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Don’t let Trump block AI safety regulations. Placing guardrails on Big Tech and AI is critical to keep people safe!
10.12.2025 20:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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.
On Monday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries avoided taking a stance on the issue, saying that it “hasn't been brought to the leadership level yet.”
This isn't enough. Our poll found that voters want to see their congressional leaders fighting back against AI deregulation.
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!
04.12.2025 14:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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
02.12.2025 15:41 — 👍 18 🔁 20 💬 4 📌 2
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.
26.11.2025 16:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The Department of Justice yesterday announced a settlement for its lawsuit against RealPage, which allegedly created software which enabled landlords to collude to raise rents via algorithmic pricing schemes. In response to the Department of Justice’s announcement, Revolving Door Project Assistant Director Andrea Beaty said: “The DOJ’s lawsuit against RealPage was brought by the trustbusters of the Biden administration, who sought to ‘end their practice of putting profits over people and make housing more affordable for millions of people across the country.’ Now Trump’s appointees have negotiated a settlement which requires restrictions on RealPage’s use of nonpublic rental data and current lease information, but appears to stop short of financial penalty or admission of wrongdoing.” “This settlement is far from the consequences that RealPage’s alleged rental price fixing called for.” In the 2024 presidential election, the cost of housing was consistently ranked a top issue for swing state voters and polling indicated voters wanted to see more of the Biden-Harris crackdown on RealPage. Yet an extremely effective Harris ad promising the administration would go after landlords and price gouging had “virtually never been aired.” Instead of capitalizing on the anti-rent gouging message, the Harris campaign dialed back on populist positions. “This settlement further underscores the vast gulf between Americans’ appetite for holding price gouging corporations accountable and the Trump administration’s pay-to-play approach to justice. Price gouging was a policy area in which the Biden administration made significant strides but Vice President Harris opted not to lean into. With affordability still top-of-mind to voters, that contrast has only gotten more important. Trump’s critics should be emphasizing how his administration is not only cracking down on political opponents, but looking away as rapacious elites allegedly immiserate hardworking Americans.”
NEW: Revolving Door Project responds to DOJ’s settlement with RealPage:
25.11.2025 17:46 — 👍 20 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 1
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.
25.11.2025 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Don’t let Big Tech companies ban states from enacting commonsense AI rules
24.11.2025 16:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Meta 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”
18.11.2025 18:11 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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.
