PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR PROTECT MAINE ABSENTEE VOTING! Pg 1/7 – Join the fight at these events. ============================================================================== On Tues November 4, Mainers will answer Question 1: A ballot measure that would enact one of the country's most restrictive voter ID laws and significantly curtail voting access. Proposed changes include eliminating the permanent absentee ballot list, banning phone requests for ballots, and restricting ballot drop boxes. OUR VOTING RIGHTS ARE AT RISK! #VoteNOon1 2 out of 5 of Mainers depend on absentee voting. Please join us in knocking doors as we enter the final stretch because there is only one thing that we and the enemies of democracy agree on: When we vote, we win! SATURDAY, NOV 1 --------------- NOV 1, Sat 9-12, 12-3, 3-6, 6-9PM – Statewide Phonebank GOTV with Statewide Phonebank! FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/855836/ NOV 1, Sat 9:00AM-8:00PM – Aroostook County Join your local Dems in Aroostook County! FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/853161/ NOV 1, Sat 9-12, 12-3, 3-6PM – Augusta GOTV in Augusta! FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/856458/ NOV 1, Sat 1-4:00PM – Augusta Weekend of Action w/Graham for Maine in Augusta! FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/856656/ NOV 1, Sat 1-4:00PM – Bangor-Brewer Weekend of Action w/Graham for Maine in Bangor-Brewer! FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/856631/ NOV 1, Sat 1-4:00PM – Bar Harbor Weekend of Action w/Graham for Maine in Bar Harbor! FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/856662/ NOV 1, Sat 1-4:00PM – Bath-Brunswick Weekend of Action w/Graham for Maine in Bath-Brunswick! FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/856510/ NOV 1, Sat 9-12, 12-3, 3-6PM – Belfast GOTV in Belfast! FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/857606/ (cont'd in comments) **PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right corner for links you can copy/paste.

THE KEY TO WINNING THE MIDTERMS IN 2026
& taking back *OUR* government is to keep our voting rights now!

JOIN the FIGHT to help neighbors learn how important it is to #SaveAbsenteeVoting & to #VoteNOon1 next Tues.
The big push of canvass events is this Weekend of Action!

#Maine #MEpolitics
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SNAP Relief may be coming, though remains to be seen how far it'll go. There are hungry Mainers, too, who don't qualify for SNAP, were just laid off, or because their citizenship is stalled.

Click below for food sources.

mainefarmersmarkets.org/emergency-ma...

Nautilus Community Menu Open Tuesday- Sunday 11:30 am - 8 pm Take-out Only: Present your SNAP card to host- no purchase necessary. One meal per person. Nautilus Seafood and Grill 3 Main Street Belfast,Maine 207-218-4218 Forfsllc@gmail.com

Belfast, Maine

Wait, really? The reddit post referring to Nugent just said he could "suck a d---." That was the comment Platner said he still stood by. I wonder if Wood was intentionally spreading misinformation or if he was getting headlines mixed up and unintentionally spreading misinformation.

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2025 Maine Voter Guide
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How do I register?
How to check if registered?
How do I vote absentee?
Voting at town offices?
Where are polling places?
Voting deadlines?
Other Qs?
Guide to ballot Qs!

Thx to @splitrailfence.bsky.social for the notice!

#Maine #MEpolitics

Screen grab from https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-blog/why-cash-donations-help-food-banks-more Hunger in America Our Work Take Action Find a Food bank Hunger Blog Hunger Blog > Why Cash Donations Help Food Banks More Why Cash Donations Help Food Banks More By Olivia Thoelke on November 12, 2021 Share this story: With 47 million people in the U.S. facing hunger, donating your extra or purchased dry and canned goods might seem like the best way to help your neighbors in need. But, the best way to support your local food bank is actually through donating money. Here are four reasons why donating money over food helps more families in need:

Why Cash Donations Help Food Banks More:
- We can turn a donated dollar into more meals
- Donations build healthier communities
- We use funds to combat food waste
- Not all food banks have the capacity for large food donations

Flesh out these points here: www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-blog/...

If you're interested in more background on Platner and his pre-campaign community involvement, give this a listen:

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people? Does anyone work anymore?"

