For the week of July 20, 2026

🎙️July 20, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 Indivisible Eastside’s Ice Cream Social at Juanita Beach park had a great turnout on a beautiful evening. 60 people gathered for ice cream sundaes, helped fold and cut 1600 GOTV zines and connected with friends new and old. We also heard from a speaker from Democracy Forward about legislative proposals. Thank you to all who folded or took zines to hand out at street fairs, farmers markets, and local businesses.

Please note that there will be no Monthly Meeting in August but watch this space for details for September.

🔷 Ballots have dropped and the Primary is coming up! Do you want to learn first hand how secure our elections are? Please join us on Monday August 3rd at 10 am for a tour of the loop around the ballot processing floor at King County Elections Headquarters and see how the system works. Sign up to attend! Access code: elections

🔷 For the August 4th Primary, remember to return your vote early if you can. For this Primary, the Supreme Court races are critical for our state. Here are three resources to share with your network, friends, and neighbors about the candidates on the August 4th ballot.

The Progressive Voters Guide‘s recommendations for the primary. Scroll past the counties on the page.
Northwest Progressive Institute’s very thorough website on the candidates. This includes information on who Democrats, Republicans, and leading politicians are endorsing (scroll down for endorsements).
The League of Women Voters- WA also has a useful guide to assessing the candidates.

🔷 Volunteers are needed on Friday, July 24th from 2-4 pm to pack halal food for distribution with Africans on the Eastside for the “Setting the Table for our Muslim Neighbors” project. This is a result of the Solidarity in Action grant that we were awarded, in coordination with Indivisible WA-08. Sign up to volunteer! Access code: food

Weekly Actions

✊ Action 1 – Tell your Members of Congress to reject the Trump-Netanyahu military partnership

From Indivisible.org

Every year, Congress passes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — a massive defense bill that’s considered “must-pass” legislation. Because it passes every year, lawmakers frequently try to slip in other policies that could not pass on their own. And unfortunately, even under Trump, many Democrats annually rubber-stamp this bill.

Trump and Netanyahu have worked closely over the past year and a half, partnering to commit devastating war crimes across the Middle East. Now, Congress is being asked to expand military cooperation between the United States and Israel through joint weapons development, intelligence sharing, defense technology partnerships, and other forms of military coordination, all while reducing transparency and public oversight.

At a time when the Israeli government continues its genocide in Gaza, and Trump works hand in hand with Netanyahu to expand reckless military operations across the Middle East, Congress should not be making integration with Israel’s military a more permanent feature of US defense policy, or locking future administrations into even closer cooperation. Although the Senate recently voted against the NDAA, their opposition is based on the Iran war, not the section of the bill that concerns integration with Israel’s military (called Section 219).

Please contact your Members of Congress and urge them to strip Section 219 from the NDAA and avoid handing over our military data and decisions to Netanyahu.

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:

Hello,

My name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY].

I’m contacting you about the NDAA. This year’s bill includes provisions that would lock the United States into even closer military ties with Israel through weapons development, intelligence sharing, and other military cooperation, while reducing transparency and public oversight.

As my member of Congress, I’m asking you to oppose these provisions and not rubber-stamp Trump’s efforts to make military integration with Israel a permanent feature of US policy. Please reject Section 219 of the NDAA and do not allow it to become part of the final bill. Americans do not want further entanglement and complicity in Netanyahu’s reckless wars and human rights abuses.

Thank you.

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

✊ Action 2 – End the practice of transporting people in chains on ICE charter flights

From Southeast Seattle Indivisible (SESI)

It has been widely documented that the majority of the people being transported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have no criminal history. Despite that, every person being flown in and out of King County International Airport (KCIA) on ICE charter (relocation and deportation) flights is in chains; shackled at the wrist, ankles, and waist. Journalist Gillian Brockwell tracks deportation flights and reports that they can take literally days to fly around the world dropping off detainees in different countries. Passengers are frequently shackled for the entire flight.

