Actions
Resources including Immigrant Support, Eastside Protests, Postcarding and more.
For the week of June 8, 2026
🎙️June 8, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go
🔷 Please join us this Saturday June 13 for the Indivisible Eastside In Person Group Meeting in Kirkland (new location). Register to attend. The meeting is 3:00-4:30 pm with a new-member welcome/orientation at 2:30. We will be updating you on all the work you’ve been doing, talking about the Supreme Court races, and doing a little singing resistance. There will be time for neighborhood/city groups to meet towards the end of the meeting. Ample free parking. Join us!
🔷 On June 14, No Kings and the Committee for the First Amendment are coming together for Rise Up, Sing Out — an uplifting national concert event celebrating the freedoms that belong to all of us: speech, assembly, protest, religion, press, and expression. Join a Rise Up, Sing Out watch party or other event near you — or host one in your community at a pub, brewery, restaurant, community center, or gathering place where folks can join you.
🔷 Come join us, and other Seattle area groups, for some great, coordinated bannering events on the days of the World Cup Games (June 15, 19, 24, 26, July 1, 6)! See details and sign up at https://bit.ly/Eastside-Protests-26
🔷 Election Observer training dates have been announced (July 13, 14, 15, & 17th). If you are interested in becoming a certified election observer for the King County Democrats, please fill out this form and someone will get back to you with how to attend.
🔷 There has been an uptick of ICE activity on the Eastside. In just the last two weeks, at least 12 people have been detained in Bellevue and Kirkland. If you happened to see ICE activity while you are heading to work or running errands, would you know what to do? Please join us on Tues, June 9, 7-8 pm for a Constitutional Observer Training and bring a friend. Register to attend.
- Bonus: Donate to the local immigrant groups that are helping the families impacted by the detentions.
- Extra Bonus: Please attend the Bellevue City council meeting on June 9, 6 pm, at Bellevue City Hall to show support for Ordinance 6926 putting a land use moratorium on detention centers in Bellevue. The ordinance will be voted on at the meeting. Let’s pack the room to support this common sense policy.
Weekly Actions
✊ Action 1 – Remove Bill Pulte as Director of National Intelligence
from Indivisible.org
Trump just appointed his political attack dog, Bill Pulte, as acting Director of National Intelligence. Pulte has absolutely no experience in national intelligence, and was clearly offered the job based on his willingness to go after Trump’s political adversaries. Thus far, this has included Senator Adam Schiff, NY Attorney General Letitia James, and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. He is even currently under investigation by the Government Accountability Office over whether he misused his authority at the Federal Housing Finance Agency to go after these “enemies.”
As acting Director of Intelligence, he now has the power to attack the pillars of democracy — by weaponizing surveillance, pushing spying agencies he oversees to conduct unlawful spying or otherwise allowing it, providing politically motivated surveillance directly to Trump, and even declassifying or leaking information acquired without a warrant about those who would challenge the administration.
Congress has very little authority when it comes to blocking an acting director, but it does have massive amounts of leverage right now. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is an intelligence-gathering law that is set to expire on June 12. The Trump regime is obsessed with getting it reauthorized. Congress can — and should — refuse to reauthorize the law until Pulte is removed from his position (and even then, only pass the law with guardrails to protect Americans from warrantless surveillance by this authoritarian regime).
Tell your Members of Congress you expect them to use all their leverage — including blocking FISA reauthorization — to remove Pulte.
🔷 Sen. Patty Murray: DC 202-224-2621 | Seattle 206-553-5545 | EMAIL
🔷 Sen. Maria Cantwell: DC 202-224-3441 | Seattle 206-220-6400 | EMAIL
🔷 Rep. Suzan DelBene (1st): DC 202-225-6311 | Bellevue 425-485-0085 | EMAIL
🔷 Rep. Kim Schrier (8th): DC 202-225-7761 | Issaquah 425-657-1001| EMAIL
🔷 Rep. Adam Smith (9th): DC 202-225-8901 | Renton 425-793-5180 | EMAIL
☎ Sample Script:
Dear Senator/Representative,
My name is [NAME] and I am a constituent. I am reaching out today to ask that you use every single tool at your disposal to see Bill Pulte removed as acting Director of National Intelligence.
Pulte’s appointment is unacceptable. He has absolutely no experience in national intelligence, and is clearly being offered the job based on his willingness to go after Trump’s political adversaries. He is even currently under investigation by the Government Accountability Office over whether he misused his authority at the FHFA to go after these “enemies.”
You may not have a vote on this appointment, but you have leverage. This includes refusing to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act until he is removed.
Even after Pulte is removed, I urge you to work to ensure FISA is only authorized with significant guardrails in place to protect Americans from warrantless surveillance.
Thank you.
