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Poulsbo is full of caring, forward-thinking people of all ages, backgrounds, and dreams.

Poulsbo for All Is a forum for information about local government and community concerns.

See our BLOG for more details and important links! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Join us in attending city council meetings - become a participant in civic life.

The next No Kings day of action is
Sat. Oct. 17. Mark your calendar and check back for details.

The Midterms are Coming

Are you ready? Know what to expect? Know what to do?

This election is pivotal. Be prepared. Be informed. And stay tuned - things will likely change and shift along the way.

Here's a primer on key aspects of this year's midterms.

Are you registered to vote?

You can register right up until election day, November 3 (in person), online and mail-in registration must be received 8 days before election day.

Get yourself registered here, now!

Dropping your ballot in a local ballot box has never been more important. Vote as soon as you receive your ballot, and take your ballot to the dropbox. If you must mail, do it as soon as you get your ballot.

From Democracy Docket: Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms

"We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime. Ballots have already started to be sent out. The threats to free and fair elections are real and growing more serious by the day." Read the article here.

Through the Static reports historic ICE kidnapping surge in WA

"What many King County residents have suspected to be the case has just been confirmed by the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights (UWCHR): Washington experienced a “historic surge,” in immigration-related arrests this year. This past June, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) grabbed 705 community members, with 669 being at-large arrests, meaning they took place in the community, like on the sides of roads, workplaces, and homes."

Read the full article here.

Ambushed in Washington

Labor Day weekend family camping trip
ends in ICE raid

GRANITE FALLS, Wash. — A Labor Day weekend camping trip in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest ended with five men in immigration detention after their families say U.S. Forest Service rangers collected identification from some members of their group. Reported by King 5 News here.

Contribute to the families' Go Fund Me campaign here.

MIGUEL WAS DEPORTED

Taken by ICE and KNOWINGLY booked under the name of another person, Juan X X, who does have a criminal history. Immigrants with criminal convictions are ordered for “immediate removal when found." But, Miguel has NO criminal past. He worked in a restaurant. His sister lives in Poulsbo. This is yet another unconscionable tactic in the government’s mad campaign to ethnically purify the US.

Please DONATE - anything helps. Miguel may be gone, but the lawyer bills remain for his wife and family.

Stand for Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Join the Sunday rally and march in Poulsbo. Every week. 11AM.

Articles, Important Reads, & Good Information

All articles are available on our blog page, here.

Labor Day and National Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month

Remarks Sept. 6 2026 Happy Labor Day and happy almost-National Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month. Hispanic and Latino heritage month runs from September 15 to October 15 (it begins in mid-month to mark 9/15 as the independence day of several Latin American nations). This began as a week-long celebration in 1968 under President Johnson, and the Reagan administration expanded it to a month in 1988. It is a time for special recognition of the Latino community’s immense and vari

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Dolly Parton launching her literacy program

We Will Always Love You

Remarks August 30, 2026 I met with an old friend the other day. Like many others, she is despairing for our democracy and she feels helpless. “It’s all so overwhelming, so many things I love about our country are being trashed or violated or dismantled, what can I as one person possibly do?” By all measures, it gets worse every day. Iran, Canada, now the massive oil claims on Venezuela, electric shock gloves for ICE agents, federal invasions of our privacy, real estate plans

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Remarks

August 23 2026 Greetings. The authoritarian grip on our country has been grinding on. At an appearance by the President yesterday, instead of the national anthem they played the version that’s been opening Trump rallies, a song called “Justice for All.” It was performed on video by January 6 rioters who are now called “J6 hostages,” and it includes video of the 2021 attack on the Capitol framed not as a disgrace but portraying the rioters as patriots. The twisting of reality

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Aug 23

On Our Nation’s 250th Birthday

It was indeed a strange Independence Day this year. There you were, having a picnic, perhaps going to a parade or beach, and if you had the inclination, you might have thought about the momentousness of this day 250 years ago when a group of men in Philadelphia summoned the courage to take a perilous leap-- declaring to the king of England that we were no longer all in on his empire, that we were embarking on a bold new experiment called democracy, and we were breaking away.

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Jul 5

Critical thinking and action

Critical thinking is a learned skill. How do you separate the wheat from the chaff, truth from propaganda, the vitally important from the compelling but trivial? How do you know what voices are reliable? How do you embrace complexity without losing the essence? Our discussions must respect both nuance and each other as we engage. Critical thinking is thinking about our thinking. Right now, as the nation lapses into authoritarianism before our eyes, we must think about our thi

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Jun 24

Fathers

Remarks- June 21, 2026: Happy Father’s Day. Thanks to you biological fathers, and father-figures for young people you have mentored, helped out, or set an example for. You know how important fatherhood is for not only getting the next generation to come home by midnight and take out the garbage, but also to develop character, to encourage generosity, honesty, and empathy, and make good choices. On the level of our body politic, this past Friday showed us a stunning contrast b

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