From the Convention of States:
It’s the New Year, and your state representatives are getting to work. We need your help now more than ever! Here’s what you can do:
Thirty-five state legislatures will be in session this month. If you live in one of these states, call your representative today!
The Action Center shows you how to contact them.
Writing a letter to the editor is another great way to help!
You could also create a COS video like our team did in Alabama.
If you still have questions, Michael Farris has answered the big ones.
Arguments against a COS aren't holding up. See why the Times article missed the mark.
Finally, if you’re feeling nostalgic, we looked back at everything we've done so far.
Thanks for standing with us in the fight to preserve liberty. We've seen so much success already, and we’re looking forward to even more in 2014!
Sincerely,
-COS Project Team
The Convention of States Project is a project of Citizens for Self-Governance.
Friday, January 10, 2014
Tell Congress to ease up on the spending
From the National League of Taxpayers:
Have you read Congressman Steve Stockman’s email below?
Votes on the debt ceiling are coming up on February 7.
President Obama and his big-spending allies in Congress have shown their lack of fiscal responsibility as our debt hits the $17 TRILLION mark.
Federal entitlement costs are out of control. Unemployment is in the double-digits.
That's why it's critical you sign your "Just Say No" Petition to your Senators and Congressman, urging them to vote against more spending.
And if you have already signed the petition, please forward this email to friends and family by clicking here.
If we don't reverse course soon, the consequences will be disastrous.
Gary Paumen
Congressman Steve Stockman
Today, the feds run 79 different welfare programs, 160 programs for housing assistance, 47 for job training, 82 for teacher quality, 80 for transportation assistance, and 56 for financial education.
In return for all that, we still have an official poverty rate of 15 percent.
Yet Barack Obama and his big-spending pals keep binging.
Now, with votes on the debt ceiling coming up in a matter of weeks, it’s vital that, if you haven’t already done so, you immediately sign your “Just Say No” Petition to your Congressman and Senators, which I'll link to in a moment.
The only way to force them to confront the debt head on is by making sure they know the American people won’t stand for more debt.
That’s why it’s vital that you click below to sign your “Just Say No” Debt Ceiling Petition to your Congressman and Senators.
The fact is, President Obama and his big spending buddies in Washington, D.C. have been piling on to our national debt every day, and show no signs of slowing down.
They’ve been spending money we don’t have for so long, some economists are beginning to question not if the U.S. will ultimately have to declare bankruptcy, but when.
If we don’t reverse course soon, the consequences will be disastrous.
You see, as I write you today:
*** The deficit this year is projected at $642 billion with more than $6 trillion added to our debt since 2008;
*** Social Security has already begun to run in the red;
*** The real unemployment rate is more than 14 percent with millions more workers relegated to part time work;
*** Medicare is ultimately destined to totally run out of money while private insurance rates are skyrocketing.
That’s why I hope you’ll sign a special “Just Say No” Petition to reject President Obama's new debt ceiling increase.
The fact is, the $17 trillion national debt we hear so much about is just the tip of the iceberg.
When the government’s unfunded liabilities for Medicare, Social Security, and federal employees’ retirement benefits are counted, America is really on the hook for over $86.8 trillion.
Of course, just as they falsely claimed about the so-called “sequestration of funds” last year, President Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi will say a vote to stop a debt ceiling hike would be an economic Armageddon.
But the fact is, the federal government can still spend $6.7 billion per day without raising the debt ceiling one penny.
Of course, the “solution” to our ongoing fiscal disaster put forward by President Obama and his tax-and-spend allies is to tax ourselves out of the hole.
That’s why it’s vital you sign your “Just Say No” Petition.
And why in addition to that, it’s vital that you help my friends at the National League of Taxpayers with a special contribution.
The fact is, even though many Americans who receive this e-mail will sign the petition, many won’t be able to contribute.
That’s why it’s vital you give $10, $25, $50, $100, or even more if you can.
Your special gift of $35 or even $100 or $500 will ultimately save taxpayers literally billions of dollars in the years to come.
Your donations will help the National League of Taxpayers organize:
***Extensive internet, direct mail, and telephone campaigns to generate at least one million petitions and questionnaires to Congress like the ones that accompany my letter;
***Extensive personal lobbying of key Members of Congress by rank and file National League of Taxpayers members and staff;
***Hard-hitting TV, radio, and newspaper ads to be run in targeted states and districts, mobilizing the American people and detailing the dangers of our soaring debt.
Your donation will help the National League of Taxpayers mobilize up to 10 million Americans and generate a tidal wave of opposition to raising the debt ceiling.
So after clicking here to sign your “Just Say No” Debt Ceiling petition, please help with a contribution of at least $25 or $35.
Some people have already given as much as $500.
Others have sent $50 or $100, but no matter how much you give, whether it’s chipping in with $10 or a larger contribution of $150, I guarantee your contribution is urgently needed and will be deeply appreciated.
The national debt is such an out-of-control behemoth that if we keep on raising the debt ceiling, we will be putting America on a path of permanent decline.
With your help, we can stem the tide of Big Government and stop Barack Obama and his tax-and-spend pals from spending us into oblivion.
Sincerely,
Congressman Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
United States Congressman
P.S. Federal entitlement costs are out of control while our national debt is skyrocketing.
So please sign your “Just Say No” Debt Ceiling Petition which the National League of Taxpayers has prepared for your Congressman and Senators.
And please send a generous contribution of $100, $75, $50, or $35 to help serve a mandate on the politicians.
To sign the petition
Have you read Congressman Steve Stockman’s email below?
