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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 16h

Ezra Levin’s message here is perfect.

Despite all their best efforts at scaring us, it’s clear the goon squad regime are the ones who are scared.

Let’s make it the biggest demonstration in American history.

Tell them no f*cking kings.

🗓️October 18
📍Everywhere

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 9h

Gooood Morning MAINERS!
Frost, then sunny & 67º. Perfect for taking
part in resistance events around Maine!
#WEaretheOPPOSITION
#EveryEffortCounts
#RESIST
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OCT 11, Sat 11:30-12:30 – Bath
BIW Admin Bluilding, Washington St, Bath, Maine
PROTEST BATH IRON WORKS – Please join our vigil for disarmament at BIW as part of the International Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space. We will gather near 700 Washington St -- across from the BIW administration building -- in Bath and then walk up the street to leaflet at the gate workers use at the noon shift change. General Dynamics continues to build Aegis guided missile destroyers in their BIW shipyard, with contracts to 2030 and beyond. All are welcome.

OCT 11, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – Auburn
Longely Bridge, Court St, Auburn, Maine
STOP FASCISCM NOW Rally, RESIST Central Maine – We protest until the insanity in Washington stops and our democracy is restored. Our lives and the lives of our children depend on it. Bring your friends, neighbors and tired masses, yearning to be free.
FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/788756/

OCT 11, Sat 12-1:00PM (& every Sat) – Belfast
Belfast Post Office, 1 Franklin St, Belfast, Maine
STAND FOR DEMOCRACY – Join Organize Belfast in this weekly rally. Bring your signs,
your flags, and your enthusiasm. This is a rain
or shine event.
FMI: /www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/795219/

OCT 11, Sat 12:00-1:00PM (& every Sat) – Blue Hill
Town Hall, 18 Union St, Blue Hill, Maine
Join Us in Weekly Peaceful Protest – started in Nov 2023 to oppose the genocide in Gaza. Though still a primary focus, we welcome all activists.
https://www.mvprights.org/events

OCT 11, Sat 12:00-1:00PM (& every Sat) – Lincoln
The Loon, Main St by the gazebo, Lincoln, Maine
Weekly Peaceful Protest

OCT 11, Sat 12:00-1:00PM (& every Sat) – Machias
16 O'Brien Ave, Vets Mem'l Triangle (bottom of College Hill) Machias, Maine
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.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 9h

Gooood Morning MAINERS!
Frost, then sunny & 67º. Perfect for taking
part in resistance events around Maine!
#WEaretheOPPOSITION
#EveryEffortCounts
#RESIST
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MAINE RESISTANCE
SAT, OCT 11, 2025
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PLEASE SHARE!
Updated OCT 11, 5:45AM
#Maine #MEPolitics
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OCT 11, Sat 11:00AM (& every Sat) – Bangor
Luther H. Peirce Memorial Park, 125 Harlow St, Bangor, Maine
RISE UP FOR GAZA – March to break the siege and end Israel's Genocide of the Palestinian People. Bring noisemakers, signs, and banners!
Weekly Stand Out for Peace: https://mvprights.org/events

OCT 11, Sat 11:00AM (& every Sat) – Farmington
Farmington Post Office, 196 Main St, Farmington, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace: https://mvprights.org/events

OCT 11, Sat 11-12:30AM – Freeport
U.S. Route 1 & Desert Road (near Shaw's), Freeport, Maine
Weekly Stand Out – Join us in our efforts to connect with and activate others to stand up against the authoritarian takeover. Bring signs!
FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/818165/

OCT 11, Sat 11-12:00PM (& every Sat) – Portland
Monument Square, 456 Congress St, Portland, Maine
EVERY SATURDAY-11AM–MONUMENT-SQUARE PROTEST
Come speak truth to trump's increasing use of unlawful authoritarian power whose main goal is to enrich himself and the billionaire class. Speakers welcomed at this long running weekly protest. Bring a friend. Creative signs applauded.

OCT 11, Sat 11-12:00PM (& every Sat) – South Portland
620 Broadway (Broadway & Waterman), South Portland, Maine
RALLY for DEMOCRACY: Peaceful demonstration of our First Amendment Rights to FREE SPEECH. Every Saturday in SoPo!
FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/822965/

OCT 11, Sat 11-12:00PM (& every Sat) – Southwest Harbor
St John's Episcopal Church Green, 315 Main St, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Southwest Harbor Stand Out – Join us in this long-held resistance of the current administration.

