Good morning. This newsletter will be sporadic for the next few weeks, so be sure to check out our Blue Sky and Instagram accounts for current info.

And the end of this newsletter is today’s Emanuel’s Daily Action Email Top Action to Take Today, along with the link to today’s “More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth” and the links to the full text of Monday’s (2/9) and Tuesday’s (2/10).

Two new actions from Hancock County Democrats:
Action 210 – KILL the SAVE clones! (2/09)
More Hancock County Democrats actions are found here.

Also, a new action from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance, (2/10), discussing opposing the new SAVE Act, H.R. 7296, the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act” or the “SAVE America Act” Again, continuing the fight to rein in and, hopefully, to abolish ICE, and more. 
More BCCA actions here.

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

And THANK YOU to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund! Planning events and maintaining the website and email list take money, so these donations are appreciated!

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Current News:

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Weekly Vigils in the
Bangor Area

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Tuesdays
Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, 11:00 am

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TODAY!
Wednesdays
Weekly Orono Vigil in the town center,
12:00 p. m. to 1:00 p. m.  
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Thursdays
At the Federal Building in Bangor
3:00 p. m.

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Fridays
Bangor Visibility Brigade
Essex Street Overpass in Bangor
3:30 p. m.

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ICE IN MAINE RESOURCES

The ICE resources that have been listed in previous newsletters can be found here.

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Upcoming Events:

NEXT NO KINGS PROTEST
MARCH 28, 2026

In 2025, millions of Americans came together in nonviolent protest to oppose the growing authoritarian actions of the Trump administration and affirm that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings. Since then, people have continued to rise up nonviolently against the Trump administration’s ongoing brutality and abuses of power, including the latest escalation in Minnesota. The No Kings Coalition is activating an immediate and ongoing nationwide digital organizing effort leading up to our next mass mobilization on March 28, including a flagship event in the Twin Cities.

Indivisible Bangor is actively working on these plans, so stay tuned!

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Other News:

A new PAC called American Sovereignty has produced two propaganda commercials that distort, mislead, and lie about ICE and what they are doing. One of these commercials has been seen on MS Now (formerly MSNBC). The Daily Kos has an article about it here: “Shady new ad campaign paints ICE thugs as ‘friends and neighbors’ (2/2/26).” The article states that they are running in states with “crucial Senate elections this year,” and Maine is certainly one of those states.

These commercials, along with the “win” that has been assigned to Senator Collins for getting the ICE “surge” to end in Maine, are all part of the effort to get her re-elected this November. We won’t let that happen. Write letters to the editors of your newspapers (go here for more info), keep reminding your friends what Senator Collins has done to hurt her fellow Mainers, volunteer or donate (or both!) to a campaign for her Democratic opposition.

If anyone is fooled by these commercials, they need only read about the recent Capitol Hill forum sponsored by Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California) and other Democrats, which was not attended by any Republicans. Marimar Martinez and Aliya Rahman, both Americans who were brutalized by ICE agents, with Ms. Martinez actually being shot five times, testified, along with Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renée Good.

Renée Good’s brothers, others describe assaults, shootings at hearing (2/3/26) Gift article from the Washington Post.

See some of the testimony from MS NOW on YouTube here. It is shocking and horrific.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

In celebration of Black History Month, we will be sharing local Black History and Black Community resources throughout the month.

The origins of Black History Month date back nearly a century to historian Carter G. Woodson, who sought to bring national attention to the role African Americans have played in shaping the United States. These efforts gained momentum on college campuses in the mid-20th century, and in 1976 the observance received formal federal recognition, underscoring the importance of honoring contributions that had long been underrepresented in historical narratives.

Maine’s history reflects the presence, resilience, and impact of African American communities. From early participation in maritime industries to landmarks such as the Abyssinian Meeting House, the state’s first Black church, these stories are woven into Maine’s past. Exploring this history provides valuable context for understanding both the state’s development and the diverse experiences that continue to shape it.

From Recognizing Black History Month, University of Maine at Augusta.

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Write a letter to the editor!

Letters to the editor are published regularly in the local newspapers from Mainers who support the brutal tactics of the authoritarian Trump regime. Write a letter to set the record straight. Click the button to go to the Bangor Daily News “Submit a letter or column” page, the Portland Press Herald “Letters to the editor” page, and the “Letter to the Editor” page at the Ellsworth American.

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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 visibilty actions or be a peacekeeper? Or do you just want to keep up with what we’re doing?  Sign up to volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! Your level of involvement is up to you!

Weekly member meetings are on Zoom with in-person meetings on the first Wednesday of the month. Please click the link below to sign up and we’ll help you with the process of becoming a member of Indivisible Bangor!

New members, and current members, too, are invited to join one of our monthly Zoom informational meetings, which will resume after the holidays!

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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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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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Thank you for all you do! – George and Indivisible Bangor

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Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action:

Action Wednesday February 11th: Call Your Congress People to Support Virginia’s Law + to Vote NO on the SAVE Act Coming up for Vote Today in the House

Good Morning Folks, it’s a Wednesday and we have a major win, but first according to Jamie Raskin, Trump’s name shows up 1 million times in the Epstein files (and, might I add, not one Somali name). The win is that Trump’s effort to Indict 6 Congresspeople on seditious conspiracy charges for making a video encouraging military personnel not to follow illegal orders was thrown out by the Grand Jury hearing the case.  

Top Action to Take Today: 

Ask your Congressional Representatives to co-sponsor and support “Virginia’s Law”, a billthat would  remove the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits related to sexual abuse and trafficking. This law, named after Virginia Guiffre an Epstein abuse survivor and outspoken advocate for justice,  would empower survivors by giving them a legal means to seek justice with not expiration date. Given the horrendous treatment survivors have gotten through the unreacted release of their names in the current Epstein Files release, this is a small step Congress can take to redress the harm done. More details on this in the Guardian.

For the full text of Friday’s Daily Actions, click here: Friday 2/6.

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!  

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 

~~Emanuel

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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!

More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth

More Actions Today if You Have the BandwidthContact your House and Senate Representatives to vote NO on the SAVE act HR 7296 – coming up tomorrow in the House, and vote No on the MEGA Act, HR 7300 both of which are voter suppression efforts. The new SAVE Act adds new requirements that voters present a proof of citizenship both when registering to vote and when casting a ballot – 5calls.org has more on this.  “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) would ban mail in ballots, limit absentee voting Go to 5calls.org for more information and a script for this call/contact. 
Contact Congressional Representatives to have ALL of the Epstein Files Released and Support S. 2746, the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act: : Congressman Rho Khanna has demanded that Epstein’s associates named in these files be investigated by Congress, even though Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General + former personal Trump lawyer, has said that the case is over, and “it isn’t a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.” In this most recent release, the DOJ did not redact the name of many survivors and allowed nude pictures of them to be included.  This is beyond disgusting. More on this at Democracy Now For a script and more information go to 5calls.org.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee (that oversees US banking) has been demanding access to Epstein’s finances. To this end, he introduced S. 2746 (the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act), which would require the Secretary of the Treasury to produce suspicious activity reports relating to Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Republicans are currently blocking this bill. Call Senators King and Collins to urge them to cosponsor S. 2746.ICE related ActionsContact our Congressional Representatives to: Claw back the 175 BILLION dollar slush fund that was approved in the “OBBA”(The Budget Bill Passed this Summer), for Immigration enforcement actions over the next four years. Collins + King both voted in favor of the Sanders Amendment which clawed back 75 Billion from ICE and CBP. Thank them for this, and then ask them to clawback this funding, and defund ICE and CBP until they meet standards of conduct for police professionals. For more information and a script go to 5calls.org for defunding ICE, and here for the 175 Billion Dollar Clawback. They will be voting next week on this – February 13th.
On Jan. 29, at 1 pm the Maine legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on an emergency bill, LD 2106 “An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review” to make sure ICE can’t enter private spaces in hospitals, schools, and childcare centers (learn more here ).  MPA has an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.
There is a move afoot to tax corporations who wish to build ICE prison camps in Maine at a higher level than regular corporate tax to offset the demands on local resources. Along with simply disallowing these camps through local zoning action and public outcry, cutting into the profit margin of these businesses is another way to dissuade them from trying to settle in Maine. ICE has 45 billion dollars to build/rent/purchase prison camp facilities – see a full report on this here from the Brennan Center.

Maine’s Attorney General Aaron Frey has started an ICE tip-line Citizens are urged to report intimidating and excessive federal enforcement behavior to CitizenReporting.OAG@maine.gov. “

Emailers should be advised that any content sent may be subject to public dissemination under Maine’s Freedom of Access Laws.

”The Maine Immigrant’s  Rights Coalition has set up a resource hub on responding to ICE.  If you see what you identify as an ICE vehicle in your town call the ICE Watch hotline in Maine:207 544 9989. You can also text them a photo of what you believe to be an ICE vehicle, or any ICE actions in your area.
Call or write King, Collins, Golden or Pingree and demand a full investigation of ICE killings, refuse to pass extra appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security which funds ICE, and call for the Impeachment of Kristi (Cowboy Hat) Noem.  For more information and a script for your call go to 5calls.org.

There are now 140 co-sponsors of a bill to impeach Krist Noem, Head of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings.If you want to get more involved check out 

this training manual for becoming an ICE verifier.

The Maine ACLU has a page on preparation for ICE invasion: go here. 

Other resist ICE resources: Resources from the Democracy Security Project:  Printable De-Escalation Pocket Guide  Printable Protest Pocket Guide       Other DSP Resources 
Finally, 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project. 

Environmental Actions

LD 1870, the climate superfund bill was passed out of committee!  Next it’s headed to the Senate for a vote.  If you support this important legislation, please continue to contact your legislators about LD 1870 and urge them to Make Polluters Pay!   To learn NRCM’s priority bills for this short session,check their YouTube channel  Check out  https://www.nrcm.org/events/  (thank you Linda for this info.)

ACA Related Actions

Call/write Senators King and Collins to support extending the ACA tax credits as the House did on January 8th.  The House’s version is a “clean” extension with no amendments.  The Maine People’s Alliance makes this really easy, go here. If you wish to write your own note or call, our Senator’s  contact information is below in the Contact Information part of this email. For more information go to 5calls.org. For a full toolkit on how to support this action  go here. This bill passed in the house!!Boycott: Being a consumer is one of the greatest powers we have as members of a capitalist economy.   For a complete list of ICE related boycotts go to https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ a new website that lists and explains all the corporations that are directly enabling the Trump administration’s nasty policies and/or helping ICE and CBP: (Thanks Shelly for this link)  Another resource on Boycotting – Scott Galloway’s podcast – Raging Moderates, discusses boycotting TechBro products at about 14:30 into the podcast, go here. (thank you Wendilee for this)

Mutual Aid

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.”   Activate Maine also has a Mutual Aid page with lots of resources.

Heating Assistance:  If you have friends, neighbors, or need support for Heating Assistance, Li Heap funds have been authorized for Maine, Click here to learn more about applying for LIHEAP assistance. 

Insurance Crisis:  The ACA cuts are in the Senate to be voted on. Please contact Esther at the Maine People’s Alliance who is collecting personal testimony to support the passage of the ACA tax cuts. 

ICE Related Mutual Aid: Both documented and undocumented immigrants are staying home in Maine, scared to leave the house to go shopping, bring their children to school, go to Dr’s appointments etc. You can help go here to find out how.

Arts and Politics!

If you live near Skowhegan check out Kevin James Studios at 127 Water Street for a whole gallery of resistance art!  (Let me know if you know of other art galleries showing political art and I will list them here.)Attached below is a poster for anyone who wishes to display it in their home, office, on demonstrations, protests, vigils. Thanks to Catie for creating this beautiful piece of activist art

Research!

Learn more about Chenoweth’s 3.5% rule – go to one or more of these links: Wikipedia:    BBCHarvard:

The Resource Alliance . (Thank you Beth for these links!) Get connected to Govtrack.US for daily information on what’s going on in Congress in terms of bills and votes.

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. 
• 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project.

