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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 55 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If you speak out against data centers be assured youre on a list as well. Really anyone who isnt a fascist ghoul is on a list now.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you aren't on one their lists, I don't want to be your friend.

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 days ago

The fascist ghouls are on the list too, but only in the event their behavior exceeds acceptable bounds, which are wide, or they need a convenient sacrifice, or both.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

You won't be able to get a passport, the only I'D accepted to vote..coming to a theater near you.

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 6 days ago

land of the free btw

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

To the surprise of absolutely nobody.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago

In other news ... Bear shit found in woods.

[–] xylogx@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] duckshuffgoose@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago

Newly disclosed records reveal the US government extensively spied on prominent leftwing organizations and on protesters as part of a vast operation into groups opposing the immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year.

Internal investigative reports show the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent undercover agents to community meetings in the Twin Cities and New York City, infiltrated Signal chats and obtained financial records of mainstream unions and left-leaning non-profit groups.

Nearly 30 internal law enforcement reports were released on Thursday as part of a criminal case the Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed against 15 Minneapolis protesters. The defendants are accused of a “conspiracy” to “impede” US immigration officers during the Trump administration’s surge in the region.

The DHS investigative reports were disclosed by the government and submitted to the court by an attorney for one of the defendants. The records show that in January, DHS launched an inquiry called “Operation Puppet Master” to identify a “network of conspirators” organizing against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The operation came as community organizing against ICE was swelling in the region in response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

A DHS report from February said the agency was looking into people who were “providing material support to violent opportunists and agitators”. The records suggest agents launched elaborate spying efforts targeting activists, protesters and mainstream progressive organizations opposing the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

“I was shocked at the scope and the apparent lack of investigative discipline involved, but not totally surprised,” said Kevin Riach, an attorney for one of the indicted protesters, who filed the tranche of records in federal court.

DHS spokespeople did not respond to inquiries and the DoJ declined to comment.

There's more there, but the formatting is stopping me from copying it all and it's late....

[–] Jiggle_Physics@quokk.au 10 points 5 days ago

Yeah, no shit.

[–] SirSmoothAES@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Small government conservatives, amirite?

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 days ago

Small government services, huge government surveillance, legal apparatchik, and death camps.

A man dressed up as a pickle shouts at...

That's definitely Pickle Rick, c'mon

[–] ProudCascadian@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 days ago

And the Dems still do nothing.

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

A tiny dose of the US does to everyone else.

Only one of the following conclusions is possible:

1- Either the govt should stop treat you as a muslim "terrorist".

2- Or the USians aren't entitled to see themselves as any different of everyone else.

I'd say the majority of progressive lefties, even US "communists", aren't comfortable to admit the 1st one but are still in a cognitive dissonance to agree with the 2nd one.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Yes. and their conclusion was that NGOs have been infiltrated by Cuba in a regime change operation 😅