Close to 300 people rallied at the March 4 Stop the Coup! protest in Astoria. People brought chocolate, cookies and extra signs to share. Bebe Michel's buttons were a hit, as always. The rain stopped so we could have a dry, even sunny protest.More photos below.
SAVE THE DATE
INCO HOUSE ON FIRE! Community Meeting Saturday, March 15, at 11 a.m. - 12:30 pm New location:Grace Episcopal Church parish hall 1545 Franklin Avenue, Astoria. On-street parking only.
Our thanks to Grace Episcopal Church for hosting us.
Agenda highlights How INCO can respond effectively to the American House on Fire How INCO can best serve you and the rest of our democracy community COIN legislation: what bills need our comments Brief introductions by candidates in the May 2025 election
Whether you are "activist curious" or a longtime follower of politics or somewhere in-between, INCO wants to hear from you at our March 15th meeting.
GRATITUDE "My son was in his first school play." - Kelli, INCO Community Meeting, February 15, 2025
TAXES, BUDGETS, AND POLICIES: MAY 2025 ELECTIONS The last day to file as a candidate is March 20.
CANDIDATES: INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO INCO! If you're running for office on the May 20 ballot, you're invited to come to the March or April INCO Community Meetings to introduce yourself to attendees. If you'd like to do that, please email Laurie at incoregon@gmail.comso we can put you on the agenda.
Important positions in Clatsop County are up for election in May 2025. The list of positions on the ballot is here. Additional information about district elections from the Clatsop County Elections Department is here.
OUR DEMOCRACY COMMUNITY More photos from the March 4 Stop the Coup! protest in Astoria. Plus a March 4 protest in Hawaii, from Stuart and Wendy Wolf, INCO postcarders. Stuart's shirt says, "We are all legal protesters!"
LET SALEM HEAR YOUR VOICE!
Help Shape Oregon's Future!
Let legislators know how you feel about legislation currently under consideration. Go to COIN Legislation Watch Team at https://www.coinoregon.org/2025-legislation. Scroll down to see the list of bills where you can take action and submit comments with a simple click.
Your comments can be as brief as "I support this bill" or "I oppose this bill." Other information is supplied if you wish to write more detailed testimony. It can be especially helpful if you include how the bill will impact you or your loved ones.
On March 15th, organizers hope many people will mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses opposition to him by telling him he's fired. Organizers of this postcard protest encourage every protester to write at least one postcard and mail it on March 15.
Organizers ask you to take a picture of your postcard and post it on social media tagged with #TheldesOfTrump!
On March 15th, mail your messages to:
President (for now) Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500
PROTESTS, RALLIES, MARCHES, AND OTHER EVENTS
INCO is committed to taking strategic action to stop the coup and restore our democracy. We encourage everyone to stand up and speak out for the causes you support. While INCO can't sponsor every event, we will do our best to promote the ones we know about.
The Rally for Science, Washington Square, New York City, March 7, 2025.
HOW REPUBLICAN BUDGET CUTS WILL HURT OREGONIANS
COIN leader Terrie Martin, a former reporter, researched the regime's proposed budget cuts. Click this link to better understand how the proposed GOP budget cuts will impact Oregonians, complete with real numbers about real people who will lose health insurance, jobs, and food assistance. And share the information with your groups and friends.
COMMUNITY IMPACT HEARINGS
How have federal firings and/or funding freezes affected you and your family? Oregon's Attorney General is co-hosting Community Impact Hearings. Individuals and groups can also leave behind written testimony for the Attorneys General or send their impact statement by email to AttorneyGeneral@doj.oregon.gov , with subject line: Federal Firing and Funding Freeze Impact.
VOICES: NEWS AND PERSPECTIVE
-- Robert Reich, March 7, 2025
"THE GREAT AMERICAN PUSHBACK"
"... an increasingly loud, though still coalescing campaign against the extreme Trump/Musk agenda is finally mobilizing - a broad, politically diverse and growing political movement in America. Don’t want to call it the #resistance? Fine. I’ll refer to it as, “The Great American Pushback.” Or the GAP.
"...The clean-up on aisle DOGE is just one example that democracy can be slippery when wet. Just about every action taken by Trump and Musk has fallen flat in the latest public approval polls. Aaron Blake of the Washington Post neatly assembled some recent numbers in one damning post. Trump Agenda Unpopular" -- The Jim Acosta Show, Substack, March 9, 2025
OUR CHOICE
"The choice is democracy or dictatorship. Self-government or oligarchy. Everyone must choose sides. Not to choose is to accept the forces now in control — to allow Trump to become even more of a dictator and his billionaire backers and cronies to siphon up even more oligarchic wealth and power.
".... In other words, one of the best way of coping with this nightmare is to fight it." -- Robert Reich, Substack, March 9, 2025
INDIVISIBLE'S BIG TENT PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT
"There is no historical example of beating authoritarianism by standing back and waiting patiently for the authoritarians to take themselves down. The only thing that beats creeping authoritarianism is a strong, broad-based, big tent pro-democracy movement led by people on the ground in every community. We cannot count on that movement naturally arising -- we have to build it. That means action -- public, visible, raise-the-alarm-because-this-is-not-normal-or-acceptable sort of action.
"OK so how can we do that strategically? Good news: We’re doing it." --Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director, Indivisible, March 3, 2025
"THE RECOVERY OF MORAL HEALTH"
“And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.” - Winston Churchill, remarks on the Munich Agreement, 1938
WHAT'S THE PLAN? Thursday, March 13 * noon -1, via Zoom
Join Indivisible co-founders and co-leaders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week, as they discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan. Most of the hour is left open to Q&A, so submit questions when you register or submit them in the chat during the event. REGISTER HERE for the next What’s the Plan call on Thursday. Watch last week's event on Indivisible's YouTube channel.
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FUN STUFF
Randy Rainbow is brilliantly "wicked" with "Defy Democracy." It's another musical parody from a master!
"To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow." -- William Faulkner
Indivisible defends democracy by opposing authoritarianism, bigotry, and corruption and by promoting civic engagement and building community. Comments, news, and photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com. Resources and other information at www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org. Encourage others to sign up for the INCO newsletter here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. Indivisible North Coast Oregon is on Facebook, Instagram, and Blue Sky. INCO Weekly Newsletter • March 10, 2025
