Leaked documents indicate over 300 members of far-right paramilitary Oath Keepers may be current or former DHS employees, Project on Government Oversight reports.
https://news.yahoo.com/leaked-documents-indicate-over-300-230536493.html
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The public members of Oath Keepers & Proud Boys seem like the tip of the ice burg... what we're not taking action on are the far-right paramilitary true believers in law enforcement & govt- including Senators & Congress Reps that continue to flood social media with hate speech, guns & ChristoFascism.
#FarRight #DomesticTerrorists #politics #guns #hatespeech #chaosagents
@QueenOfEverything @peterquirk
Elected officials from the Republican Party and their supporters are openly and brazenly urging armed overthrow of the #USA government (this week at NY Republican group). Why were they not rounded up and charged with sedition (like in Germany & other countries recently)? America has lost its way … #Politics #International
@OldCountryDoctor @QueenOfEverything @peterquirk can you name the specific law they broke?
European countries have those laws because they have more of a history of domestic terrorist incidents than we do.
We don't even have a statue on the books because we can't come to a consensus on how to define it.
The Mark Meadows texts may go a long way in changing that.
@Darkenyght1701 @QueenOfEverything @peterquirk @Oma_Trisha @FreezyWriter @grapho @Myriacanth
The #USA does need more explicit laws about overthrowing democracy. As you say, it can learn from other countries that have dealt with this before — a high priority for the US Senate before the government collapses. #Politics
@OldCountryDoctor @Darkenyght1701 @peterquirk @Oma_Trisha @FreezyWriter @grapho @Myriacanth
"FREE SPEECH" doesn't include armed insurrection. We need to clarify Domestic Terrorism/Sedition to include "words can kill"
CHAPTER 115—TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
Sec.
2381.Treason.
2382.Misprision of treason.
2383.Rebellion or insurrection.
2384.Seditious conspiracy.
2385.Advocating overthrow of Government.
2386.Registration of certain organizations.
@OldCountryDoctor @Darkenyght1701 @peterquirk @Oma_Trisha @FreezyWriter @grapho @Myriacanth
—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I—CRIMES
(continued)
2387.Activities affecting armed forces generally.
2388.Activities affecting armed forces during war.
2389.Recruiting for service against United States.
2390.Enlistment to serve against United States.
[2391.Repealed.]
@QueenOfEverything @OldCountryDoctor @peterquirk @Oma_Trisha @FreezyWriter @grapho @Myriacanth we don't even have a "hate speech " statute on the books because civil rights attorneys argue that it would be a violation of the First A.
Meanwhile, Germany outlawed possession of any and all Nazi paraphernalia, including the flag
@OldCountryDoctor @QueenOfEverything @peterquirk @Oma_Trisha @FreezyWriter @grapho @Myriacanth tbh, domestic terrorism statutes should have been enacted after OKC. But everyone wanted to treat it as an isolated incident rather than a warning.