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Weekly show notes from What’s The Plan? with Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin

Show notes for July 31, 2026

In a special segment brought to you by Indivisible Action, we were so excited to be joined today by Jarrett Keohokalole, candidate for U.S. Representative in Hawaii’s 1st district! Thanks Jarrett for all your energy and inspiration.

Want to support Jarrett?

🌟Click here to split a donation between Indivisible and Jarrett Keohokalole’s campaign.

🌟Then, register for next week’s phonebank for Jarrett on Thursday, August 6 – this is one of the best ways to make an impact and turn out voters to support Justin J. Pearson, especially if you don’t live in his district! The primary is only days away, so sign up now!

🌟You can also access his campaign website at https://www.jarrettforcongress.com/.  

 

Additionally, this week we also have a survey:

We’re crowdsourcing a recommended media list, and we want to hear from you. What are up to five sources you actually rely on to stay informed right now? Think broadly — this could be a traditional outlet (the Guardian, your local paper), a newer operation (MeidasTouch, The Contrarian), or an individual writer or creator you follow (a Substack, a YouTube channel, someone on TikTok). For each one, give us a sentence on why: what does it do for you that nothing else does? Complete our media sources survey here.

 

Here are all our other links and calls to action from this week’s call:

🌟 When ICE surges in your community, do you know what to do? Join Indivisible for our Immigrant Justice Summer training series, where we’ll give you a concrete blueprint for mounting a safe, hyper-local, immigrant-aligned response. It’s not too late to sign up for the series – click here to learn more, catch up, and join future trainings.

🌟 Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national election protection program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot, and that those ballots get counted. Visit https://indivisible.org/campaigns/our-vote/ to learn more and sign up, and sign up now for our Election Protection 101 + 201 trainings in August.

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates –  find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 Urge Dems to oppose and stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the CLARITY Act! Call and email.

🌟Tell Congress: Reject the Trump-Netanyahu military partnership! Call your Senators as well.

🌟Tell Congress: Not an additional dime to fund Trump’s Iran war! Call your Senators and your Representative.

📝 Today’s call podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for July 24, 2026

In a special segment brought to you by Indivisible Action, we were so excited to be joined today by Justin J. Pearson, candidate for U.S. Representative in Tennessee’s 9th district! Thanks Justin for all your energy and inspiration.

Want to support Justin?

🌟Click here to split a donation between Indivisible and Justin J. Pearson’s campaign.

🌟Then, register for one of our upcoming phonebanks for Justin – this is one of the best ways to make an impact and turn out voters to support Justin J. Pearson, especially if you don’t live in his district! The primary is only days away, so sign up now!

🌟You can also access his campaign website at votejustinj.com

 

Here are all our other links and calls to action from this week’s call:

🌟This weekend we’re gathering to demand ICE OUT and Justice for Lorenzo, Johan, and everyone killed or harmed by ICE. Find an event at bit.ly/july25map or here.

🌟 When ICE surges in your community, do you know what to do? Join Indivisible for our Immigrant Justice Summer training series, where we’ll give you a concrete blueprint for mounting a safe, hyper-local, immigrant-aligned response. It’s not too late to sign up for the series – click here to learn more, catch up, and join future trainings.

🌟 Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national election protection program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot, and that those ballots get counted. Visit https://indivisible.org/campaigns/our-vote/ to learn more and sign up, and join the Hands Off Our Vote Kickoff Call on July 30 to get plugged in on our strategy and how you can take action.

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates – find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 Urge Dems to oppose and stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the CLARITY Act!Call and email. And here’s the op-ed Ezra co-wrote with Ben McKenzie that was published in Rolling Stone.

🌟Tell Congress: Reject the Trump-Netanyahu military partnership! Call your Senators as well.

🌟Tell Congress: Not an additional dime to fund Trump’s Iran war! Call your Senators and your Representative.

📝 Today’s call podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for July 17, 2026

🌟Between now and July 25, host a vigil to demand ICE Out and Justice for all – add your vigil here and use this toolkit to help plan your vigil.

