#stop nsa

[slugsnailblog]

Congress said they’d stop illegal surveillance, but now they’re trying to expand it.

We have less than 24 hours to tell Congress to support a crucial amendment that would stop the U.S. government’s unconstitutional spying of all Americans without a warrant.

[monty-kopo]

[verkloot]

The world is cold

We live in a time were we are addicted to oyr phones. Were we rather video chat with each other than see each other in person. We live in a time were we csn go to jail for writing something online that's filled with secrets from our government, they send you to jail because they're scared shitless because there is just a small group of people that want to control everything. Not just what we know, but also what we eat, drink, smoke, what we say, what we think, when we take a shit in our own house, when we take our dog out, who our friends are, who we met, and they want to know what we see. It's just sick bevause most people choose to close their eyes and pretend to be stupid, and keep telling themselves 'it won't happen to me'. To all those people that keep telling themselves that: fuck you. Because you know it's already happening to you and everyone around you. You just choose to keep your mind closed for seeing what you HAVE to see. People are just scared that their "perfect life" is gonna but fuck that life isn't and never will be perfect. Life is a bitch. So fuck her. Just take just 1 minute to think about what I wrote down and just change for a little bit. Or just try that's enough

[verkloot]

I don't know

No really I don't. I don't fucking know why people are so blind for the truth. Like really people all act like they know everything but everybody has the same problem: they just don't fucking know who's speaking the truth. Nobody really know what to do in life because no one said how to do it but because some people think they speak the truth we MUST agree woth them? That's not democracy. But ya'll call it like that. Just let people do what the Fuck they want. Yeah shit is gonna be fucked up but you give people a real choice to fuck shit up or not. I think the real problem is most people are made blind with money, yeah I like money to it makes life a lil bit easier but in the end we can't eat money or breathe that shit. I just wish I could do something about it but on my own people only look at me like I'm crazy. Okay maybe I'm a bit crazy.

[animefreak40k]

So apparently Congress has decided to try and do something right! In this case, a bill that would strip the NSA of its ability to go about its mass-spying activities as well as add more transparency and oversight to what it is they're doing. 

...maybe we can see the end to the so-called Patriot Act as well...

But this is a great start!

[elephantburlesque-blog]

[theericapoe]

I seriously hate our government right now.

ANYONE WANNA GO TO WASHINGTON DC OCTOBER 26? I received another email today, keeping me updated on NSA surveillance, and there is going to be a huge protest! I want to go so badly but I can't go alone. Our generation is huge and could change the world if we wanted to. Here is the Email with all the details:

"This is big. Over the weekend, the New York Times editorial board published an astounding op-ed that roundly condemns the NSA’s practice of undermining encryption standards, and calls for sweeping reforms to rein in out-of-control government surveillance.

They’ve endorsed a bill that would repeal the PATRIOT Act and parts of the FISA Amendments Act, essentially shutting down the NSA as we know it.

That’s incredible. The mainstream media has never been on our side the way they are right now. Powerful members of Congress who are usually our foes are falling all over each other to pass bills they claim will put the NSA in check.  We’re living in a crucial time for the Internet, and our actions (or inactions) could decide the future of free speech and democracy.

That’s why we’re working with a huge coalition of groups to organize an historic protest in Washington, DC on the anniversary of the PATRIOT Act, to demand an end to the NSA’s tyranny. Click here to learn more.

We helped launch the Stop Watching Us coalition within weeks after Snowden’s first leak, and it has since grown to more than 560,000 signers, including groups from across the political spectrum and celebrities like John Cusack, Tim Berners Lee, Wil Wheaton, and Ai Weiwei.

Now, the coalition is ready to take our grassroots advocacy to the next level: a major mobilization in Washington, DC to remind Congress that they work for us, not the NSA, and to make it clear in no uncertain terms that we will never stop fighting to protect the Internet from the threat of dragnet government surveillance.

Here’s the details:

What: Stop Watching Us: A Rally Against Mass Surveillance

When: Sat., Oct. 26, 12–3 p.m.

Where: TBD, Washington, D.C.

Who: You and thousands of others fighting to restore our privacy

Click here to learn more and RSVP for the rally.

We’re working with a wide range of groups including the EFF, ACLU, Free Press, Demand Progress, FreedomWorks, Code Pink, the Libertarian Party, and so many more to organize a powerful action in DC, and help everyone get there through buses and ride-shares organized by the local groups that we’re building with.

There are a million things to do to make this rally huge, so reply to this email if you can help mobilize people in your area. We’re also working on a plan for a huge online protest to coincide with the on-the-ground demonstration, so that everyone can take part. RSVP here if you want to make sure you’re kept in the loop.

We’re down to the wire. Right now we have the public, the tech community, and the media on our side, but if we wait too long to respond in a big way, we’ll lose that energy and we run the risk that people will just start accepting the fact that the government is watching all of us all the time. We can’t allow that to happen.

The White House is trying to reassure the public, but a shocking AP report shows that the “review panel” that was appointed to investigate the NSA is little more than a rubber stamp committee with no intention of stopping the spying. Meanwhile, tech companies are having to tell their customers to stop using security software that the NSA intentionally weakened.

Who knows what revelations next week’s NSA news stories will bring? What we do know is that the time to rise up against this surveillance state is right now. Forward this email, and the New York Times op-ed, to your friends and family. Get them on board, and then bring them with you when you come to DC!

Click here to join the protest.

More soon,

-Evan and Tiffiniy

Fight for the Future

P.S. we rely on members like you to sustain our work while we fight for everyone’s online freedom. Will you sign up to make a recurring donation so we can continue our winning streak?"

[animefreak40k]

Here's the deal, Representatives Justin Amash, John Conyers and others are putting up an amendment to current policy that will defund (and thus gut) a lot of the NSA's domestic snooping on Wednesday 24 July 2013. 

This is where "we the people" come in:

- Click the link - Fill out the basic form (this will tell you who your congressional representative is as well as their number). - If you get a human, read from the provided script or just plain out tell them that you want them to support this amendment. If you get a machine, leave a message (advisable to be from the script provided) and call back later. - Wash, rinse, repeat as needed.

Oh, and get the word out! Tell your friends and families to do the same thing!