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Historians of all people should know the perils of rewriting history. Call or email the Smithsonian and tell them that whitewashing and sanitizing instead of truth-telling is unacceptable. For an added kick, you can also sign Indivisible's Letter to the Board: act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...
What's happening, Tucson? Here's your update on local pro-democracy calls to action as of September 1, 2025. For more info, links, and updates, please head to takeactiontucson.org Hope to see you there! #tucson #tucsonactivism #civicengagement #tucsonprotest #tucsonprotests #tucsonevents
Two Oregon representatives, a Democrat and a Republican, announced plans to introduce a bill in the 2026 Short Session that would allow Oregon voters to amend the state constitution to ban "secret police." bit.ly/3VvUMOw
This is the second judge in a week that has brought up the fact that the government can't be trusted with clear instructions - likely because the government ignored Judge Boasberg's order to turn the planes around last March saying "verbal orders from judges don't count."
Thank you so much for this!
If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
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So proud if Indivisible CO and our coalition partners. No detention Camps in Colorado!!
in this environment, it NEVER hurts to remind the people in power that there are eyes on them. A great way to do this is thank them for the work they've already done and state that you want them to do even more similar work. Public support and public pressure simultaneously.
❗ Ask! Your! Local! Govt! For! Mask! Ban! Laws! ❗
California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions. This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.
Last January, a source shared evidence with me that DOGE was installing devices on govt servers to upload data to the cloud. Some hosts were FOREIGN. On Friday, a whistleblower resigned and came forward to share the same. Listen to what we found in January: www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-...
So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?
Is there a published list of which organizations will receive the FEMA money so we can boycott/raise awareness? Or suggested routes or officials to contact to contest this?
Philadelphia’s District Attorney Larry Krasner has suggested an effective playbook— We should arrest rogue ICE agents at the state level, which would shield them from a presidential pardon. This is the kind of hardline approach we need from our Democratic leaders.
There is no such thing as “too little too late” no matter how bad things are by doing something you can keep it from getting even worse, no matter how bad it already is. That phrase is the same thing as obeying in advance
Morning Bluesky. Tesla had its seventh straight monthly decline in European sales in July, dropping 40% to 8,837. Chinese rival BYD surged past Tesla with 225% sales increase, to 13,503.
Everyone please find a Labor Day Protest. Just an hour or two. You'll meet nice people. Take a picture of your sign. #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day · Mobilize share.google/u1nMdKP5JZsy...
Second amendment is the only thing that won't be taken away bc most of the people using it are white male domestic terrorists. Let's not use the same rhetoric they do.
Pressure your state and local reps, too. Governors can get environmental protection laws on the books, AGs can block orders, sheriffs can refuse to cooperate with ICE, constant participation from the bottom-up is what we need to push for.
Court cases are happening nation-wide. Whistleblowers are taking a stand. State and local govt can have an impact, esp if we push them now. Discouragement is what the regime _wants_ you to feel; do you really want to spread what they want?
Have you signed up for ALA's latest free advocacy webinar? Tune in Sep 9 @ 5pm ET / 4pm CT to learn how you can bring Congress to your library. In-person visits are among the MOST effective forms of advocacy. Register: elearning.ala.org/local/catalo... #ForOurLibraries
Thoughts and prayers. 🙄
The unanimous approval of the DNC resolution to rein in corporate and dark money in Democratic presidential primaries marks a crucial step forward in the fight against the power of Big Money in politics. Thank you @kenmartin.bsky.social for your leadership.
📧We sent a letter to eight Ohio sheriffs, warning that they lack the legal authority to hold ICE detainees in county jails, per a new opinion from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. Immigrants held without legal authority must be released immediately. www.wtrf.com/ohio/aclu-de...
Caitlin Drey didn't just win tonight. In a solid red district gerrymandered to be reasonably safe territory for the GOP, she roflstomped. And the crazy MAGA candidate in Mobile failed to make the runoff.
Big election night! We flipped Iowa, got to the runoff in GA, and made progress in AL in one of the reddest districts in America. Plus, Joshua Brown beat out the 13 yr mayoral incumbent in Bay Minette, AL & Ciara Smith became youngest & first African-American elected mayor in Anniston, AL history!
🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted. A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!
The doom and gloom they’re putting on the forefront and designed to discourage us to stand up and fight. Good on ya!
'Young people' are also working full time/multiple jobs because the economic situation is significantly worse than back in your day, and many protests take place during standard work hours. I can't tell you how many protests I've missed bc they run 4-6 and I can't get there til 5:45. Be kinder.
US veterans staging a sit in at union station in dc until the military occupation of the district ends. but no news coverage whatsoever.
Federal Emergency Management Agency suspended over 30 employees after they wrote to Congress warning that the Trump administration had severely weakened the nation’s ability to respond to hurricanes, floods,
Iowa state Senate district one would take away the Republican super majority. So….. please vote tomorrow and tell your friends and family to vote tomorrow Tue Aug 26 - AL, CA, GA, IA, MA, SC and TN 2/2
This hits right on time… My wife and I had the great privilege of visiting the African-American Museum in DC, and let me just tell you if you have not been…It is a masterpiece—go.
🚨BREAKING: Hours after Texas passed its new map, my law firm has challenged it in federal court. In addition to violating the VRA, HB 4 violates the 14th Amendment because it unjustifiably considers race and partisanship as part of a voluntary, mid-cycle redistricting. @redistrictfdn.bsky.social
Every gerrymander, purge, and press attack tightens the screw — until the system is locked and the tyrant holds the only key… hartmannreport.com/p/the-author...
Grand Rapids doesn't have a big enough Black or brown population. It will be Detroit. He's going after predominately-minority cities first.
Keep fighting, we are with you. You aren't alone in this. 🤝
The final vote in both the Senate and Assembly will be Thursday. If you live in California, find the Sacramento number for your State Senator and Assembly member and call them and tell them to vote in favor of the redistricting ballot measure package. 4/
People think that protest is calling your senators or holding up a sign, but there are so many more ways to dissent. Art is protest. Community aid is protest. Paper Bullets is a recommended read if you want to see the impact and historical use of subversive art against authoritarianism.
An interesting note: I don't know much about the others mentioned, but Mayor Wu publicly attributed NOT working with ICE as a factor in Boston's successful crime reduction. I think we all know why they wouldn't want that to be highlighted.
Now that I'm not sure, there's a lot of speculation but no confirmed facts. This article does cover some of the accounts about how their illegal tails behaved, though. I guess it's been kind of a mixed bag.
I don't have a way to send pizza but here's a few numbers going around if you feel like giving someone an earful!
They came back because CA agreed to redistrict to counter the seats lost in TX, and Texas has important legislation regarding its recent natural disasters that was also being held 'hostage' behind the gerrymander vote. They left to protect their constituents and they came back for the same reason.
Thanks for this info!
You don't have to live in Texas to demand her release. FIGHT!
Today seems like a good day to write to Texas state rep Nicole Collier and thank her for her bravery! Today also seems like a great day to write to Greg Abbott and remind him what a worthless piece of Republican fascist garbage he is!
My thought is also that they wanted to have some representatives with first-hand accounts of how creepy and abnormal the illegal surveillance is. This article talks about dems coming back to join her, but also has accounts of what it was like for them being followed.
Here is one that actually has some names: those of dems coming BACK to support Rep Collier. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This may cheer you guys up: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Love this response from Boston!
📢 Immigration Vigil 📆 Every Thursday 📍 26 Federal Plaza, NYC, Federal Worker's entrance ⏰ 12 pm Join us for a silent vigil calling out ICE for abducting immigrants. This space is open to pedestrians and therefore it is legal to protest there. This may be a silent vigil, but our message is loud!
Exceedingly well put.
“In a far-flung province known for its extreme right-wing politics, the ruling party is holding an opposition party official hostage in the Capital building. The lawmaker, who is a member of the Black ethnic minority, has been told she’d be arrested if she leaves the building.”
It's only performative if he is successfully stopped.
