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Action Friday August 1st: Meet With Our Congress People + Oppose the Nomination of Jeanine Pirro for US Attorney for DC + Prepare for Demonstrations Tomorrow
Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list!

Here is today’s Call to Action from Mid Maine Indivisible. Also, remember our weekly vigils here in the Bangor area! We have the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor and the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil.

Volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! We have had a huge influx of new members these past few months and to keep up, YOUR skills, connections, and input are needed! Weekly meetings on Zoom and monthly in-person. Click here to sign up to join us!

Join US Senate Candidate Jordan Wood for a community conversation in Bangor. Bring questions and engage directly with Jordan! Event will be on August 14th in Bangor. Click here for more info and to sign up!

And please check out the latest Action from Hancock County Democrats, Action 155: “Stop the genocide.” Past actions are listed here.

Lastly, our friends at the Bold Coast Civic Alliance have drawn up a new (7/31) super handy list of items we can address. Check it out here!

Thank you for all you do! – Dave from Indivisible Bangor

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Hi Folks,

Good morning everyone we’ve made it to August!

Call our delegation to meet with members individually or through a town hall set up by the organization(s) you are connected with. Let them know what issues you are concerned about. (Details Below)

Call our Senators to oppose the nomination of Fox News Host, Jeanine Pirro, for US Attorney for DC. Like Emile Bove and Ed Martin, she is an 2020 election questioner, Trump loyalist, who is interested in weaponizing the DOJ.

(Details Below)

Prepare for August 2nd Rage Against the Regime Actions (tomorrow), in Augusta and around the State.

From earlier this week – support Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights.

TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Call the Maine Delegation to request an individual meeting or take part in a Town Hall: Congress is on recess during August. This is a good time to meet with our representatives, or their staff to push for the issues we are most concerned about. Gather 5-6 friends and make a date to talk to Collins, King, Golden, or Pingree. More details at 5calls.org.
- Oppose Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro for US Attorney for DC: She is a Trump loyalist, election denier, interested in weaponizing the DOJ, and done everything one could imagine a Fox talk show host would do to downplay Trump’s sexism, racism, and you name it ism, more details on her at 5calls.org.
- Join Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights: Palestinians deserve human rights they are being deprived of now. Make it clear that Mainers do not support this – go here for actions around Maine that protest the actions of the Israeli Government in Gaza.
Statewide Actions This Week:
- Stand Up for Palestinan Rights: For events going on around the state in support of the Palestinian people go to Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights here.
- August 2nd Rage Against the Regime Actions in Maine. 12 – 2 in Augusta, and in several other locations in Maine. Go here for more details.
- 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.
- Help Activate Maine out – go here to submit events!
- 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:
By name: Here
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.

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.

Tuesday, August 5th: 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, August 6th: (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, August 7th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy.

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
08/01/2025
Action Friday, July 18th: Protect the Penobscot River + Join the Maine League of Women Voters to Fight Voter Suppression in Maine
From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible (and don’t forget to check out the weekly to-do list, link on the bottom):

Hi Folks,

Good morning everyone, the House just passed H.R. 4 the Rescissions Bill stealing 9 billion dollars of already allocated funds from Public Broadcasting and Foreign Aid. For a good news article on this go here.

Meanwhile, well over 300 people gathered in Augusta at the state house to honor John Lewis day yesterday in a rally that was somber, but sparked hundreds of friendly honks from the passing traffic. Read more about the event here. More events happened all over Maine and the nation. Not bad for a Thursday!!

If you live in the Bangor area consider joining the rally to protect the Penobscot River from the Juniper Ridge Landfill expansion. Details below.

May the weekend be a time of recharging and restoration for all of us.

TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- PROTECT THE PENOBSCOT RIVER :Rally for Environmental Justice and the River and in Opposition to Juniper Ridge Landfill Expansion at 12 Noon, before the hearing, in Bangor, 78 Exchange Street, wear blue, no shorts. Go here for more info:Sunlight Media Collective,
- Join Indivisible for their One Million Rising Trainings: Go here to register for this training that will be happening over the next two weeks. Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism and more – see details in attachment below.
Statewide Actions This Week:
- Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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
- Join the Maine League of Women Voters in opposing the GOP voter suppression referendum this fall. They will be canvassing in Brunswick and Portland this Saturday, July 19th. There will be coffee, donuts, and door knocking training. Register here.
- Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).
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.

Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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.

Sunday, July 20th: 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.

Tuesday, July 22nd: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville.

Wednesday, July 23d: (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 24th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy.

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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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!

I think it is a must for young people and generations yet to come, to understand, to feel, to touch, to almost smell the drama of what happened a few short years ago in the civil rights movement. So maybe, just maybe we will never ever repeat this unbelievable time in our history. We have to tell it all and make it plain and make it clear, so people will never ever forget the distance we have come and the progress we have yet to make. John Lewis

Indivisible’s Weekly To Do List – July 14th
07/18/2025
Action Thursday, July 17th: For the Heart + Join a “Good Trouble Action” Today -From Mid Maine Indivisible
From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible (and don’t forget to check out the weekly to-do list, link on the bottom):

Hi Folks,

Good morning everyone, Susan Collins voted against the Rescission Bill last night. However it passed with an AIDs related program spared.

Today is “Good Trouble” Action day throughout Maine. Grab some water, a piece of blue clothing, a sign, and head to the streets near you. Solidarity and action will give us heart and and build the resistance. The rally in Augusta is designed to encircle the State House. Join us. There are rallies all over the state see below.

For the Heart
For Your Heart this Fourth Week of Summer: (while we stand in our rallies today)Standing centered in life, I feel my posture, my breath breathing itself. What sounds are being received? What sights? I welcome in and get to know the feeling of unpleasant in the body. The more I open to the feeling of unpleasant, not the thinking that goes around in the gerbel cage, but the feeling, the more centered I am. The more centered I am, the more I can respond with clarity.
-Nancy Hathaway Center for Studying Mindfulness

Mysteries, Yes

Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous
to be understood.

How grass can be nourishing in the
mouths of the lambs.
How rivers and stones are forever
in allegiance with gravity
while we ourselves dream of rising.
How two hands touch and the bonds will
never be broken.
How people come, from delight or the
scars of damage,
to the comfort of a poem.

Let me keep my distance, always, from those
who think they have the answers.

Let me keep company always with those who say
“Look!” and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their heads.

Mary Oliver

TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Prepare to join “Good Trouble” Actions throughout Maine TODAY Thursday, July 17th: Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day! Here is a map of where events are taking place tomorrow.
  - (We here at Indivisible Bangor have organized an action on Stillwater Ave between Chic-Fil-A and Washville TODAY! Go here for more info and to sign up for the Bangor action! – Dave)
- Join Indivisible today for their One Million Rising Training: Go here to register for this training that will be happening over the next two weeks. Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism and more – see details in attachment below.
From Last Week
- If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
- Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can. Indivisible Attachment Below has a toolkit for this.
Statewide Actions This Week:
- Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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.
- PROTECT THE PENOBSCOT RIVER TOMORROW:Rally for Environmental Justice and the River and in Opposition to Juniper Ridge Landfill Expansion at 12 Noon, before the hearing, in Bangor, 78 Exchange Street, WEAR BLUE, NO SHORTS, For more information, please visit Sunlight Media Collective,
- Indivisible Actions – Register Here
- Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta Tomorrow July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day check their calendar out! Here is a map of where events will take place.
- Join the Maine League of Women Voters in opposing the GOP voter suppression referendum this fall. They will be canvassing in Brunswick and Portland this Saturday, July 19th. There will be coffee, donuts, and door knocking training. Register here.
- Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).
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.

Thursday, July 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy.

Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at Mobilize.

On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, in honor of John Lewis, will have a SILENT/Quiet sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending around the corner to

Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as Capitol Street, left on Capitol, and then left through the State House Parking Lot back to State Street.

Dress with some blue in your clothing.

Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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.

Sunday, July 20th: 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.

Tuesday, July 22nd: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville.

Wednesday, July 23d: (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.

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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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!

“I believe there’s no such thing as a conflict that can’t be ended. They’re created and sustained by human beings. They can be ended by human beings. No matter how ancient the conflict, no matter how hateful, no matter how hurtful, peace can prevail.” ~ George J. Mitchell

Indivisible’s Weekly To Do List – July 14th
07/17/2025
Action Wednesday, July 16th from Mid Maine Indivisible
From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

Hi Folks,

Good morning everyone, Susan Collins voted against moving the Rescission Bill forward last night. A short article on her statements is here . The GOP won the vote with a tiebreaker from Vance.

