UPDATES FROM NATIONAL INDIVISIBLE & WEEKLY TO-DOS
Indivisibles,
History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. Look at these headlines:
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Anger erupts at Republican town halls
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At town halls, doses of fury and a bottle of Tums
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The massive wave of town hall protests ruining the GOP’s week, explained
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Republicans face angry voters at town halls, hinting at broader backlash
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At testy town halls, Republicans take heat for Trump’s bold moves
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At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk’s firing and cutting spree
The first three of those come from February 2017 — the first congressional recess after Trump and congressional Republicans rolled out a deeply unpopular agenda. And the last three came from last week, the first congressional recess after Trump and congressional Republicans rolled out a deeply unpopular agenda.
This energy isn’t just making congressional Republicans quake in their boots. It’s also shifting the strategy of congressional Democrats, who started the year somewhat sleepy, but are starting to wake up. Reports last week were that Democrats are using their leverage over the coming government funding fight to demand safeguard protections against Musk’s hostile takeover. This is precisely what we’ve been asking congressional Democrats to do. Further reports say Susan Collins is “concerned,” another throwback to 2017. We don’t know how this fight will play out, but the fact that there is a fight rather than the strategic silence that characterized early Democratic response is itself a win worth celebrating. A unified opposition is building — and we’re building it.
We knew that congressional Republicans could only goose-step behind Trump and Musk for so long before it caught up to them. We knew there would be backlash. And we knew Indivisible’s role in this period would be to organize that backlash into an effective opposition to stop us from falling over beyond the brink.
But one thing that’s hard to predict is courage.
These are frightening times, and frightening times call for active, courageous leadership. Musk and Trump are really seeking to annex the operations of the state to their pet vanity projects, bigotries, and conspiracy theories, but our enemy is not one or two men. Our enemy is apathy, cynicism, and fatalism; the pernicious, authoritarian-friendly belief that we are merely victims of world events rather than active participants in a global struggle for freedom and justice. Every time one of us — a family member, a community organizer, a representative, a senator — takes a step forward in this fight, a thousand pairs of eyes watch and learn. Courage is contagious.
We could only hope for widespread organic energy behind our side in this fight. That kind of energy is not preordained. It depends on individuals — and groups of individuals — choosing to take a step forward in this fight. So thank you to Indivisible North Metro Atlanta who showed up at Rep. McCormick’s town hall, and thanks to Indivisible Manheim Township who held a mock town hall in Pennsylvania’s 11th congressional district to shame Rep. Smucker for being a chicken, and thank you to Livermore Indivisible and Tri-Valley Indivisible who showed up in force at Rep. Swalwell’s townhall to encourage him to fight back.
We are all watching. We are all learning.
NOW is the time to stop being a spectator. There is so much more to this than the marches and protests. You joined this group to be a part of saving our democracy, and today is the day to take your first action if you haven’t yet. Because we are hitting critical.
NOW – YOUR WEEKLY TO-DOS
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Tell your Republican representative to oppose a budget that guts the social safety net to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. You’ve seen the town halls in the news. Republicans are getting spooked by constituent anger over their complicity in the Trump/Musk coup and know the anger will be turned up to 11 if they back a spending bill that slashes Medicaid, public education, and other popular programs. If we keep the pressure on, we can splinter the Republican coalition and block the worst cuts from making their way into the final budget bill. https://indivisible.org/resource/call-now-demand-your-republican-representative-reject-trumps-budget-sabotage?akid=116601.268761.UDxugV&rd=1&t=16&utm_medium=_20250224&utm_source=email
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Help block Republicans from disenfranchising millions of voters with their ‘SAVE ACT.’ As early as next week, the House could vote on H.R. 22 (the SAVE Act) — one of the biggest threats to voting rights we’ve seen in a generation. The bill requires voters to show proof of citizenship documents that match their current legal name — something tens of millions of Americans simply don’t have. It’d cause massive challenges for married women and trans and nonbinary people who’ve changed their names, and disproportionately impact people of color. We’ve got a lot more info (including key Members of Congress needed to stop the bill) here. But if you’re ready to take action now, you can use our tools to callor email your representative. https://act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-your-representative-vote-no-save-act/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=_20250224&t=18&akid=116601%2E268761%2EUDxugV
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Sign up for a phonebank session for the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. It may be in Wisconsin, but everyone has a huge stake in this election. With Trump, Musk and MAGA Republicans taking a flamethrower to our democracy, it’s vital that we protect the bulwarks against tyranny beyond their control. The Wisconsin Supreme Court — a liberal majority court in a crucial swing state — is one of those bulwarks. Elon Musk is pouring resources into the race on behalf of the pro-gerrymandering right-wing candidate. But we’ve overcome massive Republican spending in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race before. We can do it again — with your help. Visit our Wisconsin Action Hub and sign up for a phonebank to help defend the court’s liberal majority. https://indivisible.org/scowis2025?akid=116601.268761.UDxugV&rd=1&t=25
There over SEVENTEEN HUNDRED members in this group. Imagine the palpable rumble of noise you could make it everyone chose that TODAY is the take to finally take action AND commit to sharing your actions with anyone and everyone who also sees the directing this country is rapidly heading.
It’s up to US.