call your house reps to tell them that attaching this shit to a must pass spending bill is unacceptable, that censorship is unacceptable, no government should have the right to censor free speech

call mike johnson that lying piece of shit that claims republicans totally care about kids

call your dem house rep even if you think they're safe because this has been a very bipartisan effort with spineless dipshit democrats

more call tools

I'm unclear on what the scheduling is I'm seeing conflicting information, as I said in the last plurk, but here's a fresh new plurk, please replurk this one and make those calls

here we fucking are again.

some more call scripts

another resource

a doc of resources

I assure you I'm tired of talking about this shit just as much as you all are of hearing about it

but between this and the EU trying to pull some shit, and australia pulling that shit too, it's not great

I will still caution people that should kosa pass house, it still needs to be signed off by biden, and should that happen it does not instantly become law, it will have lawsuit hell first and take about...max two years I think before it's enacted?

another resource I don't remember if I posted

and another

I know the only work I'm doing is just informing but I'm really tired and want to lie down again

this shit scares me

yeah, the ghoul that trump is putting in charge of the ftc sure has some ideas about what the ftc should do (that aren't things within the ftc's jurisdiction and are extremely partisan)

I hit the point of telling my congresswoman's office that there's a bunch of stupid people in DC and that I don't know how they can deal with it without getting wasted on the weekends.

the ghouls behind kosa are in their 70s to 80s

they have no understanding of how the internet works but parents dont want to talk to their kids or have meaningful relationships with them, so sure, strip away every parent's right to make decisions for their kid's internet use

Yeah, I'm just saying. Imagine having those farts as your coworkers.

5 calls

reminders to call scalasie and johnson and also a resource to fax them

more resources

sorry I'm just trying to stay focused and keep adding resources

Bleh, it connected me with the House leadership rather than like my actual state rep? But I did the thing

Oh yeah it called them specifically

My first round I hung up because these things usually have you call your state rep but it makes sense that they want the House minority & majority leaders sigh

yeah some of these are focused on the leaders specifically sorry

I should have clarified myself but I'm just, exhausted

I already felt like for the next four years I was going to limit internet activity more but this. god

and I know Complying In Advance Is Bad but fuck even Bernie is already complying in advance so fuck this

I hope they take voice mails seriously since no one was at the first office I called.

People calling and flooding their lines regardless is taken seriously I think

also the idea of spamming their fax machines is really funny and I hope someone is doing it (in a non threatening legal civil disobedience way)

I called everyone I could, and put on my most local drawl and pearl clutching for my repub rep while calling

Honestly, the thing that confuses me is why they're pushing it through now, you know? Like, you'll control both houses in january and have elon musk in the cabinet (ew) so it should be easier for them to not try and sneak it in now, right? I

i'm fighting the best I can, but this doesn't feel like something we're gonna win this time

I don't know

Johnson signaled much the same

but as you know, politicians are dumb

as for whether we can win this fight I also don't know that, I'm getting mixed messages

i'm going to brace myself for this all going wrong and cross my fingers for the court cases that will absolutely come up.

yeah because like I said, even if Biden signs it, it won't instantly become law, and people will sue, and state rights are still a thing

I mean, there's already a number of state cases being fought over similar things, so I imagine NetChoice will absolutely head into the federal level

for the time being I need to take a break because I've been doing nothing but fretting and driving myself into panic attacks again, please feel free to add resources and information here everyone

Have warm drinks or some treat you've been saving for a special time. A spot of good in the dark. <3

You do it on your side, I'll do it on mine, and we'll hope others do to, and when we're all recharged, we'll come back and keep fighting. <3 Thank you

love to be a Free Speech Absolutist

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took me quite a minute before realizing "human sucker" was literally saying "You're a sucker"

and considering the rest of the lyrics that's certainly a constantly relevant message

anyway sorry I am disappearing again I have tea and I had a soak in the bath now

IIRC, they attached it to a Must-Pass Bill this time?

I'm unclear on if they actually did or they didn't

it wouldn't surprise me if they did the spineless motherfuckers but I haven't seen information on that

they attached anti trans legislation to a must pass bill for sure that passed and spineless dems votes on that, I know that for sure!

at this moment I know they're ATTEMPTING to attach it to a must pass budget bill

but Johnson is resistant to that

not for any good reason of course because he's an evil pos but

like...even though trump and Elon are already acting like they're in office (even though Elon didn't get elected for a damn thing) they're not, Biden is still president, so Johnson's logic is they should try it again when they have their majority (even though a lot of Republicans still don't like kosa either and acknowledge it could censor them)

he wants it as a victory for trump, not biden

also they still have a piss thin majority despite them acting like they got a super majority so fuck off Johnson

love people giving right-wing talking points about this. KOSA? You mean Blumenthal's bill to let California sue churches and small businesses for not having woke websites? The Biden-backed censorship bill to force government interference on American families?

the bill to let the GOVERNMENT tell me how to parent my child??

i live in the south so I've also been emphasizing "the FEDERAL government" on calls for this

yeah good idea

if you fax them, don't forget to use white text on a black background, with extra line spacing to make sure it's still legible!

fucking love it

the bill that would censor the TRUTH about abortion and how horrible it is????

hm. not a reassuring contrast to his previous statement that he will always support internet freedom and be against censorship but maybe I'm not that good at reading political doublespeak