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Tri-City Democrats – Friday, August 14, 6:00 PM
Greetings fellow Democrats!
It’s August, and by the time we meet (at 6pm on August 14th) we should know the result of the primaries! We are inviting candidates who have made it through the primary to come visit with us. We will also have ‘Hate Has no Home Here’ and ‘Vote Blue’ signs available.
Hey all! Due to the smoke forecast, we’re going to our backup venue at the Pasco Round Table Pizza. Still at 6pm on Friday the 14th. The group will order a selection of pizzas and some of our generous members will share some pitchers of beer. You’re on your own for salad bar and soda. Sorry about the last minute change!
Come gather with like-minded folks and share some fellowship, food and beverages. We’ll have the donation box available for those who care to financially support the group.
https://www.meetup.com/tri-city-democrats/events/315969142/
Tri-City Democrats – Friday, August 14, 6:00 PM
Greetings fellow Democrats!
It’s August, and by the time we meet (at 6pm on August 14th) we should know the result of the primaries! We are inviting candidates who have made it through the primary to come visit with us. We will also have ‘Hate Has no Home Here’ and ‘Vote Blue’ signs available.
We are hoping that it won’t be too hot and smoky for a picnic at the farm – 4501 W Lattin Ct, West Richland, WA. We have plenty of shade and misters and sprinklers to take the edge off the heat. We have the Pasco Round Table reserved in the event that the weather does not cooperate, and we’ll make a final announcement on Wednesday the 12th. Come gather with like-minded folks and share some fellowship, food and beverages. If we are picnicking, bring a dish to share, and Tri-City Democrats will provide utensils and plates, and napkins. If we’re at the pizza location, TCD will purchase an assortment of pizzas to share. You’re on your own for salad bar and beverages, though there are usually pitchers of beer provided by fellow members. We’ll have the donation box available for those who care to financially support the group.
https://www.meetup.com/tri-city-democrats/events/315969142/
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Columbia Basin Badger Club
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We just added Notes and Resources for tomorrow’s Badger Forum on Addiction. Here’s a link to find it on our HOME PAGE. We hope you’ll find it helpful.
Remember, our forums are free for the remainder of 2026.
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
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A Taste of Venezuela is Almost Here!
Next Wednesday, we’re gathering around the table for A Taste of Venezuela!
Join us for an evening of incredible Venezuelan food, culture, conversation, and community.
Come experience Venezuela through the food, stories, and traditions that make this evening so special.
Limited tickets remain, and we’d love to fill the room!
August 2026
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Wednesday, August 26
6–8 PM
B5 Learning Center
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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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.
Step into Venezuela for an evening of incredible food, personal stories, and cultural discovery.
A Taste of Venezuela invites you to gather around the table for a traditional Pabellón dinner and experience Venezuela through the people who know and love it.
Throughout the evening, guests will discover the beauty of Venezuelan culture through storytelling, photos, traditions, and an interactive cultural experience — creating an opportunity to learn, connect, and experience a little piece of Venezuela right here in our community.
And save room for something sweet: traditional Venezuelan dessert will be generously provided by Antojos Bistro 509.
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 | 6:00–8:00 PM
Tickets: $50 per person
Only 50 tickets available
Your ticket includes dinner, dessert, and the full cultural experience.
Come to the table hungry. Leave knowing Venezuela a little differently.
Your support helps B5 create opportunities for people to build English-language skills, confidence, connection, and greater independence in our community. Every gift helps make B5 programs and learning opportunities accessible to the individuals and families we serve.
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.
From $300,000 price tags to raise a child, to the sky high prices of gas and groceries, to earning just 64 cents on the father’s dollar, moms across the country are feeling a massive economic squeeze right now.
This August, while members of Congress are home for August Recess, we’re hosting “Main Squeeze Trivia” gatherings across the nation—and we want you to host one! No need to stress, we will provide the questions, answers, and a pretty incredible playlist.
Whether it’s 3 friends around your kitchen table, a backyard, park or library hangout, or a Zoom room, hosting takes just 60 minutes and turns a fun gathering into real civic power.
Claim your FREE Trivia Party Kit today!
Your free kit includes everything you need:
Host a trivia night!
- Ready-to-Play Trivia Decks: 2 full rounds + a Bonus Round covering the care economy, school safety, and the family affordability crisis.
- The “Lemon-Proof” Host Guide: Easy step-by-step instructions, host scripts, and lemon-themed snack ideas.
- Scan-and-Play Playlist: A curated, high-energy music playlist accessible via QR code.
- Action Bridges: QR codes on every scorecard so your guests can send 60-second messages straight to Congress while they’re back home in your district.
Click here to get your Main Squeeze Trivia Kit and show Congress that moms refuse to be squeezed!
Together, let’s turn bitter policies into sweet victories.
Thanks,
Taylor, Karen, Carrie, Ruth, Kristin, and the entire MomsRising & MamasConPoder Team
P.S. Hosting is super easy and 100% free. Sign up here to grab your kit!
MomsRising Together, 12011 BEL-RED ROAD 100A, Bellvue, WA 98005, independently of and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
Wow! ☀️Summer break for our littlest learners (and those not-so-little anymore!) is coming to a close soon.
I hope you and all parents, aunties, grandparents and caregivers alike have been able to soak in a break from the school year hustle – but there’s something brewing in our collective future that I want to make sure we’re talking about proactively.
While more and more families across WA are struggling to stay afloat in Donald Trump’s economy of tariffs and inflation, but still managing to infuse their children’s lives with love and care, a Trump mega-donor and hedge fund multi-millionaire, Brian Heywood, is bankrolling two more ballot initiatives that would put our kids and their classmates in real danger.
→ ADD YOUR NAME here to our roster of parents and voters rejecting these initiatives.
🚨🚨🚨 These two initiatives, I-001 and I-638, will be on our November ballots, and I’m ringing the alarm now among our statewide community of fierce and loving moms and parents because these initiatives would remove commonsense protections for child abuse victims, out LGBTQ+ students to unsupportive families, and subject hundreds of thousands of girls to invasive genital exams just to play afterschool sports.
Parents and voters may not always agree on everything (heck, we’re all figuring out the screen time battle in our own way, on the fly!), but something I know to be true is that we work together to protect our children from harm and set them up for a life of joy and success.
This is one of many reasons why MomsRising is a proud endorser of No Hate in WA, the campaign opposing I-001 and I-638.
Knowledge is power, so I want to make sure you have the facts about I-001 and I-638:
FACTS ABOUT I-001: THE FORCED OUTING INITIATIVE
What I-001 Does:
- I-001 would repeal the Safety Act (HB 1296), a bipartisan bill that ensures students have access to education and a safe learning environment. It would reinstate I-2081 and strip critical student privacy protections.
- Removes protections for abused children: Current law prevents parents under criminal investigation for child abuse from accessing their child’s social work, counseling, and disciplinary records. I-001 removes this protection.
- Forces schools to “out” LGBTQ+ students: I-001 would require teachers and counselors to reveal students’ identities to parents, even when doing so puts the student at risk of abuse or homelessness.
- Restricts students’ access to help: Students facing violence, sexual abuse, bullying, or depression would be less likely to seek help from school counselors who would be required to disclose confidential information.
- Disrupts classrooms: I-001 empowers extremist groups to challenge what teachers can teach, using confusing language that exposes school districts to costly lawsuits.
Yikes. No thanks. → ADD YOUR NAME here to our roster of parents and voters rejecting these initiatives.
FACTS ABOUT I-638: INVASIVE EXAMS ON GIRLS
What I-638 Does:
- I-638 is a constitutional amendment imposing a blanket ban on transgender students in girls’ sports and requiring medical verification of sex for female athletes. It replaces Washington’s successful case-by-case policy that has been in place since 2007.
- Invasive genital exams on girls: Under I-638, girls who want to play on a team will need medical certification of their sex, defined as a “reproductive organ” exam or costly genetic/hormone testing. Boys are exempt from these requirements.
- Disproportionate impact on girls of color: Low-income, rural, Black, brown, and immigrant girls who lack access to long-term family doctors would be most affected. These families often rely on free group sports physicals where genital inspections would be especially harmful.
- Replaces a working policy: Washington has had transgender-inclusive sports policies since 2007 with no issues. Only a handful of transgender girls play after school sports in Washington. The current case-by-case approach works.
