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wdlindsy , to random
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"The Roberts supermajority has taken a radical course where the judiciary is increasingly the final arbiter not just on the law but on the facts, the interpretation of those facts, the application of those facts in given situations, and the technical, scientific, and professional implications of those facts in the real world.

There’s nothing conservative about it…."

~ David Kurtz


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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/why-you-cant-call-the-roberts-court

jeber ,
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@wdlindsy

It’s so blatantly obvious that this is all being done for him. There’s not even any talk about future presidents because we know, thanks to the SCOTUS, if Trump’s reelected there will be no future presidents.

wdlindsy , to random
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"If she [Hillary Clinton] were to win this election, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis. In that situation, we could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial. It would grind government to a halt."

~ Donald J. Trump, 5 November 2016

#Trump #felon #ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump #guilty #ElectionInterference #LawandOrder #Republicans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDmrom_TMaE&t=552s

jeber ,
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@wdlindsy
He was unintentionally prescient.

MikeDunnAuthor , to random
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Today in Labor History May 20, 1949: The U.S. established the National Security Agency. It is now the nation’s largest spy agency. The NSA currently engages in worldwide mass data collection as well as physically bugging targets. They were likely behind the Stuxnet software attack that severely damaged Iran’s nuclear program. The NSA spied on anti-Vietnam War activists and continues to spy on U.S. citizens. Many of their secret surveillance programs were leaked by Edward Snowden, who was forced to flee the country. He is now living in exile in Russia. Private companies, like AT&T and Verizon have collaborated with the NSA to help them spy on U.S. citizens. They supposedly have access to all communications made via Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, YouTube, AOL, Skype, Apple and Paltalk.

I’d like to say the good news is that the vast majority of this data is pornography. Problem is, they’re using people’s porn habits to discredit and embarrass them, particularly Muslim clerics and activists. According to a July 2014 report in the Washington Post, 90% of those being surveilled by the NSA are ordinary Americans, not intended targets. But since they’re surveilling every communication made by nearly everyone in the U.S., they’re surveilling pretty much everyone. So, the obvious question is: Why are 10% of all Americans (a full 33 million people) considered targets? And if there really are 33 million of us who are opposed the U.S. government, how come we keep ending up with such shit politicians?

jeber ,
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I was stationed at the NSA as a part of the Army Security Agency in the late 70s. As an analyst, I saw a lot of raw data after it was collected. We were forbidden from retaining any communication that originated in the U.S. unless it was made to a hostile nation. We only had an in-house network, no internet. I wonder if their charter was amended to allow for domestic surveillance of domestic internet traffic. Domestic surveillance was not the original mission of the agency.

breadandcircuses , to random
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We know what we should do...

We know what we could do...

AND we know what we won't do.

jeber ,
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That certainly should be a part of the discussion. We humans are notoriously bad at predicting all the possible ramifications of our actions. We're too binary, either looking at just the good or just the bad, ignoring all the gray area in between. And the gray areas are usually what determine the success of a project.

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