#American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

[pintadorartist]

ADVOCATES IN CONGRESS HAVE THREATENED TO NOT VOTE FOR ANY SPENDING BILLS UNLESS KOSA IS INCLUDED

While the Continuing Resolutions does not include KOSA, advocates for the bill are still pushing VERY HARD to add it to the package of bills, even going as far as to not vote for disaster relief bills if KOSA is not added to the package of bills.

WE HAVE TO CALL AND MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. Below are the posts for contact info and call tools to call, email, and fax both representatives and senators to tell them to say NO to KOSA, it's important to keep up the pressure.

STOP KOSA (SENATE VERSION)

STOP KOSA (HOUSE VERSION)

[political-us]

[lassieposting]

Yes, I am an ardent hater of today's "if you feel powerless, don't forget that you can donate :))) even though you can barely feed yourself :)))" culture, where the average person has no power or agency to fight for what they believe in beyond stumping up cash.

Yes, I am going to remind y'all anyway that the American Civil Liberties Union is there to fight for your rights and they could use your support if you have any to spare. If you subscribe to their newsletter they send you regular updates on what they're doing to fight Drumpf and his force of fascist fuckwits.

[captainxtra]

HEADS UP! HR 9495 HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN SENATE!

Reminder on how to find your Senators!

If you have a GOP/MAGA Senator, use this advice from Reddit in trying to convince them to oppose it:

Do not stop fighting!

[goopgirlie813]

https://action.aclu.org/reg-action/keep-trump-administrations-hands-our-data

The ACLU has set up a page to submit a demand that Biden make an exectuive order to prevent the government from buying people's data. This could be massive because if the Trump administration has that kind of access to people's information it could easily be used against people (like tracking people's periods to prevent them from getting abortions or targeting political opponents.)

I would also suggest just looking through the ACLU website in general and seeing what you can contribute to. Maybe make some posts of your own about them so they can get more support.

https://www.aclu.org/

[nourangul]

So while it should NOT feel like an act of resistance to hand out copies of the US Constitution...

...it very much does and that's what I'm doing. I'm also buying bulk lots from the ACLU to make what little cash I have go further. They sell them in lots of ten and I'll continue handing them out as long as I'm able.

[benandstevesposts]

CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICER IN SPOTLIGHT FOR BODY SLAMMING LADY OUTSIDE GROCERY STORE

A police officer’s violent actions in southern California are being investigated after video footage showed the white cop brutalizing an unarmed Black woman for the apparent offense of recording officers detaining her husband.

The video footage recorded by a witness began by showing the woman holding a cell phone and filming officers handcuffing her husband, who can be heard repeatedly asking “why” he was being detained outside the supermarket in Lancaster.

After two officers struggled to handcuff the husband, one walked directly to the wife. When the camera follows the officer, he’s shown grabbing the wife by the back of her neck before violently flinging her to the ground.

The person recording can be heard yelling for the cop to “get off of her” and not to hit her to no avail.

The cop is next shown kneeling on the wife’s neck, evoking horrific imagery from Derek Chavin’s police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

As with the woman’s husband, the officer struggled to place her in handcuffs even though she wasn’t resisting.

Her husband can be heard in the background pleading for the officer to stop. He also said she has cancer. Neither claim prevented the officer from accosting the woman standing at least 20 feet away from the officers when they were handcuffing her husband.

To view the video, you may visit the original report by visiting the site it appeared here.

UPDATED REPORT ADDED REGARDING AREA WHERE ALLEGED ASSAULT TOOK PLACE

[speedygal]

I'm very glad to see they are willing and ready to go into another long drawn battle that spans four years defending democracy that means beating up fascism in the courts. Stopping him. at. every. chance they can get.

ACLU, you're our only hope stopping America from being gutted and transformed into something negative.

The hero that millions of people need.

The hero that we need.

The hero that America needs.

The hero who can be a safeguard to America keeping it from going off the rails from the very first minute.

We're counting on you!

Fight! Fight! Fight!

[life-of-sebastian]

Y'all, please donate to the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), they are fighting for our civil rights.

[political-us]

[captainxtra]

A reminder that House and Senate will be back in session this coming week, we need to look out for bad bills like HR 9495 in case they do go up for a vote.

Reminder on how to find your Senator in order to contact them:

If you have a GOP/MAGA Senator, read the advice given here:

Don’t spam them with messages!

[hiraeth-et-saudade]

Become a member!

ACLU.org

[tenderlywicked]

I'm very glad my short story was included in this anthology after all! It might be a bit weird but it means a lot to me :) It's about two modes of resilience during dark times, and there's some Slavic mythology and m/m romance mixed in. Huge thanks to @fromhereonblind for beta-reading it!

The book will be out on January 20th. At the moment, it's still possible to join the ARC team and read it for free, or you can pre-order it on Amazon. And reposts are most welcome of course :)

The whole list of authors:

[benandstevesposts]

EX-Police Officer Goes On Trial After Delaying Court Hearings For Years. Off-Duty Officer Is Accused Of Choking Man Leading To Death