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https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/

#Maine #MEPolitics #ResistICE #MaineResists #MaineEvents #BadDOGE #FreePalestine #Resistance #ResistAuthoritarianism #NHResists
#ResistFascism #USPol #MaineVoicesForPeace #BigUglyBill #WeWillNotGetOverIt

So, I haven't been posting #PineTreeActivism weekly events. I may do updates on the weekly events once in a while, but for now, I'm going to focus on bigger events. The next one is coming up this Thursday, July 17th...

MAINE – GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON – JULY17

#GoodTroubleLivesOn is a NATIONAL DAY OF NONVIOLENT ACTION to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the #Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.

#AuburnME: 3:30-5:30PM – Longley Bridge, Court St
#AugustaME: 12-1:30PM – Sidewalks at Maine State House
#BangorME: 5-7 PM – Stillwater Ave @ Chick-fil-A & Washville
#BelfastME: 5-6 PM – Belfast Post Office, Main & Church Streets
#BridgtonME: 5-6:30PM – Shorey Park, Main St
#BrunswickME: 5-7 PM – Town Mall, 195 Maine St
#CalaisME: 11-1:00PM – Flat Iron Park, North St & South St
#ConwayNH: 4-6 PM – Location not listed
#DoverFoxcroftME: 12-1 PM – Main St bridge
#EllsworthME: 3:30-5:30PM – Rt 1, 162-175 High St
#FarmingtonME: 4-6PM – 196 Main St
#FreeportME: 8-10AM – 134 Main St
#HoultonME: 11:30-12:00PM – Monument Park, 54 Military St
#KennebunkME: 4-5:30PM – Out front of Kennebunk Library
#LincolnME: 5-6PM – at the Lincoln Loon, Main St, downtown
#LubecME: 11-12:00PM – Washington Street
#MachiasME: 12-1PM – 16 O'Brien Ave, bottom of College Hill
#OceanParkME: 6-7PM – Temple Ave & W Grand Ave, Ocean Park
Oxford Hills / #ParisME: 5:30-6:30PM – Fair St & Main St
#PortlandME Seniors: 3-5PM – Park Danforth, 777 Stevens Ave
Portland: 6:30-7:30PM – Monument Sq, 456 Congress St
#PortsmouthNH: 5-7PM – Market Sq
#RocklandME: 7-9PM – 345 Broadway
#WayneME: 7-8AM – Rt 133, Main St
#WayneME: 5-6PM – Rt 133, Main St on the bridge
#WellsME: 5-6PM – Wells Police Deparment, 1563 Post Rd
#WolfeboroNH: 12-2PM – Pickering Crnr, 151 S Main
#YorkME: 5-6:30PM – York Town Hall, 186 York St

#Maine #MEPolitics #ResistICE #MaineResists #MaineEvents #BadDOGE #FreePalestine #Resistance #ResistAuthoritarianism #NHResists
#ResistFascism #USPol #MaineVoicesForPeace #BigUglyBill #WeWillNotGetOverIt

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MAINE RESISTANCE EVENTS
MAY 26 - JUNE 1, 2025
=====================
EVERY EFFORT COUNTS!

#Resist the #BudgetBill & #SAVEMEDICAID
FLOOD the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

REPOST & SHARE!
Updated Mon, May 26, 6:45AM

MAY 31, Sat 11:00AM – #FarmingtonME
Farmington Post Office, 196 Main St
Weekly Stand Out https://mvprights.org/events

MAY 31, Sat 11-12:00PM (& every Sat) – #LubecME
81 Washington St, across from IGA
Weekly Peaceful Protest - Using nonviolence & peaceful protest, we stand together to take our country back from the billionaire takeover.

MAY 31, Sat 11-12 noon (& every Sat) – #PortlandME
Monument Square, 456 Congress St
EVERY SATURDAY-11AM-PROTEST @ MONUMENT SQUARE!
Come speak truth to trump's increasing use of unlawful authoritarian power. His main goal is to enrich himself and the billionaire class.
Speakers welcomed. Bring a friend. Creative signs applauded.

MAY 31, Sat 11-12:00PM (& Sats thru May) – #SouthPortlandME
Erskine Park, end of Casco Bay Bridge
Hands Øff Rallies – Every Saturday at the Casco Bay Bridge in SoPo.

