The Taproot Report
July 20, 2025: Actions, resources and Information for this coming week
July 20, 2025: Actions, resources and Information for this coming week.
Something for Everyone
Inspiration & Motivation:
"Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace—not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth." — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
Claim you FREE “Trump Did That” Sticker!
Good Trouble with The Contrarian
Great News For The Opposition That’s Horrible for Trump
Texas Girls’ Lemonade Stand Raises Over $20K for Camp Mystic Flood Relief
Nat Geo’s ultimate guide to ‘touching grass’
Avelo Closes Base, Cuts Routes
Trump’s Spin Machine Fails Miserably, Epstein Haunts, and More Great News
A List of Ways to Dissent this Week & a List of Protests
One Million Rising, Session 1: The Moment & Your Mission
Inside the Scrappy Network of Volunteers Protecting Their Neighbors From ICE
60 Iconic Women — The people behind the 1956 Women’s March to Pretoria
Claim your free “Fund Health Care Not Warfare” sticker
How Women will Defeat Authoritarianism with Erica Chenoweth
Could the 3.5% Protest Rule Stop Donald Trump
Keep demonstrating against Trump — but also for a better future.
The Majority Turns on Trump: Support Shrinks, Protests Grow
Protests, Actions & Town Halls: Rise Up!
Local & Weekly Protest:
Mondays, 5:00-6:00pm No Dictator No King: Corner of Coconut Creek Parkway & Lyons Rd, Coconut Creek
Wednesday, 4:00-5:30 pm ET: Hands Off Social Security! Social Security Administration, 8501 West Sunrise Boulevard, Plantation
Fridays, 5:00-6:00pm Peacefully Protesting Fascism and Defending Democracy: Town Hall, 4501 N. Ocean Drive A1A, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Fridays, 6:00 ET: Voter Registration Booth, Holiday Park, 1150G Harold Martin Drive, Ft. Lauderdale
Saturday, July 26, 9:30-11:00 ET: Ft. Lauderdale Protest/Rally Against Avelo Airlines’ ICE Contract-Stop Mass Deportations!
Saturdays, 10:00-11:30am Continue the Fight Against Undemocratic Actions of the Oligarchy: 5-Points (between 26th & the Drive), Wilton Manors
Sunday, July 27, 2:00-5:00 ET: March for Integrity (Ft. Lauderdale)
National Protests:
Families First Event Registration
Host a Labor Day Kickoff #SolidaritySeptember
In-Person Meetings & Trainings:
Thursday, July 24, 6:30-7:30 ET: Miami-Dade Activist Meetup
Saturday, July 26, 2:00-4:00 ET: Phone Banking with Hope and Action, Indivisible - Call Democrats
Virtual Meetings & Trainings:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Various Times: Call Voters in Swing Districts, Hold Republians Accountable!
Mondays, Thursdays, 11:00-12:00: You can tell your electeds to Please Grow a Spine – Let’s Get Loud! Training
Monday, July 21, 7:00-8:00 ET: Messaging for Solidarity - Race Class Narrative with Anat Shenker-Osorio
Tuesday, July 22, 12:00-1:00 ET: Activist Clown Toolkit: Become An Activist Clown Mocking Authoritarianism
Tuesday, July 22, 3:00-4:00 ET: How to Partner with Field Team 6 - for Organizations!
Tuesday, July 22, 5:30 ET: Statewide Indivisible Florida Taskforce: No Internment Camps - Not Now, Not Here, Not Anywhere, Not Ever!
