The federal government got really brave in the first few months after the attacks of September 11, 2001, especially since the general public was
"alarmed, and hence clamoring to be led to safety." (Interesting phrase. Look it up.) In that
atmosphere, the public gladly danced on a lot of slippery slopes that it would have otherwise avoided.
For example, the very sudden appearance and congressional approval of the so-called Patriot Act.
More recently, however, the White House hasn't been concerned about packs of homicidal Muslims at the major
airports. No, the real danger now is the possibility that the teeming masses won't cooperate
quietly as socialized medicine is foisted upon them. That's what the increasingly
rowdy "town hall" meetings
are all about.
The latest version of "Snitch on Your Neighbor" has to do with the White House soliciting tips from the public about
people who dare to disagree with the President's mad rush toward socialism.
General commentary on government solicitation of informants:
Austria [is] Hiring People
to Hunt Down Vaccine Refusers For Almost $40,000 A Year. As per reports, the government in Austria is hiring
people to hunt down vaccine refusers. The vaccine refusenik hunters may get 2774 euros (almost $40,000 a year) as wage
that will be paid 14 times in a year. The unvaccinated people have to pay a fine as their punishment and new punishment
inspectors will be hired to make sure that the process of collecting fines from unjabbed Austrians is running without any
hassle. The city of Linz has a low vaccination rate and wants to hire people to hunt down vaccine refusers and check
these people pay for not getting vaccinated.
In Central Park, an unstoppable Karen meets the immovable
Karen. If you've ever smugly pulled out your cellphone to record a confrontation with a stranger, hoping to
publicly humiliate that person and even destroy their life, you're probably a Karen of the worst ilk. Likewise, if
approached by an insufferable busybody who lives to scold people minding their own business, and your first reaction is to
call the police, you're also a Karen. Manhattan is filled with Karens, the meme that once referred to the 'can I speak
to the manager' lady with stacked hair and chunky highlights that evolved into a way to call out any very annoying person who
loves rules and tattling. It is high Karen season across the country. The coronavirus pandemic has been their
time to shine as petty authoritarians feel emboldened to enforce their government's frivolous rules about masks and social
distancing. Not wearing a panty-liner over your face while out for a stroll, you must want people to die, according to
the Karen. But it's never really about the rules.
Karens All the Way Down.
You have, of course, seen the video: a white woman stands in a wooded area in Central Park, holding an agitated cocker
spaniel by its collar. She drags the dog in the direction of the camera, tremulously demanding that the videographer
stop filming. When he doesn't, she pulls out her own phone, pulls the mask off her face, and calls the police.
"An African-American man is threatening me and my dog," she says, over and over — oblivious not only to the
frightening ugliness of what she's doing, but also to the fact that she is very nearly strangling her dog with her other
hand. It only ends when the spaniel yelps, and the woman puts the phone down (with a final quavering plea for police
assistance) to clip the dog onto his leash. "Thank you," says the videographer. And that's the end. Except,
of course, that it's just the beginning. The shrill voice, the right-in-your-face racism, the kneejerk weaponization of
the 911 call, the spectacle of that hapless dog twisting and wriggling with the effort to keep all four paws on the ground:
this video might as well have been engineered in a lab to travel worldwide on a tsunami of outrage, one that even a cautious
person could join in relative confidence.
Cops
Lecture Parents About 7-Year-Old's Toy Gun. There's really nothing worse than neighbors ratting out
neighbors. But that's what Democrats are urging citizens to do across the country. And more often than not
innocent Americans are getting caught in the crosshairs. Sheila Perez Smith tells the Todd Starnes Show that she was
stunned when the police showed up at her home near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Smith's 7-year-old son had just
completed a zoom class from the den of their home when she received an urgent email from her son's first grade teacher.
It just so happened that the little boy had recently been gifted a toy gun and the child had placed his "new favorite thing"
on the table next to the computer.
Reporters
Snitch On Ice Cream Man For Trying To Make A Living. A reporter from CBS' Chicago affiliate got mocked after
urging citizens to call 911 on ice cream man for alleged coronavirus violation. "That iconic music screams summer, and
we all scream for ice cream, but during the pandemic... getting close to the ice cream man could mean getting something
else. Fact of life, yet here is Mr. Freeze — not his name — in his truck of treats,
unmasked, ungloved, taking cash for cones."
Radical
Democrat Judge Calls on Texans to Snitch on Restaurants if They Have Too Many People. Harris County Judge Lina
Hidalgo called on Texans this week to snitch on restaurants if they have a good crowd. The young Houston area
politician is a committed socialist. Last year she defended her withholding of funds from flood victims based on the
color of their skin. In April Hidalgo threatened 180 days in jail for those who opposed her stay at home orders.
1-800-INFORM.
"How do I report a non-essential business that's still open?" Mayor Eric Garcetti asks. But the real question is what
sort of people want an answer to that question? Informing on your friends and neighbors used to be something that the
socialists on the other side of the Iron Curtain used to do. What kind of people, we used to wonder, do things like
that? Wonder no more. Cities and states across the country have made it the hour of the aspiring informant.
If you always longed to live in Cuba, North Korea, or the USSR, all you have to do is dial 1-800-INFORM. The smiling
Los Angeles boss who, despite the order to close barbershops and hair salons is neatly coiffed, warns that "business
ambassadors", an Orwellian euphemism for enforcement agents who shut down businesses, will visit non-compliant businesses,
followed by personnel from the Crisis Response Team, followed by law enforcement showing up, and then the barbers will be
tossed into prison. In New York City, on the other side of the country, informing on anybody violating social
distancing is as easy as taking a photo with your app.
Why
I Didn't Rat On My Neighbor For Cutting Hair. [Scroll down] According to my mayor, one Bill de Blasio,
you remember him, big oafy guy who wasted everyone's time running for president? Yeah, him. So he says that what
I should have done when I saw this illegal barber operation going on was to jump on the phone to 311 and alert the
authorities so that they could send the officers from the New York Police Department to break up the crime ring. That
is not what I did. I did something that in Brooklyn we like to call "minding your own freakin' business." [...] But
let's say I did have a problem with it, that I was that guy. You know, the self-appointed pandemic hall monitor
type. Even in that upside down universe, I'm pretty sure my first course of action would be to go talk to the guy
before I request that men and women with guns show up at his door.
De
Blasio's Snitch Hotline Shuts Down Because America Is Awesome. Oftentimes we use George Orwell's seminal novel
1984 as a metaphor for something we don't like, a metaphor for government overreach and the like. In this case,
a metaphor is not necessary. Thanks to Comrade de Blasio, we are now allowed to use the word "literally" while
referencing 1984, as in de Blasio is literally embracing 1984's villainous Big Brother by literally
asking Americans to snitch on their fellow Americans — to call the police should a friend or neighbor go for a
walk, or something. On Saturday [4/18/2020], de Blasio unveiled his NYC311 system to encourage New Yorkers to snitch on
outlaw New Yorkers for violating the state's stay-at-home and social distancing rules. The response was glorious.
St. Louis
County Releases 'Snitch Files" — Local Citizens Who Called County Government to Snitch on Business
Owners. Responsible parents teach their children "don't be a snitch." We do this so that our children aren't
hated, because everyone knows that everyone hates a snitch. But the Coronavirus fear mongers are turning otherwise
responsible and likable people into sniveling snitches that nobody likes. And we can prove it. Talk radio great
Jamie Allman filed a Sunshine law request for the actual emails of St. Louis County residents who've snitched on local
entrepreneurs trying to make a living. Most of the complaints were unfounded, involving people "turning in" companies
that were deemed essential by the county. But reading the actual complaints reveals just how terrified the media and
corrupt academics have made good people. The complainants are truly scared. They believe that Coronavirus kills
almost everyone who gets infected.
COVID-19
snitches in St. Louis were in for a surprise. Every COVID-19 snitch in St. Louis has just been
outed. This undoubtedly would be embarrassing for the people who made those seemingly secret complaints, playing snitch
in the same way as the ordinary snitches and their blotting-paper secret police controllers depicted in The Lives of
Others, a brilliant film that won an Academy Award. [...] Leftist governments enjoy this sort of thing, and
rat-out-your-neighbor programs have been put up all over. Los Angeles's mayor called its snitch-on-business program
"snitches get rewards." Snitching to the government is a staple of socialist regimes everywhere, and Comrade Bill de Blasio,
who has significant experience learning and admiring the ways of communist Cuba and Sandinista Nicaragua (that place where
everyone lied to the pollsters in 1990), certainly has been upfront about the importance of snitching in New York City.