- Medically unnecessary: The American Academy of Family Physicians says sports physicals should focus on heart, bone, and lung issues. The American College of OB-GYNs says pelvic exams have no medical reason for girls under 21 unless they have other health concerns.
- Black and brown girls face more scrutiny: Research shows that Black and brown women athletes face challenges to their sex far more frequently than white athletes. I-638 could be used to harass girls of color and keep them off sports teams.
These initiatives are opposed by nurses, mental health experts, teachers, domestic violence prevention advocates, the WA State Nurses Association, and MomsRising — because they’re poorly written measures that play politics with our children’s safety and wellbeing.
Out of 1 million K-12 students in our state, only a handful (5-10) of trans girls play sports and it’s not okay for a Trump mega-donor to bully them – and threaten all girls who play sports – with this statewide ballot initiative when the real threats to fairness in girls’ sports are systemic factors like under-resourced school district budgets and family wealth gaps.
Caring about girls’ sports means removing barriers, not creating more barriers for all girls in WA, like the invasive genital exam requirements proposed by I-638.
As parents and community members, we have the power to say no to I-001 and I-638 – and the mega-millionaire bankrolling a statewide effort to bully vulnerable kids via the ballot.
Thank you for making it this far! Together, we’re a powerful force.
Enjoy the rest of your summer. Hug your kids. And when the time comes, let’s make sure they go back to schools and sports that will remain safe, supportive, and on their side.
Warmly,
Sara, Lauren, Maggie, Maricela, Olivia and the entire MomsRising 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
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¡Únase a nuestra Reunión General hoy a las 3:00 pm!
Estamos dedicados a educar y movilizar en todo el estado para apoyar y defender los derechos y la dignidad de todos los inmigrantes y refugiados, centrando las voces de las comunidades impactadas.
Nuestras conversaciones mensuales permiten a los miembros de la comunidad de todo Washington compartir sus experiencias, discutir estrategias para empoderar a comunidades locales e involucrar a los directamente afectados en los procesos decisorios..
Cuándo: 20 de August, Jueves 3:00 – 5:00 PM PT
Enlace de la Reunión por Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83456393289?pwd=bWVyQVUwMGU4QTh5S21CNEZQcG5QZz09
Para unirse por teléfono:
- Marque +1 253-205-0468
- Cuando se le solicite, ingrese el ID de la reunión: 83456393289 y presione #
- Cuando se le solicite, ingrese la Contraseña: 519681 y presione #
¡Esperamos verte allí!
En comunidad,
La Red de Solidaridad de Inmigrantes en Washington
Join our General Meeting today at 3 pm!
We are dedicated to educating and mobilizing statewide to uphold and defend the rights and dignity of all immigrants and refugees, centering the voices of impacted communities.
Our monthly General Meeting allows community members from across Washington to share their experiences, discuss strategies for empowering local communities, and involve those directly affected by these issues in the decision-making processes.
When: August 20th, Thursday 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Zoom Information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83456393289?pwd=bWVyQVUwMGU4QTh5S21CNEZQcG5QZz09
To join by phone:
- Dial +1 253-205-0468
- When prompted, enter the Meeting ID: 83456393289 and press #
- When prompted, enter the passcode: 519681 and press #
We hope to see you there!
In community,
The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network
[Español Abajo]
Right now, someone in our community is being held in immigration detention even though a judge has granted them a bond.
They could be someone’s mother, father, or child. But while they are eligible to be released immediately and reunite with their loved ones, until the bond is paid, they will have to remain in detention.
That is why WAISN created the Fair Fight Bond Fund: no family should remain separated because an unjust immigration system has put a price tag on someone’s freedom.
Can you chip in today to help bring someone home from immigration detention?
Since launching in 2018, the Fair Fight Bond Fund has helped free more than 155 people from immigration detention. This year alone, we’ve already helped bond 22 community members out of detention, people like Lizeth:
But posting a bond is just the beginning.
WAISN organizers coordinate transportation, keep families informed, arrange cash assistance, and make sure that community members have support on the ground the day they are released.
Immigration detention separates people from their families and communities, making freedom conditional on who can afford to pay. And since 2024, we’ve seen the average cost of a bond increase from $8,500 to over $13,000, forcing many families to try and come up with funds they do not have.
Our answer to this must be collective. We pool our resources as a community, we accompany each other through the process, together, we make sure no one has to face this system alone.
Every dollar helps bring someone home from detention and gives them a chance to fight their immigration case alongside their family and community, which significantly increases their chances of success.
Will you help us bring the next person home?
In solidarity,
The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network
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Ahora mismo, una persona de nuestra comunidad está detenida en un centro de inmigración, a pesar de que un juez le concedió la libertad bajo fianza.
Podría ser la madre, el padre o el hijo de alguien. Pero, aunque cumplen los requisitos para estar en libertad y reunirse con sus seres queridos, tendrán que seguir detenidos hasta que se pague la fianza.
Por eso WAISN creó el Fondo de Fianza Lucha Justa, porque ninguna familia debería seguir separada solo porque un sistema de inmigración injusto haya puesto un precio a la libertad de alguien.
Desde su lanzamiento en el 2018, el Fondo de Fianza Lucha Justa ha ayudado a liberar a más de 155 personas de centros de detención de inmigrantes. Solo este año, ya hemos ayudado a pagar la fianza de 22 personas de la comunidad para que salgan de estos centros. Una de estas personas es Lizeth:
Pero pagar la fianza es solo el principio.
Los organizadores de WAISN se encargan de coordinar el transporte, mantener a las familias informadas, gestionar ayudas económicas y asegurarse de que las personas de la comunidad cuenten con apoyo el día de su liberación.
La detención por motivos de inmigración separa a las personas de sus familias y comunidades, y hace que la libertad dependa de quién pueda pagarla. Y desde 2024, hemos visto cómo ha aumentado el costo promedio de la fianza de $8,500 a $13,000, lo que obliga a las familias a conseguir un dinero que no tienen.
Nuestra respuesta a esto debe ser colectiva. Como comunidad, unimos nuestros recursos, nos apoyamos mutuamente durante todo el proceso y, juntos, nos aseguramos de que nadie tenga que enfrentarse a este sistema solo.
Cada dólar ayuda a sacar a una persona del centro de detención y le da la oportunidad de defender su caso de inmigración junto a su familia y su comunidad, lo que aumenta significativamente sus posibilidades de éxito.
¿Nos ayuda a traer a la siguiente persona a casa?
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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- Help us celebrate the Class of 2026 next Saturday!
- We’re looking for a few individuals to join our board of directors!
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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.
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Back by popular demand, Fix Democracy First is excited to relaunch our Democracy Happy Hour programming, beginning next Wednesday, August 26th, at 5PM PT.
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We are evolving our Democracy Happy Hour programming at this next chapter. We’ll share updates from Fix Democracy First upfront or major US headlines (~10 minutes) before jumping into a speaker program, which will include open discussion and Q&A (~50 minutes). We will continue to distribute the recording and shared links from each event.
2026 Guest Speaker Line Up:
Wednesday, August 26th –
Camron Hurt, State Director, Common Cause Hawai’i
Raised in Nashville, Tennessee, and a resident of Hawaii for eight years, Camron holds nine years in higher education and nonprofit management and five years as a corporate and litigation paralegal. A policy expert and lifelong advocate, the core of his work has focused on uplifting the needs of marginalized groups and centering community-based solutions to systemic issues. Hurt has previously headed the Supported Decision-Making division and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Advisory Committee with Disability Rights Tennessee. Camron joined Common Cause Hawaii as Program Manager in 2023, and through his leadership in the state has steadily gained new responsibilities.
Topic: overview of Act 11, a law that passed in the 2026 Hawai’i legislature and makes Citizens United irrelevant. Common Cause Hawai’i’s work to defend transparency, fairness, and the right to be heard in our democracy. They are a good government, citizen lobbyist group. They lobby for the public interest on good government issues and also operate as a government watchdog organization.
Wednesday, September 2nd
Rabbi Michael Pollack, Executive Director, March On Harrisburg
During his last year at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2017, Rabbi Michael Pollack co-founded MarchOnHarrisburg, a group dedicated to making corruption illegal and taking Pennsylvania’s democracy where it’s never been before. He lives outside of Philadelphia, and his hobbies include convincing politicians not to be corrupt, long marches through the Pennsylvania countryside, and sitting down in inconvenient places in the State Capitol.
