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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 April 21, 2025

    🎙️April 21, 2025_Weekly Actions Audio

    🔷 Indivisible Eastside has displayed messages on freeway overpasses for several years and we believe it’s really effective for awareness raising – it’s called Alphabet Resistance. And we have fun together! On April 24th from 4:45 – 6 pm near NE 4th in Bellevue we will be holding signs that say BRING HIM HOME on one side, and DUE PROCESS NOW on the other side (or something similar.) We need more people to make this happen as we need one person per letter, plus extra folks for the surface street. Newcomers are especially welcome! No experience necessary. A video is worth 1,000 words, so please see our YouTube channel with videos. More information and signup HERE using access code ‘alpha’

    🔷 Please join us for our April 27, 3-4:30 pm Indivisible Eastside Group Meeting on Zoom. New Member Orientation begins at 2:30. US Congressman Adam Smith (WA-9) will join us for the first 30 minutes. You can listen to this Pod Save America interview to hear some of Rep. Smith’s thoughts on where the Democrats should be headed. Register HERE.

    🔷 Save the date May 1st May Day March – Indivisible Eastside May Day March – Redmond Downtown Park

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    Here are your 2 actions and Bright Spots.

    ✊ Action 1 – Tell Senators to Co-sponsor Senate Resolution 147 to save the USPS

    From Chop Wood, Carry Water

    The USPS has been struggling and under attack by Trump since his last term. The U.S. Postal Service is facing an uncertain future after the resignation on March 24 of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the suggestion by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who heads DOGE, that the mail service could be privatized. Privatizing the Postal Service would mean slashed services, skyrocketing prices, and mass layoffs. It would create yet another taxpayer-funded giveaway to the wealthiest elites, all while stripping communities of a service they depend on daily. The USPS delivers medicine, pays workers, connects families, and upholds our elections. It stands for equity, accessibility, and the idea that some services should never be for sale. Our all vote by mail system is also at risk under privatization. Would a private company reliably deliver our ballots? Would they jack the price up so much in blue states to make it cost prohibitive to vote by mail? Can we trust a private company with our ballots?

    Trump already laid the groundwork in his last term, and he’s itching to finish the job. We know his playbook, and we won’t be fooled. If we let Congress drag its feet, we risk watching one of America’s most trusted institutions be gutted before our eyes.

    Senator Tillis has partnered with Senator Hassan to introduce Senate Resolution 147, which states that the government must “take all appropriate measures to ensure that the USPS…is not subject to privatization.” Neither of our Senators have signed onto this resolution. Please tell them to sponsor this resolution.

    🔷 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] from [CITY, ZIP] and I’m a constituent. I’m calling to ask you to co-sponsor Senate Resolution 147, which states that the government must “take all appropriate measures to ensure that the USPS…is not subject to privatization.” This isn’t just about mail delivery. It’s about 630,000 jobs, mostly held by women and Black Americans. It’s about veterans, rural families, and small businesses that rely on the USPS daily.

    And it’s about power. The power of a public institution that serves every address in this country, over 168 million, without fear or favor. Trump and his allies want to rip that power away and hand it to private corporations for profit. Please co-sponsor Senate Resolution 147 to protect our USPS!

    Thank you.

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

    ✊ Action 2 – Boycott products from El Salvador and let companies know why

    Source: from Alt National Park Service

    The Trump administration has paid $6 million dollars to El Salvador to house hundreds of people deported from the U.S. to that country’s high-security mega-prison. Last Monday, April 14, while sitting in the Oval Office, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele told reporters he would not return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the El Salvadoran prison where the U.S. Justice Department mistakenly deported him; he called the idea “preposterous.”

    It is preposterous that American companies manufacture in countries that do not respect due process or clear orders by the U.S. Supreme Court.

    Action 2a: Boycott all products made in El Salvador. Such products include clothing, mattresses, food and more, so check tags and packages and avoid buying those marked “Made in El Salvador.” Companies that manufacture in El Salvador include Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, Gildan, Diana, Capri, Indufoam, Bon Appetit, and many more.

    Action 2b: Contact the heads of companies manufacturing in El Salvador, such as Hanes and Fruit of the Loom, to voice your dismay at their silence.

    • Hanes Email or 336-519-8080; brands include Maidenform, Bali, Playtex, Hanes, Bonds, and more
    • Fruit of the Loom contact form or 1-855-253-4534; brands include Spalding, Russell Athletic, Vanity Fair, Jerzees, Dudley, Fruit of the Loom, BVD, and American Athletic

    Sample script:

    Dear {company head},

    Your company should be speaking out loudly and publicly against the stance of El Salvador’s president. He has disrespected U.S. due process for prisoners, along with the Supreme Court order to return wrongfully imprisoned deportees from the U.S., such as Kilmar Abrego Garcia. As a manufacturer in El Salvador, your company has influence to reinforce U.S. constitutional rights and democratic values. Until you have done all you can to bring about the return of those wrongfully imprisoned, I and many others will boycott your brands. Ask Target Corporation how boycotts are working out for them.

    Please do the right thing,

    [NAME]

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

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