From Campaign For Liberty:
As Campaign for Liberty gets underway with our programs this year, I wanted to let you know the results of our 2014 Campaign for Liberty Membership Ballot.
Nearly 70% of our members chose “fight everywhere” as their top priority for C4L in 2014!
Single issues followed, ranked in the order of passing Audit the Fed, repealing ObamaCare’s individual mandate, protecting our Fourth Amendment rights, fighting back in 2014, and stopping the National ID database.
With our members’ input - and with so many pressing challenges to our liberties - my staff and I are planning to fight harder than ever this year on all fronts!
Here's a brief summary of some of our plans to advance the issues of importance to you and other Campaign for Liberty members:
1.) Audit the Fed: Campaign for Liberty made great progress on our efforts to convince Harry Reid to hold a roll call vote on Audit the Fed (H.R. 24/S. 209) in 2013. Now we are working to capitalize on those gains.
In addition to getting ready to launch a major grassroots mobilization effort, Campaign for Liberty staffers will soon be conducting personal meetings on Capitol Hill with House and Senate members who have not yet cosponsored Audit the Fed.
Our staffers will deliver your Audit the Fed petitions and explain to Hill offices the importance of opening up the Fed's books so Congress - and the American people - can finally learn the truth about the Fed's operations.
Campaign for Liberty is also planning to host a Capitol Hill staff briefing on Audit the Fed later this year featuring leading experts in monetary policy and Federal Reserve transparency.
Our goal is to get a majority of the House and Senate signed on as cosponsors and to finally force Harry Reid to side with nearly 75% of the American people by holding a vote on Audit the Fed.
2.) Repeal ObamaCare: Campaign for Liberty will take advantage of ObamaCare's growing unpopularity by launching an effort to repeal the individual mandate, which forces almost every American to purchase a government-approved health insurance policy.
The individual mandate is both ObamaCare’s foundation and, since it is the most unpopular part of the law, Achilles’ heel.
Although the House Republican leadership has indicated they do not wish to wage a fight against ObamaCare this year, I believe if we show them sufficient grassroots support, they will advance legislation repealing the individual mandate, forcing Harry Reid to choose between protecting an unpopular program or helping his Senate colleagues who are bearing the brunt of the ObamaCare backlash.
3.) Protect Our Fourth Amendment Rights: Following last year's revelations that the NSA was collecting mass amounts of data on average Americans, Campaign for Liberty members turned up the heat on the House in support of Justin Amash's amendment to the Defense appropriations bill reining in the NSA. Thanks to your efforts, the amendment came within 12 votes of passing!
This year, we will devote even more efforts to stopping the federal government from “monitoring" your email, phone, and Internet activities.
Campaign for Liberty will be working with Representative Amash, Senator Paul, and other pro-Fourth Amendment Senators and Representatives to pass legislation ending warrantless wiretapping, mass surveillance, and other infringements on your Fourth Amendment rights.
4.) Fight Back in 2014: Campaign for Liberty is already in the process of running a robust Federal Candidate Survey program this year so we can let pro-liberty Americans know where candidates stand on important issues – and hold our elected officials accountable to their word.
In addition to our Federal Candidate Survey, state C4L activists are also surveying state officials to get them on the record on critical local-level issues.
5.) Defeat the National ID Database: Last year, Campaign for Liberty and our members were on the frontlines in the fight to stop the statists’ attempt to implement a National ID system.
When GOP leadership announced last week that mandatory E-Verify would be a major component of their so-called “immigration reform” efforts, we again alerted our members.
A few days ago, Speaker Boehner, facing intense backlash regarding his proposals, reversed course and announced the House would not likely consider any immigration legislation this year.
Campaign for Liberty will watch this situation closely and will be ready to again mobilize grassroots Americans against the National ID if the Speaker has a change of heart.
Thank you once again for your continued support of our efforts. As you can see, 2014 presents us with great opportunities to make progress on our pro-liberty agenda.
I hope you find this report on the results of our 2014 Membership Ballot useful and will consider chipping in to support our efforts with a contribution of $50, $30, $20, or just $10 today to help us make this our movement’s best year yet!
In Liberty,
John Tate
President
P.S. The results of our 2014 Membership Ballot are clear! Nearly 70% of respondents said “fight everywhere,” with single issues following in the order of passing Audit the Fed, repealing ObamaCare’s individual mandate, protecting our Fourth Amendment rights, fighting back in 2014, and stopping the National ID database!
And “fight everywhere” is exactly what we are going to do this year!
Please help us make this our movement’s best and most impactful year yet by chipping in $50, $30, $20, or even $10 today!
To donate
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Join the protest to protect the net
From Demand Progress:
This Tuesday, February 11th, is The Day We Fight Back (against mass surveillance) -- and we need your help to make it as impactful as it can be.
Click here to learn more and to sign up to take part.
Then click here to share on Twitter and here to share on Facebook.
We understand the United States to be a democracy, founded upon a Constitution that affords us critical rights, and governed by the rule of law.
Yet for years, the NSA has exploited secret legal interpretations to undermine our privacy rights -- thus chilling speech and activism, and thereby threatening to subvert the very underpinnings of our democracy itself.
This Tuesday, February 11th, dozens of major websites and organizations are joining together to demand an end to mass spying.
They range from the left (sites like DailyKos) to right (the Koch Brothers' group FreedomWorks), with plenty in between. Together, they wield a tremendous amount of influence.
On Tuesday, February 11th, we are mobilizing thousands to call on Congress to:
1.Pass the USA FREEDOM Act, which would end the bulk collection of Americans' phone records and institute other key reforms.
2.Defeat the so-called FISA Improvements Act, which would entrench -- and potentially expand -- the spying.
3.Create additional privacy protections for non-Americans.
