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Tri-City Democrats – Friday, July 10, 6:00 PM
Greetings fellow Democrats!
Vacation schedules prevent us from gathering at the farm this month, so we’ll meet at 6pm on June 12 at the Round Table Pizza in Pasco.
As usual at the pizza location, Tri-City Democrats will order several pizzas to share. We’ll have the donation box available for those who care to financially support the group. Some of our generous members are likely to purchase pitchers of beer to share. If you want the salad bar or soft drinks, you are on your own for those items.
We’ll have the donation box available for those who care to financially support the group.
We will have ‘Hate Has no Home Here’ signs available.
For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see:
https://www.meetup.com/tri-city-democrats/events/315073663/
Our program is to be announced, but we’ll have some announcements and we will have ‘Hate Has no Home Here’ signs available.
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Columbia Basin Badger Club
ADDICTION not only disrupts lives but also has significant social and economic impacts for the larger community. Opening of the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery represents a major advancement in the regional services needed to help address addiction challenges.
In recognition of the opening of the Center for Recovery, the August 5 Badger Club Forum will feature an important conversation about causes, prevention and treatment of addiction. Two experts will consider what addiction is; the gap between what we know and what we do; what the community is and can be doing; what families need to know; and substance abuse prevention and looking to the future. redict the future for Eastern Washington rivers?
Want to get involved?
Council meetings take place in person and online every second Thursday.
Email info@TCDIC.org for more information and the zoom link
Volunteer with the Council today!
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Today we…
Support new arrivals through education, relationships and community so they can thrive in their new home.
In the future, we will…
Create a community of open hearts, helping hands and supportive systems where strangers become friends and we all thrive.
In the United States, we take it for granted that children will attend school and learn how to read. For many of the students in B5’s adult English classes, however, that wasn’t true. B5 is their first school!!
With the help of teachers, dedicated volunteers, and a lot of hard work on the part of the students, five of our beginning students graduated to level one in March. Learning to read as an adult is very challenging, but these students are used to overcoming challenges.
If you can read this, thank the people in your life who helped you learn, and consider how you might help adults in our community who never had the opportunity to learn to read. You can become a monthly donor here and provide essential funding for B5 programs, or consider becoming a volunteer by submitting an application here.
Thank you for all that you do to support B5’s work and making our community a welcoming space for all.
Thank you to all of you who give your time and money, so refugees and immigrants can find welcome at the doors of B5. Your donation in any amount allows us to support our programs to help newly arrived refugees THRIVE in our community. Will you join us?
Donations can be made through our website or they can be mailed to: B5 Learning Center 715 S Jean Street Kennewick, WA 99336
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Today we…
Support new arrivals through education, relationships and community so they can thrive in their new home.
In the future, we will…
Create a community of open hearts, helping hands and supportive systems where strangers become friends and we all thrive.
Do you remember learning to read? What would your life be like if you’d never had that opportunity?
Many of the students in our B5 classes are learning to read for the first time, or never really mastered reading when they were learning English. According to the Barbara Bush Foundation, 19% of adults in Benton County and 37% in Franklin County have low literacy skills, limiting their access to employment, education, and economic mobility. This helps explain why 13.4% of adults in Benton and Franklin counties have not completed a high school diploma or GED, almost double the state rate of 7.7% (Benton-Franklin Trends).
Adults with low literacy skills don’t see themselves as learners and often give up trying. Language learning and literacy go hand in hand, and learning to read in a language that is unfamiliar is even more challenging for adults than it is for kids. For this reason, a safe, encouraging environment is important to keep students working toward their goals.
At B5, we’re thankful for staff and volunteers who work diligently and persistently with students to help them on the road to success. They are equipping our students with the skills they need to become citizens, complete job applications, and get better paying jobs.
In the past, most of our students were new arrival refugees, and B5 received state funding to support them on their educational journey. Today, fewer than half of our students qualify for state funded support. More than ever, we look to our community to join us in the work by volunteering and investing in our students.
Thank you to all of you who give your time and money, so refugees and immigrants can find welcome at the doors of B5. Your donation in any amount allows us to support our programs to help newly arrived refugees THRIVE in our community. Will you join us?
Donations can be made through our website or they can be mailed to: B5 Learning Center 715 S Jean Street Kennewick, WA 99336
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FAQ from A Better Richland
Richland registered voters will vote this November to update the Richland City Council election process to be like the rest of Washington’s First-Class Cities, Pasco, and Kennewick.
Currently all seven members of the Richland council are elected “at-large.” They can live anywhere in the city. A vote to change the city charter would mean five council members would have to be elected from the districts where they live and two would still be elected “at-large”. Each of the five proposed districts would have approximately 12,000 residents. An interactive map on our website can show you in which district you would live.
The Fourth of July may have passed, but we’re not done fighting for our nation’s future – and we’re also not done WINNING.
Yes, we said the “W” word: Winning! In fact, in no small part due to the power and persistence of moms and parents, these state wins have happened in just the past couple of months:
- North Carolina: Won expanded paid leave for public employees.
- West Virginia: Secured vital child care funding.
- New Hampshire: Defeated harmful book bans to keep schools inclusive.
- Pennsylvania: Powering toward passing a statewide paid family and medical leave law.
- New York City: Won major investments in child care.
Now, we need to use these state wins, and this MOMentum, to grow power in our nation’s capitol so that no matter where people live, every parent has access to these critical policies.
And we have a plan.
**Join us in urging Congress to follow The Mom Plan for America to lift families and the economy.
As we pass the 4th of July, moms have a declaration to make about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Spoiler alert: It starts with affordable health care, universal child care, and groceries that don’t cost a fortune.
You know it. We feel it. Things aren’t good right now. We’re in an affordability crisis that didn’t have to be this bad: Last year, President Trump signed devastating cuts to health care and nutrition programs into law. Now, Congress must reverse those cuts and start opening avenues for families and our economy to thrive – and we have a plan for them to do it: The Mom Plan for America.
Skeptical that we can win? Don’t be! We know change is possible because moms are already winning at the state and local levels. (See the inspiring wins list above).
These victories didn’t happen by accident. They happened because moms showed up, raised their voices, and organized for change.
If we can win critical victories in states across the nation, then Congress can do it nationally too. It’s time to scale these wins.
Let freedom ring for moms and families!
We are launching the Mom Plan for America—a 12-point blueprint for an America where all families and our economy can thrive.
As part of this Mom Plan, we’re calling on Congress to:
- Reverse the health care cuts, including the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, enacted through H.R. 1.
- Reverse the nutrition cuts enacted through H.R. 1 in this year’s Farm Bill.
- Reject any additional cuts to nutrition or health care programs in the Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations bills.
- Prioritize policies that expand access to affordable health care and nutrition assistance for all families, including permanently extending the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
- And, last but far from least, advance the Mom Plan for America!
→ CLICK HERE TO TELL CONGRESS TO GET MOVING ON FAMILY AFFORDABILITY NOW! ←
*Here’s the Mom Plan for America, a plan to lift families and the economy:
- Health Care for All: From birth onwards, including aging, and disability.
- Healthy Food: Access to nutritious food for every family.
- Respect for Every Family: Safety, dignity, and opportunity for every mom and family, regardless of race or background; and not mass incarceration.
- Freedom from Gun Violence: Keep our communities, kids, and democracy safe.
- Defend Democracy: Unshakeable voting rights, freedom of speech, and safe access to polling locations.
- Safe Schools: Ensure schools are places where every child can learn and thrive.
- Reproductive Freedom: Better maternal health outcomes and autonomy over reproductive health decisions.
- Protect Immigrant Families: Immigration policies that balance compassion and security, while honoring the contributions of immigrants.
- Fair Taxes for Families: Tax policies that prioritize families and the economy.
- Universal Childcare: High-quality early education for every child.
- Good Jobs: Fair pay, paid family and medical leave, and earned sick days.
- Affordable Cost of Living: Housing, gas, groceries, utilities, and other basics must be affordable so everyone can build a good life.
After you sign on, we’ll deliver this Mom Plan for America straight to Congress so they know exactly what we expect them to be working toward.
This is important. One year after devastating federal cuts put health care and food assistance at risk for millions of families, we’re choosing hope and action – because we know the power of moms is unstoppable. We’ve shown that when moms raise their voices, public opinion shifts and policies change.
When moms organize, we all win.
*Don’t forget to add your name today to help us bring our nation closer to liberty and justice for ALL. (And please share with 3 friends so they can sign on too).
Thank you for ALL you each do!
– Kristin, Valeria, Ruth, Kelsey, Sue Anne, and the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team
Breaking Bad News: The anti-family, anti-worker, anti-economy initiative (backed by Brian Heywood) just announced they have enough signatures to get on the November ballot. This initiative, if passed, would give the ultra wealthy a tax break and leave Washington families footing the bill for the things we need to thrive: health care, public education, and more. Not good.
Brian Heywood, a mediocre millionaire himself, is trying his best to bend the rules in his favor and is asking Washington families to pay the price. He appears to have forgotten that quite literally thousands of people like you spoke up and linked arms with thousands of other families, workers, small businesses, and neighbors across the state to tell our state legislators to protect working families and pass a Millionaire’s Tax that rebalances our upside-down tax code. And we were heard!
Washington lawmakers passed the Millionaire’s Tax this year and here’s what Brian Heywood and his billionaire buddies are trying to steal from Washington families:
Tell Brian Heywood that we don’t stand for this – commit to protecting the Millionaires Tax today!
Let’s be clear, the consequences of this initiative would be steep: it will cut funding for important services like health care and k-12 education, AND raise taxes on working families and small businesses. Washington families will protect the future of our state and defend the Millionaires Tax at the ballot.
Together we are a powerful force for children and families in Washington,
Lauren, Sara, Maggie, Kristin, and the entire MomsRising Together team
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LWVWA Resisting Threats to Democracy—Action Needed
As you read this, our democracy is under threat here in Washington state. And the League of Women Voters of Washington (LWVWA) is taking action—every day—to defend it.
IN THE COURTS: We are fighting to protect voter registration rights nationwide. In a key case against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, LWVWA submitted a sworn statement opposing efforts to block groups like the League from registering new citizens at naturalization ceremonies. This fight continues—and so do we.
IN THE LEGISLATURE: This session, LWVWA tracked 68 democracy-related bills and helped pass eight critical laws to safeguard voters and elections—strengthening protections against discrimination, stopping bad-faith voter challenges, and securing sensitive voter data.
IN OUR COMMUNITIES: We led a successful “decline to sign” campaign to stop Initiative 126, a proposal that would have made it harder to register and stay registered to vote. Now, we’re pushing back against I-500—another attempt to create those same barriers.
This is what defending democracy looks like. It’s urgent. It’s ongoing. And it works.
But we can’t do it without you.
Democracy requires constant effort—and your support makes that possible. This GiveBIG, please make a gift to LWVWA to help defend and strengthen democracy in Washington.
Karen Crowley, President
League of Women Voters of Washington
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
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Our monthly General Meeting allows WAISN members from across Washington to share their experiences, discuss strategies for building power in their own local communities, and give us an opportunity to involve directly affected people in our strategic decision-making processes.
In case you missed it or if you had any questions, here is a brief summary of the most important points we discussed and ways you can get involved:
We are hiring!
Policy Manager – WAISN is seeking a Policy Manager to oversee the network’s policy work in the immigration and detention space, including managing a federal portfolio. They will also be responsible for managing up to two organizers/coordinators, including the Policy Organizer.
Policy Organizer – WAISN is seeking a Policy Organizer to help advance community-centered immigration policy across Washington, including tracking legislation, shaping advocacy strategy, and coordinating coalition efforts alongside our Policy and Advocacy Team.
Advocacy Organizer – WAISN is seeking an Advocacy Organizer to turn our policy priorities into accessible, community-driven campaigns, including building coalition capacity, coordinating organizing tables, and deepening our connection to the communities we fight for.
Community Resource and Membership Intern – WAISN is seeking a motivated and passionate individual to support WAISN’s Deportation Defense, Membership, and Community Resource programs through outreach, resource management, and community care. This is a hands-on, six-month role for anyone looking to grow in immigrant justice organizing (15 hrs/week, flexible schedule).
Deportation Defense Hotline
Even though immigration enforcement activity is often underreported, our Hotline and Rapid Response Teams have been able to confirm a clearer picture of where it has been concentrated.
Recent trends show the heaviest activity in Whatcom, King, and Yakima counties—with hotspots in the cities of Bellingham, Mt. Vernon, and Tukwila—most often during traffic stops, in public areas, and around courthouses.
We’re also seeing more calls from community members requesting accompaniment for court dates, USCIS appointments, and ICE check-ins. A key part of Accompaniment Program support is building an emergency plan before an appointment, so community members know someone will be in contact with their family in case they are detained.
That plan usually includes:
- Permission for volunteers to move a vehicle, if needed
- Emergency contact information
- School contact information for families with children
- Employer contact information
Rapid Response
We’re growing our Rapid Response network as fast as we can, and we need you in it. If you are in an area without a team yet, you don’t have to wait for one: grab a few friends, host a watch party of our Rapid Response training, and help us ensure everyone in Washington has a team supporting them at this moment.
Every new person trained is one more corner of Washington where immigration enforcement can’t move unnoticed. This is how we keep each other safe and informed—so join us for our next training, happening Tuesday, July 21 at 6PM PT:
Community Resources and Membership
This August you can join immigrant justice leaders from across the state for two nights and three days at our WAISN Organizational Membership Convening in Central WA! Registration is open until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, and the convening is included with your WAISN Organizational Membership.
Not a member yet? Join us—there’s a place for your organization in this movement!
Language Justice
At WAISN, language justice goes beyond simply providing translation and interpretation. It’s a strategic framework to build immigrant power across language and culture, because we know that our liberation is tied to each other.
You can be a part of this work too:
- Share our Know Your Rights with immigration flyers—now available in 21 different languages—so more of our neighbors are prepared.
- If you know any language workers, organizations and/or initiatives doing work related to language justice in Washington, please introduce us by sending an email to language@waisn.org so we can connect with them!
Our General Meeting is the third Thursday of every month, please join us on July 16 for the next one—which will include a mid-year review of immigration activity trends we’re seeing across Washington, as reported by our Rapid Response Teams.
Zoom Information:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85189717565
In solidarity,
Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network
P.S. If you witness immigration activity, raids and detentions in Washington, please text or call the WAISN Deportation Defense Hotline at 1-844-724-3737. We have operators available Monday through Friday from 6am to 6pm to take your call. Our operators speak Spanish and English, and we have interpretation available in nearly 300 languages.
If your call is not answered, text the Hotline number letting us know what you are calling about in detail, and we will try to follow up.
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Nuestra reunión general mensual permite a miembros de WAISN de todo Washington compartir sus experiencias, discutir estrategias para construir poder en sus propias comunidades locales y nos da la oportunidad de involucrar a las personas directamente afectadas en nuestros procesos de toma de decisiones estratégicas.
Por si no pudo asistir o si tiene alguna duda, aquí tiene un breve resumen de los puntos más importantes que se discutieron y de las formas en las que puede involucrarse:
¡Estamos contratando!
Gerente de políticas – WAISN busca a un/a gerente de políticas para supervisar el trabajo político de nuestra red en el área de inmigración y detención, incluyendo el manejo del portafolio federal. También se encargará de supervisar hasta dos organizadores/as, incluyendo el/la organizador/a de políticas.
Organizador/a de políticas – WAISN busca un/a organizador/a de políticas para impulsar políticas de inmigración centradas en la comunidad de todo Washington, lo que incluye hacer seguimiento de las sesiones legislativas, diseñar la estrategia de defensa y coordinar los esfuerzos de la coalición junto con nuestro equipo de política y abogacía.
Organizador/a de abogacía – WAISN busca un/a organizador/a de abogacía para convertir nuestras prioridades políticas en campañas accesibles e impulsadas por la comunidad, lo que incluye desarrollar la capacidad de la coalición, coordinar los comités de trabajo y profundizar nuestro vínculo con las comunidades por las que luchamos.
Pasantía en recursos comunitarios y membresía – WAISN busca a alguien motivado y apasionado para apoyar los programas de defensa contra la deportación, la membresía y los recursos comunitarios de WAISN mediante el alcance comunitario, el manejo de recursos y el cuidado de la comunidad. Este es un puesto de seis meses para quien quiera crecer en el ámbito del trabajo organizativo por la justicia para los inmigrantes (15 horas a la semana, con horario flexible).
Línea de Defensa contra la Deportación
Aunque a menudo no se reportan todas las operaciones de control migratorio, nuestra Línea de Apoyo y nuestros Equipos de Respuesta Rápida han podido confirmar y ofrecer una idea más clara de dónde hay más actividad.
