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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 Nov 18, 2024

    🔷 We had over 80 people attend our “Worth Fighting For” Community Gathering on Sunday and it was wonderful being in community with everyone. If you haven’t yet, view the amazing Indivisible Strategy Briefing from Wednesday with co-founders Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg. Senator Elizabeth Warren has some great guidance about how Indivisibles can be effective in the days ahead. The first 40 minutes are well worth your time. Also, if you can, read at least the first two pages of the new Indivisible Guide: Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink. If you’re fired up, you’ll likely want to read the entire 27 page document. Please see the follow-up notes from the meeting for more information.

    🔷 The final weeks of the election highlighted the heavy hand US billionaires had in our election. Elon Musk put an unprecedented amount of time and money into helping Trump win this election. Post election, over a million people made the switch to Bluesky. If you are ready to leave X (formerly Twitter), here is a guide to help get you oriented there. Once there, be sure and follow @indivisibleguide.bsky.social and @indiviseastside.bsky.social. While you’re at it, everyone can encourage our Democratic Congresspeople and Senators to join as well. Indivisible National put out this guide to leaving X months ago.

    🔷 The 2025 Legislative session is just around the corner and runs from Jan 13th through April 27th (budget year). Our state is fortunate to have weathered this election cycle by actually turning BLUER! Let’s continue our effective advocacy for just and popular legislation through Washington Indivisible Legislative Action (WILA).

    You can help WILA prepare for the 2025 legislative session by completing the 2025 WIN Legislative Priorities survey.

    🔷 Indivisible National is asking us to call our Representative to Vote NO on H.R. 9495 to Stop Trump From Attacking Dissenting Organizations.

    Here are your 2 actions and a Bright Spot.

    ✊ Action 1 – Protect our Immigrant Community

    From NWIRP and WAISN

    There was a ton of anti-immigrant rhetoric during the final weeks of the campaign, and the potential cabinet appointments seem to indicate they are serious about targeting our immigrant community. This is nothing new. We fought this in the first Trump administration. We intend to support our area immigrant community and to do that, we will be taking cues from two great local organizations.

    The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network’s role as an organization founded in love and rooted in community has only become more important in the face of anti-immigrant rhetoric and a for-profit detention agenda seeking to break apart families. Last Thursday they held a “Looking Forward” event to plan for resistance.

    Immigration attorneys at Northwest Immigrant Rights Project gave a post-election update about what they expect to see and what folks’ rights are, regardless of their immigration status. View with English or Spanish Closed Captioning at https://vimeo.com/1027829846. Share with friends and neighbors. NWIRP’s Know Your Rights page has resources from different organizations, including “Know Your Rights” pamphlets from ACLU in many more languages than English and Spanish.

    ✊ Action 2 – Tell Senators to Cosponsor and vote in favor of Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel

    From Friends Committee on National Legislation

    October 7 marked a year of war in Gaza, with entrenched dynamics that have brought suffering and death to tens of thousands of people, and no clear end in sight. Despite all that has gone on, two months earlier, in August, the Biden Administration approved a series of arms sales to Israel totaling more than $20 billion. Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) led by Senators Bernie Sanders (VT), Peter Welch (VT), Jeff Merkley (OR), and Brian Schatz (HI) would block the sale of many offensive weapons that have been used in strikes that have killed thousands of civilians, including aid workers and journalists, in Gaza over the last year.

    These weapons include joint direct attack munitions (JDAMs) and 120-millimeter tank shells, which the Israeli military has repeatedly used in attacks that have killed civilians in densely populated areas. The JRDs do not oppose missile defense systems such as the Iron Dome and David’s Sling.

    The United States cannot claim the high ground when it sends billions of dollars in weapons to a government that has shown so little regard for civilian life, and which credible reports allege has engaged in actions that violate international law. Congress must pass these resolutions and use all forms of U.S. leverage to bring a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon, and across the region. Please ask our Senators to pass these Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to stop the sale of offensive weapons to Israel. You can either use this form, or call or write using the script below.

    ☎ Sample Script:

    Dear Senator [Last Name],

    I do not understand why the United States continues to supply the Israeli government with U.S. weapons. Israel’s incursions into Lebanon to attack Hezbollah are a major escalation of the ongoing war and only deepen the likelihood that the entire region could become immersed in conflict.

    Israel has repeatedly failed to protect civilians in Gaza and has not engaged in a meaningful effort to end the war and secure the release of the hostages.

    A year of escalating war and violence cannot continue to be rewarded. I urge you to support efforts led by Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch, Jeff Merkley, and Brian Schatz that would block the sale of lethal weapons to Israel through Joint Resolutions of Disapproval.

    More weapons of war will only intensify this already terrible conflict and cause it to spread further. New weapons sales to Israel will send a message of impunity in the face of repeated violations of U.S. and international law.

    Please use the leverage the United States has to act for peace and do not approve further arms sales to Israel.

    Thank you,

    [Name]

    [City, Zip]

    ⛅ Bright Spots

    From Americans United for Separation of Church and State

    After Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law a mandate that all public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools display a state-prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom, Americans United for Separation of Church and State joined forces with coalition partners to protect the religious freedom of all Louisiana students and families by filing a lawsuit challenging the law.

    Last week, a federal district court issued a ruling prohibiting that Louisiana law from going into effect.

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