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At the end of February the GOP controlled House of Representatives voted a Budget Resolution that instructed the Energy and Commerce Committee to cut $880 Billion. The only way to do this is by severely cutting Medicaid which provides healthcare to more than 72 million Americans.

In Illinois this includes almost half of our children, two thirds of our seniors in nursing homes, and 40% of all pregnancies. MAGA wants to cut Medicaid and other essential services (like SNAP) so that they can continue tax giveaways to the ultra wealthy.

If you want to fight to save it – join the Indivisible phone bank with our HealthCare Working Group. We helped defeat the overturning of ACA by phone banking constituents to call their elected representatives.

We will review the facts on Medicaid and train you to phone bank if you haven’t done it before.

Sign up here and we will send you the zoom link.

Join us for a town hall meeting with Congressman Mike Quigley to hear about what is happening in DC, what he and other Dems are doing to stop the Trump/Project 2025 agenda and what we can do as well.

As citizens come together to confront the crisis facing our country, it is important to hear from our elected representatives, and for them to hear from us.

Register here.

Let’s prove Tom Homan correct about Chicagoans being “too educated” when it comes immigrant rights. Join ILS as we canvass businesses in the 47th ward. We will make sure they know what to do if ICE comes knocking. We’ll share materials to help guide their response in case ICE arrives at their workplace, and that they can share with their employees.

Learn more➜

Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025

Time: Rally at 11:30 am Speakers at noon March at 12:30 pm

Location: Daley Plaza, 50 W Washington St., Chicago

Register here:

The rally will become a march that ends at Trump Tower. Some of us will then be marching/walking up to Water Tower Place park at Chicago and Michigan Ave. where we will rally and stage the Tesla action which will then go to the Tesla dealership on Rush and Delaware.

You probably know that balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at risk. This election pits Susan Crawford, a current Wisconsin circuit court judge endorsed by all current liberal judges on the court, against Brad Shimel, a Musk-backed Republican who is currently a sitting judge. If Crawford wins, liberals will lock in their majority for at least three more years.

We helped elect Janet Protasiewicz and let’s do the same for Susan Crawford.

Sign up for Wisconsin Wednesday Phonebank and/or Saturday Canvassing in Milwaukee.

We count on the CFPB (Consumer Finance Protection Bureau) to provide:

• Financial safety and stability
• A bulwark against another financial crisis
• Access to safe banking products
• Protections from digital payment scams and telemarketers

Indivisible Chicago and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) call on Congress to step up and protect the CFPB and vote NO on any budget proposal that does not require the Executive branch to maintain the CFPB.

Learn more➜

Join members of Indivisible Lincoln Square for a briefing on immigration history, threats and potential impacts on vulnerable communities across the greater Chicagoland area and beyond, and how we as allies can take action in this moment.

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Join Indivisible Lincoln Square to canvass businesses in the 47th ward and make sure they know what to do if ICE comes knocking. We’ll share materials to help guide their response in case ICE arrives at their workplace, and that they can share with their employees.

Learn more➜

By now most of us on social media have heard of this boycott of major retailers like Amazon, Walmart and BestBuy. Where did it all start and should you participate?

To learn more go here and here.

Hold the Line

Despite the bitter cold, 50 hardy ILS members showed up to urge Congressman Mike Quigley to Hold the Line against Trump’s outrageous, cruel and illegal policies.

Other Indivisible groups are also rallying at their US representatives. Go here to learn more.

The Trump Administration is out of control, attempting to exercise a mandate they do not have to dismantle our government and harm our neighbors. They are attempting to take power from Congress by canceling federal loans and grants, firing nearly all workers at USAID, shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and giving unelected billionaire Elon Musk access to the Treasury and our personal information.

Democrats cannot be complicit in Trump’s coup. If Democrats join Republicans in helping fund the government when the next federal funding bill is up for a vote, that is enabling Trump to continue with his plans to trample the Constitution.

If you have an Illinois Democratic Representative, send a letter telling them to vote NO on any funding bills, not trade their vote for concessions by the Republicans, and force the Republicans to pass their own funding bill.

Go here to write your rep