I’m a LOTTA late with today’s newsletter from Indivisible Bangor. Following this newsletter is the great list of important actions and information from our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible, including:
-CURRENT information about the Senate Democrats’ vote to end the shutdown and, of course, the Epstein Files, the Discharge Petition, and H.R. 4405. Read this CNN article (11/12) for background information on this process.
Also, actions from Hancock Country Democrat: Action 182 – Follow up on LD 1971 (11/17), that discusses “Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities” that has been waiting for her signature since July. Click here for a list of more actions from the HCD, including those concerning ICE and more.
Also, check out the latest from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance (11/17) that discusses the Epstein files, the U.S. Border Patrol’s invasion of Charlotte, North Carolina, and a reminder of Maine-specific actions from Friday, 11/14.
A lot of research goes into these additional actions, so be sure to read them!
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Current News:
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Weekly Vigils
Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area!
Tomorrow is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor at 11:00 am followed by the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil from noon to 1:00 pm.
Bangor Visibility Brigade – Fridays
The week finishes with the Visibility Brigade on Fridays. Join the brigrade on the Essex Street overpass at the new time of 3:00 p.m. as we hold letters to spell out messages for the drivers on I-95! Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!
New Action Planned at Home Depot
Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize, intimidate, and abduct people, non-citizens and citizens alike, from their property.
Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors (8/19)
As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers (10/31)
US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities (11/4)
We need more volunteers for this action
We are planning a regular vigil action on Stillwater Avenue in Bangor across from the entrance to Home Depot on Saturdays and we need more volunteers for planning and participating!
Please contact George for more information.
Release the Epstein Files
Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., was officially sworn into the House on Wednesday, 50 days after she won her special election to take her late father’s seat — the longest time a lawmaker has waited to take the oath of office. (Desert News, 11/12/2025). She then became the 218th person to sign the petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files. This petition allows a vote without the blessing of the House leadership. It has been reported (MSNBC 11/12) that President Trump met with Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert (one of only four House Republicans who have signed) to try to get her to remove her name from that petition. However, once that 218th signature was made, the process was triggered and the vote will be held.
Please call your House Representative and ask her or him to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the Epstein Files Transparency Act. For more on this go here. Just tap the phone numbers to make the call.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
DC: (202) 225-6116
Portland: (207) 774-5019
Waterville: (207) 873-5713
Congressman Jared Golden
DC: (202) 225-6306
Bangor: (207) 249-7400
Caribou: (207) 492-6009
Lewiston: (207) 241-6767
Ask Mills to Sign L.D. 1971
A recent article in The Maine Campus, the newspaper of the University of Maine, the flagship university of the University of Maine System, discusses the ICE action that occurred at Kobe Steakhouse in June of this year.
From the article:
LD 1971 and LD 1259 were introduced earlier this year to combat ICE’s impact in Maine. LD 1971, “An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities,” was introduced in May.
While this bill passed in both the House and Senate, when it was given to Gov. Janet Mills, she did not sign it. This means it is currently waiting for the next legislative session. LD 1259 is also waiting for the next legislative session. This bill would prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from entering into contracts with ICE.”
Please contact Governor Mills and ask her to sign these bills.
Governor Janet Mills
Email Governor Mills
Call (207) 287-3531
Join Indivisible Bangor!
Newcomers’ Meeting
This Thursday, Nov. 20
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Upcoming Events:
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Laurel Libbey at the
University of Maine
This Wednesday,
November 19th, 2025
UMaine students support our transgender community members, and Turning Point USA is sending Laurel Libby to our campus to spread hate and fear. Her event starts at 4pm in the Corbett Business Building, and we would LOVE to fill it with protestors. Not comfortable demonstrating inside? We’ll be outside too! Join us to rally in opposition to Libby and TPUSA and in solidarity for our LGBTQ+ friends, family, and community!
Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
4:00 p.m., Corbett Business Building
University of Maine, Orono
Their official sign up page is here.
Rally at Senator
Susan Collins’ Office
This Thursday,
November 20, 2025
11:00 a.m.
From the Maine People’s Alliance: After more than a month, the federal shutdown is finally over. In many ways, that’s a very good thing: We’re glad that the programs a lot of us rely on will resume and federal employees will be back to work and getting paid. But Congress still hasn’t fixed the health care affordability crisis Republicans created.
That’s why on Thursday, Nov. 20, we’re rallying as a community to urge her to protect our health care.
