This afternoon I will testify at the first hearing of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Below is my written testimony.
The Twitter Files raise serious questions of whether the United States government is now a partner in what may be the largest censorship system in our history. The involvement cuts across the Executive Branch, with confirmed coordination with agencies ranging from the CDC to the CIA. Even based on our limited knowledge, the size of this censorship system is breathtaking, and we only know of a fraction of its operations through the Twitter Files. Twitter has 450 million active users but it is still only ranked 15th in the number of users, after companies such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and Pinterest. The assumption is that the government censorship program dovetailed with these other companies, which continue to refuse to share past communications or work with the government. Assuming that these efforts extended to these larger platforms, it is a government-supported censorship system that is unparalleled in history.
Regardless of how one comes out on the constitutional ramifications of the government’s role in the censorship system, there should not be debate over the dangers that it presents to our democracy. The United States government may be outsourcing censorship, but the impact is still inimical to free speech values that define our country.
It is my sincere hope that there is room for bipartisan agreement on exposing the past government involvement in censorship systems implemented by social media companies.
I also believe that we can have a civil and substantive discussion of these important questions. Despite our political divisions, we share a common article of faith in our Constitution. These are difficult questions arising as a very divisive time for our country. However, there are issues here that should transcend partisan politics as we work through the proper role of government in regulating speech. I look forward to joining these distinguished panelists.
Today there will be the two panels.
First panel:
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D., Md).
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii
Second panel:
Mr. Thomas Baker, Former FBI Agent
Professor Jonathan Turley, George Washington University Law Center
Mr. Elliot Williams, Principal, the Raben Group
Ms. Nicole Parker, Former FBI Agent
The hearing will be held at noon and will be on C-Span3 and will be live streamed here.
Here is my written testimony: TURLEY.TESTIMONY.WEAPONIZATION
So after the talking is done and the cameras and press are gone, what happens next?
In my mind, nothing.
It’s all about what position Big Tech and Big Information” decide to do about it. I am not holding my breath.
What should happen is legislation precluding government officials from communicating with social media with regard to “content moderation” or censorship, with only limited and clearly and narrowly defined exceptions.
What exceptions would you propose?
For example, would you allow all communication related to posts that appear to break the law? If not, why not? If so, would you add anything else?
allow all communication related to posts that appear to break the law?
Investigating a crime is within the jurisdiction of the FBI. Not the CIA, Not the State dept, Not the White House. Actually NO GOVT entity unless they have probable cause, and jurisdiction.
That should be the only thing that should be allowed.
If someone posts a comment denying the Holocaust, or a link to pornographic pictures of adults, on a Holocaust education discussion forum, that is none of the state’s business.
THE SINGULAR AMERICAN FAILURE HAS BEEN AND REMAINS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SUPREME COURT
Under the Constitution and 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech, censorship is unconstitutional.
Under the Constitution and 5th Amendment absolute Right to Private Property, only the owner may “claim and exercise” dominion; censorship on private property is constitutional.
If the right to private property is not absolute, there is no right to private property and all property is public.
There is an absolute right to private property in the 5th Amendment.
The judicial branch must fulfill is sworn-oath duty and support the “manifest tenor” of the Constitution.
The judicial branch has no power to amend the Constitution, legislate, modify legislation or modify legislation through “interpretation.”
Members of the judicial branch who fail to support the Constitution must be impeached and convicted.
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“…courts…must…declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void.”
“…men…do…what their powers do not authorize, [and] what they forbid.”
“[A] limited Constitution … can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing … To deny this would be to affirm … that men acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid.”
– Alexander Hamilton
“despite our political divisions, we share a common article of faith in our Constitution”
I wish you were correct in this comment but I remember the Patriot Act passing when republicans were in control only to get renewed as is when democrats controlled all 3 branches of government. I heard my Rep Raskin unequivocally support censorship during the Twitter hearings. It appears to me the common faith is to trample those Constitutional freedoms as much as possible.
The censoring is done Darren, IMO, but the buck stops with Turley.
Good to know. I’m not surprised.
Sadly, Jonathan will stand by Darren until it becomes obvious that it’s time for him to step aside… I’m not holding my breath.
I wish you would.
Wow. We have Big Darren, monitoring the information flow to freedom loving people so they don’t get all riled up.
