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Anyone else feel this is a big issue? https://heatherdelaneyreese.substack.com/p/welcome-to-donald-trumps-surveillance?publication_id=5445372&post_id=205718531&isFreemail=true&r=tosdr&triedRedirect=true Excerpt: Today the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., on behalf of a man named David Streever. He is a 45-year-old who lives in Rochester, New York. His wife, the Reverend Hilary Streever, is an Episcopal priest. On January 26, after watching federal agents shoot and kill two American citizens in Minneapolis and then watching this administration call those citizens terrorists, David Streever did what Americans have done since the founding of this country. He wrote a letter to the person in charge. He sent a three-paragraph email to then-acting ICE Director Todd Lyons. The subject line read “What’s next.” He called Lyons a “monstrous human being.” He compared him to a Nazi. He wrote that Lyons would be tormented by his own conscience. He sent it to the government email address. It was raw, it was angry, and it was protected speech under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Five months passed. Nothing happened. And then, while David Streever was on vacation in Finland with his seven-year-old daughter, visiting a children’s theme park called Moomin World, his doorbell camera back home in Rochester picked up something unusual. Two federal agents in blue jackets were standing on his front porch, stepping past children’s toys to ring the bell. They were from Homeland Security Investigations, HSI, the unit built to investigate transnational organized crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking, cybercrime, and terrorism. The unit with access to cell phone location data, credit card transactions, surveillance cameras, and administrative subpoenas to every major tech company in the country. That is the unit they sent to David Streever’s house. For an email. His wife arrived home still wearing her clergy collar. One of the agents handed her a document. It was printed on official federal stationery from ICE and DHS. Across the top, in underlined capital letters, it read: “WARNING NOTICE.” Below that: “YOU MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW.” It instructed Streever to “promptly remove and/or discontinue” his “behavior” and warned that the notice would be “taken into consideration” if he continued to be involved in “criminal activities.” His wife told the agents her husband was out of the country with their daughter and would be home Friday. But they did not wait. Just hours after Streever and his daughter landed at JFK International Airport, a third HSI agent tracked him to the airport hotel where they were staying for the night. The agent left a business card at the front desk. His wife had not told the agents which hotel he would be at. They found him anyway. “Like many Americans, I was deeply upset after the shootings in Minnesota and I felt compelled to do something,” Streever said in a statement. “Writing an email to the head of ICE seemed like the least I could do to express my sense of outrage. I never dreamed it would lead to a knock on my door by federal officers or descending on my hotel in the dark of night.” FIRE’s senior attorney, Adam Steinbaugh, put it plainly: “If someone is really threatening a government official, you don’t wait five months to act on it. The fact that authorities didn’t respond immediately shows that David presented no threat. This pursuit is designed to intimidate lawful speech, pure and simple.”

Ben fighting gravity all my life. So far it's a nil all draw. But it's gaining on me.

This is the age of modernist glaring white cabinets and tiles for every modern home. Imagine my surprise to stay at a recently renovated caravan park that is furnished in rustic federation shearer's quarters decor! Our mate OME has started a trend!

Aaaah, I see. That darn thing has been stuffing your typing for years now. Thanks for clearing that up.

It's a bit cool here in Nyngan. We are camped by the river, enjoying a glass of red whilst dinner simmers on our little fire pot. Life's good.

Australia The Good.... Good to see you are enjoying your visit. We are enjoying the great outdoors in Warambungles. A but chilly under canvas but it's one of those places I wanted to since .....

Hey, I object. I don't mind getting critical about USofA or Olde England or other 'shitole' countries..... But leave our Great Country out of it! (Nev, I'm being sarcastic)

Where's the 'jealous' icon

Thank you. I was about to ask, 'If NP waste disposal has been solved, why is there so much of it still sitting around in drums at the power stations?' Thanks for finding the facts for me.

Can't work my wife out. First she says "Sure! Get yourself a tattoo." Now she's whining about the bagpipers in the garden.

Oh, none at all. A good mafia boss outsources their violence.

And that's one reason we like to visit the sunshine state at this time of the year. Tee shirts n shorts!

Have been visiting the extended family. Well at least those around SEQ. Really enjoying catching up with all. Especially the younger ones. Last night we booked in to a Gold Coast hotel for a rest. In spite of my general dislike for this part of the world, it is nice to wake up to the sound of surf on a beach.

So, that takes care of fresh air circulation. But how do they get rid of bathroom steam? We sealed up our house but then cut a hole in each bathroom wall, for the exhaust fans .

When I hurl a brickbat, I do it in the nicest possible way.

There's just two things I hate.... 1. The way things are 2. Change

Problem solved

You'll never never know if you never never go.......

Randomly, this might explain our significance in world politics.... To the global cats we are but a ball of twine

Nah, he just edited out all his keyboard errors.

That's Wolfie dialect. Thought you'd figure it out. Well she did say Drunk AGAIN, didn't she.

As I was creeping into bed, she asked, "You are drunk again, aren't you!". "What makes you think that?", I asked defensively. "You live nest door."

See how easily a well intentioned comment can lead to an international crisis! To misquote a well known (ex) president.... "The bombing will begin after lunchtime"

? ? ? Gee I wish I were that poor. Sport was once all about fitness, friendly competition and fair play. And stadiums were not needed because the only audiences were family & friends of the participants. In this age of obesity, real sport (without focus on gambling or money) would be a great idea for all instead of just watching.