From Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty <[email protected]>
Subject Spying, Sliming, and Silencing
Date April 2, 2023 10:09 PM
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Patriot,

The RESTRICT Act is the globalists' legislative vehicle to
destroy freedom and privacy on the Internet.

Last week, we warned you it would destroy free speech online, by
both threatening you directly and by threatening the social media
networks that people use to share information.

If anything you say could be possibly imagined by a federal agent
to be "dangerous" to American interests - and as the indictment
of President Trump has proven, their imagination is limitless -
they could bring federal felony charges against you and/or any
social network that allows you to speak.

But there's even MORE that the RESTRICT Act would do to violate
your privacy.

The bill is written so broadly that it could criminalize the use
of virtual private networks - VPNs - people use every single day
to browse the Web privately.

VPNs encrypt your Internet connection and use proxy servers to
keep your location private, which also makes them useful to get
around location-based firewalls.

And there is nothing illegal about them.

So, if some of the 150 million American users of TikTok decide to
use a VPN to get around the ban the RESTRICT Act proposes, they
could face up to $1 million in fines and 20 years in prison for
accessing an app "controlled by a foreign adversary."

Advocates for cryptocurrency have the same concerns: ALL bitcoin
transactions could be conceived as "serving foreign interests"
and decentralized apps that feature cryptocurrency services could
be BANNED.

The bill's sponsor, Mark Warner (D-VA), claims the bill isn't
intended to be used in this way . . . as if that means anything
and as if we could believe him.

The RESTRICT Act is just one more way for the government to spy
on innocent Americans without a warrant, and then push the limits
of the law well beyond what the law says . . . again.

Patriot, if you don't think prosecutors wouldn't stretch the law
to its limit and contort it beyond recognition to weaponize the
legal system against political opponents . . . you haven't read
the news this week.

That's why it's so crucial you send your directive to your
representative and senators in Congress to outright REJECT the
RESTRICT Act right away!
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Under the pretext of banning the Chinese app TikTok, the RESTRICT
Act would allow the Biden administration to control speech on the
Internet, under threat of being federally prosecuted for a
20-year felony.

The possibilities for abuse are endless:
Spying on you, by preventing you from using the Internet
anonymously and using cryptocurrency. . .

Sliming you, by labeling you an agent of "foreign countries" if
the Biden regime deems your speech to benefit its enemies. . .

Silencing you, by making your free speech a federal crime and
threatening social networks with federal crimes if they don't
censor you on their platforms.

This is nothing less than the complete destruction of the First
Amendment. This bill would give the government express power to
control public speech.

And given everything we have seen from the government recently -
demanding a sitting president be banned from Twitter, censoring
the truth about Covid, vaccines, the Biden family's corrupt
dealings, and on and on - you can be absolutely CERTAIN this
unconstitutional and authoritarian power will be abused with you
and me as the clear targets.

Now that bill sponsor Mark Warner is furiously denying the bill
will do what the bill would do, and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is
saying he doesn't think he supports the bill he cosponsored, the
tide may be turning. But we MUST keep up the pressure or the
statists in D.C. will RAM it through with no warning!
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Think of it! Ordinarily, they give the most pernicious, most
dangerous bills misleading names.
&bull; Spy on Americans? Call it the "PATRIOT" Act!
&bull; Tax, spend, and inflate? Call it the "Inflation Reduction"
Act!
&bull; Universal Gun Registration? Call it the "SAFE" Act! (New
York did.)

This time, they just came out and said it: The RESTRICT Act would
close your airway and STRANGLE free speech in America.

The "RESTRICT" Act would not just destroy free speech on social
media. . .

It would destroy Free Speech in America - period.

It's our patriotic duty to speak out . . . while we still CAN.

Certainly, that means spreading the word, Patriot.

You can help your Campaign for Liberty get the word out by simply
forwarding this email widely to pro-liberty friends and family.

But it's absolutely critical you click here and voice your
opposition to the RESTRICT Act, and DEMAND your senators and
representative vote NO.

Right now, your legislators in D.C. are wondering: How many of
them know what this is really about?

We need to prove to them that this tyrannical scheme has been
exposed.
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This is a fast-moving event in Washington right now.

Please send your directive to Congress immediately. We never
disclose your personal information to anyone and only include
your name and city in communications to Congress.

This is a fight we can win, right now!

After you've sent your directive to Congress to defeat the
RESTRICT Act, please make your most generous contribution to
Campaign for Liberty to help us inform and mobilize more patriots
to save Free Speech.
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If you're able to donate $10, $25, $50, or even $100 or $250, we
can turn up the pressure and shut this proposed law down NOW!

Because it's not enough to know the truth: we must act to defeat
this dangerous legislation, right now. And the more people we can
reach with your support, the more we can bring this tyrannical
power grab to a crashing halt!

Thanks for all you do for Liberty,

John McCardell
Executive Director
Campaign for Liberty

P.S. This dangerous bill is moving through Congress RIGHT NOW,
just as the people are discovering what it's really about.

Don't hesitate - Send your directive RIGHT NOW!
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most generous contribution to make a stronger fight! Can you make
a gift today of $25, $50, $100, or even $250 or $500? Your
support is always appreciated in our fight for liberty.

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