4.End the NSA's subversion of encryption and other data security measures.
We're reminding you about it today because we need your help to make Feb. 11th all that it can be. We have built a banner that people -- like you -- can post on websites they run, in order to encourage their visitors to take action on the 11th. Those banners will look like this:
Click here to visit TheDayWeFightBack.org and learn more. While you're there, please use the social media tools to spread word, and if you have a website, please install the banner code to make it appear on your site on Feb. 11th.
You might think this seems different from the way we usually fight for or against legislation, and you'd be right. But this sort of activism has proved particularly successful at defending the Internet against bad policies.
In particular, it is very similar to what worked during the fight against another bill that threatened to undermine our civil liberties: The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would have instituted a new Internet censorship scheme. You might remember that thousands of websites mobilized their visitors to help defeat that legislation two years ago.
As in other major battles for Internet Freedom, we think an online uprising can work again now.
Click here to learn more and sign up your website to take part.
Then click here to share on Twitter and here to share on Facebook.
And we're not even that far from winning on at least one key front:
The USA FREEDOM Act has more than 100 bipartisan sponsors, including two powerful lead sponsors: Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representative James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), who was the original author of the PATRIOT Act and is furious that it has been abused to spy on Americans en masse.
This summer an amendment that's very similar to parts of the USA FREEDOM Act failed to pass in the House of Representatives by just a handful of votes. Enough lawmakers now say they would have voted in support that it would pass if it came up for a vote today.
That's in large part because of the groundswell of grassroots energy that Demand Progress members like you brought to bear in support of the amendment.
Now it's time to move the ball forward once more.
Click here to learn more about this Tuesday's The Day We Fight Back, sign up your website to take part, and spread word to your friends.
If we persist, we will win this fight.
-Demand Progress
To join the protest
This Tuesday, February 11th, is The Day We Fight Back (against mass surveillance) -- and we need your help to make it as impactful as it can be.
Click here to learn more and to sign up to take part.
Then click here to share on Twitter and here to share on Facebook.
We understand the United States to be a democracy, founded upon a Constitution that affords us critical rights, and governed by the rule of law.
Yet for years, the NSA has exploited secret legal interpretations to undermine our privacy rights -- thus chilling speech and activism, and thereby threatening to subvert the very underpinnings of our democracy itself.
This Tuesday, February 11th, dozens of major websites and organizations are joining together to demand an end to mass spying.
They range from the left (sites like DailyKos) to right (the Koch Brothers' group FreedomWorks), with plenty in between. Together, they wield a tremendous amount of influence.
On Tuesday, February 11th, we are mobilizing thousands to call on Congress to:
1.Pass the USA FREEDOM Act, which would end the bulk collection of Americans' phone records and institute other key reforms.
2.Defeat the so-called FISA Improvements Act, which would entrench -- and potentially expand -- the spying.
3.Create additional privacy protections for non-Americans.
4.End the NSA's subversion of encryption and other data security measures.
We're reminding you about it today because we need your help to make Feb. 11th all that it can be. We have built a banner that people -- like you -- can post on websites they run, in order to encourage their visitors to take action on the 11th. Those banners will look like this:
Click here to visit TheDayWeFightBack.org and learn more. While you're there, please use the social media tools to spread word, and if you have a website, please install the banner code to make it appear on your site on Feb. 11th.
You might think this seems different from the way we usually fight for or against legislation, and you'd be right. But this sort of activism has proved particularly successful at defending the Internet against bad policies.
In particular, it is very similar to what worked during the fight against another bill that threatened to undermine our civil liberties: The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would have instituted a new Internet censorship scheme. You might remember that thousands of websites mobilized their visitors to help defeat that legislation two years ago.
As in other major battles for Internet Freedom, we think an online uprising can work again now.
Click here to learn more and sign up your website to take part.
Then click here to share on Twitter and here to share on Facebook.
And we're not even that far from winning on at least one key front:
The USA FREEDOM Act has more than 100 bipartisan sponsors, including two powerful lead sponsors: Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representative James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), who was the original author of the PATRIOT Act and is furious that it has been abused to spy on Americans en masse.
This summer an amendment that's very similar to parts of the USA FREEDOM Act failed to pass in the House of Representatives by just a handful of votes. Enough lawmakers now say they would have voted in support that it would pass if it came up for a vote today.
That's in large part because of the groundswell of grassroots energy that Demand Progress members like you brought to bear in support of the amendment.
Now it's time to move the ball forward once more.
Click here to learn more about this Tuesday's The Day We Fight Back, sign up your website to take part, and spread word to your friends.
If we persist, we will win this fight.
-Demand Progress
To join the protest
Friday, February 7, 2014
TPP is on shaky ground
From Fight For The Future:
Did you see this? The Wall Street Journal just broke the amazing news that the groups listed on StopFastTrack.com have collectively mobilized 600,000 people to take action, and driven more than 40,000 phone calls to Congress to oppose Fast Track for the dangerous Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (1).
We need your help to keep this effort strong! Click here to support our work to stop the TPP.
Here’s the proof that it’s working: last month, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid came out strongly opposing Fast Track (2). That’s a HUGE victory. For now, it looks like the Camp-Baucus Fast Track bill is in big trouble -- which means the entire Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is on shaky ground.
We are winning, but we can’t relax yet. Corporate lobbyists will be pulling out all the stops to buy as many votes as they can so they can ram through the TPP without transparency or debate -- we still have an epic fight on our hands.
Here’s the bad news: we’re running low on funds to keep this StopFastTrack.com project going. This effort has been game-changing and undeniably effective; we need everyone reading this to help out so that we can continue to keep the pressure on at this crucial moment in the fight.
