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Local Indivisible group in the Rochester, NY, region working to preserve democracy. Solidarity and community are our strengths.
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"I'll always protect New Yorkers’ constitutional rights to speak freely and protest peacefully."
This week, my office launched an initiative to send trained legal observers in New York to monitor and document federal immigration enforcement.
I'll always protect New Yorkers’ constitutional rights to speak freely and protest peacefully.
I'll always protect New Yorkers’ constitutional rights to speak freely and protest peacefully.
Observers from attorney general's office will monitor, document ICE enforcement across New York
The legal observers, drawn from volunteers in the attorney general's office, will not interfere with enforcement actions.
abc7ny.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
"I'll always protect New Yorkers’ constitutional rights to speak freely and protest peacefully."
👏🏼 “Bringing renewed life to our downtowns and preserving history while creating safe, stable, affordable housing are among my administration’s top priorities,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement."
Another milestone for downtown!
Alta Vista at St. Joseph’s Park delivers 76 new mixed-income homes, supportive services, and park improvements — transforming vacant land into opportunity. Projects like this move Rochester forward.
Alta Vista at St. Joseph’s Park delivers 76 new mixed-income homes, supportive services, and park improvements — transforming vacant land into opportunity. Projects like this move Rochester forward.
February 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
👏🏼 “Bringing renewed life to our downtowns and preserving history while creating safe, stable, affordable housing are among my administration’s top priorities,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement."
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No. you are leaving it up to them to determine “unusual” circumstances. My local police nor state police have never run into these “unusual” circumstances.
Schumer Subtly Pivots, Saying ICE Can Wear Masks in “Unusual” Circumstances
February 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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'We must bring forth a positive vision that will improve the lives of ordinary Americans.”
"It is not good enough just to be critical of Trump and his destructive policies. We must bring forth a positive vision that will improve the lives of ordinary Americans," argues Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Bernie Sanders' 7 Policies to Defeat Trump and Secure a Better Future for All
"It is not good enough just to be critical of Trump and his destructive policies. We must bring forth a positive vision that will improve the lives of ordinary Americans."
www.commondreams.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:48 PM
'We must bring forth a positive vision that will improve the lives of ordinary Americans.”
Batavia Immigration Program provides universal representation to people detained at the Buffalo Fed Detention Facility in Batavia, NY-a “public defender” style program for all financially eligible detained people who do not otherwise have an attorney & facing deportation.
ecbavlp.com/immigration/
ecbavlp.com/immigration/
Immigration Program | ECBA Volunteer Lawyers Project
Immigration Programat VLP VLP’s Immigration Program has served an array of the foreign-born people. VLP is proud to be part of several diverse
ecbavlp.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Batavia Immigration Program provides universal representation to people detained at the Buffalo Fed Detention Facility in Batavia, NY-a “public defender” style program for all financially eligible detained people who do not otherwise have an attorney & facing deportation.
ecbavlp.com/immigration/
ecbavlp.com/immigration/
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
"DHS should be abolished. Visiting high schools where people vote has nothing to do with its mandate.Suppressing the vote improves the security of no one."
#VoterSuppression
#VoterSuppression
DHS should be abolished. Visiting high schools where people vote has nothing to do with its mandate.Suppressing the vote improves the security of no one.
www.daytondailynews.com/local/homela...
www.daytondailynews.com/local/homela...
Homeland Security responds with statement after agents visited Ponitz high school
Three officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security visited Ponitz Career Technology High School Monday to investigate allegations of voter fraud, said David Lawrence, Dayton Public Schools ...
www.daytondailynews.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"DHS should be abolished. Visiting high schools where people vote has nothing to do with its mandate.Suppressing the vote improves the security of no one."
#VoterSuppression
#VoterSuppression
"Children’s safety is being undermined by the reckless politicization of child care and the replacement of professional oversight with armed agents using intimidation and force”
NEW: We joined @stateinnovation.org and @childcareforeveryfamily.org to gather more than 200 state lawmakers across all 50 states in demanding immediate congressional intervention to halt the Trump administration’s attacks on child care.
Read more:
Read more:
More Than 200 State Policymakers from all 50 States Urge Congressional Action to Restore Child Care Funding - National Women's Law Center
Washington, DC – As the Trump administration moves to freeze or delay vital federal child care funding, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), State Innovation Exchange (SiX), and the Child Care for Every Family Network are leading more than 200 state lawmakers across all 50 states in demanding immediate congressional intervention to halt the administration’s […]
bit.ly
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"Children’s safety is being undermined by the reckless politicization of child care and the replacement of professional oversight with armed agents using intimidation and force”
"Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third."
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third."
"It would require mountainish inhumanity."
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"It would require mountainish inhumanity."
"Learn everything you need to know to exercise your constitutional right to monitor ICE and other federal agencies as they terrorize our communities."
TODAY: Learn everything you need to know to exercise your constitutional right to monitor ICE and other federal agencies as they terrorize our communities.
The No Kings coalition wants to train as many Americans as possible to participate in ICE watch. Join us: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
The No Kings coalition wants to train as many Americans as possible to participate in ICE watch. Join us: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"Learn everything you need to know to exercise your constitutional right to monitor ICE and other federal agencies as they terrorize our communities."
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Ultimately we've got to prosecute agents and officials who committed crimes, and we've got to dismantle DHS entirely and start over. But as a list of demands to reduce harm now? This is surprisingly good from Dem leadership.
One big missing thing I don't see in this letter: funding levels?
One big missing thing I don't see in this letter: funding levels?
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Ultimately we've got to prosecute agents and officials who committed crimes, and we've got to dismantle DHS entirely and start over. But as a list of demands to reduce harm now? This is surprisingly good from Dem leadership.