Congress will be voting before the end of the year on whether to reinstate the Affordable Care Act tax credits that have (finally) made health insurance affordable for tens of thousands of Mainers. We need to show Senator Collins that we’re ready to hold her to her promises to work for Mainers.
Join the Maine People’s Alliance on Thursday, November 20th at 11am to rally in front of Senator Collins office at 202 Harlow Street in Bangor to protect the ACA and the subsidies Mainers need to afford it!
Food AND Medicine Annual Solidarity Harvest
NOW!
November 13-24
Food and Medicine will be holding its annual Solidarity Harvest next month. Please consider volunteering to help them assemble and distribute locally-sourced meal baskets, each with nearly 30 pounds of produce, which is enough food for 8-10 people. The dates for this year are November 13-24. More information, donation, and sign up is here!
UMaine Fall 2025 Series:
DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, INCLUSION, AND RELATED DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND POLICIES UNDER ATTACK AT UMAINE AND BEYOND
THIS Thursday,November 20
In 2025, DEI policies at UMaine and beyond are under attack; students, researchers, and others are threatened and live with great fear and uncertainty. This program will explore these current threats and how we can respond, resist, uphold freedom of speech, and create democratic alternatives. Elliot Benjamin has a Ph.D. from the University of Maine and has been deeply committed to Indivisible Maine and Indivisible nationally, especially in 2025. Doug Allen retired after 46 years as a professor of philosophy at UMaine and has served as Coordinator of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series since its inception in the mid-1980s.
Please email Elliot Benjamin (ben496@prexar.com) for more information on this discussion and for the Zoom link.
This Thursday, 11/20/2025
12:30-1:45 P.M.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
The University of Maine, Orono
National Protest in Washington, D.C.
This Weekend,
November 20-22, 2025
We the People mean business. Our presence is our power, and this time we’re showing up with firm demands and intend to change history. Remove the Regime is the moment we’ve been waiting for.
This is not a 50-state protest. On November 22, 2025, we will peacefully descend on the seat of power in Washington, DC to demand that this lawless administration come to an END.
We will no longer tolerate inaction or delay from elected officials as Donald Trump commits actual treason. We are calling out their complicity in the sabotage of American democracy unless and until they honor their oath. We are demanding impeachment and removal, and we are demanding it NOW.
We will lobby Congress directly beginning on Thursday, November 20, joined by movement leaders, veterans, artists, pastors, farmers and more. The Dropkick Murphys will headline our main event on Saturday!
Shopping Boycott
Black Friday Weekend
November 27 – December 1
We Ain’t Buying It
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power. This Thanksgiving, choose freedom over shopping. Family over corporations.
This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration’s biased attacks on DEI; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.
(And you don’t have to limit it to these only these three companies on these few days. Many people have added Walmart to this list and have stopped shopping at these places all together- George).
Town Hall with Matt Dunlap
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
About this event
“I’m excited to invite you to a town hall in Bangor! This is a chance for us to sit down together, talk about the issues that matter most to Maine families, and hear directly from you.
“I’ll share my vision for Maine, answer your questions, and listen to your concerns. I’ve always made it a priority to be accessible to voters, and I look forward to having an open conversation with you.
“I hope you can join me — bring your questions, ideas, and your voice!”
The Norman Minsky Lecture Hall is located on the third floor of the Library. It is accessible by stairs or elevator.
Tuesday, December 2
6:30 – 7:30pm EST
Bangor Public Library
145 Harlow St
Bangor, ME 04401
Other News:
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Donate to a Food Bank or Pantry
Please DONATE to a local food pantry- food, personal items, and even cash. Faith Linking in Action maintains a database of all food pantries and free meals– organized by both location and day of the week– in the Bangor area. Check it out here.
Also, ActivateMaine has created a site, SNAP Into Action: “a statewide effort to help those who are affected by the freezing of benefits due to the Government shut down.” If you know of any food drives that are happening, please visit this site to add it to the database!
The Maine ICE Watch Hotline
The purpose of the hotline is to protect immigrant families by providing accurate, real-time information about ICE and Border Patrol activity and connect Maine families to resources and support services during a time of heightened enforcement and targeting of immigrants and refugees.
Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition ICE Watch Resource Hub.
