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Hi Indivisibles, it’s Ezra (just for this intro section).

All last year I sent a biweekly-ish newsletter, but I don’t think
biweekly-ish will cut it in this era. Every damn week we have to deal with
some fresh hell. And every week we need to remind ourselves and each
other: We are not merely victims of national events. We have agency. We
have power. We can fight back. There are practical things each of us can
do in the real world to limit harm, fracture MAGA’s coalition, and build
ours. So I’m making a change. From now on, I'm going to try out writing
the intros to our regular weekly newsletter -- the one we send every
Monday with our weekly to-dos. Let's see how it goes:

A plausibly denied descent into authoritarianism. I’m not saying Trump and
Musk are systematically creating a paramilitary force to use violence and
intimidation to undermine democracy while they sell off the country for
parts. But if that was their goal, they sure are taking the right steps.

On the jackboot heels of his [ [link removed] ]back-to-back Hitler salutes, and on the
eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, our co-president Elon Musk spoke this
weekend at a far-right political rally in Germany, encouraging Germans to
“move beyond” Nazi guilt, embrace nationalism, and reject
“[ [link removed] ]multiculturalism that dilutes everything.” This followed Trump’s
Friday night massacre -- the [ [link removed] ]blatantly illegal firing of 17 independent
watchdogs charged with oversight within the federal government. That same
night the Senate GOP confirmed Pete Hegseth, a theocrat with a drinking
problem, to lead the Department of Defense, which now lacks an inspector
general. And all of that capped a week that started with
[ [link removed] ]unconstitutional executive orders, [ [link removed] ]threats of violence toward
individual opponents, and promises of an [ [link removed] ]aggressive, adversarial
approach towards blue states. 

What Trump and Musk didn’t do was explicitly announce their rejection of
democracy and embrace of authoritarianism. They didn’t need to be so
explicit. The wink and nod works -- America’s violent extremists [ [link removed] ]got
the message loud and clear. 

So where is the opposition? I can’t tell you how many journalists Leah and
I have spoken with in the last month about the state of organizing in
defiance to Trump 2.0. I tell them all something that looks like this:
Indivisible folks are pissed off. They want to see Dems fight back. They
don’t have time for BS symbolic gestures or actions that don’t have
impact. And they are seeing a surge of energy. We’ve had about 250 new
Indivisible groups form and register with us since the election. Local
Indivisible leaders are reporting a surge of new membership. Just this
weekend, the [ [link removed] ]Indivisible meeting I joined in Chicago and the one
[ [link removed] ]Leah joined in North Carolina were packed to the gills with people
looking to identify what we can do where we are with what we’ve got to
accomplish what we can together. 

This is what all of us organizing with Indivisible do. We are not counting
on the mainstream media to be a watchdog. We’re not counting on viral
moments on authoritarian-friendly social media platforms to deliver the
outrage to congressional doorsteps. We’re informing our neighbors. We’re
organizing our communities. And we’re demanding that our elected officials
fight with the same energy we are or get the hell out of the way. 

All that starts with understanding what’s happening, which is why I
started with the news. But it doesn’t end there. It ends with concrete,
real actions we take together. And that brings us to your weekly to-dos:

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Your weekly to-dos

 1. [ [link removed] ]Tell your senators to vote NO on Trump’s most dangerous nominees.
Senate Republicans disgracefully confirmed Pete Hegseth as Defense
Secretary on Friday by a historically small margin. If we can flip
just one additional Republican to vote ‘no’ on Russell Vought, Kash
Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, or RFK Jr., we can block their nominations. And
there’s reason to believe [ [link removed] ]there’s growing opposition to some of
these nominees. Let’s keep the pressure on. 
 2. [ [link removed] ]Fight back against Trump’s unconstitutional executive order on
birthright citizenship. Last week, a federal judge temporarily blocked
Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional order seeking to end birthright
citizenship -- likely the first of many roadblocks to Trump’s lawless
week-one actions. But this is a temporary order. So we’ve got to
continue fighting back to mitigate the harm of this order and maximize
political backlash. Our resource page has a number of actions you can
take right now. 
 3. [ [link removed] ]Join Indivisible’s co-founders this Thursday at 3pm ET/12pm PT to
process the news and dig into strategies for fighting back. With so
much coming at us right now, it’s important to carve out time to come
together in community and dig into what matters and what we can do
about it. Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin will lead the
discussion and spend most of the hour answering audience questions. 


