From Campaign For Liberty:
History shows that when government tries to save us from ourselves, the cure is much worse than the disease. It always results in far more government intrusion into our lives and liberty than anyone imagined.
The latest target is Internet gambling.
While the federal government has no interest in shutting down the 1,500 casinos in all 50 states, it has targeted the 2,000 Internet gambling sites.
Please don’t fool yourself into thinking this bill has anything to do with helping people with a “problem.”
It’s about more federal preemption of state laws and more government control over the Internet and what you do.
And it’s about appeasing one well-connected billionaire casino owner who is the driving force behind the legislation.
Arguably, if statists pass the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (S. 2159/H.R. 4301), they could even shut down a MeetUp site if a couple of members make a friendly wager on a college rivalry football game.
And inside sources say California Representatives Kevin McCarthy (District 23), Ami Bera (District 7), and Scott Peters (District 52) may vote in favor of spying on your Internet activities!
Please call your U.S. senators and U.S. representative at 202-224-3121 right away. Demand they oppose and vote against the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (S. 2159/H.R. 4301).
Even if you’re not in his district, it is particularly important to contact Representative McCarthy since, as House Majority Leader, he will play an important role in determining this bill’s fate.
You can reach Representative McCarthy’s Majority Leader office at 202-225-4000.
Senator Lindsey Graham is leading the charge on this new radical scheme inside Congress, with “bipartisan” support.
Why can’t they just leave the Internet alone?
Why can’t they just leave YOU and ME alone?
After all we’ve learned about the national surveillance state, we can’t afford yet another bill that would pave the way for federal bureaucrats to increase their spying on Americans’ Internet activities.
So please call Congress and make your voice heard right away!
This bill also tramples on states’ rights by usurping state authority over this issue.
Currently, several states allow Internet gambling, and others are considering it.
But this legislation strips away that sovereignty, giving yet more power to an already obese central government.
If it passes, it will set a precedent for federal nullification of state laws – laws protecting your liberties from Congress and the federal bureaucracy.
It will send a signal that it is open season on your personal liberties.
So it’s imperative you take action right away.
Please call your U.S. senators and your U.S. representative at 202-224-3121 TODAY.
And you can reach Representative Kevin McCarthy’s Majority Leader office at 202-225-4000.
Demand they oppose and vote against the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act.”
In Liberty,
Deb Wells
Senior Director of State Operations
P.S. The “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (S. 2159/H.R. 4301) is a new radical scheme that would create more federal control over the Internet.
It tramples on states’ rights by stripping away state sovereignty, gives even
more power to an already obese central government, and appeases the well-connected at the expense of all Americans’ liberty.
And California Representatives Kevin McCarthy (District 23), Ami Bera (District 7), and Scott Peters (District 52) are rumored to support this!
It’s imperative you call your U.S. senators and U.S. representative at 202-224-3121. Demand they oppose and vote against the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act.”
Even if you’re not in his district, it is particularly important to contact Representative McCarthy since, as House Majority Leader, he will play an important role in determining this bill’s fate.
You can reach Representative McCarthy’s Majority Leader office at 202-225-4000.
Or you can find your Representatives and your Senators and contact them.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Bill for gay special rights is stalled and on life support
From Public Advocate:
Public Advocate has just shut down the Homosexual Lobby's best chance to ram the Gay Bill of Special Rights through the lame duck Congress.
Now, their hopes of passing the crown jewel of their radical agenda before Republicans officially take back the Senate are on life support.
Their plan was to use the same trick they used to pass the Thought Control Act -- a fight you and I lost.
But Public Advocate sounded the alarm several weeks ago about the Homosexual Lobby's scheme.
So I set to work mobilizing our pro-Family supporters to target the key lynchpin in this fight: Republican leadership in the House of Representatives.
And in the last month, Public Advocate flooded leadership's offices with over 30,000 petitions demanding they hold the line against the radical Homosexual Agenda.
Thanks to this groundswell of pro-Family voices, a crucial House committee rejected the Homosexual Lobby's attempt to hide the Gay Bill of Special Rights as part of a critical national defense bill with a 7-3 party line vote.
