This is pretty awesome. It will force people to use platforms that are ACTUALLY secure, like Signal.

Meta, in conjunction with the US government, is going to make it harder to surveil protesters. How elegant!

But is there any money actually lost by the people producing films? I'm pretty sure movie studios create a separate business for each film so they can declare bankruptcy if it doesn't make money. I'm sure someone is getting fucked, but it ain't Tom or anyone at the studios.

This is bipartisan. I remember when Obama continued to send military aid to Egypt DURING their military coup, which is also illegal under US law. No one gave a shit.

Yokels all over rural America were up in arms over the idea that their jobs producing small but integral parts of a weapons system that would eventually go to a strongman using force to stay in power might dry up. No politician will ever dare threaten to damage the military-industrial complex for economic reasons alone.

Right. Trump used a computer. Because he needed to be convinced to commit a crime. That all of the previous administrations have done. Sure.

Wow you really don't like it when someone quotes you, do you? haha

I didn't realize I had to explain why due process is important. You see, little Billy, when anyone can punish you (in these cases, execute you) for anything without proving it, accusing you, or even knowing who you are, then it doesn't matter what crime you are accused of. Justice becomes a fascist tool to be used against anyone who is not in the good graces of those wielding the power.

You can see then that it matters not if Trump calls them narcoterrorists or if Obama calls them terrorists. Or if the next guy decides jaywalking justifies that force. If there is no due process, the crime is immaterial, regardless of what it is.

I hope you learn why due process is essential.

Here is a quote from you about Obama's kill list and signature drone strike policies: "If it is true that someone is planning to commit terrorism, it may be justified to kill them, if other methods of preventing them are not practical." *You are focusing on terror versus narcoterror. This is missing the point. *

Obama's kill list and signature drone strike policies did not include any due process to determine if there was any planning to commit terrorism, making the killings completely unjustified. In the case of signature strikes, the person's identity would be unknown, and their behavior would be boiled down to where they were in the world, their gender, and their perceived age, so nothing about their behavior at all.

*You are ignoring the process by which someone is targeted, which is the entire point. *

You are missing the point. The people put on either list have never been accused of anything in a court of law. They were never indicted. They have no way to get off those lists. There is no due process and no congressional oversight. The executive branch decided they should die, so they died. End of story.

It started in the Middle East with Islamic terrorism. It is currently in Latin America being called narco terrorism. You can see it already happening in the US with peaceful protesters and those who use encription online. There is no difference. It is all equally bad. What Obama did was the exact same thing in the same way as what Trump is doing.

The next guy, regardless of the color of his tie, will be more than willing to use this unified executive theory product in even more disgusting ways. And for that, we can all say, "Thanks, Obama!"

This is not worse than the "War on terror bullshit." It is the exact same. Obama's drone strategy involved a kill list that included no due process and signature drone strikes, which killed people without knowing who they were. There did not have to be evidence of the victims ever having committed anything close to a terrorist act. It didn't even matter if the victims were American kids.

People who refer to themselves as 'the chosen' don't think they have to adhere to the rules that apply to everyone else? Shocked! Shocked, I tell ya!

$2 million to Kraft is $11 to a normally-waged person. So maybe this isn't the statement Sheeran thinks it is.

"Hey Robert, when you are finished exploiting sex workers and young black men, do you think you can check your couch cushions for something to donate?"