It’s more important than ever before that we spread the word far and wide about the TPP and the Fast Track bill. The mainstream media has been completely ignoring the issue -- so much so that a research group just released a study about the lack of coverage (3). Fight for the Future is a tiny but feisty organization and our team is working around the clock to overcome the media blackout and defeat Fast Track and the TPP once and for all.
We’re making a promise: we will do whatever it takes to stop Fast Track and derail the TPP. Are you with us? Please click here to support our work to defend democracy.
The stakes are high: our most basic rights, our Internet, our environment, and our economy are all on the line. But victory is within sight. We’ll keep you posted with occasional updates. If you ever want to unsubscribe, use the link at the bottom of all our emails.
Sincerely,
Evan, Tiffiniy, and Holmes
Fight for the Future
StopFastTrack.com StopFastTrack.com
SOURCES:
1) Wall Street Journal, “Fast-Track opponents rally support” click here
2) Huffington Post, “Harry Reid: Fast Track Free Trade Bill Goes Nowhere”click here
3) Media Matters, “STUDY: Media Leaves Viewers In the Dark About Trans-Pacific Partnership” click here
Did you see this? The Wall Street Journal just broke the amazing news that the groups listed on StopFastTrack.com have collectively mobilized 600,000 people to take action, and driven more than 40,000 phone calls to Congress to oppose Fast Track for the dangerous Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (1).
We need your help to keep this effort strong! Click here to support our work to stop the TPP.
Here’s the proof that it’s working: last month, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid came out strongly opposing Fast Track (2). That’s a HUGE victory. For now, it looks like the Camp-Baucus Fast Track bill is in big trouble -- which means the entire Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is on shaky ground.
We are winning, but we can’t relax yet. Corporate lobbyists will be pulling out all the stops to buy as many votes as they can so they can ram through the TPP without transparency or debate -- we still have an epic fight on our hands.
Here’s the bad news: we’re running low on funds to keep this StopFastTrack.com project going. This effort has been game-changing and undeniably effective; we need everyone reading this to help out so that we can continue to keep the pressure on at this crucial moment in the fight.
It’s more important than ever before that we spread the word far and wide about the TPP and the Fast Track bill. The mainstream media has been completely ignoring the issue -- so much so that a research group just released a study about the lack of coverage (3). Fight for the Future is a tiny but feisty organization and our team is working around the clock to overcome the media blackout and defeat Fast Track and the TPP once and for all.
We’re making a promise: we will do whatever it takes to stop Fast Track and derail the TPP. Are you with us? Please click here to support our work to defend democracy.
The stakes are high: our most basic rights, our Internet, our environment, and our economy are all on the line. But victory is within sight. We’ll keep you posted with occasional updates. If you ever want to unsubscribe, use the link at the bottom of all our emails.
Sincerely,
Evan, Tiffiniy, and Holmes
Fight for the Future
StopFastTrack.com StopFastTrack.com
SOURCES:
1) Wall Street Journal, “Fast-Track opponents rally support” click here
2) Huffington Post, “Harry Reid: Fast Track Free Trade Bill Goes Nowhere”click here
3) Media Matters, “STUDY: Media Leaves Viewers In the Dark About Trans-Pacific Partnership” click here
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Oppose the gay bill of special rights
From Public Advocate:
I haven’t slept soundly in days... my stomach is in knots.
I can’t stop worrying about what’s going on in our nation’s Capitol.
What I’ve warned about for years is finally here...
A life or death battle that will determine whether:
A) The pro-Family movement answers the call, rises to the occasion, and defends our nation against the violations in the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
OR...
B) The Homosexual Lobby succeeds and a privileged status is granted to every homosexual, bisexual and “transgendered” in the nation.
You and I have been fighting against this bill for years, but this time is different...
Not long ago, an organization filed paperwork in D.C. and began pushing this radical legislation.
It’s misnamed “Freedom to Work” and their chief goal is ramming the Gay Bill of Special Rights into law.
But this organization is more dangerous because it’s learning from past success. You see, they’re using the same tactics other groups used to repeal "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," a battle you and I lost.
In their own words, the “lessons and tactics learned in the repeal fight are finally being utilized.”
That means I need your help right now, before it’s too late.
By the time you get this email, insiders say the Gay Bill of Special Rights will be ready for a vote in the House of Representatives.
You and I mobilized against openly homosexual Rep. Barney Frank when he pushed this bill in the past. But now they’re implementing tactics that have beaten us before.
That’s why I’ve officially launched your Public Advocate into overdrive.
This battle will be like none before. You and I must pull out all the stops.
Oppose the Gay Bill of Special Rights
Please click here to sign your petition to your representatives in Congress demanding they defeat the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
Your signed petition is the first step in defeating this dangerous legislation, so it is vital you sign it at once.
We must prove to Congress the overwhelming majority of Americans will not tolerate this attempt to force homosexuality into every aspect of our lives.
But there’s more.
As you know, the Homosexual Lobby hoards vast treasuries they can unleash at a moment’s notice to drown out our voices.
And with this new group no doubt flooded with special interest cash, the opposition is stronger than ever.
That’s why I need you to please chip in with an emergency donation as well as signing your petition.
Your donation will allow me to execute step two in my plan to defeat the Gay Bill of Special Rights:
Alerting hundreds of thousands, hopefully millions of pro-Family Americans to what’s going on in Washington right now.
With our entire movement mobilized, our voices CAN rise above the noise of the radical Homosexual Lobby.
But we have to act quickly.
They could launch their latest campaign to pass the Gay Bill of Special Rights at any moment!
By acting now, I can put Public Advocate’s 33 years of experience behind defeating this immoral bill.
Over the decades, you and I have killed it over and over again. But this time we are facing a well-oiled machine that’s learning from its recent victories.
But if you and I fight harder and faster than ever before, we may still be able to stop the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
I’m just worried it’s too late.
