cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/79747
The Trump administration is drawing up “secret lists of terrorist groups inside the United States,” Senator Elissa Slotkin said on the floor of Congress yesterday — the first such reference to the effects of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7). The directive, as I’ve reported, lays out Donald Trump’s policies with regard to equating “anti-Christian” and “anti-capitalist”…
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“The Trump administration define[s] domestic terrorism incredibly broadly,” Slotkin said. “It suggests that any group that talks about anti-Christian values, views they don’t like on migration or race, differing views on the role of the family, religion, or morality could all be grounds for labelling an organization as domestic terrorists.”
There’s already a list of people we need to watch out for. Let’s see it.
Meanwhile, I see idiotic Confederate dumbasses posting stuff about how Republicans are “standing up for American freedoms”.
Bull-fucking-shit they are. I didn’t see Democrats step on one freedom of any Confederate dipshit. I see Republicans positively gleeful about stealing away freedom from MILLIONS.
They do realize that about 38% of Americans are not xtian, right? What the fuck does “anti-Christian” even mean? Is it “anti-Christian” to not want any affiliation with your little book club?
Bold of him to call it secret. It’s just unpublished.
Palantir was built to do this, and does so instantly, nothing to develop - the tech is built.
Isn’t Ellison promising to spy on everyone, too?
I think he wants to get into the thought manipulation game.
Yes. He said it will keep everyone on their best behavior. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/
Who’s watching Larry?
Satan
Social media as a whole is the infrastructure of authoritarianism. It only needs someone to put it use.
That’s a paraphrase from some talking head I heard a while back. The world has been feeding this machine for about 15 years. It’s filled with everyone’s personal data.
In a sense this is the Skynet doomsday. It’s already in place. All it takes right now is a flip of a switch. Like the Doomsday Clock. We are on the verge of it. Midnight strikes soon.
I have no doubt ICE is already using this to know how and where to pluck people off the street. If I’m a person that could be targeted in America right now. I’d be 100% off the grid. Ditch every electronic device. Go completely dark. Disappear myself to another location before they disappear me.
Like the entire voter registry of democrats?
What good is a “watchlist” if its 80+ million names long?
I wrote an angry text to one of my MAGA senators while really high. I fully expect to be on a list.
Welp, I’m surely on it
If there are protestors or critics that is even more reason a good president should be listening to their concerns, even if he doesn’t agree with them. Not trying to make enemies out of them.
what exactly about this is NEW news?
fuck they probably have me on a watchlist and I’m not even american
Perhaps a problem is that nobody is surprised anymore.
If you dont jump when a loud noise goes off anymore, you might not get out of the way of what makes it.
Maybe fake it til you make it. Act shocked about it and tell coworkers that you’re terrified.
Or just read one of the forefathers’ diaries, see if they managed to articulate the tipping point that began the slope towards revolution and attempt to replicate it?
(I’m speaking generally about this situation, I’m not an american either)
Slotkin is an AIPAC ghoul that the Dems have been trying to push lately as the “hot new star” as a replacement for Kamala. Would t be surprised is she runs in 2028.
If anyone needs a Slotkin primer, here you go.
“First they came for the immigrants, and I was like ‘yeah, ok, cool,’ and signed legislation increasing their powers to detain people (arc), but now they’re coming for James Comey and I’m like ‘yo wtf’” - Elissa Slotkin (probably)
Jesus said that if someone asks for your coat, you should give your cloak to them also. IDK guys, that sounds pretty anti-capitalist to me.
How can I get on it?
I assume keeping my phone on while protesting at the next No Kings priest will help, as will posting “fuck you, rapist pedophile corrupt asshole felon Trump” here…
But how can I be sure? 👀
I’m ready to fight but don’t really know where to direct my anger
Starting violence is exactly what they want you to do. I’m not saying it’s never the right call but ultimately a civil war will be bad for everyone
Yeah that’s fair. I’ve been through the ACLU de-escalation training and stuff and won’t actively start violence at a peaceful protest or anything, but if I get targeted because of said protesting and end up being targeted by ice (I’m a green card holder, not a citizen) then I’ll go down fighting for sure
Yeah, that’s absolutely fair. Stay safe
I’ve been party to a few of these exchanges recently, and between open citizen violence and letting things go on as they are, I think I am now rooting for our society to just collapse under its own weight. And with enough mismanagement, it certainly will (already is). While that will produce a great deal of suffering, at least it could provide a chance to fix some things.
maybe a chance things will be fixed, or will they just get worse? I think the latter is more likely
If you are an American that registered as a democrat or voted in a democratic primary, you’re already on it.
Get involved with your local General Strike discord. Good people.
Organizing on discord sounds like a great way to end up on the list.
I assume no one in the Trump admin knows wtf Lemmy is, so we’re safe here maybe.
I had just assumed that the NSA and FBI were already doing that, or will Trump’s list be a different, more incompetent one?