MAY 31, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #AuburnME
Court St, Longley Bridge
Stop Fascism Now Rally – Our lives and the lives of our children depend on it. Bring your friends, neighbors, and tired masses, yearning to be free.

MAY 31, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #BelfastME
Belfast Post Office, 1 Franklin St
Stand for Democracy and the Rule of Law – Join us for peaceful protest and fight to preserve democracy.

MAY 31, Sat 12:00-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #BlueHillME
Town Hall, 18 Union St
Join Us in Weekly Peaceful Protest

MAY 31, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #MachiasME
16 O'Brien Ave, Veterans Memorial Triangle (bottom of College Hill)
Every Saturday Rally: Bring signs telling Susan Collins, Jared Golden, and Angus King what you need them to do to protect people in Washington County and to save democracy. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/778577/

MAY 31, Sat 12-2:00PM (& every Sat) – #MillinocketME
Corner of Central and Penobscot
Peaceful Weekly Protest: Started early March 2025 with two people, this event gains every week. One of the older ongoing protests in Maine!

@AIF_Massachusetts

#Maine #MEPolitics #MaineResists #MaineEvents #BadDOGE
#ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism #USPol

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MAINE RESISTANCE EVENTS
MAY 26 - JUNE 1, 2025
=====================
EVERY EFFORT COUNTS!

#Resist the #BudgetBill & #SAVEMEDICAID
FLOOD the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

REPOST & SHARE!
Updated Mon, May 26, 6:45AM

MAY 28, Wed 7-8:00PM – Virtual Event – Join from anywhere
#Indivisible Greater Portland Virtual Happy Hour – Tired of endless doomscrolling? Looking to connect and relax with like-minded people from the community? Join us every other Wednesday evening at 7pm for virtual happy hour! https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/793608/

THUR MAY 29

MAY 29, Thur 12-1:00PM (& every Thur)– #BrunswickME
143 Maine St, in front of Tontine Mall
Vigil for Peace – weekly stand-out to call for permanent ceasefire in #Gaza.
#PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick https://www.nenjp.org/calendar/

MAY 29, Thur 3:00PM (2nd & 4th Thursdays) – #RocklandME
Main St & Park St
Weekly Stand Out – held by the people of the Rockland area

MAY 29, Thur 4-5:00PM (& every Thur) – #BentonME / #FairfieldME
Fairfield-Benton Bridge over the Kennebec, Fairfield
STOP the COUP – Save Democracy! – Plenty of municipal parking on both sides of the bridge
NOTE: Gather on the BENTON side to start. When the People Rise, Tyrants Fall! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/787603/

MAY 29, Thur 4-5:00PM (& every Thur)– #FarmingtonME
Farmington Post Office, 196 Main St
Stand-Out for #Palestine – weekly stand-out held by the people of Farmington https://www.nenjp.org/calendar/

MAY 29, Thur 4-5:00PM (& every Thur)– #KennebunkME
Rt 1 & Fletcher St, front of Kennebunk Library
Weekly Stand Out To Speak Against Government Actions designed to benefit the powerful. Hosted by Democrats of Kennebunks & Arundel, one of the most active Democratic memberships in Maine.

MAY 29, Thur 4-6:00PM (& every Thursday) – #SacoME
Rt 1 & Cascade Rd
Weekly Stand Out to Protect Justice & Defend Democracy

FRI MAY 30

MAY 30, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #FarmingtonME
Out front of Post Office, 196 Main St
Weekly Visibility Day to advocate for peace and protect democracy. Started 21 years ago as a Women in Black Vigil, this is now a community event and includes #VeteransForPeace.

@AIF_Massachusetts

#Maine #MEPolitics
#MaineResists #MaineEvents #FreePalestine #BadDOGE
#ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism #USPol

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MAINE RESISTANCE EVENTS
MAY 23 - MAY 29, 2025
=====================
EVERY EFFORT COUNTS!

FLOOD the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
#Resist & #SaveMedicaid

REPOST & SHARE!
Updated Fri, May 23, 8:55AM

SAT, MAY 24, 2025

MAY 24, Sat 11-12:00PM (& every Sat) – #LubecME
81 Washington St, across from IGA
Weekly Peaceful Protest - Using nonviolence & peaceful protest, we stand together to take our country back from the billionaire takeover.