Big Darren ain’t Google.
Anonymous at 2:39
Crickets? Well, how lucky for you, because that’s exactly what the Dems want you to eat now. Praise be!
Bravo. Well said.
It’s undeniable that government cannot use a private sector entity to do its bidding as a way to get around the constraints imposed on the government by the constitution.
I don’t think you’re a hack, it’s just that people don’t recognize the libertarian point of view when it comes to law. I appreciate it and respect your opinions.
Thanks
Jonathan has been sworn in, along with the other members of the second panel:
Thank you Professor. You are truly on the right side of history.
My question is: why in the world would any serious Congressional committee have Turley, a paid hack for Fox, testify? Testify about WHAT? Turley doesn’t have any actual, first-hand knowledge about any facts PROVING there is “censorship by proxy”, which is a Fox theme Turley is paid to promote. But, do the disciples understand this distinction or even care? Read the posts on this blog by the faithful disciples: of course not–they take as proven fact that the government is censoring social media by proxy because Fox pundits say so, just like they believed Trump’s vainglorious “landslide victory” was “stolen”. They also believe that Republican members of Congress never proposed cutting or sunsetting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or food stamps, even though there are videos and campaign brochures proving that they did make such proposals. No proof of facts is necessary for the disciples, and that is the true threat to American democracy–lack of critical thinking and vulnerability to lies. I wrote down the following weasel-words used in Turley’s little toilet piece above that bear out the simple case that he has NO facts, and that he is “testifying” based on assumptions, which would not be allowed in any actual court setting: “may be”, “limiited knowledge”, “the assumption is”, “assuming that”,”the government MAY BE outsourcing censorship”. Because Turley doesn’t have any factual proof that such censorship is happening, of what use or value would his testimony be? He’s just a paid hack who trades on his credentials. Nothing he has to say has any probative value.
In other time and taxpayer money wasting Congressional House Committee news, yesterday it was revealed that the only POTUS who asked Twitter to remove posts was Donald J. Trump. An allegedly offensive tweet that came before the Committe was part of some urinating contest he started with Chrissy Tiegen, wife of John Legend, in which he called her names, and she replied by callling him: “puxxy axx bi*tch”. That description of him is in the official records of Congress, and will stay there for all eternity. You go girl!
Gigi,
I’m a Democrat, FWIW — especially these days. You clearly have no idea what’s going on in this country, which is true of many people on both sides of the aisle.
As was said in an earlier comment:
If this committee doesn’t get to the truth about what’s been happening in the U.S., since 9/11 (and even before), god only knows where things will end for this country.
Read, listen and learn.
Start with this:
“10 Reasons The U.S. Is No Longer The Land Of The Free”
https://jonathanturley.org/2012/01/15/10-reasons-the-u-s-is-no-longer-the-land-of-the-free/
Turley is a PAID HACK employed by a media outlet that peddles lies and conspiracy theories. Nothing Turley can ever say will change the fundamental fact that Twitter, Facebook, etc. are PRIVATE COMPANIES and their customers use their platform based on a contract called “terms of service”. They are not the government, and if you violate their terms of serivce, you can get kicked off. It’s as siimple as that. Claiming that these companies act as “proxies” of the government to “censor” information in violation of the First Amendment is just another Fox talking point, based on retaliation for Trump getting kicked off by spreading the Big Lie that resulted in the insurrection.
Turley has no first-hand knowledge of any relevant facts, another inconvenient truth. Turley can posit all he wants to, beat his breast, cite his credentials, but when it’s all said and done, the basic analysis remains the same–Twitter, Facebook, etc. are private companies, and when they kick you off, it’s not censorship. Tweets are not protected by the First Amendment. Turley knows that, and he also knows that the faithful disciples don’t understand this and believe all of the conspiracy theories and misinformation put out by his employer.
“conspiracy theories ”
Ever hear of COINTELPRO, MKUltra, and/or Christopher Pyle’s work on the spying done jointly by the FBI and the Army — and brought to light by the Church Committee?
https://www.democracynow.org/search?query=chris+pyle&page=1
Do you approve of James Clapper lying to the American people?
I loathe Donald Trump, but you need to open your eyes. I wish that Jonathan Turley didn’t write for the New York Post, but not everything he says is false.
