Thursday, October 30 - Demand Trump Use SNAP Contingency Funds / Cancel Spotify / What’s the Plan? Weekly Discussion Thurs
Partner Action: Governors: Demand Trump Use SNAP Contingency Funds
The over 40 million, or roughly 1 in 8 Americans, who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will stop receiving aid on November 1 due to the government shutdown. Despite the availability of contingency funds that would keep people fed, the Trump administration has decided to completely end aid until the shutdown ends.
Governors need to protect the residents of their state by pressuring Trump to use all available funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing.
👉 Call Governor Pritzker to demand they advocate for basic food assistance.
Script: Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from Chicago. I'm calling to ask that Governor Pritzker pressure Trump to use USDA contingency funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing to the 15% people that receive benefits in our state. Starving people to score political points during a government shutdown is cruel and causes needless suffering.
Action via 5calls.org
Indivisible Action: Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE, the federal agency charged with mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. These ads target vulnerable populations, promise signing bonuses, and normalize fear and intimidation in our neighborhoods.
Spotify claims these ads comply with their policy, but the truth is streaming hate is not neutral. It’s a choice. We refuse to fund it. We refuse to ignore it.
👉 Here's what you can do
Cancel your Spotify subscription, TODAY until the ICE ads are removed.
Tag Spotify publicly and urge artists, podcasters, and labels to denounce these ads and oppose the platform complicity. Use our social media toolkit to post online.
Action via Indivisible
Indivisible Action: What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders Thursday
The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back.
The antidote: Coming together in community to process what’s happening, to sift through what’s important and what’s just noise, and coalesce around strategies for fighting back.
Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week, as we carve out an hour to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan.
👉 Join the weekly call Thursdays at 2 p.m. CT.
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