cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/127026

A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views related to immigration, gender and U.S. policy. The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, who joins us to discuss how it expands on President Donald Trump’s NSPM-7…

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  • Sunflier@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    6 hours ago

    So, the “transgender ideology” is domestic extremism reportable to the FBI? Does that mean someone could collect on the bounty if they name transgender neighbors or family to the FBI? What happens to the named person? They sent to a internment deportation camp?

    What if we just set up a ghetto for the undesirables to be relocated to?

    • floofloof@lemmy.caOP
      11·
      6 hours ago

      If you snitch on a transgender person you’re admitting the existence of transgender people. To the camps with you!

      It’s sickening how this regime is persecuting trans people.

  • brem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    5 hours ago

    What’s the bounty? Meme coins? A “golden” trophy?

    Trust me, the bounty for not being a worthless skinbag is better than supporting those fuckwitted asshats.

  • tover153@lemmy.world
    89·
    10 hours ago

    This is harder to type than it probably should be. Back in 2015, because of the way I was raised in an extreme conservative evangelical household as a preacher’s kid, I was a Republican. I had already broken with that world in every meaningful way, but I had not actually sat down and examined what I believed. So there I was, still actively involved in politics. I helped campaign for Romney. I made more than three thousand phone calls, which I am pretty sure qualifies as a minor war crime. I was on the election staff of a representative who, for the record, had not been elected yet when I worked for her. I was a special elector. I was on the county central committee. I worked every election since 2011 with an R behind my name.

    And then they picked the orange man. I wrote the Chairwoman a very long letter explaining, in polite terms, that this was not going to work for me. I switched my affiliation to Independent. Unfortunately, I still had not figured out where the world was heading, so I voted for Gary Johnson. The less said about that period of my life, the better.

    When the Senate Election Committee decided to finance Roy Moore, I walked directly to the courthouse, changed my registration to Democrat, and started working elections for that party instead. There is a point where a person realizes the boat is not just sinking, it was built upside down to begin with.

    Anyway, based on the tone of that old letter, I find myself hoping I ended up on a list somewhere for Pam Bondi. It would be nice to feel important for a moment. Besides, what a spectacular waste of resources it would be to track down one Army veteran who lives in an RV in the middle of nowhere.

    • velindora@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      86·
      9 hours ago

      I grew up in a strict evangelical Republican household and stayed in GOP politics for years without really questioning my beliefs. I campaigned, worked elections, and was deeply involved—until the party chose Trump. I left, became an Independent, briefly voted for Gary Johnson, then switched to Democrat when the GOP backed Roy Moore. At some point you realize the ship wasn’t just sinking—it was built wrong. Honestly, I kind of hope I made some list in Pam Bondi’s files; it’d be the first time an Army vet living in an RV felt important.

      There, easy to type.

      • tover153@lemmy.world
        10·
        8 hours ago

        Thanks for the summary. Your version is definitely easier to type, but I still prefer the line I wrote earlier: “There is a point where a person realizes the boat is not just sinking, it was built upside down to begin with.”

        Still, I appreciate the reply.

        • tover153@lemmy.world
          41·
          8 hours ago

          If the best you can do is accuse me of using ChatGPT instead of responding to a single thing I actually said, that’s not a debate. That’s avoiding one. I write my own stuff. Always have. Sometimes I even manage to get a line right.

          But if calling it “slop” makes it easier for you to skip the point, go ahead. I grew up in Iowa. I’ve seen actual slop. What I wrote doesn’t qualify.

  • Wilco@lemmy.zip
    191·
    8 hours ago

    Collect your bounty: I cannot wait to see Trump in prison once he gets impeached after the midterms.

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
      18·
      8 hours ago

      He’s not going anywhere. I think the dems will get the house in 26 but it’s not very likely to get the senate majority, and even if they do no fucking way 67 of those cowards would vote to convict on impeachment.

      Now I wouldn’t mind if the house impeaches every fucking day just to make them constantly declare a no vote on a never ending litany of crimes. Plus tying up the government is better than taking time to pass whatever laws trickle down from the mad king’s dementia farts.

  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    27·
    11 hours ago

    Can I report myself? Is there a limit?

    I feel like this could be a revival of the Reddit Area 51 fun run. “They can’t take all of us!”

  • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    41·
    12 hours ago

    Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in a text message after the 2020 election that he “passionately hated” Donald Trump, according to new court filings. - BBC

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered,” a “despicable human being” and a “narcissist,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month.

    Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president’s son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”, according to an explosive new book seen by the Guardian.