Please click here to sign your Petition right now and tell your Senators and Congressman that you are against the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
Oppose the Gay Bill of Special Rights
Passage of the Gay Bill of Special Rights would create a protected class of citizens based on “sexual orientation.”
Employers would be forced to hire and prevented from firing anyone who claims to be a member of this new protected class of homosexuals, bisexuals, and even so called “transsexuals.”
Churches would be forced to hire homosexual youth pastors or face lawsuits for discrimination.
Schools would not be able to fire teachers who suddenly decide crossdressing better “expresses” their “gender identity.”
This has been keeping me up for days.
We have a small window of opportunity before this bill reaches Barack Obama’s desk.
They've already passed their bill through the Senate and have 201 co-sponsors in the House!
Fortunately, many in Congress currently supporting this bill are only doing so while it is kept quiet and in the shadows.
That’s why it is absolutely critical I am able to expose this bill to the light of day.
Your signed petition and emergency contribution are crucial to doing just that.
When I flood Washington D.C. with signed petitions from you and other pro-Family Americans, they will have no choice but to listen to us or pay a high price next election.
And only through your generous donation will I be able to compete with the radical homosexual tidal wave of special interest cash.
I am giving all I have to this new onslaught -- my money, my time and sometimes even my health.
Please send your generous donation of $15, $10 or $5 as soon as possible.
Your donation of $15 will allow me to alert thousands of pro-Family Americans.
With their voices added to ours, Congress will have no choice but to listen and stop pandering to the radical homosexuals -- or face outraged pro-Family voters next election.
I still believe you and I can stop the radical homosexuals.
But if we are going to win this fight, we must act now.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the United States
P.S. A new organization has just filed paperwork in D.C. and will immediately begin pushing the Gay Bill of Special Rights using the same tactics that repealed "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell."
They’re called “Freedom to Work” and in their own words the “lessons and tactics learned in the repeal fight are finally being utilized.”
That’s why I’ve officially launched your Public Advocate into overdrive, and I need your help to succeed.
Please sign your petition against the Gay Bill of Special Rights right away and please chip in your generous donation of $15, $10 or $5. Thank you so much.
Sign the petition
I haven’t slept soundly in days... my stomach is in knots.
I can’t stop worrying about what’s going on in our nation’s Capitol.
What I’ve warned about for years is finally here...
A life or death battle that will determine whether:
A) The pro-Family movement answers the call, rises to the occasion, and defends our nation against the violations in the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
OR...
B) The Homosexual Lobby succeeds and a privileged status is granted to every homosexual, bisexual and “transgendered” in the nation.
You and I have been fighting against this bill for years, but this time is different...
Not long ago, an organization filed paperwork in D.C. and began pushing this radical legislation.
It’s misnamed “Freedom to Work” and their chief goal is ramming the Gay Bill of Special Rights into law.
But this organization is more dangerous because it’s learning from past success. You see, they’re using the same tactics other groups used to repeal "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," a battle you and I lost.
In their own words, the “lessons and tactics learned in the repeal fight are finally being utilized.”
That means I need your help right now, before it’s too late.
By the time you get this email, insiders say the Gay Bill of Special Rights will be ready for a vote in the House of Representatives.
You and I mobilized against openly homosexual Rep. Barney Frank when he pushed this bill in the past. But now they’re implementing tactics that have beaten us before.
That’s why I’ve officially launched your Public Advocate into overdrive.
This battle will be like none before. You and I must pull out all the stops.
Oppose the Gay Bill of Special Rights
Please click here to sign your petition to your representatives in Congress demanding they defeat the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
Your signed petition is the first step in defeating this dangerous legislation, so it is vital you sign it at once.
We must prove to Congress the overwhelming majority of Americans will not tolerate this attempt to force homosexuality into every aspect of our lives.
But there’s more.
As you know, the Homosexual Lobby hoards vast treasuries they can unleash at a moment’s notice to drown out our voices.
And with this new group no doubt flooded with special interest cash, the opposition is stronger than ever.
That’s why I need you to please chip in with an emergency donation as well as signing your petition.
Your donation will allow me to execute step two in my plan to defeat the Gay Bill of Special Rights:
Alerting hundreds of thousands, hopefully millions of pro-Family Americans to what’s going on in Washington right now.
With our entire movement mobilized, our voices CAN rise above the noise of the radical Homosexual Lobby.
But we have to act quickly.
They could launch their latest campaign to pass the Gay Bill of Special Rights at any moment!
By acting now, I can put Public Advocate’s 33 years of experience behind defeating this immoral bill.
Over the decades, you and I have killed it over and over again. But this time we are facing a well-oiled machine that’s learning from its recent victories.
But if you and I fight harder and faster than ever before, we may still be able to stop the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
I’m just worried it’s too late.
Please click here to sign your Petition right now and tell your Senators and Congressman that you are against the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
Oppose the Gay Bill of Special Rights
Passage of the Gay Bill of Special Rights would create a protected class of citizens based on “sexual orientation.”
Employers would be forced to hire and prevented from firing anyone who claims to be a member of this new protected class of homosexuals, bisexuals, and even so called “transsexuals.”
Churches would be forced to hire homosexual youth pastors or face lawsuits for discrimination.
Schools would not be able to fire teachers who suddenly decide crossdressing better “expresses” their “gender identity.”
This has been keeping me up for days.
We have a small window of opportunity before this bill reaches Barack Obama’s desk.
They've already passed their bill through the Senate and have 201 co-sponsors in the House!
Fortunately, many in Congress currently supporting this bill are only doing so while it is kept quiet and in the shadows.
That’s why it is absolutely critical I am able to expose this bill to the light of day.
Your signed petition and emergency contribution are crucial to doing just that.
When I flood Washington D.C. with signed petitions from you and other pro-Family Americans, they will have no choice but to listen to us or pay a high price next election.