OCT 11, Sat 11-12:00PM (& every Sat) – Westbrook
Main St entrance, Riverbank Park, Westbrook, Maine
STAND STRONG in WESTBROOK – Bring a pro-democracy sign and join the weekly protest in Westbrook, organized by a Westbrook resident and member of Indivisible Cumberland County.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 9h

Gooood Morning MAINERS!
Frost, then sunny & 67º. Perfect for taking
part in resistance events around Maine!
#WEaretheOPPOSITION
#EveryEffortCounts
#RESIST
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MAINE RESISTANCE
SAT, OCT 11, 2025
===============
PLEASE SHARE!
Updated OCT 11, 5:45AM
#Maine #MEPolitics
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PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR
Events for Saturday OCT 11, 2025
Details confirmed as of Sat OCT 11, 5:45AM

Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #OPPOSE!
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OCT 11, Sat 9:00AM (& every Sat, weather permitting) – Bath
Bath Farmer's Market, Waterfront Park, 61 Commercial St, Bath, Maine
Sagadahoc Indivisible Table at the Farmer's Market – talk and learn more about state and national issues, how to contact local and federal elected officials. Donations accepted for the Bath Food Bank.

OCT 11, Sat 9:00AM (& every Sat) – Dover-Foxcroft
Main Street Bridge, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace: https://mvprights.org/events

OCT 11, Sat 10-11:00AM (& every Sat) – Vinalhaven
Bandstand, E. Main St. Vinalhaven, Maine
Bandstand Standout – Help support this island protest: Join us at the Bandstand to show our resistance to authoritarianism.
Bring your own sign, or use one of the many we have available.
#EveryEffortCounts FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/839857/

OCT 11, Sat 9-10:00AM (& every Sat) – Yarmouth
Yarmouth Town Hall, 200 Main St, Yarmouth, Maine
Resist Hate – Support Democracy – weekly rally in front of Town Hall.
If you need help getting here let us know.

OCT 11, Sat 10-11:00AM – Falmouth
US Rt 1 & Depot Road, Falmouth, Maine
Weekly Stand Out – In protest against current administration madness.

OCT 11, Sat 10-11:00AM – Rumford
American Legion, 184 Congress St, Rumford, Maine
GRAHAM in Rumford! Town Hall at America Legion
RUMFORD: I'm coming to you. I hope you'll come and check out this movement we're building to defeat Susan Collins and her multi-billionaire backers. Come out, ask questions, and bring a friend or three. I'll see you there.
We have seen Democrats run against Senator Collins and lose, again and again and again. We have to start listening to our neighbors, who are simply not interested in the same old same old politicians. It’s time for something different. Please…

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 9h

Many thanks to the friend who shared this very short video with me!! 🖇️❤️ www.youtube.com/shorts/3ThGN...

Make the Revolution Irresistible

YouTube video by NowThis Impact

www.youtube.com

Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 11h

See you on the 18th for our non-violent march and rally in Waterville, ME. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 1d

LOL!

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Mike Johnson is now calling #NoKings a "hate America rally"

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 1d

snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...

Please pay attention to the historians, who know stuff and know how to explain it.

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

snyder.substack.com

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 2d

indivisible.org/commitment-n...

For reference, while the regime lies and lies and lies about its opponents and paints us as violent terrorists.

Indivisible’s Commitment to Nonviolence

indivisible.org

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 2d

As you consider how the "sec of homeland security" talks about "antifa"--namely, anyone who opposes the regime's sadistic, violent, unconstitutional, undemocratic agenda--please remember she also took great pride in killing an innocent puppy. We are all just versions of that poor puppy to her.

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 2d

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sen. Daines: "I'm reminded, those words of 'blessed are the peacemakers,' those are the words spoken by Christ in northern Israel over 2,000 years ago. And President Trump has blessed the world with his peacemaking ability."

Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pay attention.

Kristi Noem compares antifa to MS-13, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic State

Homeland security secretary calls loosely affiliated network of anti-fascist street activists ‘just as dangerous’

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 3d

The shredding of the US Constitution continues.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3d

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

rewirenewsgroup.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 3d

What would Jesus say?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 3d

snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-...

Less than ten minutes in length, worth a watch.

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

snyder.substack.com

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Indivisible Mid Maine @indivmidmaine.bsky.social · 3d

www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Please join us on Oct 18 here in Waterville, for our NON-VIOLENT march and rally. Power belongs to the people, the future belongs to our children!
And if you are bringing a sign to display, please make sure it is non-violent in both spirit and content! THANK YOU. ❤

NO KINGS Waterville, ME: Justice, Democracy, and the Future for our Children · No Kings

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and o...

www.mobilize.us

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 3d

Please pay attention to what is happening. More on NSPM-7.

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...

Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7

“We’re expanding the watchlist,” FBI director says amid 300% increase in domestic terror investigations.

www.kenklippenstein.com

Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 3d

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

"The greatest crisis of American civil-military relations in modern history is now under way....This is why America’s senior military officers...must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders."

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Indivisible Mid Maine @indivmidmaine.bsky.social · 4d

www.voteriders.org/question1mai...

Maine voters! Please read this and then get out there and vote NO on Question 1! Please encourage your neighbors and friends to do the same!

The Anti-Voter Referendum on the Ballot in Maine this November Would Be Disastrous for Voters

The right to vote in Maine is under attack. An anti-voter referendum will be on the ballot this November as Question 1.

www.voteriders.org

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