Man amazing how overcoming the filibuster suddenly isn’t an issue when it comes to the surveillance state.
Anytime there is “bipartisan compromise,” one thing is absolutely certain - the American people are getting screwed.
A big radicalizing moment for me was how we were repeatedly told Obama's ACA had to pass the first time or it would never happen. "We're only gonna get one shot at this!" And then Rand Paul filibustered the patriot act renewal and they just voted on it again like two days later or something.
Anytime there is “bipartisan compromise,” one thing is absolutely certain - the American people are getting screwed.
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Fuck the dems, blue Maga, of course this isn't an endorsement
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Almost shows how much of a cynic I am, I assume they already have literally unlimited unrestricted access to anything you say within earshot of electronic device as well as your location data
Like I assume I they're talking about "expanding the surveillance state" there's literally gonna be a spook in a suit standing in the corner of my bedroom with a notepad who's furiously taking real time notes.
I assume they already have literally unlimited unrestricted access to anything you say within earshot of electronic device as well as your location data
This makes it legal though which means it holds up in court. Lots of scenarios in the past where the case got tossed because the feds obtained info illegally
100% on location data. All they have to do is ask Google, Apple, or your mobile provider and they fork it over with little protest
But remember to vote for the good guys!
Extinct Ted Cruz W
All my blue reps voted for this. Oh yeah, they also voted for unconditional military aid to Israel and to not support UNWRA right after. Loser party.
excited for this to be used to hunt down trans people by neocons in some way
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he voted against the reauthorization "because it failed to include the most important requirement to protect Americans' civil rights: that law enforcement get a warrant before targeting a US citizen."
I don't know how sincere that actually is but it's darkly hilarious that the democrats and Biden are to the right of Ted Fucking Cruz's official position.
"Forcing ordinary Americans and small businesses to conduct secret, warrantless spying is what authoritarian countries do, not democracies."
Gee, Ron, maybe you should sit down and chew on that for a while.
"Forcing ordinary Americans and small businesses to conduct secret, warrantless spying is what authoritarian countries do, not democracies."
So what's the libverse saying about this? Silence? Cope? I'm actually afraid to look...
hope people don't notice then make a show of getting mad in several years when $REPUBLICAN_PRESIDENT reauthorizes it with further rights erosion. also continue celebrating half their slate of candidates coming from "the Intelligence Community" as assurances of competence.
A snippet of the take on .world
But also, on the hopeful side:
this is what fighting fascism looks like! #resist
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