For the week of January 19, 2026

🎙️ Jan 19, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 On Saturday, we held our first 2026 Indivisible Eastside meeting, where guests from the ACLU informed members about important state bills and ways to be more involved with state and local politics. See meeting notes HERE.

🔷 Speaking of local government, the 2026 session of the State Legislature is underway. Please be sure to sign up for TAN (Take Action Network) for the fastest and most efficient way to make your voice heard in Olympia.

🔷 Bloodworks Northwest is in Code Red, as our area blood supply is at emergency low levels. They are urging everyone eligible and feeling healthy to fill immediate appointments at a donor center or blood drive. Spread the word and donate blood if you can! This is a meaningful act of service to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day today and in the weeks to come.

Weekly Actions

✊ Action 1 – Tell the Senate we need ICE Out For Good

from Indivisible.org

On January 7, Renee Nicole Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities.

A broad coalition of groups across the country is calling for Congress to answer the people’s call to get ICE Out For Good. Congress MUST demand an end to these reckless immigration raids and withhold their votes from any bill that would add to ICE’s already massive budget.

🔷 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 [Your Name], and I’m a constituent from [Your District] in Washington state.

I’m calling to urge Senator/Representative [Name] to refuse to vote for any appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security that fails to rein in ICE.

Renee Nicole Good’s murder on January 7th is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against our communities.

We can’t wait around while ICE harms more people. Senator/Representative [NAME] must push for an appropriations bill that puts serious restrictions on ICE, ends its dragnet raids, and doesn’t add a penny to its already bloated budget.

Thank you.

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

✊ Action 2 – Congress Must Prepare for Trump Misuse of Insurrection Act

from Rogan’s List

Donald Trump has already used our troops in unprecedented ways to stifle political dissent, and he is now threatening to cross yet another line. He’s suggested yet again that he will invoke the Insurrection Act, sending in the military to crack down on protesters against the continued terrorizing of Minneapolis by ICE.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has already promised legal action if Trump takes this step. But this would be a watershed moment for our democracy, and more of our elected officials would need to rise to the occasion.

Let’s give our members of Congress a clear and unambiguous message: our president is threatening to use our troops against our people because they are peacefully protesting his policies and upholding the Constitution. His threats are incredibly dangerous and fundamentally un-American. Members of Congress need to be prepared to act immediately if he moves forward, using whatever tools are available to them.

🔷 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 Email Script (for a phone script, consider shortening to the first and last paragraphs):

The President of the United States is once again threatening to deploy our troops against American citizens. Trump has publicly warned that he is considering invoking the Insurrection Act to stop protests against state violence in Minnesota.

Unlike the ICE and CBP agents Trump has sent in, who have already killed a legal observer and brutalized their targets and protesters alike, the folks exercising their First Amendment rights have been overwhelmingly peaceful. These are people who believe in our Constitution and simply want our government to be held to it, too.

What Trump is threatening is the stuff of tinpot dictatorships. One of the crucial protections that has kept America free and democratic has been our insistence that the military never be used as a political weapon against our own. That safeguard is being destroyed. It’s an affront to our most sacred values, and it’s dangerous as hell.

If the President chooses to pull the trigger, you need to treat it as the dire emergency for our nation that it is. Have a strategy ready and be prepared to use whatever legislative or political tools you have available to take concrete and meaningful action. Strongly worded letters and angry videos on social media won’t cut it. If you accept this as business as usual, that’s what it will become.

Thank you.

[Your Name]

⛅ Bright Spots

After abruptly cutting off $2 billion in federal funding for mental health and substance abuse programs, the Department of Health and Human Services reversed course the next day. It says it will reinstate funding to all 2,000 organizations that provide services, thanks to a bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers.
A federal court upheld California’s Proposition 50, which redraws state election maps to favor Democrats. Prop 50 was voted in as a direct response to Texas’s gerrymandering to favor Republicans.
On January 16, a federal judge ruled that federal officers cannot retaliate against, detain, or attack people who are peacefully protesting and observing ICE actions in the Minneapolis area.

Upcoming Events

Mon Jan 19 – 11 am-3 pm – MLK Jr. Celebration and Health Fair, Bellevue Crossroads, 15600 NE 8th St.
Tues Jan 20, 1-3 pm – Election Observer Training ahead of the Feb 10 election. King County Elections headquarters, 919 SW Grady Way, Renton. Email King County Democrats Chair Beth Bazley at chair@kcdems.org to register.
Wed Jan 21 – 10-11: 30 am PST – ICE OUT for Good virtual phone bank to voters. Register to participate.
Thu Jan 22 – 10:30 am-12:30 pm – IE Valentine Making Social in Redmond. Register to attend using access code ‘valentine’.
Fri Jan 23 – 8:30 am-5 pm – Democracy Lobby Day – United Churches of Olympia. In Olympia; register to attend.
Fri Jan 23 – 11 am-1 pm – Election Observer Training ahead of the Feb 10 election. King County Elections headquarters, 919 SW Grady Way, Renton. Email King County Democrats Chair Beth Bazley at chair@kcdems.org to register.
Thur Jan 29 – 6-8 pm – Opening reception for ‘Faces of the Past and Present’: An Exhibition at Mutual Arts Collective, Pike Place Market, Seattle. Features original artwork by incarcerated artists. Register to attend.
Thur Feb 5 – 8:30 am-5 pm – Advocacy Day – Washington for Peace and Justice and Jewish Voice for Peace-Seattle, Capitol Building, Olympia. Register to attend.
Fri Feb 6 – 6-8 pm – WAISN Rapid Response Training. Online. Register to attend.
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. Signup coming.

📣 Everyday Actions

See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2026

See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors

See Postcarding & Letter Writing resources on our website

Additional resources for your activism

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