🕐 There’s no time like the present … to watch our HoCo Indivisible webinar (from June 3) and learn how YOU can help win the midterms! m.youtube.com/watch?v=0bzJ... Or check out our Google Doc with links to a wide variety of activities in Howard County and beyond: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🍃

Do you know what to do if ICE comes to your community? Join our upcoming training series to learn how you can organize to respond to ICE surges or new concentration camps in your area: indivisible.org/campaigns/di...

🇺🇸🎶🇺🇸 🥁 The heat didn’t stop 48 HoCo Indivisibles from waving in the Longfellow 4th of July Parade in Columbia!! We celebrated (in style!) with the community—and our country—250 years of our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness! Thanks to all! 🍃

🇺🇸 Yesterday more than 50 stopped by the Gorman Rd Overpass—many briefly due to 100-degree heat 🥵, and some for the entire 2-hour wave (all survived). Still, our spirits were high and our messaging clear: IMMIGRANTS BUILT AMERICA! and IMMIGRANTS MAKE AMERICA GREAT! 🍃

🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day, America 🇺🇸 Keep fighting for our freedoms 🇺🇸🍃

250 years after the first No Kings Day, America is rejecting another mad king.

Nice display at patriotic celebrations! 🇺🇸🎇🤩🍃

We can’t follow all the news all the time, but we can let ourselves look 👀 and listen 👂 when our Indivisible national leaders ask for our help. 🍃

Can YOU help our fellow citizens get the ID they need to vote? 🗳️ VoteRiders is seeking volunteers to support its Helpline. Volunteers call voters who have reached out to get ID assistance. This is a low-stress way to make a big difference! Register: voteriders.org/helpline 🍃

Let’s do this, fellow Indivisibles. Sign up and listen for an idea that inspires YOU! 😉🍃

We know Trump will do everything he can to sabotage the midterms. We'll be ready to counter his dirty tricks and tactics — join our national program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot and those ballots are counted.

Trump will try to sabotage the midterms — and he will fail.

Here’s the July Food Drive info. People in our communities need help, so please consider dropping items in collection bins. 🍃

Before you get started on your holiday weekend, join @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon to discuss the Democratic establishment’s ongoing freakout, Colorado’s primaries, the future of the MAGA Supreme Court, and much more.

Tomorrow, July 2! Can you attend, or spread the word?🍃

A dangerous heat wave is coming our way. Make sure you: ✅ Stay hydrated, ✅ Know where your nearest cooling center is, ✅ Prepare for potential outages by charging devices, keeping flashlights/batteries handy, and having backup power for medical equipment, and ✅ Check on friends, family, neighbors.

🇺🇸 Friday, July 3, our Indivisible Immigration Action Team will join the Gorman Rd Overpass protest as we display IMMIGRANTS BUILT AMERICA! and IMMIGRANTS MAKE AMERICA GREAT! The Team also will collect food for neighbors; most needed items shown here: columbiacommunitycare.org/support-ccc/ 🍃

July 7, learn how you can organize or attend an event in your community to continue the fight for civil rights & support one another in exercising our sacred freedom to vote. Register for the call: tinyurl.com/ycyu7jsf Learn more about the GTLO weekend of action: www.goodtroubleliveson.org ⭐

Get big money out of MD politics! A coalition of grassroots groups is working to: 1. Have MD Dems commit to limit big $ in primaries - no legislation needed! 2. Pass state-level legislation to limit corporate and SuperPAC influence on MD elections. Are you in? Email [email protected] ⭐

Word to the wise

Stop voter suppression backed by USPS. Comments due by July 2. To learn more and to submit a comment online: tinyurl.com/4caykwk4 For suggested language for your own email submission: tinyurl.com/k2uttthh ⭐️

July 2, 8:45 a.m.: Rally to Stop the Elkridge Detention Center! W. Lombard and S. Hanover St., Baltimore. We will rally and pack the courthouse at a critical hearing to help determine whether this cruel, unlawful facility can move ahead. Join us to send a clear message: ICE is not welcome in MD! ⭐

Seeking more bold marchers for the River Hill/Clarksville July 4 parade! Challenge--we meet at 8 a.m. to carpool to parade site, and the march is 2.3 miles. Can you take it? It will be a blast. A few more free shirts left (limited sizes). Sign up at www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... ⭐

Helping flip MD District 1 Representative Andy Harris's seat is one of our goals for the midterms. Don't know much about Harris? Check out "The Andy Files" : www.theandyfiles.com Want to join the fight? Email [email protected] (mention Andy Harris, Red2Blue). ⭐

Yesterday our Health Action Team held a fun and illuminating "Meet-A-Rama". A MD Healthcare Coalition for All leader spoke on legislative issues while a Red2Blue team leader discussed flipping health villain Andy Harris' district. Get future HAT news; email [email protected]. ⭐

PA-10 is a key race to flip Congress. The Democratic challenger, Janelle Stelson, lost by less than 2 percentage points in 2024. Join us in York, Pa to get her over the top this Nov. Dates: June 27 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Carpooling available. Contact [email protected]. ⭐

Join our Environmental Action Team book club as they discuss "The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue," which looks at a single MD street as a microcosm for the global climate crisis.The meeting will be Sun, July 5, 1:30 - 2:30pm at the Miller Branch Library, Avalon Room. Register at tinyurl.com/5xx9wjm9 ⭐

Let your representatives know that protecting innocent people from danger is important to you. H.R. 1689, now in the Senate, could extend TPS for Haitians until 2029. Learn more and make your calls: 5calls.org/.../tps-temp... ⭐

