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Resources including Immigrant Support, Eastside Protests, Postcarding and more. 

For the week of June 15, 2026

 

🎙️June 15, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 It was great to see folks at our June 13th In Person Group meeting. We learned about the candidates in WA Supreme Court races and exciting opportunities to demonstrate before World Cup games, learned a few new resistance songs, and connected with people on a city by city basis. You can catch up by reviewing the Notes and Slides. 

🔷 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)! Particular need at the NE 10th St bridge all shifts and the 520 bridge on July 19th. See details and sign up at https://bit.ly/Eastside-Protests-26. 

🔷 Join Louise, Hanna, Jan, and others to stand up against hate! Come to the official No Hate in Washington State campaign launch on Wednesday, June 17th at 5:15 pm at Neumos in Seattle. RSVP HERE NOW!

Featuring Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay, and Seattle Councilmember Dionne Foster, as well as performances by Northwest Girls Choir and STANCE Choir. Help defeat two dangerous initiatives on this November’s ballot.

Weekly Actions

 

✊ Action 1 – Public Comment to National Parks Service on the proposed Trump Arch 

From National Parks History on Instagram

The Trump Arch is problematic for the civic landscape of the nation’s capital and also just plain annoying. We can do something about it but it needs to be today. The deadline is Jun 15 at 10:59 pm Pacific Time (11:59 pm Mountain Time).

Public comment periods are required by law for projects like this. Federal officials are required to read all comments and respond to substantial concerns as a part of future planning. Remember that rude comments may be cathartic but make no real difference, and the people reading the comments are likely just Interior Department career employees. Use the points below to give substance to your comment.

Here are some examples of REAL ISSUES with the Trump Arch identified by the National Trust for Historic Preservation:

  1. THE CIVIC LANDSCAPE: Building the Arch on the Memorial Circle of the George Washington Parkway will disrupt “One of the most symbolic landscape vistas in Washington, DC. The vista was designed to represent the post-Civil War reconciliation of the north and south of the United States… If constructed as planned at the proposed location, the new Triumphal Arch will obscure the intentional axial and aesthetic relationships between the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Memorial Bridge, and Arlington House.” – Karen Quillen, president and CEO of the NTHP.
  2. THE SIZE: The Arch is planned to be double the size of the Lincoln Memorial, absolutely dwarfing the commemoration of arguably the most important president in American history.
  3. THE LOCATION: It is planned to be near the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery. According to NTHP, “The Arch, as proposed, will overwhelm Arlington National Cemetery, and be inconsistent with its simple historic character of solemn graves with simple white markers” 

Action: Comment on Triumphal Arch – Section 106 Assessment of Effect and Draft Programmatic Agreement

Talking points:

  • The proposed arch would permanently interrupt the historic sightline connecting the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Arlington National Cemetery, and Arlington House. This axis was deliberately designed as one of the nation’s most important symbolic landscapes, representing national unity and remembrance. Once altered, this historic relationship cannot be fully restored.
  • At approximately 250 feet tall, the arch would dominate the surrounding landscape and compete with existing memorials for visual prominence. Rather than complementing the historic setting, it would become one of the defining features of the area, fundamentally changing how visitors experience the memorial corridor.
  • Arlington National Cemetery is a sacred place dedicated to honoring those who served and sacrificed for the nation. Constructing a massive ceremonial gateway adjacent to the cemetery risks commercializing or overshadowing a landscape whose purpose is reflection, remembrance, and respect.
  • The National Park Service should require a thorough evaluation of alternatives, including smaller-scale designs, different locations, or improvements to existing commemorative features. A project of this magnitude should only move forward if it can be demonstrated that no less intrusive alternative would achieve the same goals.
  • The National Park Service currently faces billions of dollars in deferred maintenance needs across parks, historic sites, roads, trails, and visitor facilities. Public resources should be directed toward preserving existing national treasures before constructing new monumental projects with ongoing maintenance and security costs.
  • The agency has not demonstrated a compelling public need for a new arch at this location. Existing memorials, monuments, and ceremonial spaces already commemorate American history and service. Before permanently altering a nationally significant landscape, the public deserves clear evidence that the project serves a necessary purpose that cannot be met through existing resources.

✊ Action 2 –  Public Comment to USPS on the Trump Executive Order Limiting Mail-in Voting

On March 31, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Order 14399, which was immediately challenged by more than 20 states as unconstitutional. The Order aims to limit access to voting by mail, including by ordering the United States Postal Service (USPS) to issue specific regulations reshaping vote-by-mail standards and refusing to deliver ballots to voters who do not appear on certain government-created lists of pre-approved mail voters created far before WA voter registration deadlines.

  • Take action: Email your comments to PCFederalRegister@usps.gov , with a subject line of “Ballot Mail.”
  • Emailed comments must contain the name and address of the commenter. 
  • Comments are due via email by Thursday, July 2 at 2 pm PDT. 

Suggested script:

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed rulemaking on ballot mail for federal elections. The U.S. Postal Service has proposed a new rule that would allow USPS to control who can receive and vote a mail ballot. If implemented, eligible American citizens will be blocked from participating in our elections. The Rule is illegal, impractical, and impossible to implement for the 2026 general election for several reasons: 

  • The Rule violates USPS’s own mandates. USPS’s duty is to receive, transmit, and deliver the mail to everyone in the United States, unless a law passed by Congress says otherwise. 
  • The Rule violates the Constitution and federal law, as it is the role of the states to administer elections, not the USPS. USPS would be thrust into the role of nationwide election administrator—a function for which it has no funding, expertise or ability, and which would divert already limited resources from its critically important core functions. 
  • The Rule imposes significant burdens on state and local election administrators. Washington state officials would be forced to throw out citizens’ votes because we lack the infrastructure to count state results while discounting the federal races.
  • The Rule will disenfranchise voters, 1 in 3 of whom vote through USPS in Washington state. USPS will be denying countless voters access to their mail ballots because of inconsistent and stale data, hastily constructed lists and platforms, and normal human error, with no way for voters to fix any issues until after it is too late. The pre-approved voter list also would have to be submitted far before voter registration deadlines, as Washington has same-day voter registration.

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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.

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