For the Week of October 20, 2025

🎙️Oct 20, 2025 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

📣 See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2025 for up-to-date opportunities.

🔷 NO Kings: Indivisible Eastside’s Rally Team put together an fantastic March and Rally in downtown Redmond, attended by close to 5,000 supporters of democracy. There were so many great signs, costumes and affirmations of community. Check out our social media and this online folder for pictures! Thank you to all you attended and to all of the volunteers who helped out in so many ways. We also raised over $4000 in donations on the day, which will go to support the community organizations doing important work here on the Eastside.

Events like this could not be done without about 50 volunteers each. Consider joining our “rally volunteer pool” – people we reach out first when we’re planning a rally or march. To dive into the pool, fill out this Google Form.

A mass call, What’s Next After No Kings? will be held on Tues, Oct 21, 5 pm PDT. Check out the No Kings website for this call, great videos from No Kings day, and other resources as we work toward what’s next.

🔷 The Ballot Measure Approve 8201 prompted questions at the Indivisible Eastside Meeting. Measure 8201 would allow the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) to invest a portion of the long term care fund’s reserves in equities (stocks), which, historical evidence shows, generate higher returns over the long term. Fund reserves are the dollars left after benefit payments and admin costs are taken out each quarter. The majority of the state fund (about 70%) would stay invested in conservative assets like bonds and treasury bills.

The WSIB manages over $200 billion of assets and has one of the strongest track records in the country of fiduciary responsibility, securing high returns for funds that provide benefits for Washingtonians.
WSIB uses a longterm, diversified investment strategy that includes investing in fixed-income securities, commodities, real estate, private equities, and public stock, which has produced a return on investment in excess of 7%. WSIB managed funds have returned an average of 8.1% annually over the past 25 years.
Details on the WSIB oversight and ethical investment decisions can be found here.

🔷 Be sure to Vote! As early as possible. Use a dropbox if possible, but definitely use one if you vote after Oct 31. Wear the tacky sticker that says, “I voted.”

Here are your 2 Actions and Bright Spots.

✊ Action 1 – Argentina gets $40 billion, our country needs healthcare

from New York Times, Popular Information, Chop Wood, Carry Water

The Trump administration has arranged for two $20 billion bailouts for Argentina, whose economy has lurched from crisis to crisis over the years. Typically, government bailouts are handled through the IMF, which establishes a framework for the nation in financial distress. But Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent seem more concerned with benefiting rich hedge fund managers than making sound decisions about how to address the needs of Americans. These are the two bailouts:

The first was called a ‘currency swap.’ This bailout would immensely benefit several hedge fund managers, and specifically billionaire hedge fund manager Rob Citrone, a personal friend and former colleague of Scott Bessent. A later report revealed that Citrone was in contact with Bessett about the bailout before it was announced.
The President proposed an additional $20 billion, stating it comes with strings attached — the ruling party of his ally, President Javier Milei of Argentina, must prevail in the country’s legislative elections this month. Trump said that the US will not benefit from this bailout. From Milei’s perspective, though, “There will be an avalanche of dollars,” as he said in a radio interview shortly before traveling to the White House. (Poverty in Argentina rose 50% after he was elected.) Elizabeth Warren introduced legislation prohibiting this; it was blocked by GOP member, Tim Scott.

These bailouts come at a time when the Trump administration is attempting to gut health care benefits for millions of Americans, imposing tariffs that cause prices to soar, and firing thousands of Americans working in key government agencies.

Please call your Senators to press for a stop to policies that benefit billionaires while ignoring the needs of everyday Americans.

Sen. Patty Murray: DC 202-224-2621 | Seattle 206-553-5545 | EMAIL
Sen. Maria Cantwell: DC 202-224-3441 | Seattle 206-220-6400 | EMAIL

☎ Sample Script:

Hi, my name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].

Thank you for your hard work to publicize the impact of the loss of ACA subsidies. I’m calling because I am concerned that the Trump administration is ignoring the needs of ordinary Americans, while directing funds to Argentina for a bailout that will benefit billionaire hedge fund managers such as Scott Bessent’s friend Rob Citrone.

Trump admitted in a press conference this week that this deal will NOT benefit Americans.And as you know, 40 billion dollars would be enough to pay for ACA premium tax extensions for a whole year! Please work with fellow Senators such as Senator Warren, continue to raise this issue, and do everything in your power to block this deal.

Thank you.

[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]

✊ Action 2 – Demand Speaker Johnson Swear in Rep Grijalva

from 5Calls

On September 23rd, Adelita Grijalva won a special election in Arizona, replacing her father, the late Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) who passed away earlier this year. However, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to swear in the new legislator, falsely claiming that he can only do so when the House is in regular session. He had no problem swearing in two new Republican members from Florida on April 2nd while the House was in recess.

Speaker Johnson is trying to delay the inevitable – a vote on the release of the Epstein files. The newly elected representative has already vowed to join the discharge petition for the Epstein files, which would give the legislation the final member needed to move the petition forward for a floor vote.

Residents in Grijalva’s district currently have no representation in the House even though they have elected a member to the chamber.

Please call your Representative to urge Speaker Johnson to immediately swear Grijalva in and stop obstructing the democratic process to appease Trump.

🔷 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:

Hi, my name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP]. I’m calling to urge you to pressure Speaker Johnson to swear in duly elected Adelita Grijalva of Arizona to the House of Representatives. Johnson has sworn in other new members during pro forma sessions. His excuses are obvious lies to protect Trump from the release of the Epstein files.

Thank you.

[IF LEAVING VOICEMAIL: Please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied.]

⛅ Bright Spots

from various sources, including NPR, Forbes, Reuters

Dozens of Pentagon reporters turned in their press badges on Wednesday, September 15th, after refusing to sign onto the Defense Department’s new rules for journalists. As of Wednesday, only the conservative One America News Network had agreed to Hegseth’s new rules for reporting there.
Last week the Supreme Court rejected Alex Jones’ appeal of the $1.4 billion defamation judgment against him. Jones was previously ordered to give the money to families of the Sandy Hook shooting, after repeatedly calling the tragedy a hoax.
Airports big and small around the country are refusing to play a video with a message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on Transportation Security Administration operations. Sea-Tac is one of those taking a stand.
Marine Colonel Doug Krugman, who served 24 years, wrote an op-ed titled “I resigned from the military because of Trump,” published in The Washington Post.
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s temporary block on the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois, citing insufficient evidence of a rebellion. And, Thursday, a judge ordered that federal agents in the Chicago area must wear body cameras. This follows an earlier order from the same judge, which requires all agents to wear badges.

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