The State of the Union

Mar 01, 2026

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

In this newsletter, we discuss Trump’s SOTU address. 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

3/4: 6:00 - 7:30pm - After We March, We Organize!
- VIRTUAL - SIGN UP: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/871643/
3/4: 6:00 - 7:00pm - Speaker Series - Standing Against ICE in Colorado
- VIRTUAL - Register HERE: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblecolorado/event/903303
3/11: 6:00 - 7:30pm - After We March, We Organize!
- VIRTUAL - SIGN UP: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/871643/

Arvada

3/1: 11:00am - 12:30pm - Weekly Resistance Rally *Weather Permitting*
- 80th and Wadsworth in Arvada (Safeway)
3/3: 4:00 - 5:00pm - Ralston Resistance - ICE Out for Good
- Intersection of Wadsworth Bypass and Ralston Road
3/8: 11:00am - 12:30pm - Weekly Resistance Rally *Weather Permitting*
- 80th and Wadsworth in Arvada (Safeway)
3/10: 4:00 - 5:00pm - Ralston Resistance - ICE Out for Good
- Intersection of Wadsworth Bypass and Ralston Road

Aurora

3/7: 12:00 - 1:30pm - Weekly - Every Corner Action Protest
- NE Corner of Parker & Havana
3/14: 12:00 - 1:30pm - Weekly - Every Corner Action Protest
- NE Corner of Parker & Havana
3/14: 7:00 - 11:59pm - Spring into Action - Music Showcase
- Manos Sagrados
  9975 E Colfax Ave
  Aurora, CO 80010

Boulder

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

Broomfield

3/1: 11:30am - 1:00pm - No Fascists! No Kings!
- Northwest Corner
  West 120th Avenue & Sheridan Boulevard
  Broomfield, CO 80020
3/8: 11:30am - 1:00pm - No Fascists! No Kings!
- Northwest Corner
  West 120th Avenue & Sheridan Boulevard
  Broomfield, CO 80020

Colorado Springs

3/4: 3:30 - 5:30pm - Bridge Brigade
- Monument Valley Pedestrian Bridge (between Uintah and Bijou)
3/11: 3:30 - 5:30pm - Bridge Brigade
- Monument Valley Pedestrian Bridge (between Uintah and Bijou)

Denver

3/7: 9:00 - 10:30am - Business KYR Training and Canvass/Signs of Solidarity Event
- Location provided after signing up: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/901833/
3/7: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Rally to protest peacefully against ICE Brutality in America
- King Soopers corner
  3100 S Sheridan Blvd
  Denver, CO 80227
3/8: 8:00am - 4:00pm - Angry Knit-in
- Due to strong interest, organizers are searching for a new venue in the Denver Metro area. Check back soon!
  DETAILS: bit.ly/angryknitin
3/8: 12:00pm - NO ICE - Stand with Immigrant Women for International Women's Day
- Colorado State Capitol
  200 E. Colfax Ave in Denver
3/14: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Rally to protest peacefully against ICE Brutality in America
- King Soopers corner
  3100 S Sheridan Blvd
  Denver, CO 80227
3/14: 12:00 - 2:00pm - 2nd and 4th Saturdays - Solidarity Saturdays on Colorado Blvd!
- 8th Ave & Colorado Blvd
3/14: 1:00 - 3:30pm - Bi-Weekly Highlands Bridge Pedestrian Overpass Protest
- Highlands Bridge
  GPS 1596 - Central St. Denver
  (Spillover to 15th St overpass)

Firestone

3/7: 11:00am - 2:00pm - Stop Flock Colorado
- Flock Camera - 4094 County Rd. 24

Fort Collins

3/3: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
3/5: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
3/7: 11:00am - 2:00pm - Stop Flock Colorado
- Flock Camera - Mulberry & College
3/10: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
3/12: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
3/13: 5:00 - 8:00pm - Artists Against ICE Art Market and Concert (benefit for Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network)
- Wolverine Farm 316 Willow St
  Fort Collins, CO 80524

Golden

3/5: 2:30 - 4:30pm - Standing For Weekly Protest
- Near the Buffalo Bill statue, Washington Ave & 10th St, Golden CO
3/7: 11:00am - 2:00pm - Stop Flock Colorado
- Flock Camera - 15185 S Golden Rd.
3/12: 2:30 - 4:30pm - Standing For Weekly Protest
- Near the Buffalo Bill statue, Washington Ave & 10th St, Golden CO

Littleton

3/3: 11:30am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny (Tesla Takedown)
- All 4 corners of Littleton and Broadway
- 5700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80121
3/3: 3:00 - 4:30pm - WE THE PEOPLE
- South Broadway & Littleton Blvd
3/7: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny (Tesla Takedown)
- All 4 corners of Littleton and Broadway
- 5700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80121
3/10: 11:30am - 1:00pm - We the People
- 5700 S Broadway
  Littleton, CO 80121
3/14: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny (Tesla Takedown)
- All 4 corners of Littleton and Broadway
- 5700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80121

Lone Tree

3/1: 1:00 - 2:30pm - Speak Now - “Good” Trouble
- Park Meadows Dr and S Quebec St
  8660 S Quebec St
  Lone Tree, CO 80124
3/8: 1:00 - 2:30pm - Speak Now - “Good” Trouble
- Park Meadows Dr and S Quebec St
  8660 S Quebec St
  Lone Tree, CO 80124

Longmont

3/7: 1:00pm - Vigil and Protest
- 6th and Main St.
3/14: 1:00pm - Vigil and Protest
- 6th and Main St.