Las tendencias recientes muestran que la mayor actividad ocurre en los condados de Whatcom, King y Yakima —con puntos críticos en las ciudades de Bellingham, Mt. Vernon y Tukwila— sobre todo durante las paradas de tráfico, en zonas públicas y cerca de los tribunales.
También estamos recibiendo más llamadas de personas de la comunidad que solicitan acompañamiento para citas en los tribunales, con USCIS y para registros con ICE. Una parte clave del apoyo que provee el Programa de Acompañamiento es preparar un plan de emergencia antes de la cita, para que las personas sepan que alguien se pondrá en contacto con su familia en caso de que sean detenidas.
Ese plan suele incluir:
- Información de contacto de emergencia
- Información de contacto de la escuela para familias con niños
- Información de contacto del empleador
- Permiso para que los voluntarios puedan mover un vehículo, si es necesario
Respuesta Rápida
Estamos ampliando nuestra red de Respuesta Rápida tan rápido como podemos y necesitamos que usted forme parte de ella. Si está en un área donde aún no hay un equipo, no tiene por qué esperar a que se cree uno: reúna a unos cuantos amigos, organice un watch party para ver juntos nuestro entrenamiento de Respuesta Rápida y ayúdenos a garantizar que todos en Washington cuenten con un equipo que los apoye en estos momentos.
Cada persona nueva que entrenamos es un rincón adicional de Washington donde las autoridades de inmigración no pueden pasar desapercibidas. Así es como nos mantenemos seguros e informados unos a otros—así que únase a nuestro próximo entrenamiento, que será el martes, 21 de julio a las 6pm (hora del Pacífico):
Recursos Comunitarios y Membresía
Este agosto puede unirse a líderes de justicia para los inmigrantes de todo el estado durante dos noches y tres días en nuestro Encuentro de la Membresía Organizacional de WAISN, en el centro de Washington. El registro está abierto hasta HOY A MEDIANOCHE y el encuentro está incluido en su membresía de WAISN.
¿Aún no es miembro? Únase a nosotros: ¡hay un lugar para su organización en este movimiento!
Justicia del Lenguaje
En WAISN, la justicia del lenguaje va más allá de ofrecer simplemente servicios de traducción e interpretación. Es un marco estratégico para construir el poder de los inmigrantes a través del lenguaje y la cultura, porque sabemos que nuestra liberación está atada una a la otra.
Usted también puede formar parte de este trabajo:
- Comparta nuestros folletos “Conozca sus derechos con inmigración” —que ya están disponibles en 21 idiomas— para que más vecinos y personas de su comunidad estén preparados.
- Si conoce a alguna persona, organización o iniciativa dedicada a la justicia del lenguaje en Washington, ¡por favor, pónganos en contacto enviando un correo electrónico a language@waisn.org para que podamos conectar!
Nuestra reunión general es el tercer jueves de cada mes. ¡Acompáñenos el 16 de julio para la próxima! Presentaremos un resumen de medio año sobre las tendencias de actividad de control migratorio en el estado de Washington, según lo que han observado nuestros equipos de Respuesta Rápida.
Información de Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85189717565
En solidaridad,
La Red de Solidaridad de Inmigrantes en Washington
P.D.: Si es testigo de actividades de inmigración, redadas o detenciones en Washington, mande un mensaje de texto o llame a la Línea de Defensa contra la Deportación de WAISN al 1-844-724-3737. Tenemos operadores disponibles de lunes a viernes, de 6:00 AM a 6:00 PM, para atender su llamada. Nuestros operadores hablan español e inglés y contamos con servicio de interpretación en casi 300 idiomas.
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WAISN’s Deportation Defense Hotline and Rapid Response Teams receive reports related to immigration enforcement activity across Washington, including calls for post-detention support, sightings of immigration enforcement, and urgent alerts about detentions.
To help ensure you and your loved ones stay informed, we’re sharing some information on the reports we received in May, the trends our Rapid Response Teams are seeing, and how communities can show up to support each other.
These numbers are not just statistics, they reflect stories of family separation, surveillance, and intimidation tactics that sometimes lead to deadly consequences.
85 reports of immigration enforcement activity came through the WAISN Deportation Defense Hotline and Rapid Response Teams in May. We were able to confirm the detention of 79 people, with the heaviest confirmed activity in King, Whatcom, and Skagit counties—and particular hotspots in Bellingham, Seattle, Tukwila, Ferndale, and Mount Vernon.
Trends to watch
In May, most reported detentions occurred in public spaces, including traffic stops and, increasingly, in the area surrounding courthouses. We share this not to spread fear, but to ensure every community member is equipped with the information they need to navigate this moment, and so that no one has to face it alone.
That is what our Accompaniment Program is here for. Trained volunteers accompany community members to court hearings, immigration check-ins, and other appointments—offering presence, support, and an extra layer of visibility and witness in spaces where it matters most.
There are two ways to support or get support right now:
- If you would like someone by your side for an upcoming appointment, call or text the Deportation Defense Hotline at 1-844-724-3737 (Mon-Fri, 6am–6pm) to get connected with an Accompaniment Volunteer.
- If you are able to show up for others, consider joining our Accompaniment Program. The more of us who are trained and ready, the more of our friends and neighbors can move through these moments knowing they are not alone
A note on how we create these updates: These reports are informed directly by our Rapid Response Teams and calls to the Hotline from everyday people who refuse to let these agencies act in the shadows. By working together and reporting what we see across the state, especially in rural areas, we’re able to track critical patterns and give our communities a clearer picture of what is happening on the ground.
While we prioritize accuracy over speed and only share verified patterns, your contributions are what makes this community-led reporting possible. If you see immigration enforcement first-hand or a loved one has been detained, please text or call the WAISN Hotline at 1-844-724-3737 from Monday through Friday 6am-6pm.
If your call is not answered, text the Hotline number letting us know what you are calling about in detail, and we will try to follow up.
- Date and time of sighting and activity
- Street name and description of the area where it happened
- Pictures and videos of the interaction
- Descriptions of what agents were doing and wearing, and what vehicles were present
We all have constitutional rights regardless of immigration status. You are not alone. Please know that WAISN is here to support you. Our Rapid Response Teams are ready, and our network remains alert—it was built for this moment.
In the face of threats and attacks on our collective safety, community will prevail.
In solidarity,
The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network
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La Línea de Defensa contra la Deportación y los Equipos de Respuesta Rápida de WAISN reciben reportes sobre las actividades de control migratorio en todo el estado de Washington, incluyendo llamadas para solicitar apoyo tras una detención, avisos de actividades de control migratorio y alertas urgentes sobre detenciones.
Para ayudar a garantizar que usted y sus seres queridos se mantengan informados, les compartimos información sobre los reportes que recibimos en mayo de este año, las tendencias que observan nuestros Equipos de Respuesta Rápida y qué pueden hacer las comunidades para protegerse mutuamente.
Estos números no son solo estadísticas, sino que reflejan historias de separación familiar, vigilancia y tácticas de intimidación que a veces terminan en consecuencias mortales.
En mayo recibimos 85 reportes sobre actividades de control migratorio a través de nuestra Línea de Defensa contra la Deportación y de nuestros equipos de Respuesta Rápida de WAISN. Pudimos confirmar la detención de 79 personas, con mayor actividad en los condados de King, Whatcom y Skagit, y los puntos más críticos fueron Bellingham, Seattle, Tukwila, Ferndale y Mount Vernon.
Tendencias a tener en cuenta
En mayo, la mayoría de las detenciones reportadas ocurrieron en espacios públicos, como las paradas de tráfico, y con mayor frecuencia, cerca de los tribunales. Compartimos esta información no para sembrar el miedo, sino para garantizar que todas las personas que forman parte de nuestra comunidad tengan acceso a la información necesaria para hacer frente a este momento y también para que no tengamos que pasar por esto solos.
Y para eso es que existe nuestro programa de Acompañamiento. Voluntarios que se han entrenado en cómo acompañar a personas de nuestra comunidad en las audiencias ante los tribunales de inmigración, a las citas de control de inmigración y a otras citas. Estos voluntarios ofrecen su presencia, apoyo y una mayor visibilidad y testimonio en aquellos lugares donde más importa.
Hay dos formas en las que podemos apoyar u obtener ayuda en este momento:
- Si quiere que alguien le acompañe a una próxima cita, llame o envíe un mensaje de texto a la Línea de Defensa contra la Deportación al 1-844-724-3737 (de lunes a viernes, de 6am-6pm) para que le contacten con un voluntario del programa de Acompañamiento.
- Si puede brindar su apoyo, considere unirse a nuestro programa de Acompañamiento. Entre más personas nos entrenemos y estemos preparadas, más amigos y vecinos podrán superar estos momentos con la tranquilidad de que no están solos.
Sobre cómo creamos estas actualizaciones: Estos reportes vienen directamente de nuestros Equipos de Respuesta Rápida y de las llamadas a la Línea de Apoyo que nos hacen personas de a pie que se niegan a dejar que estas agencias trabajen en secreto. Al trabajar juntos y reportar lo que vemos alrededor del estado, sobre todo en las zonas rurales, podemos identificar patrones importantes y ofrecer a nuestras comunidades una visión más clara de lo que está pasando en nuestros vecindarios.
Aunque le damos prioridad a la precisión por encima de la rapidez y solo compartimos los patrones verificados, sus contribuciones son las que hacen posible este sistema de reportes liderado por la comunidad. Si usted es testigo de una actividad de control migratorio o si un ser querido ha sido detenido, por favor, envíe un mensaje de texto o llame a la Línea de Apoyo de WAISN al 1-844-724-3737, de lunes a viernes, de 6:00 AM a 6:00 PM.
Si no le responden a su llamada, envíe un mensaje de texto al número de la Línea de Apoyo explicándonos detalladamente el motivo de su llamada, y nos pondremos en contacto con usted.
Cuando informe sobre la actividad de inmigración, intente ofrecer todos los detalles y documentación que le sea posible, incluyendo:
- Fecha y hora del incidente y la actividad
- Nombre de la calle o descripción del área donde sucedió
- Fotos y videos de la interacción
- Descripción de lo que hacían y vestían los agentes, y qué vehículos estaban presentes
Todos tenemos derechos constitucionales, independientemente de nuestro estatus migratorio. Usted no está solo. Tenga en cuenta que WAISN está aquí para apoyarle. Nuestros Equipos de Respuesta Rápida y Acompañamiento están listos y nuestra red permanece alerta: fue construida para este momento.
Ante amenazas y ataques a nuestra seguridad colectiva, la comunidad prevalecerá.
En solidaridad,
La Red de Solidaridad de Inmigrantes en Washington
In this Issue:
- Summer’s Here!
- See you at T-Mobile Park on Friday, July 31?
- West Seattle Fundraiser with Rep. Brianna Thomas ‘12!
- Join us on Lopez Island in September!
- Class of 2027 Fellowship Applications Open September 1!
- WAIDF Seahawks Night | October 25, 2026!
- WAIDF Extended Learning Trip to Chicago
- Thank You 2026 Program Supporters!
Summer’s Here!
School’s out, programming is complete, and these five weeks of sunshine, global soccer, a 250th USA Anniversary, and an August primary election are here and in full force.
We had an incredible 2026 programming year. On June 13, we graduated our 2026 Fellowship Class and officially welcomed them into the alumni network. Visit our Facebook and Instagram pages to see the highlights.
And a huge thank you to everyone who joined us, and to our program sponsors, alumni, and board members, who made this year’s event and program possible.
We have a fun, connection-filled few months ahead of us as we continue to build the program, welcome new board members, recruit for the class of 2027, and embark on another election season. We are beyond grateful to be in this work with you. I hope to see you at an upcoming event!
-Emily
See you at T-Mobile Park on Friday, July 31?
Join us for an unforgettable evening at T-Mobile Park as the Seattle Mariners take on the Minnesota Twins. Celebrate democracy, community, and America’s favorite pastime. You don’t want to miss the chance to connect with WAIDF alumni and friends and view fireworks under the Seattle night sky.
📆 Date: Friday, July 31
⚾First Pitch: 7:10 PM PDT
🪑 Our Seats: Section 325, Rows 18–22
🎟️ Tickets: $32
🎆 Postgame Fireworks: Starting ~15 minutes after the final out
See you at the ballpark! ⚾🔥
West Seattle Fundraiser with Rep. Brianna Thomas ‘12!
Join WAIDF Fellows, alumni, and friends for a patio party in support of our upcoming 2027 WAIDF Fellowship Program, and hear from stellar alumni and your State Representative from the 34th Legislative District, Brianna Thomas ‘12!
Thanks to our hosts, WAIDF Board Member Megan Atchison and her spouse, Dustin Atchison!
📆 Saturday, August 1 | 6 p.m.
📍 Address provided upon RSVP
Join us on Lopez Island in September!
Join us for an Extended Learning Trip to Lopez Island, Sept. 11–13, hosted by local historian Mary Bywater Cross. Enjoy a beach reception, connect with the Lopez Community Land Trust and San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild, meet local leaders, and explore the island. Shared accommodations are available near the ferry landing.
Questions? Email info@democraticfuture.org.
Class of 2027 Fellowship Applications Open September 1!
Mark your calendars and tell your friends and colleagues!
Applications for the Class of 2027 will open on September 1, but recruitment starts now!
- Share information about the program with potential fellows you recommend from across the state.
- Encourage folks to attend October recruitment and networking events, or help host an event in your community.
- Connect with a WAIDF Board of Staff member to discuss ways to get involved!
Have other ideas, or want to support the 2027 Fellowship or sponsor an upcoming event? Contact emily@democraticfuture.org.
WAIDF Seahawks Night | October 25, 2026!
Join WAIDF alumni, friends and family for our 2026 Gridiron Day on October 25 when our Seattle Seahawks take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
We have 30 seats reserved in Section 319, Row R, Seats 4-17, and 319 Row S, Seats 1-16.
Tickets are $160, and kickoff is at 5:20 p.m. Fingers crossed there is a special appearance from T-Swift!
WAIDF Extended Learning Trip to Chicago
With the Obama Presidential Center now open, WAIDF is planning our next extended learning trip to Chicago, Illinois. Tickets are not yet available, but we’re monitoring their release.
Interested in joining us? Want to share suggestions or dates? Let us know below!
Thank You 2026 Program Supporters!
Thank you to our program sponsors, alumni, and board members for making this year’s cohort programming and programs possible.
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In this Issue:
- Help us celebrate the Class of 2026 next Saturday!
- We’re looking for a few individuals to join our board of directors!
- Our Jobs List-Serv has over 100 subscribers!
Help us celebrate the Class of 2026 next Saturday!
As the Class of 2026 gears up for their last full weekend together in Spokane, I wanted to share some exciting updates about next Saturday’s graduation! Surrounded by the breathtaking peaks of our Washington landscape, we’ll come together to celebrate this remarkable class and honor the many individuals who have made it special.
We’re thrilled to have Shasti Conrad, Chair of the Washington Democratic Party, as this year’s keynote speaker, and Xavier Ajeto will also deliver a speech on behalf of the Class of 2026.
We’ll take a moment to thank the outgoing board members for their dedicated service over the years.
Get ready to celebrate and honor some fantastic awards:
- This year, we’re introducing the Board Member of the Year award, shining a spotlight on Meadow Johnson ’09 for her 12 years of outstanding service – her contributions for over a decade are as inspiring as our Cascade peaks!
- We’re also excited to present the Community Partner of the Year award to the Washington Education Association, whose steadfast support and partnership with WAIDF over the past year have truly made a difference.
- Finally, a big congratulations to Jac Archer ’18, our Alumni of the Year, whose ongoing advocacy for Spokane, especially for immigrants, continues to fight for civil rights and dignity for all.
On behalf of Landon, our Program Director, the board of directors, we all look forward to seeing you at a festive and celebratory evening on June 13, filled with good food and drinks, camaraderie, seeing friends, and perhaps making new ones, and celebrating the Class of 2026!
-Emily
We’re looking for a few individuals to join our board of directors!
As a working board, board members work hand in hand year-round with staff to fulfill the organization’s mission, including organizing and executing our signature six-month annual fellowship and alumni events.
Read the Prospective Board Member Packet here: https://bit.ly/4dG70OE
Application link and details here: https://bit.ly/4u2GCU0
Applications will be accepted until Friday, June 26.
Our Jobs List-Serv has over 100 subscribers!
Since relaunching our WAIDF Jobs List-Serv in February, over 40 job, internship, and fellowship opportunities have been shared with the greater WAIDF network.
Share opportunities ranging from internal roles within your organization to ones that catch your eye, like internships and fellowships, through the WAIDF Jobs List-Serv.
