Pine Tree Activism

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Understanding ecology, environment, renewable energy, how to curb pollution, & protecting the resources we have left are all part of creating a more sustainable future & resisting the oligarch-owned fossil fuel industry.

#ProtectThePlanet
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#EveryEffortCounts

These Maine news anchors used to bring you the world. Now, they’re models traveling it. Cindy Williams and Lee Nelson, who worked at a Portland TV station for more than 30 years, now travel the world shooting spots for cruise lines and luxury hotels.

Shooting promo spots for cruise lines and luxury hotels.
Perhaps if Cindy and Lee fully understood the ramifications of their helping to promote an environmentally damaging business like the megalithic cruise ship industry, they would curb their enthusiasm.

To understand how far short the existing allocation falls, Hausrath offered a reference point at the council meeting: a standard conservation toilet uses a gallon and a half per flush. At 800 gallons a day for 1,500 residents, each person’s daily share would not cover a single flush — before a drop of drinking water, a shower or a meal is factored in.

ICE has made no plans for water needs or waste water, filed no permits, bypassed environmental review, is moving ahead and staging vehicles there, despite lawsuit from Maryland AG.

This is the typical MO as DHS/ICE increases concentration camp efforts across America.

#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE

ICE's New Maryland Detention Center Would Need 209,000 Gallons of Water a Day. Nobody Knows Where It Will Come From. ICE has filed no permits, made no water request and disclosed no plan for sustaining 1,500 detainees in a building allocated 800 gallons a day.

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INHUMANE - DO NOT ALLOW

ICE plans to convert the building into a detention facility for 1,500 immigrants. The warehouse currently has 4 toilets, 2 water fountains & 800-gallon-a-day water allocation.

A facility w/1,500 people requires an est 209,000 gallons a day.

#RESIST #OPPOSE

I’m with you all the way on that, J.P.

Seedworm: Iranian APT on Networks of U.S. Bank, Airport, Software Company This activity began in early February and has continued in recent days. What organizations should expect next from Iran-aligned groups and the steps they should take to guard against cyberattacks.

While kinetic strikes on Iran are making the news this week, the cyber community has been closely watching other events. Iran has a pretty solid cyber capability that cannot be ignored. While hostilities never really cease in cyber, its important to recognize how war accelerates those hostilities.

The No World Order

Sarah Kendzior's latest, with fascinating research on Meir Kahane & Jewish Defense League, how it helped sway Israeli - American politics, and in which she helps us understand the whole messianic complex in today's war.

"If it were only history, I would not be so frightened."

Though I try to go when I can, I get pulled 8-10 ways every weekend. If you haven't, I'd put the word out to whatever mailing list & socials you may have for folks going to specific rallies between now and the deadline, or stop by in person on the Square tomorrow at 11. One in SoPo too @11.

Barbarism in El Paso

DHS says it's closing Camp East Montana, the country's largest ICE detention facility, soon.

Here's what it's like inside.

#AbolishICE #DefundDHS #ThisIsAmerica

Andrea LaFlamme, candidate to be Maine's next U.S. Senator, has joined Bluesky.

If you'd like to help Andrea and her campaign, she's looking for folks to help gather signatures to get her on the ballot for the June Democratic primary.

Andrea LaFlamme's website: www.andreaformaine.com

#MEpolitics

Exactly. . . that and the Monument Square weekly rally just before, from 11-12noon, both great concentrated opportunities for @andrealaflamme.bsky.social and a couple volunteers to gather a mess of sigs. She said elsewhere she may be in town tomorrow, and this may be why.

#MEpolitics

"BECAUSE IF WE DON'T STEP UP, NO ONE ELSE WILL..."
Barack Obama at the funeral ceremony today for Jesse Louis Jackson Jr.

#NonViolenceIsPOWER
#EveryEffortCounts

#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
Gather with friends and family, form small community groups, stay strong, stay smart, and stay safe.

$1 Billion Daily Cost of Trump's Iran War Could Fund Food Aid, Healthcare for Tens of Millions | Common Dreams "Medicare for All, or endless foreign wars?" asked Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner. "Anyone in the House or Senate giving the wrong answer should lose their seat."

The choice seems obvious to any sane, rational, person.

$1 BILLION PER DAY . . . cost of current Iran war fiasco
or cover Universal Health Care?

“Working families are already struggling with soaring prices and a hollowed-out job market—they can’t afford Trump’s war of choice.”

#ORGANIZE #RESIST

Exactly - this admin, with Trump as simple spokesperson, is asking Americans to contribute to his war fantasies and give up our morals for absolutely nothing, no heroism, no valor, just his incoherent aimless wishes at the behest of Israel.