Pressure works. If you didn’t manage to do this yesterday, call Collins TODAY, thank her for her no vote and ask her to continue opposing Trump’s request H.R. 4 to cut already awarded funds to PBS, clean technology, foreign aid, global health, international peace keeping. Ask her to submit amendments to restore funding for these initiatives, particularly the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Global Health initiatives. These are funds that have already been granted, which the GOP is trying to take away!!!

Join the Indivisible One Million Rising training today in how to fight authoritarianism by registering below.

Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Prepare to join “Good Trouble” Actions throughout Maine TOMORROW Thursday, July 17th: Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day! Here is a map of where events are taking place tomorrow.
  - (We here at Indivisible Bangor have organized an action on Stillwater Ave between Chic-Fil-A and Washville on July 17th. Go here for more info and to sign up for the Bangor action! – Dave)
- Join Indivisible today for their One Million Rising Training: Go here to register for this training that will be happening today. Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism and more – see details in attachment below.
- Contact Collins to thank her for OPPOSING H.R. 4, the Rescission Package to cut funding that Congress has already awarded: Ask her to keep voting no on this bill and to bring 2 colleagues on board with her. This request will defund PBS, Foreign Aid, Global Health, International Peacekeeping, etc. For more details go to 5calls.org. The Senate has until midnight on Friday to bring the rescissions bill up for consideration or else it loses its privileged status under a 1974 budget law and would be subject to normal filibuster rules.
- From Last Week
- Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort. Go to Indivisible’s Blue State Defiance Toolkit to take action.
- If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
- Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can. Indivisible Attachment Below has a toolkit for this.
Statewide Actions This Week:
- Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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
- Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta Tomorrow July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day check their calendar out! Here is a map of where events will take place.
- Join the Maine League of Women Voters in opposing the GOP voter suppression referendum this fall. They will be canvassing in Brunswick and Portland this Saturday, July 19th. There will be coffee, donuts, and door knocking training. Register here.
- Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).
Angus King
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292

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

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

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

Find your State Representative: 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.

Thursday, July 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy.

Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at Mobilize.

On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, in honor of John Lewis, will have a SILENT/Quiet sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending around the corner to

Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as Capitol Street, left on Capitol, and then left through the State House Parking Lot back to State Street.

Dress with some blue in your clothing.

Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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.

Sunday, July 20th: 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.

Tuesday, July 22nd: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville.

Wednesday, July 23d: (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.

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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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

“The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders…tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.” ~ Hermann Goering (Nazi Mastermind)
07/16/2025
Action Tuesday July 15th from Mid Maine Indivisible
From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

Hi Folks,

Good morning everyone, if you didn’t manage to do this yesterday, call our Senators TODAY and ask them to oppose Trump’s request H.R. 4 to cut already awarded funds to PBS, clean technology, foreign aid, global health, international peace keeping etc. through a process called Rescission. (A vote on this is likely today or tomorrow in the Senate.)

Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Prepare to join “Good Trouble” Actions throughout Maine on Thursday, July 17th: Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
  - (We here at Indivisible Bangor have organized an action on Stillwater Ave between Chic-Fil-A and Washville on July 17th. Go here for more info and to sign up for the Bangor action! – Dave)
- Contact our Senators to ask them to OPPOSE H.R. 4, a Rescission Package to cut funding that Congress has already awarded: This request will defund PBS, Foreign Aid, Global Health, International Peacekeeping, etc. For more detail go to 5calls.org and/or read Abbie Mcmillen’s post attached below. The Senate has until midnight on Friday to bring the rescissions bill up for consideration or else it loses its privileged status under a 1974 budget law and would be subject to normal filibuster rules.
- Indivisible has a number of trainings you can sign up for: Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism – join their one million rising trainings, and more – see details in attachment below. Sign up for them here.
- From Last Week
- Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort. Go to Indivisible’s Blue State Defiance Toolkit to take action.
- Contact our Congress People to Oppose HR 875: The National Immigration Law Center suggests these talking points to oppose the bill. This bill would allow ICE to go through all arrests for DUI nationally and deport immigrants for previous violations. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that seeking punishment above treatment doesn’t work. The science and morality say this bill is wrong on the face of it; another way to terrorize immigrant communities in Maine and throughout our country.
- If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
- Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can. Indivisible Attachment Below has a toolkit for this.
Statewide Actions This Week:
- Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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
- Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta on July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
  - (We here at Indivisible Bangor have organized an action on Stillwater Ave between Chic-Fil-A and Washville on July 17th. Go here for more info and to sign up for the Bangor action! – Dave)
- Be prepared for an August session of the legislature to deal with a predicted 190 million dollar shortfall in the Budget. This could also be a time to push Mills to sign LD 1971.
- Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).
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.

