Maria Langholz
@MariaLangholz
Comms Director at @DemandProgress. Fmr: @MinnesotaDFL @BoldProgressive @KeithEllison. Politics + running.
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15-09-2011 16:37:18
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🚨A new amendment recently passed in the House dramatically broadens the definition of 'spy' and could force Americans to spy on each other.
Analysis here from FISA Court adviser Marc Zwillinger warns of this dangerous, 'overly broad' spy language: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fi…
love to see other women starting to follow Des when she hits the tangents, what a queen #BostonMarathon
A huge amount of gratitude is due to Joaquin Castro for his votes today - in contrast most Intelligence Committee members he voted for the warrant rule and against expansions of FISA 702.
A strong stand for civil rights and civil liberties.
😮An amendment to close backdoor search loophole just failed on 212-212 vote. This is a sharp betrayal of every American. Members who tanked this vote have long histories of voting for this protection, including Nancy Pelosi, Ted Lieu & Rep. Joe Neguse.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024114
It’s time to stop Apple’s monopolistic behavior.
That’s why we're launching USvApple.org to rally behind the Department of Justice in its recent #antitrust lawsuit against Apple and expose the threats Apple poses to a fair, competitive, innovative economy.
5. Their amendment would create the first meaningful privacy protection against Section 702 spying since its enactment. This reform is supported by 76% of Americans and was just formally supported by Progressive Caucus: progressives.house.gov/press-releases…
🚨Progressive Caucus come out in favor of an amendment to the FISA Section 702 bill the House will vote on tomorrow that would require the government to get a warrant before searching for Americans' private communications in Section 702 databases.
progressives.house.gov/press-releases…
The House will vote on Section 702 TOMORROW MORNING. If you think warrantless surveillance should be reined in rather than massively expanded, PLEASE USE THIS CALL TOOL ASAP (click below or call 202-899-8938) & leave a message if you get VM. 1/21 act.demandprogress.org/call/no-on-sec…
Great question by Kayla Tausche regarding the dissonance between the White House’s State Dinner guest list creators and the FTC/DOJ’s prosecution targets