State Wide Actions

• See Abbie Mcmillen’s State Legislature action email 209 attached below on bills coming up in the Maine Legislature this week.
• Calendar March 28th for the next NO KINGS national mobilization
• As Abbie McMillen points out in her Action 207, “Keep Maine Blue”, post  there is a special election in Lewiston coming up February 24. Democrat Scott Harriman is running for the House.  His campaign needs donations, time, and energy to beat a challenging MAGA-aligned candidate. Find out more about Scott here and here (Maine Beacon Article).  You can help by making a donation, joining a canvassing effort on a Saturday morning: 2/7, 2/14 or 2/21, and joining a phone bank on a Monday evening  2/23. The balance of power in Maine is very close in the House – Dems 74, Republicans 72, Independents 3.
• Support LD 2106 to prevent ICE + CBP from entering private spaces in Schools, Hospitals, Libraries and Daycare Centers. There is an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.
• More ICE resistance: Check in with organizations in Lewiston and Portland to see how you can help. Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings.   Here is the number for the ICE Watch hotline in Maine: 207 544 9989
• Mid Maine Indivisible has a great weekly newsletter – To sign up: go here. Indivisible Bangor has a great daily newsletter and actions go here to sign up. If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here. The Bold Coast Civic Alliance has a newsletter as well as the Hancock County Democrat.   Cumberland County Indivisible newsletter go here.  Greater Portland Indivisible, go here. We are developing a great ecosystem for resistance communications in Maine.

Find Your State Senator: By name:

Here , By district: Here

Find your State Representative: By name: Here , By District:Here

New:

For Maine State Legislative Calendar day by day go  here

For links to US Legislative Calendars go here

Check complete bill listing  here.                                                     
Find the text of any bill here                                                                                      

Instructions for testifying are here 

LOCAL ACTIONS: 

Mid Maine Indivisible is sponsoring two NOT-THIS-PRESIDENT events on President’s Day, Monday February 16th. One is a virtual event accessible to anyone here. And one is an in-person event which you can sign up for here. The idea is to contrast what a President you would respect does with our current inhabitant of the White House.

Join Mid Maine Indivisible(Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. 

The Capital Area New Mainers Project is collecting furniture and kitchen supplies for families in our area. They are helping a family who lost everything in a house fire – you can contribute 

here to this fund. 

. To donate fill out the form here.

There is a community member who is looking to provide home cleaning services in the Waterville area for $25 an hour. Send an email with subject “Cleaning” to get in contact for scheduling! You would be providing income for a local mother with an infant son to care for.   

Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English?  To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. An English Learning option at the Waterville library at 1:00 on Mondays is also an option for volunteers. Contact CANMP for the details. You can also Donate to the Capitol Area New Mainers Project’s rapid response fund. CANMP is actively helping those affected by ICE abductions, both with legal funding and other financial support for family members.

The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and partners have organized an ICE watch Hotline  in Maine. They need volunteer hotline operators to answer phones from Mainers concerned about ICE sitings. They are looking for folks fluent in one or more of the following: Spanish, French and Portugese. 207-544-9989

Wednesday, February 11th: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville,  Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center.  For more info please contact Elayne Richard  at recordconnection@gmail.com

Thursday, February 12th, (And Every Thursday) Fairfield Benton Bridge 3-4 pm:….stop the coup, support Democracy, ICE OUT 

First Saturday of Each Month: Somerset Stands Up Rallies 2:30-Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.

Sunday, February 14th : 1:00 (and every Sunday) Bridge on KMD by the CVS Waterville: Stop the Killing, (ICE, Venezuela, USAID closing, ACA extensions dropped, etc.)

Monday, February 16th:  Not-This-President’s Day – For a full description and to sign up for the In Person demo go here;  for the virtual demo go here.

Tuesday, February 17th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday) Tesla Charging Stations at Elm Plaza, Waterville  Stand with us to remind the traffic that we need to WAKE UP and start resisting the authoritarian take over of our Government. We have been at this location since Tuesday, Feb. 4th? 2025!

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!   As always, throw a little sand in their gears! ~~Emanuel

“The ballot is the only safety.”
– Frederick Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.

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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!

Action Tuesday February 10th: Support Voting Rights – Don’t Let Trump Steal the 2026 Elections – Ask Our Congressional Reps to Vote No on SAVE and MEGA

Good Morning Folks, greetings to our second Monday in February. As usual lots going on – perhaps most immediately an anti-war, anti-Hegseth protest in Bath today from 12:30 to 3:30 at the Bath Post Office, 750 Washington Street. See poster below.

Top Action to Take Today: 

Let’s continue to hammer voting rights as Trump + cronies try to devise ways to rig the 2026 elections. Contact your House and Senate Representatives to vote NO on the SAVE act HR 7296 – coming up tomorrow in the House, and vote No on the MEGA Act, HR 7300 both of which are voter suppression efforts. The new SAVE Act 

adds new requirements that voters present a proof of citizenship both when registering to vote and when casting a ballot – 5calls.org has more on this.  “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) would ban mail in ballots, limit absentee voting Go to 5calls.org for more information and a script for this call/contact. 

More Actions Today if You Have the BandwidthContact Congressional Representatives to have ALL of the Epstein Files Released and Support S. 2746, the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act: : Congressman Rho Khanna has demanded that Epstein’s associates named in these files be investigated by Congress, even though Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General + former personal Trump lawyer, has said that the case is over, and “it isn’t a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.” In this most recent release, the DOJ did not redact the name of many survivors and allowed nude pictures of them to be included.  This is beyond disgusting. More on this at Democracy Now  For a script and more information go to 5calls.org.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee (that oversees US banking) has been demanding access to Epstein’s finances. To this end, he introduced S. 2746 (the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act), which would require the Secretary of the Treasury to produce suspicious activity reports relating to Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Republicans are currently blocking this bill. Call Senators King and Collins to urge them to cosponsor S. 2746.ICE related ActionsContact our Congressional Representatives to: Claw back the 175 BILLION dollar slush fund that was approved in the “OBBA”(The Budget Bill Passed this Summer), for Immigration enforcement actions over the next four years. Collins + King both voted in favor of the Sanders Amendment which clawed back 75 Billion from ICE and CBP. Thank them for this, and then ask them to clawback this funding, and defund ICE and CBP until they meet standards of conduct for police professionals. For more information and a script go to 5calls.org for defunding ICE, and here for the 175 Billion Dollar Clawback. They will be voting next week on this – February 13th.
On Jan. 29, at 1 pm the Maine legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on an emergency bill, LD 2106 “An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review” to make sure ICE can’t enter private spaces in hospitals, schools, and childcare centers (learn more here ).  MPA has an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.
There is a move afoot to tax corporations who wish to build ICE prison camps in Maine at a higher level than regular corporate tax to offset the demands on local resources. Along with simply disallowing these camps through local zoning action and public outcry, cutting into the profit margin of these businesses is another way to dissuade them from trying to settle in Maine. ICE has 45 billion dollars to build/rent/purchase prison camp facilities – see a full report on this here from the Brennan Center.

Maine’s Attorney General Aaron Frey has started an ICE tip-line Citizens are urged to report intimidating and excessive federal enforcement behavior to CitizenReporting.OAG@maine.gov. “

Emailers should be advised that any content sent may be subject to public dissemination under Maine’s Freedom of Access Laws.”

Bruce Springsteen just released the Streets of Minneapolis – exactly what we need to keep our momentum building!

The Maine Immigrant’s  Rights Coalition has set up a resource hub on responding to ICE.  If you see what you identify as an ICE vehicle in your town call the ICE Watch hotline in Maine:207 544 9989. You can also text them a photo of what you believe to be an ICE vehicle, or any ICE actions in your area.

Call or write King, Collins, Golden or Pingree and demand a full investigation of ICE killings, refuse to pass extra appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security which funds ICE, and call for the Impeachment of Kristi (Cowboy Hat) Noem.  For more information and a script for your call go to 5calls.org.

There are now 140 co-sponsors of a bill to impeach Krist Noem, Head of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings.If you want to get more involved check out 

this training manual for becoming an ICE verifier.

The Maine ACLU has a page on preparation for ICE invasion: go here. 

Other resist ICE resources: Resources from the Democracy Security Project:  Printable De-Escalation Pocket Guide  Printable Protest Pocket Guide       Other DSP Resources 
Finally, 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project. 

Environmental Actions

LD 1870, the climate superfund bill was passed out of committee!  Next it’s headed to the Senate for a vote.  If you support this important legislation, please continue to contact your legislators about LD 1870 and urge them to Make Polluters Pay!   To learn NRCM’s priority bills for this short session,check their YouTube channel  Check out  https://www.nrcm.org/events/  (thank you Linda for this info.)

ACA Related Actions

Call/write Senators King and Collins to support extending the ACA tax credits as the House did on January 8th.  The House’s version is a “clean” extension with no amendments.  The Maine People’s Alliance makes this really easy, go here. If you wish to write your own note or call, our Senator’s  contact information is below in the Contact Information part of this email. For more information go to 5calls.org. For a full toolkit on how to support this action  go here. This bill passed in the house!!Boycott: Being a consumer is one of the greatest powers we have as members of a capitalist economy.   For a complete list of ICE related boycotts go to https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ a new website that lists and explains all the corporations that are directly enabling the Trump administration’s nasty policies and/or helping ICE and CBP: (Thanks Shelly for this link)  Another resource on Boycotting – Scott Galloway’s podcast – Raging Moderates, discusses boycotting TechBro products at about 14:30 into the podcast, go here. (thank you Wendilee for this)

Mutual Aid

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.”   Activate Maine also has a Mutual Aid page with lots of resources.

Heating Assistance:  If you have friends, neighbors, or need support for Heating Assistance, Li Heap funds have been authorized for Maine, Click here to learn more about applying for LIHEAP assistance. 

Insurance Crisis:  The ACA cuts are in the Senate to be voted on. Please contact Esther at the Maine People’s Alliance who is collecting personal testimony to support the passage of the ACA tax cuts. 

ICE Related Mutual Aid: Both documented and undocumented immigrants are staying home in Maine, scared to leave the house to go shopping, bring their children to school, go to Dr’s appointments etc. You can help go here to find out how.

Arts and Politics!

If you live near Skowhegan check out Kevin James Studios at 127 Water Street for a whole gallery of resistance art!  (Let me know if you know of other art galleries showing political art and I will list them here.)Attached below is a poster for anyone who wishes to display it in their home, office, on demonstrations, protests, vigils. Thanks to Catie for creating this beautiful piece of activist art

Research!

Learn more about Chenoweth’s 3.5% rule – go to one or more of these links: Wikipedia:    BBCHarvard:

The Resource Alliance . (Thank you Beth for these links!) Get connected to Govtrack.US for daily information on what’s going on in Congress in terms of bills and votes.

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. 
• 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project.

State Wide Actions

• See Abbie Mcmillen’s State Legislature action email 209 attached below on bills coming up in the Maine Legislature this week.
• Calendar March 28th for the next NO KINGS national mobilization
• As Abbie McMillen points out in her Action 207, “Keep Maine Blue”, post  there is a special election in Lewiston coming up February 24. Democrat Scott Harriman is running for the House.  His campaign needs donations, time, and energy to beat a challenging MAGA-aligned candidate. Find out more about Scott here and here (Maine Beacon Article).  You can help by making a donation, joining a canvassing effort on a Saturday morning: 2/7, 2/14 or 2/21, and joining a phone bank on a Monday evening  2/23. The balance of power in Maine is very close in the House – Dems 74, Republicans 72, Independents 3.
• Support LD 2106 to prevent ICE + CBP from entering private spaces in Schools, Hospitals, Libraries and Daycare Centers. There is an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.
• More ICE resistance: Check in with organizations in Lewiston and Portland to see how you can help. Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings.   Here is the number for the ICE Watch hotline in Maine: 207 544 9989
• Mid Maine Indivisible has a great weekly newsletter – To sign up: go here. Indivisible Bangor has a great daily newsletter and actions go here to sign up. If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here. The Bold Coast Civic Alliance has a newsletter as well as the Hancock County Democrat.   Cumberland County Indivisible newsletter go here.  Greater Portland Indivisible, go here. We are developing a great ecosystem for resistance communications in Maine.

