FEBRUARY 24, 2026
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THIS WEEK:
- Get Ready for NO KINGS III: Saturday, March 28 at the Capitol
- Bring Your Time. Bring Your Talent. Bring Your Fire.
- From Gathering to Action: Indivisibles Mobilize at February Membership Meeting
- Helena Kids Are Doin’ It Right!
- Mark Your Calendar
- Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens
- This Week’s TO-DO List for Good Trouble In Helena
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“… We must not forget. When that government lies about what happened, demonizes the victims, calls them terrorists, and opens an investigation into one of their family members instead of the law enforcement agent who pulled the trigger, we cannot afford to look away. If we do, if what happened in Minneapolis becomes just one more horror to be tossed with the rest of the trash at the end of its news cycle, we will forever lose a big, significant piece of what it means to be an American.”
— Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse
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Bring Your Time. Bring Your Talent. Bring Your Fire.
Opportunities to: Make new friends. Have some fun. Resist. Learn a new skill. Protect your community. Boost your self-esteem! Resist the destruction of our democracy!
Indivisible Helena is gearing up for the next No Kings day of action! We need your help to get the word out and make the event bigger and better than ever. We’ll need folks to take posters and flyers to local businesses and to public bulletin boards; people to get trained in crowd support; be Instagram interviewees on why you’re standing up and speaking out; equipment gatherers; and so many other needs.
Check out the Google form for opportunities to volunteer either before or during the March 28 day of action. Complete the form and we will contact you with more information and next steps.
Contact our volunteer coordinator Brandon at b.maynard.ih@gmail.com with any questions. Brandon guarantees you will experience at least two of the above “opportunities.”
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From Gathering to Action:
Indivisibles Mobilize
It was a dark and chilly night when 40 members of the Indivisible Helena community gathered at Plymouth Congregational Church to share ways to actively protect democracy and bring light to the night through resistance actions and community solidarity.
Good Trouble Committee members described two new action projects:
- The Pop-Up Freedom & Democracy sign-waving actions scheduled for Wednesday, February 25 and and Wednesday, March 11
- The effort to contact all No Kings yard sign households and place a “VOTE” sticker on each sign and gather those people more closely into our community.
We discussed our new fundraising pitch explaining IH’s need to cover the significant cost of the upcoming No Kings III rally, as well as ongoing expenses of the organization. We hope folks who attended the February membership meeting experienced the value of connecting and committing to action together. Onward!
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Helena Kids Are Doing It Right!
Looking for resistance inspiration? Look to Helena’s youth. About 25 Helena High students and 20 Capitol High students braved single-digit temperatures last week to protest the violence and lawlessness of ICE.
Chanting “Fund Education — Not ICE” and cheering on drivers who honked, and dealing with detractors who shouted, flipped the bird, and “coal-rolled” the group, the students never faltered in their commitment. Indivisible Helena was delighted to provide warm pizza in support of both groups.
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Mark Your Calendar
Wednesday, February 25, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. — Pop-Up Protest
Join Indivisible Helena members for its first a pop-up protest at the corner of Benton and Euclid (meeting at the old Josyln’s Furniture parking lot). Please come at 4:15 for a crowd-support briefing.
Saturday, March 28, Time TBA — NO KINGS III Protest Rally
Planning is underway for what is intended to be the largest national protest in our country’s history. Details to come. Mark your calendars and plan to join us at the Capitol building on 6th and Montana Ave.
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Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens
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Robert Reich
The Supreme Court’s tariff decision extends far beyond tariffs.
February 21, 2026
Substack
Reich explains how the Supreme Court’s rejection of Trump’s claimed authority to levy tariffs affirms the constitutionally mandated separation of powers. The decision also blocks other executive overreaches into Congress’s authority, including withholding funds already appropriated by Congress and unilaterally committing the nation to war. The ruling makes clear that a constitutional red line exists — and that the president cannot cross it.
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Madeline Lane-McKinley
In the Fight Against ICE, Kids Are on the Front Lines
February 16, 2026
In These Times
“We need to recognize what is already the case: that young people are not just a part of our struggles, but at the forefront of them. This demands a thorough dismantling of how we conceptualize political solidarity and the adult-centric doctrine around what is and isn’t “serious organizing.” It will require listening to kids and showing up for them. More than that, it will require learning how and when to follow them.”
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This Week’s To-Do List
Make Good Trouble in Helena!
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2. IH POP-UP SIGN ACTION
Wednesday 2/25
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Corner of Benton and Euclid
Indivisible Helena members will hold the first Freedom and Democracy Pop-Up Sign Action at the corner of Benton and Euclid. Meet at the old Josyln’s Furniture parking lot on Wednesday, Feb 25, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Join them at 4:15 for a short training on how to handle hecklers. Signs will be available. Save the date for the next pop-up on Wed, Mar 11, 4:30 – 5-30 p.m.
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3. CONTINUE CALLING OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION
Senator Steve Daines: (202) 224-2651
Senator Tim Sheehey: (202) 224-2644
Representative Ryan Zinke: (202) 225-5628
Representative Troy Downing: (202) 225-3211
• Defund ICE
• End the Shutdown
• Impeach Kristie Noem: Stop the cruelty, stop the looting of the US Treasury
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4. HONK & WAVE
Saturdays, noon to 1 p.m.
11th and Montana Ave.
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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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!