuing Resolution to extend the ACA tax credits!

Angus King             
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

Susan Collins         
DC: (202) 224-2523 
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417

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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.

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We are on Blue Sky, Instagram, and Facebook!

Follow us! Invite your friends! Comment! You’ll be glad you did!

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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 “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.

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Thank you for all you do! – Indivisible Bangor

And now to the Mid Maine Indivisible morning Call to Action:

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Action Monday November 10th: Call King + Collins to Reverse Their Vote on the 2nd Senate Budget Vote Today + Ask Pingree and Golden to Vote to Release the Epstein Files

Good Morning Folks, yesterday “moderate” Democrats including our Angus King voted to re-open the Government with no deal on Extending Tax Credits. These folks know how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Oh,  “moderate” (not) Senator Collins of course voted with the majority. (Take a breath, this was not in our control and we did everything we could to ask our Senators to hold the line. For the full story go here.) 

Top Action to Take Today: 

The Senate has to vote today again on the Budget Continuing Resolution Bill. Then the Bill goes to the House which has to reopen in order to approve the vote. Let’s keep the pressure on King not to cave on the ACA tax credits, ask him to vote NO this time. We can also ask Pingree and Golden to vote no on the CR when it comes to the House. I know this feels futile but it’s a matter of following through to the final vote and defending democracy against authoritarian overreach by the Executive Branch. For more info go here  If you don’t have the stomach for this try an action from below!

More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth

One bright side of the capitulation of moderate Democrats on the CR is that the House will have to reopen. This means that the Speaker will have to swear in Adelita Grijalva who is a recently elected Representative from Arizona. She will be the last vote needed to bring a discharge petition to release the Epstein Files to the floor of the House. Ask your Representative, Pingree or Golden, to vote in favor of the Discharge Petition and then to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the 

Epstein Files Transparency Act.  For more on this go here.

Although the deal put forward by the Senate includes full funding for SNAP benefits, it may not go through. In the meantime, the food emergency will be  gathering force. One approach is to get involved with or start a mutual aid effort if there are no food banks in your area. Here is a resource for starting a mutual aid campaign put together by the No Kings Alliance.  If you have a food bank/soup kitchen in your area send them some money. 

 If you want to find out the food assistance programs nearest you, here is a listing by town. Donating to Good Shepherd or your local food bank is one of the most effective things you could do at this moment. The Winslow Food Cupboard goes all over Kennebec County, If you are able to help, please click here (WCCPantry.com) and then click on the white “Donate Now” button. 

To follow up politically on the SNAP issue, Mills has released 1.25 million for SNAP food benefits, which is about enough to fund a day and a half of the need in Maine. This is not sufficient. Ask Governor Mills to declare a STATE OF EMERGENCY in relation to the Republican refusal to fund SNAP, or call the Legislature into special session.  Either option would  result in more funding being released to keep kids and their families from going hungry this November. Call her at 207-287-3531, or go to her website and make a comment. (SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program serving almost 170,000 families in Maine) California, Virginia, Louisiana, and Minnesota have all declared states of emergency to keep this program going. Mills may agree that this is a good way to alleviate immediate suffering in Maine.

People are ramping up mutual aid efforts. Here is a valuable resource in these hunger times.  The Maine USDA has The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP); this gives out food to organizations which are getting food to hungry people.  Could your school, non-profit, church, synagogue qualify for food?  Go here to find out. 

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.” 

Calls to Our Representatives:Calls to Our Representatives:

Release the Epstein Files – Golden and Pingree have been supportive of this – they need to continue to hear from us.

Trump and his gang have started a series of extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. A dozen civilian vessels have been blown up and dozens of people killed, with no hearings, no due process. .  Trump wants to distract from his problems at home by creating a “war” on drug traffickers in which he can order anyone he wants killed by claiming they are drug dealers.  What could go wrong? Congress has done nothing about this. Our lawmakers should be demanding an investigation of these murders NOW. For more information go here.

Call King and Collins to voice your disappointment that they supported a deal which will result in Mainer’s health insurance going up catastrophically. Ask them to reverse their vote today.  Call one friend and ask them to do the same. If everyone on this email did so, it would generate close to 200 calls today!) A family of four in Maine making $130k, is estimated to have a $16,100 ANNUAL increase in costs to their healthcare if these insurance tax credits are not extended. More on this from a NY Times article (gifted) here. (Thanks to Indivisible Bangor for the article!)

March on DC November 20 – 22 – Remove the Regime! Consider joining this National Event which will combine a march, rally, and congressional lobbying. Go here for more information. This event may involve encounters with Trump’s shock troopers, so please be prepared.

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 
~~Mid Maine Indivisible

“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”   ~~Harriet Tubman

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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 Dave!