Votes on the debt ceiling are coming up on February 7.
President Obama and his big-spending allies in Congress have shown their lack of fiscal responsibility as our debt hits the $17 TRILLION mark.
Federal entitlement costs are out of control. Unemployment is in the double-digits.
That's why it's critical you sign your "Just Say No" Petition to your Senators and Congressman, urging them to vote against more spending.
And if you have already signed the petition, please forward this email to friends and family by clicking here.
If we don't reverse course soon, the consequences will be disastrous.
Gary Paumen
Congressman Steve Stockman
Today, the feds run 79 different welfare programs, 160 programs for housing assistance, 47 for job training, 82 for teacher quality, 80 for transportation assistance, and 56 for financial education.
In return for all that, we still have an official poverty rate of 15 percent.
Yet Barack Obama and his big-spending pals keep binging.
Now, with votes on the debt ceiling coming up in a matter of weeks, it’s vital that, if you haven’t already done so, you immediately sign your “Just Say No” Petition to your Congressman and Senators, which I'll link to in a moment.
The only way to force them to confront the debt head on is by making sure they know the American people won’t stand for more debt.
That’s why it’s vital that you click below to sign your “Just Say No” Debt Ceiling Petition to your Congressman and Senators.
The fact is, President Obama and his big spending buddies in Washington, D.C. have been piling on to our national debt every day, and show no signs of slowing down.
They’ve been spending money we don’t have for so long, some economists are beginning to question not if the U.S. will ultimately have to declare bankruptcy, but when.
If we don’t reverse course soon, the consequences will be disastrous.
You see, as I write you today:
*** The deficit this year is projected at $642 billion with more than $6 trillion added to our debt since 2008;
*** Social Security has already begun to run in the red;
*** The real unemployment rate is more than 14 percent with millions more workers relegated to part time work;
*** Medicare is ultimately destined to totally run out of money while private insurance rates are skyrocketing.
That’s why I hope you’ll sign a special “Just Say No” Petition to reject President Obama's new debt ceiling increase.
The fact is, the $17 trillion national debt we hear so much about is just the tip of the iceberg.
When the government’s unfunded liabilities for Medicare, Social Security, and federal employees’ retirement benefits are counted, America is really on the hook for over $86.8 trillion.
Of course, just as they falsely claimed about the so-called “sequestration of funds” last year, President Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi will say a vote to stop a debt ceiling hike would be an economic Armageddon.
But the fact is, the federal government can still spend $6.7 billion per day without raising the debt ceiling one penny.
Of course, the “solution” to our ongoing fiscal disaster put forward by President Obama and his tax-and-spend allies is to tax ourselves out of the hole.
That’s why it’s vital you sign your “Just Say No” Petition.
And why in addition to that, it’s vital that you help my friends at the National League of Taxpayers with a special contribution.
The fact is, even though many Americans who receive this e-mail will sign the petition, many won’t be able to contribute.
That’s why it’s vital you give $10, $25, $50, $100, or even more if you can.
Your special gift of $35 or even $100 or $500 will ultimately save taxpayers literally billions of dollars in the years to come.
Your donations will help the National League of Taxpayers organize:
***Extensive internet, direct mail, and telephone campaigns to generate at least one million petitions and questionnaires to Congress like the ones that accompany my letter;
***Extensive personal lobbying of key Members of Congress by rank and file National League of Taxpayers members and staff;
***Hard-hitting TV, radio, and newspaper ads to be run in targeted states and districts, mobilizing the American people and detailing the dangers of our soaring debt.
Your donation will help the National League of Taxpayers mobilize up to 10 million Americans and generate a tidal wave of opposition to raising the debt ceiling.
So after clicking here to sign your “Just Say No” Debt Ceiling petition, please help with a contribution of at least $25 or $35.
Some people have already given as much as $500.
Others have sent $50 or $100, but no matter how much you give, whether it’s chipping in with $10 or a larger contribution of $150, I guarantee your contribution is urgently needed and will be deeply appreciated.
The national debt is such an out-of-control behemoth that if we keep on raising the debt ceiling, we will be putting America on a path of permanent decline.
With your help, we can stem the tide of Big Government and stop Barack Obama and his tax-and-spend pals from spending us into oblivion.
Sincerely,
Congressman Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
United States Congressman
P.S. Federal entitlement costs are out of control while our national debt is skyrocketing.
So please sign your “Just Say No” Debt Ceiling Petition which the National League of Taxpayers has prepared for your Congressman and Senators.
And please send a generous contribution of $100, $75, $50, or $35 to help serve a mandate on the politicians.
To sign the petition
We take back the internet
From Demand Progress:
In January 2012 we defeated the SOPA and PIPA censorship legislation with the largest Internet protest in history. A year ago this Saturday one of that movement's leaders, Demand Progress's cofounder Aaron Swartz, tragically passed away.
Today we face a different threat, one that undermines the Internet, and the notion that any of us live in a genuinely free society: mass surveillance.
We miss Aaron dearly. If he were alive, he'd be on the front lines, fighting against a world in which governments observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action.
Now, in honor of Aaron on the eve of the anniversary of his passing, and in celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA that he helped make possible, we are announcing a day of protest against mass surveillance, to take place this February 11th.
We can think of no way that he'd rather be honored than one that might have such a positive impact on the world.
We're calling it, simply, The Day We Fight Back.
You can visit the hub website we're building to support this effort at TheDayWeFightBack.org. It'll let you know how to help.
