Do you want the President spying on you?

Pamela, do you want the President – Trump and whoever’s next – spying on you?

TAKE ACTION: Urge Congress to reject this mass surveillance scheme >> TAKE ACTION Pamela, do you want the President – Trump and whoever’s next – spying on you? Apparently, many members of Congress do – including some Democrats. No matter who your representative is, we need your help to stop this scheme now. It sounds beyond belief – but it’s true. If we don’t act soon, Congress is going to rubber stamp the federal government’s continued ability to spy on you, without a warrant, including through mass data purchases. [1] Here’s what’s at stake: Your location (from the cell phone you carry every day). Your web browsing history. Even your emails. Companies are already tracking you and selling that info to the highest bidder – including the government. And that’s particularly scary as Stephen Miller and Donald Trump want to sic the full force of our government on their political opponents – and as new AI technology makes scooping up and processing huge amounts of your private data easier than ever. Here’s the good news: this is far from a done deal. Take action today to tell Congress: close the “data broker loophole”, end warrantless surveillance, and don’t let our government spy on us! TAKE ACTION You might have seen headlines earlier this year about the fight between Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon and the company Anthropic – where Common Cause and our allies spoke out to draw a red line against our government using AI to spy on us. [2] Per the New York Times, that dispute started because the government wanted to use AI to collect and analyze “commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data.” [3] That’s exactly what’s at stake in next week’s vote. Now, Trump’s team wants to continue to use this “data broker” loophole to buy information about you from advertisers that they’re not allowed to get directly. And bafflingly enough, dozens of Democrats, including their lead on the Intelligence Committee, Rep. Jim Himes, are willing to give up our one and only chance to stop them! [4] Pamela, even if you’ve done nothing wrong – especially if you’ve done nothing wrong – you should be worried about this kind of mass surveillance. When the government buys up thousands of emails or phone records, your personal info is in there. And if there’s anything in there the people running our government don’t like, you could face harassment, intimidation, or worse. Elon Musk’s DOGE fiasco already proved it: we can’t trust the Trump Administration to be careful with our private data. And Stephen Miller and other officials’ unhinged rants on TV show us they think anyone who disagrees with them, including you, is their enemy. Take action today: close the “data broker” loophole and say NO to warrantless government surveillance. Thanks for all you do, The team at Common Cause [1] https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/fisa-section-702-civil-rights-abuses [2] https://www.commoncause.org/resources/pete-hegseth-vs-anthropic-read-our-letter-on-ai-surveillance/ [3] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/technology/anthropic-defense-dept-openai-talks.html [4] https://theintercept.com/2026/03/23/trump-domestic-spying-fisa-702-democrats/ Common Cause is a leader in fights that matter at the local, state, and national level. Your support helps us fight special interests, hold elected officials accountable, and build a better democracy for all Americans. DONATE Interested in volunteering with our Action Team? Sign up here. 805 15th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 202.833.1200 https://commoncause.org Common Cause’s work to defend and strengthen our democracy is powered by members like you. You can use this link to unsubscribe or let us know you'd like to receive fewer emails from us.

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