Chains should be prohibited because of the obvious risk to passengers. In the event of an emergency, people in shackles cannot take action to save their own lives. King 5 have recently reported that it is against the airport’s own rules to re-fuel planes while passengers are being boarded or are on board, yet this happens regularly at KCIA, according to La Resistencia, who have been monitoring deportation flights at the airport for years.

Our colleagues at Southeast Seattle Indivisible have put together a letter and petition urging Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) to end the usage of chains on immigrants during ICE flights. Indivisible Eastside has signed on to it as an organization but individuals can also sign it.

Action: Sign the petition to help stop this cruel practice. Full text is available in a link on the sign-on page.

⛅ Bright Spots

The initiative to end Idaho’s strict abortion ban has qualified for November’s general election ballot. Idahoans United for Women and Families collected more than 110,000 signatures for a ballot initiative that would also protect contraceptives and IVF access.
The DOJ lost its 16th voter data case after a GOP-appointed judge tossed a voter roll lawsuit against Connecticut. This came just a few days after similar lawsuits against Virginia and New Mexico were tossed. (A full list of lawsuits is available HERE.)
USPS says it’s not implementing Trump’s anti-mail voting order, for now.
Citizens Bank has announced that it will exit its credit agreements with private prison giants CoreCivic and The GEO Group. The bank is bowing to public pressure from advocates and left-leaning city governments.

Upcoming Events

Tues July 21, 7:30 pm – Kirkland City Council hearing on data center moratorium. Watch online here or attend in person at Kirkland City Hall. 123 5th Ave, Kirkland.
Wed July 22, 6-7 pm – Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund. Newcastle Beach Park, 4400 Lake Washington Blvd SE, Bellevue. For more information, sign up at the link.
Fri July 24, 2-4 pm – Help pack halal food for distribution with Africans on the Eastside. Sign up to volunteer! Access code: food
Sat July 25, 3-7 pm – Africa Day – Together Center, 16305 NE 87th St Ste 110, Redmond.
Sat July 25, 1-3 pm – NW Quakers and La Resistencia Solidarity Day, Northwest Detention Center, 1623 East J Street, Tacoma. RSVP to quakers.nwdc@npym.org to attend.
Mon July 27, 6:30-8 pm PDT – Constitutional Observer Training – virtual.
Tues July 28, 1-1:45 pm – Lunchtime meeting with Senator Murray’s Staff– virtual.
Tues July 28, 6 pm – Bellevue City Council hearing on detention center moratorium. Agenda with hearing details will be posted on the meeting calendar 7/23.
Wed July 29, 6-8 pm – Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund. Feriton Spur Park, 509 6th Street South, Kirkland. For more information, sign up at the link.
Mon Aug 3, 10 am – tour of the loop around the ballot processing floor at King County Elections Headquarters. Sign up to attend! Access code: elections
Mon Aug 3, 4-5 pm – Virtual Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund. For registration information, sign up at the link.
Tues Aug 4 – Primary Election Day. Vote early! See the King County Return Your Ballot page.
Fri Aug 5, 12-1 pm – Virtual Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund. For registration information, sign up at the link.
Thur Aug 6, 1-1:45 pm – Lunchtime Meeting w/ Congressman Smith’s Staff – virtual.
Thur Aug 6, 6-7 pm – Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund, Juanita Beach Park, 9703 NE Juanita Dr, Kirkland. For more information, sign up at the link.
Wed Aug 12, 7-8:30 pm – Constitutional Observer Training – in person. Register to attend.
Wed Aug 12, 6-7 pm – Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund. Blythe Park, 16950 W Riverside Dr, Between North 102nd Ave and 103rd Avenue, Bothell. For more information, sign up at the link.
Wed Aug 19, 4-5 pm – Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund, Woodblock Restaurant, 16175 Cleveland Street, Redmond. For more information, sign up at the link.
Wed Oct 14, 1-1:45 pm – Lunchtime Meeting w/ Sen. Cantwell’s Staff – virtual.

📣 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 actions by Indivisible groups around the state

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