Call President Biden and your Members of Congress and tell them: "Hold fast! Do not surrender to political blackmail—even if it means a government shutdown!"

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.

As the House and Senate begin debating the ransom deal legislation today, it is possible that Republicans will raise new extortion demands. Our response has to be: “Not one penny more! Not one policy retreat further!”

Tell the President and our senators that President Biden should withdraw the nomination of Elliott Abrams because it is antithetical to the Biden administration’s diplomatic support for democracies worldwide.

As the House and Senate begin debating the ransom deal legislation today, it is possible that Republicans will raise new extortion demands. Our response has to be: “Not one penny more! Not one policy retreat further!”

Contact your Members of Congress and tell them: pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 and show that they are serious about binding the Supreme Court to a code of ethics.

Tell Senator Padilla to use his position on the Judiciary Committee to stop blue slip abuse!

Tell your Members of Congress not to engage in phony negotiations with Republicans who are holding our economy hostage.

Tell President Biden and our Members of Congress to focus on progressive priorities in upcoming budget negotiations

Tell our Senators to advance the confirmation of Gigi Sohn for the Federal Communications Committee.

Tell the President and our senators, we want Julie Su as Secretary of Labor to continue the great work of celebrating the dignity of work and reigniting the crucial role labor unions play in our democracy.

We need our two Senators, both on the Judiciary Committee, to act with the urgent understanding that today’s Republican party does not believe in democracy. Tell our Senators to investigate and take action on the very real abuses of power.

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!

Tell President Biden and our Members of Congress to stick together to resist the small band of right-wing extremists who now dominate House.

Tell President Biden, our Senators, and Speaker Pelosi to act now on raising the debt ceiling to prevent Republicans from holding the incoming Congress hostage over it.

We fought the Dirty Deal attachment to the Continuing Resolution back in September and won! However, now The Washington Post and environment defense organizations report that Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer want to attach the Manchin’s permitting bill to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.

We defeated many right wing extremists and proponents of the Big Lie in the midterm elections, but our constitutional republic is still in danger from overwhelmingly anti-democratic forces in the Republican party. During the the “lame duck” session, Congress must take a critical step to protect the future of our democracy.

Tell President Biden and our Members of Congress to use the reconciliation process to raise the debt ceiling enough that Republicans cannot use it to blackmail the incoming 118th Congress.

Tell President Biden and our Members of Congress to use the lame duck session to enact debt ceiling legislation NOW before Republicans can hold it hostage.