🌟You can support Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s family here and Johan Sebastián Guerrero’s family here. (These are private fundraisers not managed by Indivisible.)

🌟 When ICE surges in your community, do you know what to do? Join Indivisible for our Immigrant Justice Summer training series, where we’ll give you a concrete blueprint for mounting a safe, hyper-local, immigrant-aligned response. It’s not too late to sign up for the series – click here to learn more, catch up, and join future trainings.

🌟The Good Trouble Lives On weekend of action is here! We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations – join the movement to Teach, Reach, and Preach this weekend.

🌟 Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national election protection program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot, and that those ballots get counted. Visit https://indivisible.org/campaigns/our-vote/ to learn more and sign up, and join the Hands Off Our Vote Kickoff Call on July 30 to get plugged in on our strategy and how you can take action.

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates –find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 Urge Dems to oppose and stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the CLARITY Act!Call and email.

🌟Tell Congress: Reject the Trump-Netanyahu military partnership! Call your Senators and your Representative

🌟Tell Congress: Not an additional dime to fund Trump’s Iran war! Call your Senators and your Representative.

📝 Today’s call podcast can be found here.

Show notes for July 10, 2026

This week we were joined by special guest Ben McKenzie to talk about fighting crypto corruption. Crypto is the largest corporate PAC spender this election cycle and is trying to muscle through anti-consumer legislation right now. After you listen to the episode, visit the website for Ben’s documentary Everyone Is Lying to You for Money and keep an eye out there for watch parties starting August 22. Then, take the survey on this week’s episode to let us know your remaining questions and also what you’d like to see in future guest deep dives.

🌟 You can support the family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo via their public fundraiser. (Please note this is not an Indivisible fundraiser.) 

🌟 When ICE surges in your community, do you know what to do? Join Indivisible for the first call in our Immigrant Justice Summer training series, where we’ll give you a concrete three-step blueprint for mounting a safe, hyper-local, immigrant-aligned response. It’s not too late to sign up for the series – click here to learn more, catch up, and join future trainings.

🌟 Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national election protection program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot, and that those ballots get counted. Visit https://indivisible.org/campaigns/our-vote/ to learn more and sign up.

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates – find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 Learn more and get involved in the July 17-19 Good Trouble Lives On weekend of action.

🌟 Urge Dems to oppose and stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the CLARITY Act! Call and email.

🌟Tell Congress: Reject the Trump-Netanyahu military partnership! Call your Senators and your Representative

🌟Tell Congress: Not an additional dime to fund Trump’s Iran war! Call your Senators and your Representative.

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for July 2, 2026

What's the Plan? Show title: How to Build a Big Tent (Without It Collapsing on You)

Next week we’ll be joined by special guest Ben McKenzie to talk about fighting crypto corruption. Crypto is the largest corporate PAC spender this election cycle and is trying to muscle through anti-consumer legislation right now. Like we did with recent guest Corey Dukes, we have some material for you to take a look at in advance: watch this interview and read this article to get up to speed on the basics of crypto corruption and what you can do about it. Then, share your questions on crypto in this survey – we’ll review these to shape the discussion at next week’s What’s the Plan!

🌟 Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national election protection program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot, and that those ballots get counted. Visit https://indivisible.org/campaigns/our-vote/ to learn more and sign up.

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates – find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 When ICE surges in your community, do you know what to do? Join Indivisible for the first call in our Immigrant Justice Summer training series, where we’ll give you a concrete three-step blueprint for mounting a safe, hyper-local, immigrant-aligned response. We kick off July 9 – sign up today! 

🌟 Learn more and get involved in the July 17-19 Good Trouble Lives On weekend of action, and join the mass call to prep in advance on Tuesday 7/7 – register here.

🌟 Urge Dems to oppose and stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the CLARITY Act! Call and  email.

🌟Tell Congress: Reject the Trump-Netanyahu military partnership! Call your Senators and your Representative

🌟Tell Congress: Not an additional dime to fund Trump’s Iran war! Call your Senators and your Representative.

