• teft@startrek.website
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    11 months ago

    Aren’t these the same guys who use to say “If you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to fear.”?

    • NightAuthor@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      No… no no no to this type of rhetoric. If law enforcement wants to spy on an American, they should be required to prove to a judge they have a very good reason and get a warrant for that shit.

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        11 months ago

        Well, okay, but we’re gonna create our own set of secret judges so nobody can keep an eye on what we’re doing. This is about us being able to watch you, not the other way around. --the intelligence agencies

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          11 months ago

          And we won’t actually LOOK at anything, with our eyes, until we need to but we will collect EVERYTHING on EVERYONE…ALL THE TIME. But since we aren’t “looking” it’s not spying. - also intelligence agencies

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        11 months ago

        I agree, but that changes nothing about why maga is upset, and I’m quite sure concern that their plans for a Republican dictatorship might be further threatened is a big component of why.

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      11 months ago

      Can’t imagine why they’d be mad about the FBI spying on self-admitted domestic terrorists.

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      11 months ago

      this isn’t for MAGA. MAGA leaves a trail of probable cause all over the internet. they livestream themselves kicking in doors at the capitol and bear spraying cops. this is for spying on normal people who’ve done nothing wrong but inconvenience the ruling class in some way or another.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      As though law enforcement will use this against their MAGA drinking buddies.

      This will be used for drug enforcement. When it fails to do what they’re claiming it will right now, they’ll say that they need greater power to violate everyone’s rights. And then use it for drug enforcement.

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    11 months ago

    Crazy how a lot of people are JUST starting to care about being spied on now. Some people may not even know about the bill at this point.

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    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    MAGA Republicans are raging over GOP lawmakers aiding the passage of a provision of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that may allow the FBI to “spy” on Americans.

    While the $886 billion bill was notably approved without the inclusion of several culture war amendments that many hard-right Republicans had demanded, it did include the temporary reauthorization of a controversial provision known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

    While a selection of lawmakers from across the political spectrum have opposed Section 702 over concerns of privacy and potential abuses of power, a number of MAGA Republicans railed against reauthorization of the measure due to the FBI having surveilled a Trump 2016 campaign aide using unrelated FISA warrants.

    “Here is a list of 147 @HouseGOP members who just voted YES on the NDAA without removing funding for the unconstitutional FISA courts,” posted pro-Trump conspiracy theorist and former congressional candidate Laura Loomer.

    “147 Republicans just voted to reauthorize the FISA 702 program that was used to illegally spy on President Trump,” posted right-wing commentator Rogan O’Handley, also known as DC Draino.

    The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) recommended that its members vote “no” this week because the bill “contains a reauthorization of surveillance authorities routinely used against Americans in violation of the Constitutional right to privacy.”


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  • unreasonabro@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    are the rednecks finally realizing nobody is on their side, because they aren’t a side? Stupidity isnt a side, guys

    in all the games, you are not playing

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    11 months ago

    How do I get on this list? I’d love help from a random voice in my microwave telling me where I lost my keys.