Meanwhile, right now: Aaron's friend Cory Doctorow, the filmmaker Brian Knappenberger -- whose film about Aaron will premiere at Sundance this month -- and representatives from Demand Progress and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are on reddit to talk about Aaron and the work we will do to honor him -- and push back against the NSA -- over the next month.
Click here to join the chat, and vote it up to make sure it's seen by as many people as possible.
As was often the case, Aaron said it best: “[We defeated SOPA] because everyone made themselves the hero of their own story. Everyone took it as their job to save this crucial freedom. They threw themselves into it. They did whatever they could think of to do.”
In the last 6 months we’ve seen that government agencies, namely the NSA and GCHQ and others, have broken laws and twisted legal interpretations to create an infrastructure of mass surveillance of all of us online.
This creates a dark form of censorship, of course, as people become afraid to speak freely-- and it’s one that undermines our security and our right to privacy as well. As users of the Internet, we have a responsibility to defend its freedom.
With SOPA, we had a clear goal: defeat a specific bill. In this case, we have to take a first step. We have some promising bills (like the USA Freedom Act) and terrible ones (the FISA Improvements Act). But we need our legislators to hear from people who love the Internet that we won’t stand by and let it be turned into a giant tool for mass surveillance. We need to push them to have the courage to support comprehensive reform. The kind of courage Aaron showed us all.
So today, on the eve of the anniversary of Aaron’s passing, we’d like to ask you to join us in stepping up to the plate once again in defense of a free, open and secure internet, where no one has to watch over their shoulder for big brother.
In memory of Aaron, and looking back to the successes of the SOPA campaign, we’d like to ask you to join us in a month of action, culminating in a day of action on February 11th. Here's what we need you to do today:
1) Visit TheDayWeFightBack.org to join in the activism.
2) And click here to join us, Cory Doctorow, Brian Knappenberger, and EFF to talk about Aaron and the activism we're going to undertake to honor him.
In solidarity,
Demand Progress
In January 2012 we defeated the SOPA and PIPA censorship legislation with the largest Internet protest in history. A year ago this Saturday one of that movement's leaders, Demand Progress's cofounder Aaron Swartz, tragically passed away.
Today we face a different threat, one that undermines the Internet, and the notion that any of us live in a genuinely free society: mass surveillance.
We miss Aaron dearly. If he were alive, he'd be on the front lines, fighting against a world in which governments observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action.
Now, in honor of Aaron on the eve of the anniversary of his passing, and in celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA that he helped make possible, we are announcing a day of protest against mass surveillance, to take place this February 11th.
We can think of no way that he'd rather be honored than one that might have such a positive impact on the world.
We're calling it, simply, The Day We Fight Back.
You can visit the hub website we're building to support this effort at TheDayWeFightBack.org. It'll let you know how to help.
Meanwhile, right now: Aaron's friend Cory Doctorow, the filmmaker Brian Knappenberger -- whose film about Aaron will premiere at Sundance this month -- and representatives from Demand Progress and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are on reddit to talk about Aaron and the work we will do to honor him -- and push back against the NSA -- over the next month.
Click here to join the chat, and vote it up to make sure it's seen by as many people as possible.
As was often the case, Aaron said it best: “[We defeated SOPA] because everyone made themselves the hero of their own story. Everyone took it as their job to save this crucial freedom. They threw themselves into it. They did whatever they could think of to do.”
In the last 6 months we’ve seen that government agencies, namely the NSA and GCHQ and others, have broken laws and twisted legal interpretations to create an infrastructure of mass surveillance of all of us online.
This creates a dark form of censorship, of course, as people become afraid to speak freely-- and it’s one that undermines our security and our right to privacy as well. As users of the Internet, we have a responsibility to defend its freedom.
With SOPA, we had a clear goal: defeat a specific bill. In this case, we have to take a first step. We have some promising bills (like the USA Freedom Act) and terrible ones (the FISA Improvements Act). But we need our legislators to hear from people who love the Internet that we won’t stand by and let it be turned into a giant tool for mass surveillance. We need to push them to have the courage to support comprehensive reform. The kind of courage Aaron showed us all.
So today, on the eve of the anniversary of Aaron’s passing, we’d like to ask you to join us in stepping up to the plate once again in defense of a free, open and secure internet, where no one has to watch over their shoulder for big brother.
In memory of Aaron, and looking back to the successes of the SOPA campaign, we’d like to ask you to join us in a month of action, culminating in a day of action on February 11th. Here's what we need you to do today:
1) Visit TheDayWeFightBack.org to join in the activism.
2) And click here to join us, Cory Doctorow, Brian Knappenberger, and EFF to talk about Aaron and the activism we're going to undertake to honor him.
In solidarity,
Demand Progress
Tell Obama to stop spying on American citizens
From Free Press Action Fund:
President Obama just met with Sen. Ron Wyden and others about the NSA's overreaching surveillance programs. And as early as next week, the president will announce whether he intends to reform the government’s spying apparatus. But will President Obama side with the public — which wants to end these programs — or will he cave?
As Sen. Wyden said yesterday, this is crunch time. Let’s push President Obama to support the USA Freedom Act.
Passing this bill is the first step toward restoring our right to privacy online. Sign now and we’ll deliver your signature straight to the White House.
Thanks,
Josh
free press action fund
Tell President Obama: Support the USA Freedom Act
The White House just released a series of recommendations for the NSA’s surveillance programs.1 The report is a positive step in the push to end the mass surveillance of millions of people.