Once signed up, anyone can share the opportunity by emailing jobs@democraticfuture.org. We ask that you include pertinent details (e.g., who the employer/hiring entity is, a link or PDF of the opportunity, and your relationship to the opportunity (if any).
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WA Weekly Democracy Legislative Newsletter for Feb 9, 2026 – Updates & Action Needed!
Attention those in WA State: Please join us on January 23rd in Olympia for Democracy Lobby Day 2026!
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We’re Calling Rep. Newhouse TODAY!
Summer Opportunities for Indigenous Solidarity & Environmental Justice Action
Powering Missions: How Building Projects Can Amplify Ministry This Weekend and More Upcoming Events!
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Walking as Resistance: Atomic Pilgrim & Immigrant Justice Prayer Walk this Week
Faith Leaders Stand with Gov. Furgeson for Detention Center Accountability
Stand in Solidarity at May Day and More Upcoming Events!
Celebrate Earth Day and Arts Events for Social Justice
Keep Organizing After No Kings and Celebrate FAN Bill Signings
Join FAN at a No Kings III Rally in your Area
Interfaith Connections and Solidarity this Spring
Get Important Bills Signed by Gov. Ferguson and Organize Your Community
Sine Die: 2026 Legislative Session Ends
Join our FAN 2026 Legislation Celebration and No Kings III
Help these Bills Pass TODAY Before House Cutoff
Voter Disenfranchisement, Millionaire’s Tax and More
Help the Millionaires Tax Pass the House and Stand with Immigrant Workers in WA
Attend Townhalls this Weekend and IFAD Recap 2026
Keep these Bills Moving after IFAD
Let’s Move these Bills, Week 4 Recap, & Homeland Security
Sign-in Pro and Help Push the Millionaires Tax Bill Forward!
WA Weekly Democracy Legislative Newsletter for Feb 2, 2026 – Action Needed!
Advocacy Opportunities Week 4 and Week 3 Recap
FAN says ICE OUT: Here are some Actions We Can Take Together
WA Weekly Democracy Legislative Newsletter for Jan 26, 2026 – Plus Action Needed!
Advocacy Opportunities Week 3 and Week 2 Recap
2026 Leg Session Advocacy Opportunities Week 2 and Week 1 Recap
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Faith in Action: Looking Forward to the New Year
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Gearing Up for our Legislative Preview Next Week
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Opportunities Galore: Federal Advocacy Trainings, Criminal/Immigrant Justice, and More
Meeting the Moment: Federal Advocacy Training with the UCC
Celebrating the Life of Rev. Carol Jensen
FAN Mid-Year Appeal and Advocacy Events Around our State
Day of Action: Flood the Phones to Reject the Immoral Budget
Advocate in Solidarity with People of Faith & Conscience at the U.S. Senate Steps!
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2025 WA Legislative session: wins, gratitude, and more action ahead
Just Two More Days Left in Session + May Day Actions Across the State
Final Week – Rallying for a Moral Budget
Week 14 Legislative Recap – The Final Countdown: Revenue Debates and Justice Wins Before Sine Die
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Keeping our Faith and Advocacy Energy Going + Week 13 Recap
Sign-In Pro then Go to a HANDS OFF Rally! + Week 12 Legislative Recap
WA Democracy Legislative Newsletter for the week of March 31, 2025 & Action Needed!
Now It’s About the Money + Week 10 Legislative Session Recap
Making Our Presence Felt at Townhalls + Week 9 Legislative Session Recap
Blessings of our Faith Traditions and our Unfailing Advocacy + Week 8 Legislative Session Recap
Action Moves to Town Halls & Rules Committees + Week 7 Legislative Session Recap
Celebrating IFAD and Bill Cut Off! Legislative Session Week 6 Action Alerts and Recap
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Increasing Our Advocacy, Legislative Session! Week 3
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Standing Together for Immigrant Rights
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A Heartfelt Gratitude from Faith Action Network and Upcoming FAN Events
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Learn about the Ballot Initiatives Next Tuesday
Announcing FAN’s Next Executive Director, Joyce del Rosario and Upcoming FAN Events
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Faith, Labor and Building Our Statewide Connections
3 Initiatives to Vote No on this November
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Build skills with FAN this summer and Vote NO on Initiatives
Announcing Our Search for FAN’s Next Executive Director
Putting Our Values into Action
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Taking Action Together this Election Season
Announcing our FAN Spring Summits
Continuing Opportunities for Advocacy
Important announcement from FAN
The fastest way to save lives from gun violence is to invest in state-based organizing, and we have the playbook that works. Chip in today to fund the model that’s making Washington safer and can do the same everywhere.
Congress hasn’t passed a major gun safety law in years. Washington has passed several, and one of them has already survived multiple attempts by the gun lobby to overturn it in court. HB 1240 made us the 10th state in the country to ban the sale of assault weapons, and it’s still standing. That didn’t happen because we waited on Washington, DC. It happened because people here organized, showed up to testify, and refused to let this issue go quiet.
That’s the model other states are starting to look at, and it’s the model we need your support to keep building. The gun lobby has more money than we’ll ever have. We have something they don’t, thousands of people across the country who believe safety and freedom aren’t opposites.
If you can chip in today, you’re not just funding a campaign. You’re helping prove that state-based organizing is how this movement wins, one state at a time.
ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY
P.O. Box 4187 Seattle, WA 98194
Over the past few months, the Trump team has been (not so quietly) unwinding more federal firearm oversight. The ATF, the federal agency in charge of enforcing our country’s gun laws, just made one of the biggest changes to gun policy in decades. Over the past few months, it has quietly rolled back more than three dozen rules that were meant to keep guns out of dangerous situations. This week, that story finally broke into the open, and we think you deserve the no-nonsense version of what’s happening.
As it stands, it’s now harder to hold firearm dealers accountable when they break the law, easier for gun show and online sellers to skip background checks, and easier for some people with a history of serious mental illness to legally buy a firearm. Just this past Friday, the agency also did away with fingerprinting requirements for certain gun purchases. And on Wednesday, the Justice Department sued California and Virginia, two states with strong gun safety laws, just hours after those laws took effect. This is not a handful of small tweaks. It is a fast, coordinated effort to undo years of progress at both the federal and state level.
Here’s the part I really want you to sit with. Alongside all of this, the administration also shut down the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and canceled the Surgeon General’s official warning that gun violence is a public health crisis. That means it’s not just that buying a gun got easier in dozens of small ways. The federal government is trying to stop treating gun violence like the crisis we all know it to be.
We are currently living through an administration that is putting dangerous deregulation into our communities, at a time when we have made so much progress. My ask for you today is to recommit some of your energy into the gun violence prevention movement with us. Sign our petition below to put your name behind that recommitment, and to demand Congress hold hearings on this rollback before more damage is done. Together, we will push back on the dangerous deregulation and harmful rhetoric. But that’s only possible with you by our side.
-Christian | Digital Communications Manager
ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY
P.O. Box 4187 Seattle, WA 98194
July 8th, 2025
In this issue:
- Campaign to repeal WA ‘millionaires tax’ submits over 500,000 signatures
- Could initiative to kill WA ‘millionaires tax’ also kill capital gains tax?
- WA’s rich are leaving? Another tax on wealth smashes records
- Wages are falling. Wealth is surging. No wonder Americans are unhappy
- LETTER: Tax disparity
- Gavin Newsom: It’s time for a national billionaires’ tax and a new social compact
“Can you imagine being so greedy that you want more kids to go hungry so that you can have $11 million a year instead of $10 million a year? That’s exactly what Initiative 645 would do.” That’s what teacher Larry Delaney says in a video statement.
Mega-millionaire Brian Heywood just submitted the signatures he bought to place Initiative 645 on our ballots this November, and community leaders are sounding the alarm about just how destructive this initiative would be.
“Our schools are already struggling with overcrowded classrooms and middle class families are feeling the impacts of the affordability crisis. I-645 would take money from our schools and send housing and healthcare costs skyrocketing,” continued Delaney.
Rian Watt, Executive Director of the Economic Opportunity Institute, told the Seattle Times, “The fundamental issue at stake here is that Brian Heywood and a group of his millionaire friends are trying to give themselves a tax cut at the expense of working people.”
The backers of this initiative claim that taxes on the super-rich drive people away. But the Seattle Times reported the capital gains tax on stock market profits “smashed records” by funding $1.5 billion for education, childcare and other programs this year, three times what it raised in 2025, suggesting that the capital gains tax didn’t change much for mega-millionaires and billionaires living in Washington, and neither will the Millionaires Tax.
Analysis shows that I-645 would blow a massive $16.6 billion hole in our state budget, resulting in devastating cuts to K-12 education, healthcare, human services, and higher education. This would set us back decades. There’s no question about it: We can’t let I-645 pass.
Sign here to pledge to vote NO on I-645.
In solidarity,
Ben, Invest in WA Now
CAMPAIGN TO REPEAL WA ‘MILLIONAIRES TAX’ SUBMITS OVER 500,000 SIGNATURES
“The fundamental issue at stake here is that Brian Heywood and a group of his millionaire friends are trying to give themselves a tax cut at the expense of working people,” said Rian Watt, executive director of the Economic Opportunity Institute, a progressive nonprofit group.
Washington is one of nine states without a personal income tax, leaving it reliant on sales taxes that are comparatively hard on poorer residents.
More – Jim Brunner and Joseph O’Sullivan, The Seattle Times
COULD INITIATIVE TO KILL WA ‘MILLIONAIRES TAX’ ALSO KILL CAPITAL GAINS TAX?
Initiative 645, likely headed for a vote this fall, explicitly aims to repeal the so-called “millionaires tax” signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson this year.
But foes of the initiative are citing a new legal analysis that says the proposal’s broad wording — banning any taxes “measured by” income — may have far more sweeping and financially disastrous consequences for the state.
Erik Houser, a spokesperson for the anti-I-645 campaign, Millionaires Tax for Washington, accused Heywood in a statement of “either not understanding” or being “deliberately deceptive” about “the potentially catastrophic impacts” of the measure.
More – Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times
WA’S RICH ARE LEAVING? ANOTHER TAX ON WEALTH SMASHES RECORDS.
Initiative 645, likely headed for a vote this fall, explicitly aims to repeal the so-called “millionaires tax” signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson this year.
But foes of the initiative are citing a new legal analysis that says the proposal’s broad wording — banning any taxes “measured by” income — may have far more sweeping and financially disastrous consequences for the state.
Erik Houser, a spokesperson for the anti-I-645 campaign, Millionaires Tax for Washington, accused Heywood in a statement of “either not understanding” or being “deliberately deceptive” about “the potentially catastrophic impacts” of the measure.
More – Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times
WAGES ARE FALLING. WEALTH IS SURGING. NO WONDER AMERICANS ARE UNHAPPY.
On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the surge in energy prices had wiped out a year and a half of wage gains for the average American worker. On Friday, the public-markets debut of SpaceX made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.
More – Ben Casselman, The New York Times
LETTER: TAX DISPARITY
Taxes are complicated, and I’m no mathematician. I have it boiled down to two statements of fact that I use as a guide.
First, if we don’t pay taxes, our roads and bridges don’t get fixed, and our teachers, firefighters and police don’t get paid.
Second, people in the lowest 20 percent income bracket pay roughly 14 percent of their income in taxes, while people in the highest 1 percent income bracket pay roughly 4 percent of their income in taxes.
More – Linda Benson, Peninsula Daily News
IT’S TIME FOR A NATIONAL BILLIONAIRES’ TAX AND A NEW SOCIAL COMPACT
There is a working coalition in this country of blue-collar and white-collar, urban and rural, the people who built this country and the people who are trying to find their place in it. They did everything right, and the system still has nothing for them. They are asking for the basics of a decent life, a home in a safe neighborhood, and a doctor they can see without dread. They need child care, an affordable college education, and something left over at the end of the month. What stands in their way is the federal tax code, a corporate code, and an inheritance code written for a different set of Americans. We can rewrite all three together at the federal level with a new social compact. It’s time for an economic reset for America.
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June 17th, 2026
In this issue:
- The first trillionaire
- The Millionaire Exodus That Never Came
- WA governor’s office warns agencies to prepare for ‘significant budget shortfalls’
- Nearly half of adults struggled to afford healthcare last year, survey finds
- Surging stock market, Trump policies boost wealth for top 1%
- WA falls to 31st in national education ranking
Elon Musk has become a trillionaire. Trillion with a “T.”
That amount of wealth is hard to comprehend, but here are some ways to try:
- Elon Musk could spend $1,000,000 every day and wouldn’t be low on cash until the year 4700.
- It would take the poorest 3,800,000,000 people on Earth pooling their wealth together to match Elon Musk’s fortune.
- Elon Musk could give $100 to every one of the 8,300,000,000 people on Earth, and he would still be one of the richest people alive.
In the face of this extreme wealth, a new survey showed that nearly half of Americans report struggling to afford health care in the last year, and Washington State is preparing to navigate yet another budget shortfall. This shouldn’t be a surprise. It is the predictable result of a tax code and an economy that asks too little of those with the most and too much of everyone else.
The good news is that Washington state has another path, and we made big steps by passing the Millionaires Tax earlier this year. Now, it’s time to protect this progress by declining to sign IP26-645 so we can generate vital revenue for schools, health care, housing, and tax cuts that benefit all Washingtonians.
Thank you for declining to sign!
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THE FIRST TRILLIONAIRE
The first trillionaire — much less a trillionaire known for erratic personal behavior, online trolling and support for global right-wing politics — will likely reignite discussion of the diverging fortunes of wage earners and those with market-based wealth, as well as their growing political power.
THE MILLIONAIRE EXODUS THAT NEVER CAME
The popular image of the “mobile millionaire,” constantly searching for the lowest-tax location, unravels under close inspection. Top earners often travel, but they rarely change where they live. More often, they are deeply rooted – and powerful insiders – in the places where they built their careers and businesses and raised their families. It is not so easy to walk away from these kinds of relationships.
More – Cristobal Young, Vital City
WA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE WARNS AGENCIES TO PREPARE FOR ‘SIGNIFICANT BUDGET SHORTFALLS’
State agency leaders received a dire warning from Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office on Friday that they’re headed toward “what will likely be the most challenging budget any of us has yet faced.”
“There will be significant budget shortfalls next biennium in both operating and transportation budgets,” the governor’s budget director, K.D. Chapman-See wrote in a three-page memo.
More – Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard
NEARLY HALF OF ADULTS STRUGGLED TO AFFORD HEALTHCARE LAST YEAR, SURVEY FINDS
Survey results also showed about 1 in 5 adults with private health insurance coverage reported large increases in insurance premiums — but adults with individual Marketplace plans were nearly twice as likely to report large premium increases as those with employer coverage.
According to health policy research organization KFF, the average Marketplace deductible surged by about $1,000 per person this year, as more enrollees shift to higher-deductible plans after enhanced subsidies expired.
More – Nada Hassenein, Washington State Standard
SURGING STOCK MARKET, TRUMP POLICIES BOOST WEALTH FOR 1%
The richest 1% of Americans held nearly a third of the country’s total wealth at the end of 2025, the largest percentage the Federal Reserve Board has recorded since it started monitoring the numbers in 1989. In 1990, the share was 22.5%.
The latest percentage, 31.9%, is likely the largest since the end of World War II, possibly heralding a return to the extreme wealth inequality of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And it is likely to balloon further as a result of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and other pro-business policies.
More – Tim Henderson, Washington State Standard
WA FALLS TO 31ST IN NATIONAL EDUCATION RANKING
Another notable issue the report shows, [Soleil] Boyd said, is a lack of access to early learning. The report found that 57% of children ages 3 and 4 are not in school, a one percentage point decline from the previous reporting period.
Boyd flagged rollbacks the state Legislature made this year to prekindergarten programs and cuts to childcare providers.
She said it’s “really encouraging” that a portion of the state revenue from the new income tax on millionaire earners is slated to help fund early learning programs. But collections of the tax don’t start until 2029, and it’s still possible it could be overturned in court or by voters.
More – Aspen Ford, The Seattle Times
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This morning, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship and affirmed that it cannot be stripped away through executive action. This decision affirms a fundamental constitutional principle that has defined this country for over 150 years – that every child born in the United States is a citizen of the United States.
NWIRP is proud to have brought the first class action challenging the Trump administration’s effort to undo birthright citizenship through executive action last year. We are also grateful for the many leaders and partners who worked to defend this constitutional right including the Washington Attorney General’s office, and our partners at the ACLU. NWIRP and the Attorney General for Washington State successfully defended birthright citizenship before the district court and the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals, preserving this fundamental right. The ACLU then defended this fundamental constitutional right before the Supreme Court.
