Posts in House
Tell your Representatives: Thank You and Continue to Stand Up to MAGA

Thank you for standing strong against MAGA Republican extremism in favor of protecting a functioning government by providing enough votes to pass a Continuing Resolution without the draconian cuts MAGA extremists were seeking. Please remain strong in protecting our values in the second batch of bills in February.

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Tell our Members of Congress: Protect free speech online—Stop KOSA

We’ve enjoyed decades of online life with strong protections for freedom of speech. It’s a complicated subject of rights and responsibilities, just as life—online and off—is complicated. But while the current state of things is not perfect and there may still be room for improvement, it’s a pretty good balance on the whole.

A bill introduced in the previous Congress and reintroduced in this year threatens to upset that balance. As is so often the case, the proposal is ostensibly “for the children;” the new bill is called the Kids Online Safety Act. It would force messaging services like iMessage, Signal, and WhatsApp, along with social media services like Twitter, Facebook, and Mastodon, to gatekeep who can participate in online life and to monitor what we say.

This is a dangerous, poorly-thought-out bill with a dangerously high number of bipartisan cosponsors in the Senate. We must stop this bill from becoming law.

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Tell the President and your Members of Congress: No Deals With Economic Terrorists!

Tell President Biden and our Members of Congress : Don't pay off blackmailers and don't negotiate with terrorists. Continue to oppose Republicans wielding the debt-ceiling law to extort cuts to Social Security, Medicare, nutrition, housing, and health programs!

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