But on their own these recommendations would do nothing to stop the NSA’s invasive programs. And some suggestions — like the notion that companies like AT&T and Verizon, rather than the NSA, should retain bottomless troves of our personal data — could prove even more harmful to our rights to connect and communicate in private.
The president needs to support the recommendations that would stop mass surveillance. And his next step should be to support the USA Freedom Act.
Tell President Obama to Stand Up for the USA Freedom Act
This week’s report echoes what we’re hearing from the courts and Congress. Just this week, a federal court ruled that collecting “metadata” on millions of peoples’ phone calls is likely unconstitutional.1 This is the program that the bipartisan USA Freedom Act — which more and more members of Congress are in favor of — would end.
Urge President Obama to Support the USA Freedom Act
Obama once said that “there is no reason we cannot fight terrorism while maintaining our civil liberties.”
We agree. That’s why the president should heed the panel’s recommendations — and get behind the USA Freedom Act.
Thanks,
Josh, Jen, Misty, Amy and the rest of the Free Press Action Fund team
P.S. Free Press fights every day to protect your privacy. We don’t take money from business, government or political parties and rely on the generosity of people like you to fuel our work. Please give $15 (or more!) today. Thank you!
To sign the petition
President Obama just met with Sen. Ron Wyden and others about the NSA's overreaching surveillance programs. And as early as next week, the president will announce whether he intends to reform the government’s spying apparatus. But will President Obama side with the public — which wants to end these programs — or will he cave?
As Sen. Wyden said yesterday, this is crunch time. Let’s push President Obama to support the USA Freedom Act.
Passing this bill is the first step toward restoring our right to privacy online. Sign now and we’ll deliver your signature straight to the White House.
Thanks,
Josh
free press action fund
Tell President Obama: Support the USA Freedom Act
The White House just released a series of recommendations for the NSA’s surveillance programs.1 The report is a positive step in the push to end the mass surveillance of millions of people.
But on their own these recommendations would do nothing to stop the NSA’s invasive programs. And some suggestions — like the notion that companies like AT&T and Verizon, rather than the NSA, should retain bottomless troves of our personal data — could prove even more harmful to our rights to connect and communicate in private.
The president needs to support the recommendations that would stop mass surveillance. And his next step should be to support the USA Freedom Act.
Tell President Obama to Stand Up for the USA Freedom Act
This week’s report echoes what we’re hearing from the courts and Congress. Just this week, a federal court ruled that collecting “metadata” on millions of peoples’ phone calls is likely unconstitutional.1 This is the program that the bipartisan USA Freedom Act — which more and more members of Congress are in favor of — would end.
Urge President Obama to Support the USA Freedom Act
Obama once said that “there is no reason we cannot fight terrorism while maintaining our civil liberties.”
We agree. That’s why the president should heed the panel’s recommendations — and get behind the USA Freedom Act.
Thanks,
Josh, Jen, Misty, Amy and the rest of the Free Press Action Fund team
P.S. Free Press fights every day to protect your privacy. We don’t take money from business, government or political parties and rely on the generosity of people like you to fuel our work. Please give $15 (or more!) today. Thank you!
To sign the petition
The statists are going after Congressman Thomas Massie
From Senator Rand Paul:
My good friend, Congressman Thomas Massie, needs your help!
The grassroots are leading a “Common Sense” Money Bomb for Cong. Massie, beginning this Friday, January 10th.
You see, January 10th is the 237th anniversary of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.
Will you please join the thousands of liberty loving grassroots supporters of Thomas by contributing as generously as possibly to his “Common Sense” Money Bomb?
In his first year in the House, Thomas has shown that he is a true friend of liberty.
He has voted against both of the establishment’s debt ceiling suspension schemes and has been a leader fighting against the Internet Sales Tax.
He has continually voted to protect your second amendment rights and fight to end the NSA’s unconstitutional domestic spying program.
So, will you please donate as generously as you can to Thomas?
Please act TODAY!
For Liberty,
Senator Rand Paul
P.S. Thomas Massie, a true friend of liberty, needs our help.
The grassroots are holding a “Common Sense” Money Bomb starting January 10th. Will you please donate as generously as possible today?
The following is from Congressman Thomas Massie:
“These are the times that try men’s souls.” -- Thomas Paine
I wish it wasn’t so.
But the words Thomas Paine wrote almost 240 years ago -- galvanizing American patriots and kickstarting our American revolution -- seem ever so appropriate for today.
Whether it’s bailouts, ObamaCare or BOTH parties’ smoky backroom deals, you and I both know our remaining freedoms are in danger like never before.
Well,this Friday, January 10, is the anniversary of Paine’s work Common Sense.
In honor of this anniversary, my grassroots supporters are throwing a Money Bomb for my reelection campaign for the U.S. House
Today, I’m asking you personally to join this effort.
You see, when Thomas Paine wrote those famous words, they rang out like a shot across the colonies.
With your help, I believe this money bomb can once again send a loud-and-clear message that American citizens will not tolerate being stripped of their freedoms.
The bigger this money bomb is, the louder that message will be!
With special interests announcing they’re prepared to spend up to $50 MILLION to unseat me and a handful of my colleagues for voting our Constitution, you’re help is CRITICAL.
So won’t you please act right away?
The truth is, if you and I are going to turn our country around, it’s you and me that must do the work.
As Thomas Paine wrote:
“The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country . . .”
Today, I believe my colleagues in Congress are shrinking from service to their country.
We’re over $17 TRILLION in debt!
Yet, politicians in BOTH parties continue to spend like there’s no tomorrow.
