Monday, January 6, 2025

1-6-25 Newsletter

 

OUR COMMUNITY

"But one thing I learned from the election? We have a community of people who care. We can’t give up or ignore what’s happening around us. It can be better as long as we stay involved.

"We’re in this together."
-- Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, January 1, 2025

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KEEPING AN EYE ON THE OREGON LEGISLATURE
What's happening in the legislature? What are the proposed bills? Are they good for Oregonians? What should INCO and COIN recommend? These are some of the questions Indivisible volunteers on the COIN Legislative Watch Team seek to answer. You can volunteer to do this important work from home. Find out more at this Zoom event to introduce new volunteers and those who are considering volunteering.

INTRO TO COIN'S LEGISLATIVE WATCH TEAM
Tuesday, January 7 at 11:00am, via Zoom. 
Contact Cheryl Conway at conwayct2007@hotmail.com for the Zoom link.

Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network includes about 40 Indivisible groups in Oregon.

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SAVE THE DATE
INCO Community Meeting
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11-12:30
Astoria Senior Center, 11th at Exchange, Astoria

We enjoyed meeting in this bright, spacious room and look forward to seeing you in 2025!

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SAVE THE DATE
INCO's Day of Service and Support
Monday, January 20, 2025 at 9 a.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day  •  Inauguration Day
Look for details coming soon.
BE PREPARED - AND ENCOURAGED
Over a decade as a high-profile journalist, Asli Aydintasbas covered Turkey’s descent into illiberalism and shares valuable lessons about Trump and American politics. Highlights below. INCO encourages you to read the entire article.

1. Don't Panic - Plutocracy Takes Time. "It's important to remember that [America's] decentralized system of governance - the network of state and local governments - offers enormous resilience."
2. Don't Disengage - Stay Connected.
3. Don't Fear the Infighting.
4. Chaismatic Leadership is a Non-Negotiable.

5. Skip the Protests and Identity Politics. "Street protests and calls to defend democracy may be inspirational, but they repel conservatives and suburban America. Any grassroots action must be coupled with a clear, relatable eonomic message and showcase the leadership potential of Democratic mayors and governors. Identity politics alone won't do it."
6. Have Hope.
REMEMBER JANUARY 6, 2021
"January 6 should be the day we recommit to democracy, every single year. It must not become they day we forget about it."
-- Joyce Vance, 
Civil Discourse, January 5, 2024



"The peaceful transfer of power lies at the heart of American democracy, but Trump sought to overturn the result of the 2020 election and has not been held accountable.

"We must never forget his treachery.

".... The FBI estimates that between 2,000 and 2,500 people entered the Capitol Building during the attack, some of whom participated in vandalism and looting, including the the offices of members of Congress. Rioters also assaulted Capitol Police officers. They occupied the empty empty Senate chamber while federal law enforcement officers defended the evacuated House floor. 

"Within 36 hours, five people died. One was shot by Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, three died of heart attacks or strokes, including a police officer who died the day after being assaulted by rioters. Many were injured, including 174 police officers. Four other officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months.

".... That Donald J. Trump — the same person who instigated a coup four years ago tomorrow, when Congress last gathered to certify an election — will become President on January 20 is an assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our democracy."
-- Robert Reich,
 on Substack, January 5, 2026

POLITICAL ILLITERACY
“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events. He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics. The imbecile doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.”
― Bertolt Brecht, German playwright and poet
PROTECT PEOPLE
Monday, January 13th from 6-7:30 PM PST, via Zoom 
Hosted by the Rural Organizing Project (ROP)

From ROP: "Rural Oregon is getting in formation to protect immigrants, the bodily autonomy of trans people and women, and any of our neighbors whose basic rights and freedom come under attack! ....Our ability to protect people starts with having a strong and healthy group, so let’s build those skills together."  REGISTER HERE. 
PROJECT 2025: BLUEPRINT FOR TRUMP AND THE GOP
Historian Timothy Snyder wrote ON TYRANNY: TWENTY LESSONS FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY after Trump's election in 2016. INCO encourages you to read this brief important book.

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance. (See the cartoon below.)
 
• Project 2025 Explained -- An in-depth analysis of the MAGA playbook by Indivisible
• A long list of major features of Project 2025 from Robert Hubbell in his Today's Edition newsletter

• The 920-page Project 2025 document is here. Find a topic that interests you in the Project 2025 table of contents.  
CENSORSHIP AND SERVILITY
"I want to make sure everyone sees the cartoon by Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes that was banned by her paper, leading Telnaes to resign from her position there. It’s not enough for the powerful to be bowing to President-elect Donald Trump even before he gets into office; they feel the need to censor discussion of their servility and conformism."
-- Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Lucid, January 5, 2024
FUN STUFF
INCO INSIGHTS
"Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do
but never gets you anywhere."
– Erma Bombeck, American humorist and columnist
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