🦃Happy Thanksgiving week! Good News and Progress from the Resistance

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🦃Happy Thanksgiving week! Despite the chaos coming out of the Trump administration and the most corrupt, least productive Republican-led Congress in modern history, we still have so much to celebrate. That’s why, instead of our usual once-a-week Good News and Progress from the Resistance, we’re sharing good news and meaningful actions all week long. Even in tough times, our movement is strong, our wins are real, and our collective power is something to be grateful for.

Before we dive into the good news this week, I want to start with our Calls to Action. A friendly reminder — we’re a community that believes in the power of change and puts in the work to make it happen. It might not seem like much to spend five minutes signing a petition, writing a letter, or making a call, but when we act together, those small efforts add up. That’s how we hold our leaders accountable to the will of the people.

Today’s Calls to Action

• Click here to tell Speaker Johnson: Denounce Trump’s Death Threats Against Dems

• Click here to Investigate Torture of Trump Detainees in El Salvador

• Click here to Support Workers, Raise Wages & Protect Unions

• Click here to Reverse SNAP Cuts

• Click here to Stop Trump From Helping Wall Street Prey On Retirement Funds

• Click here to Stop Skyrocketing Costs and Chaos — Pass Medicare for All

• Click here to Tell Lawmakers to support: MEDICARE FOR ALL

• Click here to Tell Congress: Sign the discharge petition to force a vote on affordable healthcare

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Resist & Rising Together Weekly: Good News and Progress from the Resistance

Each week, Resist & Rising Together Weekly by People Power United shares stories of courage, creativity, and collective power from people pushing back against fascism and building a better future. While authoritarians try to divide and silence us, we rise—community by community, action by action—to defend democracy, demand justice, and celebrate progress. From victories in the courts and wins for workers to breakthroughs in climate action and moments of solidarity, this movement reminds the world that power in America belongs to the people, not to kings, billionaires, or authoritarians.

Because resistance isn’t just about fighting back—it’s about moving forward. Together, we are writing the story of progress, one act of people power at a time.

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Today, we honor the strength, resilience, and courage of the American people—those rising together to reject tyranny and defend our democracy.

✊ Rallies & Protests Highlights

No Kings Alliance is joining We Ain’t Buying It

• The No Kings Alliance is joining We Ain’t Buying It to hold Amazon, Target, and Home Depot accountable for fueling this administration’s attacks on working families. Organizers are asking people to not spend at Amazon, Target, or Home Depot from Nov. 27–Dec. 1. Shop small and local instead. Donate what you save to food justice groups or mutual aid networks.

📜 Movement Wins for the Rule of Law and Democracy

🔍 Judge tosses Comey, James cases after finding prosecutor unlawfully appointed

• A federal judge dismissed the criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after ruling that the interim U.S. attorney who brought the indictments, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed and lacked legal authority to pursue the cases. Halligan, a former personal lawyer to Donald Trump with no prosecutorial experience, had been installed in part after the previous prosecutor had resisted pursuing the targets. — NPR

🏛️ EXPERTS Act Would Restore and Modernize the Federal Regulatory System, Which Has Been Corrupted by Trump, Courts, and Corporate Lobbyists

• Legislators introduced the EXPERTS Act, backed by a coalition of accountability groups, to overhaul federal rule-making by enhancing transparency, public input, and oversight of corporate influence. The bill seeks to repair a regulatory system weakened by decades of deregulatory roll-backs, court decisions favoring business and agency capture, and diminished public protections. If passed, it would reinvest authority in regulatory agencies to serve the public interest, not just corporate agendas—shifting power toward the people and away from entrenched elites. — Coalition for Sensible Safeguards

🕊️Movement Wins for Human Rights

🥪 For Seattle families facing SNAP loss, new grassroots effort brings relief in Ballard

• Facing the expiration of federal SNAP benefits, community organizers in Seattle’s Ballard area launched an emergency support initiative—donors and volunteers set up a “take-what-you-need” pantry at the farmers market to serve families suddenly at risk of food loss. The rapid response model highlights how local networks fill urgent gaps in the social safety net and keep vulnerable households afloat when policy fails them. The launch signals a broader awakening of community-based action to protect food access and dignity. — KING 5

👷 Movement Wins for Workers

✊ Trump blocked from gutting Voice of America collective bargaining rights

• A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration’s effort to cancel collective bargaining agreements for employees at the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America, finding the move unlawfully targeted workers’ union representation rights. The executive order that attempted to classify the agency as having a “primary national security function” was ruled invalid, reinforcing protections for federal workers’ rights to organize. This decision marks a major labor victory and boosts morale for public-sector unions defending their collective bargaining power. — Courthouse News Service

🐕 After dog attack, former postal worker wins fight for greater protections, consequences

• The New York Court of Appeals granted a former postal worker relief after a dog attack, overturning New York’s “one-bite rule” and establishing broader liability for dog owners whose animals harm delivery workers. The decision requires proof of negligence rather than prior bites, increasing accountability and protection for service employees. It sets a new legal precedent that may extend to other workplace safety and animal liability cases. — CNYCentral

People Power Rising

Thanks for joining us for Rising Together Weekly: Good News and Progress from the Resistance.

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Together, we can protect and empower those we love, champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.

Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests), People Power United

Laurie joining other activists and organizations to drop thousands of petitions off to Congress for reforms to the Supreme Court

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