Yesterday’s Senate vote to advance a Venezuela war powers resolution was historic and important for several reasons.

HISTORY: The Senate just voted to advance a resolution to block further military action in Venezuela! But Congress still needs to hear from you! ☎️Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927), enter your zip, & tell your senators to vote YES. 📷Visit NoWarWithVenezuela(dot)com

The Senate is voting TODAY @ 11 AM ET on a resolution to block the illegal war on Venezuela. ☎️Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927), enter your zip, & tell your senators to vote YES. 📷Visit NoWarWithVenezuela(dot)com to see where they stand & take action.

Demand Progress is honored to partner with @carterd.bsky.social to take on Wall Street!

Check out this great writeup of our campaign to stop the illegal war on Venezuela! The Senate could vote on a war powers resolution to stop the war this week and they need to hear from you. Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927) to urge your senators to support the resolution!

Invading a country and kidnapping their head of government without any congressional authorization is a terrifying and blatantly illegal act that tears at our Constitution. Congress must step in and stop this reckless, unconstitutional act of war.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is leading violent ICE raids and federal invasions in cities across the country. House members must get behind a full investigation into Noem’s failures and abuse of power.

At a time when health care is on the brink of disaster, Congress must take urgent action and pass @sanders.senate.gov’s reforms.

Demand Progress and organizations from across the ideological spectrum sent a letter asking Congress to rein in President Trump's domestic deployments of the National Guard.

The law doesn’t saw to begin releasing the files today. It says to release ALL the files today. Everyone continuing this coverup needs to be held accountable.

A law passed by Congress and signed by President Trump requires “all” Epstein files possessed by the DOJ to be released TODAY. Instead, Deputy AG Todd Blanche says some files will be released “over the next couple of weeks.” This is unacceptable. End the coverup now.

Last night, Trump effectively declared war on Venezuela through a Truth Social post. Today, the House will vote on two resolutions to block Trump's illegal acts of aggression in Venezuela.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been at the forefront of Trump’s censorship push targeting media personalities and entire networks for “liberal bias.” Our petition urges the U.S. House to protect free speech and the media from Trump’s takeover.

We’re excited to work with Carter to take on Walk Street!

Don’t let Trump block AI safety regulations. Placing guardrails on Big Tech and AI is critical to keep people safe!

President Trump keeps trying to give the White House and David Sacks the power to override state AI safety laws. Doing this only makes sense if the president’s goal is to please the Big Tech elites who helped pay for his campaign, his inauguration and his ballroom.

A new Demand Progress poll finds that Dem and Indy voters overwhelmingly want to see Dem leaders fighting efforts by Trump and GOP leaders to ban states from passing or enforcing AI laws. Read about our poll in the First Draft newsletter from @zeteo.com

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have committed war crimes during one of his bombings of Venezuelan boats. Tell Congress to investigate Hegseth and block war with Venezuela!

The AI industry already has influence in the Trump White House, but they want even more power over the halls of Congress. To accomplish this, Marc Andreessen has decided to rerun the crypto model that was so successful in 2024, with near total impunity for the AI industry as the goal

Trump’s sweeping national security memo, NSPM-7, weaponizes the government against his political enemies. Sign the petition: Block Trump's unconstitutional assault on free speech and dissent.

NEW: Revolving Door Project responds to DOJ’s settlement with RealPage:

During the shutdown, FBI Director Kash Patel used a government jet to go to a wrestling event where his girlfriend was singing the national anthem. Sign Demand Progress’s petition and tell Congress to investigate this corruption.

Meta knowingly let millions of adult strangers contact minors. The same company that allowed its AI to have sexual conversations with children. The same company behind a super PAC that’s trying to stop states from enacting commonsense safeguards for AI.

ICYMI: Last week, alongside dozens of orgs, we were proud to join @consumerfed.bsky.social, @epic.org, and @demandprogress.bsky.social on an amicus brief in support of Commissioner Slaughter. The FTC exists to serve the public, not corporate profit. 🙅🏻‍♂️ Full brief: nextgencomp.tech/letters/rec3...

