For the week of May 11, 2026

🎙️May 11, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 The Washington State Supreme Court has major elections this year. Five of the nine Justice positions on the State Supreme Court will be on the ballot. Several of the races will feature in the August primary, so it is time to learn about these candidates. In late April there was a candidate forum held in Yakima that will be helpful to try to distinguish between the candidates. Nine of twelve announced candidates participated. Please take some time to watch and learn about them.

🔷 The Circle organization in Issaquah does amazing work supporting their local community in many different ways, filling needs that would otherwise go unmet for thousands of people. This year they plan to provide summer activities for local children, including camping, kayaking, rock climbing, art, and music. However, due to federal cuts to funding of some local programs, they are looking for help to expand the number of children they can provide activities for. Ideally they are looking for sponsorship to cover costs at $250 per child but any donations to help cover the program would be welcome. If you are able to help please donate HERE.

🔷 Our team that looks at cybersecurity-related issues has some concerns about some recent developments that deserve your attention today:

A bug in MS Edge may allow passwords saved in the browser to be read by any other software running on your computer, including malicious software. This article reviews password managers you can use to store passwords (instead of the browser); you should choose one and move to it for password storage away from all browsers, not just Microsoft Edge: https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-password-managers
On May 8, Meta (the owners of Facebook & Instagram) removed privacy from Instagram DMs. If you need privacy for your conversations (you do), use an encrypted method of communication, like Signal (https://signal.org/).

Weekly Actions

✊ Action 1 – Fight the GOP bill that would give billions to ICE & Trump’s ballroom

From Indivisible National

Last week, Republicans released the initial text of their reconciliation funding bill. In addition to the $70 billion they want to shovel into the regime’s mass deportation machine, they also snuck in $1 billion for Trump’s White House ballroom.

At a time when so many Americans are struggling to get by, Republicans want us to believe there’s no money for healthcare, housing, or food assistance. But they’re prepared to spend billions of dollars on concentration camps, bonuses for Border Patrol and ICE thugs, and a golden ballroom where Trump can host his billionaire friends.

Republicans know their agenda is massively unpopular, but they’re hoping they can pass this bill quickly before the public even hears about it. So, we need to move faster, be louder, and build a backlash big enough to stop this bill in its tracks.

Even with supportive Members of Congress who are likely to oppose this bill, there are steps we can take to add strength to their opposition.

✊ Action 1a – Contact your Members of Congress and tell them to mount a fierce campaign against this bill in the media and online to block this bill.

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:

Hello. My name is [NAME] and I am a constituent from [CITY]. I am contacting you to urge you to use every tool at your disposal to fight any budget reconciliation bill that sends more taxpayer dollars to ICE and Border Patrol. Republicans already voted to give ICE and CBP a massive budget last year, and now they’re trying to use the reconciliation process to give these agencies billions more, as well as showering public funds on the disastrous ballroom that Trump claimed would be privately funded.

I urge you to vote NO on the reconciliation legislation and use all available leverage to delay, obstruct, and build public opposition to Republicans’ backwards spending priorities. Hardworking families should not have to suffer to fuel Trump’s mass deportation machine.

Thank you.

[NAME]

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

✊ Action 1b – Sign up for Indivisible’s ‘Fund Communities, Not Chaos’ Phone Bank to call voters in red districts and help mobilize them to oppose this bill. Tues May 12, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm.

✊ Action 2 – Stand up for the right to protest in Bellevue

We learned recently of a proposed ordinance in Bellevue related to protests that will be discussed at the city council meeting on Tuesday (5/12). The meeting starts at 6 pm in the city council chambers. The ordinance addresses protests targeted at an individual or residence, but it’s written in a way that is incredibly broad and could be used to criminalize any protest in any residential area. The agenda item summary seems relatively innocuous, but the actual text of the ordinance is incredibly broad and vague. It defines a protest as:

“any protest, demonstration or picketing activity, including but not limited to, marching, congregating, standing, posting, parading, demonstrating, picketing, or patrolling of persons, with or without signs, and with or without making audible or amplified noise.”

