DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandMaine</span></a>: Weekly protests, Saturdays at 11am! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonumentSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonumentSquare</span></a> (alternate site, City Hall)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a> rallied at 16 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/demonstrations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demonstrations</span></a> across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a></p><p>by Carol Bousquet, Maine Public March 2, 2025</p><p>"Protesters rallied at 16 statewide demonstrations this weekend called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarchEndTheMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarchEndTheMadness</span></a>.</p><p>"Hundreds filled <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonumentSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonumentSquare</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandME</span></a> Saturday to speak out about the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration’s actions that have harmed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mainers</span></a>, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a>.</p><p>"The protesters said they are calling for the restoration of checks and balances, the rule of law, and equity for all under the law.</p><p>"Steve Titcomb of Falmouth said he worries about the security of our country and that of our allies with Trump in charge.</p><p>"'The president has taken the side of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> and is turning his back on decades of security for Europe and NATO,' Titcomb said.</p><p>"Susan Hanley of Orr’s Island said she’s disgusted with how President Trump treated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> President Volodymyr <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelenskyy</span></a> Friday at the White House and said his administration is not working for Americans.</p><p>"'It’s not about ‘We the People’ for them. It’s about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>,' Hanley said.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/16CountiesForCourage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>16CountiesForCourage</span></a> marches were organized by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndivisiblePortland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndivisiblePortland</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndivisibleBangor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndivisibleBangor</span></a> and other advocacy groups.</p><p>"Earlier in the day about a hundred protesters gathered at Portland City Hall to speak out against the Trump Administration’s sweeping measures to downsize the federal government workforce.</p><p>"Angus Ferguson organizes a protest called 'Every Saturday at 11 am in Monument Square' that has been gathering for several weeks but met at City Hall because of multiple protests across the city. He said the Trump Administration is ignoring the U.S. Constitution and turning it upside down.</p><p>"'We’re protesting Donald Trump, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> movement’s destruction of the U.S. Constitution, firing federal workers, decimating federal agencies,' Ferguson said.</p><p>"Ferguson, who is an attorney, said the President is literally 'executing' or destroying the law with his actions."</p><p><a href="https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/03/02/politics/state-politics/protesters-rallied-at-16-demonstrations-across-maine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangordailynews.com/2025/03/02</span><span class="invisible">/politics/state-politics/protesters-rallied-at-16-demonstrations-across-maine/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a></p>