We are Moving the CTAOlympia Indivisible Substack This is the final publication using Mailchimp. To continue to receive Olympia Indivisible emails, please subscribe to our Substack. We will continue to use Mailchimp for our members database. Please do not unsubscribe from Mailchimp emails. Action: Subscribe to Olympia Indivisible Substack. For help subscribing contact [email protected]. Quote of the Week:"I did not dedicate my life to advocating for women and girls just so that I could be lectured by a bunch of pedophile protectors." — Hillary Rodham Clinton Get Out on the Streets:  Photo by zaya odeesho on Unsplash Want the scoop on upcoming rallies, marches, and related events? Visit OI’s Rallies, Marches, Town Halls and Boycotts webpage! Indivisible National ActionsTell Congress: No War on IranThe failure of War Powers resolutions in the Senate and the House last week won’t stop us from opposing Trump’s war on Iran. Our Members of Congress have plenty of ways to slow and stop Trump’s war machine — if they hear from us. Action: Use Indivisible’s form to contact your Members of Congress. Tell Congress: Halt the ICE Terror MachineKristi Noem is out, Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) is in as Secretary of the Homeland Security – but with unconstrained funding DHS will still be “a lawless DHS that killed two Americans in the street, put children in prison camps, separated families, detained US citizens, led to 41 deaths in custody, and wasted millions of taxpayer dollars," as Washington’s own Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) said, adding: "Congress still cannot fund DHS until there is real, tangible proof that this will be a meaningful, structural change." Action: Use Indivisible’s form to contact your Members of Congress. Washington State Legislative ActionsCommunity Safety, Immigrant Justice, Voting Rights, Education Use your constituent power to advocate for progress and justice in the 2026 Washington Legislative Session–we’re down to the wire on really important legislation and your help is vital! Action: Here is a link to the list of the latest TAN actions. Olympia No Kings 3.0 News Sign-Making Parties, Saturday March 14 and 21Join folks from Olympia Indivisible and Evergreen Resistance to make signs to bring to the NO KINGS rally! Olympia Indivisible’s Membership team is hosting two sign-making parties: Saturday March 14 and March 21, from 1-3pm at The United Churches of Olympia (110 11th Ave SE, Olympia). Invite your friends and family and get ready for a fun exercise in free speech! Click here for important details about these events! Federal Actions: Force Trump to Pay Tariff Refunds Now Image source: US Government at Wikimedia commons Background
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court struck down Trump's “emergency” tariffs, ruling he had no authority to impose them. Now more than $130 billion in refunds are owed to US import businesses. In the meantime, interest will keep adding up — an estimated $700 million per month. The Trump administration hasn’t wanted to start paying, arguing to the DC appellate court it will be very complicated and might take years. The court didn’t buy the need for any delay and sent the refund process to the US Court of International Trade for development and administration. The whole situation is a mess, and the unlawful emergency tariff has not only cost businesses money but has jacked up prices for American families. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee calculated the cost of this tariff to American families at $1744 per year. For the past year Trump’s talked about sending checks paid for by tariff funds to middle class and low income people, but now he says that’s not affordable. But California Governor Gavin Newsom and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker are demanding $1700 refunds for everyone in their states. Action 1: Communicate with our Senators:
Script: Thank you for sponsoring the Tariff Refund Act of 2026 along with 20 Senate Democrats. The Act will require full refunds within 180 days and prioritize small businesses. I am asking that you amend the Tariff Refund Act to include refund payments for American families, consistent with the Congressional Joint Democratic Committee calculation that illegal tariff losses cost over $1700 per family for the last year. Action 2: Send a message to Representative Marilyn Strickland Phone: 202-225-9740 if voicemail is full, call any regional office or use Contact Form Script: as your constituent, I am asking you to provide leadership in the collection of tariffs that were found illegal by the Supreme Court. Please work with our Senators on the Tariff Refund Act of 2026 and support it in the House of Representatives. American families should also be included in tariff refunds. Oppose Trump’s “Wellness Influencer” for US Surgeon General Photo by Chandler Cruttenden on Unsplash Background:
Predictably, Donald Trump’s nominee for US Surgeon General is not a practicing physician but a "wellness influencer”: Casey Means, MD, a surgical residency dropout complete with website, blog, YouTube channel, all the socials, and a lapsed medical license. Dr. Means tempered her rhetoric in her February 25 hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee, backing away from social media posts touting raw milk, spouting myths about birth control pills and autism, and calling immunizing newborns against hepatitis B “a crime” – revealing how little she knows about both hepatitis B and public health. Peter Lurie, MD, MPH, of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, put it best: "Dr. Casey Means has built an outsized online following by articulating breathtakingly misinformed positions on matters of public health, including birth control pills, raw milk, and the causes of autism. Considered alongside the supplement pitching, the conspiratorial thinking, and unscientific mysticism on her blog, she is not qualified for this critical role." Action: Communicate with our Senators:
Script: As a constituent, I oppose the nomination of Casey Means, MD, for Surgeon General. We need a practicing physician devoted to evidence-based medicine who can speak out clearly, not a trend-driven ill-informed “wellness influencer” whose main practice is promoting herself on social media and ingratiating herself with politicians. Please work with your colleagues across the aisle to tell President Trump the Surgeon General to nominate a doctor, not an “influencer.” WA State Actions:New! Volunteer Opportunities in Thurston County Image source: No Hate in WA State This November, Washington voters will decide on two ballot measures, IL26-001 Repeal of the Safety Act and IL26-638 Banning Trans Girls from Girls Sports, that target transgender students and weaken protections for all students in our schools. Action 1: NO HATE in WA State Volunteer Training. Learn more about the campaign and ways to get involved in Thurston/Mason County.
Action 2: Canvas Banner Painting. 5-7 volunteers needed to complete a 12 ✕ 4-foot hand painted NO HATE in WA State banner, which will be displayed at upcoming rallies, protests, and marches throughout the region.
Action 3: NO HATE in WA State, in partnership with Olympia Indivisible’s LGBTQIA+ Rights team, will take part in the Capital NO KINGS events on Saturday, March 28th.
Local Actions:Request a Ballot for Thurston Conservation District Election by March 10 Image Source: Thurston Conservation District website We’re repeating this item from an earlier Call to Action because the deadline for requesting a ballot by email is this Tuesday. Olympia Indivisible supports the Thurston Conservation District. This year Position 3, held by David Iyall, is up for election. We believe Mr. Iyall has been doing a great job and we want to continue to support him by voting for him. Supervisors are responsible for setting and maintaining overall district policies regarding the management and conservation of natural resources within the District. The successful candidate will become part of a volunteer five-person Board of Supervisors, who each serve without compensation for three-year terms. Unlike most local elections, to vote for the TCD supervisor, you must request a ballot. Request a ballot by phone or email: February 2 – March 10
Request a ballot in person: March 11 – 17
Ballots will be submitted via USPS using the pre-stamped and addressed envelope provided with your ballot. Have You Scheduled These Events?Weekly Olympia Indivisible GatheringsCaffeinated and Activated Saturdays at 10am. Membership Team’s rapidly growing Caffeinated & Activated Saturday morning meet-ups are a great way to ground yourself in connection, not overwhelm, with OI members. On Saturday, March 14, come for a relaxed, social gathering. Space to talk, listen, off-load the week, and connect with others. Action Cafe Mondays at Noon. A Zoom lunchtime gathering where folks meet, make new friends, and take actions together. Sign up to be on the Action Cafe email list. You Might Also Like to Attend:Author Reading/ Q&A about Trans Young People in Olympia, Thursday, March 12, 7pm Image source: Author’s Facebook event Come meet Nico Lango, longtime LGBTQ+ journalist and author of the recently released book, American Teenager: How Trans Kids are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era.
Media coverage tends to sensationalize the fight over how trans kids should be allowed to live, but what is incredibly rare are the voices of the people at the heart of this debate: transgender and gender nonconforming kids themselves. Lango’s book speaks back to extreme anti-trans rhetoric about youth by showing trans young people as they actually are: powerfully human. Lango has been touring the country for the past 17 months to bring their voices and stories to as many communities as possible, and as part of that work, they will be in Olympia on Thursday, March 12 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for a reading/Q&A at Good Shepherd Olympia. Lango would love for folks from Olympia Indivisible to join them at this event. What: Reading and Q/A with author Nico Lang When: Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 7pm Where: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1601 North St SE, Olympia |
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