MAY 24, Sat 11-12 noon (& every Sat) – #PortlandME
City Hall Plaza, 389 Congress St
EVERY SATURDAY-11AM-PROTEST @ CITY HALL THIS WEEK!
Come speak truth to trump's increasing use of unlawful authoritarian power. His main goal is to enrich himself and the billionaire class.
Speakers welcomed. Bring a friend. Creative signs applauded.

MAY 24, Sat 11-12:00PM (& Saturdays through May) – #SouthPortlandME
Erskine Park, end of Casco Bay Bridge
#HandsOff Rallies – Every Saturday at the Casco Bay Bridge in SoPo.

MAY 24, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #AuburnME
Court St, Longley Bridge
#StopFascismNow Rally – Our lives and the lives of our children depend on it. Bring your friends, neighbors, and tired masses, yearning to be free.

MAY 24, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #BelfastME
Belfast Post Office, 1 Franklin St
Stand for Democracy and the Rule of Law – Join us for peaceful protest and fight to preserve democracy.

MAY 24, Sat 12:00-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #BlueHillME
Town Hall, 18 Union St
Join Us in Weekly Peaceful Protest

MAY 24, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #MachiasME
16 O'Brien Ave, Veterans Memorial Triangle (bottom of College Hill)
Every Saturday Rally: Bring signs telling #SusanCollins, #JaredGolden, and #AngusKing what you need them to do to protect people in Washington County and to save democracy. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/778577/

MAY 24, Sat 12-2:00PM (& every Sat) – #MillinocketME
Corner of Central and Penobscot
Peaceful Weekly Protest: Started early March 2025 with two people, this event gains every week. One of the older ongoing protests in Maine

MAY 24, Sat 12-1:00PM – #RocklandME
12-1:00PM: Chapman Park, 294 Main St (Park & Main)
Sing Songs of #Resistance with The Audacity in Rockland – Patriots, Show Yourselves! Nonviolent Demonstration to Defend Democracy.
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/755899/

@AIF_Massachusetts

#Maine #MEPolitics #MaineResists #MaineEvents #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism
#ResistFascism #USPol

#EU will provide emergency funds to help keep #RadioFreeEurope afloat after US cuts

May 20, 2025

"The European Union agreed Tuesday to provide emergency funds to help keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet, accusing it of promoting a news agenda with a liberal bias.

"Radio Free Europe / #RadioLiberty started broadcasting during the #ColdWar. Its programs are aired in 27 languages in 23 countries across Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. Its lawyers have been fighting the administration in court.

"EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc’s foreign ministers had agreed to a 5.5-million-euro ($6.2 million) contract to 'support the vital work of Radio Free Europe.' The 'short-term emergency funding' is a 'safety net' for #IndependentJournalism, she said.

"Kallas said the EU would not be able to fill the organization’s funding gap around the world, but that it can help the broadcaster to 'work and function in those countries that are in our neighborhood and that are very much dependent on news coming from outside.' "

https://apnews.com/article/europe-radio-free-trump-funds-9e6283df860222e825c81ff0c1c0ef9b

#DOGECuts #BadDOGE #USPol #WorldPol #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism #Journalism #SilencingJournalism

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Events for May 12th - 17th, 2025

Details confirmed as of May 12th

Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #RESIST!
Submit events to: [email protected]

NEW! MAY 15, Thur 4-5:00PM – #BentonME / #FairfieldME
Fairfield-Benton Bridge over the Kennebec, Fairfield
STOP the COUP – Save Democracy! – Plenty of municipal parking on both sides of the bridge NOTE: Gather on the BENTON side to start. When the People Rise, Tyrants Fall! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/787603/

MAY 15, Thur 4-5:00PM (& every Thur)– #FarmingtonME
Farmington Post Office, 196 Main St
Stand-Out for Palestine – weekly stand-out held by the people of Farmington https://www.nenjp.org/calendar/

MAY 15, Thur 4-5:00PM (& every Thur)– #KennebunkME
Rt 1 & Fletcher St, front of Kennebunk Library
Weekly Stand Out To Speak Against Government Actions designed to benefit the powerful. Hosted by Democrats of Kennebunks & Arundel, one of the most active Democratic memberships in Maine.

