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For the week of January 12, 2026

 

🎙️Jan 12, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 Thank you to the hundreds of people who came out to the No Ice for Good protest in Bellevue on Saturday, as well as to others in the area. Kudos again to our Rally Team for pulling this together at very short notice, although please note that it is the location of one of our regular weekly protests.

Don‘t forget that the 2026 session of the State Legislature starts today, Jan 12! Please be sure to sign up for TAN (Take Action Network) for the fastest and most efficient way to make your voice heard in Olympia.

🔷 Our first Indivisible Eastside meeting for 2026 will be on Zoom, on Sat Jan 17, 3-4:30 pm. New members, please join at 2:30. (Note-new registration link for 2026). We will hear from the ACLU about state bills that are important to know about and learn about how you can be more involved with state and local politics.

🔷 Indivisible Eastside hosts 4 meals a year for the men of Porchlight. For January, we are making a traditional German meal, with a main dish of Spätzle and Chicken Paprikash. We are looking for 4 people to join us in East Bellevue on Tue, Jan 27 from 10:00 – 12:30 to do food prep (and have fun too!). Please sign up HERE, using the access code ‘porchlight’ (all lower case).

Weekly Actions

 

✊ Action 1 – Ask your State legislators to ensure that all state agencies are following the law

A report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights has revealed a new pathway into Washington driver data that has been exploited for immigration enforcement, via a system administered by the Washington State Patrol (WSP).

Last July, local media revealed that the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) had been sharing driver information with immigration enforcement, in violation of state law (the Keep Washington Working Act.) But apparently federal immigration authorities continued to get Washington driver data through a different channel.

According to the report, agents used a Washington State Patrol system called ACCESS — a messaging “switchboard” that connects to a national law-enforcement network known as Nlets (pronounced “N-lets”). Through ACCESS and Nlets, officers can enter a license plate number and receive driver and vehicle information from DOL within seconds. Federal agencies like CBP (border patrol) and ICE have been using this to track people down and researchers have found multiple examples of them doing so as recently as November 2025. Seven of these queries were confirmed as involving civil immigration enforcement by ICE and CBP.

DOL and WSP argue that Washington has already taken aggressive steps to block immigration agencies from driver data, and dispute suggestions the state is violating the Keep Washington Working Act. However it appears that immigration authorities are continuing to find ways to exploit loopholes.

Please contact Governor Ferguson and your legislators and ask them to block all federal immigration authorities from accessing Washington’s Nlets data.

  • Governor Bob Ferguson: 360-902-4111 | EMAIL
  • Sen. Derek Stanford (1st LD): Olympia 360-786-7600 | EMAIL
  • Sen. Victoria Hunt (5th LD) : Olympia 360-786-7608 | EMAIL
  • Sen. Lisa Wellman (41st LD): Olympia 360-786-7641 | EMAIL
  • Sen. Manka Dhingra (45th LD): Olympia 360-786-7672 | EMAIL
  • Sen. Vandana Slatter (48th LD): Olympia 360-786-7694 | EMAIL
  • Rep. Davina Williams Duerr (1st LD): Olympia 360-786-7928 | EMAIL
  • Rep. Shelley Kloba (1st LD): Olympia 360-786-7900 | EMAIL
  • Rep. Zach Hall (5th LD): Olympia 360-786-7852 | EMAIL
  • Rep. Lisa Callan (5th LD): Olympia 360-786-7876 | EMAIL
  • Rep. Janice Zahn (41st LD): Olympia 360-786-7894 | EMAIL
  • Rep. My-Linh Thai (41st LD): Olympia 360-786-7926 | EMAIL
  • Rep. Roger Goodman (45th LD): Olympia 360-786-7878 | Kirkland 425-739-1810 | EMAIL
  • Rep. Larry Springer (45th LD): Olympia 360-786-7822 | EMAIL
  • Rep. Osman Salahuddin (48th LD): Olympia 360-786-7936 | EMAIL
  • Rep. Amy Walen (48th LD): Olympia 360-786-7848 |Kirkland 425-822-1114| EMAIL

☎ Sample Script (note: Nlets is pronounced “N-lets”):

Hello, I am a constituent from [CITY]. I am contacting you because federal immigration authorities are still using drivers’ data in our state to use for enforcement actions.

