A leaked memo written by US Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Department of Justice to compile a list of potential “domestic terrorism” organizations that espouse “extreme viewpoints on immigration, radical gender ideology, and anti-American sentiment.”

  • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Oh fun, that time I got put on a watch list for flying to a different state for medical treatment definitely won’t come back to bite me in the ass

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    11 hours ago

    They have no intention of doing any actions towards citizens critical of the government right now, they’re already swimming against a tide of hate towards the administration’s overreach.

    Not yet at least. The idea here, like with everything so far, is to introduce the idea, let it keep bubbling up once in a while, and then we all get sick of the story and stop caring so much when it gets brought up again, but this time more seriously.

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      7 hours ago

      With the help of palentyr they are cataloguing all of us far before they will do anything directly with it.

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    10 hours ago

    “Extreme viewpoints on immigration, radical gender ideology and anti-american sentiment”… That basically sums up MAGA.

    Edit: of course you have to throw in a lot of racism, and an extreme yearning to destroy the middle class and punish 90% of the population while thinking they somehow will be a part of the 10% at all times, when clearly 90% of the population can’t be a part of that group.

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      10 hours ago

      Modern nazis are the same as the old nazis.

      Everything you don’t like is terrorism when you agree with the most fragile ideologies ever conceived by talking apes.

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    15 hours ago

    The memo identifies the “domestic terrorism threat” as organizations that use “violence or the threat of violence” to advance political goals such as “opposition to law and immigration enforcement; extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders; adherence to radical gender ideology, anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, or anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality.”

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    10 hours ago

    “Terrorism” has always been an excuse for governments to throw out the little rule they have and target indiscriminately what they view as the threatening “group”.