Topic: movement building around corruption & democracy reform in Pennsylvania, and inspirations we all can take from MOH.
Wednesday, October 7th
Michael Beckel,Director of Money in Politics Reform, Issue One
Issue One is a bipartisan advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., that works to strengthen American democracy. Michael has been following money in politics for nearly 20 years, even attending oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in Citizens United, the case that ushered our current era of big money in politics, often from undisclosed donors. Prior to joining Issue One in 2017, Beckel worked as a reporter for more than a decade, with stints at outlets including OpenSecrets.org and the Center for Public Integrity.
Topic: How the Supreme Court’s recent NRSC v. FEC decision will affect the flow of money in politics. Time permitting, Michael will also touch on notable efforts happening across the country to combat the undue influence of big money and dark money in politics.
Wednesday, November 4th – Speaker TBD. Day after Election Day 2026.
Wednesday, December 2nd –
Equal Citizens, (Speaker TBA!)
Topic: SuperPACs – what they are, how they formed, their impact on money in politics. What Equal Citizens, an organization founded by Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig in 2016, is doing right now to reinstate limits on campaign spending through SuperPACs.
On July 29th, 2026, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard oral arguments in Dinner Table Action v. Schneider, the landmark campaign finance case that could reinstate state and federal limits on contributions to super PACs and end nearly two decades of spiraling political corruption. This court case follows action by Maine voters in November 2024, who passed a ballot initiative by 75% to cap individual contributions to SuperPACs. Equal Citizens is the defending the law in federal court.
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In community,
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Sawyer McCrabb
Fix Democracy First
Executive Director
WA Weekly Democracy Legislative Newsletter for Feb 9, 2026 – Updates & Action Needed!
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Through our advocacy, we’ve made Washington one of the most gun responsible states in the country.
We’ve achieved universal background checks and Extreme Risk Protection Orders, waiting periods and age limits, and so much more. But despite all of this, we still have a big hole in our laws: safe storage requirements, and safe storage requirements in vehicles.
We’ve made a lot of progress, but we can’t stop at “good enough” in the fight to save lives, especially since firearms are still the leading cause of death for kids and teenagers.
This is why we’re laser-focused this year on getting safe storage laws passed here in Washington, and we need your support to do it. Would you invest in our movement to pass safe storage laws right now? Our track record of success proves that we have what it takes to get this done, if you’re with us.
We must mitigate risks associated with unsecured firearms and their impact on accidental shootings, domestic violence, and suicide by requiring firearms be safely stored at home and, crucially, in vehicles where they are stolen most often.
Properly storing firearms in secure safes or lockboxes can prevent them from being stolen and ending up in dangerous hands, contributing to illegal firearm trafficking.
This is our next step in building a safe Washington for everyone, and we have a proven track record of success on our policy priorities. Your contribution goes directly towards our advocacy and lobbying efforts to pass gun violence prevention measures like safe storage. Would you invest in our mission right now?
Thank you,
– Alliance for Gun Responsibility
ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY
P.O. Box 4187 Seattle, WA 98194
We emailed on Monday that a judge in Texas struck down rules on the sale of silencers and easily-concealed weapons.
Today, a different judge in the same district court overturned federal regulations on dangerous ghost guns that were put in place during the Biden administration.
We’re reminded again of how crucial our state-based work is – since Washington has passed our own rules against ghost guns, we’re protected.
Ghost guns are unserialized and untraceable firearms that are built from individual parts or kits. That means that dangerous people who would be denied by a background check, like domestic abusers, can buy or even print components and assemble a gun.
This ruling makes communities without state laws against ghost guns less safe, and the jobs of law enforcement exponentially more difficult.
And this is precisely why our work matters. We will save the most lives the quickest by passing commonsense laws state-by-state.
Thank you for helping to save lives,
Alliance for Gun Responsibility
ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY
P.O. Box 4187 Seattle, WA 98194
August 19th, 2025
In this issue:
- Opinion: The Millionaires Tax is a win for the working class: Vote no on I-645
- WA revenue officials: Millionaires tax will bring in more money than first expected
- Parents worry WA developmental disabilities program is about to get axed
- What the Millionaires Tax would mean for Washington
- Ranked: U.S. States With the Widest Wage Gaps
A new report ranks Washington as having the fourth-biggest wage gap in America. It’s another data point confirming what we already know: The people at the top are doing very well in Washington. We have resources to fund the healthcare, child care, and education that we need, but our tax code is letting us down. The Economic Opportunity Institute called our situation a “double-whammy.”
“…by under-taxing high-income households, the state’s tax code reduces available state revenue; by overtaxing low- and middle-income households, the people who can least afford it foot more of the bill for public services. This is part of why Washington’s tax revenue perpetually falls short of what is needed.”
Now, Initiative 645 threatens to make that problem even worse.
The initiative, funded by mega-millionaire Brian Heywood, would blow a $13 billion hole in our state budget — putting K-12 education, healthcare, human services, and higher education at risk.
We can’t let that happen. And we can’t defeat I-645 without people like you.
What’s one little thing that you can do to defeat I-645? Take our quick poll now!
In solidarity,
Ben, Invest in WA Now
OPINION: THE MILLIONAIRES TAX IS A WIN FOR THE WORKING CLASS: VOTE NO ON I-645
In Wenatchee, we have such a booming diversity of people, and all of us are working towards a stronger community. So many are hard-working people fighting for what they deserve. A handful of mega-millionaires are trying to convince hard-working people like us that we will do better if we overturn the Millionaires Tax this fall, but we know we need the tax relief more than millionaires do. It’s time for them to pay their fair share. I encourage everyone to vote NO on I-645.
More – Stacy Apolinar, The Wenatchee World
WA REVENUE OFFICIALS: INCOME TAX WILL BRING IN MORE MONEY THAN FIRST EXPECTED
A new analysis from the state Department of Revenue shows Washington’s high-earner income tax will be paid by thousands of additional households and produce hundreds of millions of dollars more than previously assumed — if voters don’t ditch it this fall.
These larger figures will be in front of voters as they decide whether to repeal the tax in the Nov. 3 election. If voters uphold the tax, it could mean lawmakers need to make fewer cuts to balance the next two-year budget.
More – Jerry Cornfield, The Washington State Standard
PARENTS WORRY WA DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM IS ABOUT TO GET AXED
Parents believe the program, costing about $900,000 a year, is invaluable, and can’t be replicated or recreated if state funding disappears.
“We fill in the gaps for areas where government really can’t provide this kind of support,” said Stacy Dym, executive director of The Arc of Washington State, an organization advocating for people with developmental disabilities. The Arc oversees the statewide program under a contract with the state Department of Social and Health Services.
More – Jake Goldstein-Street, The Washington State Standard
WHAT THE MILLIONAIRES TAX WOULD MEAN FOR WASHINGTON
State revenue still relies too heavily on sales and property taxes. As a direct result, low- and middle-income households pay a far higher share of their income in state taxes than high-income households do.
In 2025, the top 20% in Washington received nearly 59% of total state income and paid an average of just 6.1% in state and local taxes. The bottom 80% received just over 41% of total state income and paid an average of 10.5% in state and local taxes.
More – Aaron Keating, Economic Opportunity Institute
RANKED: US STATES WITH THE WIDEST WAGE GAPS
California, Massachusetts, and New York form a clear top tier, with wage gaps of nearly $98,000 or more. The gap then falls to $90,640 in fourth-ranked Washington.
More – Bruno Venditti, Visual Capitalist
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We’re all busy. But if we each do a little, then together we can stop I-645! We must stop higher taxes on working families and $13 billion in cuts to education and healthcare by defeating I-645. Take our quick survey to pick the one little thing you can do to help
Passing the Millionaires Tax took all of us. We wrote to lawmakers, rallied on the capitol steps, and brought our friends and families into the fight to build the movement.
Now, with I-645 on the November ballot, the funding we won for healthcare, education, and child care is under threat. It would raise taxes on working families just to pay for a tax cut for mega-millionaires and billionaires. That’s unacceptable. It’s time for all of us to step up again.