A culture of neighbor snitching on neighbor, as the Nicaraguan Sandinista example demonstrated, may be great for enforcing
conformity on fealty to socialism, or social distancing, but it's a disaster for social capital.
De
Blasio's social distancing tip line flooded with [nasty] photos, Hitler memes. Mayor Bill de Blasio's critics let
him know how they really felt about him ordering New Yorkers to snitch on each other for violating social-distancing
rules — by flooding his new tip line with crank complaints [...] The [New York] Post has learned. Photos of
extended middle fingers, the mayor dropping the Staten Island groundhog and news coverage of him going to the gym have all
been texted to a special tip line that de Blasio announced Saturday, according to screenshots posted on Twitter.
De
Blasio Wants New Yorkers To Rat On Neighbors. Don't Do It. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took to
Twitter Saturday [4/18/2020] to urge his constituents to monitor, photograph and report each other if they aren't strictly
obeying his social distancing guidelines. Just fire off a photo to 3-1-1 of a few guys having a chat in a bodega and
Hizzoner will send police officers, with guns and everything, to break it up. What could go wrong?
[Video clip] Throughout the video de Blasio holds a creepy smile as he imagines millions of New Yorkers ratting
each other out to help perfect his vision of government-constructed existence. We will be soldiers in his dream
socialist army, pointing fingers and getting a nice pat on the back from the powers that be. It is a disturbing
dystopia future to imagine.
The IRS
wants help scouring social media for clues on tax cheats. Entrepreneurs who are cheating taxes with online
stores, beware: The IRS is looking for new ways to catch suspected tax cheats over social media. Specifically,
the IRS wants a new tool to help it check public social media feeds and websites for details on people already suspected of
not complying with the tax code, the tax-collecting agency said in a Dec. 18 request for information from vendors.
Social media could provide investigators with a treasure trove of data, showing where taxpayers live, what they drive and
what they're selling online.
FBI High School Informer Network.
In 2016, the FBI launched an effort to enlist the help of high school students to ostensibly identify terrorists, but the FBI
documents in question reveal they were also urging students to report on anti-government groups such as libertarian and
constitutional groups. This effort is shockingly similar to the informant networks set up by the KGB in the USSR and
the Stasi in East Germany.
15
Ridiculous Ways to get on the FBI Terrorist Watchlist. In hopes of catching more terrorists, the FBI released
twenty five instructional pamphlets intended for everyone from hobby store owners to karate instructors. The idea being
that these businesses will turn in their customers to the FBI as suspected terrorists. Every single one of these examples
were taken directly from FBI lists distributed to places of business in how they can help fight the war on terror.
The Editor says...
Of course, the leftist news media were thrilled by this reflexive dependence on the police state and the kid's allegiance to the cops above and beyond his own father, as you can see below:
Quincy 6-Year-Old
Calls 911 On Father For Running Red Light. "Every day we answer numerous 911 calls," police said. "Often
times, these calls are from individuals who are in need of immediate assistance. Sometimes, it's a simple
misdial. Then there's Robert's 9-1-1 call. Robert is a six year old resident of Quincy."
Boy,
5, calls 911 to report 'Daddy went through a red light'. A 5-year-old Massachusetts boy may have a future in
law enforcement. The Quincy Police Department on Wednesday posted to Facebook a recording of a 911 call the boy placed
to report his father had run a red light. The boy tells a dispatcher: "Daddy went through a red light." He then
describes the vehicle and says it was "in the brand-new car, my mummy's car." He doesn't identify himself.
Child
Calls 911 After Father Allegedly Runs Red Light in Quincy, Massachusetts. A 6-year-old Massachusetts boy nearly
got his father in trouble with the law when he called 911 to say his dad had driven through a red light. "My daddy went
past a red light. He has a black truck. He was in the brand new car, my mommy's car," Robbie Richardson told the
911 dispatcher in Quincy.
Boy
calls 911 to report dad driving through red light. This wasn't the kind of emergency Joleen McDonald had in
mind when she taught her 6-year-old son, Robbie, to dial 911. When Robbie took a ride with his dad and saw him drive
past a red light, he did what he thought was the right thing to do: He called the cops.
"It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own
children. And with good reason, for hardly a week passed in which The Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak — 'child hero'
was the phrase generally used — had overheard some compromising remark and denounced its parents to the Thought Police."
— 1984, Chapter two.
The DHS And FBI
Present: You Might Be A Terrorist If... As we seem to be told repeatedly, seeing something and saying something is perhaps the greatest
duty an American citizen can perform in service to this country. It's simply not enough anymore to install an American flag in the front yard and
purchase domestic vehicles. Now, every citizen should be keeping his eye out for (and on) his fellow citizens. The price of freedom may be eternal
vigilance, but the price of security is endless paranoia.
Neighbors
Earn — Home Schoolers Get Harassed. The idea is really simple. In
fact, it sounds like something Adolf Hitler may have used. Neighbors should be on the lookout
for children who are not in school and when they see school-age children who may not be in school,
they are encouraged to call Tarrant County "Crime Stoppers" and give them the address of the
children. "Crime Stoppers" will then call the school district, which will investigate,
and if the child is truant, the government informer will get $20. But wait, there is
more; if the child has been truant for "several days," the informant gets $40.
Grain of salt: Please note that
the IRS did not exist 140 years ago. IRS Rewarding
Those Who Snitch On Tax Cheats. If you want to blow the whistle on a small-time crook then
you would be participating in the original IRS informant program that has been around for more than
140 years. If you report someone to this program, you could receive up to 15 percent
of the amount that has been underpaid up to a maximum award of $10 million.
IRS Informant Reward Program.
In the former Soviet Union, people had to be very careful about discussing their business and personal
affairs because almost everyone was a spy for the secret police agency known as the KGB. It appears
that the Internal Revenue Service has studied the "Soviet Model" and has set up a new division known as
The Informant Reward Program.
The snitch list.
Ann Lambert spent three years behind bars on drug charges following anonymous tips to police. Ever since
she walked out of Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville in 2003, she's been going after the type
of people who she says victimized her.
Police to
search for guns in homes. Boston police are launching a program that will call upon parents in
high-crime neighborhoods to allow detectives into their homes, without a warrant, to search for guns in their
children's bedrooms.
High School To Pay Student
Informants For Tips On Campus Crime. Using revenue from its candy and
soda sales [which many other schools are trying to ban], Model High School plans to
pay up to $100 for information about thefts and drug or gun possession on campus.
Parents Urged
to Ask About Guns in Other People's Homes. Anti-gun groups are observing the fifth annual
National ASK Day — ASK, an acronym for "asking saves kids." Anti-gun activists say with most
children now out of school, the question parents should be asking is this: "Is there a gun where your
child plays?"
Is it Right to 'Spy' on a Neighbor?
Apparently these [internet] sites are being used to tattle on other people. One site claims to be ready to reveal
bad drivers and people who don't know how to park well, one to uncover the identity of the person who is stealing
newspapers in the wee hours of the morning before the neighborhood is awake to get their morning editions, and
one to highlight litterbugs.
The
Snoop Next Door. The sites documenting minor wrongs are the flip side of an online vigilantism
movement that tackles meatier social issues. Community organization Cop Watch Los Angeles encourages
users to send in stories and pictures of people being brutalized or harassed by police, for posting on the
Web. The governor of Texas plans to launch a site this year that will air live video of the border, in
hopes that people will watch and report illegal crossings.
In England: 'Environmental
volunteers' will be encouraged to spy on their neighbours. Councils are recruiting residents to
report anyone who drops litter, fails to recycle their rubbish properly, or who allows their dog to foul the
streets. Advertisements looking for people to sign up for the unpaid "environmental volunteer" jobs have
been posted across the country in recent months.
Children
aged eight enlisted as council snoopers. Children as young as eight have been recruited by councils
to "snoop" on their neighbours and report petty offences such as littering, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. The
youngsters are among almost 5,000 residents who in some cases are being offered £500 rewards if they provide
evidence of minor infractions.