And only through your generous donation will I be able to compete with the radical homosexual tidal wave of special interest cash.
I am giving all I have to this new onslaught -- my money, my time and sometimes even my health.
Please send your generous donation of $15, $10 or $5 as soon as possible.
Your donation of $15 will allow me to alert thousands of pro-Family Americans.
With their voices added to ours, Congress will have no choice but to listen and stop pandering to the radical homosexuals -- or face outraged pro-Family voters next election.
I still believe you and I can stop the radical homosexuals.
But if we are going to win this fight, we must act now.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the United States
P.S. A new organization has just filed paperwork in D.C. and will immediately begin pushing the Gay Bill of Special Rights using the same tactics that repealed "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell."
They’re called “Freedom to Work” and in their own words the “lessons and tactics learned in the repeal fight are finally being utilized.”
That’s why I’ve officially launched your Public Advocate into overdrive, and I need your help to succeed.
Please sign your petition against the Gay Bill of Special Rights right away and please chip in your generous donation of $15, $10 or $5. Thank you so much.
Sign the petition
Sign the directive to defeat intrusive national ID
From Campaign For Liberty:
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
And by now, I’m sure you’ve seen dozens of news stories about yet another smoky backroom deal in the works in Washington, D.C. over “immigration reform.”
On Thursday of last week, during an aptly named GOP “retreat,” the Big Government Republican House leadership unveiled brand-new “Immigration Reform Principles.”
I’m afraid this document – which lays out the framework for another House cave in to President Obama – prominently includes the Senate Gang of Eight’s National ID/National Database system as one of its provisions.
That’s why it’s critical you help me turn up the heat on the U.S. House before it’s too late by signing your “No National ID/No Database” Directive IMMEDIATELY.
And if you can, I hope you’ll also agree to forward the Directive to as many friends and family members as possible.
If passed, this dangerous scheme would require a new National ID card based on Social Security cards – cards that would:
*** Be tied to a national database containing biometric identification information, potentially even including fingerprints, retinal scans, or scans of veins on the back of your hands, which could easily be used for government tracking.
*** Be required for all U.S. workers regardless of place of birth, making it illegal for anyone to hold a job in the United States who doesn’t obtain the ID card;
*** Require all employers to purchase an “ID scanner” to verify the ID cards with the federal government. Every time any citizen applies for a job, the government would know - and you can bet it’s only a matter of time until “ID scans” will be required to make even routine purchases, as well.
And the bad news is you and I don’t have much time.
Ever since his reelection in 2012, “immigration reform” has been one of President Obama’s top priorities.
Considering the massive domestic spying powers proposed “reforms” would grant our federal government, it’s not hard to see why.
But he’s not alone.
News stories continue to show Congressman and former GOP Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-WI) is leading the charge.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) are in on the fix, as well.
Some news articles are even hinting that House leadership will wait until their members are safely insulated from primary threats before making their moves!
Worse, for months now, members of BOTH parties have begun to throw around the word “security” to generate more support for their schemes.
But what they're not telling us is this is nothing more than a buzzword meant to trick Americans into thinking that Congress is finally cowing to their wishes and sealing our southern border.
But in reality, it means something far different.
The “security” members of BOTH parties in the U.S. House want doesn’t target any U.S. border. . .
Instead, it takes yet another step toward the creation of an all-out police state within them.
I’m afraid that’s exactly what you and I could end up with should Congress finally ram this massive National ID scheme into law.
So please sign your “No National ID/No Database” Directive IMMEDIATELY!
You and I must be ready for anything.
This is exactly the type of battle that often decides whether a country remains free or continues down a slide toward tyranny.
Gun ownership, health records, purchasing habits, religious beliefs – virtually anything you could dream up could all be added to this massive National ID database.
And doing so wouldn’t even require a vote by Congress.
Instead, it could happen with a simple stroke of a President’s pen.
And you and I both know this power WILL be abused.
Consider the massive scandal exposing the NSA’s spying on American citizens, and this President’s administration using wiretaps to go after reporters who dare criticize him.
We’ve seen the IRS harass and intimidate Tea Party and pro-liberty groups.
Once “well-meaning” government bureaucrats know exactly how we live, it won’t be long until they ramp up their efforts to run our lives through more laws, regulations, taxes, and other restraints.
In fact, it will only be a matter of time until they spend their workdays making sure you and I don’t go anywhere, read anything, or eat, drink, or smoke anything they think we “shouldn’t be allowed to.”
And BOTH parties are complicit.
With your help, Campaign for Liberty can send powerful emails and run Facebook and Internet banner ads to alert liberty-loving Americans to the National ID scheme included in the new “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” bill.
But with the House battle looming, I’m afraid that simply won’t be enough.
If Campaign for Liberty has the support to pull out all the stops, there’s an additional twelve million folks my staff and I can reach through targeted direct mail and phone programs.
And finally, if we can raise the resources, Campaign for Liberty would also like to run hard-hitting newspaper, radio, and TV ads explaining exactly what the statists are up to.
Of course, such a massive grassroots mobilization program isn’t cheap - but it’s the only way to stop this dangerous National ID scheme from becoming the law of the land.
That’s why it’s absolutely vital you sign your “No National ID/No Database Directive” IMMEDIATELY!
Your signed Directive makes it clear Congress should not only reject the Senate-passed monstrosity but also any other legislation containing a National ID database plan.
And because this fight is so critical, I’m counting on you to make a generous contribution of $15, $10, or at least $5 IMMEDIATELY to help Campaign for Liberty DEFEAT the statists’ National ID scheme.
I’m afraid once a deal is struck, you and I might not have time to react.
That’s why, in addition to your signed Directive, I hope you’ll dig deep and make the most generous contribution you can afford.
