For the week of April 13, 2026

🎙️Apr 13, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 What’s next after No Kings 3? Find out at the Indivisible Eastside Group Meeting in person in Kirkland on Sun Apr 19, 3:30-5 pm (new member welcome at 3 pm). Our theme is “Tactics, Together, Tomorrow.” Intrigued? Be sure to register to join us!

🔷 We are happy to report that the issue with the survey link in Action 2 two weeks ago has been fixed and is ready for your input about the role of the King County Sheriff in immigration enforcement.

Weekly Actions

✊ Action 1 – Pressure your Congressperson to end the illegal war on Iran

Trump’s unauthorized, unprovoked war in Iran has already cost the lives of US service members and thousands of civilians in Iran and across the Middle East. The war has devolved into a larger regional conflict, with missile and drone strikes, military operations, and retaliatory attacks now wounding and killing civilians in countries across the Middle East. And to make matters worse, Trump is threatening a ground invasion and attacks on civilian infrastructure (which is a war crime).

The American public firmly opposes this unjust war. On top of harming and endangering people abroad, the cost of living continues to soar at home to pay for this violence. The administration is expected to request $200B in increased funding for this chaos, and some in the GOP are calling for cuts to healthcare AGAIN, to finance this war of choice. Republicans recently blocked a war powers resolution, although some Republicans have signaled their openness to opposing this war. Although these signals are appreciated, this crisis demands action, not just words.

🔷 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 [Your Name], and I’m a constituent from [Your City, State].

I am really angry that Republicans blocked another war powers resolution. I want you to keep the pressure up and convince your counterparts to vote better this week. Americans cannot afford this war, as individuals or as a nation. I completely oppose one penny more being spent on this war of choice. I am furious about the bombardment of Lebanon, furious about how badly Trump has botched this whole illegal enterprise, and furious that our money is going to slaughtering innocent people.

As my [Senator/Representative], I’m asking you to block any money for this war, use as many war powers resolutions as it takes to force Trump to stop the bombing, and hold the Trump administration officials accountable for war crimes and corruption. It must stop. Thank you.

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

✊ Action 2 – Contact outdoor brands to save the US Forest Service

from saveusfs.org

Trump just ordered the most devastating dismantling of the US Forest Service in 121 years. Many of the outdoor brands that built their entire business on public lands haven’t said a word. It’s time to change that.

Among the impacts:

HQ ripped out of DC. The Forest Service headquarters is being uprooted and shipped to Salt Lake City. That’s the heart of the anti-public-lands movement. Utah politicians have spent years and millions suing to take federal forests away from you.
All 10 regional offices shuttered. The expertise of career stewards of our forests will be gone.
57 research stations destroyed. Labs across 31 states, housing decades of irreplaceable forest science, are being shut down. Once this research infrastructure is gone, it can’t be rebuilt.
Increased wildfire destruction. 2026 is already 231% above the 10-year average of acres burned, and forecasters expect an exceptionally high fire risk across the West and Southwest.
Political appointees take over. Yes, the same ones that want to log, mine, and drill our public land. They are putting a fox in the hen house.

Some outdoor brands like Patagonia, REI Co-op, and Columbia Sportswear have spoken out with concerns. But many brands that built empires on our public lands have not – pressure them to change that:

On the Save USFS website, go to the What to Say section, choose from the four choices, and copy the text into your preferred text editor. Edit it as needed.
Go to the Brands section of the website and pick a brand that hasn’t spoken out yet. Click the message option you want and post to social media or send your message.
Repeat! Put these companies on blast and remind them and their followers that silence is complicity!
You can also go to the SaveUSFS.org website, use CTRL+F to search for Thank them, then use the Instagram buttons to thank the brands that have taken action.

⛅ Bright Spots

NYC Mayor Mamdani’s cameos as he pulls shifts at the city’s 311 hotline call center and with a road crew filling potholes are really putting a positive spotlight on city services and employees.
Last Tuesday’s primaries and elections showed continued momentum for progressive candidates even in GOP territories. In Wisconsin, Chris Taylor won the state supreme court seat that gives liberal judges a 5-2 majority and a Democrat flipped the mayor’s seat of a conservative leaning suburb. And while Shawn Harris, the Democratic candidate in Marjorie Taylor Green’s deeply Republican former district, did not win, he shifted it bluer by 24 points!
The Supreme Court of Montana has thrown out the legal challenge mounted by major corporations to kill The Montana Plan, a ballot measure that could well take down Citizens United!

Digital Security Matters: Configure Signal to protect your messages and calls

While Signal remains a secure communication mode, that security can be compromised by your own phone settings, such as the FBI extracting deleted Signal messages saved in a suspect’s iPhone notification database. To configure your Signal for optimal privacy, check your Signal installation: Profile Picture -> Notifications -> Under Messages, click Show, and ensure you choose Name Only or No Name or Message. For more details and security measures, review the Signal Activist Checklist.

Candidates Corner: Protect election integrity

by IE member Wendy

Election integrity is vital for the success of the midterms. Already, the Trump regime has been attacking all parts of the voting process.

The Democratic Association of Secretaries of State (DASS) has a two-pronged approach to push back. First, they are organizing a fund to fight anticipated frivolous election cases that will be brought by this regime post midterms. Second, they are defending multiple elections for Secretary of State and going on the offensive to contest open races. Getting more democratic Secretaries of State elected is vital to ensuring both midterm election integrity and 2028 presidential election integrity. Please consider a donation to DASS to help them ensure midterms stay fair and free.

Upcoming Events

Through May 9 – We STILL Dream a Future: Reclaiming Our Humanity – exhibit at King Street Station Seattle.
Tues Apr 14 – 5-6 pm PDT – Movement Call: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention – virtual. Register to join.
Wed Apr 15 – 4-6 pm – No ICE Expansion: Demand Sabey Corp Cancel New Office Lease to ICE protest – at Sabey Corp headquarters, 12201 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila.
Thur Apr 16 – 3:30-5:30 pm – Stitch Squad meetup Kirkland – access code ‘stitch’ to register.
Sun Apr 19 – 3:30-5 pm – Indivisible Eastside Group Meeting – in person in Kirkland (New member welcome at 3:00). Register to attend.
Wed Apr 22 – 7-9 pm – Singing Resistance Eastside Community Singalong, – Congregational UCC, 106 5th Ave, Kirkland.
Wed April 29 – 6-8 pm – Community Conversation – Immigrant Communities and Law Enforcement. Share input on how the Sheriff’s Office should respond to increased federal immigration activity. Presented by Eastside for All at the Together Center, 16305 NE 87th St Suite 110, Redmond.
Fri May 1 – day of No School. No Work. No Shopping, plus protests and May Day activities.

📣 Everyday Actions

See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2026

See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors

See Postcarding & Letter Writing resources on our website

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