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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 8h

Join us at the Statehouse this Friday, October 10 at noon, to tell JD Vance to go home and leave our maps alone!

Hoosiers don’t want to be pawns or puppets in Trump’s election rigging scam. Call your Senator at 317-232-9400, or fill out our online action form at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters.

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 18h

Banned Books Week is about celebrating the freedom to read and committing to the fight against censorship.
Here in Indiana, our Republican supermajority has made it easy for extremist groups to impose their small-minded views on schools and public libraries, controlling what we can read.

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 2d

Use our resources to take Take Action - contact the GKB School Board or write a Letter to the Editor: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

#madvoters #indianastatehouse #educationisactivism #indianageneralassembly #ProtectPublicSchools #INLegis #resist #SOS2025 #RightToRead #fREADom #bannedbooksweek

Garrett - Google Drive

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 2d

The books on this list are best-sellers with literary merit, but thanks to extremist, pearl-clutching school board members emboldened by an equally pearl-clutching legislature, books are getting banned, classrooms censored, and policy-makers - not parents - are determining which books kids can read.

Garrett - Google Drive

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 2d

We’re kicking off Banned Books Week with a feature on Indiana’s own banned books.

Last month, the Garrett-Keyser-Butler school board banned 6 books:

❌ The Handmaid’s Tale
❌ A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
❌ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
❌ A Thousand Splendid Suns
❌ Forrest Gump
❌ Brave New World

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 4d

Even as state lawmakers said they needed to cut government spending, they gave millions more to the religious private school voucher program, which has been proven to disproportionately benefit wealthier families at the expense of everyone else.

Read more: www.wishtv.com/community/in...

Indiana families face uncertainty as funding cuts threaten early childhood education

Funding cuts threaten early childhood education programs in Indiana, impacting thousands of families who rely on state support for their children's development.

www.wishtv.com

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 4d

Working families are once again left behind by Indiana’s Republican supermajority as funding cuts threaten early childhood education.

Why was this critical funding slashed? To help pay for the GOP’s privatization of education.

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 5d

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No Kings 2 is about reclaiming our power and building an Indiana where the people, not self-serving politicians, call the shots. Let unity be our strength, and action be our creed. This "No Kings Day" is more than a protest; it's a promise.

Learn more at www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

NO KINGS 2 - OCTOBER 18 · Indivisible Central Indiana

Join Indivisible Central Indiana, MADVoters, ACLU of Indiana, Women4Change, Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, and Indivisible South Central Indiana at No Kings 2.0: No Pawns. No Puppets. **When: Satu...

www.mobilize.us

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 5d

⁨📷⁩ ⁨Join @indivisiblecentind.bsky.social, @madvoters.bsky.social, @acluindiana.bsky.social, @indivisiblesci.bsky.social, Women4Change, and Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis at No Kings 2: No Pawns. No Puppets.

⏰ Saturday, October 18, noon-2pm
📍Indiana Statehouse

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 6d

⁨MADVoters’ online tool at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters will guide you through calling or emailing statehouse officials to tell them, “No cheaters in democracy!”

Help us stand up to this destructive and costly attack on democracy, and oppose MAGA’s early redistricting plot to rig the 2026 elections.

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 7d

Help us stand up to this shameless, destructive, and costly attack on democracy, and oppose MAGA’s early redistricting plot to rig the 2026 elections.

#madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana #standupfightback #indianastatehouse #INLegis #VotingRights #resist #SOS2025 #nokings

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 7d

No tricks here - our voices and votes are truly under attack by the Trump regime.

MADVoters’ online tool at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters will guide you through calling or emailing statehouse officials to tell them, “No cheaters in democracy!”

No Cheaters in Democracy

MADVoters.org

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 9d

Trump’s election rigging scheme is built on LIES. Redrawing our voting maps 6 years early is a shameless attempt to cheat in MAGA’s favor ahead of the key midterm elections in 2026.

Use our online action tool at madvoters.org/no-cheaters to urge your lawmakers to oppose early redistricting.

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 11d

Love this. Very well said.

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 12d

Join our friends Common Cause Indiana for a webinar next Tuesday on redistricting updates. Register at commoncause-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#nocheatersindemocracy #nokings #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 13d

No Kings 2.0 will bring Hoosiers together in solidarity to take action against the Trump regime.

This “protest with a purpose” will feature speakers, community organizations, and tabling opportunities to connect you with resources.

Learn more at www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

NO KINGS - OCTOBER 18 · Indivisible Central Indiana

Join Indivisible Central Indiana, MADVoters, ACLU of Indiana, Women4Change, Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, and Indivisible South Central Indiana at No Kings 2: No Pawns. No Puppets. **When: Saturd...

www.mobilize.us

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 13d

Join @indivisiblecentind.bsky.social, MADVoters, @acluindiana.bsky.social, @women4changein.bsky.social, Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, and @indivisiblesci.bsky.social at No Kings 2: No Pawns. No Puppets.

⏰ Saturday, October 18, noon-2pm
📍Indiana Statehouse

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 13d

No Kings 2.0 will bring Hoosiers together in solidarity to take action against the Trump regime.

This “protest with a purpose” will feature speakers, community organizations, and tabling opportunities to connect you with resources

Learn more at www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

NO KINGS - OCTOBER 18 · Indivisible Central Indiana

Join Indivisible Central Indiana, MADVoters, ACLU of Indiana, Women4Change, Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, and Indivisible South Central Indiana at No Kings 2: No Pawns. No Puppets. **When: Saturd...

www.mobilize.us

MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 14d

The latest reports indicate that Gov. Braun is considering a November special session to carry out Trump’s order to redraw voting maps and rig the election in MAGA’s favor. Contact your elected officials to express opposition to this plan.

✅ Take action at madvoters.org/no-cheaters

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 16d

Gather a group of friends or associates and host an action event where you call, email, or send postcards to your state rep and state senator - it’s the most effective action you can take against Trump’s election rigging scheme.

Need help or more guidance? Reach out to [email protected].

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 16d

In the coming weeks, Trump’s puppets in our government will be pressuring our lawmakers to support early redistricting. This is a shameless attempt to rig the 2026 elections by redrawing voting maps 6 years early. Voters need to urge their lawmakers to stand strong against this political pressure.

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 19d

MAGA wants to rig our maps ahead of the midterm elections, but the truth is, they’ve already been cheating.

Tell your officials to stop MAGA’s early redistricting plan, and stand up to this desperate, shameless attempt to steal votes and silence our voices.

Take action at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 19d

MAGA’s early redistricting plan is just another desperate, shameless attempt to steal our votes and silence our voices. They’re scared to play fair, so they’re resorting to lying and cheating.

Take action at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters.

#resist #VotingRights #getmadindiana #standupfightback

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 20d

They should offer to have public hearings, but as of now they have not. So the best opportunity is for people to contact their legislators directly. There will also be a brief opportunity for public comment at the committee hearing if it does go to a special session.

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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 20d

This is not something any of us should be defending if we want to live in a free country.

Read more from IndyStar: www.indystar.com/story/news/p...

#standupfightback #getmadindiana #mutuallyassureddemocracy #madvoters #indianastatehouse #educationisactivism

Are Hoosiers losing their jobs over Charlie Kirk posts? What we know

Indiana teachers, university staffers and other public employees are being targeted for comments critical of Kirk's views or making light of his death.

www.indystar.com

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