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Happy New Year Indivisibles,
The Newsletter is back after a short holiday hiatus. We wonder if we
missed anything…
[ [link removed] ]Image of Rep. Mike Rogers being restrained by a hand in his face as he
lunges at Rep. Matt Gaetz.
That is Rep. Mike Rogers being restrained as he lunges at Rep. Matt Gaetz
following Gaetz’s refusal to vote for Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the
House late Friday night.
If that looks unhinged to you, we’d have to agree.
In the longest Speaker election since 1856, House Republicans took three
days and 15 rounds of voting to finally confirm McCarthy to the post, a
sign of the dysfunctional train wreck we can expect from this new GOP
majority over the next two years. In order to wrangle the votes he needed,
McCarthy granted concessions to the extreme MAGA ranks of the House
Freedom Caucus, giving the worst people in Congress outsized power over
the chamber.
Here’s what we know about the MAGA majority:
* They’re planning to hold the U.S. government and global economy
hostage in efforts to slash programs like Medicare and Social
Security.
* They want to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics to make it easier
for their members to break the rules.
* They are committed to finding more ways to restrict abortion rights.
* They’ll continue attacking trans youth simply for existing.
There’s definitely some schadenfreude in watching House Republicans
crumble under the weight of the extremism they cultivated. In a perfect
example of their responsibility for this chaos, the Speaker vote occurred
on the two year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection. The same
lawmakers who fostered the insurrection are now staging power plays on the
House floor subverting their own leadership and gaining more control as a
result. Republicans deserve every bit of this dysfunction; and as we’ve
always known, they have no vision to lead the American people. But the
impact of this instability will fall on the American people nonetheless.
We may not know the full extent of McCarthy’s concessions, we may not know
the totality of House Republicans’ plans for this session of Congress, but
we have a good idea about what’s coming. And we know that we need to be
prepared to fight back.
Now is the time to get ready.
With that, here are your weekly to-dos:
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Your 4 weekly to-dos
1. [ [link removed] ]Read the new 2023 Indivisible Guide. If you want to prepare for how
to respond to our extremist House, this is the place to start. Catch
up on where we stand in the new year, explore our game plan for the
current Congress, and find out how to get involved. Our wins over the
last six years have been because we were coordinated, energized, and
informed; let’s make sure we go into 2023 with that same foundation in
place to fuel more wins.
2. [ [link removed] ]Register for the Deep Dive on the New Guide: Our 2023 Indivisible
Guide Launch Call this Thursday, January 12 at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Join
Indivisibles from across the country as our team breaks down the main
focuses of the Guide, walks us through activation strategies that can
be applied locally in 2023, and creates a community space to reconvene
and launch into a new year.
3. [ [link removed] ]Sign up for the Indivisible Truth Brigade. Propaganda, false
characterizations, intentionally misleading messages, and outright
lies threaten our democracy and even our lives. People believe sources
they trust! Sign up to learn how to fight disinformation in a way that
drives change and protects our communities from the threat of
extremism.
4. Do you live in a rural area? [ [link removed] ]Click here to join our National Rural
Program. We have resources and calls specifically for our rural
Indivisibles where you can learn more about strategies and issues
specific to Indivisibles living in rural areas. If you want an idea of
what that looks like, [ [link removed] ]check out our agenda and notes from previous
meetings.
P.S. We rely on your support to keep call pages up and running, fund ads
to get the word out, and continue all the work we’re doing this year.
[ [link removed] ]If you’re able, click here to donate to help fund our work.
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New Year, New Commitments
With the election of a new Congress and the arrival of 2023, we hope
you’re finding yourselves rested and rejuvenated (we know we needed the
vacation).
To kick off the new year, we want to ensure we are sustaining this
movement by spreading its reach and activating more of your friends and
neighbors to join in the fight. Indivisible’s strength, reflected in our
name, is in people choosing to come together for the betterment of their
community. Through those numbers, we are able to achieve a groundswell of
support for actions and take the time to individually rest and recover
because there are always more Indivisibles ready to take up the fight.
In the spirit of new beginnings and growth, here’s what we are asking:
* [ [link removed] ]Take the Indivisible New Years Pledge to join, reconnect with, or
invite others to get involved with your local Indivisible group.
Indivisible groups are at the heart of this movement. Their phone
calls, rallies, canvasses, bird-dogging, letters to the editor, and
more made the victories of 2022 possible. This work will continue to
be crucial as we confront the challenges of a split Congress, and we
want you to be a part of it.
* Invite a friend to join Indivisible. This movement is shaped by the
people, for the people. Without your voices, without your energy, we
are just a couple of political wonks with opinions. You make this
happen. Help us bring more people into the conversation.
* [ [link removed] ]Share this link to invite a friend sign up for these emails.
* [ [link removed] ]Encourage them to find their local Indivisible group here.
* [ [link removed] ]Show them the Introduction to Indivisible video (you can also
play this at your group meetings).
There is no better feeling than getting the chance to take an action to
help change the world with a friend at your side. Invite them today. Try
it out. We bet you’ll agree.
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IndivisiWin of the Week
[ [link removed] ]Tweet: Two pictures of an Our Freedoms Our Vote event in Soutlake,
Texas. Picture on the left of the crowd. Picture on the left of speakers.
Indivisible TX-24 and Indivisible Grapevine Area hosted an
#OurFreedomsOurVote forum with a focus on saving the soul of democracy via
public education. Bonus: [ [link removed] ]Watch the live stream here!
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bring! We’re so happy to fight alongside you.
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