North Carolina’s new $300 billion state budget contains a provision that gives extraordinary investigative powers to a partisan oversight committee co-chaired by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R). The Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations — or Gov Ops for short — is empowered to seize “any document or system of record” from anyone who works in or with state and local government during its investigations. The rule applies to contractors, subcontractors, and any other non-state entity “receiving, directly and indirectly, public funds,” including charities and state universities.
If you live in the USA; Go raise a fuss and holler and make sure that your local House Representative knows that this shit is absolutely facist and unacceptable.
Holy fuck, these are government sanctioned black shirts. I don’t want to be sensationalist, someone please tell me I’m wrong or misreading this or something.
Honestly, it’s stuff like this that’s got me wanting to move out of California so I can responsibly own firearms. I might sound crazy, but there’s no fucking way some bootlicker is coming through my front door.
As someone in Tennessee that goes to the range regularly and just found out one of his college friends was concealed carrying every time it wasn’t illegal:
Eh not worth the rest of the baggage. You, at least, don’t have to worry about right wing death squads or getting kid-trapped by a girl who’s scared to travel out of state for an abortion.
I’m definitely planning on moving to a state that combines that with a healthy respect for the right to self defense though.
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Unfortunately secret police forces are not unprecedented in this country.. The Civil War never ended, it just went cold.
Gross.
If you live in the USA; Go raise a fuss and holler and make sure that your local House Representative knows that this shit is absolutely facist and unacceptable.
Holy fuck, these are government sanctioned black shirts. I don’t want to be sensationalist, someone please tell me I’m wrong or misreading this or something.
DeSantis did it in Florida a year or two ago as well. These people are gearing up for civil war.
Libs: Time to take away our supporters’ guns!
Honestly, it’s stuff like this that’s got me wanting to move out of California so I can responsibly own firearms. I might sound crazy, but there’s no fucking way some bootlicker is coming through my front door.
As someone in Tennessee that goes to the range regularly and just found out one of his college friends was concealed carrying every time it wasn’t illegal:
Eh not worth the rest of the baggage. You, at least, don’t have to worry about right wing death squads or getting kid-trapped by a girl who’s scared to travel out of state for an abortion.
I’m definitely planning on moving to a state that combines that with a healthy respect for the right to self defense though.
The problem is those tend to be cold af.
To anyone considering voting for Republicans: this is the party that repeatedly claims it’s for a “Small Government”.
Fucking
IllinoisNorth Carolina NazisI hate North Carolina Nazis.
Ah yes, the republicans, the party of the small government, isn’t it
“Please step on me, Daddy,”
Secret police, like the SS?
Reminds me of those unmarked police goons Trump set up to kidnap people during the protests and riots about them (the police) murdering people.
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