“We are proud that NWIRP was able to work alongside the Washington State Attorney General and present arguments to defend this fundamental right before the district court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,” said Leila Kang, supervising attorney for NWIRP’s Impact Litigation team. “Today, the Supreme Court affirmed what every other court to rule on this issue has made clear–the President has no authority to rewrite our Constitution. But the divided opinion from the Supreme Court reminds us that we must continue to defend the most fundamental freedoms. We cannot take anything for granted.”
While this was a critical victory, there have also been devastating losses. Just last week, the Supreme Court issued a ruling permitting the administration to eliminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian community members. The ruling opens the door for stripping TPS from hundreds of thousands of community members from other designated countries as well. The Supreme Court also approved the administration’s program blocking asylum seekers at our doorsteps from even submitting applications for protection. Together, these rulings represent significant restrictions of humanitarian protections that have long served as lifelines for people seeking safety and stability. We cannot emphasize enough the profound consequences these decisions will have for directly impacted immigrant community members, their loved ones, and their communities.
Our unwavering commitment remains the same. We will continue to challenge unlawful policies, support our communities through our work, and fight for a future where all people are treated with dignity and respect.
Mega Master Calendar Hearings And Due Process
Across multiple administrations, we have seen repeated efforts to limit access to meaningful due process in our immigration system. From expedited removal procedures to so-called “rocket dockets,” policies have increasingly prioritized speed over fairness, often at the expense of people’s legal rights.
The latest example is the expansion of large-scale master calendar hearings, sometimes referred to as “mega master calendar hearings,” where dozens or even hundreds of individuals may appear before an immigration judge during a single hearing session. These types of hearings create significant barriers for community members attempting to understand complex legal proceedings, secure counsel, and fully exercise their rights.
The Seattle immigration court experienced its first mega master last week. NWIRP and our partners are continuing to monitor these developments closely and advocate for an immigration court system that respects fundamental fairness and ensures that individuals have meaningful access to legal protections. Every person facing deportation proceedings deserves a fair opportunity to be heard. Efficiency cannot come at the expense of due process.
Celebrating Pride Month Across Washington State
Pride Month is an opportunity to celebrate the resilience, leadership, and contributions of LGBTQ+ community members, despite current attacks our communities are experiencing, including today’s Supreme Court ruling barring transgender girls and women from playing school sports that match their gender identity.
This month, NWIRP staff were proud to participate in Pride celebrations in both Wenatchee and Tacoma alongside community members, partners, and advocates committed to building welcoming and inclusive communities. We are grateful to everyone who joined us in celebration throughout the month and look forward to continuing to stand in solidarity with LGBTQ+ communities across Washington State.
New Community Advisory: Know Your Rights After Ending Representation with an Attorney or Legal Representative
If you’ve ended your relationship with an immigration attorney or DOJ accredited representative, it’s important to know the steps you can take to protect your case, your documents, and your rights. This guide covers how to request your file, track your case, avoid fraud, find new legal support, and report misconduct if needed. Immigration cases can move quickly and have strict deadlines; staying informed and organized can make a real difference.
Please share this information with friends, family, and community members who may benefit from it.
Assisting Community Members Apprehended by Immigration Enforcement
Over the weekend, we received reports from our partners across the state that several community members were apprehended by immigration enforcement officers. We encourage you and your loved ones to contact NWIRP in the event that someone you know has been taken to the Tacoma immigration detention center by calling us toll-free at (877) 814-6444, or by sending an email to detainedreferrals@nwirp.org.
Upcoming Free Webinar on July 22nd
Join us on Wednesday, July 22 to learn about recent immigration related updates. We will share information in English from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM, followed by the same updates in Spanish from 5:45 PM to 6:30 PM. Please join at the time that works best for your language needs.
Your partnership allows us to continue providing free legal services, challenging unlawful policies, educating communities about their rights, and standing beside people as they seek safety and opportunity.
Thank you for your continued support. We are grateful to have you as part of this movement.
In Solidarity,
Malou Chávez (she/her/ella)
Executive Director
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We are overwhelmed with gratitude for the record breaking support we received from this community at this year’s annual gala. Together, we raised over $1.6 million dollars to continue defending and advancing immigrant rights in the months and years to come. At the event, I shared that while the past year has been a challenging one, we are making a difference because this community refuses to look away, refuses to stay silent, and refuses to accept injustice.
Over the past year, we have expanded our reach and deepened our impact. Our Community Outreach team has connected thousands of people with critical information. And in 2025, we reached over 25,000 people through community outreach efforts.
Our staff and pro bono volunteers, day after day, stand beside community members in immigration detention who are facing some of the most isolating and unjust conditions imaginable, and are working to ensure our clients can seek the protections for which they are eligible. At the event, we shared a video highlighting this ongoing work through interviews with our staff, pro bono attorney Amy Bowles, and community member Tsimba Phukuta – which you can view at this link.
Through our work and partnerships, we are building something bigger than any one organization—an ecosystem of support that stretches from local communities, to the entire state of Washington, and across the country.
Together, we will continue this work. Together, we will be ready to respond and meet this moment with courage. And together, we will ensure that our communities are not only protected, but that they can thrive – because we all deserve to thrive. Thank you for your continued support. We also invite you to view photos from photographer Tawfiq Abdulaziaz at this link, and photobooth pictures from the event here.
Teresa Zepeda Sosa’s Story
We were honored to have keynote speaker Teresa Zepeda Sosa share her story at our gala this year. Teresa is a former NWIRP client, a small business owner, and one of the founding members of Parque Padrinos – a grassroots organization that celebrates and empowers the South Wenatchee and surrounding communities. In addition to these accomplishments, Teresa is a powerful immigrant rights advocate and social justice leader in her community. For those of you who were unable to attend, we are including a shortened version of her speech at this link.
USCIS Announces New Policy Limiting Adjustment of Status (AOS) Applications
Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a new policy aimed at limiting one of the most common and important pathways to lawful permanent residence—adjustment of status–an application filed from within the United States. Once again, in pursuit of its anti-immigrant agenda, the Trump administration seeks to erase legal pathways enacted by Congress, claiming that adjustment of status is a “loophole” that should be fixed. However, adjustment of status is a statutory benefit, enacted by Congress precisely to ensure that families are not needlessly separated and that employers are not needlessly deprived of essential employees for months or even years. Moreover, in arguing that applicants should be forced to return to their home countries to finalize the process, the administration cynically sidesteps that many applicants, if forced to leave the United States, will face additional barriers that would render them ineligible to return to the United States for ten years. The new policy flouts the current laws and is meant to once again intimidate, confuse, and create chaos. We are currently working with partners to ensure that this new policy is exposed for what it is–an unlawful effort to ignore controlling laws designed to provide a clear path for family and employment visas.
May 2026 Immigration Updates Videos, and Upcoming Webinar in June
Our Community Outreach team recently held an Immigration Updates Webinar for community members in both English and Spanish. You can watch these videos at the following links: English update here, Spanish update here.
We also have another Immigration Updates Webinar scheduled for Tuesday, June 23 at noon. You can register for this webinar here.
Thank you very much for your continued support. We are grateful to have you as part of our community.
In Solidarity,
Malou Chávez (she/her/ella)
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No Hate in WA State Updates & Calls to Action:
–There is no coalition meeting today, 7/14, but please register for our future weekly calls on Tuesdays at 4pm if you haven’t already!
-We are hosting virtual phone banks twice a week on Wednesday and Sunday evenings! Please sign up and share these opportunities to get the word out. So far, we’re having overwhelmingly positive conversations and are already noticing a difference in people’s awareness.☎️
–Did you see the article Megan Rapinoe wrote about 638 and 001 yet?! Olympic gold medalist, World Cup winner, activist, and beloved former Seattle Reign player has officially endorsed No Hate in Washington State!
In this article, Megan writes, “In my home state of Washington, the most extreme proposal of its kind is before voters on the November ballot. Measure I-638 would require all girls—but not boys—to be medically sex certified before they can play sports. In a country rife with sexual assault, young girls would have to undergo invasive inspections of their genitals, or pay for a DNA or hormone test, as part of their school sports physicals. Doctors say genital inspections are not only medically unnecessary to play sports, they can traumatize and physically harm young girls.”
–We’re hiring! No Hate is looking to hire an Organizing and Coalition Manager. Please share the job description with anyone who might be a good fit.
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NO HATE in WA State is a campaign of Washington parents, medical professionals, teachers, students, and community members standing against ballot measures IL26-001 and IL26-638 that would endanger Washington students and hurt our schools.
Reject the hate, bullying, and harassment of our students. Join us today.
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Hi, we’ve had a busy month here at No Hate in WA State ⬇️
Last month, we kicked off our general election campaign with a bang. Hundreds of supporters and friends showed up to our kickoff to make it clear that these harmful, bigoted ballot measures have no place in our state.
We had rousing speeches from Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Executive Director Girmay Zahilay, Councilmember Dionne Foster, and community leader Jaelynn Scott. The talented Northwest Girlchoir and STANCE choral delivered amazing performances that we all enjoyed.
It was a wonderful evening that gave us the jolt of energy and optimism we needed for the months ahead.
Team No Hate in WA State showed up with big smiles to stand with and support our LGBTQ+ communities at Pride parades and celebrations across our state!
Although Pride month may be over, we know the work to protect our trans youth continues. This Saturday, July 11th, in Olympia, we’re super excited to host No Hate! Festival, a one-day-only festival with live music, dancing, local artists, and great food.
If you’re interested in attending, you can RSVP here. >>
The way we are going to defeat IL26-001 and IL26-638 this November is by connecting and engaging with as many Washington voters as we can.
Yard signs! Stickers! Hats and more! We’ve got some fun new items in our merch store if you want to rep No Hate in WA State and support our work. Check it out!
Thank you for continuing to support our work to support Washington’s youth and defeat IL26-001 and IL26-638.
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NO HATE in WA State is a campaign of Washington parents, medical professionals, teachers, students, and community members standing against ballot measures IL26-001 and IL26-638 that would endanger Washington students and hurt our schools.
Reject the hate, bullying, and harassment of our students. Join us today.
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Indivisible updates + actions: the Epstein Files endgame and your weekly to-dos
Bad news in the LaMonica McIver case
Our final chance to flip a House seat from red to blue this year
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
This Saturday — learn how to organize with care
1-CLICK SURVEY: Canceling Spotify. Opposing ICE.
Democracy won big last night. Here’s what comes next
We can feed families AND save healthcare. Here’s how >>
Learn to protect immigrant rights with Maribel Hernández Rivera
Our new tactic to the end the Trump shutdown
Our one chance to win a new blue trifecta this year
Final sprint to Nov 4 Election – critical actions for you to make a diff nationally and locally
Don’t stream fascism. Cancel Spotify.
Mike Johnson won’t seat a duly elected Democrat. How to respond >>
No Kings was just the beginninghttps://indivisible.actionkit.com/mailings/view/121411
Indivisible updates + actions: We made history. We’re not slowing down.❌👑
❌👑What comes next after the largest single-day protest against tyranny in our nation’s history
No Kings in Richland. No Kings in the White House. No Kings anywhere in America.
Indivisible updates + actions: 5 DAYS until No Kings Day ❌👑
ONE WEEK until the largest peaceful protest in modern US history ❌👑
Trump Shutdown update (and a crucial action)
Come learn about understanding systemic oppression with Tim Wise
Indivisible updates + actions: The regime is weak and unpopular, and the opposition is growing
The government shutdown has begun. Here’s what we do next:
We’re bringing you two illuminating calls next week
WE WON: Kimmel is back! 🎉Here’s what’s next
EMAIL YOUR SENATORS: No healthcare cuts. No blank checks. No chaos. No lawlessness.
Boycott Disney. Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel.
The attacks on dissent are escalating.
Indivisible updates + actions: Confronting political violence, and this week’s to-dos
No Kings protests near you on October 18
Virginia is our biggest electoral test yet
Indivisible updates + actions: The No Kings map is LIVE❌👑
Join us to learn about mutual aid with Stephanie Rearick
We can force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
TELL CONGRESS: Stop Trump’s AI Death Panels for Medicare
SIGN OUR LETTER: The Smithsonian must reject Trump regime whitewashing
Indivisible actions + updates: You can’t fight a fascist with polling nuggets
Israel-Gaza and my obligation to be an upstander
We won’t stand by as Trump tries to rig the midterms.
A new stage in our fight against authoritarianism
Learn how to build partnerships and coalitions with Cristina Jiménez
Get a first look at our national campaign work at the final One Million Rising training
You probably haven’t gotten an email about this before
TAKE ACTION: The US can end the forced starvation of Gaza.
How we fight authoritarianism through non-cooperation: One Million Rising
Learn how to stand in solidarity across lines of difference with special guest Anat Shenker-Osorio
Learn how to stand in solidarity across lines of difference with special guest Anat Shenker-Osorio
Indivisible updates + actions: A big week in our fight against authoritarianism
A new strategy to undercut Trump’s authoritarian takeover: One Million Rising
On July 17, we’re getting into some good trouble
Confronting a supercharged ICE
Indivisible updates + actions: the American Gestapo
They chose billionaires over their constituents. We’ll make sure they pay a political price for it.
One Million Rising: Our recipe to delay, defy, and help defeat Trump
Trump’s Big Ugly Bill has passed the Senate. We can still defeat it in the House.
Act NOW to stop the monstrous GOP megabill
TAKE ACTION: Tell your Democratic senators we expect them to fight like hell on the floor
“Backdoor abortion bans” and the new attacks on our freedom
Indivisible updates + actions: a dumber, meaner, more desperate war pitch — plus your weekly to-dos
delaying, disrupting, and dividing Senate Republicans
No Kings Day and the 3.5% percent rule
❌👑One of the largest days of protest in American history
UPDATE: We’re adding billboards in four more states
The Strategic Logic of the No Kings Protests
Trump’s authoritarian crackdown against Los Angeles
Musk’s mean tweets and Republican regrets
❌👑Fighting back against Trump’s authoritarian onslaught
Can you call into Iowa to hold JONI ERNST accountable?
New tactics to promote No Kings Day
It’s time for Solidarity in Action
No Kings, No contempt, No Ezra… and nowhere for Senate Republicans to hide
Did Republicans just make the Trump administration immune from court rulings?
Indivisible Events 05/29-06/05
Quick and Timely: Gov. Beshear in Seattle, Gearing up for No Kings Day, and Other Actions & Insights
Get ready to fight back against cuts to SNAP and Medicaid
Trump’s justice system: fealty or punishment
Indivisible Events 05/22-05/29
BREAKING: House Republicans pass Trump’s megabill, but the fight is far from over
Here’s where you can protest Trump’s tyranny on June 14:
Indivisible Events 05/15-05/22
🌡️Turning temperatures up on Thom Tillis
☎️Calls needed to Representative Dan Newhouse
Our national day of defiance: June 14
Indivisible’s Weekly Newsletter: Trump’s malicious jackassery and your weekly to-dos
100 days of grassroots defiance
A direct threat to how we fund our organizing
Indivisible Events 04/25-05/02
Calls needed from red-district Indivisibles
Indivisible Events 04/20-04/27
We’re in a constitutional crisis.
Defeating Trump’s billionaire tax scam
The Insurrection Act, ruining Republicans’ recess, and your weekly to-dos
Indivisible Events 04/17-04/19
Trump’s Reconciliation Plan: What it is, why it’s awful, and how we can stop it
What Trumps tariffs are REALLY about (and how you can fight them)
Massive nationwide protests, a win worth basking in, weekly to-dos, and more
Millions hit the streets today
We won in Wisconsin (the people > Musk’s pocketbook)
This weekend: Protests in all 50 states
Hey, do you have $19 million to spare?
They want us to obey in advance. We won’t.
Indivisible Events 04/04-04/11
Town hall success stories, one week to go in Wisconsin, Monday updates, and weekly to-dos
Indivisible Events 03/20-03/27
Trump’s newest target: The Department of Education
Ready to hit the streets? Join us on April 5
Recess town halls, mass mobilization in April, weekly to-dos, and Monday updates
We need real leadership. Schumer must step aside.
Join our mass mobilization on April 5
Indivisible Events 03/13-03/20
Shutdown showdown, bulwarks against tyranny, weekly to-dos, and more
Indivisible Events 03/06-03/13
Elon Musk is panicking. Republicans are hiding. Let’s make it worse.
Indivisible Events 02/27-03/08
The fight for civil rights under Trump 2.0
Don’t let Musk buy this election
MAGA has a bill that would disenfranchise someone you know.
Congress Thinks You Won’t Show Up. Prove Them Wrong.
