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Save Medicaid NOW - Final Push Phonebanks to Republican Congressmembers Β· Together for CA Health The Republican controlled Congress and Senate are voting on budgets that will decimate Medicaid and millions of Californians will lose their healthcare - just so they can give more tax breaks to their wealthy and well-connected donors and supporters. Even people who have private insurance will feel...

Save Medicaid NOW - Final Push Phonebanks to Republican Congressmembers champ.ly/L9x3wuVf

01.07.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🎬 Rialto's Indivisible Film Series presents
To Have and Have Not starring Bogart and Bacall
πŸ“† July 2, 1 pm & 7 pm
Panel Discussion follows 7 pm show.
🎟️ Tickets: champ.ly/0_ACH0hP

02.07.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Make Your Voice Heard! "What does democracy mean to me?"
SHARE your response in a video, audio clip or short sentence.
Your clip may be used in a local Indivisible Sonoma County video and shared online. We will not include your name in the videos.
Submit via email to marcomm@indivisiblesoco.org

02.07.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🎬 Rialto's Indivisible Film Series presents
To Have and Have Not starring Bogart and Bacall
πŸ“† July 2, 1 pm & 7 pm
Panel Discussion follows 7 pm show.
🎟️ Tickets: champ.ly/0_ACH0hP

26.06.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us July 8 at 7 pm for an evening with three local Sonoma County legal experts in Constitutional and Immigration law as they do a deep dive into the Trump administration’s dismantling of our legal system and ramifications on immigration and deportation. @ Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa

27.06.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Propose an Amendment To Delay and Disrupt the Reconciliation Bill Senate Republicans want to vote on their Medicaid-slashing, billionaire-enriching reconciliation bill this weekend, and that means a β€œvote-a-rama,” when senators can propose endless changes that their...

Propose an Amendment To Delay and Disrupt the Reconciliation Bill act.indivisible.org/letter/amend...

25.06.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran The American people do not want to enter Netanyahu’s war with Iran. American involvement would not only put our troops into harm's way, but risk escalating an already volatile situation into all-out r...

Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...

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US government report cited non-existent sources, academics say Authors of several studies cited in the report told news outlets they did not write them and the studies did not exist.

Spreading falsehoods - www.bbc.com/news/article...

30.05.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@indysoco.bsky.social is building a powerhouse local movement that’s focused on turning resistance into real change. β™₯️ We are an all-volunteer organization – AND WE ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN! A generous donor will DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT with matching funds up to $5k: DONATE NOW πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
indivisiblesoco.org/donate

13.05.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 3 of 5 Days of Action
Saturday, May 3! 4 Marches to converge with one rally at Julliard Park, Santa Rosa
March for medical care in US &Gaza
March for Immigrants & Palestine
March for education, justice & democracy
March for DEI
Learn more: pjcsoco.org
@indivisible.org @indysoco.bsky.social

02.05.2025 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MAY DAY March for Worker and Immigrant Rights! 5 Days of Protest May 1-5! Organized by Community United to Resist Fascism @indivisible.org @indysoco.bsky.social pjcsoco.org #sonomacounty #mayday #santarosa #resistance

30.04.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sonoma County! 5 Days of Protest May 1-5! Organized by Community United to Resist Fascism! @indivisible.org @indysoco.bsky.social pjcsoco.org

30.04.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop the deportation profit machine! Boycott Avelo Airlines!

25.04.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/2: We have reason to believe that events on 4/19 and/or the 50501 Movement may be misrepresented by the Trump admin in an attempt to justify the use of military force.

Let us be clear: our movement is pro-democracy and firmly grounded in non-violence.

19.04.2025 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2599    πŸ” 939    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 101
1. Condemn the attacks on higher education, even if your own institution has not yet been singled out.
2. Legally contest and refuse to comply with unlawful demands from the federal government.
3. Work with other universities to mount a coordinated opposition of administrators, faculty, and alumni to combat these anti-democratic attacks.