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for June 26, 2026

This week’s episode of What’s the Plan was a themed deep dive on election sabotage and protection. What did you think of this week’s structure and theme, and what other questions do you have? Take our survey to let us know here!

🌟 Did you love hearing from Corey Dukes? Learn more about the work of this week’s guest and how you can Protect Democracy.

🌟Are you hyped from the latest electoral energy? Join Ezra on our phonebank for Julie Gonzales for Senate in CO next Monday 6/29. This is a key way to turn out voters in time for major primaries – sign up today!!

🌟 Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national election protection program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot, and that those ballots get counted. Visit https://indivisible.org/campaigns/our-vote/ to learn more and sign up.

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates – find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

🌟 When ICE surges in your community, do you know what to do? Join Indivisible for the first call in our Immigrant Justice Summer training series, where we’ll give you a concrete three-step blueprint for mounting a safe, hyper-local, immigrant-aligned response. We kick off July 9 – sign up today!

🌟 To get involved in the fight against detention centers in your area, you can start with our Dismantling Detention campaign and use Project Salt Box’s warehouse tracker for more info as well. 

🌟 Learn more and get involved in the July 17-19 Good Trouble Lives On weekend of action!

🌟 Tell Congress to say no to warrantless AI mass surveillance! Email here, and call your Senators and your Representative.

🌟 Urge Dems to oppose and stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the CLARITY Act! Call and email.

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for June 19, 2026

Submit a question on election sabotage/election protection ahead of next week’s What’s the Plan.

🌟If you’ve heard about the 15 Minnesota organizers that the DOJ is going after, and want to support them, you can donate to their legal defense fund here (please note this fund is not managed or monitored by Indivisible).

🌟When ICE surges in your community, do you know what to do? Join Indivisible for the first call in our Immigrant Justice Summer training series, where we’ll give you a concrete three-step blueprint for mounting a safe, hyper-local, immigrant-aligned response. We kick off July 9 – sign up today! 

🌟To get involved in the fight against detention centers in your area, you can start with our Dismantling Detention campaign and use Project Salt Box’s warehouse tracker for more info as well. 

🌟Learn more and get involved in the July 17-19 Good Trouble Lives On weekend of action!

🌟Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national election protection program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot, and that those ballots get counted. Visit https://indivisible.org/campaigns/our-vote/ to learn more and sign up.

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates – find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

🌟Tell Congress to say no to warrantless AI mass surveillance! Email here, and call your Senators and your Representative.

🌟 Demand Congress end Trump’s blockade on Cuba. Call your Senators and your Rep and email them all

🌟Urge Dems to oppose and stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the CLARITY Act! Call and email.

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for June 12, 2026

First, we want to hear from you! Please take this week’s 1-min survey to help inform future Indivisible strategy.

🌟 Are you disturbed by the news coming out of Delaney Hall in NJ or other detention centers in your area? Contact your Senators and Representative to demand that Congress reject detention center escalations.

🌟Sign up today for the first call in our Immigrant Justice Summer training series, kicking off July 9!

🌟This fight doesn’t end at Delaney. Sign up to stay connected and keep fighting via our Immigrant Defense Squad. Sign up to stay connected and keep fighting.

🌟To get involved in the fight against detention centers in your area, you can start with our Dismantling Detention campaign and use Project Salt Box’s warehouse tracker for more info as well. 

🌟On June 14, we’re coming together to Rise Up, Sing Out! Find an event near you or watch the livestream here.

🌟Election season is heating up, and we want you to know about a couple of key ways you can plug NEXT WEEK! Join us for our kickoff call supporting Peggy Flanagan for Senate in MN on 6/15, our phonebank for Brad Lander for NY-10 and Darializa Avila Chevalier for NY-13 on 6/16, and our phonebank for Julie Gonzales for Senate in CO on 6/18. These are key ways to turn out voters in time for major primaries – sign up today!!

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates – find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

🌟Tell Congress to say no to warrantless AI mass surveillance! Email here, and call your Senators and your Representative.