What to do about Republican complicity
They ignored you. Now it’s time for payback.
Indivisible Events 02/08-02/14
People are rising up against the Trump-Musk coup
Musk’s raid on the Treasury, what real opposition looks like, confirmation updates, and more.
🚀 Campaign Launch: Project 2024
Here it is: our plan to win in 2024
Indivisible Rural Program [2021 WORKING DOC]
Hello Indivisible Red & Rural Caucus,
Thank you again to everyone who joined our first Red & Rural Caucus call of 2026. It was wonderful to connect with organizers from across the country and spend time thinking about the work ahead. During the call, we shared updates on what’s happening at Indivisible, reflected on insights from our 2025 caucus survey, and discussed how rural organizers can plug into the No Kings campaign and upcoming mobilizations. Check out the recording below.
NO KINGS 3 Host Resources
As you know, we’re gearing up for No Kings 3 on March 28th, and many of you will be hosting rallies in your communities. Based on the feedback from your survey responses, we’ve compiled a list of resources to help make your event a success. Check them out below.
Coming Up
Our next cal will be on April 14th at 7:30 PM ET. We’ll hear from rural No Kings hosts about lessons learned from their events, share practical tools for sustaining rural organizing and expanding local networks, and reflect on next steps for building community power. We can’t wait to share this space with you!
In Solidarity,
The Indivisible Red and Rural Caucus Team
Indivisible Project
PO Box 43884
Washington, DC 20010
United States
Hello Indivisible Red & Rural Caucus,
As February comes to a close, we celebrate Black history and its deep roots in rural communities, from farming and land stewardship to labor organizing, mutual aid, faith leadership, and civic engagement. These often-overlooked stories show how Black people have shaped rural life and democracy for generations and remind us of the power of organized communities, power we will carry into our work together in 2026.
First Red and Rural Caucus Call of 2026
We didn’t get a chance to connect in February, but we’re looking forward to seeing everyone next month!
Our next Red and Rural Caucus call will be a little different. We’re meeting on Saturday, March 7 at 2:00 PM ET, a change from our usual schedule to avoid conflicting with all the No Kings 3 trainings happening during the week.
The session will be facilitated by our Campaigns Director, Gracey, a fresh face to guide our conversation on the plan for 2026, and Tim, our Mobilization Director, who will explore how members can plug into No Kings while building power in red and rural communities.
Register below to receive reminders. We have many exciting plans for 2026 and can’t wait to see you there!
NO KINGS 3
We’re gearing up for the next round of No Kings protests, and we’d love to hear from you. Let us know whether you’re planning to host a No Kings event in your community, and what kind of support you’d need to make it a success. Whether you’re just starting to think about it or already organizing, we’re here to support you.
Take Action Now
Republicans are once again pushing for a series of voter suppression bills—all variations of their infamous “SAVE Act”, which would create unnecessary obstacles for millions of eligible Americans trying to register to vote.
Congress is negotiating new funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at a moment when ICE and CBP are inflicting real harm on communities. This resource breaks down what we’re demanding and how you can take action.
In Solidarity,
The Indivisible Red and Rural Caucus Team
Indivisible Project
PO Box 43884
Washington, DC 20010
United States
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🗓️Here are some ways you can take action.
- Thu, Jul 16 @ 10am
Ready to Run? Start with NDTC! › - Mon, Jul 20 @ 4pm
Field Director Bootcamp: Win The Ground › - Mon, Jul 27 @ 10am
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Building Equity-Centered Volunteer Teams ›
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Elections are won before
the final votes are counted
From the desk of Bibek Gurung, Senior Digital Strategist
70%. That’s how many races in 2024 had exactly one candidate on the ballot, according to research from BallotReady. Seats are held for decades because nobody ever mounts a challenge. A ballot full of coronations leaves us with a very thin bench and a lot of prayers.
At the local level, where decisions most directly touch your life, that number drives up to 74%. As the researchers put it, millions of Americans feel this firsthand as they “scroll past pages and pages of uncontested races” on their way to casting a vote.
Building the bench matters more than any single race, because lower offices are the doorway to higher offices. Today’s state legislator might run for mayor in 2030. A school board member who learns to win a tough local race becomes a senator who knows how to win a tough statewide one. Every uncontested seat at the bottom of the ballot prevents a future candidate from the top of it.
The fix isn’t flashy, BUT it works: more people running. That includes you. Learn how at traindems.org.
💻UPCOMING LIVE TRAININGS
Tech Time: Setting Up a Virtual Phone Bank
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07.28
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Explore upcoming events + trainings coming up this month.
NDTC Learner Spotlight
NDTC learner Matt Johnson: Small business owner. Conservation corps director. AmeriCorps state director. A career spent serving Nevada, and now he’s bringing that same energy to Reno City Council, Ward 2’s general election. He believes if we’re going to fix money in politics, we start local.
SUBSTACK
Running to Defend Democracy Is the Most
Patriotic Thing You Can Do
Trump turned the 250th anniversary of the Declaration into a celebration of himself, but the actual founders were a group of people challenging the most powerful man in their world.
ICYMI
Field Director Intensive: Win The Ground
The field can make or break a race. It’s seen through how many doors were knocked, how many calls made, and the volunteers that kept showing up. But none of that happens without a field director who knows how to build and lead the team.
What’s On Our Newsfeeds
Why this story matters:
Texas’ attorney general and GOP Senate nominee appears to have voted in six elections using an address where he hasn’t lived in two years. The self-appointed sheriff of election integrity should probably start by checking his own voter registration.
Why this story matters:
After failing to close primaries through the legislature, the SC GOP is suing the State Election Commission to restrict who can vote in the contests that decide most races in a deep-red state. When you can’t win the argument, just shrink the electorate until you can!
Why this story matters:
The GOP is disenfranchising Black voters, again. Well, Black organizers, leaders, and voters decided they’re not having it and have mobilized. “This awoke a sleeping giant,” one organizer said.
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Most of our virtual trainings focus on strategy and big-picture thinking. Today we’re doing something different.
At 1 pm ET, we’re taking you inside VoteBuilder and showing you how to build a list, step by step. And if you already have VoteBuilder access, you can pull it up and practice along with us in real time.
This is a hands-on session, which means we’re diving straight into the platform. Here’s what we’ll cover:
- Why VoteBuilder is the right platform for list-building and how to use it strategically
- How to evaluate and apply VoteBuilder’s filtering options
- How to build a targeted persuasion list from scratch
It’s free, it’s virtual, and it starts at 1 pm ET/10am PT. You’ve still got time.
Register now and come ready to learn and win!
Warmly,
Ada Recinos
NDTC, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
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Are your volunteers staying on message once they have a voter’s attention?
It’s Morgan from NDTC. Today at 1 pm ET, we’re hosting a free virtual training on Preparing Supporters to Share Your Message, and there’s still time to join us and our partners at ActBlue.
This one is for anyone prepping their volunteers for direct voter contact, or looking to get their supporter network actually talking about the campaign. In one hour, we’ll cover:
- Different ways that supporters of your campaign can amplify your messaging
- Best practices for keeping volunteers on message during voter contact
In my experience, the campaigns that get this right make one thing a priority: practicing the message with volunteers before they ever knock on a door or pick up a phone.
It’s free, virtual, and starts in just a few hours.
We start at 1 pm ET/10 am PT today. Grab your spot and we’ll see you there.
Warmly,
Morgan Taylor
NDTC, Community Outreach Specialist
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Substack -Big Movements Don’t Happen Overnight
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Substack – The War We Didn’t Have to Fight and the Future We’re Throwing Away
Substack – 📬Substacks Every Democrat Should Be Following
One Year In: Why Local Politics Matter More in a Post-Trump Era
Substack – You’re Already Doing the Hard Part. Now Run for Office.
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Substack – The Myth of the Perfect Candidate
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Substack – Our $4 Million Investment in the Democratic Talent Pipeline
Substack – You Don’t Need a Big Budget to Win on Social Media
Substack – How Democrats Can Win the Message Discipline War
Substack – Your campaign is only as good as its least-trained staffer
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Substack – So You Think You Can’t Run for Office? Think Again.
Substack – We’re Never Letting Trump’s Administration Off the Hook
We’re Not Just Training Candidates. We’re Building Entire Teams That Win Races.
NDTC Substack – Every Democrat Running in 2026 Needs to Read This
Here’s What We Built Together in 2025 (And Why It Matters for 2026)
NDTC Substack – What’s Coming to NDTC in 2026?
NDTC Substack – Interview with Fairbanks City, Alaska, Mayor Mindy O’Neall
NDTC Substack – We Won Last Tuesday! So Let’s Keep Winning.
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NDTC Substack – Election Day Volunteer Roles 101
NDTC Substack – Interview with Representative Emily Randall
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NDTC Substack – What Has to Change with Democrats’ Voter Registration Efforts
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NDTC Substack – Social Media 101: Three Strategies That Actually Work
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Mapping the deadly cost of ICE’s KAVANAUGH STOPS after three ICE related deaths in three days.
Got diarrhea? Thank Elon Musk for gutting the FDA food safety inspections.
ICE kills Maine resident: Hold Susan Collins accountable for ‘Kavanaugh Stops’
Mitch McConnell’s Legacy: Illustrated Edition
Drilling on public lands: Mapping the impact of Susan Collins putting Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court
Mapping Kash Patel’s luxury FBI jet trips
ICE RELATED DEATHS: App remembers their lives
Trump — Palm Beach Airport Renaming Grift Explainer: Follow the money
“Blanche Protected Trump on Epstein”: See how with the Epstein Files relationship map
Mapping the murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE: Check the facts with this StoryMap
Mapping 1,000 datacenters worsening droughts and the dark money lobbying to build more datacenters
Mapping the 56 victims of July 4th gun violence and the Republican scheme to slash gun regulations
How did Mitch McConnell sellout America to Putin? Follow the money.
What does Putin have on Trump? Check the Epstein Files and their collusion timeline for clues.
Trump’s 12 dirty tricks illustrated playbook to rig the FIFA World Cup like an election
Video Editing for Activists: Polishing Bystander Clips
Epstein’s Zorro Ranch buyer now controls Texas $338 billion budget: Follow the money with this map
Follow the money and accomplices in Trump’s $1.2 billion crypto scam with this interactive map
Republicans push the Bible into schools: Use this illustrated guide for their real Ten Commandments
Steve Bannon, Chinese billionaires and Trump’s billion dollar crypto corruption: Follow the money
Trump’s 13 year old accuser goes into hiding: Mapping ten other Epstein file abuse victims
Baking in the heat? Real-time weather map and see who gets paid to ignore Global Warming.
From Saddam Hussein to Trump, Lutnick & Witkoff: Follow the family grifting
Mapping shooting victims on the day Roberts Supreme Court allowed guns in public spaces
SCOTUS TPS Decision: Mapping the Worst-Hit Areas
Who murdered 60 Minutes? Check the crime scene map
Where does billionaire Leon Black fit in the Epstein scandal? Check this relationship map.
How many immigrants could be deported by Roberts Supreme Court’s TPS decision? We did the math.
Mapping Pete Hegseth’s purge of top military leaders leading to Trump’s defeat in Iran war
Mapping Trump’s weaponized courts: Violent insurrectionists go free. Peaceful protestors jailed.
Why is Bill Pulte firing dozens of National Security experts? Check the Epstein Files
Where did Musk’s DOGE hackers go after gutting USAID and Social Security? Check this map.
How does Musk’s xAI datacenter get to pollute the air you breathe? Follow the money!
How to mobilize resistance quickly: Stop Russell Vought politicizing Federal Grants
Father’s Day Quiz: Name four Father-Son pairs connected to the Epstein Files?
Trump’s slimy green Reflecting Pool: Follow the corruption with this interactive map
Strait Of Hormuz Marine Traffic Stops After Netanyahu Sabotages Trump Deal: Realtime dashboard
How much will Trump’s EPIC DEFEAT in Iran cost you? Check this infographic.
Mapping Netanyahu’s endless wars to cling to power
Mapping the National Forests Republicans would sell off by ending the Roadless Rule
Follow the money behind Trump’s UFC grift
Wealth Gap Map: 1,000 billionaires, political lackeys and struggling Americans
Colorado Voting Locations Map: How Common Cause applies innovative tech to make it easier to vote
Collect Video Stories Online With BigStage Teleprompter: How about those soaring gas prices?
Ten D.C. Landmarks Trump Has Trashed Map
Follow the money behind Trump’s $60 million UFC grift with fight match at the White House
How to collect video stories (Like people denied healthcare to pay for Trump’s war)
Gun violence profiteers make a killing from mass shootings: Mapping the San Diego tragedy
Trump’s NBA Knicks Grift: Follow the money
10 ways Israel dog walks America
Mapping the farmers ruined by Trump’s war with Iran and the MAGA reps to hold accountable
SpaceX IPO payback for $290 million Musk spent to get Trump elected: Follow the money.
Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts lead to Screwworm Outbreak: Canada bans Texas cattle.
How to dishonor veterans on D‑Day
Republican scheme strips millions of Medicaid to pay for Trump’s war: Check this map for victims.
Vanguard, Citizens Bank & GEO Group Slave Trade Profiteers: Follow the money
Jared and Ivanka buy an Albanian island with Saudi money: Follow the grift with this 3D map
What ceasefire? Follow Trump’s war with this 3D map and real-time dashboards.
Susan Collins — Brett Kavanaugh Hit Parade
How does Bill Pulte fit in the Trump-Epstein scandal? Check this relationship map!
Building a Rapid Response App To Demand Reform At Delaney Hall
Mapping SNAP cuts that starve children to fund ICE
Republican bill legalizes murder to stop abortions: Straight from the Handmaid’s Tale.
Follow the money and people behind Trump Jr’s scheme to grift off the Pentagon
Why are gas prices skyrocketing? Check this map of the ‘EPIC’ Trump and Netanyahu disaster.
Trump’s DOJ targets E. Jean Carroll: Meet the 35 women who may be next
Mapping hunger strikes at ICE detention center and private prison profiteers
Mapping the surge in rape related pregnancies as Republicans ban access to abortion pills
Prevent Child Gun Tragedies: Demand accountability after 2 year old shoots himself
John Roberts — Usha Vance: SCOTUS Influence Map
Cost of Trump’s War: Real-Time Expense & Cost Of Gas Tracker
Prison profiteer VANGUARD funds GEO operated ICE Detention Centers: Follow the money
Mapping Republican cuts to veteran benefits on Memorial Day
New Green Card Rules: Mapping Racist Republican Restrictions
Mapping water contamination in Georgia from Zuckerberg’s AI Data Center
How does Israel dog walk America? Follow the money!
Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund to reward pedophile Jan 6th insurrectionists?
Where does Todd Blanche fit in the Trump-Epstein scandal? Check this relationship map!
Ebola Emergency: Mapping the deadly cost of Musk and RFK Jr. Gutting USAID and CDC
Gun violence profiteers make a killing from mass shootings: Mapping the San Diego tragedy
The Cost Of AI: Mapping data center power, water demands and tax cuts for billionaires
Trump vs. Massie: Check The State Of Kentucky‑4 District Map Before You Vote
Top Pro-Democracy Newsletters for Trusted, Independent News
$10 Billion theft: Trump controlled DoJ files lawsuit against Trump controlled IRS
The Deportation Weapon: How the Epstein Class Uses ICE to Settle Scores
VoteRiders: Free Services To Get Your Voter ID
Mapping How Trump Turned America Into A Global Laughing Stock
Stratos AI Data Center: Mapping The Deadly Environmental Cost of Utah’s 9GW Data Center
How many Americans will be made homeless to pay for Trump’s $1 billion ballroom? Check this map.
Waiting for your Trump Gold Phone? Check out these Trump grift schemes while you wait!
HANTAVIRUS Outbreak: How RFK Jr. gutting the CDC and leaving the WHO endangers your life
Buy, Ship, Shoot: Mapping your danger from the new Republican ‘Guns by Mail’ Rule
Visual journey: Racial lynchings from Alabama to Israel
Beyond billionaire owned media disinfo: Top 10 independent news sources on Trumps’ Iran war
Mapping Trump’s BILLION DOLLAR BALLROOM: Six ways those tax dollars could be better spent
RFK Jr. vs. CDC Data: A Map of 1.3 million COVID Deaths and Your Local Risk Level
Follow the Money: Why Your Utility Bills Are Rising While Epstein Class CEO Pay Soars
Don’t Fall For Trump’s BS: Use Real-Time Dashboards To Track The Iran War
Who’s the biggest Supreme Court grifter? Take this quiz to win a GET OUT OF JAIL FREE card!
