# Activate! Here's some ways to fight back against the Trump administration's actions: ## Defy unlawful actions ==- :octagonal_sign: Defiance.org - answers the question "What can I do to get more involved?" {#defiance} [defiance.org](https://defiance.org) was started by Miles Taylor (a former official targeted by Trump) and Xander Schultz (founder of Defeat by Tweet and One for Democracy). The project pours money into direct actions to defy Trump and also track what the regime is doing. The group (which you can become a member of) moves quickly as far as causes they fund - it might be peaceful protests one month, or helping an urgent legal defense fund the next. One new effort defiance.org is supporting (as of February, 2026) is [Fight Against Federal Overreach (FAFO)](https://fashlight.org/activate/#fafo). Defiance.org also has a companion site, [defiance.news](https://defiance.news), which is a Substack the features a daily stream of political news updates. === ## Call decision makers ==- :sleeping_accommodation: Call hotels and tell them to stop housing ICE agents {#no-sleep} The [No sleep for ICE](https://smvmt.org/nosleep) movement encourages you to boycott Hilton hotels, which are making money off of kidnapping your families and neighbors. This movement has gotten 4 Hilton hotels to stop housing ICE. !!!danger Marriott also houses ICE agents, and you can use [this Google doc template](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OxkEyTa-Isr_gkrU0_IU6LcBR514xcjS8GGnvsfTwF8/edit?tab=t.0) to write them and express your displeasure. !!! !!!tip You can [download some graphics for your socials](https://www.canva.com/design/DAG_c5KN1ak/rNG0UWH44pgquV9iojKRKQ/edit) to support these efforts. Here's a sample graphic: ![No sleep for ICE |300](/activate/sleep.png) !!! === ==- :phone: Call the Department of Justice (DOJ) and demand action! {#call-doj} !!!warning [This Instagram reel](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVRhx__EQs6/) points out that if you call the TTY/TDD number for the DOJ, you'll be forced to "hear" scams and/or ads and never get connected to an actual DOJ rep. !!! **DOJ hotline: 202-514-2000.** !!!tip Script idea #1: Instagram user [mainandvine](https://instagram.com/mainandvine) suggests [this potential script](https://www.instagram.com/p/DUV5oxsgvih/?hl=en) for that conversation: *"Why are you protecting child rapists? Do your job, or step down."* !!! !!!tip Script idea #2: Instagram user [megsstalter](https://instagram.com/megsstalter) shares [another script idea](https://www.instagram.com/p/DUWgkXLEpUK/): *"Hello, my name is [your name].* *I'm calling to demand the immediate release of all Epstein files under the Transparency Act. The Department of Justice must stop redacting and protecting the names of abusers. So far, Donald Trump has been mentioned 38,000 times in the files, and yet no action has been taken, and I'm asking why. These files should be released in full now, and accountability should apply to everyone named.* *You're not protecting the public. You're not protecting survivors. You are protecting abusers - and some of those abusers are currently in office.* *Thank you."* !!! ==- :phone: Call your representative and demand action! {#call-your-rep} !!!light * [5 Calls](https://5calls.org) makes it super easy to find your rep, review important issues affecting your area, and then call/email your rep with scripted templates to help you communicate your concerns. * The [CitizensImpeachment](https://citizensimpeachment.com/action) site has a weekly action, which at the time of this writing (February 2, 2026) is to [impeach Bondi and Trump](https://citizensimpeachment.com/impeach-bondi-and-trump). !!! Outside of that, use [this Web app](https://national-day-of-lobbying.netlify.app) to find your rep for any of the upcoming days of lobbying. Then look under the *Take Action* heading on the CitizensImpeachment site to use one of their predefined email templates to write (or call or visit) your rep and demand change! === ## Lawyer up ==- :facepunch: Fight Against Federal Overreach (FAFO) {#fafo} [federaloverreach.org](https://federaloverreach.org) (FAFO) is *"a national coalition of District Attorneys collaborating to ensure federal officials are held accountable when they exceed their lawful authority."* FAFO's [press release](https://federaloverreach.org/announcement) describes the organization as: !!!secondary *"...an effort to hold federal officials accountable when they exceed their lawful authority, especially in states around the country where federal agents are being surged. The coalition launches amid growing concerns about warrantless entries, unlawful detentions, and coercive enforcement tactics by federal agents, and it's intended to ensure that constitutional limits on federal power are actively enforced through lawful institutions."* !!! You can sign up to receive status updates of the fight, and/or support the cause financially. === ## Resist and unsubscribe ==- :shield: Resist and unsubscribe to services that support/escalate ICE enforcement {#resist} [ResistAndUnsubscribe.com](https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/) features subscription-driven consumer tech companies they have identified as having huge influence over the national economy and our president. As some background, the site states that *"Today, the Trump administration is escalating ICE enforcement...with the help of corporations that provide the data, infrastructure and logistics to make it all possible."* It goes on to share that small and coordinated changes that can move GDP (Gross Domestic Product - the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period). Because when GDP moves, the Trump administration moves. !!!warning The site recommends canceling: * Amazon (Prime/Audible/Music/Video/Grocery/Kindle Unlimited) * Apple (Music/News+/TV/One/Fitness+/Arcade/hardware) * Google (YouTube Premium/Music/TV/One) * Meta (delete WhatsApp & Facebook) * Microsoft (Office/Xbox Gme Pass/LinkedIn Premium) * Netflix * OpenAI (ChatGPT - head to [quitgpt.org](https://quitgpt.org/) to learn more. This [Instagram reel](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUVlYXBjdmf/) also does a nice breakdown on how OpenAI is a huge funder/supporter of Trump and ICE) * Paramount+ * Uber One * X !!! !!!info Instagram user [rbreich](https://www.instagram.com/rbreich) offers [this reel](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU3QCjxk9HH/) to provide more context on why it's important to discontinue supporting services that support ICE. Companies that have been awarded government contacts can be searched at [usaspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/). !!! !!!tip Alternatives to consider You might look at the list above and think, "*GULP...it would be hard to switch! I've had these services for years. I rely on them!"* We get it. So we put together this list of alternatives (work in progress): | **Popular service** | **Alternative** | |--------------------|-------------| | Amazon | [Minocqua Marketplace](https://minocquamarketplace.com/) - *America’s first pro-democracy shopping platform, designed to help people support progressive businesses, strengthen America's resistance movement, and keep your money out of MAGA pockets.* | | ChatGPT | [Duck.ai](https://duck.ai) - DuckDuckGo's AI chat which *"doesn’t track your search history and profit off your private data."* according to its [privacy policy](https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duckai/ai-chat-privacy). | | ChatGPT | [Lumo](https://lumo.proton.me/) - this AI engine is a service from [Proton](https://proton.me), and states that *"Thanks to zero-access encryption, the conversations you save can only be decoded and read on your device. Proton can never see them, and neither can anyone else."* | | Ring | [Reolink](https://reolink.com) - see [this Instagram reel](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVRnUhODqbN/) for more info about Reolink's privacy/security | !!! === ## :writing_hand: Sign petitions ==- :card_index_dividers: Charge Epstein's co-conspirators! Sign [this petition](https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/charge-epstein-s-co-conspirators) from MoveOn.org. ==- :derelict_house_building: Demand NO warehouses for ICE detention camps Sign [this petition](https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/no-warehouses-for-ice-detention-centers) from MoveOn.org.