NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION
Every week during our Mission Brief, we share actions anyone can take to fight back against authoritarianism.
November 4 MISSION
the investigations begin!
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Make Your Voices Heard — Speak out on social media and contact lawmakers to demand criminal accountability, stronger safeguards against abuses of power, and a healthier democracy.
2️⃣ Contribute money to the cause. Funding through the website goes directly to paying for costs of investigations - obtaining records, and software and that critical to the mission.
👉 Go here
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OCTOBER 28 MISSION
Prep to stop the real steal
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Build your network of 10 to 15. Neighbors, parents from school, your block. Start a Signal or text thread tonight. Get everyone to pledge to be responders.
2️⃣ Call your member of Congress, Democrat or Republican. Tell them you expect them to publicly commit to votes being counted and winners being seated, and to reject any attempt to sabotage the election. Then get your 15 to call too.
3️⃣ Pledge to respond to the call. When the call to assemble comes, go. If you can’t go, drive someone, bring food, make signs, organize shifts.
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OCTOBER 21 MISSION
put corruption on the ballot
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Share the film with friends and family. Let them know about the film and tell them it is streaming free at corruptionland.org starting Tuesday, October 27.
2️⃣ Host a watch party. 35 minutes is short enough to host even a weeknight watch party. Get some friends to come over and share what you’ve had a big part in making.
3️⃣ Have your local group to host a screening with Xander. Xander is hitting the road for a month. If you’re on the west coast, Xander would love to meet with your local group, watch CORRUPTIONLAND together and spread the word about DEFIANCE.
👉 Go to DEFIANCE.org/roadtrip
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October 14 MISSION
NO Kings 4 - Vote Early!
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Register for an event before You can either join or host a No Kings 4 event.
2️⃣ Recruit Friends. Bring friends, family, and neighbors. Share your event on social and in group chats.
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September 30 MISSION
Sheriff’s safeguard the midterms
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Ask Your Sheriff to Sign the Pledge. Ask them to publicly reaffirm their commitment to the Constitution, the rule of law, and elections authorized by election officials and courts.
👉 Go here
2️⃣ Get Educated on Your Local Sheriff Race. There are over 1,200 Sheriff races across the country. The results can have a profound impact on your community and our democracy in 2028.
👉 Google: “[Your County] Sheriff Election”
3️⃣ Get More Involved (optional). If you’ve been moved by this issues and want to get more involved, visit and support Sheriff Accountability Action
👉 Go to SheriffAccountability.org
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September 23 MISSION
DON’T MESS WITH POLL WORKERS
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Boost the Anti-Weaponization Fund. We need to replenish our funds for our next mission & we have new heroes to send supportive notes.
👉 Go to AWFund.org
2️⃣ Follow Justice Connection on Substack. The rule of law is under attack. Their network of former Justice Department officials explain what’s happening & why it matters.
👉 Follow them here
3️⃣ Sign up to be a poll worker. Whether or not you’re in GA, there are simply not enough poll workers.
👉 Sign up at PowerThePolls.org
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September 16 MISSION
Protect the peach state
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Follow Fair Fight on social media and/or sign up for our emails to stay updated.
2️⃣ Sign up to volunteer with a Georgia State House campaign. FairFight is working on an effort to flip the GA House. Only 10 seats are needed to do it and winning is critical to stopping gerrymandering heading into 2028.
👉 Sign up at FairFight.com/GAvolunteer
3️⃣ Sign up to be a poll worker. Whether or not you’re in GA, there are simply not enough poll workers.
👉 Sign up at PowerThePolls.org
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August 26 MISSION
FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
ACTIONS of the week
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August 19 MISSION
MIDTERMS MARCHING ORDERS
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Print your checklist. DEFIANCE has made it easy to track how you and your three friends are progressing.
👉 Print your checklist here
2️⃣ Recruit 3 Friends. Step 1 of the playbook - Activate the Vote - asks you to be responsible for three friends completing their checklist.
👉 Send them this link
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August 12 MISSION
The Real Anti-weaponization fund
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Write letters to those targeted by Trump. Their victories are our victories. Let them know America stand behind them.