Find Your State Senator: By name:

Here , By district: Here

Find your State Representative: By name: Here , By District:Here

New:

For Maine State Legislative Calendar day by day go  here

For links to US Legislative Calendars go here

Check complete bill listing  here.                                                     
Find the text of any bill here                                                                                      

Instructions for testifying are here 

LOCAL ACTIONS: 

Mid Maine Indivisible is sponsoring two NOT-THIS-PRESIDENT events on President’s Day, Monday February 16th. One is a virtual event accessible to anyone here. And one is an in-person event which you can sign up for here. The idea is to contrast what a President you would respect does with our current inhabitant of the White House.

Join Mid Maine Indivisible(Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. 

The Capital Area New Mainers Project is collecting furniture and kitchen supplies for families in our area. They are helping a family who lost everything in a house fire – you can contribute 

here to this fund. 

. To donate fill out the form here.

There is a community member who is looking to provide home cleaning services in the Waterville area for $25 an hour. Send an email with subject “Cleaning” to get in contact for scheduling! You would be providing income for a local mother with an infant son to care for.   

Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English?  To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. An English Learning option at the Waterville library at 1:00 on Mondays is also an option for volunteers. Contact CANMP for the details. You can also Donate to the Capitol Area New Mainers Project’s rapid response fund. CANMP is actively helping those affected by ICE abductions, both with legal funding and other financial support for family members.

The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and partners have organized an ICE watch Hotline  in Maine. They need volunteer hotline operators to answer phones from Mainers concerned about ICE sitings. They are looking for folks fluent in one or more of the following: Spanish, French and Portugese. 207-544-9989

Tuesday, February 10th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday) Tesla Charging Stations at Elm Plaza, Waterville  Stand with us to remind the traffic that we need to WAKE UP and start resisting the authoritarian take over of our Government. We have been at this location since Tuesday, Feb. 4th? 2025!

Wednesday, February 11th: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville,  Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center.  For more info please contact Elayne Richard  at recordconnection@gmail.com

Thursday, February 12th, (And Every Thursday) Fairfield Benton Bridge 3-4 pm:….stop the coup, support Democracy, ICE OUT 

First Saturday of Each Month: Somerset Stands Up Rallies 2:30-Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.

Sunday, February 14th : 1:00 (and every Sunday) Bridge on KMD by the CVS Waterville: Stop the Killing, (ICE, Venezuela, USAID closing, ACA extensions dropped, etc.)

Monday, February 16th:  Not-This-President’s Day – For a full description and to sign up for the In Person demo go here;  for the virtual demo go here.

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!   As always, throw a little sand in their gears! Emanuel

“Non-collaboration is a dynamic weapon. We must refuse. We must use it to send this government to the grave.” Nelson Mandela

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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!

Action Monday February 9th: Contact Golden and Pingree to Vote NO on the SAVE Act + Consider Joining the Anti-War Protest Today at Bath Iron Works

Good Morning Folks, greetings to our second Monday in February. As usual lots going on – perhaps most immediately an anti-war, anti-Hegseth protest in Bath today from 12:30 to 3:30 at the Bath Post Office, 750 Washington Street. See poster below.

Top Action to Take Today: 

Contact your House and Senate Representatives to vote NO on the SAVE act – coming up this week in the House is the SAVE act which is basically a voter suppression effort by Trump and Republicans. According to 5calls.org “

This bill maintains the language of the original SAVE Act and adds new requirements that voters present a proof of citizenship both when registering to vote and when casting a ballot, drastically increasing the difficulty for eligible voters. The bill still faces significant opposition in the Senate.

More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth    Contact Congressional Representatives to have ALL of the Epstein Files Released and Support S. 2746, the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act: : Congressman Rho Khanna has demanded that Epstein’s associates named in these files be investigated by Congress, even though Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General + former personal Trump lawyer, has said that the case is over, and “it isn’t a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.” In this most recent release, the DOJ did not redact the name of many survivors and allowed nude pictures of them to be included.  This is beyond disgusting. More on this at Democracy Now  See the attached email below from them as well. For a script and more information go to 5calls.org.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee (that oversees US banking) has been demanding access to Epstein’s finances. To this end, he introduced S. 2746 (the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act), which would require the Secretary of the Treasury to produce suspicious activity reports relating to Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Republicans are currently blocking this bill. Call Senators King and Collins to urge them to cosponsor S. 2746.If you have done the above, let’s make contact with our Congressional Representatives to ask them to oppose the “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) This act would require voter ID, ban mail in ballots, and use the Republican lies about widespread fraud in elections to allow the Federal Government to supersede state’s rights in voting procedures. Go to 5calls.org for more information and a script for this call/contact. 
As Abbie McMillen points out in her Action 207, “Keep Maine Blue”, post (attached) there is a special election in Lewiston coming up February 24. Democrat Scott Harriman is running for the House.  His campaign needs donations, time, and energy to beat a challenging MAGA-aligned candidate. Find out more about Scott here and here (Maine Beacon Article).  You can help by making a donation, joining a canvassing effort on a Saturday morning: 2/7, 2/14 or 2/21, and joining a phone bank on a Monday evening  2/23. The balance of power in Maine is very close in the House – Dems 74, Republicans 72, Independents 3.

ICE related ActionsContact our Congressional Representatives to: Claw back the 175 BILLION dollar slush fund that was approved in the “OBBA”(The Budget Bill Passed this Summer), for Immigration enforcement actions over the next four years. Collins + King both voted in favor of the Sanders Amendment which clawed back 75 Billion from ICE and CBP. Thank them for this, and then ask them to clawback this funding, and defund ICE and CBP until they meet standards of conduct for police professionals. For more information and a script go to 5calls.org for defunding ICE, and here for the 175 Billion Dollar Clawback. They will be voting next week on this – February 13th.
On Jan. 29, at 1 pm the Maine legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on an emergency bill, LD 2106 “An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review” to make sure ICE can’t enter private spaces in hospitals, schools, and childcare centers (learn more here ).  MPA has an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.

Maine’s Attorney General Aaron Frey has started an ICE tip-line Citizens are urged to report intimidating and excessive federal enforcement behavior to CitizenReporting.OAG@maine.gov. “

Emailers should be advised that any content sent may be subject to public dissemination under Maine’s Freedom of Access Laws.”

Bruce Springsteen just released the Streets of Minneapolis – exactly what we need to keep our momentum building!

The Maine Immigrant’s  Rights Coalition has set up a resource hub on responding to ICE.  If you see what you identify as an ICE vehicle in your town call the ICE Watch hotline in Maine:207 544 9989. You can also text them a photo of what you believe to be an ICE vehicle, or any ICE actions in your area.

Call or write King, Collins, Golden or Pingree and demand a full investigation of ICE killings, refuse to pass extra appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security which funds ICE, and call for the Impeachment of Kristi (Cowboy Hat) Noem.  For more information and a script for your call go to 5calls.org.

There are now 140 co-sponsors of a bill to impeach Krist Noem, Head of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings.If you want to get more involved check out 

this training manual for becoming an ICE verifier.

The Maine ACLU has a page on preparation for ICE invasion: go here. 

Other resist ICE resources: Resources from the Democracy Security Project:  Printable De-Escalation Pocket Guide  Printable Protest Pocket Guide       Other DSP Resources 
Finally, 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project. 

Environmental Actions

LD 1870, the climate superfund bill was passed out of committee!  Next it’s headed to the Senate for a vote.  If you support this important legislation, please continue to contact your legislators about LD 1870 and urge them to Make Polluters Pay!   To learn NRCM’s priority bills for this short session,check their YouTube channel  Check out  https://www.nrcm.org/events/  (thank you Linda for this info.)

ACA Related Actions

Call/write Senators King and Collins to support extending the ACA tax credits as the House did on January 8th.  The House’s version is a “clean” extension with no amendments.  The Maine People’s Alliance makes this really easy, go here. If you wish to write your own note or call, our Senator’s  contact information is below in the Contact Information part of this email. For more information go to 5calls.org. For a full toolkit on how to support this action  go here. This bill passed in the house!!Boycott: Being a consumer is one of the greatest powers we have as members of a capitalist economy.   For a complete list of ICE related boycotts go to https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ a new website that lists and explains all the corporations that are directly enabling the Trump administration’s nasty policies and/or helping ICE and CBP: (Thanks Shelly for this link)  Another resource on Boycotting – Scott Galloway’s podcast – Raging Moderates, discusses boycotting TechBro products at about 14:30 into the podcast, go here. (thank you Wendilee for this)

Mutual Aid

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.”   Activate Maine also has a Mutual Aid page with lots of resources.

Heating Assistance:  If you have friends, neighbors, or need support for Heating Assistance, Li Heap funds have been authorized for Maine, Click here to learn more about applying for LIHEAP assistance. 

Insurance Crisis:  The ACA cuts are in the Senate to be voted on. Please contact Esther at the Maine People’s Alliance who is collecting personal testimony to support the passage of the ACA tax cuts. 

ICE Related Mutual Aid: Both documented and undocumented immigrants are staying home in Maine, scared to leave the house to go shopping, bring their children to school, go to Dr’s appointments etc. You can help go here to find out how.

Arts and Politics!

If you live near Skowhegan check out Kevin James Studios at 127 Water Street for a whole gallery of resistance art!  (Let me know if you know of other art galleries showing political art and I will list them here.)Attached below is a poster for anyone who wishes to display it in their home, office, on demonstrations, protests, vigils. Thanks to Catie for creating this beautiful piece of activist art

Research!

Learn more about Chenoweth’s 3.5% rule – go to one or more of these links: Wikipedia:    BBCHarvard:

The Resource Alliance . (Thank you Beth for these links!) Get connected to Govtrack.US for daily information on what’s going on in Congress in terms of bills and votes.

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. 
• 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project.

State Wide Actions

• Lisa Savage is leading a group to protest Pete Hegseth when he comes to speak at BIW on Monday, February 9th.  If you want to join the action contact her at  lsavage3@gmail.com. The protest is today at the Bath Post Office, 750 Washington Street – 12:30 to 3:30.
• See Abbie Mcmillen’s State Legislature action email 209 attached below on bills coming up in the Maine Legislature this week.]
• (Calendar March 28th for the next NO KINGS national mobilization)
• Support LD 2106 to prevent ICE + CBP from entering private spaces in Schools, Hospitals, Libraries and Daycare Centers. There is an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.
• More ICE resistance: Check in with organizations in Lewiston and Portland to see how you can help. Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings. Get trained to field, verify, and document potential community ICE sightings and provide trusted, reliable information on ICE activity to immigrant communities.  Here is the number for the ICE Watch hotline in Maine: 207 544 9989
• Mid Maine Indivisible has a great weekly newsletter – To sign up: go here. Indivisible Bangor has a great daily newsletter and actions go here to sign up. If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here. The Bold Coast Civic Alliance has a newsletter as well as the Hancock County Democrat.   Cumberland County Indivisible newsletter go here.  Greater Portland Indivisible, go here. We are developing a great ecosystem for resistance communications in Maine.

Find Your State Senator: By name:

Here , By district: Here

Find your State Representative: By name: Here , By District:Here

New:

For Maine State Legislative Calendar day by day go  here

For links to US Legislative Calendars go here

Check complete bill listing  here.                                                     
Find the text of any bill here                                                                                      

Instructions for testifying are here 

LOCAL ACTIONS: 

Mid Maine Indivisible is sponsoring two NOT-THIS-PRESIDENT events on President’s Day, February 16th. One is a virtual event accessible to anyone here. And one is an in-person event which you can sign up for here. The idea is to contrast what a President you would respect does with our current inhabitant of the White House.

Join Mid Maine Indivisible(Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. 

The Capital Area New Mainers Project is collecting furniture and kitchen supplies for families in our area. They are helping a family who lost everything in a house fire – you can contribute 

here to this fund. They are also looking for the following in good condition for families they are working with: 

•Living Room: Sofas, TVs, armchairs, coffee tables, end tables•Dining & Kitchen: Dining tables, chairs, sideboards, cooking utensils, small kitchen appliances•Bedroom: Dressers, nightstands, bed frames, rugs, blankets (no mattresses or pillows)•Baby Items: Gently used toys and clothes (separated by age), strollers, cribs, diapers, wipes•Office: Desks, sturdy bookshelves. To donate fill out the form here.

