Hi,

Trump's AG Bill Barr wants the power to look through your web browsing history and that of any American—including journalists, politicians, and political rivals—without a warrant. Today, Mitch McConnell may hand it to him by adding terrible new provisions to the Patriot Act.1

Mitch McConnell is also using the reauthorization of the Patriot Act to shield Trump’s political allies from the same peeping eyes eager to look into your phone, computer and laptop.

But we're fighting back. A bipartisan group of Senators are opposing him and proposing reforms to protect our privacy. Today is going to be a showdown between us and Mitch McConnell, and your Senators need to hear from you, right now!

Sign the petition: Tell the Senate to stop Trump’s abuse of power, and vote for crucial amendments to protect our civil liberties!

Congress was supposed to vote on the Patriot Act back in March, before the nation went into the coronavirus stay-at-home orders. But Trump and Mitch faced a huge roadblock: activists like you and many members of Congress.

Thanks to your advocacy, McConnell failed to muster the votes needed to extend the Trump administration’s spying powers. But they’re determined to push it through now, while everyone is rightly focused on fighting the coronavirus.

McConnell is literally trying to take a privacy safeguard designed for the press and religious groups and instead give it only to Trump’s friends and people suspected of being foreign agents. He's also trying to sneak warrantless surveillance of the internet and search histories into an amendment.

These are two of the most cynical attempts to undermine surveillance reform we have ever seen, and they threaten to make a Patriot Act reauthorization even worse.

There's only one shot at stopping this. Our allies in Congress are putting together three crucial reform amendments. But with this important vote now upon us, your senators need to hear that you expect them to support the amendments that will stop the Trump administration from abusing his powers -- right now.

Sign the petition: Tell the Senate to stop Trump’s abuse of power, and vote for crucial amendments to the Patriot Act!

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

 

 

Sources:
1. Daily Beast, “Mitch McConnell Moves to Expand Bill Barr’s Surveillance Powers,” May 11, 2020.

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