The ObamaCare DISASTER is plagued with “glitches,” hardworking families losing their health insurance and millions more are watching their premiums skyrocket.
For what?
Are you better off than before all the bailouts, “stimulus” packages, and tax-and-spend boondoggles like ObamaCare?
For most Americans, the answer is “NO!”
For those with their hands out, I’m afraid the answer is “yes.”
And they want to keep their hands in your pockets. They want to keep the tax-and-spend gravy train going until our fragile economy nosedives off a cliff.
I’m fighting them with everything I have.
And I can tell you, they’d love nothing more than to take me out for my strong stands, including:
***Cosponsoring legislation in the U.S. House to ban domestic drones;
***Joining fellow Patriots Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Ted Cruz, and two-dozen brave Representatives in the only serious Congressional effort to defund ObamaCare;
***Standing up against domestic NSA spying, forcing the U.S. House to vote on legislation to stop this madness;
***Introducing legislation to repeal unconstitutional Gun Free School Zones;
***Voting “NAY” both times my colleagues suspended the debt ceiling so they could keep racking up debt;
***Turning down the Congressional pension and taxpayer-funded health benefits when I came to Congress;
***Being endorsed by Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Justin Amash, and Mike Lee in my 2012 Republican primary bid when I upset the establishment’s handpicked candidate who gave up her State House seat in what was supposed to be her “coronation” to the U.S. House;
***Leading the fight against the establishment’s Internet Sales Tax scheme with a thirty-minute speech to kill momentum for the bill in the House of Representatives.
That’s why it’s so important you stand with me.
Instead of falling in line, I’m fighting to restore “common sense” in Washington, D.C.
But I can’t do it alone.
Without your support, I’ll be a sitting duck!
The special interests’ deep pockets have bought more Big Government favors from my colleagues in Congress than I can count.
But I pledged to be different.
I pledged to lead the fight for you.
Now, I’m standing up for the Constitution you and I cherish so dearly.
So won’t you stand with me this Friday, January 10?
I hope you will.
Help me send a message that you and I aren’t afraid to fight for our freedoms.
Whatever you can do -- $500, $250, $100, $50 or $35 -- will help.
Just please act right away.
Sincerely,
Thomas Massie
P.S. This Friday, January 10, is the anniversary of Paine’s work Common Sense.
In honor of this anniversary, my grassroots supporters are throwing a Money Bomb for my reelection campaign for the U.S. House
Today, I’m asking you personally to join this effort.
I’m standing up for the Constitution you and I cherish so dearly. So won’t you stand with me?
To contribute to the moneybomb
My good friend, Congressman Thomas Massie, needs your help!
The grassroots are leading a “Common Sense” Money Bomb for Cong. Massie, beginning this Friday, January 10th.
You see, January 10th is the 237th anniversary of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.
Will you please join the thousands of liberty loving grassroots supporters of Thomas by contributing as generously as possibly to his “Common Sense” Money Bomb?
In his first year in the House, Thomas has shown that he is a true friend of liberty.
He has voted against both of the establishment’s debt ceiling suspension schemes and has been a leader fighting against the Internet Sales Tax.
He has continually voted to protect your second amendment rights and fight to end the NSA’s unconstitutional domestic spying program.
So, will you please donate as generously as you can to Thomas?
Please act TODAY!
For Liberty,
Senator Rand Paul
P.S. Thomas Massie, a true friend of liberty, needs our help.
The grassroots are holding a “Common Sense” Money Bomb starting January 10th. Will you please donate as generously as possible today?
The following is from Congressman Thomas Massie:
“These are the times that try men’s souls.” -- Thomas Paine
I wish it wasn’t so.
But the words Thomas Paine wrote almost 240 years ago -- galvanizing American patriots and kickstarting our American revolution -- seem ever so appropriate for today.
Whether it’s bailouts, ObamaCare or BOTH parties’ smoky backroom deals, you and I both know our remaining freedoms are in danger like never before.
Well,this Friday, January 10, is the anniversary of Paine’s work Common Sense.
In honor of this anniversary, my grassroots supporters are throwing a Money Bomb for my reelection campaign for the U.S. House
Today, I’m asking you personally to join this effort.
You see, when Thomas Paine wrote those famous words, they rang out like a shot across the colonies.
With your help, I believe this money bomb can once again send a loud-and-clear message that American citizens will not tolerate being stripped of their freedoms.
The bigger this money bomb is, the louder that message will be!
With special interests announcing they’re prepared to spend up to $50 MILLION to unseat me and a handful of my colleagues for voting our Constitution, you’re help is CRITICAL.
So won’t you please act right away?
The truth is, if you and I are going to turn our country around, it’s you and me that must do the work.
As Thomas Paine wrote:
“The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country . . .”
Today, I believe my colleagues in Congress are shrinking from service to their country.
We’re over $17 TRILLION in debt!
Yet, politicians in BOTH parties continue to spend like there’s no tomorrow.
The ObamaCare DISASTER is plagued with “glitches,” hardworking families losing their health insurance and millions more are watching their premiums skyrocket.
For what?
Are you better off than before all the bailouts, “stimulus” packages, and tax-and-spend boondoggles like ObamaCare?
For most Americans, the answer is “NO!”
For those with their hands out, I’m afraid the answer is “yes.”
And they want to keep their hands in your pockets. They want to keep the tax-and-spend gravy train going until our fragile economy nosedives off a cliff.
I’m fighting them with everything I have.
