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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by we_never_see_it on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:09AM (#36310443)
Russia is an existential threat to our democracy. Surveillance is necessary so no election can interfered by the Russians. Millions of lives have been lost because of an illegal president. We don't want that to happen again.
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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by oilchange on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:20AM (#36310590)
> Russia is an existential threat to our democracy.

Where did I hear this talking point before? Oh that's right. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.

https://youtu.be/q_hGKT5FI78?t=52

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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by JChase2 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:35AM (#36311802)
That's the Sinclair Broadcast Group forcing the news orgs they own to read from the same script. They also had "must run" news segments that include conservative commentary. That doesn't mean Russia isn't a threat to democracy world wide, it just means we have a problem with mega corps owning too much media. I don't think that gives the US an excuse to spy on our own citizens however.
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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by BeFlatXIII on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:41PM (#36312907)
Can I have some of your drugs?
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