You obviously have no idea what’s been taking place on U.S. soil since 9/11. If you did, you’d be singing a different tune.
This new committee has two years to get this right. The Dems should have set up a similar committee after 9/11, but failed to do so. The Dems should have held those who approved of and engaged in torture to account. But Obama and Pelosi wanted to “look forward.” In doing so, they failed the American people.
Take off your blinders.
Turley is a paid hack, and Gigi is an unpaid volunteer.
On the contrary, I would not be at all surprised if Gigi, MEB, Anonymous, ‘Justice’ Holmes, etc. are paid to show up here. The Professor does this for us for free, everyday. He has my deepest respect.
and contracts are binding.
Therer is probbale cause that Twitter violated its own terms iof service.
NUTCHACHACHA is a direct and mortal enemy of America. The Israelite slaves were out of Egypt before the ink was dry on their release papers, but then they possessed the capacity, acumen, gumption and resolve sufficient to the task. The prime desire of released abductees is to go home with all due haste. Why would anyone persist in a place they hate so much?
Gigi—-Does George Soros send your check$ directly to your room there at St. Elizabeth’s, or does someone go get them for you at the Home Office?
A childish response.
And yet, Gigi is afraid of the answer.
I wonder why.
GiGi;
If you think so little of Turley – why are you here ?
Honestly ?
Prof. Turley is one of the pre-eminent actual constitutional scholars in the US.
He testifies on issues of constitutional law.
He has an excellent track record.
Democrats called him to testify at the Clinton impeachment.
Republicans called him to testify at the Trump impeachments.
He said the same things Both times.
Turley is slowly getting red pilled – but that is because the left and democratic party have become so incredibly illiberal.
I Frequently do not agree with him – though he is improving. But he is always intelleigent.
Always worth listening to.
He is improving primarily because he is slowly learning that those on the left LIE – about almost everything, all the time.
Those like myself not on the left – have to be careful of what we say – lest we make a mistake and have to correct ourselves.
Take the recent Balloon fiasco – When Biden was taking flack several media outlets leaked from an unnamed purported Trump WH insider that 3 times during the Trump administration Chinese balloons flew over the US. Trump immediately denied it. Within the next couple of days a long list of top military and intelligence officials NAMED Source, All stated that they were not aware of any Chinese Balloon overflights during the Trump administration, and had there been they would have known. Even John Bolton, who has been know to spin things hostilly towards Trump,
Catagoricially denied that anything even vaghuely similar for any country at all had occurecd during his tenure AND that he was unaware of anything before or since During Trump, and that had someothing occured he would have known.
Put simply the media Once again LIED.
And people like you ate it up.
And everyone on this site will likely have to here you claim in posts from now until we die, that Trump ignored Ballos too.
Because the media reported FAKE NEWS based on anonymous sources that clearly did not know what they are talking about.
But this will be Truth for you and your ilk until your dying breath.
A democrat Rep. in the hearings today even claimed that it had been proven that Shoken had been fired for failing to do his job.
Citing British demands to have him Removed – except the British demanded the removal of his predicessor who had taken Millions from Burisma.
Decent news – not any of the MSM reported today a LONG LIST of the actions that Shokin had taken – including seizing the assets of Hunter Biden’s “Boss” in Burisma – shortly AFTER VP Biden met with him in person.
Those of you have been claiming the Shokin Firing is a debunked Republican conspiracy theory for years.
The problem is that you are completely clueless as to the actual evidence.
There was enough to Investigate Joe Biden for corruption in 2019 When John Solomon first reported on the Biden family corruption in Ukraine.
And little did we know that the FBI had the Hunter Biden laptop which reinforces Solomons excellent reporting.
Regardless, Republicans are off to a good start.
They are showing the country how congressional hearings should be run.
Democrats are getting to appoint their own members to these comittees, they are given equal time to question witnesses, they are given the opportunity to call their own witnesses. They are getting time to make their stupid statement and spin until they are dizzy.
Basically everything that the J6 committe did NOT do.
It is irrelevant if there is “censorship by proxy”
The first amendmant is not something for left wing nuts in government to try to game their way arround.
It is immoral for platforms like Twitter and FaceBook to censor political speach.
It is immoral for thme to censor speech that they beleive is false.
