Salt Lake Indivisible

From Washington City to Logan, Utahns showed up Saturday for the fourth nationwide “No Kings” day of protests — but this time, participants voted, too. More: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10/17/no-kings-protest-salt-lake-city/

I'm heading to MO for "Nobody Asked Us: A Town Hall About Data Centers, AI, and Our Tax Dollars.” The rich corps building these data centers gain tax breaks & profit. They drive up utility costs for locals & the tax cuts for corps drain funding that could go to schools, healthcare & community needs

With ballots hitting Utah mailboxes this week, protesters in Salt Lake City’s No Kings demonstration Saturday marched with their votes in hand to deposit in a downtown drop box.

According to much of the discourse coming from Democratic officialdom, the party’s main problem is—as always—kids these days.

"Once a book is pulled, Utah law requires that it be destroyed. "School dumpsters aren’t considered acceptable means of disposal. Donating isn’t allowed." Salt Lake City schools feed "copies of banned tiles into a shredding machine that’s kept under lock and key." www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

Stuff I don’t like = woke = socialism I am very smart

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October 17 is a nationwide NO KINGS day of action ahead of the midterms. There are rallies taking place all over the country to promote early voting and make sure every eligible voter has a plan, knows their options, and is ready to make their voice count. Find an event: https://www.nokings.org/

California’s 'carpet-bombed' wealth tax measure runs into a wall politi.co/4zrp3QK

👇 This Saturday! 👇

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Trump is trying to create chaos and confusion around the midterms. Our job is to deny him the fear and cynicism he needs.

Next No Kings/Get Out the Vote Rally is coming up Salt Lake! Mark your calendar.

❌👑 THE NEXT NO KINGS DAY IS JUST A WEEK AWAY! Join millions of Americans in the streets again next Saturday to stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

@slindivisible.bsky.social A hopeful campaign message from Sen. Slotnik. "We will get through this." The senator notes that the United States has gone through major political upheavals about every 80 years and we continue to get through the current one. youtube.com/shorts/JjcPy...

Republicans do not care enough about your health to stand up to Trump. Health is one of rural voters’ top concerns, as they see their family members & neighbors develop cancer & other serious health conditions. But a recent survey from AP-KFF shows rural voters’ concerns are not being heard.

Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.

a “banana republic” is precisely when the political system is dominated by overweening corporate interests

Former state Rep. Trevor Lee, a Republican, hired Kathryn Nester to represent him against fraud and forgery charges. Nester also represents Tyler Robinson, accused of gunning down Charlie Kirk.

May as well name the blue wave for No Kings. www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...

@slindivisible.bsky.social 10-4-2026. And engaging interview with a national journalist on the economics driving wildcating data centers in Utah and nationally. www.theverge.com/podcast/1002...

According to the Utah Debate Commission poll McAdams leads 63-21 D+42 in UT01 Kamala got 60.4% to Trump’s 36.7% D+23.7

RFK Jr. alleges that he wants to focus on chronic disease and sideline infectious disease research, but the big dummy doesn’t care about the interplay between the two. A new study estimates that 12% of all cancer cases in 2024 were caused by infections, including H. pylori, HPV, HBV, and EBV.

85% of those detained in MVPC have no criminal record. Eighty-five percent.

In an unusual fundraising plea, Lee is asking donors to pony up cash to help him impeach a judge who blocked Trump’s vote-by-mail order. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/09/29/sen-mike-lee-wants-impeach-federal 

MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

Reports of excessive drinking. Unexplained absences. Complaining about online posts. It's a wonder how the FBI director has any time to do his actual job.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Utah, the District of Columbia and two more states this week for granting in-state college tuition and scholarships to immigrants without permanent legal status.

Literally No Kings

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The Endangered Species Act is one of the few environmental laws formidable enough to hold developers accountable for the destruction of habitat,” Terry Tempest Williams says in a guest essay. “This year, the Trump administration found a legally binding way to defang it.”

mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance

In Utah, Trump resurfaced a decades-long dispute over how to protect some of the country’s crown jewels — dinosaur fossils.

Mark your calendar, SLC!

Yeah, good luck with that

RFK Jr.’s Sickening Measles Victory Lap www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-sic...

The man who told presidents they could crime with impunity is now fretting that they might, actually, ignore the law. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

‘Costs and corruption’: Democrats hone midterm attacks on data centers

ICYMI, Environmental groups have restarted their lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah

Immigration arrests in the northern half of Utah are up nearly threefold during President Donald Trump's second term.

Not The Onion.

an entire party culture defined by a debilitating fear of confrontation www.offmessage.net/p/elon-musk-...

Opening up millions of acres of national forest to roads and logging could hurt the recreation economy Utah relies on, harm wildlife, impair scarce water resources and spark more wildfires. Gov. Spencer Cox has repeatedly praised the decision.

Use your voice by casting your vote this fall

2017: Donald Trump tries to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante and is sued by Patagonia and environmental and tribal groups. 2026: Donald Trump tries to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante and is sued by Patagonia and environmental and tribal groups.

I’ve had friends and colleagues targeted this way and it’s been hard to prove. But you could feel it happening.

10 weeks from right now, polls will be open and Americans will be voting in the midterms. We’ve got 70 days left to finish building the nationwide infrastructure we’ll need to respond to attacks on voting rights in any community. Let’s get to work. 👇