We don’t have much time.
You and I must make our voices heard right away.
So please agree to your most generous contribution of $15, $10, or at least $5!
In Liberty,
John Tate
President
P.S. By now, I’m sure you’ve seen dozens of news stories about yet another smoky backroom deal in the works in Washington, D.C. over “immigration reform.”
On Thursday of last week, during an aptly named GOP “retreat,” the Big Government Republican House leadership unveiled their brand-new “Immigration Reform Principles.”
I’m afraid this document – which lays out the framework for another House cave in to President Obama’s demands – prominently includes the Senate Gang of Eight’s National ID/National Database system as one of its provisions.
That’s why it’s absolutely critical you sign your “No National ID/No Database” Directive and make your most generous contribution of $15, $10, or at least $5IMMEDIATELY to help Campaign for Liberty stop this invasive plan!
Sign the directive
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
And by now, I’m sure you’ve seen dozens of news stories about yet another smoky backroom deal in the works in Washington, D.C. over “immigration reform.”
On Thursday of last week, during an aptly named GOP “retreat,” the Big Government Republican House leadership unveiled brand-new “Immigration Reform Principles.”
I’m afraid this document – which lays out the framework for another House cave in to President Obama – prominently includes the Senate Gang of Eight’s National ID/National Database system as one of its provisions.
That’s why it’s critical you help me turn up the heat on the U.S. House before it’s too late by signing your “No National ID/No Database” Directive IMMEDIATELY.
And if you can, I hope you’ll also agree to forward the Directive to as many friends and family members as possible.
If passed, this dangerous scheme would require a new National ID card based on Social Security cards – cards that would:
*** Be tied to a national database containing biometric identification information, potentially even including fingerprints, retinal scans, or scans of veins on the back of your hands, which could easily be used for government tracking.
*** Be required for all U.S. workers regardless of place of birth, making it illegal for anyone to hold a job in the United States who doesn’t obtain the ID card;
*** Require all employers to purchase an “ID scanner” to verify the ID cards with the federal government. Every time any citizen applies for a job, the government would know - and you can bet it’s only a matter of time until “ID scans” will be required to make even routine purchases, as well.
And the bad news is you and I don’t have much time.
Ever since his reelection in 2012, “immigration reform” has been one of President Obama’s top priorities.
Considering the massive domestic spying powers proposed “reforms” would grant our federal government, it’s not hard to see why.
But he’s not alone.
News stories continue to show Congressman and former GOP Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-WI) is leading the charge.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) are in on the fix, as well.
Some news articles are even hinting that House leadership will wait until their members are safely insulated from primary threats before making their moves!
Worse, for months now, members of BOTH parties have begun to throw around the word “security” to generate more support for their schemes.
But what they're not telling us is this is nothing more than a buzzword meant to trick Americans into thinking that Congress is finally cowing to their wishes and sealing our southern border.
But in reality, it means something far different.
The “security” members of BOTH parties in the U.S. House want doesn’t target any U.S. border. . .
Instead, it takes yet another step toward the creation of an all-out police state within them.
I’m afraid that’s exactly what you and I could end up with should Congress finally ram this massive National ID scheme into law.
So please sign your “No National ID/No Database” Directive IMMEDIATELY!
You and I must be ready for anything.
This is exactly the type of battle that often decides whether a country remains free or continues down a slide toward tyranny.
Gun ownership, health records, purchasing habits, religious beliefs – virtually anything you could dream up could all be added to this massive National ID database.
And doing so wouldn’t even require a vote by Congress.
Instead, it could happen with a simple stroke of a President’s pen.
And you and I both know this power WILL be abused.
Consider the massive scandal exposing the NSA’s spying on American citizens, and this President’s administration using wiretaps to go after reporters who dare criticize him.
We’ve seen the IRS harass and intimidate Tea Party and pro-liberty groups.
Once “well-meaning” government bureaucrats know exactly how we live, it won’t be long until they ramp up their efforts to run our lives through more laws, regulations, taxes, and other restraints.
In fact, it will only be a matter of time until they spend their workdays making sure you and I don’t go anywhere, read anything, or eat, drink, or smoke anything they think we “shouldn’t be allowed to.”
And BOTH parties are complicit.
With your help, Campaign for Liberty can send powerful emails and run Facebook and Internet banner ads to alert liberty-loving Americans to the National ID scheme included in the new “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” bill.
But with the House battle looming, I’m afraid that simply won’t be enough.
If Campaign for Liberty has the support to pull out all the stops, there’s an additional twelve million folks my staff and I can reach through targeted direct mail and phone programs.
And finally, if we can raise the resources, Campaign for Liberty would also like to run hard-hitting newspaper, radio, and TV ads explaining exactly what the statists are up to.
Of course, such a massive grassroots mobilization program isn’t cheap - but it’s the only way to stop this dangerous National ID scheme from becoming the law of the land.
That’s why it’s absolutely vital you sign your “No National ID/No Database Directive” IMMEDIATELY!
Your signed Directive makes it clear Congress should not only reject the Senate-passed monstrosity but also any other legislation containing a National ID database plan.
And because this fight is so critical, I’m counting on you to make a generous contribution of $15, $10, or at least $5 IMMEDIATELY to help Campaign for Liberty DEFEAT the statists’ National ID scheme.
I’m afraid once a deal is struck, you and I might not have time to react.
That’s why, in addition to your signed Directive, I hope you’ll dig deep and make the most generous contribution you can afford.
We don’t have much time.
You and I must make our voices heard right away.
So please agree to your most generous contribution of $15, $10, or at least $5!
In Liberty,
John Tate
President
P.S. By now, I’m sure you’ve seen dozens of news stories about yet another smoky backroom deal in the works in Washington, D.C. over “immigration reform.”