Speaking of snitches... Citizens use Internet to spy on, thwart
terrorists. Shannen Rossmiller finds early mornings are best for hunting terrorists. When
it's 4 a.m. in this one-stoplight prairie town, it's 3 p.m. in, say, Karachi, Pakistan, the
sweltering hours just before the evening call to prayer. That's when Rossmiller, while her husband and
three children sleep, finds the Internet chat rooms and bulletin boards frequented by radical Muslims and jihad
warriors are busiest. It is when Rossmiller pursues her deadly serious hobby: Citizen cyber-spy.
The Editor says...
Snitching on your neighbor might be a good thing when your neighbor is a traitor, a wahhabi and a terrorist.
Maybe you could buy him a wireless internet hub as a housewarming gift. I think you know what I mean.
Terror watch uses local eyes.
Federal authorities currently define suspicious activity as: "Observed behavior that may be indicative
of intelligence-gathering or pre-operational planning related to terrorism, criminal, or other illicit
intention." ... Here are examples of specific behaviors that terrorism liaison officers deployed in Colorado
and a handful of other states are told to watch for and report.
• Engages in suspected pre-operational surveillance (uses binoculars or cameras,
takes measurements, draws diagrams, etc.) ...
• Takes pictures or video footage (with no apparent aesthetic
value, for example, camera angles, security equipment, security personnel, traffic
lights, building entrances, etc.)
The Editor says...
Be sure every picture you take has clearly apparent aesthetic value, because you may not be
afforded a jury trial before you're taken out and shot. I sure hope everyone can see some
aesthetic value in pictures like this, or
I'll be in big trouble. And I hope nobody notices that I sometimes
draw diagrams on paper
napkins while eating lunch. I might be the most suspicious character I've ever known!
Increasing Information Sharing Among
Independent Police Departments. [Suspicious] activities are classified under one of the
following categories:
• Pre-operational surveillance
• Engaging in counter-surveillance efforts
• Initiates building measurements (counts, footsteps, etc)
• Takes pictures or video footage with no apparent aesthetic value
• Persons attempting to make suspicious purchases
The Editor says...
Suspicious purchases? Such as the purchase of over
1000 cell phones, two or three
at a time, paid for with cash, in the wee hours of the morning?
2024:
California's
AG Asks Residents to Snitch on Stores That Don't Comply With Gender-Neutral Toy Law.
California has many problems facing its residents, including earthquakes, wildfires, and housing
crises. People are dealing with heightened crime rates in cities like Los Angeles and San
Francisco. Homelessness has become a near-epidemic in the Golden State. So,
Californians should be comforted to know that Attorney General Rob Bonta is focused on making sure
stores that sell children's products are including gender-neutral sections for their
customers. Bonta's office issued a press release on Tuesday aimed at informing residents on
how to avoid shopping scams and other problems they might face as they swarm retail stores for the
Christmas season. However, in one section, the press release urges residents to snitch on
retailers that fail to comply with a new state law requiring them to provide gender-neutral
sections for toys and childcare products in accordance with Assembly Bill 1084.
California
AG Asks Shoppers to Report Stores That Don't Have 'Gender Neutral' Kids Sections.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a list of suggestions Nov. 26 for shoppers to
avoid scams during the holiday season and requested consumers file reports about department stores
that lack gender-neutral children's sections. State law, established by the passage of
Assembly Bill 1084 in 2021, which took effect at the beginning of 2024, requires department stores
with at least 500 employees across California locations to offer children's sections that do not
separate items based on gender. "By requiring large retailers to maintain a gender-neutral
section, AB 1084 makes it more difficult for these retailers to engage in gender-based pricing
discrimination and reduces the imposition of gender stereotypes on children," the attorney
general's office wrote in a statement.
Yucky
UK. U.K. officials do not like dissent. They do not like free speech. And
they certainly do not like it when ordinary citizens criticize the government. For these
reasons, the authoritarians across the pond caution their domestic serfs: "Think before you post."
Included in that ominous threat is the promise that the Crown will come after anyone for "inciting hatred"
online. What is "hatred"? Why, that's for government functionaries to decide and for lowly
commoners to find out! In a bit of cowardly arm-twisting meant both to encourage community snitching
and to terrify concerned family members, Big Brother underscores its warning with this doozy: "Remind
those close to you to share responsibly or face the consequences." [...] Native Brits are upset that foreign
nationals are committing crimes, and domestic police officers are using their resources to incarcerate citizens
for voicing their concerns. Violent crime is okay, but denouncing violent crime is not. How surreal
is that?
Six
things that prove Tim Walz is a radical progressive. [#3] Dropping the ball on COVID:
Walz's response to COVID-19 was infamously horrible. He had more nursing home deaths than New York under
Cuomo and wasted millions of dollars on dead-end causes and fraudulent schemes. But that wasn't enough for
Walz, who instituted a snitching program that encourages neighbors to rat out each other for leaving their
houses while the lockdowns were in place. This only had to be instituted because local sheriffs
refused to enforce Govoner [sic] Walz's draconian edicts.
They
Create Anarchy To Impose Tyranny. For hundreds of years, liberals have been fierce
opponents of authoritarianism. [...] But increasingly, it's been liberal politicians who have
demanded authoritarian restrictions on free speech and personal freedom. In
December 2022, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz claimed,
"There's no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech and especially around our
democracy." In fact, the First Amendment protects both. And in 2020, Walz also
implemented a Covid snitch line and encouraged residents to report violations of pandemic
restrictions. It turns out he wasn't alone. The Civil Rights Department of California
Governor Gavin Newsom introduced last year a snitch line and urged citizens to report their fellow
citizens for alleged hate speech. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called for greater
censorship of social media platforms, and British police have over the last few days arrested three
people for what they posted online. And Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has demanded
greater online censorship, froze bank accounts of protesting truckers, and is pushing legislation
that could send a person to prison for life for speech.
Secretary
Of State Asks Michiganders To Report Their Neighbors For Election 'Misinformation'.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is encouraging residents to report so-called
"misinformation" from their neighbors ahead of November's election. "Misinformation about the
election process, voter rights, or even an issue on the ballot is a serious threat to election
security," reads an online document from Benson's office. "If you see misleading or inaccurate
information regarding voting or elections in Michigan, please report it." The document
requests residents email reports of election "misinformation" — with "an image if
possible" — to misinformation@michigan.gov. Benson's office solicits residents to
report misinformation on its "voter education resources" page. The Federalist asked Benson's
office who this email reaches and how the state responds to alleged "misinformation," but her
office did not comment in time for publication.
Future
Fords might detect speeding and report you to the cops. Ford is trying to patent a
way for its cars to report speeding drivers to the police. A patent application from the
automaker titled "Systems and Methods for Detecting Speeding Violations" was published by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jul. 18 2024, and was originally filed by
Ford Jan. 12, 2023. In the application, Ford discusses using cars to monitor each
other's speeds. If one car detects that a nearby vehicle is being driven above the posted
limit, it could use onboard cameras to photograph that vehicle. A report containing both
speed data and images of the targeted vehicle could then be sent directly to a police car or
roadside monitoring units via an Internet connection, according to Ford.
Columbia
crackdown led by university prof doubling as NYPD spook. Rebecca Weiner is a Columbia
U. professor who also serves as intelligence director of the NYPD. Mayor Eric Adams credits her
with spying on anti-genocide student protesters and directing the militarized raid that dislodged
them from campus. The violent crackdown carried out on Columbia University students
protesting Israel's genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip was led by a member of the school's own
faculty, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared. During a May 1 press conference,
just hours after the New York Police Department arrested nearly 300 people on university
grounds, Adams praised adjunct Columbia professor Rebecca Weiner, who moonlights as the head of the
NYPD counter-terrorism bureau, for giving police the green light to clear out anti-genocide
students by force.
Feds
Charge Former Government Employee With Falsely Implicating Co-Workers on Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Tip Line. Federal prosecutors have charged a former government employee with
submitting fake tips accusing several of his former co-workers of being involved in the unrest at
the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court records indicate Miguel Eugenio Zapata, 37, was
arrested in Chantilly, Virginia, on Thursday on a charge of making false statements to law
enforcement. A criminal complaint states Mr. Zapata submitted at least seven tips to the
FBI's tipline, purporting to identify government employees and contractors he claimed were involved
in unlawful activities at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The alleged false tips were
submitted on Feb. 10, Feb. 16, Feb. 17, and April 11, 2021, as federal law
enforcement officials began ramping up efforts to identify and arrest people who entered the
capitol, and called on the general public to assist in identifying individuals in the crowd.
