For the Week of October 27, 2025

🎙️Oct 27, 2025 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

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

🔷 The fight doesn’t end here. No Kings was a beginning — a reminder that power belongs to the people, not to those who would rule over us. The work now is to stay ready, stay connected, and keep fighting back. Bookmark No Kings and check for updates every Wednesday. On the ground, ways to take action include becoming a day labor ally and declining to sign initiatives targeting LGBTQ+ children. Check out other actions you can take to keep the resistance moving.

🔷 Thank you to everyone who donated food at the No Kings events last Saturday. A total of 756 pounds of food and $145 in donations for food banks was collected at the Redmond and Kirkland events. To continue supporting local families, make a donation to a local food bank.

This is especially important because the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is expected to run out of money on November 1st. Without new funding the USDA warns that it will be forced to suspend all payments entirely. SNAP’s emergency contingency fund currently holds about $6 billion, but the program needs $8.1 billion to cover November benefits. This will affect millions of vulnerable families who rely on these benefits. According to DSHS data, more than 905,000 Washingtonians — about 15% of the state’s population — received $167 million in SNAP benefits as of May 2025.

🔷 Is your ballot still on your counter? Please get it in as soon as possible so that your vote can be counted. Check out the King County Voters’ Guide for official statements from candidates and measures, Fuse Washington’s Progressive Voters Guide, The Urbanist’s 2025 Election Endorsements,and King County Democrats for progressive recommendations. Ballots are due November 4th. After Oct 30th, use a drop-box to make sure your vote is counted.

Here are your 2 Actions and Bright Spots.

✊ Action 1 – All Eyes on Virginia Phone Bank

from Indivisible National

Join a phone bank and help Indivisible deliver wins for candidates who will put Virginia first, from the top of the ticket all the way down to the local school board. The governor’s race in Virginia is one of the first major statewide contests since the 2024 presidential election and stands as a critical test ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Virginia currently has a Republican triplex and divided trifecta which means the Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general, and the Democratic Party controls both chambers of the state legislature. The latest Kaplan Poll indicates Democratic nominee Abigail Spanberger has a 10-point lead over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears. Let’s flip the governor’s mansion, grow the Democratic majority in the House of Delegates, and elect public school champions to Virginia school boards.

This phone bank will be using the Scale to Win calling tool to connect with voters all across Virginia to remind them of the importance of this election and make sure they have a plan to vote. Choose a time and register to participate in this virtual action. A short phone bank training will be included at the beginning of the event. Be sure to have both a computer and a phone so you can make phone calls to voters.

✊ Action 2 – Demand Congress Block Federalization of the National Guard

from Action Button and 5 Calls

Deployment of the National Guard to democratic cities across the country is a blatant and dangerous abuse of power. After deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles and Washington D.C. this past summer, the Trump administration is now expanding their use of the US military to conduct domestic law enforcement.

On August 25th, Trump signed an executive order to create specialized units within the National Guard that would be specifically “trained and equipped to deal with public order issues”. The Trump administration is now planning to expand troop deployments across 19 states. The deployment of troops to harass and terrorize communities is also an expensive abuse of power that endangers the liberty and rights of all US residents, particularly immigrants, unhoused people, and people of color.

Recently in Portland, Oregon ICE agents have escalated violence against protestors. Following the No Kings day march, federal agents tossed tear gas and smoke bombs into the peaceful crowd in front of the downtown ICE facility. Oregon Democratic lawmakers have called on the Trump administration to withdraw federal agents deployed outside the facility in Portland, citing concerns over excessive use of force.

We need to send a clear message to our lawmakers that we stand against these escalating and dangerous actions.

🔷 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:

Hi, my name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP]. I am calling to condemn President Trump’s recent domestic military deployments and his reported plans to deploy more military troops to our communities. This is an unnecessary and dangerous abuse of power that endangers all citizens.

The Trump administration is violating our rights as a state and interfering with local law enforcement’s ability to carry out their duties. This abusive display of force is also a drain on taxpayer resources. Sending military troops into our neighborhoods is unjustified and undermines the rule of law.

I urge you to take action to block the deployment of the National Guard or other military forces to our cities and hold the Trump administration accountable for any abuses that stem from these activations.

Thank you.

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

⛅ Bright Spots

from Chop Wood, Carry Water and other sources

California says “goodbye” to coal. California’s energy sources are now over two thirds renewable or zero-carbon sources, spanning solar, wind, and hydro, as well as nuclear and geothermal power.
Portland had its biggest ever emergency naked bike ride in the pouring rain! This event was staged to protest deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis ordered federal immigration agents in Chicago to wear body cameras during encounters with protesters as part of Operation Midway Blitz.
Dozens of prominent artists and cultural organizations have signed on to participate in a series of artistic demonstrations to protest the authoritarian overreach of the Trump administration.
Los Angeles County officials voted to declare a state of emergency, giving them the power to financially assist residents who have suffered from ongoing federal immigration raids.
Universities are declining to join a compact that would give preferential funding in exchange for a list of changes to school policy. The letter was sent to nine universities at the beginning of the month, and seven schools have rejected the offer so far.
Volunteer groups, along with advocates and lawyers, are patrolling the streets of Chicago and its suburbs warning immigrants of ICE’s presence, contacting family members of those detained and linking those who are detained with legal services.

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