Indivisibles,

The deadline for Congress to fund the government is swiftly approaching,
so of course, things are getting more confusing by the minute. On top of
that, Trump is embroiled in yet another corruption scandal, this one
involving an allegation that Trump asked Ukrainian leaders to dig up dirt
on Former Vice President Joe Biden. But instead of digging in on Trump's
many scandals (something Congress should be doing through an impeachment
inquiry), we’re here to break down what's going on with the adults this
week.

Last week, the House passed a short-term funding bill (also known as a
“continuing resolution,” or CR) that would keep the government open
through November 21. The CR would largely maintain the status quo,which
includes rejecting the White House’s request for additional funding for
Trump’s deportation machine. And by the way, you can thank all of the
amazing pressure you and the Defund Hate coalition put on each and every
one of them, especially during the recent Week of Action.

So what does this mean? Simple: our asks for the funding fight in November
are the same as they always were:

* Cut overall funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
* Get rid of the slush fund for ICE that gives Trump a blank check for
deportation and detention, and
* Prevent ICE from stealing money from other agencies by keeping the
current House draft bill language the same

[ [link removed] ]You can read more about the ongoing fight to #DefundHate in our
resource here.

Ok, we said we wouldn't get into the scandalous details of Trump's newest
impeachable offense, but just can't help ourselves. The truth is that the
whistleblower’s complaint outlines even more corrupt behavior from Donald
Trump. It suggests that he asked the Ukrainian president to launch a sham
investigation into Joe Biden as a way to damage Biden in the upcoming
presidential campaign (gasp!). And that happened while at the same time,
Trump’s administration was withholding military aid from Ukraine without
Congressional approval (double freaking gasp!).  In fact, Trump’s own
lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has publicly acknowledged that the Trump
administration has pressured Ukraine to investigate the Bidens. 

Look, we don’t need to convince you at this point that Trump deserves to
be impeached for any number of reasons, but if we don't get Democrats to
act, it will put our fragile democracy even more at risk. Check out the
to-dos below for an updated call script to tell your member of Congress
that you expect them do what's right and support impeachment inquiries,
and soon.

And now for your weekly to-dos:

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 Your 4 weekly to-dos 

 1. [ [link removed] ]Call your member of Congress right now and demand that they cut
funding for ICE and CBP in this fall’s funding bill. Even if they kick
the deadline to November, Congress will eventually have to finalize a
deal to fund the government for the next year. Help make sure they
don’t give Trump additional money for his deportation machine by
calling your members of Congress to demand they #DefundHate.
 2. [ [link removed] ]Urge your Representative to impeach Trump. Donald Trump has
committed numerous impeachable offenses -- and every time Democrats
refuse to hold him accountable, it only emboldens him more. Over half
of House Democrats have already called for impeachment; [ [link removed] ]check out
this list to see if your MoC is a supporter, and if not use our script
to make a call and demand that they join the chorus.
 3. [ [link removed] ]Tell your member of Congress to stop Trump’s march to war with
Iran. Congress has a major opportunity to block Trump from going to
war with Iran. Use our call script to call your member of Congress and
tell them to support the Khanna-Gaetz Amendment to the upcoming
National Defense Authorization Act, which would explicitly block Trump
from starting a war with Iran!
 4. [ [link removed] ]Demand that your Senators support comprehensive background checks.
Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans aren’t doing anything to
address the crisis of gun violence in America, even though the House
has already passed legislation to improve our system of background
checks. Call your Senators and tell them to demand a vote on S. 42!

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 2020 Update 

We’re only four months out from the Iowa caucus and we’re sliding into the
last week of this fundraising quarter. Candidates have been hard at work
in early states to drum up voters and donors -- let’s dig into where
they’re succeeding, their debate requirements for the rest of the year,
and how our movement is feeling about the field after the debate earlier
this month:

* [ [link removed] ]Senator Warren leads the field in a major Iowa poll. For the first
time, Sen. Warren has surpassed Vice President Biden and Sen. Sanders
in the Des Moines Register/CNN poll of likely caucus goers in Iowa. We
know that winning polls does not equal winning votes, but her
increasing popularity shows that Iowans are responding positively to
her unabashedly progressive message.

* [ [link removed] ]The DNC has new requirements for the November debate. We’re just a
couple weeks away from the Democratic field meeting once again to
debate in Ohio, but the standards for admission will be changing in
November. According to new DNC rules, candidates will need at least
165,000 unique donors and must achieve at least 3% in 4 qualifying
polls (alternatively, they must get 5% in two early state polls).
These shifting rules mean that we can expect the field to continue to
narrow in the weeks ahead.

* Indivisibles still overwhelmingly prefer Warren if the election were
today. After the debate earlier this month, we asked Indvisibles to
participate in an online survey to gauge who was winning their support
at this point in the primary. With only four months left until the
Iowa caucus, Senator Warren continues to gain steam among our
movement. With 46% of respondents choosing her, Warren easily won on
the question “who would you vote for today?”. She also holds the
highest net favorability from Indivisibles (75%), beating out Mayor
Buttigeig (37%) and Senator Harris (20%). 



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 We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump

Last week, we emailed you about our newest news: Leah and Ezra’s [ [link removed] ]book,
which is being published November 5th. Over the next few weeks, we’ll give
you a preview of Chapter 1 in the newsletters. Here’s how it starts:

On November 8, 2016, we hosted the worst house party of our lives.

The day started off well. We’d just come off a weekend canvassing for
Hillary in Philadelphia with a dozen friends. We’d voted at the elementary
school across the street from our house in Washington, D.C. 

Around 7:00 p.m., our friends -- a collection of former Hill staffers,
think tank policy wonks, and Obama administration officials -- started to
arrive at our house. We opened the champagne at 7:30 p.m. The mood was
celebratory; the biggest concern was that Democrats might not take the
Senate. Somewhere around 9:00 p.m., it became clear that this was not, in
fact, the biggest problem we needed to worry about. To Be Continued... 

You can read more about the book at [ [link removed] ]book.indivisible.org and use the
links at the top of the page to pre-order your copy.



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 Support the Movement 

We’ve got another breaking update: FreedomWorks (a branch of the GOP’s
media machine) launched a Twitter tirade against us last week, launching a
series of tweets calling us a part of the “Radical Left.” 

Groups like FreedomWorks believe that the government should only work for
the wealthy, white elite. That’s why they’re scared of a movement like
ours -- they’ve seen what we can accomplish together, and they’re doing
whatever they can to preserve their status quo. They hope that by
attacking us, they can shut us down.

We know this won’t be the last attack we face, and we need to be ready to
fight back. [ [link removed] ]Can you send a donation today to help us prepare for
everything the right-wing throws at us and support all our progressive
work?



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 IndivisWin of the Week 

Indivisibles from coast to coast joined the Climate Strike Friday with
young activists as they made the world listen. This is just one example of
Indivisibles uplifting the voices of young people around them. 

We don't know about you but this weekend of activism has amped us up to do
even more to bring about progressive change in our country. So while the
Trump administration set on denying science, burying scandal, and fund
more and more concentration camps for immigrant families, we need to come
together -- every person in our movement -- to resist and fight and
continuing working towards a future thats cleaner, safer, and more
inclusive of everyone. Are you with us?

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team

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