Heads Right to Repair campaign w/ @USPIRG. Just let us fix our stuff #RightToRepair Member #Grist50 Also violence sucks.
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Feb 25
Right to Repair -- the campaign to let you fix your stuff -- is off to the races in state capitols once again.
Turns out that people do want to fix there stuff, no matter where they live. Here's a quick 🧵 to give you a rundown:
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Jun 11
UPDATE: the appeals court TRIPLED the damages ... probably not the result you want on an appeal ... maybe the tide is turning ...
May 28
great thread on the case, which PIRG also submitted an Amicus in regards to.
This conduct is unfortunately pretty common -- and not just in the medical industry. Printer companies do the same to reprocessed ink cartridges. However, the consequences in medicine are dire.
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Jun 9
X, a lovely website where bots look for love. I hear the Russian bots make great bot husbands!
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Jun 9
looks like X has officially ended the ability to just view the most recent tweets from people you follow, now it's just "recent" and uses an engagement algorithm to decide what to show you. RIP, man.
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Jun 5
Congrats to @RepGoodlander and @PatHarriganNC for advancing Right to Repair for the military.
Both did an excellent job speaking up for these important reforms during the debate.
🚨The House Armed Services Committee PASSED our commonsense, bipartisan amendment to ensure our servicemembers have the right to repair their own equipment.
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Jun 5
Right to Repair added to the NDAA ... despite huge industry push against it. Because it's common sense.
The vote is a big blow to defense industry groups, which have been lobbying hard to defeat this right to repair push.
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Jun 4
doesn't sound like trump was too impressed by the auto makers anti Right to Repair pitch
Trump: Nobody's allowed to fix their car. They gave a man 7 years in jail actually because he fixed his own car, so I thought we'd do something about that. Can you believe it ?
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Nathan Proctor retweeted
Jun 4
I was just in a room full of national security officials and several complained about how contractors are destroying our military with right to repair restrictions. Pass this amendment.
Readiness Subcommittee RM Garamendi teases the impending right to repair fight before HASC.
Goodlander/Harrigan have an amendment to give DOD government purpose rights for “any technical data, computer software, or computer software documentation” delivered under a contract.
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Jun 4
Right to Repair is always a struggle, but despite all the opposition from the worlds most powerful manufacturers, we keep making strides.
Why? They can't undo common sense. People should be allowed to fix their stuff -- in the military, on the farm, in the schools, everyewhere.
Jun 4
NEW: 79% of Americans and 300 small businesses agree that Congress should make it easier for our military to fix their own weapons.
Why can't we get it done? Giant defense contractors are standing in the way.
This is a no brainer. Time for Congress to get right to repair done.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce doesn't think the military should be allowed to fix their own equipment uschamber.com/security/lette…
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BTW, the idea that we have to "fight" to repair equipment in the military is hard to understand if you aren't in the lobbyist soaked environments in DC.
Because it's common sense, and we spend HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS on this equipment, and aren't even allowed to fix it.
Readiness Subcommittee RM Garamendi teases the impending right to repair fight before HASC.
Goodlander/Harrigan have an amendment to give DOD government purpose rights for “any technical data, computer software, or computer software documentation” delivered under a contract.
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Jun 4
The House Armed Services Committee is beginning its markup of the 2027 NDAA, the bill that set military funding and policy. One of the big debates will be an amendment to add in Right to Repair protections for equipment the military buys -- but industry has been throwing a fit
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Jun 4
They claim that Right to Repair violates their IP rights, but a set of legal scholars put together a rebuttal: Right to Repair is totally consistent with our IP laws. pirg.org/wp-content/uploads/…
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Jun 4
Committee staff tried to claim that the bill addresses Right to Repair, but when we read the bill and consulted experts, our takeaway was that it makes the situation worse without amendments: pirg.org/articles/meaningful…
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Jun 3
As the details of the lawsuits against Deere for restriction Right to Repair get litigated, here's my quick explanation of what the fight boils down to, and why getting the remedies right is essential.
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May 29
I used to organize around ending tax loopholes, and it was quite a political education in the American system to learn how little the biggest companies pay in taxes relative to their smaller competitors.
It's just outright scandal. There is no justification.
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May 29
The bigger you are, the more easily you can play shell games, like selling your patents to Cayman's Island based holding company (that you own), and then pay them royalties equal to 100% of your profits (there are usually more steps than this, but that's one example in gist)
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May 29
Your smaller competitors? they pay full freight. People who run a small business? They pay personal taxes and corporate income taxes, while the big companies pay tax lawyers, not income taxes. Anyway read this: nytimes.com/2026/05/29/busin…
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Nathan Proctor retweeted
The American Legion sends a letter to both House and Senate Armed Services Committee leadership urging Congress to include the Warrior Right to Repair Act in the fiscal 2027 NDAA, supporting fair access to the technical data and materials needed for the military to maintain and repair its own equipment.
Read more about why this matters: legion.org/information-cente…
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