Trumps’ Iran War Casualty: Rising Jet Fuel Prices Kill Spirit Airlines
How we created this app to find LGBTQIA+ housing resources & push back against HUD discrimination
Should Supreme Court Justices with sexual allegations decide if women can get abortion pills?
6 Ways Bezos Rips Off Amazon Workers: Follow The Epstein Class Playbook
Weaponized Investigations: Fidelity and Vanguard sellout to cripple the Southern Poverty Law Center.
MAGA Supreme Court OKs racial gerrymandering. Mapping how it could backfire on Republicans.
Follow the British connections to the Trump-Epstein files with this relationship map
The Death of Privacy: 10 Terrifying Secrets in the 2026 FISA Bill
Stop the Plunder: Mapping the families who’ll go hungry to pay for Trump’s $400 million palace?
Missing storm warnings: Mapping the danger from DOGE cuts to National Weather Service
Unmask the enablers: Follow the money behind the Motherless ‘rape academy’
How to Counter ICE: 10 Essential Rights & Resources in One Mobile App
The Polymarket Double Standard: How the ‘Epstein Class’ Profits and Soldiers Go to Jail
Comer’s Epstein Files Cover-up: Why No Oaths For The Zampolli-Melania-Ungaro Testimony?
Black Mother Jailed, White Mother Freed: The Two Faces Of America’s Rigged Justice System
Plundering Healthcare: Mapping how the Senate’s $70 Billion ICE Bill Threatens Your Life
Justice for Sale? Filing for the Chief Justice John Robert’s Disbarment After $20 Million Payout
Trump gets luxury jet. Sheikhs get handouts. American tax payers get the bill: Follow the grift.
Running For Office? Create A Free Mobile App For Your Campaign With MakeItFast (No Coding)
Targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC): Trump Regime Protects Hate Groups
Instant Accountability: How to quickly make a Direct-Dial App
Epstein Class War Profiteers Get Rich Off Your Tax Dollars While Marines Go Hungry: Follow The Money
8 Children Slaughtered: The High Cost of Mike Johnson’s Gun Lobby Ties
Real-Time Dashboards on Gas Prices, Strait of Hormuz traffic and the real cost of Trump’s war.
Trump’s scheme to plunder $10 billion of your money from U.S. Treasury
Foreign Mining Billionaires vs. Minnesota Boundary Waters: Republican Corruption Exposed
Billionaire Media vs. The Internet Archive: How to Help
The Lone Democrat: Follow the Money Behind Jared Golden’s 2026 Vote For Trump’s Iran War
Sabotaging 2026 Ceasefire With Iran: Mapping Israel’s Impact on U.S. Diplomacy
Vote YES on Virginia Redistricting: Find Your Polling Site With or Without Cell Service
Orange Jesus attacks Pope: Issues Ten Commandments MAGA Edition
Dildos and Turtles vs. ICE: Use Mockery in Protests (Saul Alinsky Podcast: Rules For Radicals)
Get Ready Now: 6 Republican Voter Suppression Tactics and How to Counter Them
How’s Trump Doing? Check the Surging Household Inflation Tracker (S.H.I.T.) Index
Mapping The Casualties From Netanyahu’s Endless Wars To Stay Out Of Jail
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our rights are on the line.
That’s why the ACLU is spending $25.5 million in ballot measures and candidate races across the nation to create a firewall for our rights. Learn more about our plans for this election season.
This is our largest investment ever. As President Trump’s second term continues to bring unprecedented federal abuses of power, we’re creating a firewall for our freedom – reinforcing the power of our democracy by educating voters about how state supreme courts and state legislatures impact their rights.
This includes voter engagement work by the ACLU and ACLU Voter Education Fund in races for:
- State Supreme Courts in Michigan, Montana, and North Carolina
- Secretary of State in Nevada
- State legislators in Georgia, Michigan, Montana, and North Carolina
We’re also working on seven ballot measures across the country to put the power in voters’ hands to protect abortion rights, voting rights, and other key civil rights and liberties issues.
These elections couldn’t be more critical. State and local leaders have proven time and time again to be decisive in determining the future of key civil rights and liberties. And these key ballot measures impact important rights too – like abortion access, voting rights, and more.
At the same time, the ACLU’s national organizing infrastructure is hard at work educating voters, building local capacity, and mobilizing communities. We the people have the power to shape our futures by starting in our own backyards, and that’s exactly what we’re doing.
This November, we’re fighting where it counts. Join us.
Deirdre Schifeling
Pronouns: She, her, hers
Chief Political and Advocacy Officer, ACLU
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004, USA
our rights are on the line.
That’s why the ACLU is spending $25.5 million in ballot measures and candidate races across the nation to create a firewall for our rights. Learn more about our plans for this election season.
This is our largest investment ever. As President Trump’s second term continues to bring unprecedented federal abuses of power, we’re creating a firewall for our freedom – reinforcing the power of our democracy by educating voters about how state supreme courts and state legislatures impact their rights.
This includes voter engagement work by the ACLU and ACLU Voter Education Fund in races for:
- State Supreme Courts in Michigan, Montana, and North Carolina
- Secretary of State in Nevada
- State legislators in Georgia, Michigan, Montana, and North Carolina
We’re also working on seven ballot measures across the country to put the power in voters’ hands to protect abortion rights, voting rights, and other key civil rights and liberties issues.
These elections couldn’t be more critical. State and local leaders have proven time and time again to be decisive in determining the future of key civil rights and liberties. And these key ballot measures impact important rights too – like abortion access, voting rights, and more.
At the same time, the ACLU’s national organizing infrastructure is hard at work educating voters, building local capacity, and mobilizing communities. We the people have the power to shape our futures by starting in our own backyards, and that’s exactly what we’re doing.
This November, we’re fighting where it counts. Join us.
Deirdre Schifeling
Pronouns: She, her, hers
Chief Political and Advocacy Officer, ACLU
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004, USA
Now that we have your attention, we would like to point out that men are “vastly outgiving women” in this year’s election, based on the most recent research from CAWP.
We are giving less frequently, and we are giving smaller contributions.
Can you step it up and be the change?
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This year, we have over 700 Emerge alums up and down the ballot all across the country – and we are ready to win.
But none of this would be possible without the sustaining support of our donors.
Whether you give $5 a month or $50, each recurring dollar makes all the difference in driving the work needed to train Democratic women to run and win.
And right now, the earlier you commit your support, the more impact your gift has.
That is why we are asking for 25 new members of Club Emerge, our relaunched monthly sustainer program, before the end of the quarter. As a founding member, your support will ensure our work can continue and grow.
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Hundreds of thousands of you helped stop the SAVE Act.
But “stalled” doesn’t mean “dead.”
Here’s what you need to know, and why we can’t let up:
- Trump is trying to force the SAVE Act into must-pass spending bills to give it another path through Congress.
- He’s using it as a political wedge, spreading lies about our elections to undermine confidence in our democracy and justify new voter suppression.
- He’s escalating the pressure campaign, demanding Republicans fall in line and treating the SAVE Act as a loyalty test.
The SAVE Act will make it harder for millions of eligible Americans, including women who changed their names after marriage, survivors escaping abuse, military families, students, and transgender voters, to register and vote.
Tell Congress: don’t fold. Reject the SAVE Act in any form. Protect our freedom to vote.
— Women’s March
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Women reported being raped inside an ICE detention center in California. Those reports were never investigated as crimes.
Why? Because the private prison company running the detention center was allowed to investigate rape allegations against itself, and decide whether law enforcement needed to know.
Add your name and tell Congress to require independent criminal investigations of every sexual assault allegation in immigration detention and end sweetheart agreements that let private prison companies police themselves.
— Women’s March
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Dear MoveOn member,
My name is Nancy, and I’m a fellow MoveOn member and volunteer from Chesapeake, Virginia. Let’s face it: Donald Trump does not want me or people who think like me and you to vote.
But I am sure that you, like me, believe that voters should choose their leaders, not the other way around. But right now, we’re witnessing a Jim Crow-era-like effort from Trump and his billionaire friends to strip away our freedoms and silence Black and Brown voters to consolidate their power.
Just last week, Donald Trump fired members of the Election Assistance Commission and threatened to cut off funding from states that don’t comply with his orders to change their states’ voting rules.1,2 He wants to take control of our elections so he can control the outcome.
The attacks are relentless—and that’s the point. They want us intimidated, quiet, and hopeless. But we aren’t giving up. We will decide our future, choose our leaders, and ensure that the will of the people prevails.
That’s why, this weekend, on the sixth anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, I’m hosting a Good Trouble Lives On event in my community to continue the fight for voting rights with nonviolent collective action. There are more than 500 events taking place July 17-19 around the country, including near you. Will you find and attend an event close to you?
If our vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to take it away. If we weren’t so powerful, they wouldn’t try to silence us. That’s why we need to keep showing up.
We know that our right to vote is directly tied to the issues that impact our lives. From healthcare to housing to our ability to live and thrive in our communities, our vote makes a difference. Every person should have an equal say in the decisions that impact our lives.
Congressman Lewis’s call to “get in good trouble, necessary trouble” couldn’t come at a more pivotal time. Our right to vote is under attack, but we will come together in the spirit of Congressman Lewis’s legacy. I hope you’ll join me.
Find an event near you on the map and RSVP to join an event in your community.
Thanks for all you do.
–Kelsey, Adrienne, Mia, Gabi, and the rest of the team
P.S.: Good Trouble Lives On is a nonpartisan weekend of action. We require that participants commit to not advocate for, endorse, or oppose any political candidate or ballot initiative. A core principle behind all Good Trouble Lives On events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.
Sources:
1. “Donald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process,” Associated Press, July 10, 2026
https://apnews.com/article/trump-fires-election-commission-members-0dc1f37c3990398b3085f22a14ea239a
2. “Administration Demands States Change Voting Rules or Lose Antiterrorism Funds,” The New York Times, July 7, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/climate/fema-grants-states-election-changes.html
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Big Tech and Trump want to ban states from regulating AI. Sign the petition to demand Congress oppose these efforts.
Dear MoveOn member,
Big Tech—the companies developing AI and pushing it on us—have one aim: Maximize profits, no matter the cost.
That’s why these companies and Trump have partnered up to try and make it illegal for individual states to regulate AI.
Because when states and local municipalities halt the construction of data centers, enact safeguards for children’s use of chatbots, insert guardrails where AI is used to surveil workers, and affirm consumer’s rights, Big Tech’s profits are threatened. And we already know which side Trump is on.
In the face of zero to no federal oversight or regulation of AI, dozens of states across the country have enacted common-sense, people-first safeguards that protect kids, workers, and families.
For example, Connecticut requires employers to disclose when employees or job applicants are interacting with AI systems. Illinois forces AI developers to get an independent auditor to review compliance with their own safety policies. Across the country, both blue and red states have enacted restrictions on how AI chatbots can interact with people, especially children. A California executive order requires companies contracting with the states to prove that their AI models avoid harmful bias, unlawful discrimination, detention and surveillance. And this is just a small sample of the great progress states have made to protect us.1
But all of it is at risk of being stripped away if Big Tech gets its way.
Some members of Congress, including Democrat Rep. Trahan of Massachusetts, in cahoots with Big Tech are preparing to introduce the Great American AI Act, a bill that would allow federal law to override—or “preempt”—state-level AI regulations.2 Shockingly, this bill would block states from regulating the development of artificial intelligence for at least three years. It’s clear who this would benefit, and it’s not us.
Congress: stand with the people, not tech billionaires!
Over the past year, Big Tech and Trump have tried to tie states’ hands from regulating AI multiple times. Last year, Trump signed an executive order to strip states of their authority to regulate AI and to have the Department of Justice sue states that do so.3 In Congress, he’s tried to sneak federal preemption into multiple pieces of legislation, but up until now, bipartisan opposition has halted those efforts.4 With a new bill making its way through Congress, we must pressure lawmakers to side with us once again.
Federal preemption threatens to erase hard-won AI safeguards in many states around the country. We must demand that our members of Congress stand with the people, not tech billionaires. Add your name to the petition.
After signing a major AI safeguard executive order, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement, “California’s always been the birthplace of innovation. But we also understand the flip side: In the wrong hands, innovation can be misused in ways that put people at risk.” “California leads in AI, and we’re going to use every tool we have to ensure companies protect people’s rights, not exploit them or put them in harm’s way.”5
That’s the type of leadership we need from every level of government. Without regulation, we are vulnerable to these companies’ thirst for profits, no matter the human toll.
We cannot afford to wait around and see what happens. We need AI safeguards NOW to protect children, workers, and families.
Thanks for all you do.
–Kelsey, Aliya, Julia, Mona and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. “States Plow Ahead With A.I. Regulation, Defying Trump,” The New York Times, March 30, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/technology/trump-states-ai-gavin-newsom-california.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2. “Over 200 State Lawmakers Call on Congress to Oppose Great American AI Act Preemption Proposal,” Americans for Responsible Innovation website, June 16, 2026
https://ari.us/over-200-state-lawmakers-call-on-congress-to-oppose-great-american-ai-act-preemption-proposal/
3. “States Plow Ahead With A.I. Regulation, Defying Trump,” The New York Times, March 30, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/technology/trump-states-ai-gavin-newsom-california.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
4. Ibid.
5. “California to impose new AI regulations in defiance of Trump call,” The Guardian, March 30, 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/california-ai-regulations-trump
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Imagine a world where anyone can buy a handgun online and have it shipped directly to their front door. No visiting a local shop. No face-to-face interaction to spot warning signs or red flags. Just a few clicks, and a deadly weapon arrives with the morning mail.
Right now, the Trump administration’s ATF is moving to make this terrifying vision a reality by pushing a massive wave of deregulation — 34 rule changes in total — designed to transform the firearms market into a lawless digital marketplace.
The ATF itself predicts this could result in 3.3 million guns being delivered directly to people’s homes every single year.
But this isn’t just a policy failure. It is a massive conflict of interest.
Donald Trump Jr. sits on the board and owns hundreds of thousands of shares in GrabAGun, an online weapons retailer openly plotting to become the “Amazon of guns.” Their stock has been struggling, but their CEO told investors exactly what they needed to hear: the administration’s new rules will be a financial boon for the company.
If these rules go through, the President’s son stands to make millions of dollars. Meanwhile, our communities will pay the price in blood.
Experts, gun-control advocates, and even local brick-and-mortar gun shop owners agree: bypassing in-person background checks eliminates the last line of defense against gun traffickers, straw purchasers, and violent criminals.
March for Our Lives was founded during the first Trump administration. We were born in a moment of anger, but we grew into a powerful, youth-led movement fueled by hope and an unshakeable belief that a safer future is possible. We organized, we marched, and we successfully pushed the government to create the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
We know how to hold these actors accountable. We know how to disrupt their backroom deals. And we know that when young people tell it like it is, the world listens.
They have the money, the political power, and the executive orders. But we have the truth, the passion, and millions of young people who refuse to be collateral damage for a billionaire’s investment portfolio.
The public comment periods are moving fast, and our window to act is shrinking. Let’s show them that our lives are not for sale.
Thank you for standing with us,
— Team MFOL
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Alea Bates was finishing her last Uber Eats delivery of the night when a stranger shot her seven times at close range.
Miraculously, she survived. But after major surgery, she couldn’t get out of bed or walk to the bathroom without help. Her left leg was entirely numb, shooting with intense pain. She didn’t even have the strength to drive a car, let alone return to work.
Four days later, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare told her it was time to go.
They didn’t run further scans to see why her leg was numb. They just told her it would go away. Because Alea lost her job and her health insurance just two months before the shooting, the hospital refused to send her to a rehab center.
Alea’s story is part of a systemic pattern. In Florida, uninsured gunshot victims spend significantly less time in the hospital than those with insurance — sometimes cut down to half the time. Among the most severely injured, uninsured patients are pushed out an average of three days earlier.
Meanwhile, Governor Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers are pushing to make guns cheaper and easier to get, completely ignoring a 19% increase in gun deaths over the last decade. They flood our streets with weapons, and then the system treats the survivors like bad investments.
We refuse to accept a culture that abandons people when they are most vulnerable.
March for Our Lives was founded by young people who know that true safety means more than just passing laws — it means shifting our entire culture. It means building a world where survivors are met with community, dignity, and the time they need to heal, not a hospital bill and a pair of crutches.
We are organizing on the ground, training high school and college activists, and forcing accountability from both the politicians who profit from guns and the systems that neglect the victims. We know a better world is possible because we are building it together. But we need your help to keep up the fight.
Will you donate today to support our youth-led movement and help us fight for change?
Thank you for being the breath of fresh air this movement needs. Together, we are turning our grief and our hope into unstoppable power.