As we gear up for ballots arriving in about 60 days,, we want to know how you’d like to be part of the fight
We know you’re busy. Maybe you’d like to share a post on social media. Maybe you’ll knock on the doors of persuadable voters. Maybe you’re ready to share your story with a reporter. Take our quick survey and tell us what works for you, then we’ll use your answers to connect you with ways to get involved that fit your interests and your time.
We won this together, now let’s protect it together.
In solidarity,
Ben, Invest in WA Now
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Billionaires dodge taxes while our food banks are running dry
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The past few weeks have been filled with heartbreak, despair, and fear for our communities. Earlier this month, multiple community members were killed as a result of ICE’s cruel and violent tactics—their blatant disregard for life and dehumanizing of immigrants means that loved ones are gone, and that their families and friends are in mourning. This is what happens when Congress approves billions and billions of dollars without any meaningful accountability and without the necessary training. To the contrary, violent overreactions appear to be encouraged.
This administration continues to aggressively dismantle key protections, restrict legal pathways, and terminate immigration protections. Earlier this week, a new rule went into effect, which authorizes the Asylum Office to close pending affirmative asylum applicants without first adjudicating the application, and instead refer the case to immigration court, placing the applicant in removal proceedings. This essentially eliminates the right of persons who are not in removal proceedings to a nonadversarial process in which they can apply for asylum. In addition, immigration courts are creating dramatic upheaval by advancing hearing dates.
But we are not standing by and simply wringing our hands at all of this horrible news. NWIRP is actively fighting back. As noted below, just this morning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court ruling on behalf of our class, making clear that the immigration court cannot deny bond hearings to community members who are in removal proceedings because they entered without inspection. We are also fighting back, case by case. Over the last several months we have successfully filed habeas petitions on behalf of hundreds of community members who were unlawfully detained. And we continue to fight on behalf of our clients in immigration court and before USCIS, a case at a time, defending their rights to apply for lawful status to remain in this country with their family and loved ones.
Important Ninth Circuit Victory
This morning, the Ninth Circuit published its decision in Rodriguez Vazquez v. Bostock, affirming the district court holding that the immigration court violated the law by denying class members bond hearings. The immigration court adopted a policy–one that was later adopted by immigration courts across the country–denying bond hearings for any person who had entered without inspection, treating them as if they were arriving at the border and subject to mandatory detention.
Despite the district court granting summary judgment, and despite the fact that the court of appeals did not issue a stay while the case was on appeal, the immigration court and local U.S. Attorney’s office refused to honor the district court judgment we won. This has led to hundreds and hundreds of people being unlawfully detained over the last year. As a result, we have filed enforcement habeas petitions on behalf of hundreds of individuals. Many others have paid private attorneys to file habeas petitions vindicate their rights to a bond hearing.
Now, with the Court of Appeals’ opinion issued this morning, everyone in this situation in the Ninth Circuit–not just those locked up in Tacoma–will be able to immediately access bond hearings without needing to first file a habeas petition. This is critical, as most people locked up in detention do not have an attorney to file a habeas petition.
This is not the end of the story, the government has already asked the supreme court to review this issue in a case out of the Sixth Circuit, and we are working with the ACLU to have the supreme court review a separate case out of the Fifth Circuit, so inevitably, it will come down to what the U.S. Supreme Court says next summer, but for now, this is a major victory that provides access to bond hearings to thousands of people locked up in the Ninth Circuit.
Resources for Community Members with Mega Master Hearings
Over the past several weeks, the Seattle immigration court has held large group hearings called Mega Master Hearings. This is yet another tactic by the current administration to disregard due process for our communities. In addition to providing representation to our clients facing these hearings, NWIRP has put together some resources for community members in English and Spanish. These hearings have also impacted children and youth in our area. Over a four day period in July, a large number of juvenile community members were called to the Seattle immigration court as part of mega master hearings, covered in this article by the Seattle Times. NWIRP attorneys Adam and Shir, with the help of our communications team, have put together this short video explaining this situation and providing important information about how you can protect children and youth facing these hearings.
NWIRP advocates 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 due process and a fair opportunity to be heard.
Federal Government Risks Leaving Children Without Lawyers on July 31
Children should not be alone in courtrooms. Yet thousands of them are now at risk of losing access to legal representation tomorrow, July 31, because the Trump administration is refusing to pay their attorneys the $65 million they owe. Legal service providers, including NWIRP, have not received full payment since November 2025. NWIRP is very grateful to have generous donors who help support this work; we have been able to sustain our work with children and youth because of you. Beyond the money owed, if funding for these critical services is not restored, an immediate funding gap will be created, destabilizing legal services for children and youth across the country. Over 20,000 children could be left to navigate one of the world’s most complex legal systems alone — against trained government attorneys, in a language they may not speak.
Our partners at the Acacia Center for Justice have put together this letter writing campaign for concerned community members who are interested in letting their congressional representatives know that legal services for unaccompanied children must be protected.
Temporary Protected Status Ended for Hundreds of Thousands
This week, the federal government ended Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of community members from Afghanistan, Burma, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. TPS is also likely to be cancelled for community members from Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. This action is devastating for not only these community members and their loved ones, but for the country they have called home for years—inevitably impacting employers and local economies. The New York Times has done extensive reporting on the economic impact of this decision, and the government has already begun making threats that immigration officers may begin carrying out enforcement actions immediately.
NWIRP attorney Zina and directing attorney Anne covered this topic in our most recent free virtual immigration updates webinar last week, which you can view at this link.
Thank you very much for your continued support during this difficult time. We are very grateful that we can continue defending and advancing the rights of our community members despite the inhumane actions of this administration, and look forward to continuing this work long after they have left office.
In solidarity,
Malou Chávez (she/her/ella)
Executive Director
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Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
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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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Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
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I’m Chris Reykdal, Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction.
I was born and raised in Snohomish, the youngest of eight kids. It was public education that gave me a way out of poverty—I was the first person in my family to go straight to college, and I paid for it with scholarships, grants, loans, and more part-time jobs than I can count.
While I certainly worked my tail off, I know that I didn’t do it alone. I am proof of what a state and a community can do when they commit to giving every kid a real shot and supporting them from the start.
It’s why I’ve spent my entire career in public education. I started as a classroom teacher, served on a local school board, spent 14 years as an executive in our state’s community and technical college system, six years in the State Legislature, and the last eight as your State Superintendent.
I’ve seen this system from nearly every angle.
Right now, that system—and the kids it serves—are under attack. Even as President Trump and the U.S. Department of Education target our students, educators, and public schools with budget cuts and civil rights roll-backs, Washington is holding the line and keeping kids at the center of our work.
This November, Initiatives 001 and 638 are coming after our schools and our students. I stand firmly against both.
I-001 would strip away common-sense protections for at-risk students at a moment when we’ve made real progress on youth mental health—rolling back the very safeguards that help vulnerable kids stay safe and stay in school.
I-638 would impose the most extreme school sports ban in the country, adding invasive new barriers that target all our girl student-athletes and put transgender kids at risk of being singled out and outed in their own schools.
As someone who has spent their career supporting students, parents, and educators, I know I-001 and I-638 would cause tremendous harm.
Thank you for standing with our kids,
Chris Reykdal
Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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.
NO HATE in WA State
PO Box 21961
Seattle, WA 98111
United States
Hi,
Initiatives 638 and 001 are beginning to gain national attention. Look at some recent headlines. 👀
We’ve been endorsed by over 300 organizations, including the Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood Washington, and the Washington State Nurses Association.
The reality is that far-right activists across our country are watching to see what happens in Washington this November. These ballot initiatives are a test case for their nationwide agenda to restrict and roll back LGBTQ+ rights. If they pass, they will quickly use them as blueprints for passing extreme anti-trans measures across our country.
That’s why it is so vital we defeat them here.
Defeating 638 and 001 is about keeping our schools safe, creating supportive environments for all our kids, and ensuring our girls don’t face invasive physical exams just to participate in school sports.
It’s also about stopping anti-trans activists in their tracks this November.
If we can defeat these well-funded initiatives here, we can show that scapegoating the trans community is a losing electoral strategy.
Let’s do this together,
No Hate HQ
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.
NO HATE in WA State
PO Box 21961
Seattle, WA 98111
United States
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Vitally important work that needs to happen now
Democracy is in peril but not lost.
