Congress Pulls Bill That Would Massively Expand Surveillance After ‘Dramatic Showdown’::The House was set to vote on two competing bills reauthorizing a powerful mass surveillance tool, but faced backlash from rights groups.

  • @raspberriesareyummy
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    6011 months ago

    such shocker bills are to wear out public outrage. they overreach, get shut down, everyone gets all comfy about it and then they come back with a less overreaching new bill that represents what they actually wanted in the first place, and people will just accept it without protest.

    • @[email protected]
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      3711 months ago

      Or they shove it into a bill about something completely different like feeding homeless children so they can attack you and call you a terrible person when you oppose the bill.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 months ago

      Yeah I think some of us know the game by now since it never changes. It’s just so sad that most people don’t see the patterns.

      • @raspberriesareyummy
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        211 months ago

        Sadly, that means we have to point/call out the strategy every time and hope people listen…

      • @killeronthecorner
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        511 months ago

        “so we pull the usual ‘wait until it’s out of the press’ routine and then go again?”

        “exactly”

      • @cheese_greater
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        311 months ago

        These fucks need to learn the momen they out of office, they’ll become a target to this, if not way sooner. It so stupid and not even near-sighted.

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    11 months ago
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