Congress is trying to stop states from enacting safeguards against AI chatbots that encourage suicide & deepfake porn. Demand Progress and a coalition of 250+ groups asked them to put the safety of American families over Big Tech profits. Read about it in @theregister.com

Demand Progress is proud to support the global statement on encryption. Lawmakers must work to strengthen online privacy and data protection, not allow backdoors that let criminals and hostile actors target us.

AI companies let chatbots flirt w/ kids & tell teens to commit suicide. Congress is trying to ban states from holding these companies accountable. Demand Progress and 250+ groups asked Congress to stop this madness & stand up to Big Tech elites.

The Senate is on track to send the Epstein bill to President Trump’s desk! All Americans are watching what happens next. Any sign that the president is delaying or avoiding releasing the full files will create a backlash that could consume the rest of his presidency.

The House just voted, 427-1, to pass a bill to release the Epstein files! Now Senate Majority Leader Thune must hold a vote on the bill without changes or delays. Americans in both parties won't accept any more political games.

A must-read piece: “Don’t Let Larry Summers Back Into Polite Society”

Were you unable to access a website or social media platform this morning? Part of the reason why is that more and more parts of the Internet are being held up by fewer and fewer companies. Big Tech's drive to gobble up competitors is threatening the Internet.

Why did President Trump and Speaker Johnson make such an abrupt U-turn on Epstein? Demand Progress collected tweets from angry MAGA supporters that helps explain why.

BREAKING: Today, EPIC and 39 partner organizations filed an amicus brief in Slaughter v. Trump, a case challenging the President’s attempted firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. buff.ly/nuwP9Bn

Demand Progress has driven Americans to send more than 570K messages to Congress and make more than 8K calls demanding the release of the Epstein files. This is clearly something that resonates deeply with the American people.

Jeffrey Epstein on Donald Trump: "of course he knew about the girls" "[victim] spent hours at my house with him" Tell your representative release the Epstein files! Go to ReleasetheFiles(dot)org or call 909-321-5643 to connect w/ offices after entering your zip code.

If Jensen Huang is so concerned about the U.S. losing to China in the AI race, then why is he trying to get Trump to allow him to sell our advanced chips to China?

A coalition of public interest groups asked the FTC to investigate the role that the consolidated cloud computing market played in the recent Amazon Web Services outage.

Amazon buying Warner Bros isn’t just a disaster for competition and media: It’s a disaster for workers. Amazon’s monopoly is underpinned by its merciless exploitation of its workforce.

President Trump keeps dragging us closer and closer to a regime change war in Venezuela.

Trump is now considering allowing China to buy their advanced AI chips, a move that would earn them billions but also jeopardize America's competitive edge in AI and our national security.

Seven consumer protection, digital justice, and privacy organizations signed on to EPIC’s comment: Center for Democracy and Technology, Center for Digital Democracy, @checkmyads.org, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, @demandprogress.bsky.social, and @privacyrights.bsky.social

EPIC submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) urging the agency to maintain the strong consumer protections it adopted in the 2024 Personal Financial Data Rights rules.

This week in DC, Nvidia is hosting a Super Bowl of AI. Nvidia, the market leader of AI hardware, also just announced a partnership with OpenAI, the market leader of AI software. The FTC must investigate this shady partnership that threatens to dominate AI.

Today, Defense Secretary Hegseth deployed an aircraft carrier and its strike group to the waters off South America. This further escalates the risk of the U.S. getting dragged into a regime change war in Venezuela.

OpenAI demanded that the family of a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT hand over all video, pictures and eulogies and guest lists for any memorial services. OpenAI's president is also launching a $100 million+ super PAC to oppose safeguards and accountability for AI companies.

Adelita Grijalva won her election but Speaker Johnson refuses to swear her in as a member of Congress. Adelita Grijalva is also the last signature needed to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files.

Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre wrote that she was violently beaten and raped by a “well-known prime minister.” Releasing the Epstein files is not about political gotchas. It's about holding some of the richest and most powerful people accountable for their actions.

No raids, no wars, no kings. Join us tomorrow (Saturday , Oct. 18) at hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to say “No Kings!" Find a event near you!

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Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train. If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy? Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com: