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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · 7d

Today, in the face of rising authoritarian attacks from the Trump regime, one Jimmy capitulated.

Tonight, we learned the other Jimmy attended a No Kings event in June with his family.

Thank you, @jimmykimmel.com. See you on October 18th. ❌👑

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...

Kimmel and Colbert, Joined in New York, Show a United Front

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7d

Jimmy Fallon says he’ll avoid politics on The Tonight Show.

Let’s be clear: Cowardice isn’t funny. Silence in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism isn’t neutrality — it’s complicity.

Urge Fallon and his producers not to be entertainers who keep their heads down: act.indivisible.org/sign/cowardi...

Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 8d

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 8d

There's more mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein Files than there are House Republicans in D.C. to keep the government open.
youtu.be/SCC29wbuE8A

Congressman Greg Casar: More Mentions of Trump in Epstein Files Than House Republicans in DC

YouTube video by Congressman Greg Casar

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 7d

State of play: King (Maine), Cortez-Masto (Nevada), and Fetterman (Asshole) caved. GOP will look for more on the next vote. Top targets are the others who caved in March:
Schatz (HI)
Durbin (IL)
Gillibrand & Schumer (NY)
Hassan & Shaheen (NH)
Peters (MI)

Keep an eye on Warner/Kaine in Virginia too.

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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · 7d

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7d

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 7d

This is not a fight about tax credits.

This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.

We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7d

Sens. Schumer & Gillibrand (NY), Schatz (HI), Durbin (IL), Peters (MI), and Hassan & Shaheen (NH) did the right thing by refusing to back a GOP budget that would decimate healthcare.

But now they’re under pressure to give in. Urge them to oppose the cruel GOP budget: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

(above an image of a hand holding a megaphone) WE FLIPPED 7 OF THE 10 SENATE DEMOCRATS WHO CAVED TO TRUMP BACK IN MARCH.

Let's encourage them to stand strong & keep fighting for our healthcare.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7d

Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social has a message for the GOP: “You run the House, the Senate, and the White House. If you want to pass the evil bill, do it yourself.”

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7d

(above an image of Capitol Hill) We're in a government shutdown because Republicans demand a budget that kicks millions off their healthcare and jacks up prices for the rest of us.

And the GOP is willing to hold government funding hostage until Trump gets his way.

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SierraKim @sierrakim5.bsky.social · 7d

@indivisiblennv.bsky.social accepts your challenge

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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · 7d

If you live in PA, ME, or NV, @fetterman.senate.gov, @cortezmasto.senate.gov, and @senangusking.bsky.social need to hear you’re paying attention. Last night, they caved. Today, we need them to fight for our healthcare. Tell them you’ll have their back when they do. indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

STOP THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN

indivisible.org

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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · 7d

Trump and Congressional Republicans are holding government funding hostage to rip healthcare from millions and jack up premiums for everyone else. If they wanted to end the shutdown, they could end it today. Whether your MoCs are Republicans or Democrats, fight back: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

STOP THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN

indivisible.org

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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lloyd taught us to fight relentlessly. To never give up or give in. His legacy lives in all of us he mentored, the battles we're still fighting, and the standards we'll never lower.

And Michael, if you're reading, I'll never tell them that the carpet is blue. 😂

P.S. This baby turns 13 on Saturday.

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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Those years are why @ezralevin.bsky.social and I are so demanding of the people we work with, and why we hold ourselves to sometimes impossibly high standards. He expected "more and better" from us—and we've been chasing that ever since.

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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Those years—the Obama presidency, the rise of the Tea Party, the fight on the ACA—shaped us. Lloyd set the bar for what public service should look like—relentless, principled, and deeply personal.

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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · Aug 21

In so many ways, @doggett.house.gov is very much a part of @indivisible.org's origin story. @ezralevin.bsky.social and I grew up in that office -- watching him fight for Texans, for justice, and for democracy with this unshakable conviction that decency and grit can (and must) coexist.

