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  You shouldn’t have to wonder who is watching where you go. But right now, private companies are selling that information to the highest bidder, and federal agencies are buying it without a warrant.  Flock Safety built a business selling and leasing tools to local police departments that allow them to track your location and your movements. Flock and similar companies have provided license plate scanning surveillance with guardrails so lax that around 50 cases have been reported in which law enforcement officers abused the technology to stalk people they knew. And Flock is just one player in a much bigger market. Agencies like ICE, the FBI, and the Pentagon have all admitted to buying your sensitive personal data from private data brokers, circumventing the court and forgoing warrants. The government is openly violating the Fourth Amendment.  Right now, we have a real opening to force an end to this egregious practice. When the public turned up the heat on Flock Safety, ...

  You are being watched. This is not conspiratorial thinking. From your movements to your email, your social media posts to your search history, the government's mass surveillance apparatus has its eyes on you from every angle. Nearly all of this happens without a warrant.    The surveillance state has been growing for decades, under the direction of both Democratic and Republican administrations. And with the introduction of AI being added to the mix, things are on track to get worse — exponentially worse. AI is supercharging the government’s capabilities, making it extraordinarily easy for it to track and profile you without your knowledge.   Your privacy is under serious threat.     POGO has long been advocating for and advancing reform to put guardrails on the surveillance state. So you can go where you want, speak to whom you want, think and read and believe what you want, without the fear of being watched.   Confirmation proceedings for Pres...

  A REMINDER OF THE OVERSIGHT OF POGO THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED....  You can subscribe to their reports on their WEB SITE.   Our government is in crisis. The fundamental rights guaranteed to you by the Constitution are under attack. The checks and balances that form the foundation of our three-branch system have fallen out of equilibrium. The guardrails against executive overreach are faltering.   2026 is bound to bring new challenges. As we prepare for what lies ahead,  your support will help determine what we accomplish next .  In all this uncertainty, we know that a donation is not a small ask this holiday season. To convince you that your investment is making a real difference, here’s a snapshot of what we’ve accomplished just this year.  Some of our biggest hits:   Taking DOGE and the president to court:   When the Trump administration declared that DOGE was not subject to the Federal Records Act, effectively shielding its records from...