Need proof that #BoycottTarget is working? Declining sales aren’t the only consequence of boycotts…. Keep it going! #BoycottRedStates #FreeTheBear
Slow down ICE by helping local businesses put up signs to clearly mark “Staff Only” areas that can’t be entered without a warrant. Protect your community while showing solidarity with immigrant workers and customers: act.indivisible.org/...
They actually genuinely don't understand it's the truth. Their ability to differentiate real or false information has been purposely corrupted and they're quite literally brainwashed into that us vs. them mentality. Reactions like this one cement that psychology into them further, unfortunately.
People aren't putting their valuable resources into places where they don't see results. Personally, I'll donate to the ACLU & immigrant and environmental legal defense organizations before I will donate to any politician, because the efforts in -those- places are effective in stalling the regime.
Aug 19 10-11 am 1211 6th Ave Join us in pushing back agains the Fox lies. Tuesday marks four years of our weekly protests outside Fox Headquarters in NYC! FoxTakedown.com is spreading Fox protests nationwide! Currently 13 cities have Fox protests – with more coming!
Before we even get to vote on it, the CA legislature is meeting next week to approve or deny the election rigging response act for the ballot. So if you care about the future of our democracy and you live in CA, please make a public comment right now that you want the legislature to support this!!
I respect your investigation and deciding it was too complex an issue and bowing out of discussion, I've definitely been in that situation. But that last statement directly counters that choice. Unfortunately if you want to stay out of the convo, you need to be out of the convo, good parts and bad.
Trans people have the right to their own opinions, whether you feel they are against their own interests or not. Unfortunately, part of treating people as equals is letting them be (in some people's eyes) wrong. Saying you know what's best for them is seeing your state of personhood as above theirs.
Let's turn out this Saturday to support our Texas Dems! If you are a blue dot in a red state, they are proof that YOUR ACTIONS STILL MATTER. 🫡 Both these sites have different events; find a rally near you and get loud! #GoodTrouble www.mobilize.us/fightthetrum... www.fightthetrumptakeover.com#events
Reps @raskin.house.gov @robertgarcia.bsky.social @eleanornorton.bsky.social and Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov have introduced resolutions to end the emergency period in DC — and end Trump's power here. We need Congress to pass these bills as swiftly as possible. FreeDCproject.org/termination
Check for a rally near you! I found many FTT events on Mobilize that didn't show up on the FTT site and visa versa. www.mobilize.us/fightthetrum... www.fightthetrumptakeover.com#events
Seeing some amazing pushback happening in Ohio lately. Blue dots in red states do matter. I also really love seeing an action plan not just to get us out of now but to create a fairer future.
🗣️This week, we filed a lawsuit asking the Supreme Court of Ohio to order the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office to comply with Ohio’s public records laws and release ICE contracts in place to carry out federal immigration functions. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/14/a...
If ordinary people want to help make that happen, here's some tools at our disposal!
I don't understand what's wrong with having big ideas that might not be able to be put into practice immediately, but give us something to aspire to. Big ideas expand the tent, they don't collapse it. Am I crazy? Maybe I'm crazy.
Sounds a lot like you're saying America is under authoritarian attack specifically to spite Senator Slotkin for the actions of the CIA. Maybe don't make it sound like the terrorizing of the millions of everyday people who have no CIA affiliations are some form of cosmic justice.
At least she's SAYING it's not normal now. That's frankly an improvement over the Slotkin of 3months ago. By the end of the year, maybe she'll join some Dems in writing strongly worded letters. 🤞
Bless these Alaskans!
We're at 3 sources and 8 notifications in a convo neither of us initiated with you. You will get farther sharing your views with people by holding genuine conversations than by engaging with Gish-gallop. 🙂
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As I said, I cannot guarantee there has been no tampering, and we know for fact that 2016 was tampered with by Russia. But it does not occur by a single person just changing a number on the internet somewhere, as the poster implied.
Show some love to @standupalaska.bsky.social for welcoming Trump and Putin to Alaska.
Here's a handy list on who to call and what to ask for, depending on if the blue state is a trifecta or a split house! indivisible.org/resource/red...
