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Weekly Call To Action - December 28, 2025

12/27/2025

 

Quote of the Week:

“At the start of the year, we knew this movement would play a pivotal role in the fight against authoritarianism. Still, we’re blown away by the level of commitment and dedication every Indivisible has shown throughout a difficult year.” – Ezra Levin, Indivisible National Co-founder, December 26, 2025

Get Out on the Streets:

Walking shoe in action.
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!
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Interested in volunteer work for immigrant justice? Visit OI’s Immigrant Justice webpage! 

Indivisible National Calls to Action 

Tell your senators: No war with Venezuela. Trump is continuing to escalate his warmongering: On Saturday, the Coast Guard boarded an oil tanker that doesn't even appear on US lists of sanctioned vessels; Hegseth's "Department of War" is now in active pursuit of a third tanker; and last week saw an uptick in drone attacks on small boats, bringing the total number of people needlessly killed to at least 100. The Senate will be voting after the holiday on War Powers legislation that would block the march to war. Call your senators and urge them to vote yes.

Submit a public comment on the Trump regime's new attacks on trans youth. The government is now accepting public comment on two proposed rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans. These comments will be supportive of legal challenges aimed at blocking the new rules. Submit a comment now.

Join What’s the Plan with Leah and Ezra: New year, new registration link! Our informal weekly Zoom chats with Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin are done for the year, but they’ll be back on January 8. They hope you’ll join them in the new year -- HOWEVER, to do that, you’ll need to register at the new link above. ​

Federal Actions:

Demand Unbiased Coverage

The logo of 60 Minutes -- American television newsmagazine program
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
From our friends at Chop Wood, Carry Water

Internet Archive link to view the 60 Minutes CECOT segment suppressed by Bari Weiss in the U.S. 

Contact CBS about their horrible decision to cancel the Cecot story on 60 Minutes last night. We can reach them at their comment page here or at their Ombudsman feedback page. We can also leave a comment on their Facebook page or DM them via their Instagram page here. 

Action 1: Send a comment!

Suggested Script:
I’m writing to express my profound disappointment and anger that CBS — or Bari Weiss, more specifically — made the decision to pull the 60 Minutes Cecot story. 

Until I see evidence that CBS is putting unbiased coverage ahead of allegiance to a fascist administration, I will be boycotting your station as well as Paramount Plus. I’ll be writing to your advertisers, too, and letting them know that I won’t shop with them as long as they buy ad time with you.

Action 2: Send Advertisers Emails

WA State Actions: 

Be a State Legislative Activist from the Comfort of your Kitchen with Take Action Network

Logos for Take Action Network and Washington Indivisible Legislative Action
Lobbying your state representatives is awesome, but most people don’t have the time or energy to be that involved. Take Action Network (TAN) changes all that with easy-to-take actions tailored to the issues you care about most. 

Take Action Network (TAN) is your chance to weigh in easily from the comfort of your kitchen table or easy chair, on your phone, tablet, or desktop. It’s a smart, fun, low-tech way to become a super-citizen. You’ll receive personalized actions, a daily email and online action list tailored to you, pre-filled scripts for calls or emails to your representatives, and an easy way to record the actions you take.

Starting in January, Kevin Leja from Indivisible Bellingham will be doing low-tech, one-hour trainings on how to use TAN most effectively so you can use your power to effect change.

Actions: Find out more about TAN HERE; sign up for Kevin’s training sessions HERE.

Demand Progressive Revenue

billionaire sitting on sacks of money
Instead of an austerity budget that would harm pretty much every part of the state government and devastate education, we need to address tax inequality in our state and fund public services. 

Action: Take the TAN action Demand Progressive Revenue

Tell the Legislature: STOP License Plate Surveillance

automatic license plate reader
Image Source: Bruxton via Wikimedia Commons.
Background:
  • Pump the Brakes: Regulating License Plate Readers (ACLU of Washington)
  • WA cities reconsider Flock (ALPR) traffic cameras as judge rules their data is public (The Spokesman)


Automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are at work in at least eighty Washington cities, six counties, and three tribal governments — practically all manufactured by a company called Flock. These ALPRs are part of a vast national surveillance network consistently abused to target immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, those seeking reproductive care, protesters, people fleeing domestic violence, and anyone else the federal government wishes to track or punish. Chillingly, this data is collected on everyone all the time, not just criminals, and is used to create maps of everyone’s routine travels and possible associates.