I'm confident that if you and I had stayed on the sidelines in this fight, the outcome would have been much different.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) were under tremendous pressure to pass this bill from the Homosexual Lobby -- and even members of their own party!
And they have a history of spurning conservative principles for their own benefit.
Just this week, conservative Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) alerted conservatives to a dirty trick Speaker Boehner used to sneak President Obama's illegal amnesty through the House.
Your quick action and generous financial support is critical for Public Advocate's plans to stop them from pulling the same trick with the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
Without your support, Public Advocate loses our ability to keep House leadership's feet to the fire.
As always, I will keep you updated on the latest developments in the lame duck session.
The political sands can shift at a moment's notice, so I continue to count on your rapid response.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the U.S.
P.S. Your financial support is vital for maintaining Public Advocate's ability to spring into action when our Religious Liberties are threatened.
Please click here to chip in $10 or $20 to help Public Advocate defeat the Homosexual Lobby's assault on our Religious Liberties.
Public Advocate has just shut down the Homosexual Lobby's best chance to ram the Gay Bill of Special Rights through the lame duck Congress.
Now, their hopes of passing the crown jewel of their radical agenda before Republicans officially take back the Senate are on life support.
Their plan was to use the same trick they used to pass the Thought Control Act -- a fight you and I lost.
But Public Advocate sounded the alarm several weeks ago about the Homosexual Lobby's scheme.
So I set to work mobilizing our pro-Family supporters to target the key lynchpin in this fight: Republican leadership in the House of Representatives.
And in the last month, Public Advocate flooded leadership's offices with over 30,000 petitions demanding they hold the line against the radical Homosexual Agenda.
Thanks to this groundswell of pro-Family voices, a crucial House committee rejected the Homosexual Lobby's attempt to hide the Gay Bill of Special Rights as part of a critical national defense bill with a 7-3 party line vote.
I'm confident that if you and I had stayed on the sidelines in this fight, the outcome would have been much different.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) were under tremendous pressure to pass this bill from the Homosexual Lobby -- and even members of their own party!
And they have a history of spurning conservative principles for their own benefit.
Just this week, conservative Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) alerted conservatives to a dirty trick Speaker Boehner used to sneak President Obama's illegal amnesty through the House.
Your quick action and generous financial support is critical for Public Advocate's plans to stop them from pulling the same trick with the Gay Bill of Special Rights.
Without your support, Public Advocate loses our ability to keep House leadership's feet to the fire.
As always, I will keep you updated on the latest developments in the lame duck session.
The political sands can shift at a moment's notice, so I continue to count on your rapid response.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the U.S.
P.S. Your financial support is vital for maintaining Public Advocate's ability to spring into action when our Religious Liberties are threatened.
Please click here to chip in $10 or $20 to help Public Advocate defeat the Homosexual Lobby's assault on our Religious Liberties.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Ted Cruz is a sell out
From Demand Progress:
Please help us call out the key Republican lawmakers who are shilling for Big Cable and working to kill Net Neutrality:
Americans overwhelmingly support Net Neutrality, but several dozen Republicans who sit on the committees that oversee the Federal Communications Commission are trying to kill it.
They just signed a letter in opposition to the Net Neutrality proposal millions of Americans and President Obama back – and Senator Ted Cruz even called Net Neutrality “Obamacare for the Internet” !
They're opposing the will of their constituents, and trying to undermine a platform that facilitates speech, democracy, and innovation like no other in the history of humankind.
Why would they behave that way? Well, they’re just doing the bidding of Comcast, AT&T, and the other big cable monopolies – who, incidentally, have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to their campaigns.
Click on the link below -- we'll connect you to these Republican lawmakers and provide you with a script that you can use to tell them to stop shilling for Big Cable:
Click here to visit our new site and make phone calls to them -- it'll just take a couple of minutes.
Let's let 'em have it.
-Demand Progress
Sign the petition
I never thought I would see the day that Ted Cruz abandoned the side of liberty but he did. It turns out he sold out to the establishment at the expense of the people. I guess it goes to show that sooner or later an actor is going to stop acting and be themselves. Now I believe we are seeing the real Ted Cruz who is a statist after all.