There is a community member who is looking to provide home cleaning services in the Waterville area for $25 an hour. Send an email with subject “Cleaning” to get in contact for scheduling! You would be providing income for a local mother with an infant son to care for.   

Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English?  To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. An English Learning option at the Waterville library at 1:00 on Mondays is also an option for volunteers. Contact CANMP for the details. You can also Donate to the Capitol Area New Mainers Project’s rapid response fund. CANMP is actively helping those affected by ICE abductions, both with legal funding and other financial support for family members.

The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and partners have organized an ICE watch Hotline  in Maine. They need volunteer hotline operators to answer phones from Mainers concerned about ICE sitings. They are looking for folks fluent in one or more of the following: Spanish, French and Portugese. 207-544-9989

Tuesday, February 10th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday) Old Location at Tesla Charging Stations at Elm Plaza, Waterville  Stand with us to remind the traffic that we need to WAKE UP and start resisting the authoritarian take over of our Government. We have been at this location since Tuesday, Feb. 4th? 2025!

Wednesday, February 11th: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville,  Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center.  For more info please contact Elayne Richard  at recordconnection@gmail.com

Thursday, February 12th, (And Every Thursday) Fairfield Benton Bridge 3-4 pm:….stop the coup, support Democracy, ICE OUT 

Somerset Stands Up Rallies 2:30-Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.First Saturday of Each Month: 1:00 (and every Sunday) Bridge on KMD by the CVS Waterville: Stop the Killing, (ICE, Venezuela, USAID closing, ACA extensions dropped, etc.) Sunday, February 14th

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!   As always, throw a little sand in their gears! Emanuel 

“I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”  Booker T. Washington

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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!

Good morning. This newsletter will be sporadic for the next few weeks, so be sure to check out our Blue Sky and Instagram accounts for current info.

Following this newsletter is the link to the full text of Friday’s Emanuel’s Daily Action Email from Augusta.

Two new actions from Hancock County Democrats:
Action 208 – ICE OUT of our faces! (2/6)
Action 209:  Maine Legislation 2/9-2/13 (2/8)
More Hancock County Democrats actions are found here.

Also, a new action from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance, (2/6), discussing an investigation of the seizure of Georgia 2020 ballots by the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence,  de-funding/abolishing ICE, local Maine issues, and other items.
More BCCA actions here.

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

And THANK YOU to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund! Planning events and maintaining the website and email list take money, so these donations are appreciated!

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Weekly Vigils in the
Bangor Area

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Tomorrow
Tuesdays
Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, 11:00 am

also Tomorrow, 2/10
Hammond Street Visibility Brigade
2:30 p. m.

*****
Wednesdays
Weekly Orono Vigil in the town center,
12:00 p. m. to 1:00 p. m.  
*****
Thursdays
At the Federal Building in Bangor
3:00 p. m.

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Fridays
Bangor Visibility Brigade
Essex Street Overpass in Bangor
3:30 p. m.

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ICE IN MAINE RESOURCES

The ICE resources that have been listed in previous newsletters can be found here.

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Upcoming Events:

TODAY
2/9/2026
Pete Hegseth at
Bath Iron Works

****TODAY****
Monday, February 9
NEW TIME: 12noon – 3:00pm ET 

Healthcare Not Warfare! 
Peaceful Protest
Sagadahoc Bridge
Bath ME

Sagadahoc, Brunswick Area, Harpswell, and Lincoln County Indivisible will hold a peaceful anti-Hegseth, anti-Trump protest on Monday, February 9, from 10am to 1pm ET, at the Sagadahoc Bridge. Please dress warmly and join us with flags and signs (some signs will be available for loan). Please consider ride sharing and park in legal spots. Parking is available on Commercial Street going up to and including Washington Street. The bridge ramp can accommodate wheelchairs, but a strong pusher is necessary. Sponsored with the participation of MidCoast Youth Activists and Community Organizing Alliance of Lewiston.

From the Bangor Daily News: Pete Hegseth plans speech at Bath Iron Works next week (2/4)

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NEXT NO KINGS PROTEST
MARCH 28, 2026

In 2025, millions of Americans came together in nonviolent protest to oppose the growing authoritarian actions of the Trump administration and affirm that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings. Since then, people have continued to rise up nonviolently against the Trump administration’s ongoing brutality and abuses of power, including the latest escalation in Minnesota. The No Kings Coalition is activating an immediate and ongoing nationwide digital organizing effort leading up to our next mass mobilization on March 28, including a flagship event in the Twin Cities.

Indivisible Bangor is actively working on these plans, so stay tuned!

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Other News:

A new PAC called American Sovereignty has produced two propaganda commercials that distort, mislead, and lie about ICE and what they are doing. One of these commercials has been seen on MS Now (formerly MSNBC). The Daily Kos has an article about it here: “Shady new ad campaign paints ICE thugs as ‘friends and neighbors’ (2/2/26).” The article states that they are running in states with “crucial Senate elections this year,” and Maine is certainly one of those states.

These commercials, along with the “win” that has been assigned to Senator Collins for getting the ICE “surge” to end in Maine, are all part of the effort to get her re-elected this November. We won’t let that happen. Write letters to the editors of your newspapers (go here for more info), keep reminding your friends what Senator Collins has done to hurt her fellow Mainers, volunteer or donate (or both!) to a campaign for her Democratic opposition.

If anyone is fooled by these commercials, they need only read about the recent Capitol Hill forum sponsored by Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California) and other Democrats, which was not attended by any Republicans. Marimar Martinez and Aliya Rahman, both Americans who were brutalized by ICE agents, with Ms. Martinez actually being shot five times, testified, along with Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renée Good.

Renée Good’s brothers, others describe assaults, shootings at hearing (2/3/26) Gift article from the Washington Post.

See some of the testimony from MS NOW on YouTube here. It is shocking and horrific.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

In celebration of Black History Month, we will be sharing local Black History and Black Community resources throughout the month.

The origins of Black History Month date back nearly a century to historian Carter G. Woodson, who sought to bring national attention to the role African Americans have played in shaping the United States. These efforts gained momentum on college campuses in the mid-20th century, and in 1976 the observance received formal federal recognition, underscoring the importance of honoring contributions that had long been underrepresented in historical narratives.

Maine’s history reflects the presence, resilience, and impact of African American communities. From early participation in maritime industries to landmarks such as the Abyssinian Meeting House, the state’s first Black church, these stories are woven into Maine’s past. Exploring this history provides valuable context for understanding both the state’s development and the diverse experiences that continue to shape it.

From Recognizing Black History Month, University of Maine at Augusta.

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Write a letter to the editor!

Letters to the editor are published regularly in the local newspapers from Mainers who support the brutal tactics of the authoritarian Trump regime. Write a letter to set the record straight. Click the button to go to the Bangor Daily News “Submit a letter or column” page, the Portland Press Herald “Letters to the editor” page, and the “Letter to the Editor” page at the Ellsworth American.

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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 visibilty actions or be a peacekeeper? Or do you just want to keep up with what we’re doing?  Sign up to volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! Your level of involvement is up to you!

Weekly member meetings are on Zoom with in-person meetings on the first Wednesday of the month. Please click the link below to sign up and we’ll help you with the process of becoming a member of Indivisible Bangor!

New members, and current members, too, are invited to join one of our monthly Zoom informational meetings, which will resume after the holidays!

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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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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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Please donate! Donations help pay for supplies, website, outreach, and to fund the many upcoming actions in Maine

Thank you for all you do! – George and Indivisible Bangor

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Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action:

For the full text of Friday’s Daily Actions, click here: Friday 2/6.

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!  

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 

~~Emanuel

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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!

Action Friday February 6th: Demand the Release of All the Epstein Files and Investigate People Named in Files + Decry Outing of Survivors

Good Morning Folks, first week in February over and so many things to react to. It’s like being presented with a cornucopia of bad fruit; you will get indigestion trying to respond to all of them. It’s one of our burdens in this news-rich environment that we can take in way more information than we can respond to. My effort is to pick one thing a day to do and match it with something that builds community, creativity or my sense of being alive. 

Top Action to Take Today: 

Contact Congressional Representatives to have ALL of the Epstein Files Released: Congressman Rho Khanna has demanded that Epstein’s associates named in these files be investigated by Congress, even though Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General + former personal Trump lawyer, has said that the case is over, and “it isn’t a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.” In this most recent release, the DOJ did not redact the name of many survivors and allowed nude pictures of them to be included.  This is beyond disgusting. More on this at Democracy Now  See the attached email below from them as well. For a script and more information go to 5calls.org.

More Actions Today if You Have the BandwidthCall/write Senators King and Collins to support extending the ACA tax credits as the House did on January 8th.  The House’s version is a “clean” extension with no amendments.  The Maine People’s Alliance makes this really easy, go here. If you wish to write your own note or call, our Senator’s  contact information is below in the Contact Information part of this email. For more information go to 5calls.org. For a full toolkit on how to support this action  go here. 
If you have done the above, let’s make contact with our Congressional Representatives to ask them to oppose the “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) This act would require voter ID, ban mail in ballots, and use the Republican lies about widespread fraud in elections to allow the Federal Government to supersede state’s rights in voting procedures. Go to 5calls.org for more information and a script for this call/contact. 
As Abbie McMillen points out in her Action 207, “Keep Maine Blue”, post (attached) there is a special election in Lewiston coming up February 24. Democrat Scott Harriman is running for the House.  His campaign needs donations, time, and energy to beat a challenging MAGA-aligned candidate. Find out more about Scott here and here (Maine Beacon Article).  You can help by making a donation, joining a canvassing effort on a Saturday morning: 2/7, 2/14 or 2/21, and joining a phone bank on a Monday evening 2/9, 2/1, or 2/23. The balance of power in Maine is very close in the House – Dems 74, Republicans 72, Independents 3.

ICE related ActionsContact our Congressional Representatives to: Claw back the 175 BILLION dollar slush fund that was approved in the “OBBA”(The Budget Bill Passed this Summer), for Immigration enforcement actions over the next four years. Collins + King both voted in favor of the Sanders Amendment which clawed back 75 Billion from ICE and CBP. Thank them for this, and then ask them to clawback this funding, and defund ICE and CBP until they meet standards of conduct for police professionals. For more information and a script go to 5calls.org for defunding ICE, and here for the 175 Billion Dollar Clawback. They will be voting next week on this – February 13th.
On Jan. 29, at 1 pm the Maine legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on an emergency bill, LD 2106 “An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review” to make sure ICE can’t enter private spaces in hospitals, schools, and childcare centers (learn more here ).  MPA has an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.

Maine’s Attorney General Aaron Frey has started an ICE tip-line Citizens are urged to report intimidating and excessive federal enforcement behavior to CitizenReporting.OAG@maine.gov. “

Emailers should be advised that any content sent may be subject to public dissemination under Maine’s Freedom of Access Laws.”

Bruce Springsteen just released the Streets of Minneapolis – exactly what we need to keep our momentum building!

The Maine Immigrant’s  Rights Coalition has set up a resource hub on responding to ICE.  If you see what you identify as an ICE vehicle in your town call the ICE Watch hotline in Maine:207 544 9989. You can also text them a photo of what you believe to be an ICE vehicle, or any ICE actions in your area.

Call or write King, Collins, Golden or Pingree and demand a full investigation of ICE killings, refuse to pass extra appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security which funds ICE, and call for the Impeachment of Kristi (Cowboy Hat) Noem.  For more information and a script for your call go to 5calls.org.

There are now 140 co-sponsors of a bill to impeach Krist Noem, Head of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings.If you want to get more involved check out 

this training manual for becoming an ICE verifier.

The Maine ACLU has a page on preparation for ICE invasion: go here. 

Other resist ICE resources: Resources from the Democracy Security Project:  Printable De-Escalation Pocket Guide  Printable Protest Pocket Guide       Other DSP Resources 
Finally, 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project. 

