What are you up to?
What are you and your circle doing to lift up, support, inform your community and/or to fight back against the criminal enterprise squatting on our federal government? Please share with us so we can include that in future newsletters. Sometimes knowing of the littlest things being done by your neighbors can help lighten the load someone may be carrying or give others the courage or push to do something themselves. Often, knowing you’re not the only one that cares about a particular issue is enough to move someone to act. Let us also know if you’d like your name shared.
Upcoming events
Postcard Posse meeting June 9th
Postcard Posse at First Baptist Burnsville, Tuesdays at 10:30 in the fellowship hall. Anyone is invited. Email [email protected] with questions.
Bi-weekly demonstrations – Next one is June 19, 11-1 in Burnsville
The usual location and we’ll send out the topic and all the details the Wed before.
Note that time change to 11am – 1pm
De-Flocking Yancey – June 8
We’ve spoken to the Mitchell commissioners. Now it’s time to talk to Yancey. At the next Yancey Commissioners meeting at 6:30pm on June 8 we plan on presenting signed petitions and speaking during the citizen input period about the need for more transparency regarding the use of Flock cameras in Yancey. If you can make it out to show support for this effort, please do.
Our “FLOCK Cameras in Yancey County” petition needs all the signatures we can get. If you live in Yancey, do business in Yancey or just drive through Yancey, you may be affected by Flock recording your comings and goings.
Look for the petitions at local businesses around Burnsville or download the pdf (link below) and send your signature page to us. You can also print out a copy of a petition for your friends to sign, and then return. Contact: [email protected]
Go here to see the petition and background material, including several videos that go into great detail on the problems with Flock.
Meeting location: 110 Town Square, Burnsville, NC 28714 [map link]
June 14, watch party & potluck at Birdfoot
Join Mountain Indivisible for a watch party at Birdfoot for the Rise Up, Sing Out concert starting at 6:30 on June 14th. Concert begins at 7:30. This livestream event will feature an all-star lineup including Jane Fonda, Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Rufus Wainwright, Joy Reid, Wilson Cruz, Broadway Inspirational Voices, and more. There will not be a food truck so if you can support a potluck, please do so. Join your friends and neighbors in support of and celebrating our 1st Amendment. This is a free event. Please register thru this link, which includes more information. See you there.
On June 14, join us for Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment — an uplifting evening of music, community, and action. Hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), this special livestream event will feature an all-star lineup including Jane Fonda, Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Rufus Wainwright, Joy Reid, Wilson Cruz, Broadway Inspirational Voices, and more.
79th Annual Rhododendron Festival Craft Fair – June 19-20
The Mitchell County Democratic Party (MCDP) needs volunteers to help cover our booth at the Rhododendron Festival in Bakersville (Bowman Football Field).
It’s easy! All you do is hang out in the shade and offer free voter registration material, candidate literature, copies of the US Constitution, and drink koozies.
There will also be a few T-shirts and hats available as thank-your gifts for donations. You can help local Democratic candidates and do your part in creating a blue wave for the November election!
We need one more person for these slots:
Friday, June 19 from 2:30 – 5:00pm
Saturday, June 20 10:00am – noon
Saturday, June 20 noon – 2:00pm
All the slots have a local Dem already signed up; they just need a buddy. Will you be that buddy? If you can, please message [email protected] to volunteer.
Pridefest – Pride In Every Holler – June 27
JUNE 27, 1PM – 6PM, 2026
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFT, NORTHLIGHT BUILDING
https://www.mypridenc.org/pridefest-2026
Join MY Pride for PrideFest 2026: Pride in Every Holler, a joyful, in-person celebration of LGBTQIA+ community, creativity, and belonging in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
The Mitchell Democrats could use volunteers to help man their booth. Email [email protected] to volunteer.
July 4 (on the 3rd) PARADE! Calling all Mountain Indivisibles and friends!
MI will have a large float in the “250th National Birthday Parade” in Spruce Pine on July 3rd. Time to be determined, but will be late afternoon, approximately 4-6 or 5-7.
The float will carry the oh-so-talented Samba Appalachia drummers. Yippee!!
We want y’all to come dance with the band and/or hand out candy to kiddos!
Please…no political signs for this one!!! No exceptions unless your dog has a “dogs for democracy” vest! (I’m looking at you, Rocky and Luna!)
This is a spread-good-cheer-and-love event (and to show folks how adorable we are.) Bring your friendly dogs! Dress yourself (or pooch) in red, white and blue! If you have Mountain Indivisible merch, wear that too. But definitely bring your dancing shoes!
Must be able to be on your feet for about 2 hours, but if you need a rest, (or to ride the whole time,) that can be accommodated in the bed of the pick-up.
Be there or be square!
Other Stuff
ICE Is Quietly Rolling Out a $55 Billion Crematorium Network
https://wendy664.substack.com/p/ice-is-quietly-rolling-out-a-55-billion
Eighteen detainees have died in four months. The government will not say where the bodies go.
Leaked video from inside ICE detention center in Louisiana shows starving men begging for “Food! Please, now!”
108 Days Apart: A Wife’s Fight to Free Her Husband From Delaney Hall
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/03/delaney-hall-immigrant-detention-photo-essay
Sandra Hafraoui spent months trying to bring her husband home after ICE detained him on a 16-year-old deportation order he didn’t know existed.
Trump Deporting Hundreds of People Who Fled the War He Dodged
https://thepunchup.substack.com/p/trump-deporting-hundreds-of-people
The U.S. president weaselled out of the Vietnam draft, yet in his first seven months back in office, 900 refugees from that conflict have been arrested by his immigration enforcers.
The State Department Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration
The office was created a year ago and seemingly named for a far right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations. It now works, a source says, with little to no oversight.
Four Democrats Help Republicans Take Food Aid From Women and Children
https://newrepublic.com/post/211416/democrats-republicans-wic-food-aid-pregnant-women-children
The House was able to strip millions from the WIC program meant to help pregnant women and kids.
Trump Admin Renames Iran’s $300 Billion Reparations Demand an ‘Investment Fund’ to Avoid a Political Firestorm at Home
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-iran-draft-deal-300-billion-investment-fund-1799752
Draft agreement between US and Iran includes a massive investment fund, avoiding terms like ‘reparations.’
Tracking The Federal Contracts Won By Trump Ballroom Donors
The companies helping finance President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom now face a second kind of visibility: their donations are being measured against billions of dollars in federal business, regulatory exposure and potential oversight risk.
The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?
At least 97 of the more than 1,500 individuals granted clemency by President Trump for their roles in the January 6 Capitol attack have been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of crimes separate from Jan. 6 since their participation in the Jan. 6 riot.
A Flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away
When Hugo Parra was arrested last year on felony charges, his pleas of innocence fell on deaf ears. San Diego police had a description of the Alfa Romeo car he was riding in and a witness who identified him during a curbside lineup as the man who brandished a handgun in Golden Hill. They had also checked the city’s automatic license plate camera system, run by the private company Flock, and got a “hit,” substantiating the claim.
NC moves to lock in highway license plate reader program permanently
https://www.wral.com/news/nccapitol/north-carolina-highway-license-plate-reader-permanent-june-2026
North Carolina lawmakers are advancing legislation to make permanent a State Bureau of Investigation pilot program using automated license plate readers on highways, currently set to expire in 2026, drawing support over public safety benefits and criticism over privacy concerns.