A bad surveillance bill and a rogue Court. We must stop both in their tracks
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KOSA passed the Senate. Let’s stop it in the House
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Yesterday, the Senate passed the censorship and surveillance bill titled the “Kids Online Safety Act,” or KOSA. We've been warning against this bill for over a year, alongside Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations.
The bill's next stop is the House for final passage. The House is currently in recess; we don't know when the bill might come up for final passage. So now's as good a time as any to call your Representative and let them know: KOSA will harm kids, so vote no on this bill.
Call your Representative and tell them ([link removed]) : Vote NO on KOSA!
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We agree with President Biden: It’s time to check SCOTUS’s abuses of power
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Enough is enough. From taking away the nationwide right to abortion to limiting people’s access to the ballot and blocking needed regulation, the Court has been running roughshod over all of us. It’s time to hold the MAGA-captured Supreme Court accountable.
On Monday, July 29, President Biden wrote an op-ed ([link removed]) calling for term limits and a binding ethics code for Supreme Court justices. We support these—we called for both those changes last year ([link removed]) , along with an expansion of the Court. We still think those three reforms are a good idea.
President Biden also called for a constitutional amendment, which he calls the No One Is Above the Law Amendment, establishing that there is no immunity for crimes a president commits while in office. Let’s do it.
In the next term, a Democratic Congress could pass these Supreme Court reforms and President Harris could sign them into law. Let’s make it happen. Check out our Vote ([link removed]) page for ways you can get involved now so we can win this fall.
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If you’re interested in participating in activities like drafting letters to our Members of Congress and developing our strategy for influencing them, the Indivisible SF Federal Working Group ([link removed]) is where it happens. Our next meeting is Tuesday, August 13, 7:30 PM.
TODAY: Bay Area Coalition Phone Banks to CA, NV, and AZ: Wednesday, July 31, 5–7 PM (and every Wednesday through October 30). Join to help elect Adam Gray in CA-13 and Rudy Salas in CA-22. This phone bank also calls into swing states Nevada and Arizona. RSVP here. ([link removed])
TRUE to BLUE Phone Banks supporting Democrats in 2024: Saturday, Aug 3, 1–3 PM. We join the California Democratic Party to make calls to voters in the Central Valley in CA #22 (Rudy Salas) and #13 (Adam Gray) to talk about voting in 2024. RSVP here. ([link removed])
Indivisible SF Federal Working Group: Tuesday, August 13, 7:30 PM. Join us to discuss strategy to influence our Members of Congress and the Biden-Harris administration to enact a progressive agenda. RSVP here. ([link removed])
** About this week’s photo
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If you’ve seen our newsletter posts on social media, you might have noticed that we include a photo or graphic with each issue.
Today’s graphic is a photo of Anjali Verma ([link removed]) , who lobbied against KOSA last week, taken by Eric Lee for The New York Times in their article on KOSA ([link removed]) .
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