Austin-area U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett says he will not seek reelection if redistricting maps beat court challenge

Doggett's decision comes as Texas Republicans aim to redraw the state's congressional district maps to further favor the GOP.

www.kvue.com

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Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’ll ask the team to reach out. ♥️

Sarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · Aug 9

If you're having the best weekend ever at #OSL in San Francisco, be sure to stop by and say hi to the @indivisible.org team crew talking #nokings, organizing, and what's next in The Mission in Hellman Hollow. 💛

A wooden wall decorated with colorful protest posters. Messages include “This Is What Democracy Looks Like” in red and blue, “Protect Medicaid Stop Billionaire Tax Breaks” in blue and red, and “No Kings Since 1776” in yellow with a crossed-out crown. Other posters read “No Kings. No ICE. No Fear. Immigrants Are Welcome Here” with a black-and-white butterfly, and “We the People” written repeatedly in red and blue script.

Large glass windows of a building painted with yellow crowns, each crossed out with a large red “X.” Inside, empty chairs and tables are visible, and artwork is displayed on the walls.

A red and blue prize wheel labeled “Lucky Spin,” with handwritten numbers and “5 million” on its segments. In front of it is a small sign reading “No Kings” with a gold crown crossed out in red. A “No Kings” banner hangs in the background.

A wooden display wall with a large blue “No Kings” banner in the center, flanked by protest posters. Designs include “No Kings Since 1776” in yellow, “Protect Medicaid Stop Billionaire Tax Breaks” in blue and red, “This Is What Democracy Looks Like” in red and blue, “We the People” repeated in script, and the butterfly “No Kings. No ICE. No Fear” poster.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 4

Texas House Democrats offer a brief response to Gov. Greg Abbott's threat of arrest and expulsion: "Come and take it."

TX HOUSE DEMS STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO ABBOTT: "COME AND TAKE IT"

CHICAGO — After Gov. Greg Abbott threatened lawmakers with arrest and expulsion from the House of Representatives for denying him a quorum to pass his racist mid-decade redistricting scheme, the Texas House Democratic Caucus issued the following statement:

“Come and take it.”

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Aug 4

This is exactly the kind of energy we need from Democrats on all levels of government. Democratic governors and legislators need to make it clear that if Republicans redraw maps to rig the system, blue states will respond: www.bluestatedefiance.org/redistrictin...

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · Aug 4

Texas Indivisibles stand behind TX Dems as they fight back against this power grab.

Indivisible Dallas ❌👑 @indivisibledallas.bsky.social · Aug 4

Stay strong TX Dems! We see you and we got you!

All Texans deserve to have our voices heard for the good of our beloved state.

@indivisible.org

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Aug 4

New Indivisible newsletter with this week's action items! Because I'm a Texan, this one is personal. ezralevin.substack.com/p/texas-dems...

Texas Dems are showing us what it looks like to fight back.

Call me a biased Texan, but I just have to kick off this week’s newsletter with the GOP gerrymandering power-grab in my home state, Texas Dems’ bold response, and what all this means for the authorita...

ezralevin.substack.com

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Rep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov · Aug 3

Trump is trying to steal next year’s Congressional election by rigging it this year.

His extraordinary scheme to undermine our democracy demands an extraordinary response, like that of our Texas state legislators have underway. (1/2)

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Aug 3

To avoid accountability for their unpopular policies, Republicans want to rig the midterms and gerrymander their way to a permanent majority. It’s time for Democrats to fight fire with fire: www.bluestatedefiance.org/redistrictin...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Aug 3

🚨 Texas Democrats just pulled one of the boldest moves in recent political history: They walked out, got on airplanes, and broke quorum to block a Trump-backed GOP gerrymander. This is democracy on the line — and Texas Dems are fighting with everything they’ve got.

Texas House Democrats flee the state to block a vote on new congressional map

Texas Republicans proposed a new map that could give the GOP five more seats in Congress after the 2026 midterm election.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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