It is unconstitutional for those in government to play ANY Role at all, in censoring any first amendment protected speech.
The govenrment can not do it directly.
They can not do it indirectly.
They can not do it by proxy.
They can not do it or participate in it in any way at all. PERIOD.
The punishment for those in Social Media that engaged in censorship – is to have their pants pulled down in public and exposed as the nutjobs they are.
But those in government are far more serious. Everyone in government swore and oath to uphold and defend the constitution.
Not to find creative ways to try to get arround it.
There has been alot of nonsense HERE and elsewhere claiming that Republicans did it too – with about as much evidence as that the Hunter Biden laptop is Russian disinformation.
REGARDLESS, Fire EVERYONE who refered any speech of anyone to Social media for censorship and bar them permanently from Publ;ic Service.
Republican, Democrat – I do not care. If your fantasies prove true and lots of republicans “did it” – Get rid of them.
If Trump “did it” – permanently bar him from Running for office.
We already Know that Biden “did it” – he should resign or be impeached. NOW.
Everyone left or right who is willing to violate the oath they swore to uphold the constitution, should quit or be fired.
Free speech is THAT IMPORTANT.
The reason for the 2nd amendment, is for when we can not trust government to adhere to the first.
This was easy Gigi.
If you were so sure that Biden was actually going top win in 2020 – Why did you have to LIE ?
About so many things – about “russian disinformation”,
About the Biden Crime syndicate ?
About Covid ?
Biden’s approval is LOWER than before the 2022 Election.
Super majorities now beleive that in one way or another the 2020 election was rigged,
Including aparetnly now a majority of Democrats.
Supermajorities of people beleive Biden has accomplished NOTHING as president.
Only 37% of democrats want him to run again.
Everytime you go after Trump for something – we Find that Biden or Democrats were actually doing it.
Who had classified doc strew all over creation ? And had been doing so for what almost 2 decades ?
A recent paper published with Fauxi as one of the authors, is now confirming – that the mRNA Vaccines DO NOT WORK.
They are wildly effective for about 4 months after the 2nd booster, But subsequent boosters have little or no effect,
And it now appears that the more jabs you get the MORE LIKELY you are to get Covid REPEATEDLY.
Again Fauxi is now on the Record noting that the Vaccines are a failure.
Also BTW in the same paper is statements that Fauxi and others in epidemiolgy KNEW befoe Covid that ALL Vaccines against respiratory viruses DO NOT WORK. The Flu vaccine DOES NOT WORK. One study found that getting the Flu vaccine STRONG correlated as effective at preventing Pneumonia – BEFORE getting the Flu vaccine. Essentially what they discovered is that those least likely to get the Flu and Pneumonia are the ones getting vaccinated.
And just to be Clear – Fauxi and company KNEW that Before Covid.
So that IO am clear – they did NOT Know the mRNA vaccines would not work – there is a sound basis for beleiving that mRNA vaccines MIGHT be different. But We – They – Fauxi – KNEW that was False likely by Feb 2021.
There is even preliminary Data indicating that NO, the Vaccines do not reduce your likelyhood of serious infection or death.
Gigi,
You constantly say that X was proven – and over and over – you are worng.
There was not collusion delusion.
There was not even an Army of Russian Bots.
Hunter Biden’s laptop is real.
Claims it was Russian disinformation are False.
Democrats rigged the 2020 and 2022 elections.
They lied repeatedly about pretty much everything.
If you have EVIDENCE That Trump directed SM to censor anything – pleast provide it.
We heeard LOTS of self serving testimony that does not match the Facts.
I will be perfectly happy to see Trump Banned from running for office ever again – if he ACTUALLY sought to have SM censor anything.
But despite CLAIMS by left wing nuts and Former Twitter execs that censorship requests came from the Trump WH – We do not have any EVIDENCE that occured. Taibbi was told that too – and yet no evidnce was provided.
Twitter execs even claimed there was more censorship fo Democrats than Republicans – yet the accounts that were block, flagged, shadow banned, etc. Were more than 95% Republican.
We have the EVIDENCE – we have the actual accounts that were banned. blocked flagged, …
We have the actual tweets that were the alleged causes of the problems.
And we have idiots from Twitter testifying that she sought to get Trump banned for months – because – She alone was able to truly understand his Dog whistles and Coded speech.
