To allow the FBI to meet with the media to discuss the content of the news without question chills free speech. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Read the testimony of a former Facebook executive: “You can’t have a casual chat with an FBI agent when you’re an executive at a company. It’s not safe. You end up with a $3,000-an-hour row of [lawyers] sitting next to you...”
"You might feel like you’re having a friendly conversation with them, but you never know if you’re actually the target." Read the report: bit.ly/3GpEnnA
🤔 How and why did the left abandon its once stellar defense of free speech?
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One of the things I love to hate about Washington is that they look at challenges the same way every time, despite the evidence that their last plan didn’t work.
Need to fix our budget? Don’t worry, they will spend MORE ...
I'm BACK. I'm not as back as the Trump folks; they're SO back. I'm just back.
What are some of your Festivus traditions? Tell us in the replies! I tried to get feats of strength on the Senate floor as a tradition, but since everyone else is over 80, there weren't many takers.
Quick, who has the higher average age, the Senate or the top touring musical acts of 2024? They have Jagger, Richards, Springsteen, and Dylan, but we have Grassley. It's a tough call.
Tonight the Senate was given the chance to vote on amendments to help fix a slew of unconstitutional provisions to RISAA, the fake FISA reform bill and truly reform other government spying practices as well.
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My 1st amendment included my bipartisan 4th Amendment is Not for Sale Act (already passed by the House). It would have ended the government’s practice of buying its way around the Bill of Rights by purchasing Americans’ personal data.
Defeated 31-61
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My 2nd amendment would have exempted Americans from being swept up in the bulk collection of personal data from the FOREIGN Intelligence Surveillance Act. We could have ensured both constitutional rights and national security were protected.
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Congress voted for a so-called reform of the US Postal Service in 2021 (I voted no!). The results: the annual Postal Debt — $4 billion per year BEFORE the reform, now -- $6.3 billion per year. washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/294525…
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Amidst declining mail volume and vast increases in annual debt, the geniuses at the Postal Service hired 125,000 new employees.
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Perhaps, we base Postal Exec pay on ability to decrease the annual debt or maybe we should just sell the Post Office?