House Dems vote to give Trump nearly limitless spying power

[Philly]

Jesus Uber, your source is just a guy on reddit?

Let's get back to the larger point though. The Democrats don't look at Trump at the levers of power and on any level think that just maybe decades and decades of bipartisan toleration for consolidation of power in the executive branch might have been a mistake. All they think is that they need to get that power back from Trump. Or, it seems, some would be half-satisfied even if we gave it to some other rightwing GOP monster, as long as he acts like a gentleman in public and doesn't post juvenile tweets.

The Democrats are simply unable and, more importantly, unwilling to truly stand in opposition to draconian and unaccountable concentration of power, even when it's their rival party who wields it. This is why the whole #Resistance shtick rings so hollow.

[uebermann]

[ToddStarnes]

Reddit guy seems right in broad strokes but he also seems flatly wrong about the "About" collection.

Philly has the more important point which is that we have forgotten the other side gets a turn at the helm too. The health of the institutions and our system is more important than getting things done in the short term.

[JDHURF]

[spacemonkey]

Everything you post or say on a phone is already being recorded. Has been for some time. Nothing really new here. No secrets in cyberspace same as no dry spots in the ocean or shade on the sun. That's just the world we created and we ain't going back. Well, not till after WW3.

[Kane]

This is equally laughable in the context of this:

http://thehill.com/policy/national-secu ... lance-memo

GOP wants to release a document outlining potential abuse of surveillance powers by the FBI...

[NAB]

[Kane]

[Kane]

[JDHURF]