It’s a great day to make history
A note from Leah and final pre-election to-dos
Newsletter: How to brace for impact
One more weekend to stop Trump
Trump’s racist rally vs Harris’ vision for the future — 8 days to GOTV!
Direct Candidate Support – Senate Battlegrounds
GOTV texting that actually works
Want to make sure we win on Nov 5? Here’s what you can do.
Trump’s weak ground game, our week of action, and more
Newsletter: Take a breath. Here’s how to think about the polls.
We believe we can flip Texas. Republicans think so too
Phonebank into PA this coming Tuesday with Dan Pfeiffer
No newsletter, but we’ve still got to-dos to do!
Someone in Pennsylvania needs to hear from you
The Supreme Court’s latest attack on reproductive freedom
3 reasons we can beat Ted Cruz
29 days left, phonebanks galore, and more!
Update on our Senate strategy 2
Hurricane Helene relief efforts, last chance for Apathy to Action and letter writing, and more!
An FDR-sized presidency + invite to a live post-VP-debate chat!
Electing Kamala, saving democracy, and preventing another January 6th
Join our final Apathy to Action call with guest Audrey McCabe
Endorsements, activism, and Monday updates — everything you need to know this week
Our work to flip the House started two years ago
The MAGA threat to reproductive rights (UPDATE)
Unleash your story’s power: Join us for part 3 of Apathy to Action!
Three takeaways and one picture from the debate
about those election sabotage headlines…
Trump is responsible for millions losing their reproductive rights. Let make sure voters know it.
Your opportunity to impact this election
Get a sticker and show your support for Harris!
The Truth Brigade fall kickoff
Support your community — Become a poll worker
Our next Weekend of Action, phonebanks galore, and Monday updates
Newsletter: Six takeaways from the DNC & what comes next
This Monday: Learn how to protect democracy
Kamala Harris will need a Dem Senate to make her bold vision a reality
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The Democratic National Convention, Harris watch parties, and Monday updates
About all those massive Zooms for Harris…
Breaking: Kamala Harris JUST unveiled her historic economic agenda
Next Thursday: Celebrate the DNC from the comfort of home
HUGE: Abortion makes the Arizona ballot.
Trump still owes money, Kamala Harris watch parties, and Monday updates
Indivisible is ALL IN for Harris-Walz (FS: 100)
Kamala fever is going strong, new phonebank opportunities, and Monday updates
Newsletter: Now this is a good problem.
“You won’t have to vote anymore.”
Kamala Harris can’t do it alone
Excitement is building, Project 2025 resources, events galore, and Monday updates
You loved it — so we’re bringing it back
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TOMORROW: Join Shannon Watts, Leah Greenberg, and more to get organized to elect Kamala Harris
RE: Weigh in on Indivisible’s next steps
Special Newsletter: MAGA Convention Edition
We need to help Biden reform SCOTUS
JD Vance: Not the most strategic pick, but the most dangerous
The work ahead, Trump picks a VP, working toward a ceasefire, and Monday updates
How to respond to the violent attack at Trump’s rally
Trump should have been sentenced today
The way forward, Project 2025, No to Netanyahu, and Monday updates
This is America, We Don’t Do Monarchy Here
Special guest Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin at this month’s DEI Lies, Busted: Big Truths Call
Special Newsletter: What We Do After the Debate Edition
Whoa, that thing that happened/he said at the debate was wild/awesome/scary
We’re doing everything we can to defeat Trump. Here’s what that looks like:
📣One day to go before our Weekend of Action📣
Our Roe repeal Weekend of Action begins, No to Netanyahu, and Monday updates
Happy Flag Day, Justice Alito🚩🚩🚩
SCOTUS ruled unanimously on mifepristone…but abortion is still in danger
a groundbreaking tool that can shift the outcome of the 2024 election
Federal IVF protections, Indivisible Action’s Weekend of Action, No to Netanyahu, and Monday updates
Newsletter: The Kennedy-Curious Voter
📣Two weeks to go until our Weekend of Action
SPECIAL GUEST: Kristina Wilfore at our Truth Brigade call next Wednesday
✅Congratulations, IndivisiCandidate Andy Kim! On to victory this November
Trump’s $53 million fundraising haul
Trump has been convicted…what’s next?
“Trump, GOP are early favorites for White House, Congress”
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Help us rein in Alito’s corruption
The polls are telling us how to erase Trump’s lead
Announcing Indivisible’s Latest Endorsement!
Closing arguments, Alito supports insurrection, 600,000 displaced from Rafah, and Monday updates
Let’s talk about that bad New York Times poll
100,000 people at a Trump rally, Ezra’s email on Gaza, and Monday updates.
How we build a winning coalition in a fractious time
Biden wants a ceasefire; so do we.
Our newest way to Spring Into Action
About Trump’s unhinged TIME interview
We’ve got two incredible events coming up just for you
“Women are not without electoral or political power”
BREAKING: Arizona Republicans Are Still Banning Abortion
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Today at SCOTUS, Trump makes the case for dictatorship
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More than our democracy is at stake this election
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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
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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
As someone who does community outreach every day, I know the importance of truth when it comes to connecting with people. And I know how false claims and rumors can derail a campaign’s ability to connect with voters. That’s why we developed our new course: An Individual’s Guide to Combating Disinformation.
This course walks you through how to:
- Spot where misinformation actually comes from
- Combat false claims online and face to face, campaign rumors included
- Distinguish between a reliable fact checking source from a shaky one
No background needed, just a willingness to get sharper.
Once you’ve got the basics down, part two awaits: Combating Disinformation for Democratic Campaigns.
The next rumor is already forming. Learn how to stop it before it becomes the talk of your community.
Warmly,
Morgan Taylor
NDTC, Community Outreach Specialist
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There Are No Small Races
From the desk of Bibek, Senior Digital Strategist
As my younger brother’s teacher told him when he was cast as Villager #8 in his school’s 2nd grade Christmas play, there are no small parts. I really do believe that, especially when it comes to the work we do.
As NDTC enters our tenth year, we’ve been proud of the fact that we’ve trained more than 130,000 learners across the country and in just about every level of government. This week we are celebrating another milestone: We officially crossed the threshold of 3,000 candidates on primary ballots alone this year. That is a first! NDTC-trained candidates represent seats from school board races to statehouses. Because there are no small races when you’re building the bench or generational change, and we fight hard for all of them.
One of our 130,000 learners was Megan Tennimon who flipped a Sarasota school board seat this week, one of two wins that ended the conservative majority that had held the board since 2022. A third race heads to a runoff. Megan’s win is going to deliver a tangible difference to the members of her community. That would have never happened if she thought that the school board wasn’t worth her time.
💻UPCOMING LIVE TRAININGS
How to Canvass, Phone Bank, and Text Bank
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08.24
10 am PT
Planning a Vote by Mail Program
08.27
10 am PT
Explore upcoming events + trainings coming up this month.
NDTC Learner Spotlight
NDTC learner Jackson Sayama, 29, watched rising costs, scarce housing, and limited job opportunities push local families off Oahu, and he decided to step up. He started on his neighborhood board in 2020, ran outreach for unhoused communities, and won a seat in the State House. That path culminated this month in a primary win over Sen. Les Ihara Jr., the longest-serving member of the Hawaii Legislature at 39 years, for Senate District 10.
SUBSTACK
A Security Checklist Can Save Your Campaign in The Final Stretch
We just released a new slate of security courses built to help you get through Election Day, intact.
ICYMI
Campaign Security Course Package
Every campaign runs into bad information, and most of it spreads before anyone corrects it. This two-part package covers where false claims start, how to answer them online and in person (campaign rumors included), and how to tell a reliable fact-checking source from a shaky one. No background required, just a willingness to get sharper. Start with part one, then take Combating Disinformation for Democratic Campaigns once the basics click.
What’s On Our Newsfeeds
Why this story matters:
In a shocking turn of events, Trump’s opposition to voting by mail was revealed to be not driven by a principled stance but a reaction to anyone who didn’t support him. More at 11.
Why this story matters:
Yet another reason why Democrats should be running for every position including Secretaries of State: to make sure anti-democratic cheaters like the Missouri Secretary of State don’t silence the people’s voices.
Why this story matters:
The Mississippi GOP operates on the same logic as infants do: if you want to get away with something bad, just pretend no one can see you. Unfortunately for the Republicans, the people of Mississippi saw and called out their blatant attempts at gerrymandering.
