Betrayal As Sport, by TL Davis

Disaster is coming, and now is the time to think about what we want to work for on the other side of it. From TL Davis at tldavis.substack.com:

Betrayal is the sport of the Uniparty in Washington and it was in full effect on Friday when they passed the FISA 702 provision allowing the FBI to spy on American individuals without a warrant. An attempt to insert a warrant requirement was blocked by Speaker Mike Johnson by voting against it in the 212-212 tie vote. That’s close enough to swing a vote here and there by calling your representative on Monday morning. A lot of Democrats are in support of the warrant, all of them should be.

The argument for a warrantless FISA search comes at an awkward time for the government. Having used it to spy on the Trump campaign, it’s argument that it’s only used to catch terrorists can be debunked by that fact alone, but it doesn’t rely on just that. The question centers around whether the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution is, as they claim, a national security threat. If it is, what’s the point of national security if the sole purpose is to undermine the foundations of the nation? Doesn’t their request for a “warrantless” search demonstrate that they are operating in contradiction to their oaths of office? Of course, it does. And the Supreme Court hasn’t challenged any of it in the decades that it has operated unconstitutionally, so don’t expect that pack of lackluster justices to come to the aid of the people, not even symbolically.

As I told the staff of my representative, Ronnie Jackson, 202-225-3706, “There is no condition in which a warrant is not required.” It is not whether the government has the right to do this, or not (it doesn’t) it’s whether we will tolerate it or not. They’ve been doing it for years and nothing has gotten better. There has been no easing up, but a pressing down on the population. Once, a person had to actually commit a crime, or give some evidence of being prepared to commit a crime to allow for a warrant to be issued. A lot of that has gone down the “national security” rathole since 9/11, but it’s time to resurrect our resistance to it. As I’ve said before, there is NO national security without a secure border. That’s a red herring argument when terrorists and CCP soldiers are ushered into the nation like welcomed guests.

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