Here is today’s Call to Action from Mid Maine Indivisible. Also, remember our weekly vigils here in the Bangor area! The Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor and the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil. And volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! We have had a huge influx of new members these past few months and to keep up, YOUR skills, connections, and input are needed! Click here to sign up to join us!

And please check out the latest Action from Hancock County Democrats about the referendum here in Maine this November that aims to suppress the vote. – Dave from Indivisible Bangor

Hi Folks,

Good morning everyone, last week in July. 

The House has been sent home to avoid dealing with the Epstein Files, and the Senate is probably around for a week or more. Recess is a good time to visit our Delegation’s Offices and discuss the issues most important to you.

Sign up to help oppose this fall’s voter suppression referendum in Maine go here to get involved in an effort sponsored by the Maine League of Women Voters, Maine Equal Justice, Maine ACLU, Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, Maine AFL-CIO and many others.

Call our Senators and ask them to oppose the nomination of Emil Bove, (Nosferatu 2) for the Federal Appeals Court (3d circuit). A vote should be coming up this week. Once there, Trump, can advance him to the Supreme Court. He is really bad news. Details and links below. Senator Susan Collins voted to advance Emil Bove’s nomination but stated she would oppose his confirmation on the final vote. She expressed concerns that Bove would not serve as an impartial jurist. King also voted to advance his nomination.

TODAY’S ACTION (s)

• Work with your resistance group to visit one of our Congress Member’s Offices During Summer Recess: Ask them to act on any number of issues, ask them to hold a town hall meeting, create a petition to present to them with signatures, you know what to do!
• Call Senators King and Collins to oppose the nomination of Emile Bove to be a judge on the Federal Appeals court:  Bove was Trump’s lawyer in the hush money case, He ordered the firings of Jan. 6 prosecutors, threatened to purge the FBI and prosecute local and state officials who pushed back against Trump’s mass deportation agenda, and dropped the corruption charges against NYC mayor Eric Adams. Go to 5calls.org to get more talking points on this. Both Collins and King voted to move his nomination forward.
• Sign up to help oppose this fall’s voter suppression referendum: Go to Save Maine Absentee Voting  to learn how to get involved with this important referendum.
• Prepare for Saturday August 2nd “Rage Against the Regime” action: Sponsored by 50/51 . Events now planned in Augusta, Skowhegan, Ellsworth and Freeport. Go here for more detail.
• Contribute to Megan Scribner’s substack Building Bridges Word by Word:  Building Bridges has created a safe space where we can share our stories and begin to build bridges across divides. Here is an example of something I wrote for Megan in 2021: If You’re Ready, Come Go With Me.

Statewide Actions This Week:

• August 2nd Rage Against the Regime Actions in Maine. 12 – 2 in Augusta, and in several other locations in Maine. Go here for more detail.
• 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. 
• Indivisible Actions – Register Here, For the One Million Rising action – register here  and watch the first session here.
• Buy some American Flags for your next Demo; there are lots around from July 4th – Reny’s (“the Maine Shopping Experience”) has bunches.

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

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

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

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

Find Your State Senator: Here

Find your State Representative: Here – (by name), By District: Here,

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

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.

Tuesday, July 29th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the rising authoritarian state: around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

Wednesday, July 30th: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville, Maine. 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, July 31st: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

First Saturday of each Month at 2:30: Somerset Stands Up Rallies-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. Next one is August 2nd, 2:30

Sunday, August 3d: at 1:00 (and every Sunday): Stand with us against Trump/Stephen Miller; For Peace in the Middle East, For Ukraine, Stop the War in Iran, etc. on the Bridge by CVS in Waterville.

MORE ACTIONS

*If you haven’t yet, write your letter to Governor Mills thanking her for her stand against Trump, and asking her to run against Collins. SHE HAS NOT YET RULED THIS OUT! Hand written if possible.  Mail to: State House Station 1, Augusta, Maine, 04333. 

*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. Consider joining the MPA for trainings in June and July on resistance strategy, lobbying, and other areas. Contact Jim on this.

With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere! 

As always, throw a little sand in their gears!

-Mid Maine Indivisible

National Night Out South End Festival Tuesday August 5th 4:30 – 7 pm Green street park

August 2: Rage Against the Regime Sit-In at the Capitol, Noon to 2:00 PM
This is sponsored by 5051, and I don’t have many details.  visit this link. 

August 2: Rage Against the Regime Sit-in at the Capitol

This is a 50501 event, listed only on Facebook. From the organizers: “Join us on August 2 at the Capitol Building in Augusta from noon to 2 PM for the 50501 national call to action “Rage Against the Regime.” This gathering is not a march, but rather a homage to the civil rights movements that paved the way for our present. We will honor the courageous actions of lunch counter sit-ins, be inspired by the historic seat of Rosa Parks, and commemorate the student-led sit-ins against the Vietnam War. Together, we will participate in a sit-in, and we encourage you to bring blankets, pillows, chairs, and signs to amplify our message. Our event will feature speakers throughout, reminding us of the importance of unity and the power of community engagement. For more information, visit this link.