One big missing thing I don't see in this letter: funding levels?
One big missing thing I don't see in this letter: funding levels?
Two-thirds of Americans agree that ICE has “gone too far."
Two-thirds of Americans agree that ICE has “gone too far”.
It is time to get these masked men out of our cities. NOW.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
It is time to get these masked men out of our cities. NOW.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say ICE has 'gone too far' in immigration enforcement
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Two-thirds of Americans agree that ICE has “gone too far."
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
We are hard-wired for care & connection
"-the community’s response has been to create an ecosystem of care that does more than proclaim to “love your neighbor” members of the Somali community, alongside allies across community lines, are building the means necessary to protect & defend each other."
"-the community’s response has been to create an ecosystem of care that does more than proclaim to “love your neighbor” members of the Somali community, alongside allies across community lines, are building the means necessary to protect & defend each other."
"Rather than retreat and wait, the community’s response has been to create an ecosystem of care — members of the Somali community, alongside allies across community lines, are building the means necessary to protect and defend each other." truthout.org/articles/som...
Somali Communities Are Building Collective Power in the Face of Trump’s Attacks
Minnesota’s Somali community has organized mutual aid and neighborhood patrols amid Trump’s campaign to crush them.
truthout.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
We are hard-wired for care & connection
"-the community’s response has been to create an ecosystem of care that does more than proclaim to “love your neighbor” members of the Somali community, alongside allies across community lines, are building the means necessary to protect & defend each other."
"-the community’s response has been to create an ecosystem of care that does more than proclaim to “love your neighbor” members of the Somali community, alongside allies across community lines, are building the means necessary to protect & defend each other."
Protecting our communities
Learn how to participate in ICE watch efforts and nonviolently protect your community from ICE and CBP thugs. If you joined last week’s training (the largest ICE watch training ever), bring 2 friends to this one. Let’s make it the new largest ICE watch training ever: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Protecting our communities
"The ban exceeds the government’s authority and violates the Constitution, while separating families, undermining U.S. employers, and destabilizing communities."
BREAKING: We're challenging the Trump administration’s sweeping suspension of immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries.
This discriminatory, nationality-based ban on legal immigration strips families and working people of the process guaranteed by law.
This discriminatory, nationality-based ban on legal immigration strips families and working people of the process guaranteed by law.
Breaking News: A group sued Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the State Department, asking a judge to block a ban on 75 countries, saying the Trump administration tried to “eviscerate decades of settled immigration law.”
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
"The ban exceeds the government’s authority and violates the Constitution, while separating families, undermining U.S. employers, and destabilizing communities."
Hold the Line
The new DHS funding deadline is next week. That means Democrats have real leverage to stop the regime’s lawlessness. Demand that Dems hold the line and refuse to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation.
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
act.indivisible.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Hold the Line
Congratulations to Eastman School of Music faculty Paul O'Dette, professor of lute, and Sara Gazarek, associate professor of jazz voice, and the numerous Eastman alumni among the winners at last night's 68th Annual Grammy Awards! 🎉
Full list of winners: https://uofr.us/4aoBPWp
Full list of winners: https://uofr.us/4aoBPWp
February 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The Constitution, through the Fourth Amendment, protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. uscourts.gov
#DueProcessaForEveryone
#Constitution
#KnowYourRights
#DueProcessaForEveryone
#Constitution
#KnowYourRights
Mike Johnson: "GOD FORBID we do what the US Constitution requires us to do! And GOD FORBID we use some of that $190 BILLION DOLLARS from the Big Bullshit Bill that was given to DHS to actually fund competent immigration judges who can ensure due process for ALL people, regardless of citizenship!"
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The Constitution, through the Fourth Amendment, protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. uscourts.gov
#DueProcessaForEveryone
#Constitution
#KnowYourRights
#DueProcessaForEveryone
#Constitution
#KnowYourRights
It's a Big NO on the "SAVE Act."
There is a push to get this passed before the midterms, rendering many people ineligible to vote- including 69 million women whose married names may not match their birth certificates.
Call your representatives.
It's a Big NO.
susanb.org
#Rochester
There is a push to get this passed before the midterms, rendering many people ineligible to vote- including 69 million women whose married names may not match their birth certificates.
Call your representatives.
It's a Big NO.
susanb.org
#Rochester
susanb.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
It's a Big NO on the "SAVE Act."
There is a push to get this passed before the midterms, rendering many people ineligible to vote- including 69 million women whose married names may not match their birth certificates.
Call your representatives.
It's a Big NO.
susanb.org
#Rochester
There is a push to get this passed before the midterms, rendering many people ineligible to vote- including 69 million women whose married names may not match their birth certificates.
Call your representatives.
It's a Big NO.
susanb.org
#Rochester
IndiWMC is hosting David Cay Johnston-American investigative journalist & author, specialist in economics & tax issues, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting, Prof of law, journalism, & public policy @ RIT will speak on "Steps You Can Take to Restore Democracy" Tickets available soon!
February 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
IndiWMC is hosting David Cay Johnston-American investigative journalist & author, specialist in economics & tax issues, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting, Prof of law, journalism, & public policy @ RIT will speak on "Steps You Can Take to Restore Democracy" Tickets available soon!
For more info, see the “Change of Party Enrollment” section on this page of the NY Board of Elections site: elections.ny.gov/registration-and-voting-deadlines
Registration and Voting Deadlines
elections.ny.gov
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Know Your Rights
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Know Your Rights
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Thanks to a court ruling today, extending Temporary Protected Status, Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnics cleansing operation. The ruling is notable.
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Thanks to a court ruling today, extending Temporary Protected Status, Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnics cleansing operation. The ruling is notable.