ICE raid
https://www.reddit.com/r/portlandme/comments/1ql8jst/ice_raid_at_market_basket_at_430pm_jan_23rd/
#gestapo #ice #hsi #degenerates #dhs #maine #goons #thugs #reddit #portlandme #westbrook #cbp

A good turnout today in #PortlandME!

Hundreds gather in Portland to protest actions by #ICE

The demonstration came at the end of a week in which federal immigration officials said over 100 people had been detained in #Maine.

by Drew Johnson, January 23, 2026

PORTLAND — "While the temperature dropped, emotions remained high as hundreds of protesters took to Monument Square on Friday night after a week in which federal immigration officials said they had detained over 100 people in Maine.

"Small demonstrations have been held throughout the week — in Portland and beyond — but Friday night’s appeared to be the first to attract such numbers since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began a large-scale operation this week.

" 'No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here,' protesters chanted as a symphony of car horns blared on Congress Street shortly after the protest began at 5 p.m.

"Protesters began marching down Congress Street around 6 p.m., chanting 'No justice, no peace, get ICE off our streets; to the steady beat of drums."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/hundreds-gather-in-portland-to-protest-actions-by-ice/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/8Fe0j

#USPol #MaineResists #ICEOut #ICEOutMaine #ICEOutForGood

Portland, Maine, Feels Like a Small Town — And ICE Isn’t Welcome

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/portland-maine-resistance-ice-immigration.html

Did some patrolling around #PortlandME today. Lots of business have Anti-ICE signs which state that they consider them trespassers and will call the local police. Good! I had my phone and whistle, but didn't see any masked asshats. Had a nice chat with an unhoused fella who hangs out near the bar that I DJ at (and I slipped some money to him after our chat). A lot of the regulars know me, and know that I always have an ear to hear their stories, even if I don't always remember to carry cash for them. Anyhow, the streets were unusually empty -- especially empty of POC. I don't like that my former stomping grounds is being terrorized. And #JaredGolden giving more money to these terrorists (naively thinking they can be reined in) is beyond disgusting! I didn't see anyone out protesting (I know there was a rally planned for 5pm), so I decided to head home before the snow squalls blew in (they started just as I got home). Kudos to the hearty souls who are out there braving the cold tonight -- whether they are protesting, homeless, or just trying to earn a living under a #FascistRegime -- my heart goes out to them!

#Maine #MainePol #MEPol #USPol #ICESucks #WinterWeather #MaineResists #ICEOutMaine #ICEOut #ICEOutForGood

#ice #cbp #maine #reddit #portlandme
https://www.reddit.com/r/portlandme/new/

[4/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

JAN 23, Fri 5-5:45PM (& every Fri) – #CamdenME
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

JAN 23, Fri 5-5:30PM (& every Fri) – #PortlandME
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/

#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

[3/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

Pg 3/4 Submit events to: ptactivism@gmail.com

JAN 23, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
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

JAN 23, Fri 3-4:30 (& every Fri) – #FreeportME
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/

JAN 23, Fri 3:30-4:30PM (every Wed & Fri) – #PortlandME
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

JAN 23, Fri 4-7:00PM – #BelfastME
28 Spring St, Belfast, Maine
WALDO COUNTY FOR GRAHAM! Volunteer Celebration
We helped defeat Question 1 in November! We gathered 600 signatures in four days! And we're just getting started. Join us to celebrate, hear what comes next, and eat, drink, and be merry! Bring a friend, bring some nibbles, and bring cash or check to support the #BelfastSoupKitchen. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/889363/

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#PortlandME

FROM MINNESOTA TO MAINE
ICE OUT
OF EVERYWHERE!
FRI. JAN 23
5PM MONUMENT SOUARE

#ICEOutMaine #ICEOutForGood #ICEOut #MaineEvents #Solidarity

How much do I love Portland Hearts of Pine of the USL League One? Well, they have their own SECTION on the Etsy store with FIVE different kits to choose from.

