Emily Phelps ❌👑

I find that when you're focused on one or two ACTIONS, you find yourself consuming less ambient news. Instead you are focused on news about the one or two actions you are taking. It's a good way to manage news overwhelm.

Today we said NO KINGS👑 loudly and clearly from Ocean Beach (San Diego, CA). #NoKings

Last night’s #BridgeBrigade in #Shakopee. #NoKings #Honk4Democracy #Indivisible

Join us tonight @ 7pm at Los Angeles City Hall for a peaceful vigil as we stand in solidarity with our immigrant friends, coworkers and neighbors. #abolishice #peacefulprotest #protestlosangelesjune82025

In with these matching flowers is a paper torch from one of the early Indivisible groups in Maine. They marched in parades dressed as Statues of Liberty, I believe in response to the last travel ban. (😡😭) They later helped flip Collins on the ACA.

Stole it from the office around 2020. No regrets.

“Strategy” came from a series of famous prints from the theater group Bread And Puppet.

I asked about the plant pictured on it, and was told it’s brussels sprouts. Awesome. Why not.

Whatever we do, may the brussels sprouts of strategy be our guide.

*Loches, sorry! I believe it’s in Ohio.

I am in love with this painting, which is called Autumn On Loaches. My road tripping heart!

I saw it in a coffee shop in Colorado, snapped a photo, remained obsessed, and reached out to the artist like a year later and it was still free. The artist is here:

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Al text: Screenshot of a zoom meeting showing multiple pieces of art behind a smiling presenter who is having a great time

Tonight’s training session on media for #NoKings hosts was fabulous. What a privilege to get to work with so many people, from so many cities and small towns, with so many different ideas. It’s going to be beautiful.

I got asked about the art behind me, and said I’d post about it here...🧵

I really like @titonka.bsky.social ‘s flag here. It would be great if news outlets made it easier to check on the status of things after they leave the headlines. “Whatever happened with…”

Among other things, during this regime, it’s important that we track what threats were saber-rattling.

TODAY!!!

Donald Trump's decades-long obsession with eugenics A timeline of the president's thoughts on "good genes," IQ, and which disabled people should "just die."

Donald Trump has long-espoused eugenicist and ableist beliefs.

For @motherjones.com, I put together a timeline of some of these greatest (or worst) hits, which shows a pattern, starting back in the 1980s. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump warns big business: Eat my tariffs, or pay the price | CNN Business President Trump used his bully pulpit to warn America’s businesses about raising prices due to tariffs.

ngl, when it comes to Trump vs. Walmart, my money's on Walmart
www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/b...

someone finally put out the pizza rat signal

save us pizza rat

What a day. What a country! 💪

People take part in a nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protest in New York City on April 5, 2025. | Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday: cnn.it/4hYKFL3

Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) tells Chicago federal workers, "We appreciate each and every one of you because you protect all of us!" At @nteunational.bsky.social rally to Protect Federal Workers, hear Rep. @robinkelly.house.gov:

Nothing sounds better than a good guy with a Boston accent standing up to a bully.

I really appreciate Rep. Keating for demanding Republicans put some respect on his colleague's name.

What is birthright citizenship, why is it in the Constitution, and who does it apply to? Check out our FAQ, available in English and Spanish: www.theusconstitution.org/blog/birthri...

Indivisible Chicago Northwest just passed 700 members! 🎉

That's 250 new sign-ups in 5 days since our kickoff event.

This week, I'm finalizing our leadership team who will give members meaningful ways to fight.

I want people to walk away from events saying, "this was an effective use of time."

The way you can tell Zelenskyy isn't a dictator, even if you know absolutely nothing about the situation in Ukraine, is that Trump doesn't yell at dictators.

Kaitlan Collins asks House speaker about protesters at GOP town halls | CNN Politics House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) blamed “paid protesters” that he says were funded by Democrats for showing up at GOP town halls to voice their concerns.

Here we go again. Back in 2017 when Trump claimed massive constituent anger was just paid for by George Soros (the Jews!), we then saw folks showing up with signs that said "Hey George, where's my check?" Few things piss off constituents more than saying they aren't real. www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/p...

Opinion | Trump and state Republicans are giving liberal residents the blues Democratic areas of red states face a double whammy of policies from Trump and state legislatures.

"Savannah Dowell, a junior who is majoring in history and gender studies, said, 'Everything that I’ve studied is being attacked. It’s very, very hostile and not a great environment to be a student in.” wapo.st/41hFfol

NO KINGS is extremely effective because it’s simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trump’s assault without having to use words lots of people don’t understand

How to Cover a School Board Meeting EdSource reporter Emma Gallegos walks you through the standard story on her beat.

How do you cover a school board meeting? yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/how-to-cov...

And... psst! You can subscribe to The Nation here: subscriptions.thenation.com/TNA/?f=Site0...

For Indivisible groups, the distributed fundraising program is a unique cool perk of working with our network. Old and new #Indivisible groups should check it out this year. indivisible.org/campaign/dis...

We encourage folks to subscribe to traditional outlets and support independent journalists on new platforms, too. Many folks already do subscribe to a lot of places, and have great recommendations. You can sign up for upcoming calls here: indivisible.org/indivisible-...

"Where do we get pro-democracy news?" and "How do we help keep independent media alive and going?" are two of the big conversations happening in Indivisible spaces, like our weekly "What's The Plan?" calls. It's rightly on a lot of folks' minds.