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Get Out The Vote events hosted by our partners and supporters Join us Saturday, Nov. 1 - Tuesday, Nov. 4 Maine Democratic Party GOTV canvass for No on 1 opportunities Portland - Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; 9 am, noon, and 2 or 3 pm: Click here to sign up! Biddeford - Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; 9 am, noon, and 2 or 3 pm: Click here to sign up! Topsham - Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; 9 am, noon, and 2 or 3 pm: Click here to sign up! Kittery - Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; 9 am, noon, and 2 or 3 pm: Click here to sign up! Augusta - Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; 9 am, noon, and 2 or 3 pm: Click here to sign up! Waldoboro - Saturday; 9 am: Click here to sign up! Wiscasset - Sunday, 2 pm: Click here to sign up! Rockland - Saturday and Sunday; 9 am, noon, and 2 or 3 pm: Click here to sign up! Belfast - Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; 9 am, noon, and 2 or 3 pm: Click here to sign up! Maine Democratic Party GOTV virtual phonebanking for No on 1 Join from anywhere! Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; 9 am, noon, 2 or 3 pm, and 5 or 6 pm: Click here to sign up! Graham Platner for Senate canvass for No on 1 GOTV + Platner campaign Portland - Saturday, 1 pm and 4 pm; Sunday, 10 am, 1 pm, and 4 pm: Click here to sign up! Ogunquit - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Biddeford - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Rumford - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Lewiston - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Brunswick - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Augusta - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Damariscotta - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Skowhegan - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Waterville - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Camden - Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm: Click here to sign up! Bel…

#SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting #VoteNOon1

Here's the list of events for the big weekend push. Go here for the webpage with live links and scroll down a bit:
saveabsentee.me/events/

I can't wait to read what she has to say about all this!

It's been 33 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

This is being shared by a longtime friend of his on threads, another layer to the platner onion.

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Maine has open primaries now, non-affiliated voters can vote in party primaries.

*than what is public.

I know he's been organizing town hall attendees to spread the word about No on 1 since at least his Ellsworth town hall and has signs for it available at his Ellsworth campaign office. I think he is A LOT more directly involved with the Save Maine Absentee Voting Coalition that what is public.

Federal Court Tosses Another GOP Lawsuit Against California’s Redistricting Plan Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Texas dismissed a GOP lawsuit against California’s new congressional redistricting plan ruling that the plaintiff, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), had no right to sue over another state’s election laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A GOP-Backed Ballot Measure Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting in Maine Read more here.

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NO on Question 1
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Not sure about upcoming ballot questions?
The GOP (w/Leonard Leo) backed ballot measure, if passed, would radically restrict voting in Maine.

40% of Mainers & 60% of Maine seniors depend on mail voting. Do not let this measure pass. #NoOn1

#MEpolitics

btw if you care about the senate race (from any direction) you should be worried about this. it will make voting here much harder.

if you're in maine sign up for a gotv canvass shift at saveabsentee.me/events/

or if you're out of state maine dems are running phonebanks www.mobilize.us/mainedems/

trump is demolishing our national symbols and selling the country for scrap to his corrupt donors

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

Take away the Voting Rights Act and Jim Crow comes roaring back.

This has always been why Chief Justice John Roberts wants to take away the Voting Rights Act

‘Blatant Discrimination’: North Carolina Advances GOP Gerrymander at the Expense of Black Voters Read more here.

North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Shooting by ICE officer in Los Angeles wounds motorist, U.S. marshal Federal authorities said the driver had threatened officers with a vehicle while trying to flee an arrest.

ICE fired shots again, hitting a civilian and a U.S. marshal. DHS, once again, is claiming the man rammed ICE with his car. Let’s see how long before that version of events unravels. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I legit had this run through my head earlier today and I was like, "Nooo, that couldn't happen..." I wish it had instead 🫩

extremely nice to have rekindled a small amount of optimism and instantly have it ground into the dirt

YouTube video by Pod Save America Graham Platner On His Past Internet Comments, His Military Service and the Democratic Party

In this 49 minute interview he talks about all of that and more: m.youtube.com/watch?v=uMnc...

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

SCOTUS Seems Ready to Scrap Fair Elections, Greenlight Racial Discrimination and Hand House Control to GOP Read more here.

After hours of oral argument last week in Callais v. Louisiana, it’s clear that the Supreme Court is ready to decimate what’s left of the Voting Rights Act, making it much easier for states to get away with racial discrimination in voting.
https://bit.ly/4nWYr4A