Alexandra ThornMassachusetts action item: Please sign and share Digital Fourth's petition for three common sense amendments to the House's Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, and for passage of the act itself: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-state-representative-pass-enforceable-privacy-legislation
#CambridgeMA action item for *tonight*: the city manager is putting forward a plan that would dramatically limit public comment at Cambridge City Council meetings.
You can read about it here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZcNIgUmRf1WPK9TAQbiyCrRAKmBfTywOhOysWRX7hbg/edit?tab=t.0
Public Comment changes coming before Council soon--for CHJC
PUBLIC COMMENT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS COULD CHANGE IN A WAY THAT DIMINISHES DEMOCRACY CHJC and many other progressive groups in the city count on public comment at City Council to advance our agenda both with the Council, city staff, and with the Cambridge community. The current Cambridge City...
Public comments on the TSA proposal on collecting biometric data may be submitted as an individual, as an organization, or anonymously.
I imagine that anonymous comments might be given less weight, so please consider your risk profile. If you're less vulnerable, submitting with a name may help to buffer vulnerable people against needing to put themselves at risk.
U.S. federal public comment form to explain why it wouldn't be good for the TSA to routinely collect everyone's biometric data:
Deadline: March 16, 2026
#Massachusetts action-item: call Representative Farley-Bouvier, the chair of the House Committee on Avanced Information Technology, the Internet, and Cybersecurity, and ask her to push forward the strongest possible version of the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-rep-tricia-farley-bouvier-strengthen-the-ma-data-privacy-act
Progressive Mass has a more official action-item on the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (senate vote is tomorrow!!), and they highlight Amendment 52 (which would close loopholes by eliminating carveouts) as another important Amendment to advocate for.
https://www.progressivemass.com/let-your-state-senator-know-ma-wants-strong-data-privacy-laws/
Let Your State Senator Know: MA Wants Strong Data Privacy Laws
Your data should be nobody's business. This Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate will vote on comprehensive privacy legislation known as the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (S.2608). Strong data privacy legislation must ban the sale of our sensitive data, limit how companies handle our data, and pro
I've synthesized the above information for the upcoming (Sept 25, 2025) vote on the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act here:
https://sandstorm.appux.com/shared/hqHNmKtMHsVSShez9k0IfeeI_FVmqZWEYhVbbcO2CmC
Feel free to share the link around or to adapt any of the language.
Please help spread the word!
gRegor MorrillAn FDA committee is meeting and considering removing some COVID vaccine recommendations for certain groups. Public comment is open until May 23, 2025 11:59PM Eastern.
- Visit the People’s CDC guide for background and follow their steps to leave a comment
- Read my comment and feel free to borrow any language from it!
Joe KatzIn Joe Biden's police reform executive order, he promised to set up a database of officers who committed misconduct. It was supposed to launch by January 20th. Nothing yet.
Wanna take a minute and contact the White House to ask why? https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/02/04/biden-promised-a-police-misconduct-database-he-s-yet-to-deliver
Contact your member of Congress today and demand that the #AfghanAdjustmentAct be added to the omnibus.
We can't demand we stand by Ukraine while we abandon the people who helped us in Afghanistan.
