gAlienLifeformFeb 5

How ICE is watching you: A rundown of some of the tech the government is deploying to identify and spy on us

https://lemmy.world/post/42704443

How ICE is watching you: A rundown of some of the tech the government is deploying to identify and spy on us - Lemmy.World

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Show threadresipsaloquiturFeb 5
To what end, though? To find out if people oppose them? We do.
Show threadChulkFeb 5
To track, intimidate and eventually disappear activists I imagine
Show threadresipsaloquiturFeb 5
What, everyone? 2/3 of the country oppose the orangutan.
Show threadChulk

We have Steve Bannon suggesting that Trump send ICE to polling locations on election day . ICE is currently purchasing large warehouses across the United States so they have more capacity to jail people. ICE is now one of the most funded military orgs in the world.

So…

What, everyone?

Yes. He will keep broadening the definition of “terrorist” and narrowing the definition of “citizen.” Not saying it will work, but I believe he will try. I think there’s plenty of evidence showing that it’s a real threat.

ICE should ‘surround’ polling places in midterm elections, Steve Bannon says

Bannon even suggested that the U.S. military could be deployed at polling places as part of Trump’s call to “nationalize” elections in more than a dozen Democratic-led states.

The Detroit News
Feb 5 at 6:42pmWeb