No ICE in Howard County. Early on July 2, come to Baltimore and show our strength as we rally and pack the courthouse for a critical hearing on the Elkridge Detention Center. Thanks to our allies from around the state for standing with us.We will meet West Lombard and South Hanover St at 8:45 a.m. ⭐

The fight continues against a proposed massive ICE detention facility in MD. June 30, 9 a.m. consider going by a "people's mic" protest at 100 West Washington Street in Hagerstown. Also over 2,500 public comments submitted so far. Add yours now before the July 1 deadline. tinyurl.com/54v5422r ⭐

Last week of the Mom & Baby Drive--though honestly these supplies are appreciated year-round. Just as pantry staples are still welcome this month. Drop off what you can for your neighbors at Elkridge Library or the East Columbia 50+ Center. Thank you! ⭐

Seeking more bold marchers for the River Hill/Clarksville July 4 parade! Challenge--we meet at 8 a.m. to carpool to parade site, and the march is 2.3 miles. Can you take it? It will be a blast. A few more free shirts left (limited sizes). Sign up at www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... ⭐

TPS recipients are our neighbors. They're contributing members of our communities who've raised families here & opened businesses. After the Trump-stacked SCOTUS's terrible decision, we must stand with them & end the legal limbo they've too long endured.

Gorman Road Overpass for tomorrow, 6/26 looks possible. If it rains, stay home. Come 4-6 p.m. or until rain shutdown. Planned messages: MAKING ALGAE GREAT AGAIN! RESIST TRUMP'S SWAMP! Hope to see you there, GPS address is 9706 Gorman Rd. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... ⭐

Stop warehouse detention in Washington County MD and its danger to the whole Potomac watershed. This Action Network campaign makes it easy to submit a public comment directly to DHS before the July 1 deadline. tinyurl.com/54v5422r ⭐

Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national program to ensure all eligible voters can cast their ballot, and that those ballots get counted. We’ll help you be ready to respond to any attacks, and we’ll shine a light on threats to our constitutional rights. Sign up: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... ⭐

It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican. It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong. Millions are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up. The sleeping giant of America is roaring.

TODAY, June 25 at 3 p.m., Corey Dukes from Protect Democracy will answer your questions about how Trump’s threats to sabotage the midterms would actually work, the steps you can take to stop the regime, and much more. Sign up for the "What's the Plan" webinar at www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... ⭐

July 2, 8:45 a.m.: Rally to Stop the Elkridge Detention Center! W. Lombard and S. Hanover St., Baltimore. We will rally and pack the courthouse at a critical hearing to help determine whether this cruel, unlawful facility can move ahead. Join us to send a clear message: ICE is not welcome in MD! ⭐

Unofficial election results (pending write-in ballots) can now be found on the Maryland Board of Election site: tinyurl.com/59b943pp Thanks to all who used their voice. When only 1 in 5 Howard County residents vote, yours has added weight. And we have plenty of room to grow civic participation! ⭐

Good job HoCo phonebankers! Winning yet again.... ⭐

This Thurs June 25 at 3 p.m., Indivisible co-founders Ezra and Leah will go deep into election sabotage with a senior leader from Protect Democracy. Read Protect Democracy's analysis protectdemocracy.org/executive-ov... Sign up for the "What's the Plan" webinar at www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... ⭐

Tonight, June 23, tomorrow, June 24, or Monday, June 29, 7:30 pm, join Indivisible National phone banks to send Julie Gonzalez, fighter for families and defender of democracy, to the Senate! Short phonebanking training included. Be sure to have both a computer and a phone available. ⭐

Maryland! 🦀 ¡Hoy es el Día de las Elecciones Primarias! 🗳️Las urnas están abiertas 8 pm. ¡Ve a votar y asegura que tú vos sea escuchada! ¿Aún no estás registrado? ¡No hay problema! Maryland puede registrar votantes el mismo día. ¡Tu voz importa! Encuentra tu lugar de votación: vote.md.gov/vote2026

Maryland! 🦀 Today’s the big day – Primary Election Day! 🗳️Polls are open until 8pm. Go make your voice heard! Not registered? No problem, Maryland has same day voter registration! No excuses–your voice matters. Find your polling location: vote.md.gov/vote2026 ⭐

Tomorrow, June 23, be sure your vote is in. Then there's a general invite to join the Howard County Democrats for a watch party at BusBoys and Poets, 7:30 p.m., balcony area. ⭐

ALERT: Red2Blue meeting change. Due to predicted bad weather tonight, June 22, Red2Blue will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom, not in person. If you would like to be added to receive future Red2Blue announcements, please write [email protected] (mention Red2Blue). ⭐

RALLY on JULY 2 around 9 am at the Garmatz Federal CourtHouse on 101 West Lombard St. in Baltimore. There will be a hearing on whether Genesis GSA can move forward on the Elkridge Detention Center. Let's send a strong message: no ICE detention in MD. More details coming! Save the date! ⭐

You don't have to live in Washington County to have a stake in this fight. Find out why and submit your public comment at NoKingsNoCamps.com before July 1. blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/the-july-1...

Buried in the FY2027 FBI budget is a request to provide funding for the "Joint Mission Center" Background on why this is bad here: robertreich.substack.com/p/warning-tr... Contact Senator Van Hollen to help block appropriations www.vanhollen.senate.gov/contact/email or (202) 224-4654 ⭐