"None of the seven government employees and contractors were in Washington, D.C., on January 6
or attacked the Capitol," the complaint states.
This
Is What Your Neighbor Might Already Know About You. Whether your home is a large
sprawling property, a suburban house, or an apartment in a big city, nosey neighbors seem to always
find a way to encroach on your privacy. Some of them are blatant and others may be very
sneaky about it. As a prepper, what your neighbor already knows about you can dramatically
influence how they behave towards you when a crisis arises. At the root of prepping is the
pursuit of security. Instead of relying on others, you take the initiative to provide food, electrical,
physical, and many other forms of security for yourself and your family. [...] Here are some things your
neighbor may already know about you and how to make it more difficult for them to learn more.
Washington
Governor Jay Inslee [is] Poised to Kill Free Speech. The governor of Washington is
poised to sign a bill that ends free speech in certain counties — and the rest of the
state probably sometime thereafter. Recently passed by the Washington state legislature, this
measure creates a "bias incident hotline" to the State Attorney General's Office. You read
that right: American citizens in the northwestern state will soon be able to turn in their
friends, neighbors, family members, or even strangers for not only physical "hate crimes" but also
expressions of "bias." Substitute Senate Bill 5427 is now on the governor's desk. Its
supposed purpose is "supporting people who have been targeted or affected by hate crimes and bias
incidents." To that end, it establishes "a reporting hotline" and sets up a mechanism for "tracking
hate crimes and bias incidents" that will be overseen by the Washington state attorney general's office.
Send
Your Neighbor To Prison For "WrongSpeak," Get $2,000 From Taxpayers in State of Washington.
A bill has moved through the Washington State Senate and House, and is headed to Governor Jay Inslee's
desk. Since he is an extreme Leftist with no respect for others, Inslee is expected to sign this
bill, thus creating a statute that violates at least the following constitutional rights:
1) The right to confront your accuser; 2) Freedom of Speech; 3) Freedom of Thought,
which is implied in the First Amendment; 4) Freedom of Religion; 5) Freedom of the Press,
to name a few that quickly come to mind. Senate Bill 5427, after it is signed into law, would
allow private individuals (note: this is not limited to American citizens) to report "bias incidents"
to the State Attorney General's Office, with the possibility of receiving up to $2,000 of taxpayers
money for this noncriminal incident. The bill was very clear: this is a non-crime which
they will then forward to local law enforcement to investigate. What's to investigate?
No crime, no investigation. The Progressives & Marxists who sponsored this bill say it is
intended to help "victims of hate crimes" before a crime even happens.
'Civic
Listening': Political Informants and Citizen Spies, Rebranded. Every major
20th-century regime that made policing its citizens' speech a priority ended up creating vast
networks of volunteer political informants to spy on people's private conversations. Such
networks could be found in Imperial Russia, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union. At its peak
in the late 1980s, the German Stasi reportedly maintained 1 informer for every 50 citizens.
The number of KGB informants was estimated to be in the millions. Under the brand of "Civic
Listening," informant networks are now coming to the West. The concept has been embraced by
the censorship industry's network of nonprofits, research institutes and private companies that
work to shut down disfavored political speech online. Spurred by concerns about the growth of
private discussion groups on platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, the censorship industry has
turned to the cultivation of snitches to gain access to U.S. citizens' private conversations.
PBS:
Citizen investigators pursue J6 insurrectionists. It's cases like this that help the
FBI weed out honest line agents, people who won't arrest Americans for spending a few minutes in
the Capital taking in the sights and taking selfies. They have the odd notion that unless
people are reasonably notified they're trespassing, it's bad form to arrest them. It's even
worse form to make up crimes and keep them for years in medieval dungeon-like pre-trial
detention. Arrest actual rioters, and those that assaulted police officers, to be sure.
I wonder how many FBI agents and plants the FBI has had to weed out of citizen dossiers?
2023:
DHS
Grants Minority Groups $22 Million to Combat 'Domestic Violent Extremists' Without Defining the
Term. "They probably have me on a list somewhere." It's an expression that could
be heard from bar stools or at barbecues across the fruited plain, and reflects a deeply ingrained,
even if somewhat flippant and sarcastic, belief that we could all be under the eye of some
three-letter agency in D.C. due to some politically incorrect opinion we might voice over a over a
couple beers or post on social media. Make no mistake, this isn't a joke anymore, its full-on
legit. According to a Department of Homeland Security news release, DHS has issued $20 million
to 34 organizations to combat "targeted violence and terrorism." Organizations getting
the taxpayer money include liberal universities, LGBT groups, and organizations located in rural communities.
Homeland
Security awards $20 million in grants to help identify Americans as potential 'extremists'.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on September 6 that $20 million in federal
grants (your tax dollars) will be handed out to 34 organizations to "prevent targeted violence and
terrorism." Since today is the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, you might think these 34
organizations will be focused on al-Qaeda, ISIS or the Iranian Republican Guard Corps. But
you would be wrong. They are focused on Americans who dissent from the prevailing narratives
coming out of the federal government and its collaborating partners in the corporate media and
major social media platforms. Whether it's Covid and vaccines, the war in Ukraine,
immigration, the Second Amendment, LGBTQ ideology and child-gender confusion, the integrity of our
elections, or the issue of protecting life in the womb, you are no longer allowed to hold
dissenting opinions and voice them publicly in America. If you do, your own government will
take note and consider you a potential "violent extremist" and terrorist.
The
FBI Asks Americans to Report Crimes. Things Go About as Well as You'd Expect.
Officer, Americans would like to report the Biden Administration's FBI for the act of social media
trolling. After all, that must explain why the "premier law enforcement agency" and
political monkey wenchers that interfered with the 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections
laughably issued an appeal for Americans to come forward and report crimes. The FBI issued a
tweet that used a flowery script against a mauve pink background inviting Americans to "Speak Now."
"Justice is better than revenge," the FBI's tweet stated. "You may not be Superman, but you can
help the #FBI protect the country. If you have information about a federal crime, speak now."
The tweet also asked a question: "Do you have tip about a federal crime?" Then it listed a
number of crimes, followed by the curious words "FBI's Version."
A Nation
of Informers. Looking over your shoulder? Glancing at the next person in the
pew at church? Worrying what your neighbors will say? Shrinking back from what your
relatives said about your post on Facebook? Watching what you say to new acquaintances?
East Germany? North Korea? Russia? Communist China? No, this is the USA
2023. Welcome to the new normal in America, where the people around you will denounce you,
vilify you on social media, shun you, get you fired from your job (canceled), or tell the FBI that
you are a terrorist. Those totalitarian countries had a secret police to keep an eye on
citizens for any opinions that disagreed with the ruling elite. In East Germany, it was the
Stasi. In Russia, it was the KGB, now the FSB (Federal Security Service). In China,
there is a "social score" system designed to control all aspects of citizens' lives.
FDA
Sets Up a Stoolie Network. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched an updated
"Rumor Control" hub aimed at enlisting the public to help stop the spread of "misinformation,"
which the agency defined as "false, inaccurate, or misleading ... spreading intentionally and
unintentionally," Children's Health Defense reports. They say the facts are found in: medical
journals, a nonprofit "fact checker" or a government website. Medical journals? You
mean the ones that told us it's not possible for COVID to have originated in the Wuhan lab?
Here's
What an Ohio School District Is Telling Teachers to Do About 'Unsupportive' Parents of Trans
Kids. A public school district in Ohio reportedly advised employees to "consider"
reporting child abuse to protective services if a "transgender" student's parents are not
supportive of their gender identity. Documents obtained by parental rights organization
Parents Defending Education show Cincinnati Public Schools instructing its staffers to be
supportive of transgender students' gender identities and to keep it a secret from parents, or, in
some cases, report the parents. The guidance states that "parents may or may not be
supportive of the student's gender identity" and that information relating to a student's gender
identity "should not be shared with parents if disclosing the information to parents could put the
student at risk of harm at home." And, the guidance advises school staffers to "also consider
whether there is a mandatory duty to report child abuse to 241-KIDS."
