Quote of the Week:“The Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) ruling was simply that the plaintiffs did not have standing to bring this case. Not only does that not rule out future legal attacks on mifepristone, this is exactly the way MAGA justices explicitly keep the door open for another case to be brought forward in a manner that allows them to rip away our freedoms.” – Indivisible National Team, June 13, 2024 Campaigns, Get Active Now’s the time to support our candidates! Starting this week, Call to Action is going to give you a shortcut to do this. Take a look at our Campaign Support Hot List. Pick. One.Thing. And do it! The next two weeks include:
You can party, you can make signs, you can write postcards! The important thing is that you DO SOMETHING! So let’s do it! OI Special Events: Town Hall with Bob Iyall Bob Iyall is running for the Washington Legislative Senate, District 22 currently held by retiring Senator Sam Hunt. We are interviewing Bob on Tuesday, June 18 at 6:30pm. Please join us on zoom.
Check out more about Bob on our 2024 Elections page on our website. Endorsement Team Presentation Photo by: Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free The Endorsement team is evaluating the County and LD22 candidates who returned their questionnaires and are being interviewed in Town Halls. On Saturday, June 22 at 10:00am they will present to you their analysis of the candidates for your endorsement. Following the presentation, you will be sent a ballot. You will have several days to complete the voting process.
Check out more about these and other candidates at the 2024 Elections page on our website. We also have a web page for candidates we have already endorsed. Federal Actions:Support the PRESS Act  Photo Source: Jackie via flickr From our friends at the ACLU Earlier this year, the US House unanimously passed the PRESS Act, a bill which would prevent the government from compelling journalists to disclose their sources or records created as part of their reporting, except in extreme cases. Unfortunately, despite bipartisan support in the House, the PRESS Act has not yet received a vote in the Senate. Background Action: Click HERE to tell the Senate: Pass the PRESS Act and protect journalists’ ability to do their jobs. Constrain UGA Land Swaps Photo Source: by Carol M. Highsmith, Wikimedia Commons Prevent sprawl, encroachment of our rural areas, and reduction of aquifer protections. We must prevent the new land use tool—the Urban Growth Area (UGA) swap law—from causing urbanization to overtake Thurston rural areas, forestland, and farmland and from reducing protections for our aquifers. Background Development would destroy forestland Action:
Policy: UGA swaps allowed by laws passed in 2022 and 2024 must result in no net loss of rural or natural resource lands and no net loss in protections for critical aquifer recharge areas. It is not enough to say there will be no net increase in total UGA acreage. Write a policy that prevents urbanization of our rural and natural resource lands and of our highest priority critical aquifer recharge areas. We must not create new mini-cities in rural areas by misusing the new tool of UGA swaps. Have You Scheduled This Event? Action Cafe 2024, Every Monday at Noon OI members meet, make new friends, and take actions together. Every Cafe comes with a side order of live music and a heapin’ helpin’ of good cheer! Cafe patrons receive an email on Sunday with a sneak-peek at what we'll do at the cafe the next day. On Monday morning, Chef Lisa will send you a pdf "Menu" which has links to the actions we'll take together at the Cafe. Action: Register HERE. We will send you a Zoom link and tomorrow morning, Chef Lisa will send your "menu." Your Work Pays Off:Gun Buyers Background Checks
The Biden White House is issuing a rule designed to close a gap that allows gun buyers to avoid background checks. This rule puts an end to the “gun show loophole,” one of the most significant steps to crack down on unlicensed dealers in decades. The new rule is the first of its kind in 30 years. It will require thousands of firearm dealers to get licensed and perform background checks, dealers who sell guns at gun shows, flea markets, social media or other places outside of brick-and-mortar stores.Your advocacy helped score this win. Thank you. ------ Biden Protects 13 Million Acres of Alaska Wilderness A story in E&E News reports that the Interior Department has set “maximum protections” on roughly 13 million acres of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska, and blocked construction of the proposed 211-mile Ambler Road through the Alaska wilderness. Oil and mining companies aren’t happy, of course. Nor is Alaska’s Congressional delegation. GOP Senator Dan Sullivan aims to fight the decisions, and says the best way to reverse them would be to put the GOP in control of Congress and the White House. Thank you, and make a note of Senator Sullivan’s helpful hint! Comments are closed.
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