For the Week of October 13, 2025

🎙️Oct 13, 2025 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

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

🔷 It was great to see everyone at the Indivisible Eastside October Mtg via Zoom on Sunday. We heard from Representative My Linh Thai as well as Ben Chapman from the Approve 8201 campaign, and got updates from our many workgroups. Check out the Notes document for links and resources of what we covered! Mark your calendars for the next in-person meeting on December 6th.

🔷 The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) posted a request for comments on a petition that seeks to add documentary proof of citizenship to the federal mail-in voter registration form by October 20th. Go to the EAC comment page, then click Comment to say that this move is unlawful under the National Voter Registration Act and will disenfranchise millions of voters. You can post anonymously if you like. Joyce Vance has a great Substack post about this.

Saturday October 18th we take to the streets for NO Kings. With more than 2,400 events planned, we want this to be the largest event nationwide. The Indivisible Eastside Rally Team has planned a march and rally in Redmond from 12:30 – 3 pm; donations will be collected for the foodbank. Volunteers are needed for the Bicycle Brigade (1), Flyer Distribution, Photography (3), Crowd clicker counting (5), and to ensure crowd safety. Check the full list of volunteer opportunities HERE (use the access code ‘rally’). Let us know you’re coming HERE. Need a sign? We’ve got you covered!

No Kings Sign Making Workshop. Thu, Oct 16, 2-5:30 pm – Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th St. Make a sign for the upcoming No Kings! This free event is for everyone, so drop in anytime during the open house-style workshop. We’ll provide basics: cardboard, pencils, rulers, markers, and paints, but bring personal art supplies you would like to use. Bring your friends, too!

Here are your 2 Actions and Bright Spots.

✊ Action 1 – Governor Ferguson: Tell us Your Plan for ICE and Military Deployments

from Seattle Indivisible

As President Donald Trump called for the National Guard in Portland, Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown said the state has been laying the groundwork for the past year. “We’ve been preparing for this sort of thing from the beginning, not just during my nine months as Attorney General, but over the last year,” Brown said on Seattle’s Morning News. “Plus, states across the country, including Washington, have reviewed what the president said, reviewed statements in Project 2025, which contemplated this sort of thing, to make sure that we had all the legal research done and all the analysis done to see how we might have to respond to this.”

However, the administration has escalated ICE and military deployments to blue cities and threats to suppress dissent. Kristi Noem continues to spew absolute nonsense about her Department’s ramped up investigation of “Antifa,” going so far as to say federal agents in Portland recently arrested “the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa.” (Remarkable, as Antifa is an organization that quite literally doesn’t exist.) We have seen strong responses from Governors Pritzker and Newsom. Governor Ferguson has been away, and just returned to the state. We would like the Governor to know that a) large numbers of constituents are concerned about this; b) plans to protect immigrants and civil rights are essential; and c) public messaging to undermine the regime’s framing is essential.

Governor Ferguson: 360-902-4111 | Webform

☎ Sample Script – consider adding a sentence or two describing your strongest concerns, such as brutality to immigrants, racial profiling in ICE enforcement, ICE masking, etc.:

Hi, my name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].

I am concerned about current and future ICE activity and deployment of troops in Washington. I realize the AG’s office has extensive experience suing the Trump administration, and I appreciate those efforts.

I urge the Governor to display a more forceful presence with public messaging. Ordinary citizens are working every day to prepare our communities for federal occupation, and our top politicians should be leading the charge. Please join Governors Pritzker and Newsom in pressuring the National Governor’s Association to condemn the invasion of our cities. On the legal front, work toward Washington State passing a law that prohibits ICE agents from covering their faces. In addition, it’s time to seize the narrative and make clear that we don’t need or want troops in our streets.

Thank you.

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

If you’d like additional inspiration, this Seattle Indivisible page has more ideas!

✊ Action 2 – Phone Banks and texting- there’s no ‘waiting for the midterms.’

On social media, many commenters gleefully state, “Wait for the midterms!” We have elections in two weeks that decide the fate of the Supreme Court in Pennsylvania (redistricting?). Virginia is one of only two states holding a gubernatorial race this year, and it has a highly competitive state legislative election. The outcome will serve as a key national bellwether for the 2026 midterms, testing voter sentiment towards the party of the president. Locally, there are highly competitive races for positions on the Bellevue, Woodinville, Issaquah, and Redmond city councils. Ballots for these races will be mailed out this week. Please check the Progressive Voters Guide for recommendations. We can’t wait hoping for midterms.

Phonebanking:

Sign up to Phonebank for Virginia
Phonebanking 101 webinar, Wed, Oct 15, 4-5 pm PDT. Hesitant about Phonebanking? Learn why we phonebank, how to use campaign scripts, an intro to commonly used phone dialers — and maybe most important, how to achieve success in every phone bank you attend!

Texting: Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP) Bootcamp online. Held on Thursdays, 3-4:30 pm PDT. Use free texting to help register Democrats in all swing states.

Once trained, you’ll be able to send texts any time between 9 am – 9 pm in the Time Zone you’re texting.
Choose the campaign that appeals to you.

⛅ Bright Spots

from various sources, including NPR, Forbes, Reuters

In Fairbanks, Alaska’s race for mayor, Democrat Mindy O’Neall pulled off an upset against the GOP incumbent. Garnering 54% of the vote, O’Neall said, “Our campaign was built on collaboration and compassion, and that’s exactly how I’ll lead.” Progressives also won every contested seat for the Fairbanks City Council and the Borough Assembly.
A federal judge granted a restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois until 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 23, after state and local leaders objected to the deployment. The Trump administration’s attempts to justify a military presence were “simply unreliable,” the judge said.
Patagonia CEO says climate denialists are delusional: ‘If you step out of a window from the third floor talking about how gravity doesn’t exist, you’re still going to hit the ground.’
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. “This committee sits in a room filled with the portraits of all laureates and that room is filled with both courage and integrity,” committee chair Frydnes said in response to a question on Trump’s intense lobbying to win the award.
A Federal Judge reinstated over 500 Voice of America journalists and staff on Sept 29th. The situation is still in flux, but a step in the right direction.
The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) stood up to Trump, saying Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding.

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