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I don't really think it is that cut and dry. Case in point, a similar bill (as I understand it) - The EARN IT Act was spearheaded by the same people as this bi

I don't really think it is that cut and dry. Case in point, a similar bill (as I understand it) - The EARN IT Act was spearheaded by the same people as this bill, plus Dianne Feinstein (Democraft of CA): "The EARN IT Act was introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (Republican of South Carolina) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Democrat of Connecticut), along with Sen. Josh Hawley (Republican of Missouri) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Democrat of California) on March 5." https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-it-act-encryption-killer-lindsay-graham-match-group https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-i... Also: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/17/earn-m17.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/17/earn-m17.html

TulliusCicero 6y ago
Feinstein is widely despised by progressives for, among other things, being a hawk. That she would also be anti-freedom here is not a huge surprise.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  There's plenty of others like her. Neither party seems to have many in congress who want the government to have less dragnets and power to micromanage.
  - TulliusCicero 6y ago
    I think there's quite a few Democrats like that, actually, but certainly not all.
    - nickff 6y ago
      There are a bunch of Republicans too.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Caucus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Caucus
ilstormcloud 6y ago
Of course, nothing is ever black and white. I did not mean to imply all of the GOP is terrible and the other side is good. I am merely stating, looking from afar, it's the GOP politics that seems most familiar, in general.