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Substack – A Security Checklist Can Save Your Campaign in The Final Stretch
We’ve got two training sessions covering essential movement growth strategies this week, and both are worth clearing an hour for.
Digital Organizing | Wednesday 8/19 @ 1 pm ET/10 am PT
Learn how to grow an audience that actually shows up, whether that’s opening emails, sharing your posts, or knocking on doors for you.
Starting a Young Dems Chapter | Thursday, 8/20 @ 1pm ET/10am PT
Young voters are the future of the Democratic Party, and county parties need a plan to bring them in. Learn how to launch a Young Dems chapter, from your first recruitment meeting to building leadership that lasts.
Both trainings are free. Grab a spot before they fill up.
See you there,
Bibek Gurung
NDTC, Senior Digital Strategist
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🗓️Here are some ways you can take action.
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Starting a Young Dems Chapter for Your County Party › - Thu, Aug 20 @ 10am
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How to Canvass, Phone Bank, and Text Bank › - Thu, Aug 27 @ 10am
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Substack – We’re Never Letting Trump’s Administration Off the Hook
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NDTC Substack – Every Democrat Running in 2026 Needs to Read This
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NDTC Substack – We Won Last Tuesday! So Let’s Keep Winning.
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NDTC Substack – Election Day Volunteer Roles 101
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STARS & STRIPES censored: Rely on these top pro-democracy newsletters for the facts instead
How EVERY STATE BLUE made an app to showcase 656 Democratic candidates
Hold Susan Collins accountable for ‘Kavanaugh Stops’ that ICE uses for racist detentions
Nolan Wells and 10 other unsolved Black death cases: Catalog injustice with this free app
Epstein class grifts off Trump’s Iran war while regular Americans suffer: Draft Barron Trump!
Mapping Kash Patel’s British socialite connections from the Epstein Files
Run Email & Call-In campaigns with free apps: FIX DELANEY HALL
As Luigi Mangione awaits trial, follow the money behind Republican healthcare cuts
Mapping the veterans clinics Republicans are gutting to pay for Trump’s endless wars
Three worst MAGA Son-In-Laws: Corrupt, abusive nepo-babies.
How to share location details confidentially: Bulldozers destroying Big Bend National Park
Why Is Gas So Expensive? Check This Map Of 20 Middle East Flashpoints.
Meet the Billionaires Opposing California’s Prop 40 Tax
Prop 40 Makes Billionaire Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes: Free Teleprompter Script & Guide
Trump pardons pedophiles, insurrectionists and crooks: Check this app for details.
Bezos’ Amazon AI Data Center Could Be Top U.S. Polluter: Mapping the pollution zone
Guardians of Pedophiles (GOP) make Todd Blanche AG: Meet the ignored abuse victims
Police Use Flock To Stalk Women: Follow the money to Epstein Class billionaires behind Flock
Got diarrhea? Try Elon Musk TP and follow the money behind Republican cuts to the FDA and CDC.
Epstein Network Death Reports Rise Amid Todd Blanche AG Push
Who Were Epstein’s Bankers? Interactive Map
Patriot Missiles vs. Medicare Coverage: We Did the Math
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Consider this your syllabus for looking good while fighting back against censorship in the classroom.
The accessory of the season? A banned book tucked under your arm. Our new Back-to-School edit is made for those who believe that books are meant to be read, not banned.
Start your look with our Banned Books Babe tee. It does the talking so you don’t have to. Turn it into your own unique style – cut it, crop it, tie it – for a look that says, “Yes, I have opinions about that.”
Because reading is always in style, meet the Reading Is Hot tee. After all, the hottest thing in any room is someone holding a library card.
Finish off your fit with the details. Max out your look with our Banned Book pins to turn any tote, jacket, or bag into a statement piece. Grab our new claw clip to add a little something extra to any outfit.
These styles do more than just look good. Every item you purchase from the ACLU store helps fund the critical work that protects free speech, ends classroom censorship, and keeps reading hot. Don’t wait. The fit is calling – shop our new Back-to-School edit today!
Thanks for helping us protect the freedom to learn in style,
The ACLU Team
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ACLU affiliates have filed 54 legal claims in 17 states and Washington, D.C. on behalf of people who have suffered serious violence, abuse, and neglect at the hands of federal law enforcement.
Each of these cases tells the story of an individual who was brutalized by federal immigration agents.
In one case, a mother of four was five months into a high-risk pregnancy when she and her family were taken and held in a Customs and Border Patrol facility for nearly four weeks with limited access to clean water and without any windows to the outside.
In another, a registered nurse and professor of public health who was visiting an ICE facility to provide medical care was violently assaulted by agents.
Some of these stories detail U.S. citizens who were racially profiled and attacked in such extreme ways they required hospitalization. Others were detained, neglected, and treated inhumanely.
Violence at the hands of federal agents isn’t a fluke – it’s routine. The Trump administration’s culture of violence without repercussion is harming all of us, and we’re demanding justice for those across the country who’ve been victimized firsthand by federal law enforcement. President Trump’s brutal, inhumane immigration forces must be stopped.
We’ll keep you updated as this work continues.
With thanks for all you do,
The ACLU Team
American Civil Liberties Union
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New York, NY 10004, USA
Sometimes, we have to email about what’s happening in the Trump administration. Not because we want to. Trust us, we’d prefer to hype Emerge women.
But this week, we can’t look away. With ICE preparing to escalate their activities to go after 300,000+ of our Haitian neighbors’ with protected immigration status, people who have come here in good faith and worked hard to build a life and serve their communities.
What’s the solution? Candidates like Massachusetts State Representative Tram Nguyen, on the ballot this year for MA-06 congressional district. Rep. Nguyen is not only a refugee and an immigrant to this country herself, in her professional life, she has served as an immigration attorney.
Her lived experience is what we need in Congress to push back against this merciless administration, and pass fair and humane immigration laws.
Please give $10 now so we can recruit and train more women like Rep. Nguyen to run for office, and win.
-A’shanti F. Gholar
Emerge President & CEO
Emerge America
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Another shocking new report about ICE has just been published. It reveals that the depth of domestic violence and sexual abuse by ICE agents against women and children is even worse than we thought.
This latest research exposes 152 ICE and CBP agents who have been accused, arrested, charged or convicted in connection to violent crimes. All but one of the alleged offenders on the list are men.
The horrifying crimes include abduction and sexual assault of a child, possessing child sexual abuse materials, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence and strangulation, and more.
ICE is such a broken institution that it couldn’t even be bothered to run background checks on its agents. Immigrants, women, and children are not safe when ICE is around.
Women’s March
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Earlier this summer, activists gathered outside the ICE Prairieland Detention Center to protest ICE. They were arrested, and the government charged them as a terrorist cell. Two Republican-appointed judges sentenced eight of them to a collective 450 years in prison.
This is not a drill. They are coming for our right to protest.
Our right to call out their bullsh*t.
Our right to demand the change that our country deserves.
The featured speaker at their convention? The rapist-in-chief himself.
We’re covering Dallas with jumbo posters to shove it in their faces: the G.O.P. is the gang of pedophiles.
Can you chip in $25 to help us print and blanket these posters around the convention center?
This “test case” sends a chilling message to anyone who opposes the MAGA murder regime. They want us to back down. They want their ICE death squads to terrorize our communities with impunity.
Onward toward a world without ICE,
Women’s March
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Dear MoveOn member,
Here’s something we don’t say enough: Where you live does not decide how much power you have.
Maybe you live in a deep-blue state. Maybe you live in a deep-red one. Either way, you’ve probably watched close elections happen somewhere else and felt like there was nothing you could do but watch.
That ends now. MoveOn just made an important announcement: We’ve launched our first-ever Adopt-a-District program. Tens of thousands of MoveOn members who don’t live in an area where federal elections are ever close or contested can now “adopt” a district somewhere that will be. You’ll get plugged directly into a real, winnable race, one where a progressive candidate has an actual shot to flip a seat or hold one that MAGA Republicans are trying to take. Your energy, your voice, and your dollars go straight to the places where they’ll matter most.
This isn’t a consolation prize for living in the “wrong” state. It’s a way to multiply your power. Instead of one vote in a race that’s already decided, you become part of the organizing muscle behind one of the closest and most important elections in the country.
