Indivisible: Action Circle Meetings in May; latest News and Calls to Action 4-21-25

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KENTUCKY NEWS

This week House Republicans vote to slash health care and food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians.

  • Nearly 1.5 million Kentuckians currently rely on Medicaid, including 44% of births, 16,650 nursing home residents, and one in five seniors.

  • SNAP helps feed over 280,000 Kentucky households, including nearly 225,000 children.

The administration is forcing Kentucky seniors onto X, Elon Musk’s far-right social media platform, for vital Social Security information shutting out Kentucky seniors who depend on traditional communications.

Kentucky bourbon exports, auto manufacturing, and agriculture face severe damage from retaliatory tariffs and trade wars.

Our small businesses are bracing for higher costs and supply chain disruptions.

Congressman Thomas Massie voted against Trump’s budget not because it hurts Kentucky families, but because it doesn’t cut federal programs enough.

His job description says he ”works tirelessly to boost government transparency and accountability.” Yet Congressman James Comer taken no action on Signalgate, one of the worst national security breaches in recent memory. And he’s chairman of the House Oversight Committee!

(from Kentucky Democratic Party weekly messaging)

THIS WEEK IN TRUMP WORLD———–

UNDER THE RADAR

Trump

  • Calls for elimination of NOAA’s scientific research division

  • Says Russia’s recent strike on Ukraine was “a mistake.”

  • Eviscerates ’60 Minutes’ on social media and calls for its license to be revoked.

  • Says administration open to sending American citizens convicted of violent crimes to El Salvador.

  • Intends to lay off staff from center which NASA relies on for manned missions and robotic probes.

  • Fast tracks efforts to dismantle a federal agency on homelessness.

  • Starts building system for the U.S. to sell special visas for $5 million each.

  • Says autism is ‘preventable.’

  • Shutters State Dept. office that tracks and counters disinformation from foreign countries such as Russia, Iran, and China.

  • Allows commercial fishing in one of world’s largest ocean reserves.

  • Is looking at deep cuts to federal housing programs, including overhauling aid to low-income families.

  • Supports RFK. Jr. ‘s firing of complete staff administering the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which the White House is considering eliminating along with Head Start and AmeriCorps.

    (Information from the New York Times)

The Resist List

4-21-25

Calls to Action

FEDERAL

Call MitchMcConnell and Rand Paul and tell them:

TO OPPOSE HB22, the SAVE Act, which is an attempt at mass disenfranchisement, disguised as an election integrity bill, requiring every voter to show proof of citizenship bearing their current name when registering to vote. This would end online and mail-in voter registration. It means showing a certified birth certificate or valid U.S. passport and a government-issued photo ID. The last name on the birth certificate must match the person’s current name.

TO REINSTATE the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program. These programs give schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, money that schools and child care facilities are counting on. These programs have been canceled and need to be reinstated.

TO STAND UP to executive overreach. End the emergency.  Vote yes on privileged resolutions to end the emergency or block the tariffs. Use your platform to oppose Trump’s abuse of power.

TO OPPOSE the Trump Administration’s elimination of Head Start and AmeriCorps, a civilian community service project that responds to disasters and helps nonprofits.

TO RETURN Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the other people who were deported to El Salvador without due process. Make sure they see this as a core civil liberties issue. This is a look into a future where people can be disappeared because Trump says so, where due process also disappears, where law disappears.

Call Mitch McConnell and tell him:

TO OPPOSE the deceptively named National Right to Work Act, proposed by Senator Rand Paul. These laws would weaken unions, suppress wages, and strip workers of their power. Destroying unions gives move power to corporations.  Stronger unions lead to benefits for all workers. They set higher standards for wages, benefits, and safety regulations. If this bill becomes law, every worker in America will be affected.

Call Rand Paul and tell him:

YOU ARE OPPOSED TO his defense of Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.

Call Morgan McGarvey and tell him:

TO RETURN Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the other people who were deported to El Salvador without due process. Make sure they see this as a core civil liberties issue. This is a look into a future where people can be disappeared because Trump says so, where due process also disappears, where law disappears.

TO STOP Trump’s emergency tariff power grab. File the Resolution. Force votes on privileged resolutions to end the April 2 national emergency declaration to block the tariffs. Launch discharge petitions for resolutions that Republicans try to block with procedural shenanigans. Call out Republicans who don’t sign on.

TO OPPOSE the elimination of Head Start and AmeriCorps.

YOU APPRECIATE his responsiveness to his constituents.

Action Events

PEOPLE’S UNION USA BOYCOTTS

April 21 – General Mills boycott.

Shopping at locally owned stores is encouraged through the boycotts. The People’s Union seeks to fight back against corporate rollback of DEI initiatives.

INTERFAITH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION SUMMIT

Co-sponsored by All Peoples Justice Center

Friday, April 25 from 8:30am-1pm

Christ Church Cathedral, 421 S. Second

HOUSING CRISIS IN LOUISVILLE: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Hosted by the League of Women Voters of Kentucky

Monday, April 21, 6-7:30   Doors open at 5:30

115 So. Ewing

HOUSELESS DONATION DRIVE

Sponsored by Human Rights Umbrella Coalition & Hip Hop Cares

Wednesday & Thursday, April 23 and 24, 5-7pm

On the sidewalk in front of

Half Price Books

2025 Hurstbourne Pkwy.

Wishlist is on Human Rights linktree at https://linktr.ee/humanrightsumbrellacoalition

MAY DAY STRONG: WE ARE THE PEOPLE

Sponsored by 50501

Thursday, May 1 – 11am-2pm

527 W. Jefferson St.

Action Circles

Want to get even more involved?  Indivisible, Louisville Chapter, has created Action Circles.  We have nine circles and each circle focuses on a different issue. Choose the one that interests you the most – immigration, health care, veterans, energy and the environment, freedom of speech and press, reproductive rights, education, LGBTQIA rights, foreign relations. You can sign up below by clicking on the Action Circle of your choice. Make a difference. It starts here.

Veterans Action Circle

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Freedom of Speech & Press Action Circle

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Environment & Energy Action Circle

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Immigration Action Circle

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Reproductive Rights Action Circle

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Healthcare Action Circle

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBv1Ll3HoPtmk4u8WctoHUlTrRNOgnFswbCJffPnuOVUK84A/viewform

Education Action Circle

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LGBTQIA+ Action Circle

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO9pZhB0yesaZCF4s0glgaU4EpKvaIfii5k1cdVUOhIKOrkg/viewform

Foreign Policy Action Circle

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO9pZhB0yesaZCF4s0glgaU4EpKvaIfii5k1cdVUOhIKOrkg/viewform

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