FBI
Used Congressional Staff as Confidential Informants and Human Assets to Build Case Against
Congressman George Santos. Congressman George Santos was indicted on thirteen counts
of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and lying on financial disclosure forms
during his short period in Congress. He was taken into custody Wednesday in New York.
By most accounts and even his own words, Santos is a generally sketchy person, and I doubt there
will be too many defenders of his character or the issues at stake. However, [...] It was not
that long ago when the EXECUTIVE branch, using confidential human sources to investigate the
LEGISLATIVE branch, would have been a matter of incredible controversy reserved for only the most
serious of criminal possibilities. An FBI informant penetrating the congressional office to
relay information back to the FBI is quite remarkable. However, it appears we are in an era
of justice administration where anything is just flippantly asserted inside the mechanisms of
government. In the big picture, beyond the selfish issues of George Santos, when we consider
the Fourth Branch of Government operating to protect itself against sunlight and scrutiny, this
example of the FBI operating in the shadows of congress should start to make everyone uncomfortable.
California's
New Hotline Program: Snitching on Your Neighbors for 'Hateful' Activity. Here's
another example of leftists being authoritarian under the guise of trying to protect marginalized
groups. California has rolled out a program ostensibly designed to stop hate crimes and other
acts of bigotry. How? By creating a hotline allowing residents to snitch on one another
for engaging in "hateful" activity. The program, which is called "California vs Hate," is "a
non-emergency hate incident and hate crime reporting system to support individuals and communities
targeted for hate," according to its website. The state legislature provided funding to its
Civil Rights Department to establish the initiative.
Tim
Kaine: It's OK For The FBI To Put Informants In Churches. Virginia Democrat
Sen. Tim Kaine gave the FBI his approval to investigate Catholic parishes in his own state on
Monday. When asked by a local ABC affiliate about the FBI's Richmond division infiltrating
Catholic communities to spy on the church for alleged extremism, Kaine called the revelations a
misunderstanding. "I think the key is communication," Kaine told ABC13. "If the FBI has a
concern like that, then go to the church leaders and say, 'Hey look, we have a concern and we don't
want your members to get unwittingly caught up in something.'" Former FBI Special Agent Kyle
Seraphin blew the whistle on the agency's Richmond office investigating the Catholic Church with
undercover informants in February. The FBI, Seraphin wrote, "would like to protect Virginians
from the threat of 'white supremacy,' which it believes has found a home within Catholics who prefer
the Latin Mass." "The document assesses with 'high confidence' the FBI can mitigate the threat
of Radical-Traditionalist Catholics by recruiting sources within the Catholic Church," Seraphin warned.
House
Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Wray After Learning FBI Planned to 'Develop Sources' At Catholic
Churches to Rat on Fellow Parishioners. The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee
issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday, after learning that the Bureau
planned to enlist sources at so-called "mainline" (Novus Ordo) Catholic parishes to inform on
purportedly radicalized fellow parishioners. In his letter to Wray, the committee's chairman,
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), revealed for the first time that the FBI "relied on information
derived from at least one undercover agent to produce its analysis and that the FBI proposed that
its agents engage in outreach to Catholic parishes to develop sources among the clergy and church
leadership to inform on Americans practicing their faith," Jordan wrote. "This shocking information
reinforces our need for all responsive documents," he added. [Tweet]
In
the British Commonwealth, the Stasi urge is growing. Last month, six people — including two
police officers — were shot at a remote property in Australia's northern Queensland state. Three
suspects were identified by senior police sources as the (alleged) killers, and in the press, they were identified as
"far right" fanatics. In response to the heinous crime, Queensland police decided to go full Stasi and enhance
their powers on other matters by urging people to turn in fellow citizens who might not fully believe and support
everything their government says, does, or its mandates. Queensland is considered the home of Australia's version
of "rednecks," who are known as "bogans." Queensland Deputy Police Commissioner Tracy Linford stated "we'd want to
know about it" should there be "anybody out there that knows of someone that might be showing concerning behavior around
conspiracy theories, anti-government, anti-police," or "conspiracy theories around COVID-19 vaccination." She
added, "you can either contact the police directly or go through Crime Stoppers." Sure, let's draw a line between
serial murderers and those who have the temerity to question the efficacy of COVID-1984 vaccines. If you know of
anyone who questions the government, "experts," or "settled science," turn them in
let those in power know about it right away, won't you? The same goes for those trafficking in "misinformation"
and/or "disinformation."
Bias hotlines
popping up at schools across US may foster culture of fear: experts. Bias hotlines
have been popping up at universities across the US in recent years — but experts fear
such initiatives are becoming "more pervasive and more repressive" than ever. New York
University is among the handful of colleges that publicly advertise a specific
"hotline" — including on the back of student ID cards — as a way for them to
anonymously file complaints about discrimination, harassment and a string of other issues.
Other universities across the country appear to only have online portals, or other methods, in
place for lodging complaints under their own bias response systems.
Texans
[are] Encouraged to Use iWatchTexas to Report Suspicious Behavior. Texans are being
encouraged to use a free iWatch reporting system to alert local and state law enforcement about
suspicious behaviors and activities that appear to be criminal, terroristic or school safety
related. To educate Texans about the service as children head back to school, the state
launched a new public service announcement featuring the actor Chuck Norris, who famously played
Walker Texas Ranger on TV. [...] Texans are encouraged to use the service only for community
reporting and to continue to report emergencies by calling 911.
Los
Angeles Group Touts Snitch Line Where People Can Report Sick Kids, Indoor Eating At School. A shocking report
from RedState's Jennifer Van Laar recently exposed the shady connections between Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara
Ferrer and a study the CDC used as the basis for school reopening guidelines. As it turns out, Ferrer's daughter was
the author of the study, and her mother has used it to justify keeping COVID restrictions in place for students in the Los
Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). It wasn't until Van Laar's investigation became public that Ferrer reversed her
position on reinstating a mask mandate. However, the effort to keep Angelenos and Californians trapped in fear
continues with an advocate group called LAUSD Parents for COVID-Safe Schools.
Son
Brags to CNN about Turning in His Father for 7-Year Prison Sentence Over Jan. 6. Jackson Reffitt, whose father
Guy Reffitt was sentenced to seven years in prison, says his father "absolutely" deserves it for participating in the Jan. 6
demonstration on the Capitol. Jackson spoke out to CNN where he said he said he does not regret his decision to rat out
his father. "I mean, I'm not happy at all. I haven't been happy to this whole situation. No one in my
family has either, but to say I'm surprised would be a lie," Jackson said to CNN's Brianna Keilar on "New Day" Tuesday after
his father was sentenced. "I mean, everything my dad did, he's his own person. And his action has consequences.
But I'm not happy at all."
At
This Manhattan Middle School School, Sixth-Graders Are Asked To Surveil Friends and Family for 'Microaggressions'. A
New York City public school encouraged students as young as 10 years old to keep a list of all the "microaggressions" they
witnessed, both at school and in their own families, according to materials from the school's curriculum reviewed by the Washington
Free Beacon. The same students were also asked to list their gender identity — "cisgender," "nonbinary," or
"trans" — as well as their sexual orientation on a graded worksheet. The sixth-grade humanities curriculum from
Lower Manhattan Community Middle School, where just 31 percent of students are white, required students to read Tiffany Jewell's
This Book Is Anti-Racist, one of only five books assigned for the 2021-2022 year. The book contains 20 lessons on
"how to wake up, take action, and do the work" — including the work of confronting the police, which Jewell
suggests white students can do without ending up "in jail or harmed."
85
Percent of Liberal College Students Support 'Reporting' Their Professors for 'Offensive' Comments. Would George
Orwell, author of the iconic dystopian novel "1984," be proud? Oh [...], no. He'd admonish us with a stern "I
warned you." Yup, "Big Brother" is alive and well in today's America, and that reality is nowhere more apparent than on
college campuses — on Twitter and Facebook, as well, but we'll get there. According to the 2022 American
College Student Freedom, Progress, and Flourishing Survey, 56 percent of undergrads support "reporting" professors who "say
something offensive." Worse, but totally predictably, 70 percent of independent students also support the idea, while 85
percent of liberal students agree.
NPR's
strict masking policy encourages coworkers to tattle on violators. National Public Radio is encouraging
staffers to squeal on each other if they do not comply with the company's Draconian mask-wearing policy in the office.