On Thursday of last week, during an aptly named GOP “retreat,” the Big Government Republican House leadership unveiled their brand-new “Immigration Reform Principles.”
I’m afraid this document – which lays out the framework for another House cave in to President Obama’s demands – prominently includes the Senate Gang of Eight’s National ID/National Database system as one of its provisions.
That’s why it’s absolutely critical you sign your “No National ID/No Database” Directive and make your most generous contribution of $15, $10, or at least $5IMMEDIATELY to help Campaign for Liberty stop this invasive plan!
Sign the directive
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Way to go,save the net
From Free Press Action Fund:
It took only two weeks.
In that brief span of time, more than 1 million people (including you!) called on the Federal Communications Commission to protect the open Internet after a federal court overturned its Net Neutrality rules.
As our way of saying thanks for all your support, we want to give you this free Net Neutrality sticker.
We know that getting the FCC to act won’t be easy, but here’s the deal: We need to convince just five people (the FCC commissioners) to make this a reality. And with more than 1 million people on our side — plus a growing number of organizations and companies — the odds are in our favor.
And the pressure is working. After we brought your signature to the FCC, Chairman Wheeler told the press, “A million people? That’s boffo.” (Yeah, we had to look up “boffo” too ... it means “extremely good or successful”).
Wheeler also had this to say: “One of the great things about what the Internet does and why it needs to stay open, it enables people to organize and express themselves.” So he’s listening — but this means the phone and cable companies are too.
To win, we’ll have to get even louder. We got a million people on our side in two weeks. Imagine what we could pull off in a month ...
We hope you’ll start by grabbing this free Net Neutrality sticker to show your love for the Internet to the world (and tell your friends — we can hook them up, too). Let’s plaster the nation with this simple message: Save the Internet.
Thanks for everything and keep up the good work!
You’re truly one in a million—
Free Press
freepress.net
P.S. Ever wondered what a million signatures look like? We made this video of the delivery so you could see.
P.P.S. Don't miss out on your very own Net Neutrality sticker.
Say no to forced unionism
From The National Right To Work Committee:
"I owe these unions."
President Barack Obama couldn't have stated it any more clearly.
And after spending an estimated BILLION dollars to re-elect Barack Obama and maintain control of the U.S. Senate, the union bosses couldn't agree more.
They're wasting no time demanding PAYBACK.
Top AFL-CIO union boss Richard Trumka has already made clear that he expects Big Labor's Card Check Forced Unionism Bill to be a top priority in Obama's second term.
Not only that, Trumka threatened to use his forced-dues political warchest to oust any member of Congress in 2014 who stands in his way.
That's why it's vital you sign the petition below putting yourself squarely on record OPPOSED to the union bosses' Card Check Forced Unionism Bill -- and the rest of Big Labor's agenda -- IMMEDIATELY.
Since Barack Obama doesn't have to face the voters again for re-election, the union bosses understand this may be their last -- and best -- opportunity to make Card Check Forced Unionism the law of the land.
That's why it's vital you act today!
As you know, if "Card Check" passes, workers would no longer be able to vote for or against union boss "representation" in a secret ballot election.
Instead, the union bosses would intimidate workers one-on-one -- or three-on-one -- into signing so-called "union authorization cards."
And, of course, Big Labor has yet another ticking time bomb hidden in the "Card Check" legislation.
If the union bosses can drag out negotiations with an employer past 90 days by making outrageous demands, Obama Administration bureaucrats will have the power to use this so-called "problem" as an excuse to write a new labor contract and force its terms and conditions of employment upon those workers.
So you see, not only does Big Labor want to strip workers of the right to a secret ballot but also of the right to vote on their own contracts as well!
Can you imagine the kind of damage that would do to our already-fragile economy?
I know I can.
In fact, some folks ask me from time to time, "Senator, how could the President and Congress even consider a bill like 'Card Check' with the economy the way it is?"
What I tell them may be hard to stomach, but it's the truth.
If "Card Check" passes, it would mean billions more dollars for the union bosses' coffers.
Billions more that will be spent on politics.
We're talking permanent political power.
I hate to say it, but that's why the union bosses, Barack Obama and Harry Reid aren't going to let up one bit.
And with too many Republicans scared that standing on any principle will bring another attack in the media, I'm very concerned that what may happen.
That's why it's important you sign the petition to oppose Card Check Forced Unionism IMMEDIATELY.
Should "Card Check" pass, this dangerous power grab would:
***Force millions of additional working Americans to pay union dues under the threat of losing their jobs, filling Big Labor coffers with hundreds of millions of forced-dues dollars;
***Dramatically increase the wasteful work rules, hate-the-boss propaganda, slowdowns and bitter strikes that shut down businesses and destroy jobs, ensuring that even more plants are closed and more jobs are shipped overseas or lost forever;
***Enable Big Labor to pump even more campaign cash into the coffers of its radical, tax and spend politicians who, in turn, will look for even greater ways to increase the union bosses' forced-dues empire.
That's why I'm counting on your help IMMEDIATELY.
After failing to pass most of Big Labor's agenda -- including "Card Check" -- during his first term, President Obama is anxious to payback his Big Labor benefactors.
As he told the former Russian President, "I'll have more flexibility after the election.
And you can be sure the union bosses are going to double-down in their efforts to make sure "Card Check" happens during Obama's second term.
So we can't wait. We have to mobilize NOW.
The good news is, the National Right to Work Committee has developed a massive plan to stop the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill dead in its tracks.
Grassroots mail. Phone calls. Newspaper, radio and TV ads.
But it's all VERY expensive -- especially since everything is "last minute."
That's why it's vital you act TODAY!
And that's why, in addition to your signed petition, I hope you'll agree to make a generous contribution to help stop the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.
After signing your petition, please make a generous contribution of of $500, $250, $100 or $35.