Please help us call out the key Republican lawmakers who are shilling for Big Cable and working to kill Net Neutrality:
Americans overwhelmingly support Net Neutrality, but several dozen Republicans who sit on the committees that oversee the Federal Communications Commission are trying to kill it.
They just signed a letter in opposition to the Net Neutrality proposal millions of Americans and President Obama back – and Senator Ted Cruz even called Net Neutrality “Obamacare for the Internet” !
They're opposing the will of their constituents, and trying to undermine a platform that facilitates speech, democracy, and innovation like no other in the history of humankind.
Why would they behave that way? Well, they’re just doing the bidding of Comcast, AT&T, and the other big cable monopolies – who, incidentally, have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to their campaigns.
Click on the link below -- we'll connect you to these Republican lawmakers and provide you with a script that you can use to tell them to stop shilling for Big Cable:
Click here to visit our new site and make phone calls to them -- it'll just take a couple of minutes.
Let's let 'em have it.
-Demand Progress
Sign the petition
I never thought I would see the day that Ted Cruz abandoned the side of liberty but he did. It turns out he sold out to the establishment at the expense of the people. I guess it goes to show that sooner or later an actor is going to stop acting and be themselves. Now I believe we are seeing the real Ted Cruz who is a statist after all.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Pro-family survey
From Public Advocate:
Right now, the Homosexual Lobby is trying to convince the lame duck Congress that embracing their radical agenda is the only way to stay in power.
They say the American public has turned against the Family, Real Marriage, and Christian Values.
Is it true?
Will you let them neutralize the pro-Family midterm wave before the new Congress even starts?
I need your answer right away.
Please complete your American Morality Survey so I can prove to Congress that Traditional Values and the Family still matter.
And once you've completed your survey, please contribute with a gift of $10 or whatever you can afford to help Public Advocate strengthen our pro-Family voice and drown out the Homosexual Lobby's propaganda.
Then, please forward this email to your pro-Family friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors.
Thank you for your prompt action.
Right now, the Homosexual Lobby is trying to convince the lame duck Congress that embracing their radical agenda is the only way to stay in power.
They say the American public has turned against the Family, Real Marriage, and Christian Values.
Is it true?
Will you let them neutralize the pro-Family midterm wave before the new Congress even starts?
I need your answer right away.
Please complete your American Morality Survey so I can prove to Congress that Traditional Values and the Family still matter.
And once you've completed your survey, please contribute with a gift of $10 or whatever you can afford to help Public Advocate strengthen our pro-Family voice and drown out the Homosexual Lobby's propaganda.
Then, please forward this email to your pro-Family friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors.
Thank you for your prompt action.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Tell the House to put the NSA on a leash
From Fight For The Future:
Here’s a quick emergency action item. I’m not sure if we’ll win this, but it’s definitely worth a shot.
In short, a few heroes in Congress successfully introduced an amendment (Massie-Lofgren) to defund key parts of the NSA’s spying apparatus. But today, party leaders want to kill it.
Can you make three quick calls right now to defend our victory against the NSA?
Here are their phone numbers:
House Speaker John Boehner: (202) 225-0600 Contact
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: (202) 225-4965 Contact
Appropriations Chair Hal Rogers: (202) 225-4601 Contact
When you call, be polite, but tell them: “I’m a constituent and I care about my privacy from government searches. Don’t block the Massie-Lofgren amendment.”
If you want to get technical (up to you!) try explaining how terrible an idea it is for the US government to be inserting backdoors and weakening encryption in American tech products. (The Massie-Lofgren amendment would cut off funding for these activities.)
Either way, please do make these three calls. It takes just a few minutes, and it’s totally worth it.
Thanks for doing this!
Sincerely,
Holmes Wilson, Evan Greer, Kevin Huang, Tiffiniy Cheng and the whole FFTF team.
Here’s a quick emergency action item. I’m not sure if we’ll win this, but it’s definitely worth a shot.
In short, a few heroes in Congress successfully introduced an amendment (Massie-Lofgren) to defund key parts of the NSA’s spying apparatus. But today, party leaders want to kill it.
Can you make three quick calls right now to defend our victory against the NSA?
