10:30am-12:00pm Seattle Indivisible (Volunteer Organized) Rally @ Seattle Federal Building to Combat Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought’s OPM Senate Confirmation

(This is absolutely a longshot, but I believe it’s important to try and get this message out no matter what)

Event details: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/752728/

Time: 10:30am-12:00pm

Place: Seattle Federal Building 915 2nd Ave Seattle, WA 98174

Organization website: https://indivisible.org/

Indivisible’s YouTube stream from yesterday evening that will explain things much better than I can in less than 3 minutes: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=55yf3AstpQI&t=3065s&pp=2AH5F5ACAQ%3D%3D (timestamp 51:05)

This is a nonviolent rally intended to call attention to the urgent issue of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought’s full senate vote this week for head of OMB (yes, the same department that sent out a memo last week that caused a mass federal aid freeze scare. Indivisible is urging people right now to visit their senators’ local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool at their disposal – including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent – to fight the confirmation of Vought.

I’m fully aware that this is incredibly short notice for a rally (the call to action only happened 12 hours ago) and that there’s a distinct possibility that very few people will show up – I totally understand the criticism. But if you’re like me and have been looking for a way to resist but are unable to find an outlet yet, use Indivisible’s message as your wake up call.

Hopefully the motivated people who do show up will be ready to connect with each other, discuss strategies, and help organize/amplify the word around the country. We will not sit idly by while they blatantly dismantle the federal government and strip people of their jobs, rights, and aid right in front of us. This is a critical moment for our country, and we need to stand up and face it.

And to get ahead of the comments: Yes, it’s messy and chaotic right now – this is not the ideal situation for protesting (when is it ever an ideal situation to protest?). Nearly all of the organizing that’s happening around the country right now is having to be created and mobilized basically overnight so that we have a chance at moving quickly and safefully enough to work on countering these early plans they’re trying to bulldoze over us with. Remember that Project 2025 has had 4 years to plan out the first month of Trump’s 2nd administration, and few of us could have had any idea of how fast they’d roll everything out.

So with that in mind, please don’t be dismissive of this or any other gatherings in the coming weeks, even if you think what we’re doing is ridiculous to do in a blue state (it’s not, Vought as head of OPM will affect everyone in all states, and even in WA we can affect the outcome of that), because damnit, we’re trying. If this peaceful, energized gathering of concerned citizens doesn’t interest you, though, no worries. Feel free to move along with your day, I hope to see you at the next one!

(Also, it should be mentioned that if we can help get Vought’s confirmation rejected this week, we’ll be able to get a moment of respite while the Trump adminsitration and allies scramble for a new move – which means more time that we all can strategize and plan out more organized and transparent protests for Seattle going forward.)

Thanks for listening – VOTE OUT VOUGHT!