🌟 Tell your Members of Congress: STOP Trump’s war with Iran

🌟 Demand Congress end Trump’s blockade on Cuba. Call your Senators and your Rep and email them all

🌟Urge Dems to oppose and stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the CLARITY Act! Call and email.

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for June 5, 2026

Happy Pride! Let's Talk Solidarity.

Looking for the podcast survey? You can find it here.

🌟 Are you disturbed by the news coming out of Delaney Hall in NJ or other detention centers in your area? Contact your Senators and Representative to demand that Congress reject detention center escalations.

🌟 You can also donate to local mutual aid funds in NJ. Immigrants held in detention at Delaney Hall and their families are in critical need of basic necessities, groceries, transportation, and funds to call families and lawyers. (Please note: These funds are not managed or operated by Indivisible.) Donate to the commissary fund for hunger strikers and the grocery fund for families of detained community members

🌟Amplify the strikers’ demands. Share the demands of the people striking inside Delaney with your networks, or to all those in power that can do something about it including the governor. Use this doc to help.

🌟Beyond Delaney: join the Immigrant Defense Squad. This fight doesn’t end at Delaney. Sign up to stay connected and keep fighting.

🌟To get involved in the fight against detention centers in your area, you can start with our Dismantling Detention campaign and use Project Salt Box’s warehouse tracker for more info as well. 

🌟On June 14, we’re coming together to Rise Up, Sing Out! Save this toolkit for everything you need to know to plan an event and be part of this day, and go to nokings.org for more. 

🌟It’s Pride month! Shoutout to all our LGBTQ+ Indivisibles and allies. Join us for Leading with Inclusion — Courageous Solidarity Across LGBTQ+ Communities with special guest Katie Blair, Vice President of Advocacy at PFLAG National, on Tuesday 6/16 at 7pm ET.

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates – find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

‼️Fund Communities, Not Chaos! Tell Congress not one penny more for ICE brutality! Call your Republican Senator and your Republican Rep and  email them all here.

‼️Urge Democrats to fiercely oppose the new GOP effort to shovel billions more dollars to ICE and Border Patrol

🌟 Use these printable custom signs to demand Republicans stop bankrolling ICE brutality.

🌟 Tell your Members of Congress: STOP Trump’s war with Iran

🌟 Demand Congress end Trump’s blockade on Cuba. Call your Senators and your Rep and email them all

🌟Urge Dems to oppose and stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the CLARITY Act! Call and email.

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for May 29, 2026

From Impossible to Inevitable w/ Darializa Avila Chevalier

Looking for the podcast survey? You can find it here.

In a special segment brought to you by Indivisible Action, we were so excited to be joined today by Darializa Avila Chevalier, candidate for US Representative in New York’s 13th district! Thanks Darializa for all your energy and inspiration.

🌟 You can split a donation between Indivisible and Darializa’s campaign here.

🌟 You can also support Darializa’s campaign by joining our phonebank on Tuesday 6/9 – register here

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates – find one that works for your schedule here

🌟 Indivisible’s Election Defense Corps is a grassroots network of volunteers located in Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas dedicated to protecting the right to vote before, during, and after the 2026 election. You can sign up to join it here.

Other ongoing calls to action:

🌟 Are you disturbed by the news coming out of Delaney Hall in NJ or other detention centers in your area? Contact your Senators and Representative to demand that Congress reject detention center escalations.

🌟 You can also donate to local mutual aid funds in NJ. Immigrants held in detention at Delaney Hall and their families are in critical need of basic necessities, groceries, transportation, and funds to call families and lawyers. (Please note: These funds are not managed or operated by Indivisible.) Donate to the commissary fund for hunger strikers and the grocery fund for families of detained community members

🌟To get involved in the fight against detention centers in your area, you can start with our Dismantling Detention campaign and use Project Salt Box’s warehouse tracker for more info as well. 

🌟On June 14, we’re coming together to Rise Up, Sing Out! Save this toolkit for everything you need to know to plan an event and be part of this day, and go to nokings.org for more. 