As written, the ordinance effectively allows powerful individuals to criminalize any activity in their neighborhood that they want to stop. Only authoritarians criminalize free speech. Peaceful protest is the foundation of our democracy.

Please show up in support of the right to peacefully protest in Bellevue. It is not necessary to be a resident of Bellevue to attend. Protests happen across city boundaries and this would affect anyone who wishes to exercise their 1st Amendment rights within the city.

Date and time – Tues May 12, 6 pm

Location – Bellevue City Hall – 450 110th Ave NE, Bellevue

⛅ Bright Spots

WA Supreme Court ruled against the first challenge to ‘millionaires tax’. The Court ruled that voters cannot bring a referendum against the newly passed “millionaires tax.” The court upheld the constitutionality of a clause in the text of the law that blocks a challenge by referendum. The millionaire backers of the opposition to the tax have now launched an effort to repeal it via initiative, probably this November, despite their ally Tim Eyman stating that this was a bad idea as polling is very much in support of the tax.
A Federal court ruled against the new global tariffs that Trump imposed after February’s loss at the Supreme Court. In the ruling, the tariffs were described as “invalid″ and ”unauthorized by law.”
Immigrant organizers flipped Nixon’s home town to Democrats, spurred by ICE raids and unfair election rules that had kept Latinos out of city government.
Democrats held onto a narrow majority in the Michigan Senate by winning a special election in a closely divided district.

Upcoming Events

Tues May 12 – 5:30-8:30 pm – Collective Courage: Training for Resisting Authoritarianism – organized by the Free Washington Project. Downtown Seattle. Register for address.
Wed May 13 – 4-4:30 pm – Interview with Jessica Craven of Chop Wood, Carry Water fame, organized by Indivisible Bellingham. Online; register to attend.
Wed May 13 – 5:30 pm – Plan to Undo Citizens United – Informational & Organizing Call – hosted by Fix Democracy First. Also see Center for American Progress’ Plan to Beat Citizens United.
Thu May 14 – 3:30-5:30 pm- Stitch Squad meet up – new location! Bellevue Library, 1111 110th Ave NE, Bellevue (Meeting Room 4). Sign up using the access code ‘stitch’.
Thu May 14 – 5-7:30 pm – Spring Symposium: Pacific Northwest Immigration Enforcement Trends and Community Responses – 5-6 pm reception, 6-7:30 pm main program. Online or in person at UW Kane Hall. Register in advance.
Sat May 16 – 10 am -12 pm – Neighborhood Conversation about Safe Parking Pilot Program. Newport Presbyterian Church, 4010 120th Avenue SE, Bellevue. See Future Safe Parking Relocation FAQs.
Sat May 16 – 3-4:30 pm – Indivisible Eastside Group Meeting on Zoom. New members please join at 2:30 for a New member welcome/orientation.
Sun May 17 – 2-5 pm – Nonviolent Direct Action Training – Central Lutheran Church, 1710 11th Ave, Seattle. Register in advance.
Sun May 17 – 7:30 pm – How to be a Strategic Political Donor Town Hall Seattle – With former US Ambassador Suzi LeVine and Joe Nguyễn. In Person – $10 – $35 Sliding Scale (additional fees may apply).
Wed May 20 – 6:30 – 8:30 pm – Singing Resistance Eastside Potluck and Singalong – Kirkland.
Sat May 23 – 4:30-6 pm – Seattle League of Activist Musicians (in Day box at upper left, click Saturday to see the Saturday schedule) – performance at Folklife Festival, which includes the Anti-Fascist Marching Band’s IE members. Eve Alvord Theater, Seattle Center. Donations welcome but not required – suggested daily donation is $20.
Fri May 29 – 3-7 pm – Africa Day Celebration – Together Center in Redmond.
Sat May 30 – 8:45 am – 12:45 pm on Zoom – Confronting Militarism at Home & Abroad, by the Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation. 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

Sign up for Take Action Network to take actions by Indivisible groups around the state

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