Read more about it here in this Newscenter Maine article.
| Other Ways to Take Action (Courtesy of Indivisible Cumberland County: Maine’s ICE Watch Hotline Training: Get trained to field, verify, and document potential community ICE sightings and provide trusted, reliable information on ICE activity to immigrant communities. Action Alert on LD 1917: Contact Governor Mills and tell her to sign into law this bill to protect Maine’s immigrant communities, workforce, public safety, and future! NO I.C.E. for Maine: Learn more about this effort to reign in ICE. |
Donate to the Maine Solidarity Fund
The Maine Solidarity Fund (MSF) is an initiative of the People’s Coalition for Safety & Justice (PCSJ), a collective of frontline organizations, cultural anchors, and direct service providers with deep ties to Maine’s Black and Brown immigrant, and Trans communities.
This statewide fund is one arm of the coalition’s broader community defense strategy, designed to provide rapid, direct, and equitable support to community members facing increased detention, targeted harassment, policy rollbacks, and systemic discrimination under the new Trump administration.
Rather than scrambling to crowdfund every time a neighbor is detained or faces a medical emergency, our fund pools resources from across communities into a shared fund we can draw from immediately when urgent needs arise.
New Indivisible Program
From Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible (National):
Indivisible is launching the largest Democratic primary program we’ve ever run
This isn’t about left vs right. This is about fighting back vs losing. The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. As we head into the midterms next year, we need a Democratic Party that inspires and instills pride. In this moment when the fascists are on the march, we need a Democratic Party with a spine.
Our primary program will include both the House and Senate. We will work with Indivisible groups to identify key races, provide support on the ground, and tap into movement energy across the country to boost candidates with a spine. One thing we can say for sure: We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Majority Leader.
LEAVING MAGA
Are you someone or do you know someone who wants to leave MAGA? Please visit this site created by a man who was once in MAGA and has since left. Leavingmaga.org
Boycott Spotify
From Ezra and Leah-
Earlier this month, Spotify began running ads to recruit for ICE, making them an active enabler of the hiring spree to build an American secret police force. That’s bad, and if we want there to be consequences for capitulation, we have to be the consequence!
If you’ve joined a weekly “What’s the Plan?” call, you’ve probably heard me and Leah reflect on the lessons from the successful Disney/ABC/Kimmel campaign. The regime bullied, the institution capitulated, the people rebelled, the institution reversed course, and democracy sat up a little straighter the next day.
What worked to influence Disney can work with Spotify! Like Disney, Spotify is a multi-billion dollar corporation that relies on subscriptions. That means we, the paying customers, have real influence.
PANDORA & SIRIUSXM
Note, according to the Huffington Post (10/31) and Rolling Stone (10/15), Pandora is also running ICE recruitment ads. Pandora is a subsidiary of SiriusXM satellite radio. SiriusXM acquired Pandora in 2019 “to form the world’s largest audio entertainment company.”
Stop the Military Occupation of American Cities!
We cannot allow Donald Trump’s continued use of armed federal agents and the military on American soil to intimidate and terrorize civilians to stand. This cannot be the new norm. The sole purpose of these actions is to intimidate and terrorize the local communities into compliance. Please contact your congressional delegation in Washington to let them know this is unacceptable and un-American. This should not be tolerated in our country!
OBAMACARE Price Hike Info Now Available
Information on premium increases for ACA healthcare plans for a dozen states has been made available, according to a New York Times article “Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen State – Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.”
From the article, “Based on the newly posted information, a family of four making $130,000 in Maine would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year.” Such an increase will result in many Mainers simply not having healthcare insurance any longer.
This is what the Democrats in the Senate WERE fighting against. Please contact your Maine senators and let them know you would like them to vote with the Democrats on the Continuing Resolution to extend the ACA tax credits!
Angus King
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292
Susan Collins
DC: (202) 224-2523
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417
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!
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Thank you for all you do! – Indivisible Bangor
And now to the Mid Maine Indivisible morning Call to Action:
Action Monday November 17th: Take Action on Anti-ICE Initiatives in Maine + Release the Epstein Files
Good Morning Folks, it’s Monday and both the House and the Senate will be in session.