Environmental Actions

LD 1870, the climate superfund bill was passed out of committee!  Next it’s headed to the Senate for a vote.  If you support this important legislation, please continue to contact your legislators about LD 1870 and urge them to Make Polluters Pay!   To learn NRCM’s priority bills for this short session,check their YouTube channel  Check out  https://www.nrcm.org/events/  (thank you Linda for this info.)

ACA Related Actions

Call Collins and King and ask them to support the ACA tax extension bill coming from the House with no amendments. This bill has stalled in the Senate because Republicans want to add an abortion amendment.  For more information on the ACA go here. For a full toolkit on how to support action on this go here. This bill passed in the house!!Boycott: Being a consumer is one of the greatest powers we have as members of a capitalist economy.   For a complete list of ICE related boycotts go to https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ a new website that lists and explains all the corporations that are directly enabling the Trump administration’s nasty policies and/or helping ICE and CBP: (Thanks Shelly for this link)  Another resource on Boycotting – Scott Galloway’s podcast – Raging Moderates, discusses boycotting TechBro products at about 14:30 into the podcast, go here. (thank you Wendilee for this)

Mutual Aid

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.”   Activate Maine also has a Mutual Aid page with lots of resources.

Heating Assistance:  If you have friends, neighbors, or need support for Heating Assistance, Li Heap funds have been authorized for Maine, Click here to learn more about applying for LIHEAP assistance. 

Insurance Crisis:  The ACA cuts are in the Senate to be voted on. Please contact Esther at the Maine People’s Alliance who is collecting personal testimony to support the passage of the ACA tax cuts. 

ICE Related Mutual Aid: Both documented and undocumented immigrants are staying home in Maine, scared to leave the house to go shopping, bring their children to school, go to Dr’s appointments etc. You can help go here to find out how.

Arts and Politics!

If you live near Skowhegan check out Kevin James Studios at 127 Water Street for a whole gallery of resistance art!  (Let me know if you know of other art galleries showing political art and I will list them here.)Attached below is a poster for anyone who wishes to display it in their home, office, on demonstrations, protests, vigils. Thanks to Catie for creating this beautiful piece of activist art

Research!

Learn more about Chenoweth’s 3.5% rule – go to one or more of these links: Wikipedia:    BBCHarvard:

The Resource Alliance . (Thank you Beth for these links!) Get connected to Govtrack.US for daily information on what’s going on in Congress in terms of bills and votes.

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. 
• 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project.

State Wide Actions

• (Calendar March 28th for the next NO KINGS national mobilization)
• Lisa Savage is leading a group to protest Pete Hegseth when he comes to speak at BIW on Monday, February 9th.  If you want to join the action contact her at  lsavage3@gmail.com.
• Support LD 2106 to prevent ICE + CBP from entering private spaces in Schools, Hospitals, Libraries and Daycare Centers. There is an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.
• More ICE resistance: Check in with organizations in Lewiston and Portland to see how you can help. Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings. Get trained to field, verify, and document potential community ICE sightings and provide trusted, reliable information on ICE activity to immigrant communities.  Here is the number for the ICE Watch hotline in Maine: 207 544 9989
• Mid Maine Indivisible has a great weekly newsletter – To sign up: go here. Indivisible Bangor has a great daily newsletter and actions go here to sign up. If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here. The Bold Coast Civic Alliance has a newsletter as well as the Hancock County Democrat.   Cumberland County Indivisible newsletter go here.  Greater Portland Indivisible, go here. We are developing a great ecosystem for resistance communications in Maine.

Find Your State Senator: By name:

Here , By district: Here

Find your State Representative: By name: Here , By District:Here

New:

For Maine State Legislative Calendar day by day go  here

For links to US Legislative Calendars go here

Check complete bill listing  here.                                                     
Find the text of any bill here                                                                                      

Instructions for testifying are here 

LOCAL ACTIONS: 

Mid Maine Indivisible is sponsoring two NOT-THIS-PRESIDENT events on President’s Day, February 16th. One is a virtual event accessible to anyone here. And one is an in-person event which you can sign up for here. The idea is to contrast what a President you would respect does with our current inhabitant of the White House.

Join Mid Maine Indivisible(Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. 

The Capital Area New Mainers Project is collecting furniture and kitchen supplies for families in our area. They are helping a family who lost everything in a house fire – you can contribute 

here to this fund. They are also looking for the following in good condition for families they are working with: 

•Living Room: Sofas, TVs, armchairs, coffee tables, end tables•Dining & Kitchen: Dining tables, chairs, sideboards, cooking utensils, small kitchen appliances•Bedroom: Dressers, nightstands, bed frames, rugs, blankets (no mattresses or pillows)•Baby Items: Gently used toys and clothes (separated by age), strollers, cribs, diapers, wipes•Office: Desks, sturdy bookshelves. To donate fill out the form here.

There is a community member who is looking to provide home cleaning services in the Waterville area for $25 an hour. Send an email with subject “Cleaning” to get in contact for scheduling! You would be providing income for a local mother with an infant son to care for.   

Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English?  To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. An English Learning option at the Waterville library at 1:00 on Mondays is also an option for volunteers. Contact CANMP for the details. You can also Donate to the Capitol Area New Mainers Project’s rapid response fund. CANMP is actively helping those affected by ICE abductions, both with legal funding and other financial support for family members.

The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and partners have organized an ICE watch Hotline  in Maine. They need volunteer hotline operators to answer phones from Mainers concerned about ICE sitings. They are looking for folks fluent in one or more of the following: Spanish, French and Portugese. 207-544-9989

First Saturday of Each Month: Somerset Stands Up Rallies 2:30–Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.

Sunday, February 7th : 1:00 (and every Sunday) Bridge on KMD by the CVS Waterville: Stop the Killing, (ICE, Venezuela, USAID closing, ACA extensions dropped, etc.)

Tuesday, February 3d: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday) Old Location at Tesla Charging Stations at Elm Plaza, Waterville  Stand with us to remind the traffic that we need to WAKE UP and start resisting the authoritarian take over of our Government. We have been at this location since Tuesday, Feb. 4th? 2025!

Wednesday, February 4th: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville,  Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center.  For more info please contact Elayne Richard  at recordconnection@gmail.com

Thursday, February 12th, (And Every Thursday) Fairfield Benton Bridge 3-4 pm:….stop the coup, support Democracy, ICE OUT 

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!  

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 
Emanuel

“I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”  Booker T. Washington

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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!

Good morning. This newsletter will be sporadic for the next few weeks, so be sure to check out our Blue Sky and Instagram accounts for current info.

Following this newsletter is today’s Emanuel’s Daily Action Email from Augusta – the daily action along with a link to his great list of important actions and information. Today’s Top Action asks us to work to help keep the Maine House Democratic.

Two new actions from Hancock County Democrats:
Action 206 – Coming up Feb 8 (2/3)
Action 207 – Keep Maine Blue! (2/4)
More Hancock County Democrats actions are found here.

Also, a new action from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance, (2/3), discussing MEGA (Make Elections Great Again) Act and the Save America Act (a more extreme version of the SAVE Act, opposing the targeting of journalists by the Trump administration, and other items. 
More BCCA actions here.

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

And THANK YOU to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund! Planning events and maintaining the website and email list take money, so these donations are appreciated!

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Current News:

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Weekly Vigils in the
Bangor Area

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Tuesdays
Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, 11:00 am

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Wednesdays
Weekly Orono Vigil in the town center,
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.  
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TODAY
THURSDAY VIGIL
At the Federal Building in Bangor
3:00 p.m.

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Fridays
Bangor Visibility Brigade
POSTPONED

The Essex Street Bangor Visibility Brigade will not be holding their action due to snow and ice on the overpass. Stay tuned for the announcement of their return!

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ICE IN MAINE RESOURCES

The ICE resources that have been listed in previous newsletters can be found here.

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Upcoming Events:

Update

Bangor councilors kill proposal to eliminate equity and inclusion committee

From the Bangor Daily News:
Bangor city councilors voted not to move forward with a proposal to eliminate the Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights in a Government Operations Committee meeting Monday night.

The decision follows what councilors described as a flood of emails this weekend from community members who opposed the committee’s elimination. City Councilor Susan Faloon estimated she received between 75 and 100 emails since the agenda was released Friday from community members urging councilors not to disband the committee.

Read the full Bangor Daily News article here.

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NEXT NO KINGS PROTEST
MARCH 28, 2026

In 2025, millions of Americans came together in nonviolent protest to oppose the growing authoritarian actions of the Trump administration and affirm that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings. Since then, people have continued to rise up nonviolently against the Trump administration’s ongoing brutality and abuses of power, including the latest escalation in Minnesota. The No Kings Coalition is activating an immediate and ongoing nationwide digital organizing effort leading up to our next mass mobilization on March 28, including a flagship event in the Twin Cities.

Indivisible Bangor is actively working on these plans, so stay tuned!

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Other News:

A new PAC called American Sovereignty has produced two propaganda commercials that distort, mislead, and lie about ICE and what they are doing. One of these commercials has been seen on MS Now (formerly MSNBC). The Daily Kos has an article about it here: “Shady new ad campaign paints ICE thugs as ‘friends and neighbors’ (2/2/26).” The article states that they are running in states with “crucial Senate elections this year,” and Maine is certainly one of those states.

These commercials, along with the “win” that has been assigned to Senator Collins for getting the ICE “surge” to end in Maine, are all part of the effort to get her re-elected this November. We won’t let that happen. Write letters to the editors of your newspapers (go here for more info), keep reminding your friends what Senator Collins has done to hurt her fellow Mainers, volunteer or donate (or both!) to a campaign for her Democratic opposition.

If anyone is fooled by these commercials, they need only read about the recent Capitol Hill forum sponsored by Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California) and other Democrats, which was not attended by any Republicans. Marimar Martinez and Aliya Rahman, both Americans who were brutalized by ICE agents, with Ms. Martinez actually being shot five times, testified, along with Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renée Good.

Renée Good’s brothers, others describe assaults, shootings at hearing (2/3/26) Gift article from the Washington Post.

See some of the testimony from MS NOW on YouTube here. It is shocking and horrific.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

In celebration of Black History Month, we will be sharing local Black History and Black Community resources throughout the month.

Atlantic Black Box, based in Portland, Maine, empowers communities throughout the Northeast to take up the critical work of researching and reckoning with our region’s role in colonization, the slave trade, and the global economy of enslavement. This grassroots historical recovery movement is powered by community historians and guided by a broad coalition of scholars, community leaders, educators, archivists, museum professionals, antiracism activists, and artists.

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Write a letter to the editor!

Letters to the editor are published regularly in the local newspapers from Mainers who support the brutal tactics of the authoritarian Trump regime. Write a letter to set the record straight. Click the button to go to the Bangor Daily News “Submit a letter or column” page, the Portland Press Herald “Letters to the editor” page, and the “Letter to the Editor” page at the Ellsworth American.

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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 visibilty actions or be a peacekeeper? Or do you just want to keep up with what we’re doing?  Sign up to volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! Your level of involvement is up to you!

Weekly member meetings are on Zoom with in-person meetings on the first Wednesday of the month. Please click the link below to sign up and we’ll help you with the process of becoming a member of Indivisible Bangor!

New members, and current members, too, are invited to join one of our monthly Zoom informational meetings, which will resume after the holidays!

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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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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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Please donate! Donations help pay for supplies, website, outreach, and to fund the many upcoming actions in Maine

Thank you for all you do! – George and Indivisible Bangor

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Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action:

Action Thursday February 5th: For the Heart Thursday + Help Scott Harriman Get Elected in Lewiston Special Election

Good Morning Folks, it’s a For the Heart Thursday. I am always torn about whether this day should have any recommended action at all.  For now I will suggest one – but the idea is that it is a middle-of-the-week pause to be compassionate with yourself! Make sure to do something that sustains you today.

Top Action to Take Today:  

As Hancock County points out in Action 207, “Keep Maine Blue”, post (attached) there is a special election in Lewiston coming up February 24. Democrat Scott Harriman is running for the House.  His campaign needs donations, time, and energy to beat a challenging MAGA-aligned candidate. Find out more about Scott hereand here (Maine Beacon Article).  You can help by making a donation, joining a canvassing effort on a Saturday morning: 2/7, 2/14 or 2/21, and joining a phone bank on a Monday evening 2/9, 2/1, or 2/23. The balance of power in Maine is very close in the House – Dems 74, Republicans 72, Independents 3.