Tuesday, Thursday, July 22, July 24, 6:00-8:00, 5:30-7:30 ET, Respectively: Phone Bank with Common Cause
Tuesday, July 22, 7:30-8:30 ET: When Women Lead: Inside State Legistatures
Tuesday, July 22, 8:00-9:00 ET: More People, More Power: Virtual Training Series
Tuesday, July 22, 8:00-9:00 ET: Fight Back with Friends! Monthly Call to Action
Wednesday, July 23, 1:00 ET: Accountability August: Tell Congress What the Megabill Means at Home
Wednesday, July 23, 6:00-7:00 ET: ACLU - Legal Observing Training: Protests & Rallies
Wednesday, July 23, 6:00-7:00 ET: Team Enough (gun violence) For Young People Under 26
Wednesday, July 23, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET: Red, Wine & Blue July Banned Book Club: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Wednesday, July 23, 8:00-9:00 ET: People’s Promise: Fighting for Our Democracy
Thursday, July 24, 3:00-4:00 ET: What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders
Thursday, July 24, 6:00 ET: Florida Democratic Senior Caucus July 2025 Meeting - Guest: David Jolly
Thursday, July 24, 7:00 ET: An Invitation t Nonviolence: Exploring a New Story for Humanity
Thursday, July 24, 7:30-8:30 ET: The Powers of the Judicial Branch
Actions:
Immigration:
RAISE Hotline: Report ICE Sightings & Interactions
Civic Engagement:
Help Indivisible put up billboards calling out the Epstein cover-up
Safeguarding Civil Liberties: What Democratic Attorneys General Must Do To Stop ICE Overreach
Free Speech for the People: Impeach Trump, Again
Swing Left - 3 To Win (flip the House)
VolunteerBlue: REDistrict Project
Florida Law: All mail in ballot requests expired December 21, 2024. Renew at Broward Supervisor of Elections
2025 ACLU National Advocacy Institute
Volunteer for ACLU People Power
Reproductive Freedom:
Education:
Demand Democrats Take Immediate Action Against Trump’s Education Cuts
Demand Republicans Take a Stand Against Trump’s Attack on Public Education
Science & Environment:
Host a Training to Resist the Fossil Fuel Billionaire Takeover
Climate Disobedience Center: Call to Courage
Urge Congress to Institute Scientific Integrity Protections for Federal Scientists
Support the Association of National Park Rangers
The Environmental Voter Project
Social Welfare & Fair Housing:
Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)
Save the Fair Housing Initiatives Program
Become a Phone Banking Volunteer to Protect Medicaid and SNAP Nutrition Benefits
Card Campaigns:
Third Act: Write Postcards to Voters
Center for Common Ground Postcard Campaigns
Storytelling:
Hope and Action, Broward Indivisible: Your story is powerful, and we want to make sure it’s heard!
ACLU Storytelling Interest Form: Sharing our stories is a powerful way to humanize issues in Florida
Resources:
For Your Toolkit:
Immigration:
Find an Immigration Court and Access Internet-Based Hearings
Effecting Change: Yes, You Have the Right to Film ICE
4th Amendment Workplaces - Protection from ICE at Workplaces
Take Action against Avelo Airlines Toolkit
Immigration Protection Assistance & Mutual Aid
A Guide for Employers: What to Do if Immigration Comes to Your Workplace
#DisappearedInAmerica Partner Toolkit
Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices
ACLU - We Have Rights: An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
ACLU - We Have Rights: Create an Emergency Plan
Eyes on ICE: Documenting Abuses against Immigrant Communities
Checklist: Sharing Videos of Immigration Enforcement
Real or Rumor: How to Verify Online Reports of ICE Raids
Immigration Defense Project Toolkit
Immigration Preparedness Toolkit
Advancement Project: Protecting Immigrant Students Action Kit
ILRC: The Immigration Toolbox
Government Detainee Locator System
National Immigration Legal Services Directory
California Rapid Response Network: Report Ice in Your Area
How to:
Paper Ammunition: Free Protest Posters
Letters -to-the-Editor Toolkit
Giant Freeway Overpass Banner Workshop
Banner Deployment: Backbone Campaign
Tips for Procuring Banner Materials
A Field Guide to Wheatpasting: Everything You Need to Know to Blanket the World in Posters
Letter Making with the Overpass Light Brigade
LGBTQIA+:
THE ALERT DESK: GLAAD'S ANTI-LGBTQ EXTREMISM REPORTING TRACKER
100 Organizations Supporting Trans People in All 50 States
The Trans Continental Pipeline: Queer Relocation
Radicalization & Racial Justice:
BUILDING RESILIENCE & CONFRONTING RISK: A PARENTS & CAREGIVERS GUIDE TO ONLINE RADICALIZATION
The Barnraisers Project: Coaches & Trains White People to Organize for Racial Justice
Gun Violence:
Republicans cut the cost of gun silencers: Map
Education:
Higher Education DEI Legislation Tracker
Free & Low Cost Harvard University Courses
Red, Wine & Blue: Let’s Protect our Public Schools Social Media Toolkit
Economics:
Action Guide: Taking Down the MAGA Murder Budget
Social Media Toolkit: Republicans Pass The Billionaire Bailout In the Dead of Night
FACT SHEET: UK-US Trade Deal Will Do Virtually Nothing to Lower Prices
The House Budget Committee Democrats
Fair Share America: Tax Justice for All
Science:
Host Guidelines - Stand Up for Science together @ our Summer Sendoff campus events
Reproductive Freedom:
Reproductive Freedom for All Social Media Toolkit
Reproductive Freedom for All: Comstock Education
Weekly Repro Download: A Bite-Sized Toolkit to Build Power
Mifepristone vs. Birth Control: What You Need to Know
Social Welfare:
Bringing Pie Charts to a Knife Fight: Medicaid, ACA & Medicare Enrollment by House District
RuralOrganizing:Campaign to Defend Medicaid
No Cuts to Medicaid Social Media Toolkit
SNAP Community Characteristics Dashboard Congressional District Explorer
Medicaid Reliance by Congressional District
The Tech/ MAGA Coup:
One Million Rising Event Host Toolkit
Essential Rights for Revolutionaries
Get Musk’s money out of politics—for good.
