February 10, 2026
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THIS WEEK:
- Exercise Your Activist Muscles as We Plan for No Kings III
- Must Watch: What’s the Plan?
- A Ride for All, A Ride for Alex
- Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens
- This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena
- Member/Volunteer Spotlight
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“Never stop resisting. Not loudly. Not constantly. Show up again. On time. With memory. Power depends on fatigue. It assumes people will tire and move on. Do not. Resistance is not a moment. It is habit. Habits outlast regimes.”
— Bruce Fanger, White Rose
2/7/26
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Exercise Your Activist Muscles
Please Join Us for Our Next Membership Meeting
as We Plan for No Kings III
Thursday February 19, 6pm
Plymouth Congregational Church, Upstairs Sanctuary
400 S Oakes St
Please join us and help identify more opportunities to volunteer and exercise your activist muscles. Our gathering will include a discussion of volunteer needs for the upcoming No Kings III rally, as well as the importance of increasing rally attendance.
We will also cover ways to keep the resistance visible to our community, our federal delegation, and state leaders. If you haven’t attended a membership meeting, please make this one your first. If you have attended, bring someone who hasn’t.
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Must Watch: What’s the Plan?
With Indivisible National Founders and Directors
Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin
On last week’s (Feb. 5) “What’s the Plan?” live meeting with Indivisible founders and directors Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, the group opened with three ways to counter the election-suppression moves Trump has begun to voice — moves already ringing alarm bells for voters.
The majority of the hour focused on how to fight ICE, with strong questions from online participants. It was an hour well spent.
Election suppression and efforts to steal the vote now stand as a five-alarm fire. Defending voting rights and fighting authoritarianism have become the urgent work of the moment.
Key Takeaways from the Meeting:
DON’T ACCEPT THE INTIMIDATION: Levin and Greenberg warned against letting election-sabotage tactics succeed by default. These efforts depend on “hype” and a “projection of power” to suppress turnout. Refusing that framing matters. Elections remain run by the states, and that reality “isn’t changing.” As Levin put it plainly: “We don’t give them power they don’t have.”
STOP BAD LEGISLATION EARLY: They flagged the SAVE Act as an immediate threat and described the work ahead as a year-long game of “whack-a-mole.” The bill cannot pass the Senate without clearing the filibuster, making unity — and pressure on representatives — decisive. The takeaway: sustained calls and organizing can stop it.
BUILD THE MUSCLE NOW: Local organizing does more than fill calendars. Recruiting new members, holding No Kings events, and strengthening noncooperation and economic-protest efforts build the “muscles” needed if opponents attempt a last-ditch effort to overturn an election. What feels incremental now creates real capacity later.
EXPECT A MULTI-FRONT FIGHT: Any serious attempt to subvert an election will play out in court, in public opinion, and through mass mobilization. Legal challenges need visible, popular backing to succeed. Organizing locally, recruiting new people, and participating in boycotts help generate the public response that allows the legal fight to prevail.
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A Ride for All, A Ride for Alex Pretti
Thousands of people across the United States and worldwide participated in more than 200 memorial bike rides on January 31, to honor Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse and avid cyclist killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.
In Helena, Montago Coffee and the Gravity Guild organized a ride . A group of all ages gathered for a spin around Helena.
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Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens
1
Monica Tranel
Orozco on the Jersey, _____ on the Ballot
Substack: Montana Connections
02/09/2026
The Froid community is in an uproar because, even though they voted overwhelmingly for Trump and all the other Republicans and they understood that they were voting for “mass deportation” and “zero tolerance,” they didn’t mean for DHS and ICE to deport their friend, their mechanic, their coach, their community member of 10 years.
Tranel writes,”When we vote for these republican policies without nuance, and without question, we are handing the government a sledgehammer. We cannot be surprised when that hammer comes down on us … it is politically incoherent to fight for Roberto on Monday and vote for his deportation on Tuesday.”
Tranel urges Montanans to run for office and for voters to vote for the candidate who advocates for taking care of their own community, not who listens to Fox News and political corporate consultants. Talk to each other, take care of each other — all of you.
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Robert Reich
Substack: What you can do to stop big corporations from helping ICE
02/09/2026
ICE and Border Patrol detention facilities are contracted to CoreCivic, a corporation with a long list of abuses associated with its facilities. Robert Reich outlines five ways to pressure CoreCivic, including calling our congressional delegation, withdrawing savings from institutional investors that finance CoreCivic, urging the Democratic Governors Association to stop accepting donations from the company, contacting CoreCivic directly, and avoiding purchases from corporations that enable CoreCivic, ICE, and Border Patrol.
