PrivacyDigestFeb 4

"Capture it all": #ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on #protesters

Senator Edward J. #Markey (D-Mass.) demanded that #Immigration and #Customs Enforcement ( #ICE ) confirm or deny the existence of a "domestic #terrorists ” database that lists US #citizens who protest ICE's immigration crackdown.
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/capture-it-all-ice-urged-to-explain-memo-about-collecting-info-on-protesters/

"Capture it all": ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters

Sen. Markey: Database of peaceful protesters, if it exists, should be shut down.

Ars Technica
Chuck DarwinApr 24, 2025

A delegation of five congressional Democrats traveled to Louisiana on Tuesday to visit
#Mahmoud #Khalil and #Rümeysa #Öztürk
in the immigration prisons they’re being held in and to demand their release.

The group of lawmakers, led by Rep. Troy #Carter (Louisiana), is the first from Congress to visit either Khalil or Öztürk since they were abducted by immigration agents last month and flown from their homes in New York and Massachusetts, respectively, to Louisiana.

The group also included Sen. Ed ##Markey (Massachusetts) and Representatives Jim #McGovern (Massachusetts), Ayanna #Pressley (Massachusetts), and Bennie #Thompson (Mississippi).
https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-travel-to-louisiana-ice-prisons-to-demand-release-of-khalil-ozturk/

Democrats Travel to Louisiana ICE Prisons to Demand Release of Khalil, Öztürk

“[Donald Trump] is a dictator. And the only way to beat a dictator is with defiance,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said.

Truthout
EllenJSMar 9, 2025

@jik

The meeting #McGovern held sounds more like a Town Hall than what #Markey held.

https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/joshtpm.bsky.social/post/3ljv4olipe22o

Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social)

Got a report from a Townhall Rep. Jim McGovern held in Holliston, MA. Went for more than three hours, answered every question. From TPM Reader: "He’s talking about a national strike, need to hear from constituents, hears that they need to do more, Trump was the one violating decorum ...

Bluesky Social
Show threadEllenJSMar 8, 2025

@jik
Agree! Anyone who made the effort to come already knows about #Markey trying to enter buildings and #DOGE stopping him. Tell us what you’re DOING, not what you’re saying.

I’d be there, but I broke my ankle 10 days ago(slipped on black ice) and my mobility is very limited

Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Feb 7, 2025
Today's #Congress outreach:
I sent https://resist.bot/petitions/PARLVP to #Warren #Markey and #Pressley via @resistbot, about how horrified I am to watch Trump and the GOP rolling back human rights, asking them to obstruct every step of the way and get the word out about what's happening and who's doing it to sway public opinion.
Please write and call your reps daily (you can use my letter above!) until we've successfully beaten back the coup. We need to keep the pressure on so they do.
#politics #USPol
Fight against rolling back human rights

Text SIGN PARLVP to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Resistbot
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Feb 6, 2025
Today's #Congress outreach:
I sent a letter to #Warren, #Markey, and #Pressley via @resistbot, https://resist.bot/petitions/PDWBPU, thanking the Democrats in the Senate for fillibustering #RussellVought and encouraging the caucus to continue to do everything they can to oppose #Trump.
I also called and left messages for all three in which I said basically the same thing.
You should be contacting your reps daily too! You can use the link above to do it if you'd like.
#politics #USPol
More like last night's filibuster, please

Text SIGN PDWBPU to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Resistbot
Jonathan Kamens 86 47Feb 6, 2025
Today's #Congress outreach:
I was so busy today I couldn't make phone calls before offices closed. I did write a letter to #Warren, #Markey, and #Pressley demanding that they do something about #HeadStart programs being denied access to funds. Maybe you'd like to join me in asking your electeds to act on this? If so, you can use my petition:
https://resist.bot/petitions/PKGLRW
Until we beat back the #coup, you, too, should be calling and writing your electeds in Congress daily!
#politics #USPol #MAPoli
Head Start needs help from Congress, urgently

Text SIGN PKGLRW to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Resistbot
VITIDec 8, 2024

Hoy estamos en Busot, sorteando ráfagas de viento para que no se vuele nada.

#handcrafted #jewelery #alicante #markey

Jess FNov 21, 2024
#MApoli #Markey and #Warren, our two MA senators, were of the 18 who voted for #JRDs to block arms to Israel. M was NOT on board until the last minute. I saw coordinated visits from several organized coalitions on the ground, and much resistance from both senators at first. Markey's office called when he knew what his vote would be - about 15 mins before the vote. Both followed up immediately with groups to keep working together after the vote. Is this what democracy looks like? 🦋
CovidiocracySep 26, 2024

“Steward Health Care chief executive Ralph de la Torre could face a trial and prison time for ignoring a congressional subpoena, after the US Senate on Wednesday unanimously moved to refer a criminal contempt charge to the Justice Department.”

“Thursday’s vote was the first time since 1971 that the Senate has approved a criminal contempt resolution.”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/25/business/ralph-de-la-torre-contempt-charge-senate-justice-department/
#senate #contempt #bernie #markey

Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre contempt charge advanced by Senate

Lawmakers unanimously referred the criminal contempt of Congress charge to the Justice Department, which now must decide whether to prosecute Ralph de la Torre.

The Boston Globe