Top Action to Take Today:
Masked ICE and Customs and Border Patrol continue to abduct people in Maine. Several of these kidnappings have happened at Home Depots around Maine. Here are a few related actions you can take in response. Ask Governor Mills to sign LD 1971 into law. Go here to email or call her at (207) 287-3531. This bill has passed the legislature, is sitting on Mills’ desk and forbids our state law enforcement from working with ICE and Custom and Border Patrol. Call Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau and Senate President Mattie Dougherty and ask them to allow LR 2591 into the Legislative Session starting in January. This bill would require ICE and Custom and Border Patrols to be UNMASKED in Maine. Finally educate yourself about Home Depot’s actions and consider starting a demonstration at your local Home Depot. As ICE Targets Home Depot Stores, Advocates Say Company Is Failing To Protect Day Laborers (10/31)
More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth
Take a stand to support sexual abuse survivors by contacting Senators King and Collins to vote in favor of H.R. 4405 the
Epstein Files Transparency Act which will be coming to them as soon as next week once the House passes the bill, which will most likely happen this coming Tuesday. For more on this go here. If you haven’t contacted Representatives Pingree and Golden on this, please do. They are both likely to vote in favor of the release. Regardless of the political effect of the release of these files, it’s something the survivors of this sex trafficking ring have been working on for decades and at last they are being heard.
Trump and his gang have started an illegal war through extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. A dozen civilian vessels have been blown up and dozens of people killed, with no hearings, no due process. . Trump wants to distract from his problems at home by creating a “war” on drug traffickers in which he can order anyone he wants killed by claiming they are drug dealers. What could go wrong? Congress has done nothing about this. Our lawmakers should be demanding an investigation of these murders NOW. For more information go here.
GOT MORE TIME? HERE ARE SOME MORE ACTIONS (just pick one!)
- Call or write Governor Mills and ask her to Sign LD 1971: Go here to make a comment on this on her website.
- Join the Maine People’s Alliance in bringing your story to our Congresspeople: Are your insurance rates going up? Did you lose SNAP benefits – the MPA wants to hear your story and use it to fight for Mainers in the ongoing shutdown budget battle. Fill out this form and tell your story here.
- Ask our Maine Law Makers to Ring the Alarm on Trump’s murder of civilians in the Caribbean: Trump’s orders to blow up boats in the Caribbean because they are carrying drugs is illegal, unconstitutional, and a trial run for what he would like to start doing at home. These killings must be investigated and Trump must be held accountable. Call Pingree, Golden, King and Collins to raise a storm about these killings. Go to 5calls.org for a script.
- Call or email our Congressional Representatives to publicly condemn the administration’s use of our Military to create havoc in Blue Cities: It is time to publicly denounce these unconstitutional, king-like actions of our Executive branch. Where is the outrage? Go to 5calls.org for a script on this request.
- Call Governor Mills and our Congressional Representatives: Ask Mills to deny any request from the Trump administration to deploy National Guard Troops for local law enforcement; Ask our representatives to sound the alarm about the use of US Military to intimidate and harass peaceful, public protests. Go here for wording on this.
- Consider volunteering and/or donating to one of the worthy immigrant support organizations listed below: Capital Area New Mainers Project, Mainers for Humane Immigration, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, (all Maine based), and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.
Statewide Actions
- New: Call Maine Speaker of the House, Ryan Fecteau and Senate President Mattie Dougherty and ask them to reverse the decision of the Legislative Council, and allow LR 2591, a bill to require that ICE and Border Patrol Agents be UNMASKED in Maine. to be heard and voted on this Maine Legislative session starting in January. Their numbers are below. You can also call your own representative and senator and ask them to ask the leaders to allow this bill in to the session. Do you want masked men roaming your streets claiming to be law enforcement with no way to hold them accountable?
- Ask Governor Janet Mills to join other Blue States to call for a redistricting of Maine so that Democratic candidates have the edge in the second district, if and only if other states join Texas in redistricting to the Republican advantage. For talking points on this go here. For a toolkit on this for red and blue states go here.
- If you know your Maine Representative or Senator is supportive of making ICE accountable in Maine, ask them to join with Representative Cassie Julia to put in a bill to ensure proper identification of ICE agents acting in Maine. Lawmakers in California have introduced legislation requiring the identity and affiliation of ICE agents to be displayed while interacting with the public.
- Check out Graham Platner’s “Un-Shuck The System Tour” Saturday 11/15 Farmington, American Legion Post 28 10 am, Wednesday November 19th Biddeford, Sacred Profane Brewery 6 pm, to sign up for any of these go here or go to Grahamforsenate.com
“ A concern for the common good – keeping the common good in mind – is a moral attitude. It recognizes that we’re all in it together. If there is no common good, there is no society.” ~~Robert B. Reich
As always, throw a little sand in their gears!
~~Mid Maine Indivisible
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!
