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On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the “For the People Act,” a sweeping election bill that would gut election integrity measures like state voter ID laws. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) supports the vast majority of H.R. 1’s attacks on election integrity, but even this leftist organization had to object to one particularly noxious part of the bill that would undermine free speech in politics.

H.R. 1 would require politically-active organizations, including 401(c)3 nonprofits, to disclose donors who give $10,000 or more. If an organization released an ad attacking a politician like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), that group would have to disclose its donors. While many on the Left support this kind of mandated disclosure to fight “dark money,” the ACLU rightly warned that such a provision “could directly interfere with the ability of many to engage in political speech about causes they care about and that impact their lives.”

Kate Ruane and Sonia Gill, senior legislative counsels at the ACLU, took to The Washington Post to voice these concerns.

“We know from history that people engaged in politically charged issues become political targets and are often subject to threats of harassment or even violence. This should be gravely concerning in light of the rise in white supremacist violence that has brazenly targeted private citizens and public officials alike,” Ruane and Gill wrote. “Moreover, in the time of social media, there is heightened interest in who is supporting these efforts.”

read more here: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/03/05/even-the-aclu-opposes-h-r-1s-free-speech-crackdown-n1430386

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  • Pays for a conservative to fill out theACLU's surveys

  • WOW!  The ACLU woke up from their cattotonic COMUNNIST stuper?

    • I wonder what they are going to do next?

  • Very dangerous bill. Demoncrats have to be stopped somehow

    • Why do you think they want our guns?

       

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