The UW’s Center for Human Rights has recently released a report that illustrates how DOL data was queried in immigration enforcement actions as recently as November 2025, via a system called ACCESS that connects to a national law-enforcement network known as Nlets. Seven of these queries were confirmed as involving civil immigration enforcement by ICE and CBP.

It is unacceptable that federal authorities can find ways to exploit loopholes in our laws. Law enforcement can use the systems for legitimate criminal investigations without compromising the immigration status of Washington residents, as the Keep Washington Working law intends.

Please take steps to ensure that all federal immigration agencies are blocked from accessing Washington’s Nlets data.

Thank you.

[NAME]

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

✊ Action 2 – Tell our Members of Congress to stop using Twitter as it continues to use AI to sexualize women and children

As bad as it has been since Elon Musk took over, Twitter (‘X’) has recently sunk to new depths by allowing its built-in artificial intelligence chatbot, called Grok, to produce sexualized images of women and minors with just a few simple prompts. This happens thousands of times per hour, according to one report. In a new low, in the last few days this has included images of Renee Nichole Good, who was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week. Although some changes have been made to access this part of the platform, it still exists.

Many thousands of users have quit the platform in the past few years in disgust at the cesspool that it has become. Yet many influential people insist on staying on it for reasons that remain baffling. This includes all of our Members of Congress. It is time that anyone who calls themselves a Democrat stops giving X any legitimacy–they must leave the platform.

Please contact our legislators and tell them that it is time to close their accounts and focus on their following on other platforms.

(Our local State legislators, for the most part, don’t seem to have accounts on Twitter. You can check their websites or look HERE, although this site is not completely up to date.)

☎ Sample Script:

Hello,

My name is [NAME] and I am a constituent from [CITY]. I am contacting you to let you know how disappointed I am that you continue to have an active account on Twitter (X). As you must know, the platform is allowing its built-in AI product (Grok) to produce overtly sexualized images of women and minors that are shared widely, including Renee Nichole Good within hours of her death. Perhaps it has happened to you or someone in your life? It easily could.

Please take steps to remove yourself from this toxic site and focus on growing your following on other platforms.

Thank you.

[NAME]

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

⛅ Bright Spots

  • Several pieces of progressive legislation became law in our State on Jan 1, including unemployment for striking workers, big business surcharges, a plastic bag fee increase and the ‘right to repair’ for consumers who want to repair their electronics rather than buy new ones.
  • Avelo Airlines will stop flying deportation flights for the U.S. government and will close its base in Arizona.
  • A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against Washington and Oregon, both vote-by-mail states.

Upcoming Events

 

 

📣 Everyday Actions

 

See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2025

See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors

See Postcarding & Letter Writing resources on our website

Additional resources for your activism

For the week of January 5, 2026

 

🎙️Jan 5, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 Happy New Year! Community is the antidote to despair! Our first Indivisible Eastside meeting to kick off 2026 will be on Zoom, on Sat Jan 17, 3-4:30 pm (new members please join at 2:30). You can also join with others Thur Jan 22, 10:30-12:30 in Redmond at a social gathering to make Valentines for care home residents. Register to join using the access code ‘valentine’.

🔷 Join a massive, peaceful, and non-violent protest of ICE deportation flights at King County International Airport (Boeing Field) hosted by La Resistencia on Thur Jan 15, 9:30-11:30 am. Sign up HERE. You can also support local Rapid Response and Community Support organizations by attending a Happy Hour at Woodblock, 16175 Cleveland Street, Suite 109, Redmond, also on Thur Jan 15, 3-5 pm.

🔷 The Trump administration ordered military strikes on Venezuela and kidnapped President Maduro and his wife to charge them in the US for drug trafficking. There is no congressional approval for this military action. Congress must return from recess immediately to rein in these aggressive and illegal acts of war. 5 Calls makes it easy to call your representative, or use Indivisible National’s action tool.

