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PATRIOT Act Update: After a successful call-in day, the focus shifts to Congress

Apr 11, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

Thousands of patriots fought their way through jammed White House phone lines on April 5 to call on President Obama to keep his campaign promises by vetoing any PATRIOT Act extension unless it includes substantial new protections. The timing was perfect, just a day after he launched his re-election campaign. Now, the focus shifts to…
ACTION ALERT: House PATRIOT Act vote on Monday!

Feb 12, 2011

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jon

in political

Monday at 6:30 Eastern, the House is once again voting on HR514, which extends the PATRIOT Act until December of this year without introducing any new safeguards.Â Â So please try to find time this weekend to get involved and get the word out! To start with: use POPVOX to ask your representative know to oppose…
Patriot Act renewal: building on an unexpected victory (DRAFT!)

Feb 8, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

Draft! Work in progress! Feedback welcome! Talk about a shocker!Â 24 Republicans (including 8 new members) joined with 124 Democrats to stand up for civil liberties and defeat an attempt to sneak Patriot Act Reauthorization through the House.Â Here’s what EFF, Wired, and the Washington Post have to say about this unexpected victory. Thanks to…
Following the Patriot Act battle on Twitter with Twazzup

Feb 7, 2011

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

ACTION ALERT: Ask Obama to veto the PATRIOT Act, April 5. ACTION ALERT: Meet with members of Congress about the PATRIOT Act, April 18-May 1 Twazzup did a custom Twitter backchannel for Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference back in June 2009, and soon after that became the best way to follow the #iranelection protests. Later…
Patriot Act renewal: Time to make some noise. Fortunately, there’s an app for that!

Feb 6, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

Key provisions of the Patriot Act will sunset unless Congress renews them by the end of February. Time to make some noise. Fortunately, there’s an app for that!
It’s Goa Gil’s birthday … and we’re *still* fighting for our civil liberties!

Oct 3, 2009

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jon

in Uncategorized

… keep your eyes open for a river, once you pass the river, the driveway will be the first right after the river. There is a Scarecrow on the mailbox at the edge of the driveway. Follow the driveway to your destiny 🙂 — from the direction to Goa Gil’s birthday party Stop me if…
New strategies for fighting FISA and the PATRIOT Act

Jul 4, 2009

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

The notes from the “birds-of-a-feather” session I led at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy are written up on the CFP Wiki. Alas, we didn’t get the online aspects to work; still, we had a dozen people there in person, including Get FISA Right members Thomas Nephew and Chip Pitts. It was a great discussion. The opportunities…
Feingold preparing to act on FISA (a Get FISA Right scoop)!

Mar 5, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Senator Feingold’s going to give the Administration â€œa few more weeksâ€ to come up with a bill to roll back the FISA amendments, and introduce his own bill if they donâ€™t. Please help get the word out — and let’s start getting ready for activism once it happens.
The ‘Team of Rivals’ road trip: change.org => change.gov

Jan 16, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Executive summary If you were in the finals of the change.org Ideas for Change competition and have (or know of) an equivalent idea in the Citizens Briefing Book on change.gov, please leave a link in the comments — and look for opportunities to co-promote with other compatible ideas.Â Also please leave other suggestions for how…
w00t, w00t! Get FISA Right finishes #5 in Ideas for Change! Congratulations and great job all!

Jan 15, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

With a late rush, Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties squeaked into the #5 position in the change.org’s Ideas for Change in America competition with 12285 votes! Alas, even though our other endorsement Bob Fertikâ€™s Appoint a Special Prosecutor for the Crimes of the Bush Administration picked up over…
Neocons’ worst nightmare: net movements intersecting in Ideas for Change in America

Jan 13, 2009

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jon

in political, social sciences, Tales from the Net

DREAM Activists and undocumented youth, the Stonewall 2.0 LGBTQ movement, Get FISA Right and civil libertarians, peace activists — together again for the first time, along with a demand for accountability for the last 8 years. Â Scary stuff.Â 🙂 Read on for more … and please digg it! It’s been surprising to me how…
Get FISA Right: should we endorse the special prosecutor idea?

Jan 13, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

There’s a voting thread up on the Get FISA Right blog. Current results: 18 yes, 1 no, 1 present (me, since I voted first, to avoid biasing people). Please weigh in!
Get FISA Right on Ideas for Change: only 72 hours left, five ways to help

Jan 12, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Voting in change.orgâ€™s Ideas for Change in America competition closes Thursday at 2 p.m. Pacific time. Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties has just fallen to #8, and a couple of the ideas close behind us like Pass the DREAM Act – Support Higher Education for All Students have…
Vote early, promote often: Ideas for Change and Get FISA Right

Jan 5, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

The second round of voting in change.org’s Ideas for Change in America competition kicked off today.Â Please vote for Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties — and help promote it! To vote, just click on the Vote here button on the widget on the right.Â (If your vote doesn’t…
Mutual guest-blogging 2.0: an idea for “Ideas for Change”?

Jan 3, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Last year I proposed an experiment on OpenLeft that involved “mutual guest-blogging“: four great bloggers who didn’t usually hang out there making front-page posts, and in return the OpenLeft front-pagers posting on the other blogs.Â The idea was to expose bloggers, readers, and commenters to new perspectives, and hopefully build some connections that could lead…
On to the second round of “Ideas for Change in America”!

Jan 2, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Also posted on the new Get FISA Right blog Happy new year! My idea Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties finished #2 in the Criminal Justice category of change.org/MySpace’s Ideas for Change in America competition, and so has advanced to the second round. We can revise the idea over…
“President Obama, please get FISA right” approved by Comcast

Dec 23, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Get FISA Right’s cable TV ad for the inauguration has been approved by Comcast — almost two weeks sooner than we had estimated!Â So now it’s time for grassroots fundraising to put it on the air – in Washington DC, and potentially all around the country. The ad addresses President Obama directly, congratulating him on…
Photos wanted for the Get FISA Right “inauguration ad”

Dec 17, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Were you one of the 23,000 Obama supporters who got together on my.barackobama.com last July to protest his stance on FISA?Â If so, we’d like to include your photo in a cable TV ad we’re working on with SaysMe.tv that we’ll be broadcasting in Washington DC for the inauguration.Â Here’s the script: Even though we…
Turning the Page on FISA (guest-blogging on change.org)

Dec 13, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

I’ve got a post Turning the Page on FISA on change.org’s Criminal Justice blog today. Here’s the beginning: The coming year will present a unique opportunity for a broad-based activism campaign to restore our civil liberties and begin rolling back key pillars of the national surveillance state institutionalized by the Bush Administration and Congress over…
Get FISA Right: draft scripts up … feedback please!

Dec 11, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing

First-draft scripts for a few different options for our next round of ads are up on the wiki: Better watch those nuns — and their friends too Obama’s cell-phone records breached Congratulations. Now, get FISA right. Feedback welcome!Â Discussion thread here … jon PS: in case you missed it, I posted a Get FISA Right…