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Re:US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and st... by hedora on Friday September 16, 2022 @10:16AM (#32866305)
This program predates Biden. The fact that the Biden administration is cooperating with the senator (a Democrat) suggests the Biden administration doesn’t support the program very strongly.

Most of this stuff was enabled by the patriot act, which was pushed through by George W Bush. Also, the Republican controlled Supreme Court recently ruled it is legal for states pass laws that explicitly ignore vote tallies moving forward.

If you want the US to be a democracy moving forward, I suggest you watch Biden’s Sept 1, 2022 speech. It touches on these issues.

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Re:US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and st... by jscipione on Friday September 16, 2022 @10:24AM (#32866431)
Joe Biden wrote the Patriot Act. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4876107/user-clip-joe-biden-w...
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Re:US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and st... by hedora on Friday September 16, 2022 @10:35AM (#32866562)
Good to know. Thanks. Hopefully he’s really mellowed out since then.
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