#StayTrue

#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#NonViolenceIsPower

Pg 2/3 - Submit events to: ptactivism@proton.me ============================================================================== MAR 6, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – Augusta Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002. MAR 6, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – Houlton Peace Pole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine WEEKLY STAND OUT FOR PEACE – www.mvprights.org/events MAR 6, Fri 2:30PM – Saco General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that General Dynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events MAR 6, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – Brunswick 156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens, Brunswick, Maine VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media. FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html MAR 6, Fri 3:30-4:30PM (every Wed 12PM & Fri 3:30PM) – Portland Deering Ave I-295 Overpass, Portland, Maine VISIBILITY BRIDGE BRIGADE – Join a group of like-minded activists as we engage in protest with our fellow citizens in Portland! Part of the Visibility Brigade Movement, we seek to draw attention to the unconstitutional and dangerous behavior of the Trump Administration. Just before Deering Oaks & Hadlock Field. Bring signs, banners, flags for drivers to see. FMI/Ground Rules/RSVP: www.dirigobrigade.org (calendar cont'd in comments) PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right corner for links you can copy/paste. MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

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MAINE RESISTANCE
FRI, MAR 06, 2026
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CALL YOUR SENATORS & tell them to
REJECT the SAVE Act: (202) 224-3121

#ORGANIZE #RESIST & #OPPOSE!
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved

pg2/3 – REPOST & SHARE!
#Maine #MEpolitics

Pg 3/3 - Submit events to: ptactivism@proton.me MAR 6, Fri 3:30-5:00PM – Scarborough ICE Detention Facility, 40 Manson Libby Road, Scarborough, Maine OPERATION MELT ICE – organized by Indivisible Team Southern Maine, this protest at the local ICE facility is approved by local law enforcment. Advance sign up is requested. FMI: itsme04043@yahoo.com/617.515.1983 MAR 6, Fri 4-5:30PM (& every Fri) – Freeport Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses, Freeport, Maine FREEPORT RUSH HOUR BRIGADE – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with Indivisible groups up and down the Rte 295 corridor. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/819262/ MAR 6, Fri 4-5:00PM (& every Fri) – Saco Saco Transportation Center,138 Main St, Saco, Maine STOP the COUP! – ICE Out! – NO KINGS! – This a local Indivisible and Biddeford Saco Area SURJ event! Stop the Coup! ICE Out! No Kings! Please join us. Bring signs! This is a peaceful rally. All who believe in peaceful resistance to the present government are welcome. Now with Daylight Savings we are back to our weekly Friday afternoon rallies. MAR 6, Fri 5-5:45PM (& every Fri) – Camden Camden Village Green, Elm & Chestnut St, Camden, Maine Camden Standout for Gaza! Stand with your neighbors to say no! to genocide and man made starvation of children in Gaza. We stand to support humanitarian aid to Gaza and to oppose US weapons support for Israel. FMI: www.mvprights.org/events MAR 6, Fri 5-5:30PM (& every Fri) – Portland Congress Square, High & Congress Sts (across from PMA) – Portland, Maine WOMEN IN BLACK VIGIL A world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and violence, these weekly protests typically attract a diverse group of folks. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/828747/ (calendar cont'd in comments) PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right c…

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MAINE RESISTANCE
FRI, MAR 06, 2026
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CALL YOUR SENATORS & tell them to
REJECT the SAVE Act: (202) 224-3121

#ORGANIZE #RESIST & #OPPOSE!
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved

pg3/3 – REPOST & SHARE!
#Maine #MEpolitics

What a strange, messed up, world.

One in which we–or at least some of us–find ourselves compelled to set aside the comfort of ignoring facts and connections like these to try and be effective in changing the future it foreshadows

Nil desperandum.

#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#EveryEffortCounts

The No World Order

Sarah Kendzior's latest, with fascinating research on Meir Kahane & Jewish Defense League, how it helped sway Israeli - American politics, and in which she helps us understand the whole messianic complex in today's war.

"If it were only history, I would not be so frightened."

You bet . . . if you are considering using Proton services and want max anonymity, their advice is to use VPN or Tor, pay with cash or crypto, and don't add a recovery email.

An important note from Proton re: 404 Media's post below.

#Proton #Surveillance

Yesterday, I introduced my plan for free, universal childcare for all working families in Maine. This isn’t radical, it’s common sense, and it’s desperately needed. Maine’s future relies on us solving this crisis now. #Solidarity

Great chance to learn more about Meshtastic if you're in the area. It never hurts to have more options for communicating with fellow Mainers across the state!

Oh, I know you are, and sure wish things had turned out differently. As I've posted, you were the most even-keeled and clear-spoken of those active in the senate race.

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

It's a black mark, far as I'm concerned, the way media in Maine has covered politics, especially candidates vying for elected office to serve Mainers. That Maine Dems failed to help is unfortunate.

All why I started presenting candidates, like @tuckerinmaine.bsky.social as fairly as I could.

In all the madness of the world, we must not forget or let fade the war in Ukraine, the leadership of President Zelenskyy, and the continued bravery of all Ukrainians.

#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

This Sunday, March 8th, join us in support of the International Women’s Day March happening in Orono, ME. The event starts at noon and the meeting location is set for the UCU Plaza at 15 Main Street. We look forward to seeing you there!

#MEPolitics #InternationalWomen’sDay
#WarIsNotPeace

Graham Platner is coming to Portland this Saturday to hold a protest with MPA against this illegal Iran War. We're meeting outside of Sen. Susan Collins' office at 1 Canal Plaza at 12 PM.

Now is the time to speak up, for the well-being of people in uniform and for the good of Iranian civilians.

Have questions about Maine's new Paid Family and Medical Leave program that goes into effect in May? Join us and the Maine Paid Leave Coalition for a webinar on March 16 at 5:30 pm to better understand the program and how to access it when benefits become available! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

US economy unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs in February The contraction came as a surprise with payrolls down in nearly every sector.

Every day we see just how unbelievably absurd it was to think that the DOW hitting 50000 was somehow a sign that everything is ok. If politicians cared as much about people as they do the stock market we'd be in a much better place.