The Digital Control Grid depends on three systems working together: (1) local infrastructure, including telecommunications, drone and surveillance contracts, and hardware installation; (2) digital IDs; and (3) programmable money in an all-digital transaction system. While we are focused on stopping programmable money, we are also working with Reinette Senum to stop the telecommunications override of local rights, and with subscribers working to stop Flock contracts in their municipalities, as well as with Twila Brase to stop the REAL ID and digital IDs.

Last week we sent out an alert about how the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology was preparing to mark up a slate of bills that would dramatically expand federal preemption over local wireless infrastructure.

We’re asking everyone who took action last week to keep the calls and emails going. The Subcommittee is still moving these measures forward, and your outreach matters.

Please call the following members of the House Communications & Technology Subcommittee and urge them to reject this expansion of federal power over local communities and stop the markup of these 28 preemption-heavy bills:

• Rep Richard Hudson (R-NC) — Chair
  (202) 225-3715
• Rep Doris Matsui (D-CA) — Ranking Member
  (202) 225-7163
• Rep Rick Allen (R-GA) — Vice Chair
  (202) 225-2823

You can find the full Subcommittee member list here. If your Representative is on the committee, please call, identify yourself as a constituent, and ask that they stand against this.

For a deeper dive into the issue and continued updates, please follow Reinette Senum’s Substack.

The Solari 60-Day Cash Challenge is still under way, and our latest Solari Substack post details the issues with the cash back rewards that some credit cards offer. Read the post here and remember, pay with cash for presents as much as you can this holiday season. For inspiration, watch Susan Luschas' interview, “Turtling for Cash.”

Our Solari November briefing on the model legislation we’ve developed concerning programmable money is now available for replay here. During this briefing, attorney Tobi Maier and citizen-activist Saga Stevin discussed why it’s necessary to pass such a bill to protect financial transaction freedom. While states have passed legislation to stop programmable money in the form of central bank digital currency (CBDC), now that the U.S. has passed the GENIUS Act and is expected to pass the Clarity Act, it is essential to stop programmable money as it applies to stablecoins, asset tokenization, and other forms of digital money that might integrate a social credit system or other programmable money features.

In freedom,

The Solari Team