1. Condemn the attacks on higher education, even if your own institution has not yet been singled out. 2. Legally contest and refuse to comply with unlawful demands from the federal government. 3. Work with other universities to mount a coordinated opposition of administrators, faculty, and alumni to combat these anti-democratic attacks.

Harvard University - link to sign - 840 signatures so far
Stanford University - link to sign  1096 signatures so far
Yale University - link to sign - 970 signatures so far
Cornell University - link to sign -  505 signatures so far
Boston University - link to sign - 502 signatures so far
Northwestern University - link to sign - 329 signatures so far
Emory - link to sign - 276 signatures so far
Tufts - link to sign - 179 signatures so far
Brandeis - link to sign - 110 signatures so far
Suffolk University - link to sign - 91 signatures so far
UW Madison - link to sign - 84 signatures so far
University of North Carolina - link to sign - 70 signatures so far
Washington University in Saint Louis - link to sign - 33 signatures so far
SUNY Albany - link to sign - just started collecting

Harvard University - link to sign - 840 signatures so far Stanford University - link to sign 1096 signatures so far Yale University - link to sign - 970 signatures so far Cornell University - link to sign - 505 signatures so far Boston University - link to sign - 502 signatures so far Northwestern University - link to sign - 329 signatures so far Emory - link to sign - 276 signatures so far Tufts - link to sign - 179 signatures so far Brandeis - link to sign - 110 signatures so far Suffolk University - link to sign - 91 signatures so far UW Madison - link to sign - 84 signatures so far University of North Carolina - link to sign - 70 signatures so far Washington University in Saint Louis - link to sign - 33 signatures so far SUNY Albany - link to sign - just started collecting

PROFESSORS ARE INSISTING THEIR CAMPUSES STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND HIGHER EDUCATION.

Today, we are releasing letters - most organized in under a week - with over 5000 signatures calling on campus leadership to stand up to Trump & fight for our values & our students.

bit.ly/CampusLettersTally

17.04.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 418    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 15
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β€œwe officially become a dictatorship is if the Trump regime can accuse any American citizen of being so dangerous as to justify being sent to a foreign prison, without any independent court review of the regime’s evidence.
If the answer is yes, none of us is safe from the Trump regime. Robert Reich

15.04.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”” NEW! We've built a timeline tracking DOGE actions since inceptionβ€”accessing sensitive data, unjustified staff removals, and reckless "efficiency" moves.

Transparency matters. See how a scalpel beats a sledgehammer every time:
https://wethebuilders.org/timeline

10.04.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 260    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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Bible verse for the day, 1 Timothy 6:9-10. I added the last line β€œresist evil oligarchs” but I’m pretty sure it was implied in the original version -look it up and let me know what you think

10.04.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ronan Farrow
@RonanFarrow
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JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. 

Non-citizens physically present in the United States, regardless of their immigration status, are entitled to due process protections under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. It is not relevant whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is sympathetic, or how much you believe an (apparently shaky) claim from an informant that he had gang connections. The disposition of this case, based on a judge’s review of the facts, was to grant Abrego Garcia protected legal status, preventing his deportation. Abrego Garciaβ€˜s due process rights, under the law, required the government to go back to immigration court and make the case, if they wanted to terminate that protected status. There is no good faith legal reading in which his right to due process was respected; indeed, the government has conceded that it erred, and is essentially arguing that it doesn’t matter enough to address it. This is because they assume people will not care. But everyone in the United States should careβ€”we all depend on these basic legal rights being predictably upheld.

Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow Β· 11h JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. Non-citizens physically present in the United States, regardless of their immigration status, are entitled to due process protections under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. It is not relevant whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is sympathetic, or how much you believe an (apparently shaky) claim from an informant that he had gang connections. The disposition of this case, based on a judge’s review of the facts, was to grant Abrego Garcia protected legal status, preventing his deportation. Abrego Garciaβ€˜s due process rights, under the law, required the government to go back to immigration court and make the case, if they wanted to terminate that protected status. There is no good faith legal reading in which his right to due process was respected; indeed, the government has conceded that it erred, and is essentially arguing that it doesn’t matter enough to address it. This is because they assume people will not care. But everyone in the United States should careβ€”we all depend on these basic legal rights being predictably upheld.

JD Vance
@JDVance
Kyle Cheney, a "legal affairs reporter" is apparently unable or unwilling to look at the facts here. 

In 2019, an Immigration Judge (under the first Trump administration) determined that the deported man was, in fact, a member of the MS-13 gang. He also apparently had multiple traffic violations for which he failed to appear in court. A real winner. 

It is telling that the entire American media is going to run a propaganda operation today making you think an innocent "father of 3" was apprehended by a gulag. Here are the relevant facts:

1) The man is an illegal immigrant with no right to be in our country. 

2) An immigration judge determined he was a member of the MS-13 gang. 

3) Because he is not a citizen, he does not get a full jury trial by peers. In other words, whatever "due process" he was entitled to, he received.

JD Vance @JDVance Kyle Cheney, a "legal affairs reporter" is apparently unable or unwilling to look at the facts here. In 2019, an Immigration Judge (under the first Trump administration) determined that the deported man was, in fact, a member of the MS-13 gang. He also apparently had multiple traffic violations for which he failed to appear in court. A real winner. It is telling that the entire American media is going to run a propaganda operation today making you think an innocent "father of 3" was apprehended by a gulag. Here are the relevant facts: 1) The man is an illegal immigrant with no right to be in our country. 2) An immigration judge determined he was a member of the MS-13 gang. 3) Because he is not a citizen, he does not get a full jury trial by peers. In other words, whatever "due process" he was entitled to, he received.

Ronan Farrow doing some remedial tutoring for JD Vance.

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West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem. Children are being treated for toxic levels of vitamin A.

www.tpr.org/public-healt...

31.03.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is "unusual" really the best the New York Times can do?

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A screencap of the Tableau Dashboard "USA Disappeared Tracker" which monitors persons "disappeared" in the USA by ICE.

A screencap of the Tableau Dashboard "USA Disappeared Tracker" which monitors persons "disappeared" in the USA by ICE.

This is the home of the USA Disappeared Tracker Dashboard.
DM to let us know of a person to add to the tracker or to volunteer to help!

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Nikole Hannah-Jones - Green Music Center Pulitzer Prize winner discusses the fight for racial justice and democracy

Lecture at Sonoma State University this week, Thursday April 3 featuring the author of the 1619 Project, Nikole-Hannah Jones gmc.sonoma.edu/nikole-hanna...

30.03.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge Says DOGE Has No Right To Sensitive Personal Data Held By Federal Agencies Read more here.

A federal judge ruled that DOGE has no right to access sensitive personal information at various government agencies, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, banking and income information and more.

29.03.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8929    πŸ” 2619    πŸ’¬ 354    πŸ“Œ 163
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Why Elon Musk, GOP Are Trying to Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Read more here.

Elon Musk and other GOP donors are pouring tens of millions into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. At the heart of the GOP’s massive effort to flip ideological control of Wisconsin’s highest court is a familiar goal: Power β€” especially when it comes to voting rights and the fight for fair elections.

29.03.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 585    πŸ” 221    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 17
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US hits lithium jackpot: 18M tons worth $540B found underground With 18 million tons of lithium found under the Salton Sea, the US could dominate the battery industry. But extracting it won’t be easy.

This does not bode well for one of our National Wildlife Refuges.

Scientists have identified an astonishing 18 million tons of lithium buried beneath the murky waters of the state’s largest lake. Extracting this resource comes with challenges from environmental risks to geopolitical considerations.

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@pjvh is following 19 prominent accounts