According to a strongly-worded memo sent out Thursday, NPR employees are not only required to wear masks in the office, but
if they see someone who isn't complying with the mandate, they are encouraged to correct their coworker or rat them out to
higher-ups. "If you notice someone who has forgotten their mask, you might tell them, "Hey, you forgot your mask," the
memo said, adding they can also let a superior know so they can "remind" them or they can get human resources involved.
Repeat offenses could lead to the maskless offender getting fired.
New
Jersey Dept of Environmental Police, Set up Snitch Line to Report Contraband Plastic and Styrofoam Users.
Comrades, starting today [5/4/2022] it is illegal in New Jersey to have plastic or paper bags in stores for shoppers.
Additionally, restaurants, cafeterias and food trucks are forbidden to serve take-out food in Styrofoam-like products.
Also, all retailers must stop selling polystyrene foam products like plates and cups. Drinking straws require a permit
for restricted distribution as monitored by the Department of Health. To ensure legal compliance within the Garden
State, officials in New Jersey have established a snitch hotline for citizens to call the Dept of Environmental Police (DEP)
and report dissident violators, while the state ministry of citizen compliance have created a "WARN DEP" app to facilitate
easier snitching on your neighbors if you spot them using contraband containers.
Snitch
Nation: DC public schools command 4-year-olds to identify the 'racists' in their families. [Scroll
down] This is no conspiracy theory from the right wing; this is what's going on now in public schools. Not only
does the book undercut the authority of the parents under the all-encompassing rubric of ending racism, but it demands that
children as young as four identify family members as "racists" for their teachers. No racists? Better make up
one, because for this crowd, the kid is already guilty and therefore hidebound to produce something or else. It's
downright child abuse, given its potential to tear apart families, an evil effect that has been within the leftist
ideal-house since the days of the Bolsheviks. Meanwhile, where that reported information from the newly minted child
snitches goes is anyone's guess, but don't think this isn't the age of data science and its monetization.
Survey
shows 56% of colleges encourage students to rat on one another. Now that the wokesters have taken over
universities and school administrators now outnumber professors, how's life in academia these days? How are things now
that diversity staff outnumber history professors? [...] Turns out that snitching, like the East German Stasi used to do with
citizen collaborators, has become a way of life at Wokester U. At more than half of America's very well endowed universities,
students now are urged to snitch on each other in order to police thinking and actual free speech. That's what all this flood
of money going to universities has bought for America's young people — a full comformity with wokesterthink, policed with
the diligence of the Stasi.
Over
Half Of Colleges Encourage Students To Snitch On Each Other: Report. Over half of the U.S.'s private and
public colleges encourage students to snitch on each other, according to a report released Monday [4/25/2022] by a free
speech non-profit. Of the 821 higher education institutions surveyed, 56% of them are reported to have some form of a
"Bias Reporting System" (BRS), according to the report from Speech First (SF), a free speech member organization. The
report surveyed 441 private schools, or 23% of all private four year colleges in the U.S. and 380 public schools, or 49% of
the country's four-year public universities. BRSs are university teams or procedures that aim to solicit, receive,
investigate and respond to reports of "bias incidents," which are used to "silence dissenters," "stifle open dialogue" and
"encourage students to turn informant on speech they seem unacceptable," according to SF. The BRSs typically invite students
and faculty to report "biased" speech on the basis of protected characteristics such as race, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age disability or someone's "political affiliation."
Philadelphia
reinstates mask mandate, encourages residents to snitch on non-compliant businesses. The city of Philadelphia
has reinstated a city-wide face mask mandate, public health officials announced, in an apparent attempt to quell the spread
of COVID-19. The city will become the first major U.S. city to turn back on dropping mask requirements, enacting a
city-wide mandate from April 18 enforcing the wearing of face coverings in all indoor public spaces, "including schools and
childcare settings, businesses, restaurants, and government buildings," an announcement from Philadelphia Public Health
stated Monday [4/11/2022]. Masks were still required in healthcare settings, including in nursing homes, and on public
transport in Philadelphia before the mandate was expanded. [...] The government requested that private citizens snitch on
business owners who fail to implement the resurrected mandate by calling the local emergency services to lodge a complaint.
Son
testifies against father charged with storming the Capitol on January 6. The teenage son of a Texas man charged
with storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 testified Thursday that he had secretly recorded his father describing his
participation in the incident and given the file to the FBI after his father threatened him and his sister. The son,
Jackson Reffitt, testified in the trial of his father, Guy Reffitt. He is charged with bringing a gun onto Capitol
grounds and interfering with the law enforcement officers guarding the building. He has additionally been charged with
obstruction of justice for making threats against his children. Reffitt was not one of the protesters who entered the
Capitol building, he retreated after being pepper sprayed by an officer.
FBI
Uses Son Of J6 Defendant As Main Informant Against Him. The Biden regime has shown a complete disregard for
human rights and due process in the trials of January 6th defendants. Last year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(R-Ga.) said that J6 detainees were being treated worse than terrorists are Guantanamo Bay. Other J6 prisoners have
been detained for months and have yet to see any evidence against them, or what specific crime they are even being accused
of. Today, a story broke that January 6th defendant Guy Reffitt's own son was induced by the FBI to collect evidence
against him and testify against him in court. The FBI reached out to him to be an informant against his own father, and
his son, Jackson Reffitt, complied and recorded their private conversations as well as sending the FBI pictures of their
home, including his father's gun safe.
Hunter
Biden Mocked Over 'Dumpster Gun' After ATF Asks People To Snitch On Ex-Lovers. The social media intern
operating the official Twitter account of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) thought they were
witty on Valentine's Day to tweet a snitch campaign to turn in ex-lovers for "illegal gun activity." [Tweet] The
Justice Department automatically retweeted the tweet and came as the Biden administration is preparing to wage war on
law-abiding gun owners this spring. The tweet immediately backfired as countless people provided a tip to the ATF of
"Robert Hunter Biden," the president's son, who lied on ATF Form 4473, also known as a Firearms Transaction Record,
about concealing his history of illegal drug use during a firearms purchase in 2018.
ATF
encourages people to turn in exes involved in 'illegal gun activity'. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives on Valentine's Day sent a tweet encouraging people to turn in their exes who were involved in criminal
activity. The ATF urged the public to share any information regarding their former or current significant others'
involvement in "illegal gun activity." "Valentine's Day can still be fun even if you broke up," the agency said.
"Let us know, and we will make sure it's a Valentine's Day to remember!"
2021:
FBI
Receives Major Backlash After Encouraging People to Report 'Family Members and Peers'. A century after Soviet
Russia began to encourage children to spy on their parents, the FBI wants American kids to follow in those footsteps.
On Sunday [7/11/2021], the FBI issued a tweet encouraging children to consider their parents as potential violent extremists
and not to hesitate to turn them in. "Family members and peers are often best positioned to witness signs of
mobilization to violence. Help prevent homegrown violent extremism. Visit https://go.usa.gov/x6mjf to learn how
to spot suspicious behaviors and report them to the #FBI. #NatSec," the FBI tweeted. [...] The tweet references a publication
called "Homegrown Violent Extremist Mobilization Indicators." The guide outlines behaviors considered possibly
suspicious. Outrage erupted.
Citizen
vs. Citizen: Why Dear Leader Biden's Calls for Snitches Is So Dangerous. There's a troubling trend
emerging: Americans are being encouraged and even incentivized to turn their fellow citizens in to the government for a
myriad of reasons. For one example, federal officials this week announced they plan to rely on informants in order to
determine which companies are enforcing their new (unconstitutional) vaccine mandate. The Biden Administration has used
the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a means of implementing the rule without
Congressional approval. Essentially the order says that companies will be heavily fined by the agency should they not
demand their employees be vaccinated. But even the administration recognizes there are limits to their ability to
enforce such a rule.
Informers
key in enforcing Biden vaccine mandate. To enforce President Joe Biden's forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S.
Labor Department is going to need a lot of help. Its Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn't have nearly
enough workplace safety inspectors to do the job. So the government will rely upon a corps of informers to identify
violations of the order: Employees who will presumably be concerned enough to turn in their own employers if their
co-workers go unvaccinated or fail to undergo weekly tests to show they're virus-free. What's not known is just how
many employees will be willing to accept some risk to themselves — or their job security — for blowing
the whistle on their own employers.
