Action Alert
Good news
Indivisible Sauk Prairie's Meet & Greet with Sauk County Sheriff Candidate Ryan Jesberger tonight was well attended and very informative. Ryan would make a great Sheriff! Check him out: https://jesberger4sheriff.com/
The DeSantis administration has announced that the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center will be closing and broken down starting in June.
Australia’s Trump Tower plans have been scrapped after its developer said his brand has become ‘toxic.’
A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups.
The Senate Parliamentarian nixed Trump’s ballroom funding being in the reconciliation bill.
Two bald eagles hatchlings have been spotted in a nest in a Chicago park in what city officials believe is the raptors’ first successful wild breeding in the Windy City in more than a century.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed a ban on assault weapons and ammunition magazines that hold more than 15 rounds — a month after she signed a dozen other gun reform bills.
The Supreme Court upheld access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The order means the pill will remain available via telehealth as a case brought by Louisiana against the FDA proceeds through the lower courts, which could take a year or longer.
Two men have opened the first new library in Gaza, filling it with books found in rubble.
The DHS’s inspector general launched a probe into the $38 billion warehouse-to-detention program championed by former Secretary Kristi Noem.
The Texas Supreme Court refused to declare that Democratic lawmakers who briefly fled the state in 2025 to block a vote on new congressional maps pushed by Trump had vacated their office.
After the SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the NAACP and other organizations are working together to form a new Civil Rights Coalition called All Roads Lead to the South. Stay tuned and get ready to be active. Also, see item #1 below.
Things you can do right now
1. Let Your Member of Congress Know You Want Action on Voting Rights.
Once again, 5 Calls makes it easy.
2. Stop the Slush Fund
In a move brazen even for him, the president will soon agree to a settlement with an IRS commissioner he can fire, dropping his $10 billion lawsuit in exchange for a $1.7 billion slush fund to “compensate” the henchmen who committed crimes for his benefit, including the nearly 1,600 people charged with attacking the Capitol to overturn the results of the election on January 6th. Find out how to make your opinion known.
3. No War Wednesdays
Indivisible has organized phone banks every Wednesday in May to call voters in key states to demand their Members of Congress block any more funding for the Irn war, use the War Powers Resolutions, and hold this administration accountable. Sign up to participate (training provided).
4. Call Your Member of Congress to Demand the US Rejoin the World Health Organization (WHO)
Just as an Ebola virus breaks out and AIDS cases are rising, the US has withdrawn from WHO and cut overseas health aid. This is not only cruel, it is short-sighted. Contact your Member of Congress (download contact information) using any variation on the language below or Text SIGN PIMKZY to 50409 (via RESIST BOT) Be sure to leave your full name and address.
"I’m sure you know that the World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency after an Ebola outbreak caused 350 reported cases and 88 deaths in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
As your constituent I’m urging you to push for the US to rejoin the WHO, recommit to funding programs supporting global health and researching infectious diseases, and begin to prioritize science again. Failing this, the danger posed to US citizens by public health emergencies will continue to be heightened— much to our detriment.
Push the Trump administration to prioritize and fund public health! Thanks."
5. Oppose Anti-LGBTQ Bills
These bills are coming up in the House this week. Learn more at 5 Calls.
Announcements
Meet and Greet for Dylan Helmenstein
A Democrat from Black Earth who is running for State Treasure
May 31, 1–3 pm or 3:30–5:30 pm
622 W. Olin Avenue in Madison
Email carol.wilson.622@gmail.com to RSVP, noting which session you would like to attend. Learn more about Dylan.
Talk to Karen DeSanto
State Representative
May 21, 5:30 pm
Kilbourn Public Library
620 Elm St, Wisconsin Dells
Or, coffee with Karen:
May 30, 10 am - 12 pm
John Joseph Coffee
112 Van Buren St., Sauk City
Dinner at the Riv with Indivisible Sauk Prairie
May 26, 5:30 pm
Canvassing for Francesca Hong
Josh Wilson of Sauk City is volunteering with the Francesca Hong campaign and is wondering if any of you might be interested in canvassing for her. Email indivisiblesaukpr@gmail.com to request Josh’s contact information.
As always, do what feels right for you and thank you for caring so much about our country.