Weekly Actions

 

✊ Action 1 – Protect Trans Youth Healthcare

From Human Rights Campaign and 5 Calls

The House has passed two bills that threaten health care that supports transgender youth:

  • H.R. 498 “Do No Harm in Medicaid Act” blocks Medicaid funding for gender-affirming care for transgender youth; and
  • H.R. 3492 “Protect Innocent Children Act” makes the provision of gender-affirming care for minors a Federal crime.

Since 2016, both Medicaid and ACA insurers have been prohibited from categorically excluding gender affirming surgery or hormone therapy from their coverage. Trump, lawmakers, and HHS are attempting to reverse these protections. (For information about actions taken by HHS, see “Extra credit” below. )

The research is clear: gender-affirming care saves lives. Please contact your Senators and urge them to vote NO on these two bills.

🔷 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:

Hello, my name is [NAME], and I am a constituent from [CITY], WA. I am calling to strongly oppose efforts to block access to essential, medically necessary care for transgender youth.

Studies have consistently found that transgender youth who are able to receive gender-affirming care like access to hormonal treatments report positive outcomes, including increased well-being and decreased depression.

Medical professionals, not federal agencies, should be the people advising parents and their children about what kind of care is appropriate.

I urge you to vote NO on the “Do No Harm in Medicaid Act” and the “Protect Innocent Children Act” if they come up for a vote. Thank you.

[NAME]

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

Extra credit—comment on proposed HHS rules affecting transgender youth: On top of the bills in Congress, rules have been proposed by Health and Human Services (HHS) to block hospitals and doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth across the country. The rules would also take away public funding like Medicaid and CHIP from kids who rely on that coverage to access best practice, medically necessary care. The comment period for these rules runs until February 17, 2026. To add your comments:

https://www.takeaction.network/xactions/ie/26-1-5-A1

✊ Action 2 – Tell the Forest Service to back off from logging proposed in Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

From Sierra Club

The US Forest Service is proposing a massive forestwide “thinning” project in Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest that threatens recreation, wildlife, local economies, and clean air and water, while increasing the likelihood of forest fires. It would impact 36,000 acres over 30 years and stretch from the Canadian border to Mt Rainier National Park.

We have a little time before the deadline of January 12, 2026 to comment. Note that even if our voices don’t cause the Forest Service to immediately reconsider this project, the public record we create by submitting comments can help bolster the fight in the future.

Action: submit a formal comment to the Forest Service telling them to stop this project until a thorough Environmental Impact Statement is produced. Deadline: January 12. Steps:

  1. Use the Individualized Sample Text below to develop the first paragraph of your message. Individualized text increases the impact!
  2. Copy the detailed text developed by Sierra Club and add it after your first paragraph. This adds depth and detail to strengthen your message.
  3. Go to the U.S. Forest Service’s webpage on this project (scroll down to the form).
  4. Fill out your personal information.
  5. Copy and paste your message into the “Letter Text” part of the form.
  6. Click the “I’m not a robot” button, and then click “Submit.”

☎ Individualized Sample Text (for first paragraph of comment)

I live in Washington state, and I love our forests for_______ { examples: their beautiful hiking trails … their spectacular beauty … the way they clean our air and water and keep our streams flowing … the way they sequester carbon while supporting the health of wildlife, fish, and people … the way they support our rural communities }. The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is of central importance in the forests of our state.

⛅ Bright Spots

  • 50 States, 50 Fixes highlights local and state level environmental action that is going on right now, regardless of actions at the Federal level. The article was published by the New York Times to celebrate the new year.
  • Renee Hardman didn’t just win Iowa Senate District 16—she crushed it with 71.5% of the vote. By flipping this seat, she officially shattered the GOP supermajority and became the first Black woman ever elected to the Iowa Senate.
  • Zahid Chaudry, a disabled, Pakistani born US Army Veteran was finally released after over 3 months in ICE detention.

Upcoming Events

📣 Everyday Actions

 

See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2025

See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors

See Postcarding & Letter Writing resources on our website

Additional resources for your activism

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