Meanwhile, the United States government, traditionally one of the bastions of press freedom, is about to compile a list of professional journalists and "top media influencers," which would seem to include bloggers and podcasters, and monitor what they're putting out to the public.
What could possibly go wrong? A lot.
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Regarding the DHS media database, we are entering potentially dangerous territory with the government keeping track of the "sentiment" of citizens and foreign nationals. If not legal challenges from organizations that defend press freedom and freedom of speech interests, the government should expect, at the very least, backlash from the public.
And that means you. If you think the idea of the U.S. government's compiling and monitoring a list of media professionals and "top media influencers" is a potential threat to democracy, now would be the perfect time to call your local and congressional representatives to let them know how much you value a free press and the freedom of speech, just in case they've forgotten.
Fascism encroaches ever more. You all know this is just going to get worse unless we all stand up and do something about it, right?
This is just fucking fabulous. They'll attack the First Amendment, Freedom of Speech (except theirs), and Freedom of the Press, but they won't bother to do anything about universal background checks for firearms.
These assholes are as bad as the religutards who cherry-pick the fucking bible to suit their agendas.
I hate them all.
Resist.