Mitch McConnell is pushing the Senate to pass a measure that would let the FBI collect Americans' we

[sl8]

From https://www.businessinsider.com/mcconnell-patriot-act-renewal-fbi-web-browsing-history-2020-5

Mitch McConnell is pushing the Senate to pass a measure that would let the FBI collect Americans' web-browsing history without a warrant

Aaron Holmes
14 hours ago

• The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday to renew the 2001 Patriot Act, and Mitch McConnell is pushing an amendment to the law that would expand the FBI's surveillance powers.

• An amendment proposed by McConnell would, for the first time ever, let the FBI collect records on Americans' web-browsing and search histories without a warrant.

• Another amendment drafted by McConnell would give the attorney general more oversight of FBI investigations into political operatives, like the recent FBI investigation into the Trump campaign.

• A bipartisan group of senators proposed a measure to block the FBI from accessing people's web-browsing history without a warrant, but it failed by one vote on Wednesday.

[...]

[DFW]

1. McTurtle should be careful what he wishes for

A Democratic-led FBI under this rule could browse the activity of all Republicans in public office. All their little sex fetishes, treatments for VD, online stock trades, extra-marital affairs in motel rooms in Bethesda, whatever.

Do Republicans want the FBI to have THAT kind of power? No wonder some of them voted against it.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Will the PATRIOT Act die if the House doesn't vote for its extension?

[rampartc]

6. the patriot act has always been bipartisan

the house will vote aye. probably by unanimous consent.

[essme]

3. and these are the clowns that constantly

use the phrase "Big Brother."

Yeah.

[dalton99a]

9. Tyranny, tyranny, tyranny!

But they love and worship their tyrant

[EndlessWire]

4. I hope there's a website called

"Fuck Republicans" that I can visit once a day. Doesn't have to have any content...

[spin]

5. I'll bet if we got to see the web-browsing history of the Republicans in ...

Congress, we would find them quite interesting.

[Jamastiene]

7. I hate that fucker more every nanosecond.

That's some Patriot Act level bullshit right there. All these damn Republicans all over the country pitching tempter tantrums and carrying their guns like security blankets and they will say nary a peep about this. I don't ever want to hear one more of those pieces of shit say a goddamn thing about civil rights being violated if they don't speak up against this. Then again, they claim to be pro life, but cannot wait to shoot up another mall, school, or black person just for existing. EWB Existing While Black.

[UCmeNdc]

8. Beware of Mitch McConnell

Barr, McConnell and Trump are working together to consolidate power!

[jaxexpat]

10. That consolidation got kick started after 9-11.

I still cringe when I hear the term 'Dept. of Homeland Security'.
Who didn't have a chill down their spine when the little w came out with that noxious mixture of schmaltz and jackboots?

[dalton99a]

13. The Triumvirate of Evil

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Suppression of dissidents

requires information flow

[Takket]

12. These are the same people losing their shit

That some FBI agent wrote a note about Flynn lying as if it is the greatest trampling of civil rights in history.

[Submariner]

14. Is this the vote BERNIE missed?

[Scarsdale]

15. Mrs. Moscow Mitch would be

exposed also, for her drug pedaling father paying Moscow Mitch to stretch laws protecting him.

[SheltieLover]

16. K&R!

[Scalded Nun]

17. The patriot act needs to die on the vine.

Besides, what country or group could cause us more damage than we have to ourselves for the last 17+ years.

[sellitman]

18. I wonder what Libertarians think of this?

Any lurkers want to chime in?

[grantcart]

19. Bipartisan effort to block failed because Sen Sanders didn't bother to vote

Lost 59 - 37

[Blue Owl]

20. Hey Mitch shut the fuck up and drink your bleach

n/t

[Ilsa]

21. Let's all go out and Bing/DuckDuckGo/Yahoo/Google

"how to fuck-up Mitch McConnell."

[Hermit-The-Prog]

22. Moscow Mitch believes Putin will keep GOP in power. They need surveillance for fascism to thrive.