Divest Public Dollars from Elon Musk - A How-To Guide
Fascism and The English Language
Tracking the Implementation of Project 2025 and How to Fight Back
Skill-Based Training Modules for Trump Era
A Rise to Freedom Training Toolkit
Tracking Fascism: An automated system that scans global headlines every 30 minutes via an API
Leaving MAGA: Empower Others to Leave MAGA and tell their stories
Civic Engagement:
Voting Rights Lab: Your State Election Policy Experts
Primila’s Resistance Lab: Join Pramila Jayapal in fighting back
Artful Activism Organizing Toolkit
STAR WARS FANS UNITE AGAINST FASCISM
Rules for Radicals (Free Book)
Reframing America: The "Do Not Associate" List
The Visibility Brigade: Rush Hour Resistance
The Visibility Brigade: Operation Action
Partner Toolkit: STOP the SAVE Act
Effective Advocate Training on Town Halls
Activists’ Checklist: Digital Security
Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink
Know Your Rights for Disabled Protesters
Legal Aid Service of Broward County
ACLU FAQ: Demonstrations & Protests, Florida
ActiVote: Check voter registration and pertinent election information, plan your vote (Really cool site)
Find your congress representatives with D.C. & local phone numbers:
ACLU Florida Legislative Alerts
Fact Checking:
Truth Brigade Messaging Campaign
Workers’ Rights & Labor Strikes:
Groups:
ACLU & peoplepower.org, Indivisible, Red, Wine & Blue, The Workers Circle, The Center for Common Ground, Human Rights Campaign, Alt National Park Service, Indivisible, Federal Unionists Network, Union of Concerned Scientists, Resistance Rangers, PEG: Protectors of Equality in Government, Rural Women’s Health Project, Fair Share America: Tax Justice for All,
Join: Hope and Action, Indivisible Broward County
Join an Indivisible Near You or Start One
National Indivisible BIPOC Caucus
National Indivisible Red & Rural Caucus
Local Democratic Clubs:
South Broward Democratic Club-(Hollywood, Dania Beach, West Park, Pembroke Park)
Petitions:
Demand Etsy Remove Alligator Alcatraz Merchandise From Its Website Now
Birthright citizenship must be protected nationwide. Demand your Attorney General take action now.
Tell CBS: Stop Caving to Trump
Mandate that ICE agents show their face and identification!
Tell Congress: Investigate Stephan Miller
Protect NOAA: Our Safety in a Climate Changed World Depends on it
Shut Down “Alligator Alcatraz”
Losing FEMA Would Be A Disaster, Project Emergency Relief
Congress: Stop Trump’s Attack on Birthright Citizenship!
Keep the U.S. out of war with Iran!
Tell State Democratic Parties: Ban super PACS from Democratic primaries
Restore funding for flu vaccine research and development!
Tell Congress: We Won’t Become a Dictatorship
Tell Congress: NO War with Iran! Pass The War Powers Resolution Now
Tell T-Mobile: Stop Funding Musk
Congress: Stop Wasting Our Money Attacking Our Communities
Tell Congress: Defund Doge NOW
Protect the Rights and Privacy of Autistic Americans!
Keep Schools Safe for Children and Families-and Keep Ice Out!
Tell Congress: Say NO to Trump’s Budget
Stand with the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools
Sign the Grassroots Amicus Brief: Help federal workers stand up to Trump!
Add Your Name: Deliver on the People's Promise
Tell FIFA and Olympics: It's Not Safe for the U.S. to Host!
We won't fly Avelo until they stop ICE flights! ¡No volaremos con Avelo!
Tell Congress: Rein in ICE! Oppose giveaways to ICE in the federal budget!!
Reopen and expand the investigation into the Hope Florida Foundation
No Taxpayer Funds for CECOT—the Salvadoran Megaprison
Investigate the FBI and FBI Director Kash Patel
Save the Emergency Housing Vouchers Program
Tell Chief Justice Roberts: Protect the Rule of Law from Trump’s Defiance
FREE THOSE DETAINED IN EL SALVADOR
Stop Trump’s Political Retaliation and Deportations!
