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  • Sen. Patty Murray
    (202) 224-2621 | Email

  • Sen. Maria Cantwell
    (202) 224-3441 | Email

  • Rep. Suzan DelBene (1st)
    (202) 225-6311 | Email

  • Rep. Kim Schrier (8th)
    (202) 225-7761 | Email

  • Rep. Adam Smith (9th)
    (202) 225-8901 | Email
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    For the Week of June 23, 2025

    🎙️June 23, 2025 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

    🔷 On Saturday, at Donald Trump’s direction, the U.S. bombed Iran’s three major nuclear facilities, and he has warned that the U.S. could still attack other, less significant targets if Iran’s leaders don’t stand down. Please take two actions from Indivisible to tell your Senators and Representative to support the bipartisan War Powers Resolution preventing further US military involvement in war with Iran without congressional approval.

    🔷 Over 100 people met up for our In-person Group Meeting on Sunday (30 new folks!). It was wonderful to be in community. Here are the NOTES from the meeting, which includes links to the slides and all the resources we discussed. Do something, learn something, help someone do something.

    🔷 Historian Heather Cox Richardson has a daily newsletter available on Substack and Facebook. and posts informational videos. Last week she interviewed former President Obama and Pete Buttigieg. As the news becomes more chaotic and grave, she has added an ‘Okay to read before bed.’ Example: This one is probably pretty neutral on the sleep scale. Probably okay to read before bed. It is a reminder that self care is needed to stay in the race. If you find yourself replaying the news rather than sleeping, here is a 10 minute guided relaxation to help you sleep.

    🔷 In the Senate’s race to bring their budget bill to the floor this week, they are constrained by the reconciliation process. Reconciliation requires that both Houses pass identical budget resolutions in order to vote on the final bill. The Senate Parliamentarian ruled Senator Tim Scott’s proposals to zero out funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, slash some Federal Reserve employees’ pay, cut Treasury’s Office of Financial Research, and dissolve the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board are all ineligible. Politico is tracking changes that are being approved or disallowed. Your help is greatly needed to contact voters in red states to alert them to this bill. Please see the Urgent ask in the calendar.

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

    Here are your 2 Actions and Bright Spots.

    ✊ Action 1 – Tell Senators: oppose bond requirement to file with the courts (Section 70302 – Big Bad Bill)

    from Thom Hartmann Report, Campaign Legal Center advances democracy through law.

    Background

    • Over 300 lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration.
    • As of last week, the federal courts have blocked Trump in at least 187 of them.
    • Trump has outright won only 7.1 percent of the cases where he or his administration have been sued.

    Republican senators have inserted a requirement that those suing the government must pay a bond before they can even file with the court. It also tries to remove any discretion courts have to require a nominal bond which would let public interest cases proceed at minimal cost. As a result, individuals, nonprofits, charities and others could face exorbitant financial barriers to the justice system.

    The bond amounts are calculated based on expected cost to the federal government “in an amount proper to pay the costs and damages sustained by the Federal Government.” For example, if a person is trying to sue ICE for illegal detainment, ICE could claim it will cost ten or fifty million dollars to litigate and resolve your case, so that’s the bond you will be required to put up before you can file.

    Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick notes at his UnPopulist newsletter that such a bond requirement will bring most filings before federal courts to a screeching halt:

    That is especially true in cases involving sweeping policies where the government could claim ‘costs’ in the billions. Only state governments could conceivably post bonds in that amount, though they would also balk at the potential hit to their budgets.

    🔷 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:

    My name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent, living in [CITY], Washington. I’m contacting you to raise objections to Section 70302 in the Big BAD Bill, which originally was about contempt, but was changed to require posting a bond before anyone could file a suit with the courts. This is bad precedent, one that will hurt Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. This plan effectively shuts the courthouse doors on ANY average American.

    Even the Koch-funded Libertarian Reason Magazine was horrified, writing:

    “[I]f this provision passes, the government could impose even blatantly illegal and unconstitutional policies for long periods of time… which would inflict grave harm on the victims of illegality. Consider media subject to illegal censorship during a crucial news cycle, illegally deported immigrants, people imprisoned without due process, and more.”

