This week, Ezra prepares us for one of the most immediate impacts of Trump’s
megabill: a supercharged ICE acting as Trump’s private police force. We have
new ways to train up and fight back in the to-dos and updates below Ezra’s
intro.

Hey folks,

The full, devastating impact of Trump’s Big Bullshit Bill ("BBB") will not
be felt for years, but some of the impact will be felt very soon.

Usually, I use these newsletter intros to give a general overview of the
news of the week, but I want to zero in on one aspect of this bill that
is, oddly enough, not in the news very much: the creation of an American
Gestapo.

I do not think the media, political commentators, or the public at-large
understand just how enormous and society-changing this part of the bill
is. And I think it would be good for all of us to get real smart real fast
on what’s coming soon to a community near you.

This is the part of the BBB that will become immediately visible. The
drastic Medicaid and Food Stamp cuts largely don’t take effect until after
the midterms, and the tax cuts for billionaires and corporations will be
largely invisible to the public. But the American Gestapo is funded now --
right now. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) annual budget
[ [link removed] ]balloons to $37.5 billion.

This makes ICE the largest federal law enforcement agency in the history
of the republic. To put this in perspective, here are the sizes of other
federal law enforcement agencies, many of which have entire TV dramas
devoted to them:

[2]Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): $10.1 billion, IRS-criminal & civil
tax Enforcement: $3.7 billion, U.S Secret Service: $2.9 billion, Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA): $2.7 billion, Securities & Exchange Commission
(SEC): $2.1 billion, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives (ATF): $1.6
billion

Why do they need all this funding? Simple. They want to take the terror
and militarization that they brought to Los Angeles and do the same thing
in communities around the country. They’ve wanted to do this for a long
time, but they haven’t had the money. Now, they’ve got the money.

When does this money flow? Now. This means a hiring spree of 10,000 goons
for Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, 100,000 new detention beds, and mega-
detention camps around the country. My home state of [ [link removed] ]Texas is already
preparing for one mega-camp site.

I don’t know why the broader political and media ecosystems aren’t yet
focused on this. There is almost an instinctual pivot to bland political
analysis: “How is this going to affect the midterms?” But we can’t wait 16
months for the midterms to start pushing back against this federal
overreach. We cannot afford to wait. We have to organize against this in
our own communities.

We’ll be getting into this more on [ [link removed] ]Thursday’s What’s the Plan with me
and Leah. And next week, we’ll be kicking off our [ [link removed] ]One Million Rising
training series to coach up a million volunteers on how to productively,
effectively, and as safely as possible engage in non-violent
non-cooperation.

This was already a harrowing time to be organizing in defense of our
democracy, and this bill only cranks up the threat level. But remember:
they have no mandate for this agenda.

Americans do not want a national Gestapo terrorizing their communities. As
much as Trump wants to appear all-powerful, he is an unpopular, lame-duck
president who just signed into law the worst piece of legislation in
modern American history.

And we don’t just have to sit back and take it. Instead, we choose to
organize. So please read on for this week’s action items.

In solidarity,
Ezra Levin
Co-Executive Director
Indivisible

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Your weekly to-dos

 1. [ [link removed] ]Sign on to One Million Rising: our campaign to train one million
Americans to lead a local resistance movement. We're undertaking this
new effort to dramatically ramp up defiance and non-cooperation
tactics society-wide, whether it be at corporations, education, the
media, or neighborhoods. Scroll down to learn more about One Million
Rising in this week’s updates.
 2. [ [link removed] ]Contact state and local Dems to demand action against masked ICE
abductions. If you live in a blue state or city, your Democratic
governor, mayor, and lawmakers have the power to stop secret police
tactics like abductions by masked ICE agents. Our Blue State Defiance
toolkit helps identify who to contact and what to call for.
 3. [ [link removed] ]Call your Republican representative as we hold the GOP accountable
for slashing Medicaid and SNAP. Congressional Republicans betrayed the
people they represent and passed the biggest upward transfer of wealth
in American history. The backlash must be swift and loud. If you have
any, [ [link removed] ]call your GOP senators as well.
 4. [ [link removed] ]Register for the Truth Brigade July campaign launch this
Wednesday, July 9, at 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT. Authoritarians fear
dissent, so they spread lies to crush or suppress it on all fronts.
Join this message kick-off and new member orientation to learn how to
break through the propaganda noise and get our voices heard.
 5. [ [link removed] ]Join our “What’s the Plan?” call on Thursday to hear Leah and Ezra
answer your questions about fighting back after passage of the
megabill. Every Thursday at 3pm ET (12pm PT), our co-founders jump
online to break down the news of the week and answer your questions
directly! Be part of a free-flowing, interactive chat about what’s
next in our fight for democracy.

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A new plan to defy Trump's tyranny: One Million Rising

Across the country, authoritarian forces are growing bolder and more
dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass
deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and full-scale
attacks on our democracy.

We can stop this, but it’ll take all of us -- not just on single days of
mass action, but by organizing every day, in every community. That’s why
Indivisible is launching One Million Rising, a nationwide effort to train
one million people to lead effective non-cooperation at every level.

[ [link removed] ]Digital flier for One Million Rising virtual trainings on July 17, July 30,
and August 13 -- Click to learn more and sign up

[ [link removed] ]Sign up for the One Million Rising virtual sessions on July 16, July
30, and August 13 to join 1,000,000+ Americans training to lead the fight
against fascism!

We recommend that you [ [link removed] ]sign up for all three One Million Rising sessions,
even if you cannot attend them live. Each training will be recorded to be
viewed on demand, and the best way to ensure you receive the recordings is
registering on Mobilize.

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The next nationwide day of action

We’re facing the most brazen rollback of our civil rights and fundamental
freedoms in generations. It’ll take sustained, united, peaceful pushback
to salvage our liberties from the fascist MAGA agenda.

We’re proud to participate in and support our allies leading the next
national day of action: Good Trouble Lives On! On July 17, the fifth
anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’ passing, tens of thousands of
Americans will come together to “make good trouble” in response to the
Trump Administration’s attacks on our civil and human rights.

[ [link removed] ]Map of the United States covered in dozens of yellow dots representing
demontrations on July 17 -- Click to find events near you

[ [link removed] ]Click here to find Good Trouble Lives On demonstrations that you can
join on Thursday, July 17 -- and make a plan to march in peace and act in
power!

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Our final weekly update on the Republican Tax Scam

As you’ve heard, Trump and congressional Republicans rammed their
Medicaid-slashing, billionaire-enriching megabill into law last week.
Despite immense pressure from their constituents and their own,
well-documented objections to the bill, GOP lawmaker after GOP lawmaker
folded like a broken beach chair.

They sided with Trump and billionaires over the people they’re supposed to
represent. And they showed us once again that, given the chance to slash
healthcare or shovel even more money to billionaires, they will never do
what’s right for the people they represent.

Those corrupt bastards don’t deserve the offices they hold, and the fight
to kick them out of Congress starts now.

[ [link removed] ]If you can, please chip in to fund campaign work to hold Republicans
accountable at the ballot box and elect Democrats to undo some of the
damage this bill will cause.

We don’t typically emphasize fundraising in our weekly updates, and moving
forward, we’ll ask you to take some actions that help the folks most
harmed by this horrific bill. But ultimately, the only way we’re going to
stop or reverse these policies is by defeating the goons responsible and
winning back power.

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