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DoomsdaysCWThousands gather in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BangorME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BangorME</a> for "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a>!" rallyby Cali Warren Apr 5, 2025 BANGOR -- "On Saturday, Bangor's waterfront was packed with thousands participating in an initiative called "Hands Off" - one of several protests happening all over the state and nation."'Hands off, it's a national mass mobilization so all over the world, all over the country, people are taking protests to the streets,' said organizer Amanda Roy."Protesters advocated against cuts to healthcare and government offices, and rallied for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equality</a> and rights for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeopleOfColor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleOfColor</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+ community."You name it, we're facing critical cuts, veterans and their benefits, federal employees, everything. This isn't the America that I want to live in," Roy stated. "'I think a lot of people are here because, hands off of our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a>, hands off of our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a>, hands off our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a>, hands off our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>, our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a>,' explained rally volunteer Deborah Lee. "Elected officials say it's important to hear Mainer's voices at these large-scale protests."'We don't have billions or millions here in Maine, we're just regular Mainers speaking up, but we the people do have the power to make change and to stand up for our communities and to help each other,' explained Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who attended the rally as a guest speaker. "'What a time to be alive, we are all living in history...I honestly would not choose to be in another time than this one right here. I feel so incredibly moved to just exist right now, in this moment where I see such energy, such <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resistance</a>, such camaraderie,' said Bangor City Council Member Joseph Leonard."Source: <a href="https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/thousands-gather-in-bangor-for-hands-off-rally/article_f4765c96-fba7-48aa-8340-7fdff545e200.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/thousands-gather-in-bangor-for-hands-off-rally/article_f4765c96-fba7-48aa-8340-7fdff545e200.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineResists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff2025</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5th</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadDOGE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistFascism</a>

William Lindsey :toad:Homan, who describes himself as a "lifelong Catholic" and "devout Mass-goer," has told Pope Francis to mind his business and stick to religion — to butt out of Holman's business with immigrants.Trump's media guru Karoline Leavitt, who lied boldly about disappearing of immigrants this week, is another lifelong Catholic schooled from grade school through college in Catholic schools. She describes herself as an ardently "pro-life" Catholic.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Holman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Holman</a> /5

William Lindsey :toad:John Harwood characterizes Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, as the face of Trump’s cruelty, and says,"Trump's 'border czar' has 'no moral line,' say his critics, and the man himself proudly brags that he doesn't care about judges, the rule of law, or even the Pope."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a> /4<a href="https://zeteo.com/p/tom-homan-is-the-face-of-trumps-cruelty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://zeteo.com/p/tom-homan-is-the-face-of-trumps-cruelty</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"So many of the men detained by ICE and sent to El Salvador have no criminal records. ICE agents targeted them simply because they had 'suspicious' tattoos and brown skin. It is an exercise in petty power designed to elevate the worst among us. We are throwing the keys over to the brown shirts."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a> /4

William Lindsey :toad:"Donald and his regime claim people chose to put him in office specifically for them to be as cruel as humanly possible to people with brown skin—especially if they're undocumented workers who have allegedly committed crimes."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a> /3

William Lindsey :toad:"Over the last few months, some erstwhile supporters of Donald have started to notice his blatant disregard for human life, as if this disregard is new. I personally have been aware of this since the 1970s."~ Mary Trump <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a> /2<a href="https://www.marytrump.org/p/disappeared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.marytrump.org/p/disappeared</a>

William Lindsey :toad:Commenting on the disappearing by the Trump administration of Andry José Hernández Romero and Neri Alvarado, Greg Olear says,"You know, those people are gone. So this is horrifying. And it speaks to where this is headed, because the longer that they do this kind of thing without any repercussions, the more they’re going to push it and start rounding up other people also."~ Greg Olear<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a> /1<a href="https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-waiting-for-the-barbarians" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-waiting-for-the-barbarians</a>

Kim PeralesA man who was detained by <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> earlier this month is expected to be released on Fri after comm advocates & officials appealed for his release so he can resume the kidney donation process in hopes of saving his brother's life.His ATTY: "The logistics of his release aren't yet confirmed with ICE, but potentially as early as Fri he could be released.The duration & the conditions of Gonzalez's expected release are unclear.Public pressure is effective. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigrants</a> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/kidney-donor-expected-released-ice-after-appeal-save/story?id=120410575" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/US/kidney-donor-expected-released-ice-after-appeal-save/story?id=120410575</a>

The Christian Science MonitorImmigrants may not have the same status as citizens, but they do have legal rights in the United States. Boundaries are being tested as the Trump administration claims broad authority to deport “alien enemies” and others. <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0404/immigration-due-process-deportation-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0404/immigration-due-process-deportation-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub </a>Posted into Now What? <a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor/now-what-nnlgc3bfz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@now-what-csmonitor</a>

BrownIsBeautifulNo human being is illegal. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigrantrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrantrights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanrights</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/02/undocumented-people-no-such-thing-as-illegal-immigrant" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/02/undocumented-people-no-such-thing-as-illegal-immigrant</a>

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