And I can tell you, they’d love nothing more than to take me out for my strong stands, including:
***Cosponsoring legislation in the U.S. House to ban domestic drones;
***Joining fellow Patriots Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Ted Cruz, and two-dozen brave Representatives in the only serious Congressional effort to defund ObamaCare;
***Standing up against domestic NSA spying, forcing the U.S. House to vote on legislation to stop this madness;
***Introducing legislation to repeal unconstitutional Gun Free School Zones;
***Voting “NAY” both times my colleagues suspended the debt ceiling so they could keep racking up debt;
***Turning down the Congressional pension and taxpayer-funded health benefits when I came to Congress;
***Being endorsed by Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Justin Amash, and Mike Lee in my 2012 Republican primary bid when I upset the establishment’s handpicked candidate who gave up her State House seat in what was supposed to be her “coronation” to the U.S. House;
***Leading the fight against the establishment’s Internet Sales Tax scheme with a thirty-minute speech to kill momentum for the bill in the House of Representatives.
That’s why it’s so important you stand with me.
Instead of falling in line, I’m fighting to restore “common sense” in Washington, D.C.
But I can’t do it alone.
Without your support, I’ll be a sitting duck!
The special interests’ deep pockets have bought more Big Government favors from my colleagues in Congress than I can count.
But I pledged to be different.
I pledged to lead the fight for you.
Now, I’m standing up for the Constitution you and I cherish so dearly.
So won’t you stand with me this Friday, January 10?
I hope you will.
Help me send a message that you and I aren’t afraid to fight for our freedoms.
Whatever you can do -- $500, $250, $100, $50 or $35 -- will help.
Just please act right away.
Sincerely,
Thomas Massie
P.S. This Friday, January 10, is the anniversary of Paine’s work Common Sense.
In honor of this anniversary, my grassroots supporters are throwing a Money Bomb for my reelection campaign for the U.S. House
Today, I’m asking you personally to join this effort.
I’m standing up for the Constitution you and I cherish so dearly. So won’t you stand with me?
To contribute to the moneybomb
Join Senator Rand Paul's class action lawsuit
From Rand2016:
I'm suing the NSA. Want in?
A few days ago, I announced filing a class-action lawsuit against Barack Obama's National Security Agency and its unconstitutional spying on Americans.
Now I’m looking for ten million Americans to stand with me by joining this lawsuit to TAKE BACK our rights.
Can I count on your help?
Without it, I truly fear where our fragile Republic could be headed . . .
Recent news reports revealed that Barack Obama’s NSA is looking through billions of our emails and phone records every day!
But my friend, today I’m counting on your support as well.
As you’ll see, I’ve made up a Joining Statement for you to join my class-action lawsuit and I’m counting on you to sign it IMMEDIATELY.
You see, I believe this is an absolutely critical and defining moment . . .
My hope is it will be remembered for decades as the moment the American people stood up to their government and demanded our liberties be respected.
But I fear, without your help, it could instead be the moment the American people quietly shrink from a fight and instead hand their last bit of approval over for government-run lives.
I know there are those who argue that Americans must give up every last one of their liberties to win our country’s ongoing fight against terrorism.
"Trust us," they say.
I also know their promises of safety can be tantalizing.
But today we know President Obama’s IRS routinely targeted his political opponents and grassroots conservatives.
The Justice Department targeted reporters and their families for wiretapping and harassment for daring to criticize the administration.
We see the Obama administration covering up Benghazi, then tapping Susan Rice -- who helped mislead the American people in the wake of that outrage -- for a promotion.
"Trust us" is out the window.
And even if our rulers were angels -- and you and I had nothing to fear from an overbearing and intrusive government -- it still doesn’t work.
One of my colleagues, defending this massive program, stated the Boston bombing proved why we need programs like this.
Actually, it proves quite the opposite.
Instead of acting on real intelligence warnings from at least one other nation about the dangers the bombers posed, government agents were too busy secretly sifting through the phone and email records of hundreds of millions of Americans.
Instead of unreasonably targeting every American for spying, they should be focusing on only the truly dangerous.
This is an astounding assault on the Constitution and what’s truly dangerous is if you and I allow this to go on.
That’s why in addition to my class-action lawsuit I’ve introduced the Fourth Amendment Protection Act in the U.S. Senate.
This bill will prevent the government from sifting through the emails of American citizens and require them to obtain a warrant before searching data of specific terrorist suspects.
How long until these spying capabilities suffer some "mission creep" and they start using the GPS feature in your phone to track whether or not you go to gun shows?
What if you go to the "wrong" church? Or read emails from or attend the rallies of the "wrong" candidate?
That’s why your action today is so critical.
As I mentioned, I’ve made up a Joining Statement so you can join the lawsuit, and I’m counting on you to sign and return it to me IMMEDIATELY.
Go ahead and forward it to the uncle or cousin you always get in arguments with at Thanksgiving as well.
This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s an American one.
And if you and I care at all about the future of our Republic, we need as many folks as possible to stand up and fight back.
I believe each new name joining in this lawsuit increases the likelihood of ultimate victory.
By joining my class-action lawsuit, you can help stop the government’s outrageous spying program on the American people.
And your support will send a powerful message to my colleagues in Congress, many of whom want to just sweep this scandal under the rug and carry-on business as usual.
I believe we can win this.
I believe we must win this.
As I made clear in my recent FOX news appearance, I’m prepared to take this all the way to the Supreme Court.
If we can get tens of millions of Americans behind this effort, I believe we can win.
But I can’t do this without your help.
So please sign your Joining Statement to join my lawsuit IMMEDIATELY.
