In joint report, #CREW and #CommonCause find that #Trump and his allies targeted the #judiciary in the days, weeks, months leading up to the #January6th attack, and their continued attacks on our courts and govt institutions could lead to significant threats in the future. The #StoptheSteal movement’s targeting of judiciary included plans by a known #whitesupremacist group to encourage their supporters to occupy court buildings, direct threats toward SCOTUS https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Donald-Trump_threatening-courts.pdf #insurrection

Icky, I suppose, to trade in racial generalizations, but it was strikingly weird to bounce between white precincts and black ones as a poll watcher yesterday. Lots of conspiracy theory and weird vibes on the white side, including someone taking pictures of me with my 866 OUR VOTE sign, and on the black side — warm community vibes and rueful anecdotes about past voter suppression. #commoncause

«An #IndianAmerican attorney is being hailed as a “national hero” and “true patriot” in the #US after he successfully argued a case before the US #SupremeCourt against a legal theory being promoted by #conservatives, especially those who support former US #President Donald #Trump. The US-born attorney, named #NealKatyal, was representing the watchdog group ‘ #CommonCause’ and won the judgement 6-3, with support from three #liberal and three #conservative judges.»

https://www.wionews.com/world/why-americans-including-obama-are-in-awe-of-indian-american-attorney-neal-katyal-610282

Let corporations vote? Delaware bill prompts debate :

Seaford town officials, who approved the charter change in April, say business owners who have invested in the town through entities like LLCs and partnerships should have a say in local affairs.
#AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion #CommonCause #Corporations #Delaware #property #propertyowners #Seaford #votingrights
#Miami #news

https://kbindependent.org/?p=9700

RT @MarcRotenberg@twitter.activitypub.actor

We filed with @FTC@twitter.activitypub.actor about @OpenAI@twitter.activitypub.actor and #Gpt4. We discuss short-term & long-term risk, recommend a pause & slow AI, and call for guardrails. #AIcommunity needs to work together. #commoncause @thecaidp@twitter.activitypub.actor @GaryMarcus@twitter.activitypub.actor https://www.caidp.org/cases/openai/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MarcRotenberg/status/1642637308410097668

Another "puzzle extravaganza for a cause" just dropped.

Puzzles for Democracy is a set of 51 puzzles for every state in the country plus D.C. -- including crosswords, word games, logic puzzles and more.

Not solved them yet, but I think it's reasonable to assume they're mainly aimed at American solvers.

Among the constructors are lots of my favorites (see tags below).

https://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/puzzles-for-democracy/

#PuzzlesForDemocracy #CommonCause #Crosswords #EricBerlin #PatrickBerry #PatrickBlindauer #NathanCurtis #PeterGordon #MarkHalpin #AndTooManyOthersToMention

@murshedz 🙏🏼🙏🏾💔 #CommonCause #KarenHobartFlynn

Shocked, stunned, and heartbroken to find out about this news. Karen was such an incredibly beautiful soul and a ferocious fighter for our democracy.

She just helped me out just few weeks ago on a project I had been working on. Sending light and love to her family, the #CommonCause team and community.

Rest in power Karen. ❤️

This #PresidentsDay, remember that only one ex-president ever tried to stop the transfer of office to his successor by encouraing his supporters to use violence. Some social media platforms are willing to allow him to continue to lie and incite violence by returning to their sites.

Please join me in signing this #CommonCause #petition: Twitter & Facebook must combat disinformation -- and hold Donald Trump to the same standards as everyone else.

https://act.commoncause.org/petitions/twitter-facebook-must-combat-disinformation-and-hold-donald-trump-to-the-same-standards-as-everyone-else

Coordinated right-wing effort to link FCC nominee Gigi Sohn to sex trafficking is transparently "a cynical political ploy, with an acrid undercurrent of homophobia" - @hiltzikm in LA Times. Condemn and Confirm: https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/common-cause-calls-on-senate-to-condemn-smear-campaign-against-gigi-sohn-and-rapidly-confirm-her-to-fcc via #CommonCause #FCC #GigiSohn

@GottaLaff
It helps to call if you are in the USA, no matter what party your Representative is -- the total volume of calls demonstrates public awareness.

You can log the call in defense of the #OfficeOfCongressionalEthics #OCE with #CommonCause here: https://act.commoncause.org/forms/log-your-call-save-ethics-protections-for-congress

@BruceMirken They tried to do it last time they had a majority, and backed down. We can get them to back down again. You can log a call in defense of the #OfficeOfCongressionalEthics #OCE with #CommonCause here: https://act.commoncause.org/forms/log-your-call-save-ethics-protections-for-congress

It helps to call if you are in the USA, no matter what party your Representative is.

@Cristiana If you haven't already, please make a call to your House member! You can log the call in defense of the #OfficeOfCongressionalEthics #OCE with #CommonCause here: https://act.commoncause.org/forms/log-your-call-save-ethics-protections-for-congress

It helps to call if you are in the USA, no matter what party your Representative is.

@mickeleh If you haven't already, please make a call to your House member! You can log the call in defense of the #OfficeOfCongressionalEthics #OCE with #CommonCause here: https://act.commoncause.org/forms/log-your-call-save-ethics-protections-for-congress

It helps to call if you are in the USA, no matter what party your Representative is.

@aweiss Consider joining #CommonCause and making a call to your House member; you can log the call in defense of the #OfficeOfCongressionalEthics #OCE here: https://act.commoncause.org/forms/log-your-call-save-ethics-protections-for-congress

It helps to call if you are in the USA, no matter what party your Representative is.

@ne1for23 @CREW #CommonCause is logging calls to Congress in defense of the #OfficeOfCongressionalEthics #OCE here: https://act.commoncause.org/forms/log-your-call-save-ethics-protections-for-congress

It helps to call if you are in the USA, no matter what party your Representative is.

I just signed a #CommonCause petition: Denounce Elon Musk: Twitter must take action against disinformation.

Please join me by signing here: https://act.commoncause.org/petitions/denounce-elon-musk-twitter-must-take-action-against-disinformation

"INKY THOUGHTS"
On Common Cause

#novel #familiar #experienced #eager #traditional #revolutionary #need #commoncause #old #new #musings #thoughts #sayings

In advisory ballot measures, voters in 4 counties back a ban on private election administration $$$ that helped keep #Election2020 in #Wisconsin safe & secure #CommonCause #WisconsinDemocracyCampaign #MattRothschild
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/voters-give-thumbs-down-to-private-election-administration-funding/

Tell #ATandT and others: Stop funding #DrUMPF’s insurrectionists

https://act.commoncause.org/petitions/tell-att-stop-funding-trumps-insurrectionists

via #CommonCause #Society #Politics #USofA