MAY 16, Fri, 2:30PM (& every Fri) – #SacoME
291 North Street
Weekly Rally Outside General Dynamics - Arms Embargo Now
https://www.nenjp.org/calendar

MAY 16, Fri 4-5:00PM (& every Fri) – #SanfordME
920 Main St. in front of Central Park
Weekly Peaceful Protest. Help support this new #resistance event as it grows stronger every week!

MAY 16, Fri 4-5:30PM (& every Fri) – #BiddefordME
Mechanics Park, Main & Water St by the bridge
Stop the Coup Protest at Mechanics Park – #Indivisible/Biddeford Saco. Bring a sign, bells, drums and a loud voice!
Area SURJ.org: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/779699/

MAY 16, Fri 5-6:00PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens
Vigil for Peace – Join PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick as they call for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. FMI: 725-7686 www.nenjp.org/calendar/

MAY 16, Fri 5-6:00PM (& every Fri) – #CamdenME
Camden Village Green, 29 Chestnut St, Camden, Maine
Camden Stand-Out – held by the people of Camden www.nenjp.org/calendar/

@AIF_Massachusetts

#MaineResists #MaineEvents #FreePalestine #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism #USPol

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Events for May 10th & 11th, 2025

Details confirmed as of May 8th

Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #RESIST!
Submit events to: [email protected]

MAY 10, Sat 10-11:00AM – #PortsmouthNH
2454 Lafayette Rd
Take Down TeSSla! – Hosted by #OccupySeacoast
NOTE: Please don't park in the lot; park on the side street next to the mall and do not block bus stop, fire hydrants or driveways. Thank you!
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/769783/

MAY 10, Sat 10-12:00PM – #RocklandME
First Universalist Church, 345 Broadway
Democracy On the Ground – Making A Difference Locally – Learn how to take proactive steps and stay informed about local issues, engage with legislators, volunteer with community orgs, and attend local meetings. Speakers and local/state advocacy and activism groups.
https://www.midcoastwomen.org/democracy-on-the-ground

MAY 10, Sat 11-12:00PM (& every Sat) – #LubecME
81 Washington St, across from IGA
Weekly Peaceful Protest - Using principles of nonviolence and peaceful protest, we will stand together to take our country back from the billionaire takeover.

MAY 10, Sat 11-12:00PM (& every Sat) – #PortlandME
Monument Square, 456 Congress St
EVERY SATURDAY-11AM- MONUMENT-SQUARE PROTEST
against this admin's assaults on the representative democracy. This long standing protest welcome speakers. Bring a friend. Creative signs applauded. Walk down to First Parish afterward for Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition & Multifaith Justice Maine forum, speakers, and community.

MAY 10, Sat 11-12:00PM (& Saturdays through May) – #SouthPortland
Erskine Park, end of Casco Bay Bridge
#HandsOff Rallies – Every Saturday at the Casco Bay Bridge in SoPo!

MAY 10, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #AuburnME
Court St, Longley Bridge
Until the Insanity In Washington Stops – Our lives and the lives of our children depend on it. Bring your friends, neighbors, and tired masses, yearning to be free.

MAY 10, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – #BelfastME
Belfast Post Office, 1 Franklin St
Stand for Democracy and the Rule of Law – Join us for peaceful protest and fight to preserve democracy.

cc: @AIF_Massachusetts @teslatakedown

#MaineResists #MaineEvents #FreePalestine #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism #USPol #TeslaTakedowns

[Thread] Pine Tree Activism Calendar
Scheduled Events

April 7-14 - All Week - #WalmartBoycott. Please support locally owned business instead of big box stores.

