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hueymahl's JournalSteven A Smith's take on the Murder of Charlie Kirk
https://x.com/jasonjournodc/status/1966222680929054821?The gleefulness of some of us upon hearing of Kirk's shooting
Is frankly disgusting. Be better people. Disagree with his policies all you want, but don’t delight in violence.
Happy 4th Everyone!
Proud to be an American and proud to be a member of this community!
Hot take by Bernie
Is he right? Have we abandoned working class people? Definitely time to start doing some soul searching.
https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/1854271157135941698?s=46&t=0YKDVlA0-PifpiC_0T1Ofg
The price of war is never paid by those responsible
https://twitter.com/dravennoctis/status/1803346383669199132Here is praying the war comes to a quick end.
ACLU: Biden Signs Law Effectively Banning Tik Tok
We'll keep saying it: This ban directly violates the First Amendment rights of the over 170 million Americans who use the platform.
https://x.com/ACLU/status/1783197310194745833
Block the on Everyone Is A Spy Bill!!!
Buried in the Section 702 reauthorization bill (RISAA) passed by the House on Friday is the biggest expansion of domestic surveillance since the Patriot Act. Senator Wyden calls this power “terrifying,” and he’s right.
https://twitter.com/RonWyden/status/1778864936573100445
Elizabeth Goitien, Co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, explains the danger of this bill:
https://twitter.com/LizaGoitein/status/1779885127360766437
In practice, that means companies like Verizon and Google must turn over the communications of the targets of Section 702 surveillance. (The targets must be foreigners overseas, although the communications can—and do—include communications with Americans.)
Through a seemingly innocuous change to the definition of “electronic communications surveillance provider,” an amendment offered by House intel committee (HPSCI) leaders and passed by the House vastly expands the universe of entities that can be compelled to assist the NSA.
If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored—such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc.
That sweeps in an enormous range of U.S. businesses that provide wifi to their customers and therefore have access to equipment on which communications transit. Barber shops, laundromats, fitness centers, hardware stores, dentist’s offices… the list goes on and on.
It also includes commercial landlords that rent out the office space where tens of millions of Americans go to work every day—offices of journalists, lawyers, nonprofits, financial advisors, health care providers, and more.
I urge you to call your senators ASAP and tell them to block the Everyone Is A Spy bill!!!
Vote "NO" on Amendments to Expand Domestic Surveillance and Enact Patriot Act 2.0
There are many fighting to protect our freedoms in congress, but the surveillance state is constantly trying to get more power. The latest proposed amendment to FISA is a massive expansion of domestic surveillance, including giving them the ability to demand access to wifi routers from ordinary businesses.
Contact your representatives today and urge them to vote NO on Amendment 1 !!!
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/vote-no-amendments-expand-domestic-surveillance-and-enact-patriot-act-0
Are we living up to our founder's ideals?
“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞. What vast Additions to the Conveniences and Comforts of Living might Mankind have acquired, 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲’𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐔𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. What an Extention of Agriculture even to the Tops of our Mountains; What Rivers render’d navigable, or join’d by Canals; what Bridges, Acqueducts, new Roads & other public Works, Edifices & Improvements, rendering a compleat Paradise, might not have been obtain’d 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟! in bringing Misery into thousands of Families, and destroying the Lives of so many Thousands of working People who might have perform’d the useful Labour."
—𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧
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