The Mid-Terms

Feb 08, 2026

Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of our 50501 CO newsletter!

In this newsletter, we discuss how we can prepare for the mid-terms (and why we need to). In addition, you’ll find information on upcoming activities from the 50501 calendar, actions you can take outside of protesting, and also find out about additional ways to connect with us.

See you on the streets! ✊✊✊

Actions and Activities

(The below list contains details on all actions this week and next week which have been submitted to our 50501 CO calendar; click the link above for more details and the full calendar)

Virtual

2/11: 6:00 - 7:30pm - After We March, We Organize!
- VIRTUAL - SIGN UP: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/871643/
2/17: All day - National Day of Lobbying for Impeachment
2/18: 6:00 - 7:30pm - After We March, We Organize!
- VIRTUAL - SIGN UP: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/871643/

Arvada

2/8: 11:00am - 12:30pm - Weekly Resistance Rally *Weather Permitting*
- 80th and Wadsworth in Arvada (Safeway)
2/13: 5:00pm - ICE Breaks Hearts
- McIlvoy Park
  5750 Upham St., OldeTown
2/14: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Love Not Hate Protest
- SE corner of Ralston and Wadsworth
2/15: 11:00am - 12:30pm - Weekly Resistance Rally *Weather Permitting*
- 80th and Wadsworth in Arvada (Safeway)

Aurora

2/14: 12:00 - 1:30pm - Weekly - Every Corner Action Protest
- NE Corner of Parker & Havana
2/21: 12:00 - 1:30pm - Weekly - Every Corner Action Protest
- NE Corner of Parker & Havana

Boulder

2/9: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
- Highway 36 & 88th
  Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
2/12: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Visibility Brigade - Overpass Protest
- Foothills Pkwy & Sioux Pedestrian Overpass (Parking on Sioux Ave off of Thunderbird Dr.)
2/16: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
- Highway 36 & 88th
  Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
2/19: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Visibility Brigade - Overpass Protest
- Foothills Pkwy & Sioux Pedestrian Overpass (Parking on Sioux Ave off of Thunderbird Dr.)

Broomfield

2/8: 11:30am - 1:00pm - No Fascists! No Kings!
- Northwest Corner
  West 120th Avenue & Sheridan Boulevard
  Broomfield, CO 80020
2/15: 11:30am - 1:00pm - No Fascists! No Kings!
- Northwest Corner
  West 120th Avenue & Sheridan Boulevard
  Broomfield, CO 80020

Colorado Springs

2/11: 3:30 - 5:30pm - Bridge Brigade
- Monument Valley Pedestrian Bridge (between Uintah and Bijou)
2/18: 3:30 - 5:30pm - Bridge Brigade
- Monument Valley Pedestrian Bridge (between Uintah and Bijou)

Denver

2/14: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Rally to protest peacefully against ICE Brutality in America
- King Soopers corner
  3100 S Sheridan Blvd
  Denver, CO 80227
2/14: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Love Not Fear: Stop Palantir - Valentine’s Day Sidewalk Action
- Cherry Creek North
  2nd and Detroit
  Denver, CO 80206
2/21: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Rally to protest peacefully against ICE Brutality in America
- King Soopers corner
  3100 S Sheridan Blvd
  Denver, CO 80227

Fort Collins

2/10: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
2/12: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
2/17: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
2/19: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake

Golden

2/12: 2:30 - 4:30pm - Standing For Weekly Protest
- Near the Buffalo Bill statue, Washington Ave & 10th St, Golden CO
2/19: 2:30 - 4:30pm - Standing For Weekly Protest
- Near the Buffalo Bill statue, Washington Ave & 10th St, Golden CO

Littleton

2/10: 11:30am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny (Tesla Takedown)
- All 4 corners of Littleton and Broadway
- 5700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80121
2/10: 3:00 - 4:30pm - WE THE PEOPLE
- South Broadway & Littleton Blvd
2/14: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny
- 5700 S Broadway
  Littleton, CO 80121
2/17: 11:30am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny (Tesla Takedown)
- All 4 corners of Littleton and Broadway
- 5700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80121
2/17: 3:00 - 4:30pm - WE THE PEOPLE
- South Broadway & Littleton Blvd
2/21: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny
- 5700 S Broadway
  Littleton, CO 80121

Lone Tree

2/8: 1:00 - 3:00pm - Speak Now - “Good” Trouble
- Park Meadows Dr and S Quebec St
  8660 S Quebec St
  Lone Tree, CO 80124
2/15: 1:00 - 3:00pm - Speak Now - “Good” Trouble
- Park Meadows Dr and S Quebec St
  8660 S Quebec St
  Lone Tree, CO 80124

Longmont

2/14: 1:00pm - Vigil and Protest
- 6th and Main St.
2/21: 1:00pm - Vigil and Protest
- 6th and Main St.

Louisville

2/9: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
- https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
  (Hwy 36 & 88th)
  88th St Overpass on Hwy 36
  2200 S 88th St
  Louisville, CO 80027
2/16: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
- https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
  (Hwy 36 & 88th)
  88th St Overpass on Hwy 36
  2200 S 88th St
  Louisville, CO 80027

Loveland

2/14: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Stand Up Loveland!
- 1440 N Lincoln Ave
2/21: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Stand Up Loveland!
- 1440 N Lincoln Ave

Lyons

2/14: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Lyons Neighbors for Democracy
- Lyons Freedom Triangle
2/21: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Lyons Neighbors for Democracy
- Lyons Freedom Triangle

Northglenn

2/11: 3:00 - 4:30pm - Gabe Evans Pedestrian Bridge Protest
- I-25 Pedestrian Bridge
  281 W 104th Ave
  Northglenn, CO 80234
  Map of where we will protest (the pedestrian bridge over I-25 near Cinzetti’s): https://maps.app.goo.gl/cPPfGKSBYpWKwfYG8
2/13: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans’ Northglenn Office
- Northglenn District Office
  10701 Melody Dr
  Northglenn, CO 80234
2/18: 3:00 - 4:30pm - Gabe Evans Pedestrian Bridge Protest
- I-25 Pedestrian Bridge
  281 W 104th Ave
  Northglenn, CO 80234
  Map of where we will protest (the pedestrian bridge over I-25 near Cinzetti’s): https://maps.app.goo.gl/cPPfGKSBYpWKwfYG8
2/20: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans’ Northglenn Office
- Northglenn District Office
  10701 Melody Dr
  Northglenn, CO 80234

Pagosa Springs

2/14: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Weekly - Stand Up Saturday
- The public Parking Lot on Hwy 160 next to the library
2/21: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Weekly - Stand Up Saturday
- The public Parking Lot on Hwy 160 next to the library

Parker

2/8: 1:00 - 3:00pm - Speak Now, Rally Now
- Intersection of Parker Rd and Lincoln Ave, near Tokyo Joe's

Pueblo

2/14: 11:00am - 12:30pm - DEFUND ICE
- Corner of Abriendo & 4th st (walgreens)
2/21: 11:00am - 12:30pm - DEFUND ICE
- Corner of Abriendo & 4th st (walgreens)

Superior

2/14: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Stand Up! Speak Out!
- 2 S Marshall Rd
  Superior, CO 80027
2/21: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Stand Up! Speak Out!
- 2 S Marshall Rd
  Superior, CO 80027

Walsenburg

2/13: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Weekly Protest
- 401 Main Street
2/20: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Weekly Protest
- 401 Main Street

The Mid-Terms

Elections aren’t a day. They’re a season. And the problem is that most of us treat them like a single episode instead of a whole Star Trek arc where the villain starts moving pieces five chapters before the big battle.

So, here’s my bridge log for the week: I keep seeing the early beats of executive interference. Not one neat, villain-monologue master plan. More like levers being tested. A raid here. A “we might need federal control” vibe there. “Security” language that sounds like it’s trying to become a pretext. In Trek terms, it’s the moment the captain tells Worf to run a security drill while everyone else pretends it’s a normal Tuesday.

This is me calling for that drill. In February. Not October.

Don’t picture election interference as a dramatic coup with music swelling. Picture an attempt to make voting feel unstable. Slow it down. Confuse it. Intimidate people at the edges. Create “incidents.” Then announce the system is broken and needs to be “handled” by the executive branch. That’s not fancy sci-fi. That’s just power doing what power does when it thinks nobody is watching.

So, what do we do?

I keep coming back to a simple Starfleet logic: you don’t wait for the first torpedo to start inventing protocols. You run a tabletop exercise. You assign stations. You practice the boring moves that keep one bad moment from cascading into a ship wide failure.

Think of it in three layers: harden, observe, respond.

The goal isn’t to predict every scenario. It’s to reduce the blast radius when someone tries to manufacture one. If your only role is doomscrolling, that’s basically volunteering to be the ship’s morale leak.

Phase 1: Now through early summer. Shields up.
Elections are run by humans, and understaffing is a vulnerability. If you want fewer places chaos can hide, you staff the ship.

This is the phase where you sign up to be a poll worker or election judge, help with voter registration, or recruit other people to do those jobs. It’s not glamorous. It’s high leverage.

And yes, indirect roles count. If you can do childcare so someone else can take a shift, that’s engineering. If you can drive someone to training, that’s ops. If you can help your local election office, get resources and public backing without turning it into a partisan food fight, that’s command work.

Phase 2: Summer through October. Sensors on.
This is where we stop treating misinformation and intimidation like random weather and start treating it like an active strategy.

Plug into legitimate election-protection networks. Learn the site rules. Learn the reporting channels. Practice documentation that doesn’t escalate. In Trek terms: you’re not firing phasers. You’re logging anomalies and keeping the bridge fed with clean data.

Also: practice staying calm on purpose. If intimidation shows up, the goal is to spike adrenaline and provoke conflict. Don’t give them that footage.

Phase 3: Election week. Damage control, not heroics.
If something ugly happens near voting sites, do not freelance.

Real systems don’t survive on speeches. They survive on protocols and teamwork. So if you see intimidation: document what you can legally document, notify election officials, and use established hotlines and channels. Don’t start a confrontation with someone in tactical gear because your pride wants a scene.

Here’s what I keep coming back to: the Enterprise doesn’t survive because it has the best speeches. It survives because it has a crew. People with stations. People who know what to do when the lights flicker.

That’s the February assignment. Pick a station.

Because the real danger isn’t only what might happen in November. It’s what we fail to build between now and then, while we tell ourselves we’ll get serious later. Later is how you wake up to red alert with the shields still down.

Non-Protest Actions Bingo

The below bingo card contains a list of actions you can take (other than protesting) to help further the cause. If you get a bingo, tag us on social media to let us know!