But I doubt you are sane enough to understand how absurd that lie is.
Regardless, I will fully support a “bill of impeachment” against EVERY current and former government official that is subject to impeachment, that permanetly barrs them from public service ever again.
Democrat, Republican. Lets run it through the house and to the Senate.
The standard is simple – any communication to Social Media or regular media asking them to block, ban, flag or in any way disfavor speech that is protected under the first amendment – that is everything but SOME Obscentiy and immediate incitements to violence.
Or documented communication to someone else in govenrment requesting them to seek censorship.
Everyone who did so gets treated the same – Republican, Democrat. President, down through absolutely anyone in govenrment that can be impeached.
I am using imperachment for two reasons.
Impeachment is the only constitutional means to bar someone from seeking office int he future.
Impeachment only requires the house and senate.
Separately any non-impeachable member of Government whao has done this MUST be fired. But that requires a law signed by whoever is president when the dust settles.
“Regardless of how one comes out on the constitutional ramifications of the government’s role in the censorship system, “?
It’s clearly a crime, a violation of our 1st Amendment and there must be punishment if only for deterrence.
Now that the shoe is on the other foot suddenly there’s a lot of double speak.
In the face of damning evidence there’s little to no remorse.
Bravo, Professor. In spite of whatever anyone may think of my ramblings on your site, I am grateful for the space to share them, and I respect you and your team to the skies, as I respect the other posters here is spite of how it may come across – at least we are all engaged in a conversation. Good luck, and Godspeed.
Floating a thought. I have been a liberal all my life. Not that long ago the term liberal was a term of abuse in the US, now it appears if you are not a liberal your a Nazi! So without changing my position I have gone from Left to Right.
Back in the day the Republicans represented the “Nazi’s”, coal, oil the MIC. This was followed by Trump, (an actual Nazi apparently?) Now we find the looney end of the Democratic Party supporting actual Nazi’s, the Stephan Bandera supporters. How has this happened?
Could it be that the enlightened Silicone Valley crowd who know control much of American political discourse have decided that it is much more favourable to appear to support the Left than the Right. It looks like the Democrats were flooded with tech industry dollars and seeing which side their bread is buttered fell hook line and sinker and proceeded to become the New Right. Nancy’s purported $100 million bank account is rather telling in this respect, not bad for someone living on a government salary
And so it goes.
It appears there is a serious lack of critical thinking
RZ,
Other long time liberals and Democrats have noted the same.
You are in good company with Elon Musk and Bill Maher.
Maher’s observations have been spot on, and everyone who has not lost their minds to wokeism agree from Dems to Reps to Indies.
As Maher has said, “I did not leave the party, the party left me.”
Good luck professor!
Keep up the good fight!
I sure hope some of these representatives still believe in the First Amendment because we know some do not, Mr. Schiff et al. If we had a real DOJ, there would be investigations into the denial of Constitutional rights.
Most government employees are probably good people trying to be good public servants, so the focus should be primarily on constitutionalizing the “system”.
Agency top-management are the real villains here not constitutionalizing these “systems”. One of the most fatal mistakes agency managers make is allowing “Guilt By Association” – strictly illegal for any government official under the First Amendment and their Oath of Office (where they make a promise to GOD to uphold the U.S. Constitution in their job authority).
For example: 99% of gun owners are law abiding and non-violent. 99% of both Trump and Biden supporters are law abiding and non-violent. Guilt by Association is not only disloyal and illegal, but a highly inaccurate investigative tactic.
An agency manager can’t take the less than 1% of violent or dangerous people in any organization of 99% non-violent and law abiding, then use those handful of people to stereotype an entire group to perform illegal surveillance/searches.
Throughout American history, this type of “Guilt By Association” has been used against women, LGBT-Americans, African-Americans, Democrats, Republicans, gun owners, environmentalists, animal rights activists or any group. LGBT-Americans were once viewed as “mentally defective” by the federal government and investigated by the DOJ/FBI.
These types of illegal government practices are largely performed “Covertly” so voters can’t connect cause & effect – so voters can’t self-govern.