For “More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth” and “From the Heart” from Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action (2/5), click here.

For the full text of the last two Daily Actions, click here: Tuesday 2/3 and Wednesday 2/4.

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!  

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 

~~Emanuel

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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!

More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth

For the Heart   

For Your Heart this seventh week of Winter: 

Things not going our way is a given. What we do when life doesn’t go our way is what is important.   

~~~Nancy Hathaway  Center for Studying Mindfulness

A Note Life is the only wayTo get covered in leaves,Catch your breath on the sand,Rise on wings;to be a dog,or stroke its warm fur;to tell painfrom everything it’s not;to squeeze inside events,dawdle in views,to seek the least of all possible mistakes.An extraordinary chanceTo remember for a momentA conversation heldWith the lamp switched off;And if only onceTo stumble on a stone,End up drenched in one downpour or another,Mislay your keys in the grass;And to follow a spark on the wind with your eyes;And to keep on not knowingSomething important.

 – Wislawa Szymborska

More Actions Today if You Have the BandwidthCall/write Senators King and Collins to support extending the ACA tax credits as the House did on January 8th.  The House’s version is a “clean” extension with no amendments.  The Maine People’s Alliance makes this really easy, go here. If you wish to write your own note or call, our Senator’s  contact information is below in the Contact Information part of this email. For more information go to 5calls.org. For a full toolkit on how to support this action  go here. 
If you have done the above, let’s make contact with our Congressional Representatives to ask them to oppose the “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) This act would require voter ID, ban mail in ballots, and use the Republican lies about widespread fraud in elections to allow the Federal Government to supersede state’s rights in voting procedures. Go to 5calls.org for more information and a script for this call/contact. (“Proving Voter Fraud” is what the Federal raid on Fulton County Ballots with Tulsi Gabard?? in the lead,  from 2020 is all about.)

ICE related Actions Contact our Congressional Representatives to: Claw back the 175 BILLION dollar slush fund that was approved in the “OBBA”(The Budget Bill Passed this Summer), for Immigration enforcement actions over the next four years. Collins + King both voted in favor of the Sanders Amendment which clawed back 75 Billion from ICE and CBP. Thank them for this, and then ask them to clawback this funding, and defund ICE and CBP until they meet standards of conduct for police professionals, including but not limited to: no masks, body cams, identification badges, and an end to the detention and deportation of citizens who are lawfully present immigrants. For more information and a script go to 5calls.org for defunding ICE, and here for the 175 Billion Dollar Clawback. They will be voting next week on this – February 13th.
On Jan. 29, at 1 pm the Maine legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on an emergency bill, LD 2106 “An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review” to make sure ICE can’t enter private spaces in hospitals, schools, and childcare centers (learn more here ).  MPA has an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.

Maine’s Attorney General Aaron Frey has started an ICE tip-line Citizens are urged to report intimidating and excessive federal enforcement behavior to CitizenReporting.OAG@maine.gov. “

Emailers should be advised that any content sent may be subject to public dissemination under Maine’s Freedom of Access Laws.”

On January 14th, Governor Mills issued a statement concerning ICE activity here in Maine.  Click here to see her statement on Vimeo.

Bruce Springsteen just released the Streets of Minneapolis – exactly what we need to keep our momentum building!

If you are considering activating in regards to the ICE + CBP presence here in Maine, Cumberland County Indivisible has sent a great list of things to be aware of in their last email blast.  I have attached it to today’s email.The Maine Immigrant’s  Rights Coalition has set up a resource hub on responding to ICE.  If you see what you identify as an ICE vehicle in your town call the ICE Watch hotline in Maine:207 544 9989. You can also text them a photo of what you believe to be an ICE vehicle, or any ICE actions in your area.

Call or write King, Collins, Golden or Pingree and ask them to speak out about the  deployment of violent ICE agents to American cities and states and now in Maine. They are terrorizing our people, and not in any way making our country safer. Demand a full investigation of ICE killings, refuse to pass extra appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security which funds ICE, and call for the Impeachment of Kristi (Cowboy Hat) Noem.  For more information and a script for your call go to 5calls.org.

There are now 140 co-sponsors of a bill to impeach Krist Noem, Head of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings.If you want to get more involved check out 

this training manual for becoming an ICE verifier.

The Maine ACLU has a page on preparation for ICE invasion: go here. 

Other resist ICE resources: Resources from the Democracy Security Project:  Printable De-Escalation Pocket Guide  Printable Protest Pocket Guide       Other DSP Resources 
Finally, 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project. 

Environmental Actions

LD 1870, the climate superfund bill was passed out of committee!  Next it’s headed to the Senate for a vote.  If you support this important legislation, please continue to contact your legislators about LD 1870 and urge them to Make Polluters Pay!   Maine Audubon’s Advocacy team will be discussing our Second Session priority bills in more detail on Zoom during our Legislative Priority Webinar – Monday, February 9 at 2 pm. Register here for this free program. To learn NRCM’s priority bills for this short session,check their YouTube channel to view a recording of Maine’s Environment in the 2026 Legislative Session webinar. NRCM has several upcoming action days.  Check out  https://www.nrcm.org/events/  (thank you Linda for this info.)

ACA Related Actions

Call Collins and King and ask them to support the ACA tax extension bill coming from the House with no amendments. This bill has stalled in the Senate because Republicans want to add an abortion amendment.  For more information on the ACA go here. For a full toolkit on how to support action on this go here. This bill passed in the house!!

If you have a story about how the ACA tax extension health care cuts will affect you directly or someone you know please contact Esther at the MPA. Personal stories matter!Boycott: Being a consumer is one of the greatest powers we have as members of a capitalist economy. There are numerous boycotts going on, some of which we have listed below –  pressure on companies can work – as noted above Spotify is not running ICE recruitment ads, and Avelo is not running deportation flights.  For a complete list of ICE related boycotts go to https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ a new website that lists and explains all the corporations that are directly enabling the Trump administration’s nasty policies and/or helping ICE and CBP: (Thanks Shelly for this link)  Another resource on Boycotting – Scott Galloway’s podcast – Raging Moderates, discusses boycotting TechBro products at about 14:30 into the podcast, go here. (thank you Wendilee for this)

Mutual Aid

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.”  Even though the Government is “open” now, hunger issues continue for people around the country. Activate Maine also has a Mutual Aid page with lots of resources.

Heating Assistance:  If you have friends, neighbors, or need support for Heating Assistance, Li Heap funds have been authorized for Maine, Click here to learn more about applying for LIHEAP assistance. Collins and King were  involved in pushing that this money get released after the Government shutdown.

Insurance Crisis:  If the ACA tax cuts do not go through, tens of thousands of us will have to choose between health care premiums and food or rent.  If you have a personal story along these lines please contact Esther at the Maine People’s Alliance who is collecting personal testimony to support the passage of the ACA tax cuts. Call King and Collins to support the House bill just passed on the ACA tax extensions.

ICE Related Mutual Aid: Both documented and undocumented immigrants are staying home in Maine, scared to leave the house to go shopping, bring their children to school, go to Dr’s appointments etc. You can help go here to find out how.

Arts and Politics!

If you live near Skowhegan check out Kevin James Studios at 127 Water Street for a whole gallery of resistance art!  (Let me know if you know of other art galleries showing political art and I will list them here.)Attached below is a poster for anyone who wishes to display it in their home, office, on demonstrations, protests, vigils. Thanks to Catie for creating this beautiful piece of activist art

Research!

Learn more about Chenoweth’s 3.5% rule – go to one or more of these links: Wikipedia:    BBCHarvard:

The Resource Alliance . (Thank you Beth for these links!) Get connected to Govtrack.US for daily information on what’s going on in Congress in terms of bills and votes.

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. 
• 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project.

State Wide Actions

• (Calendar March 28th for the next NO KINGS national mobilization)
• Lisa Savage is leading a group to protest Pete Hegseth when he comes to speak at BIW on Monday, February 9th.  If you want to join the action contact her at  lsavage3@gmail.com.
• Support LD 2106 to prevent ICE + CBP from entering private spaces in Schools, Hospitals, Libraries and Daycare Centers. There is an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.
• More ICE resistance: Check in with organizations in Lewiston and Portland to see how you can help. Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings. Get trained to field, verify, and document potential community ICE sightings and provide trusted, reliable information on ICE activity to immigrant communities.  Here is the number for the ICE Watch hotline in Maine: 207 544 9989
• Home Depot Actions: Sign the petition that is demanding that Home Depot stop complying with ICE, personalize this letter to Home Depot corporate headquarters making the same demand, for more actions such as going to your local Home Depot and delivering a letter to the manager go to Ice Out of Home Depot. 
• Mid Maine Indivisible has a great weekly newsletter – To sign up: go here. Indivisible Bangor has a great daily newsletter and actions go here to sign up. If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here. The Bold Coast Civic Alliance has a newsletter as well as the Hancock County Democrat.   Cumberland County Indivisible newsletter go here.  Greater Portland Indivisible, go here. We are developing a great ecosystem for resistance communications in Maine.

Find Your State Senator: By name:

Here , By district: Here

Find your State Representative: By name: Here , By District:Here

New:

For Maine State Legislative Calendar day by day go  here

For links to US Legislative Calendars go here

Check complete bill listing  here.                                                     
Find the text of any bill here                                                                                      

Instructions for testifying are here 

LOCAL ACTIONS: 

Mid Maine Indivisible is sponsoring two NOT-THIS-PRESIDENT events on President’s Day, February 16th. One is a virtual event accessible to anyone here. And one is an in-person event which you can sign up for here. The idea is to contrast what a President you would respect does with our current inhabitant of the White House.

Join Mid Maine Indivisible(Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. 

The Capital Area New Mainers Project is collecting furniture and kitchen supplies for families in our area. They are helping a family who lost everything in a house fire – you can contribute 

here to this fund. They are also looking for the following in good condition for families they are working with: 

•Living Room: Sofas, TVs, armchairs, coffee tables, end tables•Dining & Kitchen: Dining tables, chairs, sideboards, cooking utensils, small kitchen appliances•Bedroom: Dressers, nightstands, bed frames, rugs, blankets (no mattresses or pillows)•Baby Items: Gently used toys and clothes (separated by age), strollers, cribs, diapers, wipes•Office: Desks, sturdy bookshelves. To donate fill out the form here.

There is a community member who is looking to provide home cleaning services in the Waterville area for $25 an hour. Send an email with subject “Cleaning” to get in contact for scheduling! You would be providing income for a local mother with an infant son to care for.   

Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English?  To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. An English Learning option at the Waterville library at 1:00 on Mondays is also an option for volunteers. Contact CANMP for the details. You can also Donate to the Capitol Area New Mainers Project’s rapid response fund. CANMP is actively helping those affected by ICE abductions, both with legal funding and other financial support for family members.

The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and partners have organized an ICE watch Hotline  in Maine. They need volunteer hotline operators to answer phones from Mainers concerned about ICE sitings. They are looking for folks fluent in one or more of the following: Spanish, French and Portugese. 207-544-9989

Thursday, February 5th, (And Every Thursday) Fairfield Benton Bridge 3-4 pm:….stop the coup, support Democracy, ICE OUT 

First Saturday of Each Month: Somerset Stands Up Rallies 2:30–Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.

Sunday, February 7th : 1:00 (and every Sunday) Bridge on KMD by the CVS Waterville: Stop the Killing, (ICE, Venezuela, USAID closing, ACA extensions dropped, etc.)

 
With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!  

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!  As always, throw a little sand in their gears!  ~~Emanuel

---

It’s a piece of cake to email or call with these links!

The names of our senators and representatives listed below are links that go right to their official congressional contact form pages. The telephone numbers are links that should open your phone app to call that number. It’s that easy!

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

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

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree      
DC: (202) 225-6116
Portland: (207) 774-5019  
Waterville: (207) 873-5713  

Congressman Jared Golden         
DC: (202) 225-6306 
Bangor: (207) 249-7400
Caribou: (207) 492-6009 
Lewiston: (207) 241-6767