We are working on that, and anyone can help! Here's a guide to which actions can be taken by which state, and how potentially important their role could be. indivisible.org/resource/red...
🚨Big Win for Black Voters in Louisiana! ️ Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a critical victory by upholding a lower court’s decision that struck down Louisiana’s state legislative maps for unlawfully diluting Black voting power. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The internet is not used to send local results. Votes are physically brought to the clerk's office and physical and digital numbers must match in several different places, confirmed by multiple people. I can't guarantee no tampering, but I can guarantee it couldn't have happened as laid out here.
I can confirm as an election worker from a swing state (not WI) that our machines are also not internet accessible. I can't speak for the process beyond the clerk's office, but there are multiple physical safety nets & cross-checks done by multiple people both at precinct and clerk office as well.
Pragmatic progressives — armed with bread-and-butter proposals to improve the lives of ordinary Americans and an upbeat message of hope — are the future of the Democratic Party. This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope
Thank you for putting together this information.
From anti-democracy efforts to militia and antigovernment movements, the SPLC's Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Check out our overview of hard-right activity in August 2025 📲: www.splcenter.org/re...
If you're in GA or know someone who is, please check voter registrations and pass this info along!
Not all purple/split states are showing up in your toolkit. Michigan, for example, is is not listed. Should unlisted split states still follow the same toolkit as the other split states, or is there a different protocol to follow for states not mentioned by name?
We greatly respect the groundwork that local orgs laid long before our movement and encourage all to prioritize and uplift their efforts. In that spirit, we are uplifting this event, an idea that began with some of our members and has grown into its own separate, family-friendly community gathering.
One of the things they are asking us to do is to talk to people at local businesses that we frequent and ask them to post signs of support of immigrants and mark employee spaces as private to prevent ICE from entering. Sign up here act.indivisible.org/signup/signs... #nokings #onemillionrising
✍️ It's day 14 of #31DaysOfAction: Sign and share our petition demanding the immediate removal and impeachment of RFK Jr. Secretary Kennedy’s words and actions are killing Americans: science and public health must come first. Link: zurl.co/VWSkk
The courageous Texas Democrats have called for a national day of action on Saturday. Join (or start) an event near you to protest Trump’s effort to rig congressional maps and steal the 2026 election.
Really good, easy to understand breakdown of economic events and what they mean.
A key point that's going under the radar--the cities they are targeting for miilitary control are majority POC. Notice we haven't see actions against Seattle, Portland, Boston, etc, despite them also being democratic powerhouses? They are going after black and brown communities first, just as ICE.
BREAKING: An Illinois judge denies Texas AG Ken Paxton’s petition to enforce arrests against Texas House Democrats in Illinois, ruling that Illinois lacks the authority to compel state law enforcement to carry out Texas’ civil warrants. Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
We have to work with who we have, and that is each other. So ask: Does it hurt fascism more to police my potential ally or to police a fascist? And remodel your behaviour accordingly. 💙
We outnumber those in power but we can only use that advantage by opening up the 'umbrella' of our allies until it covers all of us. Excluding people from allyship only weakens us all. We don't live in a perfect world; we can't wait around for 'perfect' allies to save us.
The quibbling we do over each other's perceived flaws doesn't serve anyone except the Regime. When you want to critique someone who is not visibly supporting fascism for how they're going about it or something else they said, ask yourself: is this comment more important than fighting fascism?
If you have an ally in the fight against authoritarianism, encourage them! A non-ideal ally is still better than no ally. You don't have to agree with everything they say to accept their allyship and provide your own, nor police each other's words and actions. Our goal here is mutual commonality.
The biggest disappointment of this period has not been the cruelty shown by the Trump regime, which we all expected, but the inability of 'liberals' to work together in mutual support. Put aside the areas you do not agree on; focus on the commonalities and overlaps of your values.
In resistance, you will have to work productively with people you do not entirely agree with. Let me say that again: 👏You👏 Will👏 Have👏 To 👏Work 👏 Productively 👏 With 👏 People 👏 You 👏 Do👏 Not 👏 Entirely👏Agree👏 With 👏. UNITED, we stand; DIVIDED, we fall. #onemillionrising