P.S. -- With social media companies bending the knee to Trump, Project
2025 purging the government of dissenters, and corporate media companies
caving in the face of speech-chilling lawsuits, it’s never been more
important to invest in organizations you believe in that are willing to
speak out and fight back against autocracy. Fundraising has been off to a
slow start this year, [ [link removed] ]so please consider chipping in to support
Indivisible’s work today >>

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Indivisible endorses Ben Wikler for DNC Chair

On February 1, the Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair
([ [link removed] ]explainer on the job and the election here). We polled Indivisible
group leaders last week and a whopping 93% agreed the best candidate for
the job is Ben Wikler -- the indefatigable former leader of the Wisconsin
Democratic Party. 

Wikler shares our belief that grassroots organizing has no off years and
that grassroots activists aren’t some auxiliary force to be deployed in
the final months of a campaign -- they are the backbone of the Democratic
Party. 

In this political moment, we need a DNC chair who recognizes the historic
demands on the party to resist fascism and mobilize diverse coalitions to
save our democracy. We need a chair who understands that lasting power
can’t be built top-down -- it needs to be organized from the bottom up.
Ben is the real deal, and we’re proud to endorse him for DNC Chair. 

[ [link removed] ]You can find our full endorsement on Medium.

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Advocacy Update: MAGA’s Dreamer Deportation Bill

Last Wednesday, the House passed one of the most cruel anti-immigrant
bills in recent history. The Laken Riley Act (H.R. 29 / S.5) will now go
to Trump’s desk, giving him an early legislative victory. 

We won’t rehash the details of the bill here -- we’ve [ [link removed] ]emailed you
about it quite bit, and because of that, we wanted to report back that
unfortunately, when all was said and done, [ [link removed] ]46 House Democrats joined
Republicans in supporting the bill. 

What happens now? There’s nothing we can do, at this point, to stop the
bill from becoming law -- though given that portions of it appear verrrrry
unconstitutional, it’s likely to face legal challenges pretty quickly. 

What we can do is work to stiffen the spines of Dems who folded so easily
on this horrendous bill so they’ll do the right thing next time. We know
they don’t think this bill is good policy -- it’s clearly not. But
apparently, they DO think it’s smart politics to roll over and do MAGA’s
bidding. How do we convince them otherwise? By making a lot of noise.

If your representative was one of the [ [link removed] ]46 Dems who voted yes, make sure
they hear from you. [ [link removed] ]You can use our call tool and tag them in posts on
social media. 

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Help Combat Disinformation With the Truth Brigade

With social media companies dispensing with fact-checking and some
platform owners intentionally amplifying disinformation, we all have to
step up to identify and combat propaganda and divisive lies. 

[ [link removed] ]Join us on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT as we kick off a
new year of critical work for the Truth Brigade, Indivisible Civics’
grassroots-powered network of activists dedicated to disrupting
disinformation. Whether you’re new to the work or a disinfo-fighting
expert looking to channel your passion, all are welcome. 

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IndivisiWin of the Week 

[ [link removed] ]A packed auditorium

Perhaps you’ve seen the articles proclaiming “the resistance is dead” or
lamenting that activists are too exhausted to mount a real opposition to
Trump’s second term. Well, no one told the Indivisible Chicago Alliance.
Nearly 600 people showed up to their first major gathering of the year --
so many activists eager to defy autocracy that they needed an overflow
room to accommodate everyone. Want some inspiration? [ [link removed] ]Watch this short
video they put together over on Threads.

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