Actions
Members of Congress
(202) 224-2621 | Email (202) 224-3441 | Email | (202) 225-6311 | Email (202) 225-7761 | Email (202) 225-8901 | Email |
WAISN’s Bystander & Observer Guidelines for documenting immigrant detainment
For the week of February 2, 2026
🎙️Feb 2, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go
🔷 Please join us Sunday Feb 15 for Indivisible Eastside’s In Person Group Meeting in Redmond. Register to attend using the access code ‘indivisible’. The meeting is 3-4:30 pm, with a new-member welcome/orientation at 2:30. We will be collecting new socks for a local immigrant support group.
🔷 Shocked by the murders in Minneapolis, hundreds of folks have joined the Indivisible Eastside mailing list and Facebook group. The steering committee hopes to connect new and current members with meaningful actions and community. Please fill out this Indivisible Eastside Volunteer Opportunities form to let us know how you want to engage, or how you can help others engage. Our #1 need right now is help responding to volunteers – personally connecting new folks with those leading events and activities. If that’s you, please fill out the form and let us know!
🔷 On Wednesday, the No Kings Coalition announced that March 28th is the date of the next No Kings national mobilization. The Indivisible Eastside Rally team is busy working on a location and time and will have more information in the coming weeks, as well as a volunteer signup form specific to No Kings 3.
🔷 Ballot dropboxes available for Feb 10th elections. Local school districts including Issaquah, Mercer Island, Lake Washington, Northshore, Snoqualmie Valley and Bellevue School Districts have renewal levies on the ballot. These levies fund daily operations, staff, technology, and facility repairs not fully covered by the state. In Issaquah and Mercer Island, the Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) Levy funds nearly 17% of the budget. Most are not new taxes, but renewals of expiring funding. Links take you to the district FAQs.
Weekly Actions
✊ Action 1 – Denounce the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act
from Democracy Docket and 5Calls
“The right to vote is fundamental, and Congress should be working to make it easier, not harder, for eligible Americans to participate.” U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.).
Instead, on Jan. 29th House Republicans introduced The Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act, which goes far beyond even the SAVE Act, passed by the House last year and which one historian called “the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history.”
While the SAVE Act focuses almost exclusively on requiring voters to produce documentary proof of citizenship when registering, the MEGA Act is far more sweeping. It would:
- Impose a strict photo ID requirement to vote,
- create a centralized voter surveillance system in every state,
- mandate constant voter roll purges, gutting the “Motor Voter” law that expanded access to voter registration,
- bar states from counting ballots that arrive after Election Day,
- ban universal mail voting, in which states mail a ballot to all registered voters,
- bar the federal funding for voter registration by outside groups
Tens of millions of Americans, particularly people with disabilities, younger people, and Black and Hispanic people, lack the necessary documentation to vote under these potential new requirements.
🔷 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:
My name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP] in Washington state.
I’m calling to urge [House Rep/Senator] to oppose the Make Elections Great Again Act. This bill usurps states’ constitutional authority to administer elections and imposes needless and expensive voting restrictions, potentially disenfranchising millions in the name of fighting almost nonexistent voter fraud.
Thank you.
[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]
✊ Action 2 – Support Reforms: Hold Federal Agents Accountable
from Rogan’s List
The Administration has been repeatedly caught covering up for violence by agents of the deportation machine, and they have made it abundantly clear there won’t be justice for ICE and CBP wrongdoings from the federal government. States have a path for criminal prosecution, but it is not easy. But individual citizens have little recourse.
In theory, we have the right to file suit against federal government officials for constitutional violations based on a case called “Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents.” But in recent years the Supreme Court has put so many limits on when that right can be used, it is nearly worthless. There are bills on Capitol Hill now to make “Bivens reform” happen. Senator Alex Padilla has introduced the Accountability for Federal Law Enforcement Act (S. 3470), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Hank Johnson have introduced the Bivens Act (H.R. 6091/S.3187).
Please call or email your representatives asking them to support these initiatives, giving power back to the people.
🔷 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 or Call Info:
My name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP] in Washington state.
Americans desperately need more power to fight for our rights. We shouldn’t have to rely on the government to address injustices committed by that same government.
Right now, we are effectively blocked from suing federal officials for damages in federal court when they violate our constitutional rights. The Supreme Court has rendered the Bivens doctrine useless, essentially leaving federal officials above the law. Unless the state is willing to act on our behalf, they can get away with harming us and there’s not much we can do about it.
Several bills addressing this issue have been introduced already in this Congress, including the Accountability for Federal Law Enforcement Act (S. 3470) and the Bivens Act (H.R. 6091/S. 3187). Please add your support to one of these Bivens reform efforts and work to pass it into law as soon as possible. Let Americans stand up for themselves.
Thank you for your consideration.
⛅ Bright Spots
- Democratic Senators stood together to block a spending package that would fund DHS and ICE. Congress has two weeks to negotiate guardrails on ICE.
- Democrats won two Minnesota special elections, bringing the state House back to a tie.
- A federal judge permanently blocked key portions of the sweeping executive order on elections President Donald Trump signed last year. “Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures,” the judge wrote.
Upcoming Events
- Wed Feb 4 – 9-5 pm – The Circle Donation Day. Drop off at Premier Storage [next to The Circle], 182 NW Gilman Boulevard, Issaquah. Call 425-331-2103 upon your arrival so volunteers can meet you and assist with unloading.
- Wed Feb 4 – 5:30-7 pm – Organizing the Resistance: Voices from Minnesota is a virtual panel sponsored by the Free Washington Project. Organizers who played a crucial role in Minneapolis will share concrete strategies and lessons learned from recent actions, and discuss how people in Washington can prepare our communities. Online. Register to attend.
- Thur Feb 5 – 5-6 pm – Indivisible hosts Eyes on Ice: Document and Record. Online. Presenters cover rights when documenting and recording law enforcement encounters, and how you can continue to take action. Register to attend.
- Fri Feb 6 – 6-8 pm – WAISN Rapid Response Training. Online. Register to attend.
- Sat Feb 7 – 10-11 am or 5:30 pm – TAN-WILA Training Online. Learn how to use Take Action Network (TAN) to help get progressive policy codified in our state laws. Link takes you to registration and multiple options of training dates.
- Wed Feb 11 – 6-8 pm – WAISN Know Your Rights Training. Online. Register to attend.
- Sun Feb 15 – 3-4:30 pm – Indivisible Eastside Group Meeting In Person, Redmond. New Member Welcome 2:30. Sign up to attend using access code ‘indivisible’.
- Sat Feb 21 – 11-1 pm – Kirkland City Council will hold a Conversations with the Council meeting at Kingsgate Library, 12315 NE 143rd St, Kirkland. These meetings are designed to create more informal, accessible opportunities for community members to connect directly with City Councilmembers.
- Sun Feb 22 – 2-3:30 pm – Indivisible Eastside Digital Safety Workshop – online. Register to attend.
- Sat Mar 28 – No Kings Eastside – Time and Location TBD
📣 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 state legislative action
Additional resources for your activism
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