But the same billionaires who are buying up our elections aren’t waiting for November. They’re already spending a record amount to lock down every seat they can, before most voters are even paying attention. Can you chip in $5 a month to power our Adopt-a-District program? Your support will go directly to a district that needs it right now.
No, I’m sorry, I can’t make a monthly donation.
Let’s be honest about where things stand in our country. A small number of billionaires now control more wealth than most of the country combined. They’re buying elections, buying media, and buying influence like never before.
Donald Trump has spent his time in office enriching himself and his family while everyday families fall further behind. Costs keep climbing. Healthcare keeps getting harder to afford. And regular people keep getting told there’s nothing to be done about it.
In recent weeks, we’ve seen proof of what’s possible when people show up. In Michigan, populist progressive candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won a hard-fought Senate primary. Super PACs tied to corporate interests and AIPAC spent more than $70 million trying to stop him.1 He won anyway. Voters didn’t get tricked by the ads. They showed up for a candidate who told the truth about who’s really in charge of this country, and who they’re hurting.
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During the sentencing, the judge pointed out the clear reality: the warning lights were flashing, yet the guns remained accessible. As Mason’s mother, Maria Schermerhorn, courageously shared in court: “I could not control every choice my children would eventually make, but I was responsible for controlling what I put into their hands.”
This verdict marks a monumental step for accountability in America. It sends an unmistakable message that facilitating access to lethal weapons when red flags are flying carries severe, life-altering consequences.
But accountability after a tragedy can never replace prevention before one occurs.
No courtroom sentence can bring back the students and teachers we lost, nor can it fully erase the trauma endured by survivors and families. Justice in court is essential, but our ultimate goal must always be a world where these massacres never happen in the first place.
At March For Our Lives, young people across the nation are organizing every single day to shift our culture, demand common-sense firearm security, and hold both weapon manufacturers and negligent adults accountable long before a trigger is pulled.
We know that ending gun violence requires persistent, youth-led advocacy — from classrooms to the halls of power.
Thank you for standing alongside young leaders as we honor every life taken with relentless action.
In solidarity,
March For Our Lives
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Historically, authoritarian regimes make or break it in election years. And today we’re 75 days out from the midterms, our biggest opportunity yet to stop MAGA’s consolidation of authoritarian power and build legislative power for every issue we care about: abolishing ICE, winning Medicare for all, stopping data centers, fighting for trans kids, protecting free and fair elections, and more.
Our partners are organizing their folks in majority-POC areas. Our work at SURJ is to flank them and go block by block in majority-white neighborhoods, places the MAGA stronghold works to win over with racism and division. Can you make a donation today to make sure we show up powerfully and accountably in this important year in (drumroll)... Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Michigan, California, and Maine?
Right now, not only is there general anti-Trump momentum, but support for our movement’s agenda (and candidates who represent it) is in one of the best positions we’ve seen in decades. So now is the time to make big moves in our work: stopping MAGA where we need to, advancing working-class fighters where we can, and growing power for our movements to build for the long haul.
This spring and summer, our incredible phonebanking and canvassing teams showed up big to help drive victories for Analilia Mejía in New Jersey, Randy Villegas in California, and Will Lawrence in Michigan. This fall we’ll be continuing our 2026 electoral campaign Block by Block and shifting to phase two– Block by Block: Win and Enforce– to deliver wins and show up to protect election results.
SURJ will be continuing our work in the general election in CA-22 with Randy Villegas, MI-07 with Will Lawrence, and in the Maine Senate race. Because of deep partnerships in the South and the strategic importance of the region, we’re also working on the Senate races in Georgia, North Carolina, and Mississippi, and Justin Pearson’s run for Congress in TN-09.
These places and these races represent the breadth of SURJ’s national strategy: a commitment to the South and building Black political power, deep relationships with local partners, the strength of our local SURJ base, taking accountability for stopping MAGA in white communities, and pushing for the most progressive candidates we can.
If we do our collective work well, by November, we’ll be in a drastically different political position to stop the violence against immigrants, trans kids, and the working class, and deliver on a national agenda of affordability.
We don’t have to do it all, but we’ve got to do our part– and at SURJ, that means lasering in on key, majority-white districts where working-class white voters could go either way. We still need to raise the funds to make sure we can show up big this cycle– can you give a gift today to power us into the midterms?
In solidarity,
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“As the South goes, so goes the nation.”—W.E.B. DuBois
61 years ago today, on August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act was passed, one of the most significant civil rights achievements in our country’s history, protecting Black voters’ rights and a core part of protecting democracy for all of us.
The gutting of the VRA this year was not only a pointedly racist attack on Black and brown communities, it is a chilling step towards authoritarianism that will affect us all. Racism is at the core of the authoritarian, billionaire agenda because Black political power threatens to break the status quo, which those at the top rely on to stay in power.
On this important anniversary, SURJ is proud to share our endorsement of Justin Pearson for Congress in Tennessee’s 9th District, the state’s only majority-Black district that was recently carved up by state Republicans as a result of the weakening of the VRA. You may know him as one of the “Tennessee Three,” expelled from the state legislature in 2023 after protesting for gun safety. He has been a leading voice for racial justice and working-class people in the South, taking immense personal risk and proudly locating himself in the legacy of Black Southern freedom fighters.
SURJ works in the South because it is and has always been a stronghold of the right’s power, and a stronghold of Black political power and a vision of liberation for all of us. Join our partners at Freedom Summer and All Roads Lead to the South for a mass call on Tuesday, August 18th at 8pm ET to learn more about how to get organized as we head toward Election Day!
As a direct result of the Supreme Court decision, Louisiana v Callais, Tennessee Republicans split TN-09 into three heavily Republican districts in an effort to wreck and divide the voting power of Black communities that have organized together for generations. So, this race is bigger than one Congressional seat– it’s about fighting back against anti-democratic authoritarianism and fighting for the legacy of the Civil Rights movement.
For SURJ, this is exactly where white people have a responsibility to show up. The Right’s strategy in the South, including the SCOTUS ruling on the VRA this year, has been central to the MAGA takeover of institutions and the rise of white supremacist and fascist forces. And thus we will never beat the authoritarians if we don’t beat them in their regional stronghold.
SURJ is taking up the mantle from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Anne Braden, and other white Southern freedom fighters before us by organizing white Southerners around their shared interest in racial justice and multiracial democracy. We’ll be doing it in not only Justin’s race this fall, but key districts across the South.
Can you join us for the Freedom Summer mass call on August 18th?
In solidarity,
SURJ
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PO Box 1376
Buffalo, NY 14205
United States
75 days until Election Day.
And I want to take a moment to say thank you.
Leaders We Deserve has had the biggest cycle in our entire history. We’ve already won 34 elections and have elected 1 current member of Congress, and 3 presumptive members. Our state legislative record? 25-2.
Here’s just a snapshot of what you made happen:
- Mayor Mamdani: Leaders We Deserve was his largest organizational funder in the primary spending $300,000, while the establishment lost its mind. He won and is now one of the most popular elected officials in America, delivering on his campaign promises almost immediately.
- Christian Menefee was elected to Congress with Leaders We Deserve’s support, not once but twice! A former Harris County Attorney, Christian’s now taking Trump and Epstein collaborators to task on the Oversight Committee.
- Donovan McKinney won his congressional primary in MI-13. We replaced a corrupt Democratic Congressman with a progressive State Legislator who’s fighting against utility corporations jacking up prices.
- Demi Palecek won her primary to serve in the Illinois Statehouse, despite being outspent 9-1 by a gambling industry lobbyist. She stood tall against ICE when they harassed her neighbors in Chicago, and will keep up the fight when she’s sworn in.
- Ismael Luna was our first challenger to oust a state legislative incumbent. Ismael, who was homeless as a teenager and now works to get youth housing, beat a Wisconsin lawmaker who threatened to shoot her colleagues…no seriously.
- Claire Valdez is headed to Congress in NY-07 after crushing the establishment’s pick by 25 points. A union organizer, Claire will push for workers’ and tenant’s rights in Congress.
- Akbar Ali, the youngest lawmaker in Georgia history, called Republicans’ bluff and forced them to pass a suspension of the gas tax – putting money back in Georgians pockets during Trump’s forever war that’s raising gas prices through the roof.
