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Protect Our Democracy   The 2022 midterm elections will determine the fate of our democracy. For the sake of your future, and the future of your loved ones –Get Involved Now! Today! Given how rapidly events are unfolding, this Resource page will be updated as...

Aug. 2020: Scorched Earth

As I write this, the news is not good. Not-good news seems to be the norm these days, whether the surging pandemic numbers or the cratering economy, or the rippling social effects of those two. The President-In-Name-Only is on a tear. Current headlines read like a...

July 2020: General Envy Doesn’t Equal Leadership

Donald trump – self-styled, but selective populist – likes surrounding himself with “my generals,” except when faced with conscription; then he claimed incapacitating “bone spurs.” Recently the generals have been deserting him in droves, criticizing his actions...

ISB Elects New Steering Committee

Indivisible Santa Barbara welcomes our recently elected Steering Committee members for the coming year. Savannah Parrison continues her excellent work as the Chair of the Steering Committee.  Keith Carlson also continues as Vice-Chair.  Claire Frandsen is now our...

June 2020: It’s the disease, st…

In the 1967 movie, “Cool Hand Luke,” the prison warden (veteran character actor Strother Martin) announces savagely to Luke (Paul Newman) and fellow chain gang convicts, “What we’ve got here is ‘failure to communicate.’” We see today a similar landscape where our...

May 2020: Like a Smoking Section in an Airplane

Amid all the shifting sands, moving goal posts, and mixed messaging of the daily coronavirus White House press conferences, there is one constant: the #FakeTanFatMan is the master of ceremonies. He has finally found his niche after stumbling around for 3 years looking...

April 2020: www.FlattenTheCurve.com

At last! A topic still fresh as you read it, but written 2 weeks ago. Due to the trump administration’s delayed recognition, initial mixed messaging, intentional denial, and bungled containment rollout, the COVID-19 #trumpedemic rages in the US. Every time you read or...

March 2020: There’s Work To Be Done!

Yes, we’re disappointed: the pig didn’t fly and the snowball perished in hell. Donald trump avoided conviction and kept his job for another 10 months, but he’s still impeached and forever lumped with only two other presidents. Plus, he’s the only one where a senator...