Louisville

3/2: 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
3/9: 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

Loveland

3/7: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Stand Up Loveland!
- 1440 N Lincoln Ave
3/14: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Stand Up Loveland!
- 1440 N Lincoln Ave

Lyons

3/7: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Lyons Neighbors for Democracy
- Lyons Freedom Triangle
3/14: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Lyons Neighbors for Democracy
- Lyons Freedom Triangle

Northglenn

3/4: 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
3/6: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans’ Northglenn Office
- Northglenn District Office
  10701 Melody Dr
  Northglenn, CO 80234
3/11: 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
3/13: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans’ Northglenn Office
- Northglenn District Office
  10701 Melody Dr
  Northglenn, CO 80234

Pagosa Springs

3/7: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Weekly - Stand Up Saturday
- The public Parking Lot on Hwy 160 next to the library
3/14: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Weekly - Stand Up Saturday
- The public Parking Lot on Hwy 160 next to the library

Pueblo

3/7: 11:00am - 12:30pm - DEFUND ICE
- Corner of Abriendo & 4th st (walgreens)
3/14: 11:00am - 12:30pm - DEFUND ICE
- Corner of Abriendo & 4th st (walgreens)

Superior

3/7: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Stand Up! Speak Out!
- 2 S Marshall Rd
  Superior, CO 80027
3/14: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Stand Up! Speak Out!
- 2 S Marshall Rd
  Superior, CO 80027

Walsenburg

3/6: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Weekly Protest
- 401 Main Street
3/13: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Weekly Protest
- 401 Main Street

The State of the Union

I don’t use comics to escape reality. I use them to think clearly inside it.

For me, the DC Trinity is how I test what I believe. It’s where I work out moral questions without pretending I don’t need a framework. Not everyone has religion, but everyone looks somewhere for answers. This is one of my places.

So when I watched the State of the Union this week, I didn’t grade it like a normal speech. I ran it through three lenses: Batman for verification, Superman for cohesion, Wonder Woman for moral truth.

Because it wasn’t just a speech. It was a reality proposal: here’s what’s true, here’s what matters, here’s who deserves sympathy, here’s who deserves suspicion. If we accept the framing, we accept the policy that follows.

Start with the victory language, the “we’re winning, everything is working” energy.

Batman’s move is immediate: define the terms and demand the method. What does “fixed” mean, compared to when, and measured by whom? What counts, what gets excluded? If a claim can’t survive basic questions, it isn’t a report. It’s a performance. Batman isn’t cynical. He’s the person who won’t let “trust me” substitute for proof.

Superman watches what that victory language does to a crowd. When leaders declare success while people feel pressure in daily life, the gap curdles into contempt. It’s how you get neighbors to blame each other instead of the people writing the rules. Fragmentation is a strategy. Cohesion isn’t sentimental. It’s defensive.

Wonder Woman listens for the price tag. Even if some numbers look better, what is being normalized to keep the story tidy? Who is being treated as an acceptable loss? A society isn’t “winning” if the victory requires humiliation, scapegoats, or eroded dignity.

Then comes “security.” Border, crime, enforcement, order. This is where speeches try to convert fear into permission.

Batman goes straight to constraints. Name what “security” means, who has discretion, and what oversight exists. What happens when the system gets it wrong, and who can correct it? The danger isn’t only what gets promised. It’s how easily “necessary” becomes permanent, and how quickly broad authority becomes selective enforcement.

Superman focuses on what dehumanization does to a country. Security talk can train people to see neighbors as threats first and humans second. It invites a culture of suspicion and makes public life feel dangerous on purpose. Scared and isolated people don’t organize. They comply.

Wonder Woman draws the line again: ends do not cleanse means. Rights don’t become optional because a podium says “emergency.” If the method relies on humiliation, collective punishment, or selective enforcement, then whatever “security” you gain is bought with something a democracy can’t afford to sell.

Threaded through all of it are virtue labels: words that sound inherently good, so they can carry policy without defining limits. Security. Integrity. Fraud. Batman asks who defines them and how they’re measured. Superman asks who they turn into an enemy. Wonder Woman asks: even if it “works,” is it right?

That’s the Trinity test I kept running while the cameras panned and the applause rose on cue: can it be verified, does it protect a “we,” and does it pass a moral standard that doesn’t change depending on who is targeted?

The Trinity isn’t a fantasy solution. It’s three civic jobs that have to happen at once. Someone has to insist on verifiable claims and stable definitions, insist on verifiable claims and stable definitions, and notice when the story changes faster than reality. Someone has to keep neighbors from being turned into enemies, because propaganda loves lonely people. Someone has to say, plainly, that a policy can be “effective” and still be wrong.

If we outsource any one of those jobs, the speech wins by default.

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!