Universities
Giving Students Tools to Report Each Other's COVID Violations. Michigan State University provides students with
reporting system to achieve what the school describes as a "safe and supportive environment" for its community members.
The school's Culturally Inclusive College Sharing System (CIC) is an online submission form allows the university to "track
and respond to behaviors and situations that work to support or detract from [its] goals of a safe and supportive
environment." The form tells students that some protected speech can still warrant a report. Anything intended to
"intimidate, demean, mock, degrade, marginalize, or threaten" their identities, real or perceived, is worth notifying the
university about. Actions need not be intended to harm and can do as little as promote a "negative, hostile, or
unwelcoming environment for the target."
Pennsylvania
House Democrat Introduces Forced Sterilization — Three-Child Limit Legislation. Pennsylvania
Democrat Christopher M. Rabb sent out a memorandum to all House members regarding his legislation that will enforce
reproductive responsibility among men. The bill will force men to undergo vasectomies within 6 weeks from having their
third child or their 40th birthday, whichever comes first. This legislation includes a $10,000 reward to whoever
snitches to the proper authority on those who have failed to submit to forced sterilization within the allotted time. This
bill will also include legal actions for unwanted pregnancies against inseminators who wrongfully conceive a child with them.
Companies
[are] increasingly using 'tattleware' to monitor employees working from home. As waves of Covid-19 continue to
dictate working (or not working) habits for millions of Americans, employers have been turning to digital surveillance
platforms to monitor their at-home workers, according to The Guardian. Sneek captures live photos of people every
minute or so via their laptop webcams[,] which are then displayed across a wall of a 'digital conference room' that everyone
else on the team can see. If caught not working, other workers can forward the offending photos to bosses via Sneak
Slack chat.
Here's
What to Do if the FBI's 'Sedition Hunters' Show Up at Your Door. There have been multiple reports that the FBI
is showing up on the doorsteps of Republican voters in order to hunt down "extremists." The AP reported that the FBI is
using citizen snitch groups to hunt down January 6 protest participants. [...] Never mind that people who were at the January
6 event who did not engage in any violence and are guilty of nothing more than trespassing are facing major jail time.
One is comedian and political commentator Tim Gionet, aka "Baked Alaska." Gionet live-streamed his walk through the
Capitol and interviewed many of the protesters there. He did not appear to engage in any violence but he is facing
twenty years in federal prison. Gionet sat down for an interview with Milo Yiannopoulos on YouTube — which
is now unavailable because YouTube deleted Milo's account last week. Gionet shared the brutal treatment he received at
the hands of the FBI, including threats to lock him up for twenty years if he did not give up the identities of some of the
people in the Capitol with him.
Massive
Unrest as Australia Adopts China's Authoritarian 'COVID-Zero' Approach. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the
resulting illness, COVID-19, has caused mass hysteria on a global scale. Perhaps no response is as shocking as what we
see in Australia. The country is included in the group of western democracies globally and among the Five Eyes
intelligence community members. Yet, the nation's response to the pandemic can only be described as authoritarian.
[...] Roadblocks began in Sydney on August 15 with the military assisting. Residents planned anti-lockdown protests in
several large cities for the weekend of August 21. When this came to the attention of law enforcement, David Elliot,
Minister for Police and Emergency Services, told the public: "If you have a loved one you believe is going to protest this
weekend, you are obliged to talk them out of it. If you know someone who attends an illegal gathering this weekend, you
must call crime stoppers."
Staffer
Shows How Lost Dems Are With His Narcing on Maskless GOP Staffers. We've seen a lot of ugly authoritarian
things during the pandemic. One of the worst is how it's made some people behave. Congress has been a bit of a
microcosm of that. As we reported earlier, masks are now being mandated again in the House. House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi (D-CA) was not only threatening people with fines, but the Capitol Police have even said that people may be subject to
arrest if they don't comply. Republicans en masse stood up against that today marching maskless out of the House to the
Senate floor where there are still no mask mandates, making the point that this is all an artificial dictate. [Tweet]
But that wasn't all. Democratic staffer Aaron Fritschner, who is "comms in chief for Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)," spied
[maskless] Republicans playing water pong and corn hole in the hallway after hours. So he felt the need to fink on
them to all the world on Twitter. [Tweet]
FBI:
Narc on Your Loved Ones to Battle 'Homegrown Violent Extremism'. [T]he federal government has gotten even
creepier ever since Joe Biden was installed as acting president. There's a lust for federal control on the Left that's
grown immeasurably, especially since January 20, 2021. It had been getting out of hand all during the pandemic last
year. We've witnessed the uncomfortable spectacle of almost half the country willingly ceding their freedoms and
celebrating government control of their lives. [...] It's beyond unnerving that the FBI thinks it's perfectly normal to
encourage Americans to behave like oppressed masses who lived behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. This isn't
just an example of the FBI's social media people being tone-deaf, the document it references says the same thing. The
rot within the Bureau was bad when Trump was in office, which means it will only get worse with this commie clown show of an
administration.
Texas
couple, along with their son and two daughters are charged with taking part in the Jan 6. Capitol siege after a family friend
turned them in. Five members of the same Texas family have been arrested and charged for taking part in the
January 6 riot at the US Capitol, federal documents reveal. The Department of Justice has brought federal trespassing
and disorderly conduct charges against Kristi Munn, Tom Munn, Dawn Munn, Josh Munn, and Kayli Munn of Borger, Texas.
During the choas, Kristi Munn is alleged to have posted a message on Facebook that read: 'Tear gas tastes like freedom.'
FBI
Wants Family Members To Snitch On Each Other To Prevent 'Homegrown Extremism'. The FBI issued an ominous tweet
on Sunday which encourages "family members and peers" to "learn how to spot suspicious behaviors and report them to the FBI"
in the name of national security. The broadly-worded tweet[,] from the same agency that confiscated an unassembled Lego
model of the US Capitol as evidence against a Jan. 6 protester[,] suggests that family members are "often best
positioned to witness signs of mobilization to violence." For example, your radicalized Antifa nephew is being
encouraged tell the FBI that you might be a domestic terror threat because you own guns and told the family at Thanksgiving
you don't like illegal immigration.
FBI
Urges Americans To Monitor 'Family Members And Peers' To 'Prevent Homegrown Violent Extremism'. The FBI took to
Twitter Sunday [7/11/2021] to encourage families to watch out for "homegrown violent extremism." "Family members and
peers are often best positioned to witness signs of mobilization to violence. Help prevent homegrown violent
extremism," the FBI's tweet read in part. Family members and peers are often best positioned to witness signs of
mobilization to violence. Help prevent homegrown violent extremism. Visit [link] to learn how to spot suspicious
behaviors and report them to the #FBI. [...]" [Tweet] The link included in the tweet takes readers to the 2019 edition
of the Homegrown Violent Extremism Mobilization Indicators report. The report separates extremism into three groups
based on whether the action is highly, moderately, or minimally diagnostic on its own.
The Editor says...
The difference between this and SWATting is that in this case the government is initiating the process.
Facebook
Takes on New Policing Role, Asks Users to Report 'Extremists'. It is no secret that over the last several
years, Big Tech has been on a wild goose chase for anyone that doesn't align with liberal ideologies, but Facebook has taken
the hunt to new heights. As reported on CharlieKirk.com, messages now pop up asking users "are you concerned that
someone you know is becoming an extremist?" The message continues, "we care about preventing extremism on Facebook.
Others in your situation have received confidential support." The message continues with an information icon that
reads, "hear stories and get advice from people who escaped violent extremist groups."
Innocent
New York City Man's Life Is Ruined When Neighbors Report Him for Going to Jan 6 Trump Speech. Joseph Bolanos
doesn't wear horns, isn't a crackpot, and isn't a terrorist. He has been a neighborhood watch leader in New York City's
Upper West Side for 23 years. In 2012, as president of the West 76th Street Block Association, Bolanos put up signs
reading "rat xing" to shame the city into cleaning up the garbage. The neighbors loved him. Now the 69 year old
is a neighborhood pariah. One neighbor who brought him Thanksgiving dinner recently wrote him a nasty-gram wishing him
death. "I hope Antifa gets you," the note read.