— March for Our Lives
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This past week, ICE murdered two more people in broad daylight: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. Their communities are grieving, and across the country, people are demanding justice and accountability for all of the innocent people killed by ICE agents.
For those of us who care about stopping the violence, one of the most effective things we can do right now is put candidates in Congress who will end funding to DHS and ICE. Right now, SURJ is focusing on two candidates who will do just that: Will Lawrence in Michigan and Kaela Berg in Minnesota. Can you join us to call voters to make sure we put people in office who will end funding for this racist violence?
Will Lawrence (MI-07) is an organizer, coalition-builder, and co-founder of the Sunrise Movement running to represent Michigan’s Congressional District 7 in Lansing on a platform of affordable housing, healthcare for all, taxing the billionaire class, and ending US support for war overseas. Will is currently leading in nearly every poll, despite hundreds of thousands of dollars in attack ads from mainstream liberal super PACs. Primary date: August 4th.
Kaela Berg (MN-02) is an organizer, flight attendant, union leader with AFA/CWA, and a Minnesota State Representative. She has worked up to three jobs, bought groceries from the dollar store to feed her family, and lived without health insurance during a global pandemic and she is now running to represent Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District to fight for working class people like her. Primary date: August 11th.
You don’t need to be an expert on any issue, or have any phonebank experience– just show up and connect with voters like you across the country as we fight for every lever of power we can grab.
Can you join our next phone bank this Thursday, 7/16 on Zoom? Training and support always included.
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In solidarity,
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I take this job pretty seriously.
I spend a lot of time thinking about how to help every single one of the candidates we endorse win their elections. And you want to know one thing that helps me sleep at night?
It’s knowing that, since our launch in 2023, almost 16,000 of our grassroots supporters have signed up to make monthly recurring donations to Leaders We Deserve.
Use the links in this email to start a recurring contribution to Leaders We Deserve
Here’s why these recurring donations are so helpful:
- They allow us to set a baseline for what we bring in each month, so we can budget that money toward our most pressing priorities.
- They help us get to work well before Election Day. A month before the election is too late to hire and train organizers, buy TV ads, and compete with more established, well-financed campaigns.
- They help create a snowball effect for our candidates. A lot of donors and organizations look at how much early money candidates raise to inform whether they should get involved, and recurring donations let us back young, progressive candidates early on to show their credibility.
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Waking up every day to watch this administration dismantle our democracy piece by piece is absolutely infuriating.
And honestly, we don’t have the luxury of playing nice and waiting around for the rest of the Democratic Party to wake the hell up. Not when the fights we’re up against are this dire.
Trump is waging an illegal war in Iran that has already cost Americans an estimated $30 billion and counting. Gas is getting higher by the minute, grocery bills keep climbing, and millions of people can’t afford to go to the doctor. Working families are being left to survive a corrupt political system that continues to put the wealthy and powerful first.
This is the moment to go all in. We have to fight back on every front, with every tool at our disposal, and do more than just react. We have to build.
That means organizing against the most vulnerable Republicans and making it clear that there is a real political price to pay for enabling Trump’s dangerous agenda.
It means primarying asleep-at-the-wheel Democrats — because if they’re not fighting with us, they’re in the way.
And it means we have to turn the fracturing of Trump’s base into an opportunity — because young voters are souring on him, they’re feeling betrayed, and the window to offer them a vision worth believing in is right now.
Most importantly, we need to throw all of our support behind the leaders who feel the urgency of this moment in their bones and a fire in their belly to take on the broken system they grew up in, and change it.
That’s what Leaders We Deserve was built for. Not to be just another political organization throwing endorsements around. But to actually get in the arena — to find the fearless candidates who refuse to sit on the sidelines while their communities get left behind, put real resources behind their campaigns, and prove that the establishment doesn’t get to decide what the face of power in this Party looks like anymore.
And right now, we need you in this fight with us.
Can you pitch in $25 today to power our work?
Thank you for being part of this movement,
David Hogg
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Understanding Fear-Based Politics
By Roger Rosenquist
Using fear of others to win political support is nothing new. For centuries, authoritarian movements have relied on this basic human instinct because history shows appeals to fear can help those seeking power.
American voters have been asked to support numerous dramatic and aggressive actions the Trump Administration has taken over the past 18 months, which are often justified as measures needed for our own protection.
We’re told, for instance, that our streets and cities are being taken over by foreign, criminal elements. So now we are spending billions on the capture, imprisonment, and deportation of people, including some without criminal records, and sometimes children. So, do we feel safer, or just manipulated? Secure, or aghast at the use of violence?
It’s not just our president fostering fear. There are figures in politics using the same approach of demonizing migrants and “others” for problems in America and elsewhere — now and in the past.
Fortunately, many scholars and citizens in America are recognizing and experiencing the active, current fearmongering going on now for political gains. We need to spread this awareness more broadly, however, for the good of us all.
It’s critical to our democracy that we turn away from fear and in its place support leaders and reasoned policies in support of “we the people”.
All Roads Lead to the South
By Alice Bond and LaMar Holliday
Sometimes it feels like Juneteenth all over again — not the unease of enslaved people whose freedom was declared but withheld in Texas, but something even darker. Today people are watching their voting rights being gutted by those who know exactly what they are doing.
We are living in a world of a thousand cuts, but this one cuts to the bone. On April 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais stripped away Section 2 of the historic 1965 Voting Rights Act. It was the last functioning leg of the act that civil rights leaders and activists fought and died for to ensure Black Americans could vote.
This decision unleashed Republicans across the country into a surreal partisan race to see who is fastest at eviscerating voting districts in majority Black districts. It is a purposeful tactic. Real world effects were sharp and direct, with speed gerrymandering beginning in Tennessee, Louisiana and Florida as soon as the day the verdict was issued.
Keep reading to learn how voting rights activists are responding.
We Can’t Let Political Leaders Cast Aside Those Lacking Healthcare
By Kay Bjornen
Higher healthcare and insurance costs since the start of 2026 have been making life rougher for people across our country. While other living costs are accelerating too, legislators seem unmoved by what the combination of higher costs and inadequate public healthcare funding is doing to their constituents.
One of the latest twists: affordable insurance is harder to find for those in lower-income brackets thanks to cuts enacted in the 2025 HR 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Reduced subsidies for ACA (Obamacare) insurance have increased premium prices markedly to consumers, making the insurance unaffordable for many. Even if they can afford the higher premiums, many face high deductibles before their insurance starts covering care.
Cuts in federal subsidies to state Medicaid programs have been devastating (Medicaid is the state and federal program that pays for healthcare for low-income people, and you can read here about how age affects Medicaid eligibility. Historically, the states determine who is eligible for Medicaid and what services are covered, and the federal government reimburses some of the states’ costs.)
When the payments made by federal or state governments to hospitals for care that’s still being provided to poorer patients are reduced, the hospitals justifiably fear they might run deficits. Or, they have to consider cutting some of the medical services people seek from their facilities.
Arkansas is quickly becoming an example of how these factors can become overwhelming. We must expect elected representatives to work for us. Speak up and talk to your neighbors and friends and ask them to listen as well. Together we can make the system better.
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Critical positions:
- Deputy Chief of Policy (multiple positions)
- Policy Collaboration Lead
- Policy Program Manager
- Policy – Manager of HR & Talent Acquisition
- Outreach Chief
- Outreach Relationship Managers
- Project Managers
- Social Media Analysts
- Policy Analysts
- Administrative Support
- Communications DIrector
If the roles above are not a fit for you, that’s OK too! We have many more opportunities available.
Please visit our website to learn more and contact us today!
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Thank you for your support!
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We are not affiliated with or supported by any political party or political action group (PAC). We are funded by donations from everyday individuals who support our vision and shared hope for America.
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Progressives Are Proud Patriots, Too
By Jo-Ann Johnston
Did you know that progressives and moderates and independents can own and fly flags to express our patriotism, to make clear our aspirations for a more perfect union?
That the collection and display of flags are not limited to any one group of voters?
Nobody has a monopoly on the flag.
It’s due time that we take back the flag, and we can’t think of a more perfect time to build on this movement than the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America!
Keep up with our tributes to civic virtues and be inspired!
We Need Whole-Person Health, Not Whole Lots of Barriers
By Alice Bond and Kristen Sheppard
Healthcare is on the verge: becoming more expensive and less accessible, while public health is getting worse. Over the past two decades, depression rates have risen alongside substance abuse disorder, anxiety, loneliness, and suicide. Covid-19 accelerated that decline in wellness dramatically. The resulting combination of exponential demand and lack of political will has created enormous pressure for better policy from clinicians, researchers, advocacy organizations, states, and the public.
Why talk about this now? Because mental health is increasing its prominence in the public mind. According to an American Psychiatric Association’s Healthy Minds Poll conducted December 2025 and published in 2026, more than 1 in 3 Americans (38%) planned to make a mental health-related New Year’s resolution — up 5% from the previous year. And Rula, a national behavioral healthcare company, found in their 2026 State of Mental Health Report that “60% of adults report that mental health has become more important to them.’”
Still, Americans do not register the wider impact of mental illness on physical health. A 2026 National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI)-Ipsos Workplace Poll found that while knowledge of mental illness is growing, grasping the connection with physical illness is another story. “People see mental health as relevant and appropriate to talk about at work, and that’s encouraging. But real barriers persist in the form of stigma and fear of retaliation or lost opportunities,” said Megan Delp, NAMI’s director of workplace mental health.
Medical research and leading clinical evidence agree: mental health is bound inextricably to physical health. The 2026 World Health Organization (WHO) social messaging reinforces its longstanding position: “There is no health without mental health.”
That connection is fundamental to the healthcare system itself. A whole-person approach marks a growing shift in medicine and public policy, edging out the long-accepted notion of a clear separation between mind and body. In January 2026, New Jersey Acting Health Commissioner Jeff Brown captured that shift when announcing integrated outpatient facilities combining primary care, mental health, and addiction treatment: “Healthcare works best when patients are treated as a whole person, not a collection of separate problems.”
As healthcare nears a perfect storm, it also reveals an opportunity. Whole-person healthcare can reduce burdensome paperwork, high costs, and lack of accessibility by combining physical and mental health into one approach. Project 2029 notes that whole-person health has the potential to transform “our healthcare system from a system oriented toward high-cost and reactive treatment to one that emphasizes prevention, early intervention, and long-term wellbeing.”
Project 2029 is an organization of citizens committed to building “a plan of action for a future that is strong, kind, and prosperous.” Our paper, released March 2026, proposes health policies designed for immediate implementation on “Day One” of a 2029 Presidential administration — including “a policy foundation for eliminating any artificial distinction between physical and mental health coverage by requiring parity.”
For full information:
Invitation: Indivisible Members Everywhere
Project 2029 is attracting new members all the time. People of like minds who want to help rebuild democracy by helping to create sane, sustainable policies that can be put to use immediately by a new presidential administration.
Of course, there is much more to do in restoring our democracy, so we are eager to collaborate with like-minded groups. Together, we can apply our respective areas of expertise to the multiple practical needs of the movements. And we can multiply our people-power resources to bring more public attention and support to our work.
We’ve started working already with Indivisible unit members in Boston Indivisible and Indivisible Nova West (that’s one of the Virginia units) to help promote involvement at Indivisible-sponsored events and activities. Project 2029 also appreciates being able to alert folks — including former federal workers — of opportunities to share their knowledge in policy writing and operations areas here, just to name a couple of options. Project 2029 members all volunteer remotely over all time zones, so collaboration can be on your schedule.
If this sounds good to you individually, your Indivisible chapter, our own Ali Cleveland would love to hear your thoughts. Email: alicqc26@gmail.com with “Outreach and Indivisible” or similar wording in the subject line. If you want help finding Indivisible in your area, visit https://indivisible.org
Why Oct. 27 Should Matter to Some Voters This Year
Voters, we need to talk to you about the U.S. mail, particularly if you:
- work long or unpredictable hours,
- have to travel a lot,
- are disabled,
- live in a rural community,
- are age 65 or older,
- don’t do well standing in lines at voter precincts, or
- are in the military, serving away from home.
You might well be one of the Americans who like to vote by mail, and we applaud you for that.
This year, it could be harder to make sure your vote is counted, unless you know the specific deadlines in your state for getting your ballot into the mail and postmarked.
The postmark determines if a mail-in ballot is received on time, and that, in turn, determines whether the vote is counted or not. Your state sets the rules for that and other election matters. It should be either Election Day (Nov. 3, 2026 for the midterms) or another specific date close to the Election Day.
A recent, important, and subtle change has been made in post office procedures that affects all this. The day you mail an item, be it a completed ballot or a birthday card, may not be the same day the item gets a postmark. Your mail may now go from your local office to a regional processing center to get processed and postmarked – which can be a couple of days after you mailed it.
That means you should mail your ballot earlier than you probably have in the past! Whether it is for a primary election, get it in the mail seven days before Election Day or seven days before your state’s deadline day. Even sooner, if you can.
Some groups, including Vote.org, allow you to research your state’s deadline information online and even let you request an electronic reminder to mail your ballot.
If, for some reason, you end up at a post office or another retail postal operation with your ballot, you may go to the counter and request a manual postmark, for free, according to the Campaign Legal Center. This applies to any post office, and to any retail site, the center said, and should satisfy the rules.
Help Wanted!
As a true grassroots movement, volunteers are critical to our success. Project 2029 is growing quickly, which is great news! That means we need you!
While we are always looking for new volunteers, we currently have some pressing roles we need help filling quickly. All are remote-based.
Critical positions:
- Chief Development Officer
- Recruitment Manager
- Deputy Chief of Policy
- Policy – Manager of HR & Talent Acquisition
- Communications Director
- Webmaster
- Website Designer
- Social Media Manager
- Graphic Designers (multiple)
- Content Creators (multiple)
If the roles above are not a fit for you, that’s OK too! We have many more opportunities available.
Please visit our website to learn more and contact us today!
No time to volunteer? No worries!
You can support Project 2029 in a variety of other ways!
Share Our Policies | Join Our Newsletter List
Your contribution helps us build a transparent and accountable government that truly serves ‘We the people.’
No billionaires here. We’re strictly nonprofit. No political party or corporate PAC is backing us, as we are independent by choice. Our organizers are unpaid. But if you can afford a few bucks, we’d appreciate the help covering expenses.
Thank you for your support!
Project 2029 | Drive Change Together
Project 2029 is an all-volunteer, national grassroots movement committed to disrupting the broken system and redefining what democracy means from the ground up.
We are not affiliated with or supported by any political party or political action group (PAC). We are funded by donations from everyday individuals who support our vision and shared hope for America.
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Project 2029 Newsletter: Protecting Voting Rights, Elections and Our Earth
Introducing Project 2029 – Check it out
We’re shifting the focus from outrage to action, working towards a future worth fighting for. Small, incremental changes won’t cut it. Our bold plans within each of our four Pillars focus on fairness, dignity, and justice for all.
A Legislative Heat Wave in Arizona
The Power Move: The Heat Is On Now! (MVP June Newsletter)
FBI Raids an MVP Partner in Ohio — What Now?
Victory: Court Strikes Down Anti-Voter Law After MVP Partners’ Lawsuit
Bat Signal 2026: Our Chance to Win Back Everything!
“What difference does it make if I give now vs. closer to November?” We’re so glad you asked…
Virginia redistricting overturned: Can we still flip the House? (YES.)
Frontline Digest: May Day, SCOTUS, elections, and more!
MVP Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Gutting the Voting Rights Act
The Power Move: WINsconsin, Virginia is for Lovers (of Democracy), and More (MVP April Newsletter)
VICTORY! Virginia is for Lovers (of Democracy!)
6 months to flip Congress. Here’s how you can help.
VICTORY!! MVP Partners Expand Liberal Majority on Wisconsin Supreme Court
Frontline Digest: No Kings 3, Redistricting, Elections, and More!
The Power Move: MVP Newsletter (March 2026)
Frontline Digest: Primary Victories, Local Advocacy, No War in Iran, More ICE Accountability
VICTORY: NC’s Untold Primary Election Story + Flipping TX Blue?
The Power Move: MVP Newsletter (Feb. 2026)
Frontline Digest: ICE Out, Policy Progress, Primary Elections, and No Kings 3
Frontline Digest: ICE Out, Primary Elections, Advocacy, and a Winter Storm
How do we flip the House & Senate? Fund these organizers.
Support ICE Resistance: Announcing MVP’s Rapid Response Fund
Maine: MVP Partners Ramp Up Resistance to ICE
What Would MLK Do in Minnesota? (5 Things)
Frontline Digest: Standing Up to ICE, Advancing Progress
“Civic Power” Report: Organizing Is How We Win Elections and Pass Bold Policies
The Fourth of July may have passed, but we’re not done fighting for our nation’s future – and we’re also not done WINNING.