‼️Fund Communities, Not Chaos! Tell Congress not one penny more for ICE brutality! Call your Republican Senator and your Republican Rep and email them all here.

‼️Urge Democrats to fiercely oppose the new GOP effort to shovel billions more dollars to ICE and Border Patrol

🌟 Use these printable custom signs to demand Republicans stop bankrolling ICE brutality.

🌟 Tell your Members of Congress: STOP Trump’s war with Iran

🌟 Demand Congress end Trump’s blockade on Cuba. Call your Senators and your Rep and email them all

🌟 Stop Trump’s crypto corruption – say no to the Clarity Act

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for May 22, 2026

This week we’ve got a survey for Indivisibles and What’s the Plan listeners on “fascism funders” and our work to fight them – we want to hear from you! Take our 1-min survey here.

In a special segment brought to you by Indivisible Action, we were so excited to be joined today by Brad Lander, candidate for U.S. Representative in New York’s 10th district! Thanks Brad for all your energy and inspiration.

Other ongoing calls to action:

🌟 Use these printable custom signs to demand Republicans stop bankrolling ICE brutality.

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for May 15, 2026

Special thanks to our guest LaTosha Brown who joined What’s the Plan today to talk about what comes next in the fight for voting rights. 

🌟 If you can get to All Roads Lead to the South actions in Selma or Montgomery this weekend, or live in one of the states where other actions are popping up, we strongly encourage you to show up in person this Saturday, May 16 for the National Day of Action for Voting Rights! Learn more and find an event at AllRoadsLeadtotheSouth.com.

‼️ Tell Congress Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality! Call your Republican Senator and your Republican Rep and email them all here.

‼️ Urge Democrats to fiercely oppose the new GOP effort to shovel billions more dollars to ICE and Border Patrol

🌟 Join our phonebank NEXT WEEK, Tuesday 5/19 at 2:30pm ET to Fund Communities Not Chaos! We’ll make calls to voters in key states and encourage them to call their Republican Members of Congress and demand they ensure our taxpayer dollars go directly to funding our communities, not to tearing families apart and locking them up in “warehouses” for human beings. Register here.

🌟You can learn more about Dismantling Detention and how you can take action here.

🌟 We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support Indivisible’s nationally endorsed candidates – find one that works for your schedule here

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

 

Show notes for May 8, 2026

Building a Democratic Party that doesn't lose again

🌟 You can learn more about Randy Villegas and all our endorsees here

🌟 Join our kickoff call to support Randy Villegas next Tuesday 5/12 at 6pm PST! Register here

🌟We’ve got all kinds of phonebanks and events coming up to support our endorsed candidates like Randy as well as folks like Julie Gonzales and Jasmine Clark – find one that works for your schedule here

‼️ Tell Congress Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality! Call your Republican Senator(s) and your Republican Rep and email them all here.

🌟Join our phonebank NEXT WEEK, Tuesday 5/12 at 2:30pm ET to oppose the GOP reconciliation bill. We’ll make calls to voters in key states and encourage them to call their Republican Members of Congress and demand they ensure our taxpayer dollars go directly to funding our communities, not to tearing families apart and locking them up in “warehouses” for human beings. Register here.

📝 Today’s podcast transcript can be found here.

Show notes for May 1, 2026

The power of economic disruption
🌟 We’re flexing our economic power on May Day – that’s TODAY! Check out Indivisible’s May Day Participation Guide to get ideas and answers to common questions about how to be part of this major day of action. Then, find and join an event near you on the map. And remember: No School, No Work, No Shopping on May 1, May Day! Not sure how to participate? Remember what Ezra said on What’s the Plan: Don’t do nothing, and don’t be alone.

‼️ Fund Communities, Not Chaos! Tell Congress not one penny more for ICE brutality! Call your Republican senator(s) and your Republican Rep and email them all here.

‼️ Urge Democrats to fiercely oppose the new GOP effort to shovel billions more dollars to ICE and Border Patrol

📝 The podcast transcript can be found here.