Washington State has no regulations on the use of ALPRs. Data is being shared openly with ICE, Border Patrol, and other agencies — at least ten counties have shared data with ICE. Alarmingly, Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Neidzwski recently ruled that ALPR data is open to anyone anywhere. This further opens the data to abuse by people who want to snitch on their neighbors or satisfy a grudge. 

Action: In the upcoming state legislative session (starting January 12) a bill will be introduced to address these issues. You can help by letting your state rep know you strongly support this bill. Please note that you can email or call our representatives but calling is more effective. Feel free to add your own thoughts.
  • LD 22:
    • Representative Beth Doglio (360) 786-7940 Email
    • Representative Lisa Parshley (360) 786-7992 Email
    • Senator Jessica Bateman (360) 786-7642 Email
  • LD 35:
    • Representative Travis Couture (R) (360) 786-7902 Email
    • Representative Dan Griffey (R) (360) 786-7966 Email
    • Senator Drew McEwen (R) (360) 786-7668 Email
  • LD 2
    • Representative Andrew Barkis (R) (360) 786-7824 Email
    • Representative Matt Marshall (R) (360) 786-7912 Email
    • Senator Jim McCune (R) (360) 786-7602 Email

Suggested Script: I strongly support legislation to curtail the use of ALPR cameras — legislation that would:
  • Prohibit agency use of ALPRs to collect data near sensitive locations, to track constitutionally protected activities, or for immigration enforcement.
  • Limit data retention times.
  • Require police to obtain a warrant to search historical data.
  • Restrict data sharing.
  • Create public transparency through agency reporting requirements.
ALPRs make our communities less safe and less free. Thank you!​

Thank Senator Bateman for Cosponsoring Law Enforcement Unmasking Legislation

Frightening masked figure
Source: From our friends at Indivisible Bellingham Actions Team

The random kidnapping of people off the streets and from their beds by unidentified masked agents has been a cornerstone of the federal regime’s terror campaign. Washington State is fighting back. Bill SB 5855 has been pre-filed before the start of the 2026 state legislative session on January 12th, to require the unmasking of law enforcement.

Background: “Valdez introduces bill to ban face-concealing masks by law enforcement in response to masked ICE raids.” Dec. 8, 2025. Homepage, Washington State Senator Javier Valdez.

Action: Thank LD 22 state senator Jessica Bateman for co-sponsoring SB 5855. Email or call before the beginning of the 2026 legislative session; calling is more effective. Feel free to add your own thoughts.

  • Jessica Bateman: (360) 786-7642; Email

Suggested Script: Thank you for co-sponsoring bill SB 5855 to require law enforcement to show their faces. This is an important step toward imposing accountability on currently out-of-control federal agents, and can help prevent or mitigate attacks by vigilante gangs. I look forward to the bill’s introduction and will do everything I can to support it.

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More Resources for Your Activism:

  • Indivisible.org has specific actions you can take by zip code or topic area search. Sign up to receive emails from them HERE and donate HERE.
  • ​​Rallies, Marches, Trainings, and Boycotts ​
  • We're blowing the whistle on ICE Oly Whistles via their Instagram site. 
  • Our new Resources and ways to help our immigrant neighbors document shows ways you can make a real difference locally
  • 5calls.org 5 Calls list calls to make to your congresspeople, organized by topic, including script and phone numbers, and a way to log/track your 5 Calls actions if you choose.
  • Rogan’s List: national action items with call/email/resist.bot options.
  • Chop Wood, Carry Water is a daily political activism newsletter that comes out 6 days a week. Free or paid subscriptions HERE.
  • Mobilize - Actions in the Olympia area - use filters to narrow the type of activity you’re interested in.
  • Sign up for Take Action Network to organize and track your Activism.
  • The National Immigration Law Center is tracking CECOT disappearances and personal stories.
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