Demand Progress

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Trump is escalating in Iran, Democrats have the votes to stop him but @RepGregoryMeeks won’t force a vote until after the 2-week recess. Learn more from Demand Progress’s Cavan Kharrazian and @DropSiteNews's @ryangrim on @democracynow.

Today is Russell Vought's 50th birthday. This obscure official is leading Trump's anti-democratic and lethal effort to concentrate federal spending power in the executive branch and selectively sabotage government capacity. therevolvingdoorproject.org/russell-vought… 🧵⬇️

🔔 Section 702 of FISA, which enables spying on Americans while harming press freedom and source protection, is up for renewal in Congress. Join our conversation today with @SeanVitka, Dell Cameron, and John Dickas for more. 🕜 1:30 p.m. ET RSVP: freedom.press/section-702

And tell Congress to close the data broker loophole!

Listen to the podcast here: levernews.com/why-is-the-fbi…

Right now, the government can buy your location data and browser history from shady data brokers and then feed that into AI-powered surveillance systems—all without court approval. Learn more about how to stop that on the Lever Time podcast from @LeverNews

Failing to act now means owning what comes next: demandprogress.org/house-dem-lead…

Democrats are thinking about delaying a war powers vote until after the House gets back from a two-week recess. Meanwhile Trump is doing this.

Read the full statement from Demand Progress: demandprogress.org/house-dem-lead…

House Dems are reportedly not voting on a war powers resolution this week. Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to send thousands of troops overseas & just raised the Army recruitment age to 42. A delay gives Trump time to escalate while the House is in recess for the next 2 weeks.

And tell Congress: No FISA renewal without reforms to stop warrantless data collection for AI surveillance systems!

Read Demand Progress’s statement: demandprogress.org/speaker-johnso…

Speaker Johnson is delaying a vote on FISA, which was previously planned for next week. This reversal is because his members and the American people—left, right and center—don’t want Congress to rubberstamp warrantless mass surveillance without serious privacy protections.

@SenSanders Don’t let the government bypass courts to obtain our data in bulk for AI mass surveillance systems! Go to StopDangerousAI (dot) com or call 202-953-1892 to reach your members of Congress!

I spoke to Anthropic’s AI agent Claude about AI collecting massive amounts of personal data and how that information is being used to violate our privacy rights. What an AI agent says about the dangers of AI is shocking and should wake us up.

@laurenboebert Tell Congress to stop warrantless data collection for AI-powered surveillance! Go to StopDangerousAI (dot) com or call 202-953-1892 to reach your members of Congress!

Spying on Americans isn’t America First. I’m a NO on FISA.

Don’t let Congress renew the government’s FISA spy powers w/o privacy protections! Tell them to protect us from AI-powered surveillance first! Go to StopDangerousAI(dot)com or call 202-953-1892. Enter your zip, connect w/ your members' offices & we'll give you a sample script.

Astonishing moment. And a shameful moment for the United States government

Check out the full poll from Demand Progress and @imeupolicy: demandprogress.org/poll-voters-be…

NEW @DataProgress POLL: 56% of voters think the Iran war benefits Israel more, compared to only 29% who think it benefits the U.S. more Surprisingly, 47% of Republicans, a plurality, think the war benefits Israel more, compared to only 42% who think it benefits the U.S. more.