April 8th - #FreeportME, Tuesday, 8am-10am (& every Tuesday) - Corner of Main & School Streets. #AmericansUnitedInCommonCause

April 8th- #BangorME, Tue 11AM-1PM (& every Tue) - Federal Building, 202 Harlow Street - Weekly peaceful protest

April 8th - #LewistonME - Tues 12noon-1PM (& every Tuesday) - Across from Susan Collin's office: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon Street

April 8th - #WatervilleME - Tues 12-1PM (& every Tue) - Stand at #Tesla - 334 Main Street (Elm Plaza Tesla charging station) https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/762157/

April 8th - #RocklandME - Tues 6pm-7:30PM - Rockland Public Library - Midcoast : Success in Creating Housing - https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/767554/

(cont'd)

Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.bsky.social/post/3lm7y5l7fk22q
#PineTreeActivism #Events #MaineEvents #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #TeslaTakedowns #Resistance #Resist

Live updates: #Mainers rally across the state to protest #Trump policies

On Saturday, more than a dozen '#HandsOff' rallies were set to be held throughout Maine as part of a national day of action targeting the new Trump administration.

"On Saturday, more than a dozen rallies were set to be held throughout Maine as part of a national day of action to protest the policies of President Donald Trump.
The “Hands Off” rallies were scheduled from #WellsME to as far north as #LubecME. In Portland, protesters gathered in Monument Square at 11 a.m., while one of the day’s first protests began in Freeport just after 8 a.m.

"Portland police said they were aware of the Monument Square demonstration in advance and would 'be giving it special attention as we do all protests that we are aware of within the city,' department spokesperson Brad Nadeau said in an email Friday afternoon.

"Saturday’s protests were focused on President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser #ElonMusk’s efforts to cut the federal workforce through mass firings, rumored threats to safety-net programs like Social Security and Medicaid, and heightened action by immigration officers as part of a massive deportation effort.

"Though Saturday’s demonstrations were expected to be relatively large, Mainers have been taking to the streets for weeks. In addition to those protesting the federal government’s policies, hundreds have also called for Maine Gov. #JanetMills to relent following her high-profile clash with Trump."

Original article:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/live-updates-mainers-rally-throughout-the-state-to-protest-trump-policies/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/DQ48b
#PortlandME #AugustaME #FreeportME
#SouthPortlandME #SouthParisME #AuburnME #MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE

[cont'd] #Maine and #NewHampshire #HandsOff Mass Mobilization Events

handsoff2025.com - #NationalDayofAction events as of 4/4/2025

April 5th, #LewistonME, 5:00-7:00pm, 120 Mill Street, The Pub at Baxter

April 6th, #EllsworthME, 12noon-1:00pm (& every Sunday), Main Street, River Bridge, For #Peace & #Palestine

April 6th, 6:30-7:30pm - Virtual Event - Join from anywhere. Stand united to protect our rights, freedoms, rule of law, & democracy. MAINE: Rapid Response for Our Freedoms https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/747363/

April 6th, #WatervilleME, 1:00-2:00pm (& every Sun), 1 Kennedy Memorial Drive (on the bridge next to CVS), Stand Up to Preserve & Restore Our Country

April 6th, #PortsmouthNH, 4:00-5:00pm (& every Sun), in front of North Church off Market Square, Portsmouth, NH - Civil Rights Sundays! Take a stand to defend our democracy. Hosted by #OccupySeacoast

April 7-14 - All Week - #WalmartBoycott. Please support locally owned business instead of big box stores.

April 8th - #FreeportME, Tuesday, 8am-10am (& every Tuesday) - Corner of Main & School Streets. #AmericansUnitedInCommonCause

Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.bsky.social/post/3llyufxcau22x
#April5Events #April5th #HandsOff2025 #HandsOff #Antifascism #Events #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #NHResists

[cont'd] #Maine and #NewHampshire #HandsOff Mass Mobilization Events

handsoff2025.com - #NationalDayofAction events as of 4/4/2025

April 5th - #OxfordHillsME, 10:00-12noon, Fair St. & Main St. #SouthParisME

April 5th - #PortlandME,11:00am-1:00pm (& every Sat at 11am), Monument Square, 456 Congress St

April 5th- #FarmingtonME - 11:00am-12noon, Post Office, 196 Main Street

April 5th - #LubecME, 11:00am-12noon, Across from IGA, WashingtonStreet

April 5th - #BrunswickME - NOTE: Venue change! 11:00am-12:30pm, Brunswick Mall, 149 Maine Street
Park Row and Maine Street

April 5th - #PresqueIsleME, 11:00am-1:00pm - 365 Main Street and Academy, Social Security Building

(cont'd)

Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.bsky.social/post/3llyufxcau22x
#April5Events #April5th #HandsOff2025 #HandsOff #Antifascism #Events #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #NHResists

#Maine and #NewHampshire #HandsOff Mass Mobilization Events

handsoff2025.com - #NationalDayofAction as of 4/3/2025

Maine and New Hampshire Hands Off Rallies

#LubecME, 11:00am-12noon, Across from IGA, WashingtonStreet
#BrunswickME - NOTE: Venue change! 11:00am-12:30pm, Brunswick Mall, 149 Maine Street
#PortlandME,11:00am-1:00pm, Monument Square, 456 Congress St
#SouthPortlandME, 11:00am-1:00pm, GE Erskine Park, end of bridge
#Bath, 10:00am=12:30pm (& every Sat thru April 19), Bath Iron Works Admin Building, 700 Washington Street. Vigil for Disarmament - Say No!
#BelfastME - 12noon-1:00pm - Post Office Square, Main Street & Church Street
#CastineME - 12noon-1:00pm - The Commons, Court Street & School Street

Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.bsky.social/post/3llwcc6zibk25
#April5Events #April5th #HandsOff2025 #HandsOff #Antifascism #Events #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #NHResists

#Teachers sue #Trump admin for stopping affordable #StudentLoan repayment plans

The American Federation of Teachers represents 1.8 million educators.

By Leah Sarnoff, March 19, 2025

"One of America's largest unions is taking aim at President Donald Trump's administration for shutting down access to affordable student loan repayment plans -- saying the decision is 'effectively breaking' the system.

"The American Federation of Teachers (#AFT), representing 1.8 million educators across the country, filed a lawsuit against the #DepartmentOfEducation in Washington, D.C., hoping to restore the programs that have now been shuttered for three weeks.

"The filing alleges the administration halting the application process for all Income-Driven Repayment (#IDR) plans and ordering student loan servicers to stop all processing violates #FederalLaw.

"AFT sued the United States Department of Education (ED) for effectively breaking the student loan system, denying borrowers' access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (#PSLF), in violation of federal law,' the union said in a statement Wednesday."

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/teachers-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #BadDOGE #ResistDOGE #Authoritarianism #USPol

#Trump signs order gutting #DepartmentOfEducation

Trump signed the order in a ceremony while flanked by schoolchildren.

By Katherine Faulders, Rachel Scott, and Arthur Jones II
March 20, 2025

"By dismantling ED, President Trump is implementing his own philosophy on education which can be summed up in his own words, 'I love the poorly educated,'" - Bobby Scott, D-Va.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-expected-sign-order-gutting-department-education-sources/story?id=119967268
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #BadDOGE #ResistDOGE #Authoritarianism #USPol

#Trump Officials Are ‘Pretending’ a Judge Didn’t Bar His #AntiDiversity Orders

A judge blocked the administration from forcing organizations to accept anti-diversity contract terms. Trump officials haven’t let them know

By Asawin Suebsaeng, Andrew Perez
March 12, 2025

"Last month, a federal judge issued an injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing multiple executive orders designed to purge the government of anything related to diversity — including an order to prohibit contractors and grant recipients from doing literally anything to promote the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion (#DEI) within their organizations.

"Trump’s Justice Department decided the fairly broad injunction only covered certain agencies. This month, certain parts of the administration, including the U.S. State Department, continued attempting to force this provision on contractors and grant recipients, threatening their funding if they failed to sign it, according to three knowledgeable sources in and outside of government. Rolling Stone has also reviewed documentation supporting these accounts.

"After the judge clarified on Monday that his injunction does, indeed, bar the whole federal government from enforcing Trump’s anti-diversity orders, the administration hasn’t bothered to inform various nonprofits and grant recipients they do not currently have to comply with the president’s orders, according to two of the sources. The new contract terms the Trump administration attempted to foist on these organizations and recipients remain on their desks, with the threats about failure to sign still dangling over them.

"'We haven’t even received a generic email about the judicial ruling,' says one senior executive at an international nonprofit and longstanding implementing partner with the U.S. government. ' They are just pretending it didn’t happen, it seems.'

