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Urge your Congressmembers to Schedule a Briefing on NSPM-7, FBI Spying, and the First Amendment
On the first anniversary of National Security Presidential Memo-7 (NSPM-7), Trump's blueprint to crush domestic political opponents on the left, Defending Rights & Dissent has issued a groundbreaking report on the FBI's spying powers and the threats they pose to the First Amendment. Write to your Senators and Representatives and urge them to schedule a meeting with Defending Rights & Dissent for an expert briefing on NSPM-7, the FBI's guidelines, and how we can enact serious reforms to protect freedom of speech.
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Tell Congress to defund Flock’s totalitarian camera network
Flock is a surveillance company that operates over 90,000 cameras nationwide that feed location data to over 5,000 law enforcement agencies.1 This totalitarian spying network is a grave danger to our civil liberties, privacy rights, and physical safety.
Tell Congress: Defund Flock. Urge lawmakers to withhold funding from cities that spy on people with Flock cameras!
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Reject Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence
Jay Clayton is unfit to serve in public office, let alone in the most important role in the U.S. intelligence community. In his public comments, his confirmation hearing, and his actions as U.S. attorney for SDNY, he's made clear that his loyalty is to Trump, not to the Constitution, and that he would willingly preside over the further erosion of our privacy rights and core civil liberties. Write to your Senators and demand they stand up for civil liberties, privacy rights, and the Constitution and vote NO on the confirmation of Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence.
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Reject expansion of U.S.-Israeli military cooperation!
A provision of the National Defense Authorization Act calls for the U.S. and Israel to co-produce weapons, coordinate AI tech for war, and meld together the U.S.-Israeli military-industrial complex. It's a shadowy attempt to obscure military support for Israel in a bill that must pass every year.
Tell Congress: Block legislation that would expand U.S. military cooperation with Israel!
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Stop the U.S.-backed war on Lebanon
Israel is using U.S. weapons, intelligence assistance, and diplomatic cover to carry out ethnic cleansing and other international war crimes in Lebanon. Rep. Rashida Tlaib has introduced a new bill invoking the War Powers Resolution, which gives Congress sole authority to take the country to war, to direct the removal of all U.S. military forces from Lebanon. The bill is due for a vote this Wednesday, June 3. Use this action tool to write to your representatives and urge them to stand up for peace and support H. Con. Res. 84!
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- Local Civil Rights Restoration (LCRR) campaigns focus on ending local police participation in warrantless surveillance and profiling based on race, religion, or political viewpoint
- Campaigns to restore due process and the right to trial work to end the indefinite military detention powers authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012
- Torture-free zone campaigns give local communities a voice to call for executive officials who authorized torture to be held accountable for their crimes

