Shield-Law

👀 I’m Just a Bill — PRESS Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? The Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act in the 119th Congress establishing a federal shield law for journalists protecting source confidentiality, with specified exceptions. What does it actually do? Source protection — federal protection for journalist-source confidentiality Exceptions — clear exceptions for terrorism, kidnapping, imminent harm Definition of “journalist” — broad enough to cover independent and cooperative-class journalists, narrow enough to exclude bad-faith actors Tech-company protection — limits federal subpoenas to tech companies seeking journalist communications Who votes when? House Judiciary + Senate Judiciary active consideration; historically bipartisan with intelligence-community concerns How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #9 Rally Group member-organized civic-information work, #15 Political Expedition Council “I’m Just a Bill” pilot vetting infrastructure, and the cooperative’s broader Federal-Congressional Body Cam transparency doctrine. ...