Resistance is the Remedy
Why organizing now is our only option — and how Trump’s budget bill is a test of our democracy
UPCOMING ACTIONS
NO KINGS PROTEST – June 14th at 12PM
📍 Walla Walla County Superior Court
Join us for NO KINGS, a national day of action rejecting the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and corruption. They have defied courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked civil rights, and slashed essential services. We say: No thrones. No crowns. No Kings.
🎤 Featured Speaker: Rodney Outlaw
Rodney is a local educator and organizer passionate about youth and community empowerment.
"Let every step you take remind the people around you: This is OUR community, and we will fight for each other. Let every step you take say: We are not done. Because we’re just getting started.” — Rodney Outlaw
🖌️ Poster and Sign Making Sessions:
June 10th at 2PM
June 12th at 4PM
📍 Walla Walla Democrats Office — 38 E Main St #105
All supplies provided!
VA SUPPORT RALLY – Tuesday, June 3 at 6PM
📍 VA Poplar Street Entrance
Bring your "I ❤️ VETS" signs and your loudest voice! Rally with us for veterans and essential VA services.
⏰ Reminder: There’s a protest every Tuesday. Locations and focus may vary, but our mission stays united.
🌈 WALLA WALLA PRIDE – June 7 at 1PM
📍 Heritage Park
Join us for this year’s Pride celebration: "Orgullo y Unidad | Pride and Unity" — with live performances, speakers, music, community booths, local vendors, and activities for all ages.
🧠 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING – June 10 at 4PM PT
📍 Virtual (Zoom)
Hosted by ACLU’s People Power, this online training teaches how to protect yourself and others during protest and beyond.
⚖️ NATIONAL STRATEGY CALL
Join Progressive State Leaders Committee and Democracy Forward for a national briefing on how to counter Trump’s attacks on the courts and rule of law.
🔗 Register here
TAKE ACTION FROM HOME
CALL CONGRESS
Use 5Calls.org for simple, high-impact phone calls to your reps about Medicaid (Apple Health) and more. Scripts + numbers provided.
TEXT CONGRESS
Text your message directly to Congress with Resist.bot. Just text "RESIST" to 50409 — no downloads required. Send your text and answer the prompted questions for your messaging to be sent to our representatives in Congress.
TALK TO YOUR COMMUNITY
Have conversations with friends and family. Share what’s happening. Help them plug in.
❌ BETRAYED BY OUR REPRESENTATIVE
Michael Baumgartner Chose Billionaires Over Us
Reference: Spokane Indivisible, and WW Union Bulletin
CD05 Rep. Michael Baumgartner voted to advance the "Big Beautiful Bill" — a cruel attack on health care, food aid, and working families. Thousands across Eastern WA will lose coverage, including children. He voted for billionaires, not you. In fact, in response to questions about food insecurity, he told the Walla Walla Union Bulletin:
“If you look at the U.S. Constitution, it's not a priority [Food Insecurity]. I mean, it doesn't say it’s a first obligation of Congress to take care of local concern”
And he’ll have another chance to pass it, soon. When the Senate amends and returns the bill, he can choose betrayal again.
📞 Contact him now. Let him know you’ll remember.
Spokane Office: 509-353-2374
DC Office: 202-225-2006
"We have a long memory. And come Election Day 2026, we will remember that you chose billionaires over Eastern Washington’s people."
THE AUTHORITARIAN PLAYBOOK — AND HOW TO FIGHT IT
Reference: Mass Resistance, a MoveOn! Alert
In May, federal courts ruled against the Trump administration 96% of the time. That’s why Trump is attacking the judiciary — a classic move from the authoritarian playbook:
Court rules against leader
Attack judges as biased/dangerous
Delegitimize judicial system
Create permission for threats
IF NO MASS RESISTANCE → Purge the courts
IF MASS RESISTANCE → Forced to retreat
Political scientist Adam Bonica warns:
"Every authoritarian who successfully destroyed judicial independence did so because civil society failed to unite in time. The key difference? Whether people mobilized."
Mass resistance is how we win. And the most urgent fight? Stopping Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” — a horrifying transfer of wealth and power that could reshape the nation.
This bill:
Slashes health care, food aid, and clean energy investment.
Gives huge tax breaks to the ultra-rich.
Guts services that regular Americans depend on.
Trump wants it signed by July 4. Our job is to delay it, expose it, and mobilize before final passage.
TALKING POINTS & MESSAGING GUIDANCE
Reference: Susan Rogan
A Wealth Grab
Cuts services we rely on to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Americans under $51K/year will lose $700-$1,000/year in after-tax income.
Top 0.1% gain over $389,000/year. (Penn Wharton, CBO)
Health Care Under Attack
15M lose insurance by 2034 (CBPP)
7.6M lose Medicaid (CBO)
3.9 million people become uninsured due to ACA Marketplace rules (CBPP, 5/1)
4.2 million people lose insurance due to expiration of the ACA Premium Tax Credits (Urban Institute)
ACA premium cuts reversed: premiums up 75% for 20M (KFF)
$500B in automatic Medicare cuts (CBO)
REMEMBER Apple Health IS Medicaid!
Food Aid Slashed
Living Costs Climb
Debt Explodes
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the legislation will increase the debt by $2.3 trillion over the next 10 years.
$2.3T deficit increase (CBO), up to $3.3T (Penn Wharton)
Triggers PAYGI rules that cut Medicare by almost $500 Billion (CBO)
JOIN A CAT! (Community Action Teams)
This is how we get stuff done!
MADCAT – Mobilized Active Dissent
Rallies, direct action, protest.
CATNIP – Neighborhood Improvement
Community building, food justice, care.
CATEYES – Community Connection
Listening, reporting, and needs gathering.
CATCALLS – Calls + Correspondence
Pressuring officials, writing, and staying vocal.
📋 Join or lead a team: Interest Form
“This is a movement, not a moment.”
We’re building something real — together. Every call, every step, and every conversation matters.
In Solidarity,
Walla Walla Activism Network