"The episode is part of a broader pattern in which the second Trump administration has operated under the impression that judges’ orders and rulings don’t much matter. Vice President J.D. Vance has publicly argued that Trump can ignore judges’ orders, asserting: 'Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.' Trump, for his part, has threatened to 'look at' judges who rule against Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Over Presidents Day weekend, Trump admitted he thinks he can break any law he wants to — so long as he can loosely define doing so as part of his mission to ' save' the country.'"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-officials-diversity-orders-dei-pretending-1235294937/
#ResistDOGE #Resistance #BadDOGE #Fascism #Authoritarianism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

#Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to #Trump and his sweeping agenda

by BILL BARROW, CHARLOTTE KRAMON and NADIA LATHAN
March 4, 2025

ATLANTA (AP) — "As Donald Trump prepared Tuesday to address a joint session of Congress, #protest groups gathered at parks, statehouses and other public grounds across the country to assail his presidency as #dangerous and #UnAmerican.

"The rallies and marches — set in motion by the fledgling #50501Movement, a volunteer-driven group organized in the weeks after Trump’s inauguration — mark the latest attempt at national resistance to the hardened support of Trump’s '#MakeAmericaGreatAgain' base and the success it has had in reshaping the Republican Party in the president’s populist image.

"Yet some early scenes Tuesday vividly demonstrated the difficulty Democrats, progressives and everyday citizens face in marshaling a tangible response to Trump and the swift, sweeping actions of his second administration. Protesters have so many things to push back against — from tariffs to Trump’s reset on the war in Ukraine to the aggressive and sometimes legally dubious actions of the Department of Government Efficiency and its leader, billionaire #Elon Musk, that it’s hard to know what to focus on." [THIS IS INTENTIONAL! #DivideAndConquer!]

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-protests-53c6a993ee4892d4b5f9f90607f410e3
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#PortlandMaine: Weekly protests, Saturdays at 11am! #MonumentSquare (alternate site, City Hall)

#Protesters rallied at 16 #demonstrations across #Maine

by Carol Bousquet, Maine Public March 2, 2025

"Protesters rallied at 16 statewide demonstrations this weekend called #MarchEndTheMadness.

"Hundreds filled #MonumentSquare in #PortlandME Saturday to speak out about the #Trump Administration’s actions that have harmed #Mainers, including #farmers and #FederalWorkers.

"The protesters said they are calling for the restoration of checks and balances, the rule of law, and equity for all under the law.

"Steve Titcomb of Falmouth said he worries about the security of our country and that of our allies with Trump in charge.

"'The president has taken the side of #Russia and #Putin and is turning his back on decades of security for Europe and NATO,' Titcomb said.

"Susan Hanley of Orr’s Island said she’s disgusted with how President Trump treated #Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy Friday at the White House and said his administration is not working for Americans.

"'It’s not about ‘We the People’ for them. It’s about #greed and #money and #power,' Hanley said.

"The #16CountiesForCourage marches were organized by #IndivisiblePortland, #IndivisibleBangor and other advocacy groups.

"Earlier in the day about a hundred protesters gathered at Portland City Hall to speak out against the Trump Administration’s sweeping measures to downsize the federal government workforce.

"Angus Ferguson organizes a protest called 'Every Saturday at 11 am in Monument Square' that has been gathering for several weeks but met at City Hall because of multiple protests across the city. He said the Trump Administration is ignoring the U.S. Constitution and turning it upside down.

"'We’re protesting Donald Trump, #Musk and the #MAGA movement’s destruction of the U.S. Constitution, firing federal workers, decimating federal agencies,' Ferguson said.

"Ferguson, who is an attorney, said the President is literally 'executing' or destroying the law with his actions."

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/03/02/politics/state-politics/protesters-rallied-at-16-demonstrations-across-maine/
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#Maine: #HoultonME rally against #Trump administration was one of 16 in Maine

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, March 3, 2025

HOULTON, Maine — "Fifty-two people stood together in the rain on Saturday afternoon in downtown Houlton, wearing black armbands and carrying signs calling for the restoration of the nation.

"The rally was one of more than a dozen around the state on Saturday against the new administration of President Donald #Trump. Co-organizer Marilyn Roper said it was meant to draw attention to what demonstrators see as the recent loss of so many of the nation’s rights and the dismantling of government agencies. They also urged support for #Ukraine in its war against #Russia.