Yes, we said the “W” word: Winning! In fact, in no small part due to the power and persistence of moms and parents, these state wins have happened in just the past couple of months:
- North Carolina: Won expanded paid leave for public employees.
- West Virginia: Secured vital child care funding.
- New Hampshire: Defeated harmful book bans to keep schools inclusive.
- Pennsylvania: Powering toward passing a statewide paid family and medical leave law.
- New York City: Won major investments in child care.
Now, we need to use these state wins, and this MOMentum, to grow power in our nation’s capitol so that no matter where people live, every parent has access to these critical policies.
And we have a plan.
**Join us in urging Congress to follow The Mom Plan for America to lift families and the economy.
As we pass the 4th of July, moms have a declaration to make about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Spoiler alert: It starts with affordable health care, universal child care, and groceries that don’t cost a fortune.
You know it. We feel it. Things aren’t good right now. We’re in an affordability crisis that didn’t have to be this bad: Last year, President Trump signed devastating cuts to health care and nutrition programs into law. Now, Congress must reverse those cuts and start opening avenues for families and our economy to thrive – and we have a plan for them to do it: The Mom Plan for America.
Skeptical that we can win? Don’t be! We know change is possible because moms are already winning at the state and local levels. (See the inspiring wins list above).
These victories didn’t happen by accident. They happened because moms showed up, raised their voices, and organized for change.
If we can win critical victories in states across the nation, then Congress can do it nationally too. It’s time to scale these wins.
Let freedom ring for moms and families!
We are launching the Mom Plan for America—a 12-point blueprint for an America where all families and our economy can thrive.
As part of this Mom Plan, we’re calling on Congress to:
- Reverse the health care cuts, including the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, enacted through H.R. 1.
- Reverse the nutrition cuts enacted through H.R. 1 in this year’s Farm Bill.
- Reject any additional cuts to nutrition or health care programs in the Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations bills.
- Prioritize policies that expand access to affordable health care and nutrition assistance for all families, including permanently extending the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
- And, last but far from least, advance the Mom Plan for America!
→ CLICK HERE TO TELL CONGRESS TO GET MOVING ON FAMILY AFFORDABILITY NOW! ←
*Here’s the Mom Plan for America, a plan to lift families and the economy:
- Health Care for All: From birth onwards, including aging, and disability.
- Healthy Food: Access to nutritious food for every family.
- Respect for Every Family: Safety, dignity, and opportunity for every mom and family, regardless of race or background; and not mass incarceration.
- Freedom from Gun Violence: Keep our communities, kids, and democracy safe.
- Defend Democracy: Unshakeable voting rights, freedom of speech, and safe access to polling locations.
- Safe Schools: Ensure schools are places where every child can learn and thrive.
- Reproductive Freedom: Better maternal health outcomes and autonomy over reproductive health decisions.
- Protect Immigrant Families: Immigration policies that balance compassion and security, while honoring the contributions of immigrants.
- Fair Taxes for Families: Tax policies that prioritize families and the economy.
- Universal Childcare: High-quality early education for every child.
- Good Jobs: Fair pay, paid family and medical leave, and earned sick days.
- Affordable Cost of Living: Housing, gas, groceries, utilities, and other basics must be affordable so everyone can build a good life.
After you sign on, we’ll deliver this Mom Plan for America straight to Congress so they know exactly what we expect them to be working toward.
This is important. One year after devastating federal cuts put health care and food assistance at risk for millions of families, we’re choosing hope and action – because we know the power of moms is unstoppable. We’ve shown that when moms raise their voices, public opinion shifts and policies change.
When moms organize, we all win.
*Don’t forget to add your name today to help us bring our nation closer to liberty and justice for ALL. (And please share with 3 friends so they can sign on too).
Thank you for ALL you each do!
– Kristin, Valeria, Ruth, Kelsey, Sue Anne, and the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team
Breaking Bad News: The anti-family, anti-worker, anti-economy initiative (backed by Brian Heywood) just announced they have enough signatures to get on the November ballot. This initiative, if passed, would give the ultra wealthy a tax break and leave Washington families footing the bill for the things we need to thrive: health care, public education, and more. Not good.
Brian Heywood, a mediocre millionaire himself, is trying his best to bend the rules in his favor and is asking Washington families to pay the price. He appears to have forgotten that quite literally thousands of people like you spoke up and linked arms with thousands of other families, workers, small businesses, and neighbors across the state to tell our state legislators to protect working families and pass a Millionaire’s Tax that rebalances our upside-down tax code. And we were heard!
Washington lawmakers passed the Millionaire’s Tax this year and here’s what Brian Heywood and his billionaire buddies are trying to steal from Washington families:
Tell Brian Heywood that we don’t stand for this – commit to protecting the Millionaires Tax today!
Let’s be clear, the consequences of this initiative would be steep: it will cut funding for important services like health care and k-12 education, AND raise taxes on working families and small businesses. Washington families will protect the future of our state and defend the Millionaires Tax at the ballot.
Together we are a powerful force for children and families in Washington,
Lauren, Sara, Maggie, Kristin, and the entire MomsRising Together team
AFL-CIO International Workers Day
May Day, or International Workers’ Day, the day the world celebrates the bravery of workers throughout history who have sacrificed for safety, dignity and justice on the job.
We’re united in our resolve to fight for a better future for ALL workers abroad and at home, including those targeted by this administration.
Our solidarity is our strength. We take pride in knowing that we are a global movement standing up to the billionaires who are threatening our rights and freedoms.
Thursday, April 30
11am – 1:30pm PDT
1321 N Columbia Center Blvd
Kennewick, WA 99336
You can RSVP your plans to attend and support local workers HERE
Voices
Fix Democracy First has compiled an excellent list of sites with which to expand your activism
Watch SUFFS on PBS’ Great Performances This Weekend!
APPLY HEAT, MELT ICE — This Weekend, We Protest Everywhere!
My Afternoon With The Last Living Prosecutor of Nazi War Criminals
Yes! Today is Election Day for Many Cities and States Across the Country!
URGENT: Get Out The Vote for Zohran TOMORROW — Sunday!
“Will We Remain In The Shadows, Or Will We Together Step Into The Light?”
One Week After “No Kings,” What Comes Next?
Your Pics From Yesterday’s Massive Protests
TOMORROW, October 18th — We Hit The Streets!
Hey New Yorkers — VOTE TOMORROW!
Here’s the New Pledge of Allegiance I Think We All Should Take
Why Today April 30th Should Be a National Holiday
PROTEST EVERYWHERE — Saturday, April 19 — Every city, every county, every town, everywhere! Freedom Against Tyranny!
There Was a Record 5 to 6 Million People Who Took to the Streets to Stop Trump on Saturday! — And the Only Sound of Silence You Hear is from the Media and the Democratic Party
Massive Crowds Everywhere! And Everywhere You Look, You Will See The True Leaders of This Next Revolution
Get Up! Get Out! Get in the Streets! Mass Protests Saturday Near You!
Simon Rosenberg
Veteran Political Analyst, Strategist and Commentator. 2 Presidential campaigns (incl Clinton War Room), senior roles at DNC, DCCC, NDN. One of the only ones who got 2022 right. On Substack at Hopium Chronciles.
We Must Stop Blanche And Clayton, More Terrible Polling For Trump, Powerful New Ads From Dems
Brian Tyler Cohen Dropped By To Talk About His New Book – “The Day After: How to Wield Power In a Post-Trump World”
The War Resumes, Oil Prices Surge, Trump’s Poll Numbers Continue To Suck – And Now We Must Fight His Escalating Illiberalism With Everything We Got
Devon Murphy-Anderson Joins Us From Maine
Congress Returns – We Must Be Very Loud This Week
McConnell and Graham Pass From The Scene, Maine Dems Keep Moving Forward, In Defense Of Vetting
Maine’s Convention Will Be July 25th, Encouraging New Gallup Data, Democrats Must Elevate To Fight Trump’s Escalating Authoritarianism
Platner Officially Withdraws From The Maine Senate Race. The Process To Pick A Successor Has Formally Begun
Cook Has 4 GOP Gov Seats As Toss Ups Now, Maine Dems Take Next Steps In Picking New Senate Candidate, Senate Dem SuperPAC Reports Record Quarter
Trump Is Failing, He Is Wildly Unpopular, The Polls Are Encouraging, And We Have Elections To Win All Across The Country
Platner Suspends Campaign, Maine Democratic Party Announces A Nominating Convention To Pick A New Senate Nominee
Some Thoughts On What’s Next For Maine And Our Fight To Flip The Senate
There Are Good Days, And There Are Bad Days, Everyone
Talking Ukraine, Encouraging New Senate Polling, Degrading Trump, And More With Stuart Stevens Of Lincoln Square
Dems’ Strong Week Of Polling, McMorrow Drops Out, Putin Attacks Kyiv, “Trump Is Cultural Heroin” (Corrected, Updated)
Dems’ Strong Week Of Polling, McMorrow Drops Out, Putin Attacks Kyiv, “Trump Is Cultural Heroin”
More Notes On The Importance Of Character In The 2026 Elections
It’s Time To Move On From The “Democrats Suck” Narrative – It’s Wrong, And We Have An Election To Win
New Battleground Polls Confirm That This Is A Year Of Opportunity For Democrats (New Video & Written Analysis)
“Right Now Democracy Is Holding” – A New Conversation With Marc Elias
“Control of the Senate Is Up for Grabs, Times/Siena Polls Find,” Trump’s Staggering Betrayal Of America, The Hopium Community Rallies For Our Battleground Candidates
“Doing Good Things For Our Neighbors” – State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott (IA-03) Checks In From Battleground Iowa
Jamie Ager Checks In From NC-11
It’s The End Of The Quarter – Let’s Rally For Our Courageous Candidates Across The Country!
A Conversation With Heather Cox Richardson
Another Powerful Ossoff Speech, Jo Mendoza’s Inspiring New Ad, Heather Cox Richardson Joins Us Tomorrow At 2pm ET
Winning In An Evolving Battlefield, A New Politics Of Virtue, Tuesday Is A Big Filing Deadline – Let’s Help Our Candidates Close Strong
A Judge Blocks Trump Mail Ballot/USPS Ploy, Katie Phang Gets A Big Epstein Files Win, Notes On Trump And A New Politics Of Misery
Rebecca Cooke (WI-03) Checks In With The Hopium Community
Big Night For Mamdani, House Dems Get Important Wins in NY-17 & UT-1, Enjoy My Talk With Katie Phang
Breaking News – Trump Loses Senate Iran War Powers Vote. The Rebukes, Losses, Humiliations Just Keep Coming
Let’s Show Bob Brooks (PA-7) Some Love Today, Trump’s Failed War Keeps Failing, Talarico’s 1st General Election Ad
The Clown Show Moves To Switzerland, Ukraine Gains in Crimea, Let’s Rally For Cait Conley Today!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Summer Solstice And Happy Father’s Day Too!!!!!
The US Men’s Soccer Team Wins, Inspires, And Brings Our Embattled Nation Together
The Iran Deal Wobbles, Obama’s Library Opens, OMG The Reflecting Pool, Inspiration From Juneteenth, And Slava Ukraini!!!!!!!
Trump’s Presidency Has Been A Catastrophe For America And The World (New Video & Written Analysis)
Hopium Rallies For Cait Conley In NY-17
Loss Of Coverage, Higher Prices, More Harm To Come – Charles Gaba Updates Us On Real World Impacts of GOP Health Care Cuts
Failed Wars Now Haunt Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu
Trump Plays UFC Tough To Mask His Capitulation To Iran, Weakening Of America, Declining Health, And Sagging Political Fortunes
The Knicks Triumph And Inspire While Trump Desecrates And Betrays
The USMNT’s Incredible Performance, “The President Has Turned Into A Clown,” Meaty Pods For Your Weekend Viewing And Listening Pleasure
Pulte Falls, Talarico Launches Spanish-Language World Cup Ad, A New Politics Of Virtue
Trump – Desperate Men Do Desperate Things (New Video, Written Analysis)
Reflecting On The Siege Of Minneapolis – A Conversation With Attorney General Keith Ellison
Inflation Surges (Again), It’s Becerra Hilton In CA, Platner Wins In Maine, Trump’s Failed War Keeps Failing
Trump’s Epic Meltdown | Stuart Stevens & Simon Rosenberg LIVE
Making Diseases And Parasites Great Again, Pratt Crashes Out In LA, Talarico Leads By 3 In New Texas Poll
Stop Vought. Save Science – A Call To Action With Dr. Colette Delawalla
Sunday Hopium – Trump’s Incredible Meltdown, Rigging Elections, And The “Majority Illusion”
Sunday Hopium – Inspiration From Lincoln and Eisenhower, The Importance Of Voting Early, Trump Lost Votes On Iran And Putin This Week!
Reality Check – Trump Has The Worst Jobs Record Since Hoover
The House Rebukes Trump On Ukraine, Senate Rs Shower ICE With Love And Money, The Capital Is Drowning In Corruption
Meet State Auditor Rob Sand, Our Impressive Candidate Running For Governor Of Iowa
Trump Is In A Period Of Profound Political Decline, Democrats Are Fielding Strong Candidates Across The Country (New Video, Written Analysis)
Turek Wins In Iowa and Bennett Wins in NJ-07, Bass & Becerra Seem Ready To Advance, The Supremes Rip Their Hoods Off (Again), Slava Ukraini!!!
Bennett Wins In NJ-7, Turek Wins In Iowa
Meet Bob Harvie, Our Experienced, Proven Vote-Getter Fighting To Flip PA-01 Blue
Trumpism Feels Increasingly Broken, And He Weakened And Diminished
Meet Bob Brooks, Our Terrific Candidate Working To Flip PA-07 Blue
Sunday Hopium – After A Terrible Week Full Of Consequential Losses Trump Completely Loses It On Social Media
Congress Returns Monday With Trump Diminished, Wildly Unpopular, And Failing On Many Fronts
Friday Happy Hour – John Cornyn’s Parable Of The Scorpion And The Frog
New Economic Data Confirms Trump Has Failed The American People
Meet Rebecca Bennett, Running Hard To Flip NJ-7 Blue
If You Think Trump Is Winning You Aren’t Paying Attention (New Video, Written Analysis)
A Report From The Maine Democratic Party Convention
Texas Dem Chair Kendall Scudder On Talarico, Paxton, And What’s Becoming A Year Of Opportunity For Texas Democrats
The People Vs. Ken Paxton, Garcia Trounces Galindo In TX-35, Encouraging Redistricting Wins in AL & SC
Trump’s Failed War Keeps Failing
Honoring, And Dishonoring, Memorial Day
Our Weak And Cowardly Leader Keeps Yielding To Our Adversaries And Selling Out America
Yes, This Was A Very Bad Week For Trump And The Republicans
Desperate Rs Are Now Intervening In Our House Primaries – A Conversation With The DCCC’s Will Van Nuys
Our Corrupt And Failed Leader Is Losing His Control Over Congress, Kagan On Trump Surrendering To Iran, The DNC’s Report
Meet Denise Powell, Our Terrific New Nominee In NE-02
Trump And Trumpism Are Failing, And We Must Grow More Ambitious Now
Anyone Who Thinks Trump Is Winning Isn’t Paying Attention
Senator Ruben Gallego On Why America Must Stand With Ukraine, Europe, And NATO
Six States Vote Today, Welcome To The Post-USAID World, Non-Voters And Indies Turn On The Rs
NYT Has Generic Ballot D +11, Ukraine’s Big Battlefield Win, Mortgage Rates And Brent Crude Rising – Trump’s Failures Just Keep Mounting
Trump Gets A Brutal New CBS Poll, WHO Declares Global Health Emergency, New Intvs W/Gov. Shapiro and Ohio’s Amy Acton
Trump Is A Fool, A Coward, And A Traitor
Trump Is Hell Bent On Weakening America And Making Russia And China Great Again
My Conversation With Governor Josh Shapiro
Republicans Are Gerrymandering Because They Are Scared Of The American People, And Of Us – As They Should Be (New Video, Written Analysis)
Meet Dr. Amy Acton, Our Great Candidate Running For Governor Of Ohio
Trump Admits What Has Become Obvious – He Simply Doesn’t Care About The American People Only Himself, His Ridiculous Ballroom, His Fellow Oligarchs
Ugly Inflation Data, Tariffs Ruled Illegal (Again), Failed War, Soaring Unpopularity – Trump Heads To China In A Dangerously Weakened Position
Some Thoughts On What Comes Next
Trump Hits New Polling Low, Putin’s Sad Parade, Magyar Takes Control In Hungary, Expanding Our Maps