- Randy Villegas beat an establishment-backed candidate who shared over 50 corporate donors with the Republican incumbent in CA-22. Now, he’s running on a platform of being unbought and unbossed in the Central Valley.
Your support made this happen. We don’t take a dime from corporate PACs, we are powered by Americans like you chipping in whatever you can.
But here’s the honest truth: the hardest part is still ahead. We have many more critical races to win in this final stretch. Red-to-blue flips that could break the GOP’s grip on power. Primary challenges against do-nothing Democrats. Candidates who need real resources to compete against opponents with corporate PAC money and the party machines behind them.
We’re up against rightwing billionaires, corporations, and special interests that will spend whatever it takes to buy the candidates of their choosing and protect the status quo. With 75 days to go until Election Day, right now is exactly when grassroots support makes the biggest difference. That’s why we need your help today to stay competitive and keep our candidates in the ring.
Thank you,
David Hogg
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Yesterday David emailed about the brand new poll in MA-08 that shows our endorsed candidate Patrick Roath gaining 15% in just four weeks.
Leaders We Deserve has made this race a top priority for the 2026 cycle. We’re all in on the fight to unseat 25-year incumbent Stephen Lynch, and replace him with a proven fighter for Massachusetts who’s ready to meet this critical moment.
Please — rush in $25 to help us keep up the fight over the next few weeks.
One of the biggest challenges our candidates face when competing against a longtime incumbent is the name ID advantage their opponents have over them.
We ran a poll back in July that showed that was true in this district as well. Even though Stephen Lynch voted against the Affordable Care Act and for the Laken Riley Act that supports ICE, he was still a recognizable name for likely voters.
Because of grassroots donations from supporters like you, we had the resources to spend the next four weeks sending targeted mailers to voters in the district, increasing Patrick’s name ID and sharing his vision for new leadership in DC.
When we ran a new poll, we found that our efforts were already showing major signs of success. Patrick is now within striking distance of winning this race.
But we can’t afford to slow down now.
Patrick’s primary is on September 1 — and we need all hands on deck to make sure he can reach every voter he needs to win between now and September 1st.
Will you power this game-changing work with a $25 contribution now?
Thank you for making this work possible,
Leaders We Deserve
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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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From $300,000 price tags to raise a child, to the sky high prices of gas and groceries, to earning just 64 cents on the father’s dollar, moms across the country are feeling a massive economic squeeze right now.
This August, while members of Congress are home for August Recess, we’re hosting “Main Squeeze Trivia” gatherings across the nation—and we want you to host one! No need to stress, we will provide the questions, answers, and a pretty incredible playlist.
Whether it’s 3 friends around your kitchen table, a backyard, park or library hangout, or a Zoom room, hosting takes just 60 minutes and turns a fun gathering into real civic power.
Claim your FREE Trivia Party Kit today!
Your free kit includes everything you need:
Host a trivia night!
- Ready-to-Play Trivia Decks: 2 full rounds + a Bonus Round covering the care economy, school safety, and the family affordability crisis.
- The “Lemon-Proof” Host Guide: Easy step-by-step instructions, host scripts, and lemon-themed snack ideas.
- Scan-and-Play Playlist: A curated, high-energy music playlist accessible via QR code.
- Action Bridges: QR codes on every scorecard so your guests can send 60-second messages straight to Congress while they’re back home in your district.
Click here to get your Main Squeeze Trivia Kit and show Congress that moms refuse to be squeezed!
Together, let’s turn bitter policies into sweet victories.
Thanks,
Taylor, Karen, Carrie, Ruth, Kristin, and the entire MomsRising & MamasConPoder Team
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Wow! ☀️Summer break for our littlest learners (and those not-so-little anymore!) is coming to a close soon.
I hope you and all parents, aunties, grandparents and caregivers alike have been able to soak in a break from the school year hustle – but there’s something brewing in our collective future that I want to make sure we’re talking about proactively.
While more and more families across WA are struggling to stay afloat in Donald Trump’s economy of tariffs and inflation, but still managing to infuse their children’s lives with love and care, a Trump mega-donor and hedge fund multi-millionaire, Brian Heywood, is bankrolling two more ballot initiatives that would put our kids and their classmates in real danger.
→ ADD YOUR NAME here to our roster of parents and voters rejecting these initiatives.
🚨🚨🚨 These two initiatives, I-001 and I-638, will be on our November ballots, and I’m ringing the alarm now among our statewide community of fierce and loving moms and parents because these initiatives would remove commonsense protections for child abuse victims, out LGBTQ+ students to unsupportive families, and subject hundreds of thousands of girls to invasive genital exams just to play afterschool sports.
Parents and voters may not always agree on everything (heck, we’re all figuring out the screen time battle in our own way, on the fly!), but something I know to be true is that we work together to protect our children from harm and set them up for a life of joy and success.
This is one of many reasons why MomsRising is a proud endorser of No Hate in WA, the campaign opposing I-001 and I-638.
Knowledge is power, so I want to make sure you have the facts about I-001 and I-638:
FACTS ABOUT I-001: THE FORCED OUTING INITIATIVE
What I-001 Does:
- I-001 would repeal the Safety Act (HB 1296), a bipartisan bill that ensures students have access to education and a safe learning environment. It would reinstate I-2081 and strip critical student privacy protections.
- Removes protections for abused children: Current law prevents parents under criminal investigation for child abuse from accessing their child’s social work, counseling, and disciplinary records. I-001 removes this protection.
- Forces schools to “out” LGBTQ+ students: I-001 would require teachers and counselors to reveal students’ identities to parents, even when doing so puts the student at risk of abuse or homelessness.
- Restricts students’ access to help: Students facing violence, sexual abuse, bullying, or depression would be less likely to seek help from school counselors who would be required to disclose confidential information.
- Disrupts classrooms: I-001 empowers extremist groups to challenge what teachers can teach, using confusing language that exposes school districts to costly lawsuits.
Yikes. No thanks. → ADD YOUR NAME here to our roster of parents and voters rejecting these initiatives.
FACTS ABOUT I-638: INVASIVE EXAMS ON GIRLS
What I-638 Does:
- I-638 is a constitutional amendment imposing a blanket ban on transgender students in girls’ sports and requiring medical verification of sex for female athletes. It replaces Washington’s successful case-by-case policy that has been in place since 2007.
- Invasive genital exams on girls: Under I-638, girls who want to play on a team will need medical certification of their sex, defined as a “reproductive organ” exam or costly genetic/hormone testing. Boys are exempt from these requirements.
- Disproportionate impact on girls of color: Low-income, rural, Black, brown, and immigrant girls who lack access to long-term family doctors would be most affected. These families often rely on free group sports physicals where genital inspections would be especially harmful.
- Replaces a working policy: Washington has had transgender-inclusive sports policies since 2007 with no issues. Only a handful of transgender girls play after school sports in Washington. The current case-by-case approach works.
- Medically unnecessary: The American Academy of Family Physicians says sports physicals should focus on heart, bone, and lung issues. The American College of OB-GYNs says pelvic exams have no medical reason for girls under 21 unless they have other health concerns.
- Black and brown girls face more scrutiny: Research shows that Black and brown women athletes face challenges to their sex far more frequently than white athletes. I-638 could be used to harass girls of color and keep them off sports teams.
These initiatives are opposed by nurses, mental health experts, teachers, domestic violence prevention advocates, the WA State Nurses Association, and MomsRising — because they’re poorly written measures that play politics with our children’s safety and wellbeing.
Out of 1 million K-12 students in our state, only a handful (5-10) of trans girls play sports and it’s not okay for a Trump mega-donor to bully them – and threaten all girls who play sports – with this statewide ballot initiative when the real threats to fairness in girls’ sports are systemic factors like under-resourced school district budgets and family wealth gaps.
Caring about girls’ sports means removing barriers, not creating more barriers for all girls in WA, like the invasive genital exam requirements proposed by I-638.
As parents and community members, we have the power to say no to I-001 and I-638 – and the mega-millionaire bankrolling a statewide effort to bully vulnerable kids via the ballot.
Thank you for making it this far! Together, we’re a powerful force.
Enjoy the rest of your summer. Hug your kids. And when the time comes, let’s make sure they go back to schools and sports that will remain safe, supportive, and on their side.
Warmly,
Sara, Lauren, Maggie, Maricela, Olivia and the entire MomsRising 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.
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