Tag: News

“The criminal is inside our house!” Pass the “Stop Ballroom Bribery Act!”

This is a “guardrail” bill. Whether it passes or not, make sure your own legislators know we want them at the front lines to pass it!

(https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E)

Trump says his monstrous ballroom is being “gifted” to us. But like a puppy, this “gift” will incur major expenses for us in the future. Maintenance and staffing costs will be passed on to us taxpayers, while he’ll use it for free to to entertain his ultra-wealthy friends in dictator-chic comfort.

But what our venal president and his supporters have overlooked is that it’s actually illegal for it to be funded by private donors. Constitutional attorney Bruce Fein stated that “private money to build a White House ballroom flagrantly violates the Anti-Deficiency Act, which safeguards the congressional power of the purse by prohibiting the president from using non-appropriated funds donated by private parties for a government purpose indistinguishable from plutocracy. Without enforcement of the Anti-Deficiency Act, the congressional power of the purse is a scarecrow in the ‘golden age’ of billionaires eager to curry favor with the government in exchange for multi-million-dollar regulatory or tax favors.” Yeah, that!

And now, there’s a big lawsuit by a preservation group, for which we will also have to pay to defend Trump’s indefensible actions.

Call/email your House Representative!

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Take a holiday from supporting the oligarchy!

  • Target caved to Trump and rolled back their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
  • Home Depot has done nothing to protect immigrants in their stores as ICE continues to conduct violent raids on their property.
  • Amazon has funded the Trump administration through donations and discounted government contracts(including for ICE), all in exchange for massive corporate tax breaks. 

Thanksgiving weekend is a peak shopping time. Last year, more than 196 million Americans shopped over the holiday weekend. So it’s an opportune time to send a message to Target, Home Depot, and Amazon: if you collaborate with Trump, we won’t shop with you. They’ll be forced to take notice when they don’t get the record numbers of shoppers they’re anticipating. 

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Buh-Bye, Spotify!

Don’t stream fascism. Help cancel Spotify, even if you’ve never used it!

Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE! A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force. When users and musicians called them out, Spotify’s first act was doubling down with “everybody-else-is-doing-it” excuses that would make your mother laugh.

But we’re going to make them listen. When the regime tried to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, three million of us canceled our Disney+ streaming service that month, and about 4.1 million canceled Disney-owned Hulu. If enough of us cancel our Spotify subscriptions, it’ll send a clear message that’s too loud for them to ignore.

Yes, there are other problematic companies, such as HBO Max, Hulu, ESPN, HBO Max, Hulu, ESPN, Pandora, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Meta. But Indivisible is concentrating on one problematic company at a time. This maximizes our chances of success, which will make other offenders take notice.

Action #1 for everyone – Email Spotify and tell them to stop collaborating with fascism.

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Stop the Minister of Hate’s sneaky campaign to suppress voting before Oct 20th, 8:59 pm!

WHY IS VOLDEMORT DOING THIS? This video of Paul Weyrich, now-dead founder of the Heritage Foundation, lays out the whole plot in 40 seconds.

His foundation, along with their Project 2025 gang and the GOP want only White wealthy landowners to vote, just like back at the signing of the Constitution. They’ve been working hard for decades to destroy all the pesky constitutional amendments and laws that opened up their private club to us groundlings and they feel this is their time to strike.

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Why “YES” is the Right Vote on Prop. 50 and How to Explain it!

Probably every sentient being in CA received this glossy screed of misinformation, misdirection and outright nonsense from the “No on 50” campaign. It uses different arguments than what the “YES on 50” campaign is focused on, as they are reaching out to the MAGA and undecided demographic. But the damage of an unconstrained Trump for another two years will harm all of us, so we need to be able to competently push back against what they’re shoveling. There are 5 points to cover. Buckle up!

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Federal and State LGBTQ+ legislation update for 2025!

Time to call your legislators again!

Update on the status of Federal and CA State bills that affect the lives of the LGBTQ community.

FEDERAL

  • PRO-LGBTQ legislation
    • Equality Act (S.1503/H.R.15):This landmark bill seeks to amend existing civil rights laws to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It would cover areas like employment, housing, education, and public accommodations. “The nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found that nationally, support for a bill like the Equality Act topped 75 percent, which includes a majority of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. The bill has been endorsed by more than 600 organizations, including civil rights, education, health care, and faith-based organizations, as well as hundreds of major corporations and business associations.” 
    • Senate Cosponsors: Padilla and Schiff – YES
    • House Cosponsors: Brownley and Carbajal – YES
    • Transgender Health Care Access Act (H.R.2487):This bill aims to ensure access to gender-affirming care for transgender individuals. It defines gender-affirming care broadly, encompassing various medical, behavioral, and supportive services related to the treatment of gender dysphoria. This includes improving medical education for gender-affirming care providers, expanding gender-affirming care at community health centers.
  • ANTI-LGBTQ legislation
    • Do No Harm in Medicaid Act (H.R.498):This bill proposes to prohibit federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures, including hormone therapy, for individuals under the age of 18, with specific exceptions for what they consider genetic disorders. The GOP tried to sneak this legislation into the similarly duplicitously named “Big, Beautiful Bill” but it was stripped out by the Senate parliamentarian. So it’s still lurking out there.

Action #1: Thank your federal legislators for supporting the LGBTQ community

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Stop the GOP’s Bloated, Blighted, Budget bill before it hurts someone

(Quote from Trump, and American Progress) (top)

The only change from her advice is to contact your SENATORS.
(https://youtu.be/2dEX7q8MvEA?si=hn5iY_i_Qjqols2T)

BASIC CALLS/EMAILS

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Why is it not a surprise they’re going after the disabled? We have until Monday, June 16, 8:59 pm PDT, to flood them with “significant adverse comments!”

Let’s see…who else in history made it their priority to go after gay and transgender people, those without citizenship (Jews), unions, political opponents and disabled people?

(DREDF.org) “The Department of Energy (DOE) is trying to get rid of important rules of Section 504! DOE is trying to change the rules that new buildings must be accessible to people with disabilities. They are also trying to get rid of other rules that help disability accessibility. Please make your voice heard and say “no” to these changes. You can send in a comment as part of an organization. You can also send a comment on your own. The deadline to send in comments is Monday, June 16, 2025, [by 11:59 pm EDT]”

How to make that “significant adverse comment” by June 16, 8:59 PDT:

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Tell your legislators to vote “NO!” on the SAVE Act, a trojan horse for Christofascist voter suppression

What these patriarchal Christian Nationalist legislators want is a return to government run like it was by the signers of the Constitution – with only the richest White men being allowed to vote.

UPDATE: THE GREAT VOTER SUPPRESSION BILL has just passed through the House! Even more horrible, four Democratic-name-only legislators helped! Reps. Ed Case of Hawaii; Henry Cuellar of Texas; Jared Golden of Maine; and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington state.

How close can they get to their ideal before the midterms? A lot closer if they can pass the SAVE Act, a cynically named elitist bill that’s actually a form of voter suppression against women, poorer American citizens and minorities – all those whom the GOP suspects will vote for Democrats.

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Thank our State Attorney General for fighting back against Musk!

(https://vimeo.com/1054527049/fe5e56adab)

Action 1: Thank our State Attorney General Rob Bonta!

He was part of a 19-state effort lead by NY AG Leticia James to bring unelected techno-fascist Elon Musk and his team of flying monkeys to heel. Just as when we criticize those legislators who seem to have lost their spines in the wash, we also need to THANK those elected officials who have stood up and protected those they serve.

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