North Carolina Republicans create "secret police force"
North Carolina Republicans create "secret police force"
North Carolina’s new $30 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 sh...
In the event that Gov Ops searches a person’s home, these rules mean that the person 1) must keep the entry a secret, 2) cannot seek outside help (unless necessary for fulfilling the request, the law says), and 3) could face criminal charges if Gov Ops deems them uncooperative.
This is a blatant violation of multiple constitutional rights. No wonder they want it kept secret, they're building the Gestapo. They're dismantling American liberty in favor of over fascism.
There is no “American liberty” until natives get their #LandBack
How can Republicans even pretend to be the party of "small government" and then create an investigative unit that has virtually unlimited power and if you even say anything to anybody then you'll get fired. This is an incredibly disturbing power grab by Republicans in NC. I suspect other states will follow if NC can get away with it.
They are not Republicans they are Nazis
Same thing for a while now.
Because, as I’m sure we all know by now, ‘small government’ means ‘only a small number of people allowed to participate (and they can only be rich white ‘Christian’ men)’.
don't get hung up on republicans slogans like "small gov't" or "free speech" they don't mean anything and never did
A third provision will allow legislators to “determine…whether a record is a public record.” Legislators can now decide to “retain, destroy, sell, loan, or otherwise dispose of'' their documents.
Sell?? Oh come on they aren't even trying to pretend
This is blatantly unconstitutional.
GOP says they hate big government. Also creates bigger and more powerful government police agencies.
If you work at any public university in North Carolina, start working on an exit plan. Though the wording of "indirect" public funds is so broad there's not much this wouldn't extend to in some way.
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
Fucking stasi mother fuckers.
JFC, they were dismantled less than 40 years ago. How has society forgotten those horrors already!?
Oh, like the Gestapo, right? Because they did the same fucking things!
Someone is going to file a lawsuit, right?