Harrisonburg/Rockingham Indivisible
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Harrisonburg/Rockingham Indivisible is a volunteer-led, nonpartisan group, united by our commitment to defending inclusion democracy and defeating the Trump regimes efforts to impose authoritarian rule. We organize,we speak out, we stick up for the people!
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas. A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians. bookriot.com/arkansas-act...
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas
A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.
bookriot.com
In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission. The government has paid millions to private contractors to surface everything from potential threats to agents to
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics
The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
wsj.com
Crickets: Four fatal shootings by Memphis Task Force and little coverage from national news tennesseelookout.com/2026/08/03/s... @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social Check out this article about TN and the “coward” governor.
Crickets: Four fatal shootings by Memphis Task Force and little coverage from national news • Tennessee Lookout
Four men have been shot and killed in Memphis by agents with the Memphis Safe Task Force. Does anyone outside the city care?
tennesseelookout.com
Your vote is one of the few things in this world that’s completely yours. No one can take it, buy it, or fake it. Show up in November and use it. #LoserTrumpsElectionLies #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
We want to train you on building the skills, relationships, and infrastructure you need to respond to ICE surges in your community. Join our next call to learn how to connect with the leaders already organizing immigrant defense work near you.
Immigrant Justice Summer Call #2: How to Connect with Immigrant Justice Orgs in Your Community · Indivisible
The strength of any response to ICE enforcement depends on the relationships that exist before a surge hits. This call trains you on community ecosystem mapping, a structured tool for identifying who ...
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Soon, leftists many not be able to travel outside the United States, or return after leaving
Tucker County residents are, once again, seeking more information regarding the massive data center and natural gas power plant complex proposed between the mountain towns of Thomas and Davis, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.
WV advocates want to know who owns the land proposed for data center development in Tucker County
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Voter suppression doesn’t beat organized people. Learn your state’s deadlines. Check your registration, then get your people to check theirs too. Volunteer with groups getting voters registered & trained as poll workers.Fighting back is a to-do list, not a mood. #LoserTrumpsElectionLies #USDemocracy
Ironic, a cartoon character has more wisdom than the entire tRump clown cabinet combined
DEFlock Harrisonburg… show up tonight and or the 28th to let Harrisonburg City Council know we want Flock cameras GONW!
A person from the New York Public Library Comms team tried to get me to remove a link from last week's book censorship news roundup. Through my personal email. Through a private phone call. It won't be removed, and there's some background to add. bookriot.com/what-goes-in...
What Goes Into Tracking Censorship, With an Update From the New York Public Library Comms Team
Immense work goes into reporting on and tracking censorship, so when we're asked to pull that work, we take it seriously.
bookriot.com
Whew this story For all of us who posted the photo, it’s important to know the story of the woman in it, and that she deserves more than a moment of vitality, she deserves a nation that won’t look past her when the story is hard www.notus.org/metro/viral-...
The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.
America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.
notus.org
If you’re on BlueSky scrolling, you absolutely have a minute to click on the link and comment. This gives political appointees, instead of experts the ability to pull funding for existing grants out of convenience and political ideology, instead of relying on career experts. #SheShed
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes to revise the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance to improve government- wide policies and requirements related to the management of grants, co...
federalregister.gov
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 3w agoNothing to see here: Just 292,150+ people warning about Trump Admin’s new federal rule to strip grant funding power away from experts, scientists and unbiased arbiters Instead granting power over federal grants to Trump appointees Enormous issue Comment deadline is today
NEXT Saturday, July 18, we'll honor John Lewis by arming ourselves to build a more resilient and more inclusive democracy.
"Virginia is home to multiple ICE detention centers, including the Caroline Detention Facility in Bowling Green and the Farmville Detention Center, as immigration enforcement activity has surged nationwide."
Virginia joins multistate push against ICE rollback on detainee death reporting • Virginia Mercury
Virginia is joining a 22-state effort led by New York Attorney General Letitia James urging President Donald Trump’s administration to reverse a new federal policy ending investigations and public rep...
virginiamercury.com
Our Members of Congress are being asked to deepen US-Israeli military entanglement and insulate the Netanyahu government from accountability. Email your elected officials and demand they reject right-wing plans to hand over any part of our military to Netanyahu.
Tell Your Members of Congress: Reject the Trump-Netanyahu Military Partnership
Every year, Congress passes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a massive defense bill considered a “must-pass” piece of legislation. Because it moves every year, lawmakers frequently try t...
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two percent of united states senators are currently dead. check on your senator today!
ICE Brutality Clearly Has Not Stopped — Here’s Video of It Happening on 7/6 in Virginia (Four Agents, Believed to be ICE, Repeatedly Punched and Kneed Victor Perez Martin in Suffolk) bluevirginia.us/2026/07/ice-...
“There’s a petulance, a vindictiveness that is endemic in DHS people, reminiscent of the anti-communist paranoia of the McCarthy era. It’s no different,” said Rosenberg, former senior executive service leader USCIS who spent more than 26 years in federal service www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Six-hour polygraphs, forced reassignments: inside homeland security’s campaign of fear
The ruthless gutting and reforming of the Department of Homeland Security has traumatized both workers and the most vulnerable immigrants
theguardian.com
Federal agents "on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects” Criminal grand jury subpoenas issued to @nytimes.com reporters who wrote about security concerns with Qatari Air Force One 🎁 article
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
nytimes.com
"Princess Moss, a former elementary school music teacher from Louisa County, Virginia, will lead the National Education Association (NEA). The NEA is the largest labor union in America, followed by SEIU and AFT..."
Former Louisa County Teacher Voted President of Largest Union in the U.S; Trump Regime Continues War on Civil Rights
➤ 28 days until the August 4, 2026 primary | ➤ 853 days until Nov.
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They may be quieter abt it, but ICE is still an out of ctrl force that's terrorizing our communities. They're still killing ppl & giving reasons that r dubious at best (often shown to be lies when investigated🤬) open.substack.com/pub/joycevan... Another GOP 'achievement'; don't let ppl forget it.
ICE is now even WORSE
Its arrests have doubled, its budget has tripled, its illegalities have multiplied.
open.substack.com
In case you're wondering who these cowards are: www.thepromisetoamerica.com/signatories
SIGNATORIES — PTA
thepromisetoamerica.com
An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
nbcnews.com
The Ban on Mass Voter Purges Beginning August 5, 2026; Safeguard your Voting Rights: Check Your Voting Status Weekly During the 90-Day “Quiet Period" bluevirginia.us/2026/07/the-...
John Lewis reminded us that democracy isn’t a spectator sport. If you’ve been thinking, “Someone else will do it,” please consider that you are that someone. Please consider volunteering and encouraging a friend to join you. Every volunteer makes our event safer, stronger, and more welcoming.
