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> Californians, remember to vote Feinstein out in the Democratic primary. She's been one of the main champions of this bill and type of mass surveillance (as we
by chimeracoder 9y ago
> Californians, remember to vote Feinstein out in the Democratic primary. She's been one of the main champions of this bill and type of mass surveillance (as well as the anti-encryption bills, which she's not giving up).
Senate Minority Leader Schumer has been the other main proponent. Unfortunately, New York is not really a democracy, so there is no way for us to get rid of him.
- Bartweiss 9y agoSchumer is awful on a lot of levels, but I don't seem him losing his office unless he goes the way Sheldon Silver did.
- chimeracoder 9y ago> Schumer is awful on a lot of levels, but I don't seem him losing his office unless he goes the way Sheldon Silver did. Agreed. New York politicians can get away with attempted murder caught on videotape (literally) and there's still no chance that they'll lose re-election, thanks to the array of arcane election laws that, in practice, collectively disenfranchise New York voters.