Get one or get the whole set: https://www.etsy.com/shop/1996nydesigns/?etsrc=sdt&section_id=54348557

#USL #PortlandME #HeartsofPine #UptheHearts

Damn! If I had gone into the office today instead of yesterday, I would have encountered this scene (in #PortlandME)! WTF! And a USM student was grabbed at the Market Basket grocery store in nearby #WestbrookME!

via #ProjectReliefME

#ICEOut #ICEOutMaine #ICEOutForGood #MaineImmigrantRights #NewMainers #ICESucks #Authoritarianism #StormTroopers #Immigrants #ShelterInPlace #USPol

#PortlandME unlikely to change winter shelter threshold amid staffing, funding limits

The winter shelter opens when the daily low temperature drops to 15 degrees or below, or if the city gets more than 10 inches of snow.

Author: Katie Delaney
Published: 2:12 PM EST January 14, 2026
Updated: 2:12 PM EST January 14, 2026

PORTLAND, Maine — "The city of Portland likely won’t be changing the criteria to open its winter warming shelter this season.

"Right now, the shelter opens when the daily low temperature drops to 15 degrees or below, or if the city gets more than 10 inches of snow.

City officials met to discuss the threshold and the possibility of making changes to it at a Health & Human Services & Public Safety Committee meeting Tuesday night.

"Despite some recent criticism about the temperature threshold, city leaders who spoke at the meeting said making changes to when the shelter is open this season does not seem feasible.

"This is the first year the city has operated a winter warming shelter. According to Maggie McLoughlin, Portland’s Director of Health & Human Services, it costs about $7,700 a night to operate the shelter. Most of that cost is from staffing.

"With that cost, the shelter has enough funding to be open for 50 nights this winter. It has been open for 12 nights so far.

"McLoughlin said if the city changed the temperature threshold even by just a few degrees, it would make a big difference. If the threshold went up to 20 degrees instead of 15, for example, she said the shelter would be open for an extra 14 to 21 nights, adding an extra $108,000 to $201,000 dollars.

That would take more staff, too—something McLoughlin said is already limited. Last month the shelter was closed for a weekend, despite meeting the temperature threshold, because of a lack of staff."

Read more:
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/portland-unlikely-to-change-winter-shelter-threshold-amid-staffing-funding-limits/97-fac88bd9-1604-495a-ab98-865e502679c3

@newsbot

#Maine #Unhoused #HomelessShelter #WarmingShelter #Houseless #ArcticBlast #PolarVortex #ExtremeCold

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/115805040301789332

Boy, I hope they got this resolved. The temperatures next weekend in #Maine are going to be BRUTAL (-7 F, -23 C)!

#PortlandME #HomelessShelter #WarmingShelter

@newsbot

#PortlandME - #JazzAtTheMovies film series

"#WMPG’s Jazz At The Movies team are pleased to present our first film of the 2026 season, the documentary 'Music Pictures: #NewOrleans'.

"Beautifully shot and recorded, the film is a loving portrait of four Crescent City jazz, soul, and blues legends, and a celebration of 100 years of New Orleans musical history.

"Directed by New Orleans native filmmaker #BenChace, 'Music Pictures: New Orleans' is a vibrant documentary exploring the rich musical heritage of New Orleans. It showcases the city’s diverse musical landscape, from legendary #JazzClubs to lively street performances, highlighting the influences of #Creole, #AfricanAmerican, and #French cultures, and how historical events, like #MardiGras and #HurricaneKatrina, have shaped the city’s music scene. Through interviews with local musicians and historians, Music Pictures: New Orleans reveals music’s central role in the city’s cultural and social fabric.

"The film showcases four New Orleans music legends: Grammy-winning #IrmaThomas 'The Soul Queen of New Orleans' ; #BennyJonesSr., the leader and drummer of the world renowned #TremeBrassBand; guitarist #LittleFreddieKing, the 'Last King of the Blues'; and the pianist and educator, #EllisMarsalisJr., patriarch of the famed jazz family, in what would be his last concert before his death. Music Pictures: New Orleans follows each of the four artists, one by one, as they talk about their lives, rehearse, and record a new album in the studio in early 2020s. By combining vintage footage with live interviews and rare backstage access, this film provides a wonderful snapshot of New Orleans as the home for so much great American music, from #soul to #BrassBand to jazz and #TheBlues. What better way to get ready for the Mardi Gras season!"

