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What if Trump invokes the Insurrection Act?

Trump May Invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act

On his first day in office last January, wannabe king Trump declared a national emergency on our southern border granting him broad powers to repel a non-existent "invasion." (In actual fact, the number of illegal border crossings is at an historic low.) Trump's declaration also gave the departments of Defense and Homeland Security 90 days to produce a report recommending that he invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.

That report has now come due. Trump could invoke the Insurrection Act at any moment.

Deep Dive, News BriefAlex MApril 22, 2025Trump, Insurrection Act, Dissent, Immigration, police, military, oligarchy, May Day, Democracy

The Origin of May Day

The Origin of May Day: American unions then set May 1st 1890, as a national day of action for the 8-hour day. Socialists in Europe did the same, declaring May Day to be International Workers Day. Since then, throughout the world May 1st has continued to be a day for social and economic justice movements of all kinds and issues.

Deep DiveKathy LassApril 22, 2025May Day, Labor Day, labor, unions

Safeguarding Civil Liberties: What Democratic Attorneys General Must Do to Stop ICE Overreach

Safeguarding Civil Liberties: What Democratic Attorneys General Must Do to Stop ICE Overreach

Tell Your Attorney General to Fight

If you have a Democratic Attorney General, tell them we need them to fight against ICE overreach. Period.

Help the Roxie Theater secure its next century of art, culture, and more

Help the Roxie Theater secure its next century of art, culture, and more

The Roxie is working to raise $7 million to buy the building they occupy and make various improvements and investments in future operations, and they currently (as of yesterday) have about $1.5 million left to go.

Deep DiveJames KennedyApril 15, 2025Indivisible

You should write letters to the editor

Media coverage of the protests in one part of the country had been dismal, so some of the protesters there wrote letters-to-the-editor to their local newspapers and TV stations, calling them out for their failure to inform the public of the protest results. You can, too!

Deep DiveKathy LassApril 8, 2025media accountability, Media

Trump and Musk's Social Security Scam

For the first time since Social Security was established in 1935 by Roosevelt's New Deal coalition, it is facing a real and immediate threat from Trump/Musk and the shadow brotherhood of billionaires and mega-corporations behind them.

Deep DiveJames KennedyMarch 25, 2025Elon Musk, Trump

Write postcards of support to Ukraine

Write postcards of support to Ukraine

This past Friday we saw a disgraceful, disrespectful and despicable display towards President Zelenskyy by Trump and Vance.

Deep DiveAlex MMarch 4, 2025democracy, Trump, Ukraine, war

Noncooperation With Tyranny

Since Trump's first inauguration in 2017, Indivisible has been fighting back against his agenda of hate, bigotry, and authoritarianism.

Deep DiveMatthew WallaceFebruary 25, 2025Trump, democracy, Budget

Looming on the Horizon

Congress reconvenes from their recess next Monday. Nineteen working days later – at midnight, March 14 – the federal government runs out of money. Without new funding, major domestic services and programs will shut down (military & police will continue).

Deep DiveMatthew WallaceFebruary 18, 2025Trump, Budget, Budget Negotiations, government shutdown

Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi is defunding the police

Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi is defunding the police

We were more than a little bit surprised to see Trump’s new attorney general, Pam Bondi, take action to defund local police this week, as part of the Administration’s ideological crusade against sanctuary cities like San Francisco. This isn’t quite what defunding proponents wanted, and we certainly won’t hail her as a racial-justice hero for an action motivated by anti-immigrant ideology. Nonetheless, her move to withhold federal funding for public safety in sanctuary cities does count as defunding local police—an interesting move from someone nominally in law enforcement.

Deep DiveKathy LassFebruary 11, 2025Justice in Policing, police, Trump

Ideologic Frenzy? Meeting a Deadline? Both?

One way to view Trump/Musk's ruthless trample, slash, and destroy assault on the non-defense half of the federal government is as the vicious hubris of ideologic fanaticism. But there's also a deeper strategy to their frenzy.

Deep DiveKathy LassFebruary 11, 2025Trump

Trump's Administrative Coup Threatens Our Health and Safety

On Monday, wannabe-king Trump issued an unconstitutional decree through his Office of Management and B.udget (OMB) halting a wide swath of federal non-defense funding for an indefinite period. This threatens our health and safety

Deep Dive, News BriefKathy LassJanuary 28, 2025Trump, OMB, executive actions

The Immigration Crackdown, the Laken Riley Act, and how to help

In his first day in office, Trump issued a flurry of executive orders that amounted to a brutal crackdown against immigrants, both documented and undocumented. To immediately jump into helping, start with remembering the immigration activists’ motto: Power not Panic! Concentrate on actions that actually help, not spreading fear.

News Brief, Deep DiveKathy LassJanuary 28, 2025immigration, ICE

Here’s what the Biden Administration has been doing for workers like you this summer

Here’s how the Biden-Harris administration has continued its focus on the needs of workers this summer, steadily reported on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) press releases page and the news page of the Occupational and Health Administration (OSHA).

Deep DiveKathy LassJuly 16, 2024labor, Biden

Joe has our back, so we have his

We won’t let the corporate media divide the progressive coalition against itself.

Deep DiveKathy LassJuly 16, 2024elections, 2024 election, Biden

Trump Can Be Prosecuted for January 6th

While the Supreme Court ruled that Trump can, in fact, be prosecuted for his part in the conspiracy that led to the January 6, 2021, insurrection on our nation’s Capitol is good news, the bad news is, that the ruling creates a radical new doctrine with ominous implications that will imperil our freedoms.

Deep DiveKathy LassJuly 2, 2024democracy, Supreme Court

We are America

July 4, the birth date of our nation, is this week. We take this occasion to remind ourselves of the vision of our country that we’re working toward.

Deep DiveKathy LassJuly 2, 2024democracy

Go electric!

Thinking of going electric? Here are resources that can help!

Deep DiveKathy LassJune 25, 2024climate

Convicted felon Donald Trump

Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felonies for his illegal scheme to suppress information pertaining to his campaign.

News Brief, Deep DivePeter HJune 4, 2024Convicted Felon, Convicted, Felon, Convicted Felon Donald Trump

Biden Admin Climate Action: Spring 2024

In honor of Earth Day, learn more about the Biden-Harris administration’s latest climate actions

Deep DiveAnna KrasnerApril 23, 2024climate, earth day, water protection, Inflation Reduction Act