The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is contracting with Google, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, SnapChat, Twitter, and others to identify and surveil "dangerous dissidents."

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says "the need for a new focus was brought home by the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol. The previous emphasis on jihadi terrorism was misplaced. At best, there are only a few thousand Islamic fanatics. As the November election showed, though, there are potentially as many as 74 million domestic terrorists willing to engage in violence at the biding of their deranged leader Donald Trump."

"We are beginning by identifying Republican voters who were in Washington, DC this past January," Mayorkas explained. "Being in this place at that time is cause for suspicion. Next, we will be working with social media corporations to scrutinize tweets, posts, and messages. Content expressing dissatisfaction with or opposition to the Biden-Harris Administration will be flagged."

"We are also calling on all loyal citizens to be on the lookout for deviant behavior," Mayorkas said. "Not every anti-unity act is carried out over the Internet. Some are more secretive, low-profile, local acts of disobedience and wrong thinking. No word, deed, or individual is too insignificant to merit our attention."

"The criteria for deciding who needs to be sanctioned, restricted, or imprisoned hasn't yet been firmly established, but we are confident that we will know when and where to strike to counter every threat even before those plotting against the government have committed a criminal act. We will not be taken by surprise like we were on January 6th."

An example of the kind of sanction that may be imposed to warn people not to get out of line was suggested by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz), who proposed that "any veteran, retiree, or service member who was in the Capitol on January 6 should be stripped of all veterans' benefits. It is not a soldier's place to criticize the government. Their duty is to follow orders and always defend the government from any threat—foreign or domestic. Veteran's benefits are quite valuable. They should only be awarded to those whose loyalty is beyond question. Once we make an example of a few ungrateful ex-GIs the rest will fall in line."

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1 posted on 03/31/2021 11:40:57 AM PDT by John Semmens

Er, this isn’t satire.

2 posted on 03/31/2021 12:05:50 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))

No need to call it satire. It’s proven fact.

3 posted on 03/31/2021 12:33:34 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The nation is in the grips of incurable hysterical insanity, as usual.)

MORE than scary!!!!Totally Communist beginnings

4 posted on 03/31/2021 12:40:18 PM PDT by simpson96

"We are also calling on all loyal citizens to be on the lookout for deviant behavior,"

Do it to Julia!

5 posted on 03/31/2021 7:12:03 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Their duty is to follow orders and always defend the government from any threat—foreign or domestic.

Oops...

What happens when the 'threat' IS the government?

6 posted on 03/31/2021 7:13:46 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

An example of the kind of sanction that may be imposed to warn people not to get out of line...

7 posted on 03/31/2021 7:18:56 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

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