And if you can, please agree make your most generous contribution of $500, $250, $100, $50 or $35 TODAY.
If that’s too much, please chip in at least $10 or $20. Every dollar counts.
With your support, I’ll immediately begin mobilizing Americans from all over the country to this fight.
But to do that, I’ll have to pull out all the stops -- and not just with email, Internet ads and social networking.
I’ll have to use mail, phones and perhaps even radio and TV to get my message out as well.
This kind of program won’t be cheap. It’s an absolutely critical one for the survival of our Republic.
So please sign your Joining Statement and agree to your most generous contribution of $250, $100, $50, $35 -- or even $10 or $20 -- IMMEDIATELY.
Thanks so much for your support.
In Liberty,
Senator Rand Paul
P.S. Just a few days ago I announced filing a class-action lawsuit to end the madness of Barack Obama's NSA spying on Americans.
It seems every day we find out how more information is being sucked up, and how you or I could one day be targeted.
Meanwhile, real threats to our security, like the Boston bombers, slip by unnoticed.
That's why I’m counting on you to sign your Joining Statement to join my class-action lawsuit, and make your most generous contribution of $250, $100, $50, $35 -- or even $10 or $20 -- IMMEDIATELY!
Click here to join the lawsuit
I'm suing the NSA. Want in?
A few days ago, I announced filing a class-action lawsuit against Barack Obama's National Security Agency and its unconstitutional spying on Americans.
Now I’m looking for ten million Americans to stand with me by joining this lawsuit to TAKE BACK our rights.
Can I count on your help?
Without it, I truly fear where our fragile Republic could be headed . . .
Recent news reports revealed that Barack Obama’s NSA is looking through billions of our emails and phone records every day!
But my friend, today I’m counting on your support as well.
As you’ll see, I’ve made up a Joining Statement for you to join my class-action lawsuit and I’m counting on you to sign it IMMEDIATELY.
You see, I believe this is an absolutely critical and defining moment . . .
My hope is it will be remembered for decades as the moment the American people stood up to their government and demanded our liberties be respected.
But I fear, without your help, it could instead be the moment the American people quietly shrink from a fight and instead hand their last bit of approval over for government-run lives.
I know there are those who argue that Americans must give up every last one of their liberties to win our country’s ongoing fight against terrorism.
"Trust us," they say.
I also know their promises of safety can be tantalizing.
But today we know President Obama’s IRS routinely targeted his political opponents and grassroots conservatives.
The Justice Department targeted reporters and their families for wiretapping and harassment for daring to criticize the administration.
We see the Obama administration covering up Benghazi, then tapping Susan Rice -- who helped mislead the American people in the wake of that outrage -- for a promotion.
"Trust us" is out the window.
And even if our rulers were angels -- and you and I had nothing to fear from an overbearing and intrusive government -- it still doesn’t work.
One of my colleagues, defending this massive program, stated the Boston bombing proved why we need programs like this.
Actually, it proves quite the opposite.
Instead of acting on real intelligence warnings from at least one other nation about the dangers the bombers posed, government agents were too busy secretly sifting through the phone and email records of hundreds of millions of Americans.
Instead of unreasonably targeting every American for spying, they should be focusing on only the truly dangerous.
This is an astounding assault on the Constitution and what’s truly dangerous is if you and I allow this to go on.
That’s why in addition to my class-action lawsuit I’ve introduced the Fourth Amendment Protection Act in the U.S. Senate.
This bill will prevent the government from sifting through the emails of American citizens and require them to obtain a warrant before searching data of specific terrorist suspects.
How long until these spying capabilities suffer some "mission creep" and they start using the GPS feature in your phone to track whether or not you go to gun shows?
What if you go to the "wrong" church? Or read emails from or attend the rallies of the "wrong" candidate?
That’s why your action today is so critical.
As I mentioned, I’ve made up a Joining Statement so you can join the lawsuit, and I’m counting on you to sign and return it to me IMMEDIATELY.
Go ahead and forward it to the uncle or cousin you always get in arguments with at Thanksgiving as well.
This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s an American one.
And if you and I care at all about the future of our Republic, we need as many folks as possible to stand up and fight back.
I believe each new name joining in this lawsuit increases the likelihood of ultimate victory.
By joining my class-action lawsuit, you can help stop the government’s outrageous spying program on the American people.
And your support will send a powerful message to my colleagues in Congress, many of whom want to just sweep this scandal under the rug and carry-on business as usual.
I believe we can win this.
I believe we must win this.
As I made clear in my recent FOX news appearance, I’m prepared to take this all the way to the Supreme Court.
If we can get tens of millions of Americans behind this effort, I believe we can win.
But I can’t do this without your help.
So please sign your Joining Statement to join my lawsuit IMMEDIATELY.
And if you can, please agree make your most generous contribution of $500, $250, $100, $50 or $35 TODAY.
If that’s too much, please chip in at least $10 or $20. Every dollar counts.
With your support, I’ll immediately begin mobilizing Americans from all over the country to this fight.
But to do that, I’ll have to pull out all the stops -- and not just with email, Internet ads and social networking.
I’ll have to use mail, phones and perhaps even radio and TV to get my message out as well.
This kind of program won’t be cheap. It’s an absolutely critical one for the survival of our Republic.
So please sign your Joining Statement and agree to your most generous contribution of $250, $100, $50, $35 -- or even $10 or $20 -- IMMEDIATELY.
Thanks so much for your support.
In Liberty,
Senator Rand Paul
P.S. Just a few days ago I announced filing a class-action lawsuit to end the madness of Barack Obama's NSA spying on Americans.
