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  • Despite its origins as a movement dedicated to helping citizens pressure elected officials into resisting the Trump agenda, Indivisible National has not endorsed Trump’s impeachment, telling a local chapter via email that it is “not an endorsed priority” for the No Kings! Coalition. In Montana, the organization went further, requesting that the same chapter not use the “No Kings!” logo or branding for their impeachment-focused event—and threatening to remove them from statewide communications after they didn’t comply. That dispute followed another undemocratic intervention in the state’s politics: a campaign by Indivisible National to convince Alani Bankhead, the Montana Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, to withdraw from the race. (Levin and Greenberg did not respond to Current Affairs’ request for comment, or an interview.)

    These incidents raise questions about the direction of one of the country’s largest anti-Trump organizing networks. Is the country’s leading resistance group still focused on “resistance,” or has its strategy become increasingly concerned with preserving the Democratic Party’s electoral prospects?

    The unfortunate truth is that while local Indivisible chapters are made up of committed individuals laser-focused on opposing fascism, at the national level, it seems that Indivisible serves to insulate Congress from the honest rage of the American people.

    Back in 2016, Indivisible provided information and tactics that taught Americans how to make things uncomfortable for elected officials. The Indivisible Guide taught constituents to hold onto the microphone at town halls until they got an answer, and explained exactly how to get a staffer to go off-script during a phone call. It urged Americans to disrupt congressmembers’ ribbon-cutting ceremonies (“Don’t let them get photo-ops without questions about racism, authoritarianism, and corruption”), and to “barrage” them with demands until they answered.

    Today, the group’s website explicitly writes that one of their core principles is “no civil disobedience.” An updated version of Indivisible’s viral 2016 handbook now simply tells Americans “while some of the original Indivisible Guide is applicable, not all of it is.”

    The 2026 guide is almost exclusively focused on electoral politics, assuring the reader that a resounding win in the midterms will puncture Trump’s aura of omnipotence, create federal checks on MAGA power, and protect the democratic transfer of power in 2028.

    There is nothing inherently wrong with organizing for electoral victories. But at a time when the administration is flagrantly defying the Constitution while deploying unaccountable paramilitary forces to detain children, kidnap people off the streets, and even raid the homes of elected officials, this strategy is far from enough.

    Some local organizers wanted to change that—and in Montana, they were punished by the national organization.

    – “No Kings. No Demands. What Happened?” Current Affairs.

    It doesn’t seem like an organization that has any plans on doing anything at all, really.




  • Yes, but the most important parts, the parts that legally constitute a gun are being printed in plastic. The parts you’re talking about, do not legally constitute a gun. Sure, you can’t make a barrel, bolt, or firing pin out of plastic, that’s obvious, but those parts by themselves are not guns under federal law. The “firearm” is legally defined as the lower receiver or frame (the part that holds the trigger and magazine). If you want your gun to be untraceable, if you want to have a gun but not be a registered gun owner, you just need to manufacture the frame or receiver. Which in the case of small frame AR, just looks like this:

    It’s just something that holds all the other “non-gun” parts together into a “gun shape”. The round is never housed inside the receiver to be fired, and thus the plastic is never exposed to the internal forces of firing the round. Pistols experience more force, since the receiver holds the slide rails and are more impacted by recoil, but they still do not house the round, or need to contain the internal force of firing the round.


























  • Yeah, it’s not about mining at all. Somalia doesn’t have major US mining ops, but it’s strategically crucial for three big reasons:

    1. Somalia controls the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where 10% of global trade passes (Al Jazeera, Feb 2026). Keeping that sea lane open (and under US influence) is a top priority for the Pentagon.

    2. Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti is the only permanent US military base in Africa (Manara Magazine, July 2025). Having an unstable Somalia next door justifies keeping that base open and lets the US monitor rivals like China (which has its own base in Djibouti) and Turkey (which just built a naval base in Mogadishu) (ISSF, Nov 2025).

    3. Turkey discovered about 20 billion barrels of oil there last year (Somali Guardian, May 2025). The US wants to make sure rivals don’t lock down those resources and that any future development happens under a US‑friendly security umbrella.

    The “counterterrorism” justification (al‑Shabaab/ISIS) is the public face, they’ve already hit Somalia 47 times this year, on track to break last year’s record of 124 strikes per the above article. The administration now frames the groups as a potential “homeland threat” to justify the escalation (CTC Sentinel, July 2025). But the real drivers are securing that vital choke point, maintaining the base, and checking China/Turkey/UAE influence in the Horn.

    Sudan’s different because the RSF is backed by UAE/Saudi, who are US allies. The US isn’t going to bomb its partners’ proxies. Religion isn’t the deciding factor; it’s who’s aligned with whom in the regional power game.


  • Hezbollah’s been hitting back with a mix of rockets, drones, and artillery, mostly targeting northern Israeli communities and troops. Here are some specifics from the last few days:

    • Rocket attacks: On March 22, Hezbollah fired a rocket barrage at the northern Israeli community of Misgav Am, killing one person (Al Jazeera). That same day, they launched 85 attack waves, the highest single-day total since the conflict began, with the majority being rockets/missiles (Alma Research).

    • Drone (UAV) strikes: In those same 85 waves, 18 were carried out with offensive drones. They’ve also used anti-aircraft missiles against Israeli drones (Alma Research).

    • Targets and tactics: Their operations are focused on Israeli military gatherings, armored vehicles, and bases along the border, as well as towns in the Galilee. On the ground, they’re using anti-tank guided munitions and artillery to resist Israeli advances into southern Lebanon (The Guardian).

    • Scale: Since the latest round of fighting began on March 2, over 865 attack waves have been recorded, showing they’re prepared for a sustained conflict (Alma Research).

    So, beyond the general statement in the article, the retaliation has involved specific, daily attacks with a variety of weapons, causing casualties and keeping pressure on Israel’s northern border.