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This Week’s To-Do List
Make Good Trouble in Helena!
1. BOYCOTTS
Consumer boycotts are effective! Sacrifice for our community, our democracy. Don’t support corporate compliance with a fascist regime.
TARGET: They should be standing with the people of Minnesota and speaking out against ICE’s invasion of the state instead of giving them bathroom privileges and allowing them to abduct their employees.
STARBUCKS: Across the US, close to 50 Starbucks stores have been on strike since November, with baristas at dozens of other shops walking out on short-term strikes. At its peak, 150 stores in 100 cities were striking.
Union organizers and strikers are urging everyone to delete the Starbucks Rewards app from their phone as a way to show the corporation that you stand in solidarity with the workers.
BIG CORPORATIONS: Here are some other business to pull your support from (read Robert Reich’s article in GOOD READS above):
- CoreCivic
- Democratic Governors Association
- AT&T
- Home Depot
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- Verizon
- ChatGPT
2. CONTINUE CALLING OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION
Senator Steve Daines: (202) 224-2651
Senator Tim Sheehy: (202) 224-2644
Representative Ryan Zinke: (202) 225-5628
Representative Troy Downing: (202) 225-3211
- Get ICE, DHS, and the millitary out of our communities
- Montana junior Senator Tim Sheehy has signed onto a Supreme Court case seeking to eliminate birthright citizenship. In the brief for the case, the writers use an old case stating that Native Americans could not have citizenship because they had an alliance with their tribes. Call Sheehy and tell him to withdraw his support from eliminating birthright citizenship.
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3. HONK & WAVE
Saturdays, noon to 1 p.m.
11th and Montana Ave.
The Wave is getting bigger: help create a tsunami! In true Montana fashion, the Honk & Wave continues weekly, except on days at 10℉ or below, or 0℉ with the wind chill.
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Member/Volunteer Spotlight
Here’s another short interview to inspire you to “jump into the activist pool.” Trish suggests that activism with IH is a great antidote to the pit of despair that can come from doom scrolling.
IH: About how long have you been volunteering with Indivisible Helena?
Trish: I’m not sure. I started by volunteering as crowd support at the No Kings rallies. Since then, I’ve had opportunities to help out in other ways.
IH: Is this your first time volunteering as an Activist?
Trish: It is. Although I’ve been a voter since I was 18, I have avoided politics and political action until this last election.
IH: What are two or three things about this work you enjoy the most?
Trish: I am inspired and awe-struck again and again by the IH folks (and others) who are standing up and working tirelessly and so bravely for the good of our city, state, and nation. I enjoy using the skills I have acquired over the years to be of service, and when I get to be crowd support, I truly enjoy greeting the people who are coming to the rally. Even though we may be meeting for the first time, I know we are connected in an important way.
IH: How does expressing your activism through Indivisible Helena make a difference in your life?
Trish: It has kept me from utter despair. I was enraged and feeling so helpless at the beginning. Being able to take action with IH and to see how I am not alone in my beliefs in a positive, non-violent response to the current regime has saved my mental and emotional health during this very difficult time.
IH: What would you say to members who might be hesitant to enter the world of activist volunteerism with Indivisible Helena?
Trish: I would say ‘Try it!’ There is a place for you and your gifts in this resistance. See if it doesn’t help you feel less hopeless and overwhelmed. Doom scrolling and complaining and ignoring what’s happening isn’t changing things — helping out the cause can and will!
IH: Anything else?
Trish: There are some amazing people volunteering in IH and in the other community groups that are standing for democracy right now. The groups are strong, and there’s room for everyone to do something. I’m really glad I get to help.
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Get Your No Kings Yard Signs!
We’ve got ‘em, you want ‘em
Request by email, and we’ll get them to you. The No Kings sign campaign is here until we are sure there will be NO KINGS, EVER!
Support Indivisible Helena
If you’d like to support Indivisible Helena in pushing back against fascism, please consider a donation via this link to the Indivisible Helena ActBlue donation portal or use the QR code below. Your information will remain private — neither IH nor ActBlue shares or sells personal data.
Together, we’ll make sure the U.S. has NO KING.