It seems every day we find out how more information is being sucked up, and how you or I could one day be targeted.
Meanwhile, real threats to our security, like the Boston bombers, slip by unnoticed.
That's why I’m counting on you to sign your Joining Statement to join my class-action lawsuit, and make your most generous contribution of $250, $100, $50, $35 -- or even $10 or $20 -- IMMEDIATELY!
Click here to join the lawsuit
Make Barbara Walters defend her praise of Hillary Clinton
From Stop Hillary PAC:
We are turning up the heat on Hillary and Barbara Walters.
Thanks to you, today I will FedEx almost 40,000 petitions to Barbara Walters demanding she explain why Hillary Clinton was named "the most fascinating person of 2013."
I have included my letter to Mrs. Walters below for your reference.
Now I'm asking you to help me double down.
Will you contact Barbara Walters representative and politely ask him for an immediate response from Mrs. Walters?
Mrs. Walters representative is Morton Janklow and he can be reached by phone at 212-421-1700. Or you can email him.
Please be respectful and polite when contacting Mr. Janklow. Simply ask him to forward your message on to Barbara Walters you expect a detailed explanation and an immediate response to the Stop Hillary PAC Protest Petition.
I will keep you updated on our progress.
Sincerely,
-Ted
P.S. Keeping the pressure on Hillary AND Barbara Walters is expensive. Will you consider chipping in $5 to help with our Protest Petition campaign? Thanks! - Ted
Fwd: Dear Ms. Walters: This is disgusting
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ms. Barbara Walters
C/O Morton Janklow
445 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
212-421-1700
Dear Ms. Walters:
Millions of Americans are disgusted with your pick of Hillary Clinton as "the most fascinating person of 2013."
Please find enclosed 36,870 petition signers who have chosen to make their voices heard and are demanding an explanation from you as to why you chose Hillary Clinton as "the most fascinating persons of 2013."
Furthermore, Americans are disgusted with your fawning over Hillary Clinton - which was clearly a Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential promotion, masquerading as so-called "journalism."
Ms. Walters, have you forgotten about the four dead Americans in Benghazi?
Have you forgotten how our Ambassador came under attack from an Al Qaeda-led mob of terrorists, while Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration shamefully chose to abandon them and leave them to die?
And have you forgotten how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are actively trying to cover-up the crimes of Benghazi?
Millions of Americans haven't forgotten. The families of the dead Americans haven't forgotten, and rather than viewing Hillary Clinton as "fascinating," they view her as responsible for a large part of this tragedy and an obstructer of justice.
That is why they have signed our petition, and registered their disgust with your pick of Hillary Clinton.
Millions of American's are demanding a direct answer from you regarding your disgusting pick.
Please respond in no less than thirty days.
Direct your response to:
Senator Ted Harvey
C/O Stop Hillary PAC
717 King Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
202-210-5431
I await your response.
Sincerely,
Ted Harvey
Senator Ted Harvey (R)
Colorado State Senator
Co-Founder, Stop Hillary PAC
We are turning up the heat on Hillary and Barbara Walters.
Thanks to you, today I will FedEx almost 40,000 petitions to Barbara Walters demanding she explain why Hillary Clinton was named "the most fascinating person of 2013."
I have included my letter to Mrs. Walters below for your reference.
Now I'm asking you to help me double down.
Will you contact Barbara Walters representative and politely ask him for an immediate response from Mrs. Walters?
Mrs. Walters representative is Morton Janklow and he can be reached by phone at 212-421-1700. Or you can email him.
Please be respectful and polite when contacting Mr. Janklow. Simply ask him to forward your message on to Barbara Walters you expect a detailed explanation and an immediate response to the Stop Hillary PAC Protest Petition.
I will keep you updated on our progress.
Sincerely,
-Ted
P.S. Keeping the pressure on Hillary AND Barbara Walters is expensive. Will you consider chipping in $5 to help with our Protest Petition campaign? Thanks! - Ted
Fwd: Dear Ms. Walters: This is disgusting
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ms. Barbara Walters
C/O Morton Janklow
445 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
212-421-1700
Dear Ms. Walters:
Millions of Americans are disgusted with your pick of Hillary Clinton as "the most fascinating person of 2013."
Please find enclosed 36,870 petition signers who have chosen to make their voices heard and are demanding an explanation from you as to why you chose Hillary Clinton as "the most fascinating persons of 2013."
Furthermore, Americans are disgusted with your fawning over Hillary Clinton - which was clearly a Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential promotion, masquerading as so-called "journalism."
Ms. Walters, have you forgotten about the four dead Americans in Benghazi?
Have you forgotten how our Ambassador came under attack from an Al Qaeda-led mob of terrorists, while Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration shamefully chose to abandon them and leave them to die?
And have you forgotten how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are actively trying to cover-up the crimes of Benghazi?
Millions of Americans haven't forgotten. The families of the dead Americans haven't forgotten, and rather than viewing Hillary Clinton as "fascinating," they view her as responsible for a large part of this tragedy and an obstructer of justice.
That is why they have signed our petition, and registered their disgust with your pick of Hillary Clinton.
Millions of American's are demanding a direct answer from you regarding your disgusting pick.
Please respond in no less than thirty days.
Direct your response to:
Senator Ted Harvey
C/O Stop Hillary PAC
717 King Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
202-210-5431
I await your response.
Sincerely,
Ted Harvey
Senator Ted Harvey (R)
Colorado State Senator
Co-Founder, Stop Hillary PAC
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