[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]
✊ Action 2 – Urge Congress to Stop Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements
From NAMI Advocacy
On June 1, the Administration released its long-awaited rules on Medicaid community engagement (work reporting) requirements, as required in legislation passed by Congress in 2025. The rules cover how work reporting requirements must be operationalized, including defining the exemptions established by Congress. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has been educating people on the importance of Medicaid for people with mental illness, and has opposed work reporting requirements in last year’s major reconciliation bill.
While Congress explicitly recognized that work reporting requirements weren’t appropriate for everyone and exempted people who are “medically frail” — specifically including a “disabling mental disorder” as a qualifying condition — these rules go further than the law, requiring that someone who is medically frail must also prove that their condition impairs their ability to work.
Rather than acknowledge the realities of mental illness and protect coverage for people with mental illness so they can access care when they need it, these rules will result in millions of Americans losing their health coverage because they cannot jump through the right hoops at the right time.
🔷 Rep. Suzan DelBene (1st): DC 202-225-6311 | Bellevue 425-485-0085 | EMAIL
🔷 Rep. Kim Schrier (8th): DC 202-225-7761 | Issaquah 425-657-1001| EMAIL
🔷 Rep. Adam Smith (9th): DC 202-225-8901 | Renton 425-793-5180 | EMAIL
☎ Sample Script:
My name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from zip code [ZIP]. I’m calling because I’m concerned that the new Medicaid rules will deny coverage to medically frail people, including people with mental illness, if they can’t meet challenging reporting requirements. Please do everything you can to reform the new rules. We need creative solutions at this time to prevent a disastrous amount of people from losing their health care coverage.
Thank you.
[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]
BONUS ACTION: Provide a public comment—it doesn’t need to be long—on the Interim Final Rule (IFR) that was just published on June 3rd that will force Washington State to implement work requirements. The research could not be clearer: work requirements do not increase workforce participation or help people get jobs; work requirements get people kicked off of Medicaid. Go to NAMI’s latest statement or their 2025 list of concerns (the highlighted items) for ideas, then go to the comment page, click Comment, and submit your comment.
⛅ Bright Spots
- A majority of the artists who were announced as performers for Trump’s “Great American State Fair” have dropped out of their appearances.
- DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as people leave Google AI overview behind. (See Digital Securities Matter below!)
- New Hampshire’s version of the SAVE Act—a law requiring proof of citizenship to vote—was the first big test of a national GOP push. On May 29, US District Judge Samantha Elliott killed the law in a 98-page decision. One fact sealed it: across 8.3 million ballots over 26 years, there were 47 cases of wrongful voting—and only eight by noncitizens. The judge’s verdict: that kind of fraud “is essentially nonexistent.”
Digital Security Matters: Limit your exposure to Google
Google is changing their search to be AI-first search. You should be aware of the impact of this change, and take measures now to limit your exposure if you want. Some steps for limiting your exposure to Google technology are in the Security Essentials Activist Checklist. You can find alternative search technology, email alternatives to Gmail, and productivity software alternatives to Gsuite (Docs, Sheets, Slides) on this list.
Upcoming Events
- June is Orca month! Connect with beach naturalists at local parks, attend the Orca Month webinar on Tues, June 9, or join a waterway cleanup. Full list here.
- Tues June 9, 6 pm – Bellevue City Council meeting – Council will be voting on a moratorium on detention centers within the city. Please come to show support. City Hall, 450 110th Ave. NE, Bellevue.
- Tues June 9, 7-8 pm – Indivisible Eastside’s first in person Constitutional Observer Training – Bellevue. Constitutional Observer basic training prepares you if immigration enforcement happens in front of you. It is not the same as Rapid Response training or joining a Rapid Response team. Register to attend.
- Thur June 11, 11 am – Opening Day World Soccer Watch Party – Seattle Marriott Redmond, 7401 164th Ave NE, Redmond. Register in advance.
- Thur June 11, 6-7 pm – City of Bellevue Discussion on proposed Utility rates (spoiler alert: they’re going up!) Join online from this page.
- Sat June 13, 11 am – 1 pm – Representative Osman Salahuddin’s Campaign Kickoff – Seattle Marriott Redmond, 7401 164th Ave NE, Redmond. Register in advance.
- Sat June 13, 12-4 pm – Juneteenth Celebration – Juanita High School, 10601 NE 132nd St, Kirkland.
- Sat June 13, 3-4:30 pm – Indivisible Eastside Group Meeting – in person in Kirkland (new member welcome at 2:30 pm). Register to attend.
- Sun June 14, times vary – Rise Up, Sing Out watch parties and other events, part of Rise Up, Sing Out, an uplifting national concert event celebrating our freedoms.
- Wed June 17, 6 pm (doors open at 5:15 pm) – No Hate in Washington State Campaign Launch and fundraiser – Seattle. Register in advance.
📣 Everyday Actions
See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2026
See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors
See Postcarding & Letter Writing resources on our website
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