Dissent is Not Grounds for Deportation
Tell Congress: Protect Public Media
Demand an investigation into unethical insider trading!
Restore funding for critical vaccine and infectious disease research!
We demand legal representation for ALL immigrants!
Tell Congress to Stand up for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) .
Protect the Department of Education (ACLU)
Protect the U.S. Department of Education: Stop Trump's War on Children
Tell Trump and the GOP: Do NOT Defund our Libraries and Museums
Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries
Tell Universities to Protect Free Speech (ACLU)
Protect Our National Park Service Staff
Protect Our Freedom to Vote: Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Keep Doge Out of Our Data (ACLU)
Tell Congress to Oppose Medicaid Cuts
Congress: Save Medicaid Now (ACLU)
The Watch Dog Coalition: Don’t Cut Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security
Protect Social Security & Medicare Now
Put Medicaid Expansion in Florida on the Ballot
Boycotting Resources:
News Sources:
Democracy Now, Politico, Substack, Dr. Heather Cox Richardson, Bulwark, Emily in Your Phone (Emily Amick), The Contrarian, Propublica, Mother Jones, DemCast USA, The Atlantic, Meidas Touch Network, Media and Democracy Project, Find Local Media Directory, TruthFL.org, Good Good Good
Apps:
Digital Library:
Book Clubs:
Veterans Fighting Fascism: The AntiFascist Book Club
Feminist Book Club: July’s Theme-Disability Justice
Wednesday, August 13, 6:00 pm ET: ACLU Banned Book Club: Native Son by Richard Wright.
Wednesday, September 10, 7:30-9:00 ET: Red, Wine & Blue Banned Book Club - I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER by Erika Sanchez
Wednesday, October 15, 7:30-9:00 ET: Red, Wine & Blue Banned Book Club - THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY by Heidi W. Durrow
Media of Interest:
From the creators of MAGA and MAHA, here comes MISGA!
The Abortion Prosecution No One Is Talking About
The fuse is burning, and far too many Americans are oblivious to the impending explosion
Portland family detained at border for 1 weeks in apparent violation of immigration policy
Elon Musk’s billionaire extremist party exposes ‘centrist’ scam
The Power of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket
Is Colbert’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’?
We May Have to Take Climate Risks Into Our Own Hands
Trump sued by US states over withholding $6.8 billion for schools
A Congress That Votes Yes and Hopes No
Former Chief Federal Lawyers Sound the Alarm: Federal Employees Need Your Help
Stephen Colbert's Cancellation Shows Corporate Media Will Do Anything to Appease Trump
Fascism and the English Language
The Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’
Security Experts Are ‘Losing Their Minds’ Over an FAA Proposal
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Nuclear War
The Climate Is Falling Apart. Prepare for the Push Alerts
Trump finally CRACKS as Dark Past BREAKS HIM
Black America can’t afford to wait as Trump’s budget wrecks our communities
Pain, lies and propaganda in the Trump era
How to Make America Sick Again
United Steelworkers pledge to hold Trump, Nippon, U.S. Steel accountable
The Texas-Flood Blame Game Is a Distraction
A warning bell for all women in America
Donald Trump’s Agenda Will Hurt His Base. Will They Notice?
The Godfather Presidency: How Donald Trump’s Governing Style Mimics the Mob
Don’t be fooled: A national abortion ban is still the GOP goal
For disabled Americans, Medicaid work requirements don’t work
For Trump, demonization is good politics
Eliza Orleans explains your rights when encountering ICE
“Put Them in Trauma”": Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda
Republicans Have a Revenue Problem
Up against Musk’s Colossus supercomputer, a Memphis neighborhood fights for clean air
Practivist 17 Kalaya’an Mendoza2
Heather Cox Richardson about Tech Fascism with Gil Duran
Mad at Meta? Don’t Let Them Collet and Monetize Your Personal Data
Meet Russell Vought, the New Face of the DOGE Agenda
Welcome To Postmodern Authoritarianism
From reckoning to backlash, Black women reflect on the stakes of the moment
The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History
This summer, don't fly deportation airlines
Trump is Defunding Public Safety
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Red, Wine & Blue Limited Series Podcasts: Okay, But Why, The American Fabric, The Cost of Extremism, Sacred Politics
The Liberty Podcast (ACLU): A weekly podcast that explores the most pressing civil rights and civil liberties questions
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