    Rather than the judicial branch serving us, it means individuals, nonprofits, charities, and others could face exorbitant financial barriers to the justice system. Please fight to have this removed.

    Thank you.

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

    ✊ Action 2 – Save Public Lands – more than 250 million acres will be sold in 5 years

    from The Wilderness Society, Seattle Times

    A new amendment in the Senate Reconciliation bill forces the arbitrary sale of 200 to 300 million acres of lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service over the next five years. The following 11 states are impacted: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Wilderness Study Areas, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, roadless areas and critical habitat, big game migration corridors are all considered eligible for sale. The Senate’s bill puts any multiple-use Forest Service or BLM land on the table, including places vital for outdoor recreation. There are virtually no safeguards on what land can be sold or for what purpose. More than 250 million acres of public lands will be eligible to be sold to “any interested party.” Here’s a map showing areas to be sold and the acreage by state. Sample of places that would be sold:

    • Mount Hood’s 44 Trails Network: Mount Hood National Forest, OR
    • Mount Bachelor: Deschutes National Forest, OR
    • The Little White Salmon River: Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA
    • Mountains to Sound Greenway, WA
    • WA ski areas: Crystal Mountain, Alpental, Mount Baker, parts of Stevens Pass
    • Large areas of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the Cascades, WA
    • Many Parts of The Sawtooth Mountains: Sawtooth National Forest, ID
    • Trinity Alps: Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA
    • The Juniper Mountains: Prescott National Forest, AZ

    The bill’s process for selling off lands runs at breakneck speed, demanding the nomination of tracts within 30 days, then every 60 days until the arbitrary multi-million-acre goal is met, all without hearings, debate, or public input. Other provisions sweeten the deal for companies by offering discounts on leases and “expedited” environmental reviews that will allow them to more easily skirt regulations and avoid public oversight.

    Although Senators talk about the land being used for housing, research suggests that very little of the land managed by the BLM and USFS is actually suitable for housing. Just a few weeks ago, the outdoor community helped remove this from the House bill. We can be successful again.

    🔷 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 (see below for list of additional points to make):

    My name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent, living in [CITY], Washington. I’m contacting you to forcefully object to a proposed amendment in the One Big Beautiful Bill which authorizes the sale of up to 300 million acres of public lands in 11 western states. The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources proposed the amendment, but this land represents half of the public land in the U.S. These lands are not surplus, and can’t simply be made available for sale to “any interested party.” These places are shared by the American people and Tribal Nations with attention towards benefiting current and future generations alike.

    Selling off our public lands to raise money for tax cuts for the rich will do nothing to benefit the public and leave nothing for our generations to come. Public lands generate $230 billion in national economic output, supporting countless jobs and local businesses.

    Vote NO, but do more than vote no. Build a coalition who will tank this awful amendment.

    Thank you.

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

    Additional points you can add to your call or email:

    • Republican House member Zinke was able to remove the sale of public lands in Montana, stating that, “The idea that you’re going to sell public land to get out of debt is folly.” For him, this is a ‘hard no.’
    • Sen. Martin Heinrich, the ranking Democrat on the energy committee, stated, “What I know would happen is people would lose access to places they know and care about and that drive our Western economies.”
    • This proposal would decimate communities, remove 100,000 miles of trails, 8,232 climbing areas and 3,405 river miles across the West.
    • A 2022 study by the U.S. Forest Service revealed national forests in the West comprised 19.2 percent of the total land area yet contributed 46.3 percent of the surface water supply.

    ⛅ Bright Spots

    • Trump’s job approval has fallen most sharply among younger adults. Just 27% of adults under 30 approve of Trump’s job handling, while 66% disapprove — a net approval of -39. Three months ago, more people in this age group approved than disapproved of his job performance. Source: Yougov.
    • California lawmakers introduced the “No Secret Police Act” which would require clear identification through uniforms, name tags, or badge numbers. The legislation faces pushback, but keeps the issue in the public eye.
    • YES, Dodger Stadium refused to allow ICE entry. Approximately 43% of Los Angeles Dodgers fans are Latino.
    • Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil set free after judge orders Trump administration to release him.

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