Simply requiring “overt” disclosure of these illegal practices would not only let the voters decide, but would also deter many of the abuses in the first place. If a Bush era interrogators knew they would one day face their torture victims in front of a judge, they would have behaved much differently back then. Simply being “covert” also allowed material evidence to be lost making justice nearly impossible (ie: witness memories, cell phone records, email records, defendants/witnesses that died over the past 20 years, etc). The DOJ effectively destroyed most war crime evidence since 9/11 simply by running out the clock.
When the agency top-management allows it’s employees to be disloyal to their own Oath of Office, it destroys the integrity of the institutions themselves.
Even when these otherwise “good” bureaucrats realize they made mistakes (destroying innocent Americans) – they simply walk away from their victims. Never apologizing or making amends.
The old saying “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” is a great narrative of how these “systems” destroy innocent Americans. This all starts with “covert” censorship, covert warrantless surveillance and covert warrantless search & seizure!
Former Nuremberg prosecutor and U.S. Supreme Court Justice/AG, Robert Jackson, believed that “arbitrary search & seizure” was the foundation for tyranny. Jackson said this in part not just because he convicted Nazis, because years earlier the U.S. government itself placed U.S. citizens into detention camps that happened to be of Japanese descent. For some reason this didn’t happen to U.S. citizens of German descent during WW2.
Jackson prosecuted and hanged Nazis war criminals following World War Two and he viewed arbitrary surveillance and searches as the most dangerous practice of any government official. It allows an investigator to nose around in a private citizen’s personal business, with no evidence of a past crime. Although every American investigator swears a constitutional Oath of Office, top agency managers give “unconstitutional” orders to their subordinate employees/contractors to do things like censor or perform warrantless domestic surveillance.
I think 9/11 came at an unfortunate time — just as the digital age and technology made a global surveillance state a possibility. We, maybe not you, but certainly I, turned a blind eye to the creation of this global surveillance state during the Bush years, because the abuses were directed at Muslims and mostly foreign Muslims who may have been engaged in terror plots. I ignored the Snowdens and Assanges. I was willing to look the other way, put aside my classical liberal tendencies, ignore violations of civil liberties, because I feared a resurgent Muslim world and wanted revenge for 9/11. We, again I, was short sighted. I never imaged that during the Obama administration that that global surveillance state would be turned against the administration’s domestic political enemies. But here we are. My bad.
I agree with practically every word written in your statement. Bravo and good luck today. May you convert some hearts and minds. However, I fear this effort needed to occur in prior years. We may be too far gone. Many will hear your words, but will not listen, assuming you are a toady of Putin or are carrying Vladimir’s water. As you point out in your statement, our nation has gone down dark roads like this before, like during the McCarthyism times, however, never during the digital age, with the seeming universal acceptance by media, big tech, big corporations, academia, law enforcement, the intelligence community, and government bureaucracies. I fear that a mere appeal to classical liberal principles will not be a sufficient corrective. Nevertheless, I am pulling for you. Our nation need you to succeed.
Turley: “Despite our political divisions, we share a common article of faith in our Constitution.”
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Comforting thought but probably not true.
As leftist Ezra Klein has said, it’s old [therefore bad we must assume] and hard to understand [likely true in his case]. Too many on the left think the same way. How could they not emerging from our decayed educational systems?
A big factor in all unconstitutional practices, is a clearly flawed interpretation of the “Supremacy Clause” clearly worded under Article VI (Section 2) of the U.S. Constitution.
Article VI clearly makes the “U.S. Constitution” the supreme law of the land, not any government agency.
The problem with this flawed interpretation (current practice today), is it removes checks & balances from the federal level when executive branch agencies violate the U.S. Constitution.
For example: there is no deterrent on the DOJ/FBI’s “Cointelpro” tactics, no deterrent on torture or war crimes by the federal officials/contractors. There is no deterrent on a federal immigration agency declaring 100 miles of any U.S. border a “No Constitution Zone” (lawless zone that covers the majority of the U.S. population). In this zone no American has any constitutional rights.
It’s the same mindset that allows government-driven censorship. The U.S. Constitution is no longer “supreme” under the Supremacy Clause – federal officials are essentially kings with unlimited authority.
“The Twitter Files raise serious questions of whether the United States government is now a partner in what may be the largest censorship system in our history.”
LOL! They don’t raise the question. The Twitter Files answer the question with a resounding “Yes!”
Sprec free and forever hold your piece.
Your piece is your firearm.