Saturday, January 31st,
7PM
Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St., Portland
Admission is FREE

Source:
https://www.wmpg.org/jazz-at-the-movies-presents-not-not-jazz-w-live-performance/

#JazzHistory #MusicHistory #AfricaAmericanHistory #BlackMusicians #NewOrleansHistory

RE: https://indieweb.social/@jamesecradockjr/115915804674561575

Portland, Maine's city council approved converting High and State Street traffic from one-way to two-way in October 2024. #portlandme https://wgme.com/news/local/portland-city-council-approves-making-state-high-streets-two-way-traffic-maine-pedestrian-cyclist-safety

"Embracing the oft-repeated slogan that 'paint is cheap,' transportation planners across the U.S. — particularly in midsize cities — have been turning their unidirectional streets back to multidirectional ones. They view the step as one of the easiest ways to improve safety and make downtowns more alluring to shoppers, restaurant patrons and would-be residents." #portlandme https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/17/business/us-cities-reverting-1-way-streets-back-to-2-way-design-heres-why/?event=event12

[3/3] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January16 - #Maine

JAN 16, Fri 4-5:00PM – #WERU 89.9 FM
Listen from anywhere
DEMOCRACY FORUM – CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: CAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE BILLIONAIRE ECONOMICS?
We'll talk about how wealth and income inequality undermine democracy. Does extreme income inequality lead to right wing #authoritarianism? How does that work? Is that playing out in the U.S. right now? In Maine?

Special guests: Garrett Martin, President & CEO, Maine Center for Economic Policy. Susan Stokes, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, and author of The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies. FMI: www.democracymaine.org/civicrm-event/2256

JAN 16, Fri 5-5:30PM (& every Fri) – #PortlandME
Congress Square, High & Congress Sts (across from PMA) – Portland, Maine
#WomenInBlackVigil
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/

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #MVPRights #GazaGenocide #WomenInBlack #Fascism #IncomeInequality

[2/3] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January16 - #Maine

JAN 16, Fri 3-4:30 (& every Fri) – #FreeportME
Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses
Freeport #RushHourBrigade – 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/

JAN 16, Fri 3:30-4:30PM (every Wed & Fri) – #PortlandME
Deering Ave I-295 Overpass
#VisibilityBridgeBrigade – 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

JAN 16, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
#GeneralDynamics #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. People of conscience demand that General Dynamics leave the state and that GD execs be held accountable for profiting off genocide. www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 16, Fri 5-5:45PM (& every Fri) – #CamdenME
Camden Village Green, Elm & Chestnut St,
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

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #JusticeForRenee
#ICEOutForGood #MVPRights #GazaGenocide

[1/3] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January16 - #Maine

JAN 16, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #CalaisME
Corner of North St & Main St
#StandUpDowneastMaine – Join in our weekly protest, one block from the border crossing to Canada, for this lively & international atmosphere.

JAN 16, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #FarmingtonME
Post Office, 196 Main St
PEACE & PROTEST VIGIL - Farmington and surrounding area activists gather at noon ON the Sidewalks in front of the post office with peace vigil signs and protest messages to advocate for #peace and protect democracy. Started 21 yrs ago as a #WomenInBlack Vigil, this is now a community event and includes #VeteransForPeace, Western Mtns Third Act, and Indivisible.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879624/

JAN 16, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St,
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.

JAN 16, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
Peace Pole, Monument Park
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 16, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens
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

JAN 16, Fri 4-5:00PM – #WERU 89.9 FM
Listen from anywhere
DEMOCRACY FORUM – CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: CAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE #BILLIONAIRE ECONOMICS?
We'll talk about how wealth and income inequality undermine democracy. Does extreme income inequality lead to right wing #authoritarianism? How does that work? Is that playing out in the U.S. right now? In Maine?

Special guests: Garrett Martin, President & CEO, Maine Center for Economic Policy. Susan Stokes, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, and author of The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies. FMI: www.democracymaine.org/civicrm-event/2256

JAN 16, Fri 5-5:30PM (& every Fri) – #PortlandME
Congress Square, High & Congress Sts (across from PMA)
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/

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #JusticeForRenee
#ICEOutForGood #MVPRights #GazaGenocide

I was out and about posting #KYR flyers in multiple languages at all the #Hilal and #African markets in #PortlandME a year ago! I've been on top of this #ICE BS before it started! I'm so glad to see folks taking this shit seriously, but sometimes I wonder why so many stayed home rather than making sure a FUCKING #Fascist didn't win in 2024. Just saying... Yeah, I don't mean to #VoteShame folks, but I am #VoteShaming folks! Seriously!!! WTF! This is better than #CorporateDemocrats? Ummmm...

#USPol