#congress govt

[onlytiktoks]

[sharp-silver4795]

Dear America…

JD Vance fucked a couch, btw.

One of the slides is phrased wrong. It should say “while claiming to remove government censorship.”

I’m not often political on here. I’ve been in the US for too long to let this fly.

Remember, the president is hard to reach. Start with your state representatives. Start with your mayors and governors.

We’ll work our way up.

Deny. Defend. Depose. ✊

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

While you're at it you may as well uninstall Twitter 😁

We out number that remember that

Just a summary:

Instagram Facebook Facebook messenger delete them right now you don't have to delete your account just delete the app we've got two days to absolute metastock why is that important you may ask the senate just shot down the act that would extend the tiktok band deadline coincidentally randomly super silly a lot of the members of congress actually own stock in a lot of it I just want to get the street they rush the bill to band tick tock within a humanitarian aid bundle and just slipped it in there didn't have to vote on it didn't have to hear any testimonies from Americans that use this app to put food on their table they deny the act that would accident deadline so the people like you and me can find jobs when this does get banned and actually put food on our table all while doing this to increase the stock that they just purchase before this went through am I getting anything wrong here

[eddo-tensei]

Day of Action tomorrow on July 26th

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On Thursday, the Kids Online Safety Act is currently slated for markup in the Commerce Committee. If we don't speak up now, the bill may end up passing committee and given the amount of bipartisan support it has through its cosponsors, it may end up passing the Senate and House as well. After that, it'll be abused by multiple groups to chill various kinds of artistic expression online, especially queer expression.

If you live in the US, this is your chance to keep the internet safe. I've already posted Fight For The Future's Bad Internet Bills website multiple times, but you can click here just in case you need to have a link again. In any case, tomorrow, you have to visit the website, sign the petitions if you haven't done so already, and then use the website to call your lawmakers to tell them NOT to support KOSA or any of the other bills listed on the website. The future of the free internet depends on you, me, and everyone else here and beyond.

[icubud]

[a-petite-writer]

give congress periods 2025

[surviving-the-next-4-years]

Bernie Sanders speaks truths.

[moleshow]

i'm not even a board certified obama defender but bro is cooking nothing here. bullshit or not, legislation which will put millions of people out of their jobs will never pass. this is not an Obama Thee Liberal problem, it's a legitimate policy question. this is clear to legislators but apparently not so much to people who post online for a living

[daddysakic]

[quixoticanarchy]

government shutdowns are just the funniest fucking thing to me like. got a dysfunctional congress? have you tried turning the whole govt off, waiting a bit, and turning it back on again?

[13eyond13]

why does it feel like nobody really cares that the American government is just casually talking about aliens existing rn

[onlytiktoks]

[aci25]

Camera catches looters stealing Trillions

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

Random thoughts:

#notaneconomist (although I do thoroughly enjoy strategy) These are just my own personal observations and conclusions

For some reason my mind has wandered over to the state of the US economy, not hard to understand why given the times

It's the circular nature of the US military being the backbone of US financial stability that has for some reason taken the attention of my wandering mind

This is what has occurred to me:

The backbone of the United States economy is of course its military spending

The US military has a budget larger than the five following countries with the highest spends comparatively combined

We should find it unsurprising given that the majority of what is not internal spending is spent on development in terms of building military vehicles, weapons, firearms etc etc and that the majority of this is done within the private sector

For example: OshKosh builds trucks to transport tanks and also many different types of logistic vehicles, Pokémon Go helping to build a massive global spatial map, Angry Birds data being used to help build a surveillance network, Swarovski making riflescopes etc etc

Anyway, things get contracted out to be built right?

Given that most major corporations operate under much larger umbrellas it would make sense that these companies would have an invested interest and whether or not the US government actively keeps military funding high enough for everyone to get a piece of the pie

Given that internal spending on a product usually requires a profit markup I would imagine that the US government in terms of its military spending is not exactly getting bang for its buck.....(And lord knows they aren't spending it on their veterans).....so of course the business lobby wants to help ensure that they keep getting these high priced contracts to keep their profit margins high while having some sort of other, well I guess a front; like kids toys, or a gaming app, or jewelry to help disguise where it is they're getting a lot more of their companies earnings from

The other thing is that the US government needs to justify to the public the monstrosity of a budget for the military, and in order to do that you need to maintain a level of insecurity; not only in their own country by keeping weapons accessible but in other foreign nations by staging military coups, covertly funding terrorist organisations, staging a proxy war etc etc which of course we all know by now that the CIA helps ensure happens in order to "protect American interests"

So to summarise all of that the backbone of the US economy is basically a giant money laundering scheme run through its military in order to fund its business lobby and as long as the rest of the economy underperforms they were always be able to justify having an intensive military spend in order to prop it up

The worst thing that could happen to its economy is the US actually becoming a peaceful state; it seems to me that the recent events over the past couple of years have alerted the working class to the extent of which they are being squeezed in order to fund this business lobby

Unfortunately, this bubble that they have created around themselves will eventually burst

Even the Baby Boomers are starting to feel the pinch of the water in expense of living in this economy that the Millennials and Gen X have been living through; even the conservative working class are starting to turn on the system that they have been living in

The United Healthcare shooting is a prime example of it

It would seem that the ruling class has squeezed a little too hard and inadvertently started the class war they never wanted all under their own gusto

*slow clap*

[eddo-tensei]

STOP THE RESTRICT ACT/TIKTOK BAN BILL

I don't normally post about this stuff, but I feel like this needs to be said or else, everything we know could be utterly eradicated in the name of "security".

For anyone in the know, you're probably aware that the US Government had been trying to either restrict or even ban TikTok. Well, they've crafted a full bill for it and...well...it's even worse than anyone could imagine.

Bill S. 686, otherwise known as the RESTRICT Act, essentially enables the government to look into anything that could access the internet and I do mean ANYTHING. Computers, phones, TVs, tablets, video game consoles, appliances, modems, even things like your Ring light.

More shockingly, it could also criminalize the use of VPNs and if you're caught doing that or breaking any part of the bill, you could have your property seized, be fined for $1M, and even face jail time for up to 20 YEARS. And this could be used for anything, not just TikTok. If the government sees it fit to block any foreign platform, they will not only make it happen, but they could punish anyone who dares to access these sites no matter the reason.

This bill has only just been introduced in the Senate, but there's no point in waiting. For anyone who needs to know what to do, it's a given that you should call up your senators and representatives. However, I feel like we need to take more urgent action. Currently, the bill has been referred to the Senate Committee for Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Here's the list of all the committee members. Please call them or email them. For the sake of it, I'll give everyone a script of sorts to base your statements on.

"Hello [Name of Senator/Representative/Committee member you're calling here],

My name is [Your name]. I am a constituent of the US and I am calling to tell you that you need to oppose Bill S. 686 AKA the RESTRICT Act for it does not sufficiently address the problem it was written for, being the issues with TikTok, and is instead written in a way that could irreparably damage our right to privacy and freedom of expression online.

The government should not be given unfettered access to everyone's devices to ensure the ban of an app. There are other safer ways for Congress to address the privacy issues with TikTok and other apps like it that should be considered.

In any case, if you wish to keep my support for you as a politician, I implore you to reconsider the bill in its current form for it could violate not only my First Amendment rights, but also my Fourth Amendment rights. It is extremely unreasonable for the government to look through everyone's devices just to block an app and people should not be subjected to mass surveillance of this scale. I understand that you wish to keep your citizens safe, but please consider other options.

Do NOT support the RESTRICT Act. Please value the privacy and freedom of your citizens by voting NO on Bill S. 686."

[simplegenius042]

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