This is not a battle you and I can afford to lose.
I'm convinced that with the Committee's plan to mobilize Americans against the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill, you and I can stop this bill -- and the rest of Big Labor's agenda -- dead in its tracks.
But we don't have much time.
Please sign this petition and make a generous contribution of $500, $250, $100 or $35 -- or whatever you can -- to help defeat Big Labor's Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.
It's vital you act TODAY!
Sincerely,
Rand Paul, M.D.
U.S. Senator
P.S. When Barack Obama was re-elected in 2012, top AFL-CIO union boss Richard Trumka was already thinking ahead for this year’s midterm elections and threatening to take out any members of Congress who opposed the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.
That's why there's not a moment to waste!
Please sign this petition demanding your Congressman and Senators OPPOSE Big Labor's Card Check Forced Unionism Bill before it's too late.
After signing your petition, please also make a generous contribution of $500, $250, $100, $35, or whatever you can afford, to the National Right to Work Committee -- IMMEDIATELY!
Sign the petition
"I owe these unions."
President Barack Obama couldn't have stated it any more clearly.
And after spending an estimated BILLION dollars to re-elect Barack Obama and maintain control of the U.S. Senate, the union bosses couldn't agree more.
They're wasting no time demanding PAYBACK.
Top AFL-CIO union boss Richard Trumka has already made clear that he expects Big Labor's Card Check Forced Unionism Bill to be a top priority in Obama's second term.
Not only that, Trumka threatened to use his forced-dues political warchest to oust any member of Congress in 2014 who stands in his way.
That's why it's vital you sign the petition below putting yourself squarely on record OPPOSED to the union bosses' Card Check Forced Unionism Bill -- and the rest of Big Labor's agenda -- IMMEDIATELY.
Since Barack Obama doesn't have to face the voters again for re-election, the union bosses understand this may be their last -- and best -- opportunity to make Card Check Forced Unionism the law of the land.
That's why it's vital you act today!
As you know, if "Card Check" passes, workers would no longer be able to vote for or against union boss "representation" in a secret ballot election.
Instead, the union bosses would intimidate workers one-on-one -- or three-on-one -- into signing so-called "union authorization cards."
And, of course, Big Labor has yet another ticking time bomb hidden in the "Card Check" legislation.
If the union bosses can drag out negotiations with an employer past 90 days by making outrageous demands, Obama Administration bureaucrats will have the power to use this so-called "problem" as an excuse to write a new labor contract and force its terms and conditions of employment upon those workers.
So you see, not only does Big Labor want to strip workers of the right to a secret ballot but also of the right to vote on their own contracts as well!
Can you imagine the kind of damage that would do to our already-fragile economy?
I know I can.
In fact, some folks ask me from time to time, "Senator, how could the President and Congress even consider a bill like 'Card Check' with the economy the way it is?"
What I tell them may be hard to stomach, but it's the truth.
If "Card Check" passes, it would mean billions more dollars for the union bosses' coffers.
Billions more that will be spent on politics.
We're talking permanent political power.
I hate to say it, but that's why the union bosses, Barack Obama and Harry Reid aren't going to let up one bit.
And with too many Republicans scared that standing on any principle will bring another attack in the media, I'm very concerned that what may happen.
That's why it's important you sign the petition to oppose Card Check Forced Unionism IMMEDIATELY.
Should "Card Check" pass, this dangerous power grab would:
***Force millions of additional working Americans to pay union dues under the threat of losing their jobs, filling Big Labor coffers with hundreds of millions of forced-dues dollars;
***Dramatically increase the wasteful work rules, hate-the-boss propaganda, slowdowns and bitter strikes that shut down businesses and destroy jobs, ensuring that even more plants are closed and more jobs are shipped overseas or lost forever;
***Enable Big Labor to pump even more campaign cash into the coffers of its radical, tax and spend politicians who, in turn, will look for even greater ways to increase the union bosses' forced-dues empire.
That's why I'm counting on your help IMMEDIATELY.
After failing to pass most of Big Labor's agenda -- including "Card Check" -- during his first term, President Obama is anxious to payback his Big Labor benefactors.
As he told the former Russian President, "I'll have more flexibility after the election.
And you can be sure the union bosses are going to double-down in their efforts to make sure "Card Check" happens during Obama's second term.
So we can't wait. We have to mobilize NOW.
The good news is, the National Right to Work Committee has developed a massive plan to stop the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill dead in its tracks.
Grassroots mail. Phone calls. Newspaper, radio and TV ads.
But it's all VERY expensive -- especially since everything is "last minute."
That's why it's vital you act TODAY!
And that's why, in addition to your signed petition, I hope you'll agree to make a generous contribution to help stop the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.
After signing your petition, please make a generous contribution of of $500, $250, $100 or $35.
This is not a battle you and I can afford to lose.
I'm convinced that with the Committee's plan to mobilize Americans against the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill, you and I can stop this bill -- and the rest of Big Labor's agenda -- dead in its tracks.
But we don't have much time.
Please sign this petition and make a generous contribution of $500, $250, $100 or $35 -- or whatever you can -- to help defeat Big Labor's Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.
It's vital you act TODAY!
Sincerely,
Rand Paul, M.D.
U.S. Senator
P.S. When Barack Obama was re-elected in 2012, top AFL-CIO union boss Richard Trumka was already thinking ahead for this year’s midterm elections and threatening to take out any members of Congress who opposed the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.
That's why there's not a moment to waste!
Please sign this petition demanding your Congressman and Senators OPPOSE Big Labor's Card Check Forced Unionism Bill before it's too late.
After signing your petition, please also make a generous contribution of $500, $250, $100, $35, or whatever you can afford, to the National Right to Work Committee -- IMMEDIATELY!
Sign the petition
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