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DoomsdaysCW<p>[cont'd] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> Mass Mobilization Events </p><p>handsoff2025.com - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalDayofAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalDayofAction</span></a> events as of 4/4/2025 </p><p>April 5th - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortsmouthNH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortsmouthNH</span></a>, 12noon-2:00pm, Market Square</p><p>April 5th - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WolfeboroNH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WolfeboroNH</span></a>, 12noon-2:00pm, 136 South Main Street</p><p>April 5th - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlueHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueHill</span></a>, 12noon-3:00pm (&amp; every Sat), Town Hall, 18 Union Street. Join us in peaceful protest!</p><p>April 5th - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BucksportME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BucksportME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VeronaME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VeronaME</span></a>, Route 1 Bridge (Eastern Channel Bridge), Bucksport</p><p>April 5th - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoultonME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoultonME</span></a>, 1:00-2:00pm, Memorial Park, 128 Main Street</p><p>April 5th - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DoverNH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoverNH</span></a>, 2:00-3:00pom, 238 Indian Brook Road, Week's Crossing, near Tucker's. Please park in Spirit Halloween / Staples lot.</p><p>April 5th - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkowheganME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkowheganME</span></a>, 2:30-4:00pm, Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, US 201 &amp; Water Street Bridge</p><p>(cont'd)</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.bsky.social/post/3llyufxcau22x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactiv</span><span class="invisible">ism.bsky.social/post/3llyufxcau22x</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April5Events</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Events</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAuthoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NHResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHResists</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> Mass Mobilization Events </p><p>handsoff2025.com - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalDayofAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalDayofAction</span></a> as of 4/3/2025</p><p>Maine and New Hampshire Hands Off Rallies</p><p>April 5, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkowheganME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkowheganME</span></a>, 2:30-4:00pm, Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, US 201 &amp; Water Street Bridge<br>April 5, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LewistonME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LewistonME</span></a>, 5:00-7:00pm, 120 Mill Street, The Pub at Baxter</p><p>April 6, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EllsworthME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EllsworthME</span></a>, 12noon-1:00pm (&amp; every Sunday), Main Street, River Bridge, For Peace &amp; Palestine<br>April 6, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WatervilleME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WatervilleME</span></a>, 1:00-2:00pm (&amp; every Sun), 1 Kennedy Memorial Drive (on the bridge next to CVS), Stand Up to Preserve &amp; Restore Our Country<br>April 6, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortsmouthNH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortsmouthNH</span></a>, 4:00-5:00pm (&amp; every Sun), in front of North Church off Market Square, Portsmouth, NH - Civil Rights Sundays! Take a stand to defend our democracy. Hosted by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OccupySeacoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OccupySeacoast</span></a></p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.bsky.social/post/3llwcc6zibk25" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactiv</span><span class="invisible">ism.bsky.social/post/3llwcc6zibk25</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April5Events</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Events</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAuthoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NHResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHResists</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> Mass Mobilization Events<br>handsoff2025.com - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalDayofAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalDayofAction</span></a> as of 3/24/2025 at 7:00AM</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KitteryME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KitteryME</span></a>, 9:00-11:00am, Memorial Bridge, Rt 1, Maine/NH<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OxfordHillsME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordHillsME</span></a>, 10:00-12noon, Fair St. &amp; Main St. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthParisME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthParisME</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WellsME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WellsME</span></a>, 10:30-12noon, Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Rd<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandME</span></a>,11:00am-12noon, Monument Square, 456 Congress St<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarmingtonME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarmingtonME</span></a>, 11:00am-12noon, 196 Main St<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthPortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPortlandME</span></a>, 11:00am-1:00pm, GE Erskine Park, end of bridge <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuburnME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuburnME</span></a>, 12noon-1:00pm, Longley Bridge, Court St<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CherryfieldME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CherryfieldME</span></a>, 12noon-2:00pm, Rt 1 Bridge, River Road &amp; Rt 1<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BangorME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BangorME</span></a>, 12noon-1:30pm, Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AugustaME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AugustaME</span></a>, 12noon-2:00pm, Maine State House, Capitol &amp; State Streets<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortsmouthNH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortsmouthNH</span></a>, 12noon-2:00pm, Market Square<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkowheganME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkowheganME</span></a>, 2:30-4:00pm, US 201 &amp; Water Street Bridge</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.bsky.social/post/3ll4myt36bs2w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactiv</span><span class="invisible">ism.bsky.social/post/3ll4myt36bs2w</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April5Events</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Events</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAuthoritarianism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoultonME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoultonME</span></a> rally against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration was one of 16 in Maine</p><p>by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, March 3, 2025</p><p>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.</p><p>"The rally was one of more than a dozen around the state on Saturday against the new administration of President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. 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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> in its war against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"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 [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>], among other things.</p><p>"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. </p><p>"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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BangorME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BangorME</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkowheganME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkowheganME</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CalaisME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalaisME</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Damariscotta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Damariscotta</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandME</span></a>. </p><p>"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. </p><p>"Others bemoaned what they see as so many losses since the January inauguration. </p><p>"Houlton resident Bertrand Laurence said that even people who choose to not be involved are making a political statement. </p><p>"A core group of local organizers has been meeting regularly over the years to plan this and other activities related to issues of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> and democracy. </p><p>"Following Saturday’s one-hour rally, organizers met at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitarianUniversalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitarianUniversalist</span></a> Church to plan future actions, including an upcoming postcard mailing campaign to the White House, said Roper. </p><p>"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.</p><p>"'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."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://thecounty.me/2025/03/03/county-politics/houlton-rally-against-trump-administration-was-one-of-16-in-maine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thecounty.me/2025/03/03/county</span><span class="invisible">-politics/houlton-rally-against-trump-administration-was-one-of-16-in-maine/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SixteenCounties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SixteenCounties</span></a></p>