Here are their phone numbers:
House Speaker John Boehner: (202) 225-0600 Contact
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: (202) 225-4965 Contact
Appropriations Chair Hal Rogers: (202) 225-4601 Contact
When you call, be polite, but tell them: “I’m a constituent and I care about my privacy from government searches. Don’t block the Massie-Lofgren amendment.”
If you want to get technical (up to you!) try explaining how terrible an idea it is for the US government to be inserting backdoors and weakening encryption in American tech products. (The Massie-Lofgren amendment would cut off funding for these activities.)
Either way, please do make these three calls. It takes just a few minutes, and it’s totally worth it.
Thanks for doing this!
Sincerely,
Holmes Wilson, Evan Greer, Kevin Huang, Tiffiniy Cheng and the whole FFTF team.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
TPP coming up for a vote
From Fight For The Future:
Urgent: vote coming soon on the TPP Internet censorship plan.
The U.S. Trade Representative has confirmed that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is moving again, with confidential meetings in Washington, DC next week. TPP-defenders in Congress have already been making noise about a Fast Track vote, and this could be a sign that it’s coming soon.
Just last month, the latest version of the TPP’s crucial copyright & intellectual property chapter was leaked, and the news was not good. The Internet censorship provisions in the TPP have gotten even worse.
Don’t let governments censor the net. Take action now to stop Fast Track for the TPP.
We’ve beaten the TPP back before. It’s time to do it again. While these secret meetings are being pushed by the White House, corrupt officials in Congress want to “fast track” the TPP right now during the lame duck session.The vote could be close. Will you take action now to stop Internet censorship?
Click here to stop the TPP Internet censorship plan.
Millions of people have already spoken out against the TPP power grab. Every issue we care about depends on the future of the free and open web. Take a moment today to defend it.
Onward,
-Evan at FFTF
Urgent: vote coming soon on the TPP Internet censorship plan.
The U.S. Trade Representative has confirmed that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is moving again, with confidential meetings in Washington, DC next week. TPP-defenders in Congress have already been making noise about a Fast Track vote, and this could be a sign that it’s coming soon.
Just last month, the latest version of the TPP’s crucial copyright & intellectual property chapter was leaked, and the news was not good. The Internet censorship provisions in the TPP have gotten even worse.
Don’t let governments censor the net. Take action now to stop Fast Track for the TPP.
We’ve beaten the TPP back before. It’s time to do it again. While these secret meetings are being pushed by the White House, corrupt officials in Congress want to “fast track” the TPP right now during the lame duck session.The vote could be close. Will you take action now to stop Internet censorship?
Click here to stop the TPP Internet censorship plan.
Millions of people have already spoken out against the TPP power grab. Every issue we care about depends on the future of the free and open web. Take a moment today to defend it.
Onward,
-Evan at FFTF
Gay supremacist EEOC nominees go before a lame duck Senate
From Public Advocate:
There is a critical vote in the Senate coming up this week!
The Homosexual Lobby is throwing their weight behind two of President Obama's nominees for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
And the U.S. Senate confirmation vote is our one chance to defeat them.
The wealthy Human Rights Campaign (HRC) fund just announced a full court press to support these two nominees in the lame duck Senate.
It's up to you and your Public Advocate to stop them.
You see, the EEOC is a dangerous tool for the Homosexual Agenda.
It was one of the first federal agencies to arbitrarily enforce the Homosexual Agenda without any legislative mandate from Congress.
P. David Lopez and Charlotte Burrows -- if confirmed in their nominations -- will use the commission to enforce even more privileged rights for homosexuals and transsexuals.
If the Homosexual Lobby can ever pass the Gay Bill of Special Rights into law, it will be the EEOC who is charged with enforcing it.
And President Obama's lame duck nominees will guarantee that it's enforced with extreme prejudice.
Tico Almeida, president of the radical group Freedom to Work, said that Lopez is "poised to benefit" the Homosexual Agenda as a member of the EEOC.
According to Mara Keisling of the National Center for Transgender Equality, it is "vital" for Burrows to be on the EEOC so they can force the Homosexual Agenda by bypassing Congress.
HRC's president Fred Sainz said that his group would do whatever it takes to "ensure the votes are there" to secure confirmation of these radical nominees.
Lopez and Burrows are bad for America and dangerous for Family Values.
