JonPincus

Voting in change.org’s Ideas for Change in America competition closes Thursday at 2 p.m. Pacific time. Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties has just fallen to #8, and a couple of the ideas close behind us like Pass the DREAM Act - Support Higher Education for All Students have been climbing rapidly. Now would be a very good time to start increasing our momentum.

A report from the "Repeal DOMA" demonstration at Castro and Market, how you can help. Speaking of "help", there's also a link to the change.org Ideas for Change in America competition, where Pass Marriage Equality Rights for LGBT Couples Nationwide is in fifth place so far.

A hearing has been scheduled for February 9 on the goverment's appeal of District Court Judge Ann Aiken's September 2007 ruling that declared FISA unconstitutional; and

The second round of voting in change.org's Ideas for Change in America competition kicked off today. Please vote for Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties -- and help promote it!

My idea Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties finished #2 in the Criminal Justice category of change.org/MySpace's Ideas for Change in America competition, and so has advanced to the second round. w00t, w00t! Please help. Happy new year and congratulations to all ... now get to work.

Oops. A leap year bug. I hate it when that happens. Things should be fine by tomorrow, except for DRM glitches.

Round two of change.gov's Open for Questions is up.

The rough cut of the ad's up ... want to be in it?

Did you know that Google might ship the personal information you provide to change.gov overseas, where it's subject to local laws?

Excerpts and a link to my guest-post Turning the Page on FISA on change.org's Criminal Justice blog.