"Also over the weekend, demonstrators gathered at the State House in Augusta to protest the Maine Principal’s Association’s rules allowing transgender student athletes to participate in sports divisions that align with their actual gender, which have sparked the ongoing threats by the Trump administration to cut Maine’s federal funding.

"As the group of Houlton-area residents stood in silence displaying messages of restoration, passing drivers honked in solidarity. They specifically called for the restoration of law and order, decency, democracy, and the U.S. Agency for International Development [#USAID], among other things.

"During one stretch of time, the only vocal opposition came from a man driving a black pick-up truck, who yelled his disapproval out the window as he drove by.

"Roper is part of a statewide peace and justice group that co-organized the March 1 rallies in 16 communities, with one each in every Maine county. Some of the other demonstrations were in #BangorME, #SkowheganME, #CalaisME, #Damariscotta and #PortlandME.

"Several participating in the Houlton rally expressed their disgust and shame regarding Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance’s berating of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Friday.

"Others bemoaned what they see as so many losses since the January inauguration.

"Houlton resident Bertrand Laurence said that even people who choose to not be involved are making a political statement.

"A core group of local organizers has been meeting regularly over the years to plan this and other activities related to issues of #SocialJustice and democracy.

"Following Saturday’s one-hour rally, organizers met at the #UnitarianUniversalist Church to plan future actions, including an upcoming postcard mailing campaign to the White House, said Roper.

"The postcards, slated for a March 15 mailing, will be addressed directly to Trump as a public expression of opposition to his behaviors and policies.

"'May the rallies in Maine and across the country bring about some halt in the destruction of our democracy and restoration of so much lost,' Roper said."

Source:
https://thecounty.me/2025/03/03/county-politics/houlton-rally-against-trump-administration-was-one-of-16-in-maine/
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#Maine: #WatervilleME protesters urge passersby to ‘#DumpTrump’

More than 50 people gathered Thursday morning on the sidewalk in downtown Waterville to protest President #Trump and #ElonMusk.

by Amy Calder, February 27, 2025

WATERVILLE — "More than 50 people stood in a snowstorm downtown Thursday, protesting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government programs and cut the federal workforce.

"The 'Dump Trump' rally was organized by #ElizabethLeonard, an author, historian, and professor emeritus of history at #ColbyCollege, who on Feb. 5 led a rally at a #Tesla charging station less than a mile away.

"News of that protest went viral, prompting dozens of similar protests across the country at Telsa dealerships and charging stations. A Morning Sentinel story about that rally was featured on at least one national television show and in the Boston Globe as part of a subsequent interview with Leonard.

"She said she never thought the Tesla event would have such an impact.
'It’s just proof of the fact that a small group of people can make a huge difference, or you could say, where a butterfly flaps its wings, a breeze goes around the world,' Leonard, 68, said. 'We didn’t expect so many people to pay attention.'

"It was a chilly 29 degrees on Main Street Thursday as motorists beeped their horns in support of the protesters. Someone in a white car yelled 'Go home!' to the group.

"Some protesters held trash bags with signs attached that read 'Dump Trump.' Leonard said she agrees with scholars who say the world is re-living history as it witnesses #fascists rise to power and destroy #democratic governments.

"'This is all how it happens,' she said."

[...]

"Linda Woods, 73, and Beth Schiller, 68, both of Waterville, protested at the Tesla charging station rally Feb. 5 and were on the street again Thursday. They praised Leonard for starting the #TeslaProtest, which was widely mimicked.

"'I’m just sad that we have to do this,' Woods said. 'I’m tired of standing in the cold.'

"Schiller said she is horrified that people have been #brainwashed into believing the government is 'bad.'

"'They’re going to miss all the good things that government does for all of us when it’s been burned to the ground from #Project2025,' she said, referring to a conservative plan for restructuring government.

"Leonard said she is trying to contact #FederalWorkers in Maine who have been fired from jobs in areas such as the Transportation Safety Administration, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Social Security Administration to bring them together and let them talk and know they are supported. Ruining people’s lives in that way is unacceptable, Leonard said.

"'They’ll all be at the #SoupKitchen, but there won’t be any money for that because the #Medicaid is gone,' she said."

Read more:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/27/waterville-protesters-urge-passersby-to-dump-trump/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/tR9RY
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