Find your State Representative: 
By name: Here
By district: Here

Find your State Senator:
By name: Here
By district: Here

Our government in Augusta:

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

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows
Contact Secretary Bellows
Call (207)626-8400

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey
Contact Mr. Frey
Call (207) 626-8800

Questions or comments? Contact George!

Action Wednesday February 4th: Contact Our Congresspeople to Defund ICE/CBP + Clawback 175 Billion Dollars From DHS Ongoing Funding 

Good Morning Folks, it’s the middle of our first week in February, and the House passed a funding package that includes only 2 weeks of funding for the Department of Homeland Security. We have an opportunity to register our anger and dismay with the behavior of ICE + Border Patrol by reducing their funding and adding guardrails to their operation.

Top Action to Take Today:  

Contact our Congressional Representatives to: Claw back the 175 BILLION dollar slush fund

 that was approved in the “OBBA”(The Budget Bill Passed this Summer), for Immigration enforcement actions over the next four years. Collins + King both voted in favor of the Sanders Amendment which clawed back 75 Billion from ICE and CBP. Thank them for this, and then ask them to clawback this funding, and defund ICE and CBP

 until they meet standards of conduct for police professionals, including but not limited to: no masks, body cams, identification badges, and an end to the detention and deportation of citizens who are lawfully present immigrants. For more information and a script go to 5calls.org for defunding ICE, and here for the 175 Billion Dollar Clawback. They will be voting next week on this – February 13th.

More Actions Today if You Have the BandwidthCall/write Senators King and Collins to support extending the ACA tax credits as the House did on January 8th.  The House’s version is a “clean” extension with no amendments.  The Maine People’s Alliance makes this really easy, go here. If you wish to write your own note or call, our Senator’s  contact information is below in the Contact Information part of this email. For more information go to 5calls.org. For a full toolkit on how to support this action  go here. 
If you have done the above, let’s make contact with our Congressional Representatives to ask them to oppose the “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) This act would require voter ID, ban mail in ballots, and use the Republican lies about widespread fraud in elections to allow the Federal Government to supersede state’s rights in voting procedures. Go to 5calls.org for more information and a script for this call/contact. (“Proving Voter Fraud” is what the Federal raid on Fulton County Ballots with Tulsi Gabard?? in the lead,  from 2020 is all about.)

ICE related ActionsOn Jan. 29, at 1 pm the Maine legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on an emergency bill, LD 2106 “An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review” to make sure ICE can’t enter private spaces in hospitals, schools, and childcare centers (learn more here ).  MPA has an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.

Maine’s Attorney General Aaron Frey has started an ICE tip-line Citizens are urged to report intimidating and excessive federal enforcement behavior to CitizenReporting.OAG@maine.gov. “

Emailers should be advised that any content sent may be subject to public dissemination under Maine’s Freedom of Access Laws.”

On January 14th, Governor Mills issued a statement concerning ICE activity here in Maine.  Click here to see her statement on Vimeo.

Bruce Springsteen just released the Streets of Minneapolis – exactly what we need to keep our momentum building!

If you are considering activating in regards to the ICE + CBP presence here in Maine, Cumberland County Indivisible has sent a great list of things to be aware of in their last email blast.  I have attached it to today’s email.The Maine Immigrant’s  Rights Coalition has set up a resource hub on responding to ICE.  If you see what you identify as an ICE vehicle in your town call the ICE Watch hotline in Maine:207 544 9989. You can also text them a photo of what you believe to be an ICE vehicle, or any ICE actions in your area.

Call or write King, Collins, Golden or Pingree and ask them to speak out about the  deployment of violent ICE agents to American cities and states and now in Maine. They are terrorizing our people, and not in any way making our country safer. Demand a full investigation of ICE killings, refuse to pass extra appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security which funds ICE, and call for the Impeachment of Kristi (Cowboy Hat) Noem.  For more information and a script for your call go to 5calls.org.

There are now 140 co-sponsors of a bill to impeach Krist Noem, Head of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings.If you want to get more involved check out 

this training manual for becoming an ICE verifier.

The Maine ACLU has a page on preparation for ICE invasion: go here. 

Other resist ICE resources: Resources from the Democracy Security Project:  Printable De-Escalation Pocket Guide  Printable Protest Pocket Guide       Other DSP Resources 
Finally, 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project. 

Environmental Actions

LD 1870, the climate superfund bill was passed out of committee!  Next it’s headed to the Senate for a vote.  If you support this important legislation, please continue to contact your legislators about LD 1870 and urge them to Make Polluters Pay!   Maine Audubon’s Advocacy team will be discussing our Second Session priority bills in more detail on Zoom during our Legislative Priority Webinar – Monday, February 9 at 2 pm. Register here for this free program. To learn NRCM’s priority bills for this short session,check their YouTube channel to view a recording of Maine’s Environment in the 2026 Legislative Session webinar. NRCM has several upcoming action days.  Check out  https://www.nrcm.org/events/  (thank you Linda for this info.)

ACA Related Actions

Call Collins and King and ask them to support the ACA tax extension bill coming from the House with no amendments. This bill has stalled in the Senate because Republicans want to add an abortion amendment.  For more information on the ACA go here. For a full toolkit on how to support action on this go here. This bill passed in the house!!

If you have a story about how the ACA tax extension health care cuts will affect you directly or someone you know please contact Esther at the MPA. Personal stories matter!Boycott: Being a consumer is one of the greatest powers we have as members of a capitalist economy. There are numerous boycotts going on, some of which we have listed below –  pressure on companies can work – as noted above Spotify is not running ICE recruitment ads, and Avelo is not running deportation flights.  For a complete list of ICE related boycotts go to https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ a new website that lists and explains all the corporations that are directly enabling the Trump administration’s nasty policies and/or helping ICE and CBP: (Thanks Shelly for this link)  Another resource on Boycotting – Scott Galloway’s podcast – Raging Moderates, discusses boycotting TechBro products at about 14:30 into the podcast, go here. (thank you Wendilee for this)

Mutual Aid

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.”  Even though the Government is “open” now, hunger issues continue for people around the country. Activate Maine also has a Mutual Aid page with lots of resources.

Heating Assistance:  If you have friends, neighbors, or need support for Heating Assistance, Li Heap funds have been authorized for Maine, Click here to learn more about applying for LIHEAP assistance. Collins and King were  involved in pushing that this money get released after the Government shutdown.

Insurance Crisis:  If the ACA tax cuts do not go through, tens of thousands of us will have to choose between health care premiums and food or rent.  If you have a personal story along these lines please contact Esther at the Maine People’s Alliance who is collecting personal testimony to support the passage of the ACA tax cuts. Call King and Collins to support the House bill just passed on the ACA tax extensions.

ICE Related Mutual Aid: Both documented and undocumented immigrants are staying home in Maine, scared to leave the house to go shopping, bring their children to school, go to Dr’s appointments etc. You can help go here to find out how.

Arts and Politics!

If you live near Skowhegan check out Kevin James Studios at 127 Water Street for a whole gallery of resistance art!  (Let me know if you know of other art galleries showing political art and I will list them here.)

Research!

Learn more about Chenoweth’s 3.5% rule – go to one or more of these links: Wikipedia:    BBCHarvard:

The Resource Alliance . (Thank you Beth for these links!) Get connected to Govtrack.US for daily information on what’s going on in Congress in terms of bills and votes.

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. 
• 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project.

State Wide Actions

• (Calendar March 28th for the next NO KINGS national mobilization)
• For this week’s action in the Maine Legislature – go to Abbie Mcmillen’s Action 205 email attached below, it has bills listed by title with her suggestions on what to support.
• Support LD 2106 to prevent ICE + CBP from entering private spaces in Schools, Hospitals, Libraries and Daycare Centers. There is an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.
• More ICE resistance: Check in with organizations in Lewiston and Portland to see how you can help. Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings. Get trained to field, verify, and document potential community ICE sightings and provide trusted, reliable information on ICE activity to immigrant communities.  Here is the number for the ICE Watch hotline in Maine: 207 544 9989
• Home Depot Actions: Sign the petition that is demanding that Home Depot stop complying with ICE, personalize this letter to Home Depot corporate headquarters making the same demand, for more actions such as going to your local Home Depot and delivering a letter to the manager go to Ice Out of Home Depot. 
• Mid Maine Indivisible has a great weekly newsletter – To sign up: go here. Indivisible Bangor has a great daily newsletter and actions go here to sign up. If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here. The Bold Coast Civic Alliance has a newsletter as well as the Hancock County Democrat.   Cumberland County Indivisible newsletter go here.  Greater Portland Indivisible, go here. We are developing a great ecosystem for resistance communications in Maine.

Find Your State Senator: By name:

Here , By district: Here

Find your State Representative: By name: Here , By District:Here

New:

For Maine State Legislative Calendar day by day go  here

For links to US Legislative Calendars go here

Check complete bill listing  here.                                                     
Find the text of any bill here                                                                                      

Instructions for testifying are here 

LOCAL ACTIONS: 

Mid Maine Indivisible is sponsoring two NOT-THIS-PRESIDENT events on President’s Day, February 16th. One is a virtual event accessible to anyone here. And one is an in-person event which you can sign up for here. The idea is to contrast what a President you would respect does with our current inhabitant of the White House.

Join Mid Maine Indivisible(Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. Keep your calendars open for a NOT-THIS-PRESIDENT’s Day February 16th, 11:30 to 1 right here in Waterville. Register for it here.

The Capital Area New Mainers Project is collecting furniture and kitchen supplies for families in our area. They are helping a family who lost everything in a house fire – you can contribute 

here to this fund. They are also looking for the following in good condition for families they are working with: 

•Living Room: Sofas, TVs, armchairs, coffee tables, end tables•Dining & Kitchen: Dining tables, chairs, sideboards, cooking utensils, small kitchen appliances•Bedroom: Dressers, nightstands, bed frames, rugs, blankets (no mattresses or pillows)•Baby Items: Gently used toys and clothes (separated by age), strollers, cribs, diapers, wipes•Office: Desks, sturdy bookshelves. To donate fill out the form here.

There is a community member who is looking to provide home cleaning services in the Waterville area for $25 an hour. Send an email with subject “Cleaning” to get in contact for scheduling! You would be providing income for a local mother with an infant son to care for.   

Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English?  To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. An English Learning option at the Waterville library at 1:00 on Mondays is also an option for volunteers. Contact CANMP for the details. You can also Donate to the Capitol Area New Mainers Project’s rapid response fund. CANMP is actively helping those affected by ICE abductions, both with legal funding and other financial support for family members.

The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and partners have organized an ICE watch Hotline  in Maine. They need volunteer hotline operators to answer phones from Mainers concerned about ICE sitings. They are looking for folks fluent in one or more of the following: Spanish, French and Portugese. 207-544-9989

Wednesday, February 4th: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville,  Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center. Please join us in assuring all Mainers have access to safe, legal, shame-free reproductive health care including abortions and contraceptive care. For more info please contact Elayne Richard  at recordconnection@gmail.com

Thursday, February 5th, (And Every Thursday) Fairfield Benton Bridge 3-4 pm:….stop the coup, support Democracy, ICE OUT 

First Saturday of Each Month: Somerset Stands Up Rallies 2:30–Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.

Sunday, February 7th : 1:00 (and every Sunday) Bridge on KMD by the CVS Waterville: Stop the Killing, (ICE, Venezuela, USAID closing, ACA extensions dropped, etc.) 

(and every Tuesday) Old Location at Tesla Charging Stations at Elm Plaza, WatervilleTuesday, February 10th: 12:00-1:00   Stand with us to remind the traffic that we need to WAKE UP and start resisting the authoritarian take over of our Government. We have been at this location since Tuesday, Feb. 4th? 2025!

SOLIDARITY. He is an electrifying speaker, with good positions on the important issues. Volunteer . Go to  to find the events you can take part in this week.*Consider supporting Graham PlatnerhereMobilizeHowever, Mills is a good alternative to support if she wins the primary in June. We must oust Collins!*If you would like to join  Federal Lobby Group, please contact Jim Parakilas at . We meet  at 2 pm on Zoom. Maine People’s Alliance jamesparakilas@gmail.com Mondays

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!  

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 
Emanuel