Tuesday, July 15th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville.

Wednesday, July 16th: (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 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy.

Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at Mobilize.

On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, in honor of John Lewis, will have a SILENT/Quiet sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending around the corner to Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as Capitol Street, left on Capitol, and then left through the State House Parking Lot back to State Street.

Dress with some blue in your clothing.

Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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.

Sunday, July 20th: 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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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

We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the rule of law, a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas. We’ve come a long way, but we still have a distance to go before all of our citizens embrace the idea of a truly interracial democracy, what I like to call the Beloved Community, a nation at peace with itself. John Lewis
07/15/2025
Action Monday July 14th from Mid Maine Indivisible
From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

Hi Folks,

Good morning everyone, call our Senators TODAY and ask them to oppose Trump’s request H.R. 4 to cut already awarded funds to PBS, clean technology, foreign aid, global health, international peace keeping etc. through a process called Rescission. (A vote on this is likely today or tomorrow in the Senate.)

Ask our Congress people (Pingree and Golden) to support US Weather Prediction and Science funding. The lack of coordinated warnings in the flooding disaster in Texas is directly connected to cuts made to the National Weather Service. This is a huge issue heading our way each time Climate Change enhanced storms hit.

From Last Week: (You can add these into the phone calls you make above)

There is now a Federal Bill submitted by Rep. Nydia Velázquez demanding the Unmasking of ICE Agents. Incidents around the country of people impersonating ICE and Police Officers terrorizing immigrants have increased the need for clear and accountable ways to identify official personnel. Support this Bill

Oppose HR 875 – a bill to allow a previous or current arrest for Driving Under the Influence to result in deportation for immigrant populations.

Finally here in the Mid Maine area our Somerset County Commissioners are considering opposing LD 1971 which keeps Maine Police from doing ICE’s work. Ask them not to oppose this bill.

Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Contact our Senators to ask them to OPPOSE H.R. 4, a Rescission Package to cut funding that Congress has already awarded: This request will defund PBS, Foreign Aid, Global Health, International Peacekeeping, etc. For more detail go to 5calls.org.
- Contact our Congressional Delegation to ask them to support restoration of funding for the National Weather Service: This is clearly a life or death matter for people around the United States. Go to 5calls.org for more information and talking points.
- From Last Week
- Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort.
- Contact our Senators to oppose cuts to PBS and NPR: The Senate is getting ready to finalize these cuts. Contact your Senator and sign up for alerts at ProtectMyPublicMedia.org.
- Contact our Congress People to Oppose HR 875: The National Immigration Law Center suggests these talking points to oppose the bill. This bill would allow ICE to go through all arrests for DUI nationally and deport immigrants for previous violations. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that seeking punishment above treatment doesn’t work. The science and morality say this bill is wrong on the face of it; another way to terrorize immigrant communities in Maine and throughout our country.
- If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
- Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can.
Statewide Actions This Week:
- Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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
- Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta on July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
  - We here at Indivisible Bangor have organized an action on Stillwater Ave between Chic-Fil-A and Washville on July 17th. Go here for more info and to sign up for the Bangor action! – Dave
- Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).
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.

Tuesday, July 15th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville.

Wednesday, July 16th: (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 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy.

Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at

Mobilize. On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, will have a SILENT sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending south to the State House parking lot entrance at Union Street and north to Capitol St., around to Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as we can go. Dress with some blue in your clothing.

Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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.