👉 Write letters here
2️⃣ Share the campaign with friends and on social media. Let’s make sure the public know about the real anti-weaponization fund.
👉 Share our site
3️⃣ Donate to the defense fund (optional). We’re ensuring the next target of Trump has a war-chest waiting for them.
👉 Donate here
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JUly 29 MISSION
THE BOOKMOBILE hits the road
ACTIONS of the week
1️⃣ Sign the Release the Files petition — and get bookmobile alerts Add your name to the demand and stay updated as the bookmobile hits the road.
👉 Sign here
2️⃣ Share the campaign with friends and on social media The more people who know about this, the harder it is to bury. Get it out there.
👉 Share here
3️⃣ Give the bookmobile some gas (optional) The bookmobile is about to roll. Help fund the ride.
👉 Donate here
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See all bookmobile swag here
JUly 22 MISSION
grow the defiance
ACTIONS of the week
Share your referral code with friends. Recruit your best friend. Your cousin. Your neighbor. All of them? Organize. Organize. Organize.
👉 Find your referral link here
Use Mobilize to host a Weekly Mission Briefing Watch Party. Make DEFIANCE Weekly Missions a fun communal event with friends and family. Eat some pizza and defend Democracy together.
👉 Sign up to host your own Watch Party here
Spread the word via new DEFIANCE Swag! We’re rolling out yard signs, car magnets, t-shirts, and more this week. Don’t be afraid to look like a DEFIANCE sponsored NASCAR driver.
👉 Buy new DEFIANCE swag here
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JUly 15 MISSION
Boots to the polls
ACTIONS of the week
Volunteer with Powered By People. Texans can volunteer in person. Out-of-staters have virtual volunteer opportunities too.
👉 Link here
Reach out to friends and family in Texas. Know someone in Texas? Call them. Text them. Tell them what's at stake and why their vote could be the difference in a Senate race decided by thousands of votes.
Buy a Powered By People shirt
We just dropped a limited shirt with all proceeds going directly to Powered By People's organizing program. Look good. Fund the fight.
👉 Link here
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JUly 8 MISSION
FIGHT TO FREE KIDS
ACTIONS of the week
Sign and Share the GTFO ICE Petition to “Free the Kids”. That list will receive further instructions and updates on the fight.
👉 Link here
Email your congressperson and tell them to “Free the Kids”. Simply click this link and a pre-drafted email will populate. You can find your representatives and their contact info here.
Find a Trump post wherever you social media and leave a comment telling him to “Free the Kids!” and add your badge. If you’re feeling spicy, let him have it.
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JUNE 29 MISSION (GTFO ICE)
Divest from prison camps
ACTIONS of the week
Join the campaign and ask your employer to change retirement fund providers. It’s as easy as sending an email.
👉 Instructions here
Recruit friends and co-workers. We can send prison stocks into a downward spiral with enough participation.
👉 Share this page
REWATCH THE LIVESTREAM here
JUNE 24 MISSION
EXPOSING THE GRIFT - UNFIT TOO
ACTIONS of the week
Sign up to host a watch party! You co-financed an important film. Show it off and make sure your friends see it.
👉 Link here
Watch the original UNFIT. Thanks to the filmmakers, DEFIANCE Members have exclusive access to the original documentary.
👉 Link here
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JUNE 17 MISSION
Helping Voters Leave Maga
ACTIONS of the week
Read Leaving MAGA’s ‘Reaching Out’ Guide for people who want to reach out to loved ones and friends in MAGA, but aren’t sure how.
👉 Link here
Meet with and listen to a MAGA supporter in your life. Organizing friends and family has to start of an understand of why they support what they support.
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If you would have been impacted by a loved one involved in MAGA and extremist politics, join a Leaving MAGA support group call.
👉 Link here
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JUNE 10 MISSION
Stand with latino voters
ACTIONS of the week
Organize friends and family that live in Voto Latino target districts. These are the house races that could determine control of congress. Ensure your people turnout.
👉 Link here
Sign up to be a Voto Latino partner. you’ll receive toolkits and resources to help them in their fight.
👉 Link here
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Ask your Secretary of State to DEMAND DHS / ICE stay away from polling location.
👉 Link here