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Patrick Couch retweeted
How long do we have left before the iPhone in your pocket begins quietly filing reports about encountering “extremist” political material, or about your presence at a "civil disturbance"? edwardsnowden.substack.com/p…
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278 Republicans voted for a tax cut for the rich
147 Republicans voted to overturn the election results
0 Republicans voted for Covid relief
Need I say more?
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As a reminder, every single Republican voted against:
-$1,400 checks
-State aid to prevent layoffs
-Unemployment insurance
-Vaccination funding
-More affordable health care
-Funding to reopen schools
-Rent assistance
-Aid for restaurants & small businesses
#AmericanRescuePlan
Patrick Couch retweeted
The filibuster is the reason we can’t pass:
-Marijuana legalization
-Democracy reform
-DC statehood
-The Equality Act
-The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
-A $15 minimum wage
-Gun safety reform
-Prescription drug reform
-Immigration reform
It is strangling our democracy.
Patrick Couch retweeted
Student surveillance apps have spread during the pandemic. Speaking out against them shouldn’t get you sued. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/st…
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Google can burn down its AI 'ethics' program but the work of this incredible team is fireproof. All of us in #aiethics draw on their transformative research. Can’t wait for to see how & where these brilliant researchers keep shining. Thank you @timnitGebru @mmitchell_ai
Patrick Couch retweeted
EFF presents “Copyright for Internet Creators,” a February 26 town hall for everyone who makes and shares things online. Join us to ask everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the DMCA, Content ID, and what Congress is up to. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/ho…
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Ring may "prohibit" video requests from police for lawful activities, such as protests. But a single incident allows police to request up to twelve hours of footage across ten city blocks--right where and when a protest is happening. gizmodo.com/the-lapd-asked-r…
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Avkriminalisering av cannabis för eget bruk är en självklarhet i ett humanistiskt samhälle. Inrikesministern borde öppna upp för en diskussion om detta, skriver dialogpolisen Erik Petschler.
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Patrick Couch retweeted
“We need an economic bill of rights. This would guarantee a job to all people who want to work and are able to work. It would also guarantee an income for all who are not able to work.”
— Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
April, 1968
#2000StimulusChecks
thenation.com/article/econom…
Patrick Couch retweeted
The death penalty is fundamentally a poor person’s issue. Over nearly 40 years of visiting death row facilities across the United States, I have never met a single person with money or resources. Capital punishment means “those without the capital get the punishment.”
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