With the Homosexual Lobby's crushing defeat in the 2014 mid-term elections, their best chance to get these nominees confirmed is right now during the lame duck session.
And they aren't wasting any time. The confirmation vote is expected to come up this week!
It's up to you and me to stop them.
Public Advocate made opposing Obama's radical nominations a priority this year in our U.S. Senate Candidates Survey.
Candidates were asked to take a pledge to oppose any nominee who supported the radical Homosexual Agenda.
However, Republican Senators John Cornyn (Texas), Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (SC) and even Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) all refused to take this pledge.
So you and I cannot trust them to oppose these radical nominees now -- not without our encouragement.
Mitch McConnell especially is hoping to be the Senate Majority Leader when Republicans take control of the Senate next year.
We need to let Senator McConnell know that we expect him to stand up for American families right now by rallying his entire caucus against these nominees.
If Republicans and several Democrats all close ranks and stonewall these nominations, we will defeat them.
Please contact both of your U.S. Senators right now by Clicking here-- call, email or both!
Let them know that you expect them to fully oppose the confirmation of EEOC nominees P. David Lopez and Charlotte Burrows.
And then contact Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and let him know you expect him to do whatever it takes to rally Senate Republicans and defeat these nominations.
Please don't wait, we don't have a minute to lose.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the U.S.
P.S. Will you chip in $5 or $10 to help fund Public Advocate?
There is a critical vote in the Senate coming up this week!
The Homosexual Lobby is throwing their weight behind two of President Obama's nominees for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
And the U.S. Senate confirmation vote is our one chance to defeat them.
The wealthy Human Rights Campaign (HRC) fund just announced a full court press to support these two nominees in the lame duck Senate.
It's up to you and your Public Advocate to stop them.
You see, the EEOC is a dangerous tool for the Homosexual Agenda.
It was one of the first federal agencies to arbitrarily enforce the Homosexual Agenda without any legislative mandate from Congress.
P. David Lopez and Charlotte Burrows -- if confirmed in their nominations -- will use the commission to enforce even more privileged rights for homosexuals and transsexuals.
If the Homosexual Lobby can ever pass the Gay Bill of Special Rights into law, it will be the EEOC who is charged with enforcing it.
And President Obama's lame duck nominees will guarantee that it's enforced with extreme prejudice.
Tico Almeida, president of the radical group Freedom to Work, said that Lopez is "poised to benefit" the Homosexual Agenda as a member of the EEOC.
According to Mara Keisling of the National Center for Transgender Equality, it is "vital" for Burrows to be on the EEOC so they can force the Homosexual Agenda by bypassing Congress.
HRC's president Fred Sainz said that his group would do whatever it takes to "ensure the votes are there" to secure confirmation of these radical nominees.
Lopez and Burrows are bad for America and dangerous for Family Values.
With the Homosexual Lobby's crushing defeat in the 2014 mid-term elections, their best chance to get these nominees confirmed is right now during the lame duck session.
And they aren't wasting any time. The confirmation vote is expected to come up this week!
It's up to you and me to stop them.
Public Advocate made opposing Obama's radical nominations a priority this year in our U.S. Senate Candidates Survey.
Candidates were asked to take a pledge to oppose any nominee who supported the radical Homosexual Agenda.
However, Republican Senators John Cornyn (Texas), Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (SC) and even Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) all refused to take this pledge.
So you and I cannot trust them to oppose these radical nominees now -- not without our encouragement.
Mitch McConnell especially is hoping to be the Senate Majority Leader when Republicans take control of the Senate next year.
We need to let Senator McConnell know that we expect him to stand up for American families right now by rallying his entire caucus against these nominees.
If Republicans and several Democrats all close ranks and stonewall these nominations, we will defeat them.
Please contact both of your U.S. Senators right now by Clicking here-- call, email or both!
Let them know that you expect them to fully oppose the confirmation of EEOC nominees P. David Lopez and Charlotte Burrows.
And then contact Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and let him know you expect him to do whatever it takes to rally Senate Republicans and defeat these nominations.
Please don't wait, we don't have a minute to lose.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the U.S.
P.S. Will you chip in $5 or $10 to help fund Public Advocate?
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