Sunday, July 20th: 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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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

Our social and economic statistics are telling us what we already know in our hearts; we have created a world that works for only a few. To change this, we must learn to act toward each other and our environment in profoundly different ways.  Vaclav Havel
07/14/2025
Action July 11th from Mid Maine Indivisible
From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

Hi Folks,

Good morning everyone, one win –A District Court in Maryland has granted a preliminary injunction and ordered that the Trump administration must restore AmeriCorps funding to the broad coalition that sued over illegal cuts to grants. The District Courts and others below the Supremes seem to be operating under the idea of Checks and Balances. this is good. (From the Maine League of Women Voters)

Ask our Congress people to support US Weather Prediction and Science funding. The lack of coordinated warnings in the flooding disaster in Texas is directly connected to cuts made to the National Weather Service. This is a huge issue heading our way each time Climate Change enhanced storms hit.

Unplug from all this over the weekend as much as you can. This is a marathon not a sprint.

From Earlier this Week:

There is now a Federal Bill submitted by Rep. Nydia Velázquezdemanding the Unmasking of ICE Agents. Incidents around the country of people impersonating ICE and Police Officers terrorizing immigrants have increased the need for clear and accountable ways to identify official personnel. Support this Bill

Oppose HR 875 – a bill to allow a previous or current arrest for Driving Under the Influence to result in deportation for immigrant populations.

PBS and NPR are continuing to fight for funding from the Federal budget, please join that effort to support a reliable and reality based news source.

Finally here in the Mid Maine area our Somerset County Commissioners are considering opposing LD 1971 which keeps Maine Police from doing ICE’s work. Ask them not to oppose this bill.

Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Contact our Congressional Delegation to ask them to support restoration of funding for the National Weather Service: This is clearly a life or death matter for people around the United States. Go to 5calls.org for more information and talking points.
  - From Yesterday
- Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort.
- Contact our Senators to oppose cuts to PBS and NPR: The Senate is getting ready to finalize these cuts. Contact your Senator and sign up for alerts at ProtectMyPublicMedia.org.
- Contact our Congress People to Oppose HR 875: The National Immigration Law Center suggests these talking points to oppose the bill. This bill would allow ICE to go through all arrests for DUI nationally and deport immigrants for previous violations. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that seeking punishment above treatment doesn’t work. The science and morality say this bill is wrong on the face of it; another way to terrorize immigrant communities in Maine and throughout our country.
- If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
- Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can.
Statewide Actions This Week:
- Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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
- Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta on July 17th! See below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
- Be prepared for an August session of the legislature to deal with a predicted 190 million dollar shortfall in the Budget. See more details from the Maine Children’s Alliance attached below for our advocacy as budget lines get cut. This could also be a time to push Mills to sign LD 1971.
- Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).
Angus King
DC (202) 224-5344
Augusta (207) 622-8292

Susan Collins
DC(202) 2242523
Augusta(207) 622-8414 (207)
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.

Saturday, July 12th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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.

Sunday, July 13th: 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.

Tuesday, July 15th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville.

Wednesday, July 16th: (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 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy.

Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at

Mobilize. On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, will have a SILENT sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending south to the State House parking lot entrance at Union Street and north to Capitol St., around to Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as we can go.

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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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

“The purpose of art is to stop time.” ~ Bob Dylan
07/11/2025
Call Janet Mills – LD 1971

ME LD1971

An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities

This bill is on Janet Mills’ desk now!

Call her and urge her to sign it!

Call Governor Janet Mills 207-287-353

Email Governor Janet Mills

Among other related things, this bill “enacts provisions to clarify the relationship of state and local law enforcement agencies, including correctional facilities, and state employees with federal immigration authorities. The bill: 1. Prohibits a law enforcement agency from stopping, investigating, interrogating, arresting or detaining a person for immigration enforcement purposes, including in response to a hold request, immigration detainer or administrative warrant issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security, or allowing the United States Department of Homeland Security access to inmates or inmate information or providing law enforcement agency resources or personnel to assist immigration enforcement activities.”

LD 1971 includes common-sense guardrails to protect the rights and safety of Maine’s immigrants, and all of us. It ensures that state and local law enforcement aren’t stepping outside of their official duties to assist the federal government with mass deportation.

06/27/2025