Next Round of Town Hall Meetings: Pound GOP on repealing but not replacing Internet privacy rules
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I'm not suggesting we necessarily move on completely from health care, but we have an opportunity to publicly slam the GOP for not caring about their constituents privacy rights -- an issue I suspect may resonate with deplorables more than the health care debate.
Yes, Americans are notably lax about protecting their privacy when they have the opportunity to do so (example: the millions upon millions who sign up for "affinity" cards from grocery stores and other retailers). But that doesn't mean that most people don't want to make that decision themselves rather than having no opportunity to do so.
We should pound the GOP on their vote to repeal and not replace the FCC Internet privacy rules. If a member defends his/her vote saying that the rules adopted by the FCC weren't "good" rules, ask them if they've introduced or co-sponsored any legislation that would create "good' rules and why they repealed the only protections we had without even considering a replacement.
I'd love to see these fuckers rocked back on their heels when they get asked whether they're okay with anyone being able to purchase information about the websites they and their family members visit.
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Our priorities for our 'interconnected' activisim groups -
2017 Elections - Governor, Assembly, Senate (state), Town Councils, School Boards
Russian ties to the President
Protection of immigrants
Protection of voting rights (NJ is known for it's caging in the 1980s)
Your op is really good - have you reached out to Indivisible? If you push that up to the main team who created the guide - they can get it out to the 3000+ groups. 
Most of the invidisible folks I've met in the 16ht and 23rd (NJ House of Reps 7th) have never heard of DU.
