No Kings Day is October 18, and the nationwide events map just went live!
Check out Ezra’s intro to see the map and how you can help make this day HUGE;
then stick around for more to-dos below.

Hey Indivisibles,

This past weekend, I carried my 4 year old (“four and five-sixths” he
would be quick to correct me) on my shoulders as he played his harmonica
and I sweated my butt off at the protest against the occupation of
Washington, DC. [ [link removed] ]Free DC and the other organizers behind the protest
should be proud. The weather did not cooperate -- it was hot, humid, and
rainy -- but 25,000 people showed up in force anyway. The energy is
unstoppable.

One handmade sign I saw all over at the protest: No Kings. That made me
feel good heading into this week, because [ [link removed] ]the map for the next No Kings
Day just went live. (There are dozens of events on it now, and we hope to
add thousands soon -- so check back often if you don’t see one for you
yet!)

[ [link removed] ]Map of the United States covered in dozens of blue dots, each representing a
local No Kings Day event on October 18 -- Click to browse events in your area

[ [link removed] ]See No Kings events

In May, when I went on Rachel Maddow to announce the original No Kings
event, we hoped it would work. We felt like the timing was right. We
thought the messaging was sharp. And we believed people were ready to show
up in force.

We thought No Kings would be a good protest. We did not know it would
break records, with 2,169 protests in every state and 27 countries.

We plan these protests to recruit new people into the movement and send a
clear message to the regime: we are not cowed. But those things only
happen if people show up, so every organizer feels a twinge of anxiety
when events go public.

The need to advertise, recruit, and build momentum is paramount. That’s
how we land the punch we need to land. That’s how the mass movement muscle
actually grows. That’s how we achieve -- slowly but surely -- the [ [link removed] ]famed
3.5% of the population engaged in active defiance of the regime.

[ [link removed] ]As Trump promises to escalate his war on American cities, we’re
preparing for the largest protest against the regime yet. If June’s No
Kings aimed to deprive Trump of his birthday parade media splash,
October’s No Kings aims to steel American resolve against his occupation
of cities and deployment of secret police terrorizing American
communities.

But for us to land this, we need your help.

We need everybody to know about this. We need you to be an advertiser, an
influencer, and a recruiter for democracy in the coming days and weeks. We
need you telling your friends, family, and colleagues to mark their
calendar. We need you RSVPing for the event in your city, or signing up to
host your own. We need you thinking creatively about how to let others
know. We need you reaching out to your famous cousin twice removed to
post, or create a video, or record a song about it. 

We need to make No Kings an inevitability. We need the question to become
not “Will they come?” but instead “Who on earth isn’t coming?”

Rachel [ [link removed] ]Maddow covered the launch last night, featuring my interview
with Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson on the launch. As I told Tim, a
successful No Kings Day depends on all of us. The fight against this
regime in defense of our democracy is not on any one of our shoulders --
it’s on all of our shoulders. We all have a role to play.

You -- yes you -- I’m asking you for help. Make a plan to do your part to
turn October 18 into the largest show of defiance against the regime yet.
I’m counting on you. We’re all counting on you.

There are more of us than there are of them, and we’re going to show it on
October 18. [ [link removed] ]See you there.

In solidarity,
Ezra Levin
Co-Executive Director, Indivisible

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Your weekly to-dos

 1. [ [link removed] ]Check the NEW No Kings map to find peaceful protests you can join
on Saturday, October 18. Another nationwide day of No Kings protests
is happening October 18, and we just launched our events map! Don’t
see events in your area, yet? More are being added every day, so check
again soon -- or [ [link removed] ]plan a No Kings event near you.
 2. [ [link removed] ]Sign up for the No Kings mass kickoff call on September 18 at 8pm
ET / 5pm PT. Jump online with Indivisible, our partners, and thousands
of activists across the country to discuss the vision, urgency, and
strategy behind the national day of action on October 18.
 3. [ [link removed] ]Email Congress about Trump’s plan to let Artificial Intelligence
(AI) decide which Medicare patients get care. Trump’s piloting a
program to let AI review seniors’ medical info and decide what
Medicare covers for them -- while giving AI companies a
profit-incentive to deny coverage. We’re calling on all Members of
Congress to block it.
 4. [ [link removed] ]Have a GOP representative? Call them to help force a vote on the
Epstein Files. We only need two more House Republicans to sign a
discharge petition that would force a congressional vote on releasing
the Epstein Files. If your representative is a Republican, call them
about ending the cover-up now.
 5. [ [link removed] ]Join “What’s the Plan?” on Thursday as Leah and Ezra answer your
questions on No Kings, redistricting, and more. Every Thursday at 3pm
ET, our co-founders go live to break down our key initiatives and
answer your questions directly! Be part of our interactive chat about
what’s next in our fight for democracy.

P.S. The first No Kings Day was one of the biggest, loudest, and most
diverse days of mass protest we’ve ever seen, and we want October 18 to be
EVEN BIGGER! Grassroots gifts fund all the tools, recruitment, signage,
and logistical details -- like sound systems and portapotties -- to make
that possible. [ [link removed] ]If you can, chip in today to make the No Kings protests
on October 18 massive and historic.

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Gear up for an all-out funding fight

Federal government funding runs out at the end of this month -- putting us
on the cusp of a huge [ [link removed] ]government shutdown fight in which Democrats
have powerful leverage. If Democrats in Congress fight bravely, we can
stop or even reverse some of Trump’s devastating healthcare cuts and
lawless abuses of power.

But during the last shutdown deadline in March, these Democratic senators
[ [link removed] ]broke Democrats’ ranks and surrendered to Trump: Brian Schatz (HI),
Dick Durbin (IL), Angus King (ME), Gary Peters (MI), Maggie Hassan and
Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), Chuck Schumer and
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), John Fetterman (PA).

We cannot afford another “Schumer Surrender,” so we’re calling on Senate
Democrats to stay strong and united in this shutdown fight! We’re also
making sure Republicans know it’s on them to avoid a costly Trump
Shutdown:

* If your senator/state is listed above: [ [link removed] ]Tell them we need courage,
not cowardice, and demand that they FIGHT LIKE HELL this time around!
* If you have Democratic senators not listed: [ [link removed] ]Ask if they will
publicly call on Chuck Schumer to show some backbone and lead a
unified Dem front.
* If you have any Republican senators: [ [link removed] ]Tell them they’ll OWN the
government shutdown if they don’t commit to a bipartisan funding
process.

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Fight climate lies with the Truth Brigade

Indivisible’s Truth Brigade is the nation's largest grassroots
disinformation-countering program, and this September, we’re confronting
the lies behind the devastating dismantling of climate protections that
harm our vulnerable communities most.

On the [ [link removed] ]Truth Brigade’s monthly call tomorrow, September 10, Abbie
Richards of EcoTok and Media Matters will show us how the media,
corporations, and other bad actors fuel confusion or apathy about the
climate. Then, we’ll provide tools and info to fight back with the truth.

[ [link removed] ]Digital flier for the monthly Truth Brigade call on Wednesday, September 10

We can’t be silent as lies replace science and disasters are exploited for
profit. [ [link removed] ]Fight back by signing up for the next Truth Brigade call on
Wednesday, September 10, at 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT!

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