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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!

Action Tuesday February 3d: Contact King + Collins to Support a Clean Extension of the ACA Tax Credits

Good Morning Folks, it’s our first Tuesday in February and the beginning of Black History Month. It is also almost a year since Waterville started protesting at the Tesla Charging Station at Elm Plaza, we’re a little more than a quarter of the way through this marathon, but the marathon for de-institutionalizing racism in our country has a much longer arc.

Top Action to Take Today:  

Call/write Senators King and Collins to support extending the ACA tax credits as the House did on January 8th.  The House’s version is a “clean” extension with no amendments.  The Maine People’s Alliance makes this really easy, go here. If you wish to write your own note or call, our Senator’s  contact information is below in the Contact Information part of this email. For more information go to 5calls.org. For a full toolkit on how to support this action  go here. 

More Actions Today if You Have the BandwidthThis week the House will be voting on H.R. 7148 , the funding package without DHS included.Contact Representatives Pingree and Golden to ask them to approve this package with funding for DHS to be acted on separately.If you have done the above, let’s take contact our Congressional Representatives to ask them to oppose the “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) This act would require voter ID, ban mail in ballots, and use the Republican lies about widespread fraud in elections to allow the Federal Government to supersede state’s rights in voting procedures. Go to 5calls.org for more information and a script for this call/contact. (“Proving Voter Fraud” is what the Federal raid on Fulton County Ballots with Tulsi Gabard?? in the lead,  from 2020 is all about.)

ICE related ActionsOn Jan. 29, at 1 pm the Maine legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on an emergency bill, LD 2106 “An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review” to make sure ICE can’t enter private spaces in hospitals, schools, and childcare centers (learn more here ).  MPA has an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.

Maine’s Attorney General Aaron Frey has started an ICE tip-line Citizens are urged to report intimidating and excessive federal enforcement behavior to CitizenReporting.OAG@maine.gov. “

Emailers should be advised that any content sent may be subject to public dissemination under Maine’s Freedom of Access Laws.”

On January 14th, Governor Mills issued a statement concerning ICE activity here in Maine.  Click here to see her statement on Vimeo.

Bruce Springsteen just released the Streets of Minneapolis – exactly what we need to keep our momentum building!

If you are considering activating in regards to the ICE + CBP presence here in Maine, Cumberland County Indivisible has sent a great list of things to be aware of in their last email blast.  I have attached it to today’s email.The Maine Immigrant’s  Rights Coalition has set up a resource hub on responding to ICE.  Think about what your risk tolerance is and then activate – you could get ICE verifier and de-escalation training, you could support NO Mask in Maine legislation, you could help your local organizers bring food to families who are not leaving home right now, and, offer to take their kids to school. Lots of resources below. If you see what you identify as an ICE vehicle in your town call the ICE Watch hotline in Maine:207 544 9989. You can also text them a photo of what you believe to be an ICE vehicle, or any ICE actions in your area.

Call or write King, Collins, Golden or Pingree and ask them to speak out about the  deployment of violent ICE agents to American cities and states and now in Maine. They are terrorizing our people, and not in any way making our country safer. Demand a full investigation of ICE killings, refuse to pass extra appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security which funds ICE, and call for the Impeachment of Kristi (Cowboy Hat) Noem.  For more information and a script for your call go to 5calls.org.

There are now 140 co-sponsors of a bill to impeach Krist Noem, Head of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings.If you want to get more involved check out 

this training manual for becoming an ICE verifier.

The Maine ACLU has a page on preparation for ICE invasion: go here. 

Other resist ICE resources: Resources from the Democracy Security Project:  Printable De-Escalation Pocket Guide  Printable Protest Pocket Guide       Other DSP Resources 
Finally, 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project. 

Environmental Actions

LD 1870, the climate superfund bill was passed out of committee!  Next it’s headed to the Senate for a vote.  If you support this important legislation, please continue to contact your legislators about LD 1870 and urge them to Make Polluters Pay!   Maine Audubon’s Advocacy team will be discussing our Second Session priority bills in more detail on Zoom during our Legislative Priority Webinar – Monday, February 9 at 2 pm. Register here for this free program. To learn NRCM’s priority bills for this short session,check their YouTube channel to view a recording of Maine’s Environment in the 2026 Legislative Session webinar. NRCM has several upcoming action days.  Check out  https://www.nrcm.org/events/  (thank you Linda for this info.)

ACA Related Actions

Call Collins and King and ask them to support the ACA tax extension bill coming from the House with no amendments. This bill has stalled in the Senate because Republicans want to add an abortion amendment.  For more information on the ACA go here. For a full toolkit on how to support action on this go here. This bill passed in the house!!

If you have a story about how the ACA tax extension health care cuts will affect you directly or someone you know please contact Esther at the MPA. Personal stories matter!Boycott: Being a consumer is one of the greatest powers we have as members of a capitalist economy. There are numerous boycotts going on, some of which we have listed below –  pressure on companies can work – as noted above Spotify is not running ICE recruitment ads, and Avelo is not running deportation flights.  For a complete list of ICE related boycotts go to https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ a new website that lists and explains all the corporations that are directly enabling the Trump administration’s nasty policies and/or helping ICE and CBP: (Thanks Shelly for this link)  Another resource on Boycotting – Scott Galloway’s podcast – Raging Moderates, discusses boycotting TechBro products at about 14:30 into the podcast, go here. (thank you Wendilee for this)

Mutual Aid

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.”  Even though the Government is “open” now, hunger issues continue for people around the country. Activate Maine also has a Mutual Aid page with lots of resources.

Heating Assistance:  If you have friends, neighbors, or need support for Heating Assistance, Li Heap funds have been authorized for Maine, Click here to learn more about applying for LIHEAP assistance. Collins and King were  involved in pushing that this money get released after the Government shutdown.

Insurance Crisis:  If the ACA tax cuts do not go through, tens of thousands of us will have to choose between health care premiums and food or rent.  If you have a personal story along these lines please contact Esther at the Maine People’s Alliance who is collecting personal testimony to support the passage of the ACA tax cuts. Call King and Collins to support the House bill just passed on the ACA tax extensions.

ICE Related Mutual Aid: Both documented and undocumented immigrants are staying home in Maine, scared to leave the house to go shopping, bring their children to school, go to Dr’s appointments etc. You can help go here to find out how.

Arts and Politics!

If you live near Skowhegan check out Kevin James Studios at 127 Water Street for a whole gallery of resistance art!  (Let me know if you know of other art galleries showing political art and I will list them here.)

Research!

Learn more about Chenoweth’s 3.5% rule – go to one or more of these links: Wikipedia:    BBCHarvard:

The Resource Alliance . (Thank you Beth for these links!) Get connected to Govtrack.US for daily information on what’s going on in Congress in terms of bills and votes.

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. 
• 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, go here to donate to the Capital Area New Mainers Project.

State Wide Actions

• (Calendar March 28th for the next NO KINGS national mobilization)
• For this week’s action in the Maine Legislature – go to Abbie Mcmillen’s Action 205 email attached below, it has bills listed by title with her suggestions on what to support.
• Support LD 2106 to prevent ICE + CBP from entering private spaces in Schools, Hospitals, Libraries and Daycare Centers. There is an ACTION TOOLKIT on this bill here.  You can still submit testimony on this bill here.
• More ICE resistance: Check in with organizations in Lewiston and Portland to see how you can help. Activate Maine has an ICE toolkit including links to sign up for ICE verifier and de escalation trainings. Get trained to field, verify, and document potential community ICE sightings and provide trusted, reliable information on ICE activity to immigrant communities.  Here is the number for the ICE Watch hotline in Maine: 207 544 9989
• Home Depot Actions: Sign the petition that is demanding that Home Depot stop complying with ICE, personalize this letter to Home Depot corporate headquarters making the same demand, for more actions such as going to your local Home Depot and delivering a letter to the manager go to Ice Out of Home Depot. 
• Mid Maine Indivisible has a great weekly newsletter – To sign up: go here. Indivisible Bangor has a great daily newsletter and actions go here to sign up. If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here. The Bold Coast Civic Alliance has a newsletter as well as the Hancock County Democrat.   Cumberland County Indivisible newsletter go here.  Greater Portland Indivisible, go here. We are developing a great ecosystem for resistance communications in Maine.

he US House and Senate are in session now. To keep up with their calendars go here for links to both houses. The Maine State Legislature is in session as well.  Go here for a day by day rundown of committee meetings etc. You can bookmark these links in your browser

or Maine State Legislative Calendar day by day go  here

For links to US Legislative Calendars go here

Check complete bill listing  here.                                                     
Find the text of any bill here                                                                                      

Instructions for testifying are here 

LOCAL ACTIONS: 

Mid Maine Indivisible is sponsoring 2 NOT-THIS-PRESIDENT events on President’s Day, February 16th. One is a virtual event accessible to anyone here. And one is an in-person event which you can sign up for here. The idea is to contrast what a President you would respect does with our current inhabitant of the White House.

Join Mid Maine Indivisible(Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. Keep your calendars open for a NOTTHISPRESIDENT’s Day February 16th, 11:30 to 1 right here in Waterville. Register for it here.

There is a community member who is looking to provide home cleaning services in the Waterville area for $25 an hour. Send an email with subject “Cleaning” to get in contact for scheduling! You would be providing income for a local mother with an infant son to care for.   

Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English?  To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. An English Learning option at the Waterville library at 1:00 on Mondays is also an option for volunteers. Contact CANMP for the details. You can also Donate to the Capitol Area New Mainers Project’s rapid response fund. CANMP is actively helping those affected by ICE abductions, both with legal funding and other financial support for family members.

The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and partners have organized an ICE watch Hotline  in Maine. They need volunteer hotline operators to answer phones from Mainers concerned about ICE sitings. They are looking for folks fluent in one or more of the following: Spanish, French and Portugese. 207-544-9989

Tuesday, February 3d: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday) Old Location at Tesla Charging Stations at Elm Plaza, Waterville  Stand with us to remind the traffic that we need to WAKE UP and start resisting the authoritarian take over of our Government. We have been at this location since Tuesday, Feb. 4th? 2025!

Wednesday, February 4th: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville,  Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center. Please join us in assuring all Mainers have access to safe, legal, shame-free reproductive health care including abortions and contraceptive care. For more info please contact Elayne Richard  at recordconnection@gmail.com

Thursday, February 5th, (And Every Thursday) Fairfield Benton Bridge 3-4 pm:….stop the coup, support Democracy, ICE OUT 

First Saturday of Each Month: Somerset Stands Up Rallies 2:30–Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.

Sunday, February 7th : 1:00 (and every Sunday) Bridge on KMD by the CVS Waterville: Stop the Killing, (ICE, Venezuela, USAID closing, ACA extensions dropped, etc.)

SOLIDARITY

*Consider supporting Graham Platner. He is an electrifying speaker, with good positions on the important issues. Volunteer here. Go to Mobilize to find the events you can take part in this week.

However, Mills is a good alternative to support if she wins the primary in June. We must oust Collins!*If you would like to join Maine People’s Alliance Federal Lobby Group, please contact Jim Parakilas at jamesparakilas@gmail.com. We meet Mondays at 2 pm on Zoom. 

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!  

As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 
Emanuel

---

It’s a piece of cake to email or call with these links!

The names of our senators and representatives listed below are links that go right to their official congressional contact form pages. The telephone numbers are links that should open your phone app to call that number. It’s that easy!

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

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

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree      
DC: (202) 225-6116
Portland: (207) 774-5019  
Waterville: (207) 873-5713  

Congressman Jared Golden         
DC: (202) 225-6306 
Bangor: (207) 249-7400
Caribou: (207) 492-6009 
Lewiston: (207) 241-6767

Find your State Representative: 
By name: Here
By district: Here

Find your State Senator:
By name: Here
By district: Here

Our government in Augusta:

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

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows
Contact Secretary Bellows
Call (207)626-8400

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey
Contact Mr. Frey
Call (207) 626-8800

Questions or comments? Contact George!