Biden
Administration Wants Americans To Report 'Radicalized' Friends And Family To Government. For four years, the
left insisted that Trump was a fascist dictator. Even people in politics and media echoed this falsehood. No we
have the Joe Biden administration urging Americans to snitch on their family and friends to the government. What would
Democrats and the media call that?
Biden
Administration Asks Americans to Report 'Potentially' Radicalized Friends and Family. President Joe Biden's
administration announced their plans to create ways for Americans to report radicalized friends and family to the government,
in an effort to fight domestic terrorism. In a conversation with reporters, one senior administration official
explained the importance of stopping politically fueled violence before it started. "We will work to improve public
awareness of federal resources to address concerning or threatening behavior before violence occurs," the official
said. The official cited the Department of Homeland Security's "If you see something say something" campaign to help
stop radical Islamic terror as a domestic possibility.
The
Big Snitch Is Here — America Goes Stasi. Many, particularly those on the right, worry the United
States is turning into China, but we are a Western nation coming out of a (mostly) Western tradition. I believe we
should be as much concerned, if not more, that we are beginning to resemble East Germany with its State Security Service
(Staatssicherheitsdienst), better known as the Stasi. As Wikipedia reminds us: "One of the Stasi's main tasks was
spying on the population, primarily through a vast network of citizens turned informants, and fighting any opposition by
overt and covert measures, including hidden psychological destruction of dissidents ("Zersetzung," literally meaning
"decomposition"). It arrested 250,000 people as political prisoners during its existence." I was reminded of this
Zersetzung and its psychological destruction of dissidents — soon we may all be classified that way, if not
already — by a photo I received this morning from a (necessarily anonymous) friend who works at the Los Angeles
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, among the most prestigious hospitals in the country. With his/her permission, I am sharing
it with you. This person photographed an announcement taped to a wall at the hospital that read: "Implicit Bias
Anonymous Reporting System."
FBI
and DHS Attempt To Recruit Former Green Beret to Infiltrate and Spy on Oath Keepers, Proud Boys — But He Recorded
The Conversation! Jeremy Brown is a Green Beret and former Republican candidate for Congress in Florida's 14th
Congressional District. Brown served in the United States Army from 1992 to 2012 and reached the rank of Special Forces
Master Sergeant. Jeremy also attended the Stop the Steal protests in Washington DC on January 6. Jeremy joined the
Oath Keepers in November and went to Washington DC to provide security at the many protests and rallies that week.
Earlier this month Jeremy Brown started speaking out about how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FBI Joint
Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) contacted him and attempted to recruit him to spy on patriots and everyday Americans. In
December FBI agents contact Jeremy Brown at his home for "posting some things online."
Neighbors
turning in neighbors. [Scroll down] After the Capitol Rush on January 6, the FBI made available on social
media images of suspects in the hope that friends, family members, co-workers, and others would inform on them. [...] Leftist
Big Tech tells us what we should think, and what we cannot say on social media. The tech companies punish anyone who
violates these norms, as in the case of Amazon shutting down Parler, or Apple deleting content it deems white supremacist, or
Disney firing right-leaning actors. Are we now being monitored by our neighbors and colleagues to see if we are loyal
to the leftist agenda? Are we now prepared to turn in our neighbors, friends, and even our families? As the left
increases social and political power, will we be able to push back as the Poles did, or will we be terrorized like the Croats?
New
Websites Asks Americans To Out Trump Supporters So They Can Be Blacklisted. Conservatives are up in arms over a
website that is asking people to report any acquaintance who voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
"This is insane. The Founders are rolling over in their graves," RealClearPolitics co-founder Tim Bevan tweeted on
Tuesday, including a link to the site in a subsequent tweet. According to screenshots posted of the site, it is run by
an anonymous and "diverse group of patriots and People of Color looking to make a positive difference in America by unmasking
Donald Trump voters." [Video clip]
Warren's
whistleblower bill turns Americans into government spies. Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a new bill on
February 4th, titled S268, the Whistleblower Protection Act. It reads like something you would see in pre-war Germany
in that the government encourages snitching on colleagues, possibly neighbors. If they forget to wear masks, they could
be in trouble under this law. She's broadened the definition of a whistleblower to include the pandemic. The
virus is an excuse to push the country left. The Act's goal: To protect certain whistleblowers seeking to ensure
accountability and oversight of the Nation's COVID-19 pandemic response, and for other purposes.
Will
Small Businesses Burn through Americans' Goodwill by Snitching on Their Customers? [Scroll down] It was
my first visit to the establishment, and when I stepped inside, a pink-haired receptionist with rhinestone-studded cheekbones
took my temperature and handed me the questionnaire. I dutifully answered the 15 questions on page one pertaining to
any physical symptoms I may be experiencing. Then I turned to page two, stopping abruptly when I read the first
questions: "Did you take part in a social gathering of more than 10 people in the last week in which you were within
6 feet of others?" followed by "If yes, was everyone wearing a mask/face covering, you included?" I puzzled over the
questions. Had I mistakenly stepped into a doctor's office rather than a hair salon? Was a small business truly
probing into my recent involvement with other people just so I could get my hair trimmed and styled? Perhaps page three
would require my blood type and Social Security number. I also wondered what the salon's policy would be if I answered
"yes" to either question. Would they deny me service? More importantly, would they send my private information to
the Oregon Health Authority to follow up?
Facebook
helped law enforcement identify rioters by monitoring the assault in real-time. Facebook has revealed it helped
law enforcement identify MAGA mob rioters by 'monitoring the assault in real-time' and identifying people who posted photos
and videos of themselves at the Capitol after the attack was over. The social media giant has been assisting
authorities 'even after the attack was over' in bringing to justice those responsible for the violent January 6 insurrection
that left five including a Capitol police officer dead, Monika Bickert, the company's head of global policy management said
Thursday [2/11/2021].
The Editor says...
Fake news alert: It was not a "MAGA mob." From where I'm sitting, it appears that
the violence at the US Capitol was instigated by Antifa and BLM infiltrators.
Glenn
Greenwald slams culture of 'junior high hall-monitor tattling' among prominent 'woke' journalists that is like East German
'citizen surveillance'. Glenn Greenwald has slammed what he calls the 'junior high hall-monitor tattling' among
the 'woke' media, dubbing it 'Stasi-like citizen surveillance'. The journalist, part of a team that won a Pulitzer for
reports about government surveillance programs based on leaks by Edward Snowden, shared his thoughts on what he calls
'authoritarian "reporting"' on Substack Sunday [2/7/2021]. In it Greenwald points to New York Times reporter Taylor
Lorenz, who falsely accused a tech investor of using the word 'retarded' during an online chat she was monitoring.
How
to create a surveillance state. Thanks to the technology in our smartphones, each one of us has the capability
to contribute, and many on the left seem to revel in the power. The rest of us must weigh every action we take, every
word we say. If we say or do the "wrong" thing, we may no longer have the right to earn a living. If our vigilant
self-censorship fails, an idle thoughtcrime might occur publicly. All it takes is a few ill advised words or actions,
caught on video, to ruin us. Censorship is swift, aggressive, and irrational, without regard to either facts or
effects. [...] The news reported that a San Jose gym that stayed open got dozens of complaints from "the public"' and was
fined $500K. People are turning into self-righteous tattletales, and those in charge of the companies and social media
platforms that created the means for recording and for tattling automatically side with the tattler, without any thought to
due process. We no longer have the right to make our own decisions.
Proud Boys
Leader Outed as Long Time FBI Snitch and He's the Tip of the Iceberg. On Friday [1/29/2021], the Justice
Department announced the indictment of two members of the "Proud Boys" stemming from their conversations before the riot at
the US Capitol on January 6. [...] I'm sort of amazed by the way Justice has set out to criminalize membership in this
organization by the amount of play they give to the logos and trying to portray the group as misogynistic and, possibly,
white supremacist. What is missing from this story is the extent to which the Proud Boys have been penetrated by the FBI.
JoeBama
Administration Homeland Security Issues Terror Threat Alert Warning of Domestic Violent Extremists. Comrades,
the United States Department of Homeland Security is asking for the public's help in identifying subversives who carry
thoughts against the interests of the JoeBama regime. In a proclamation today DHS officials have elevated the national
security alert against U.S. citizens who may engage in wrong-think. Each good citizen has a responsibility to support
the objectives the new Biden regime and report any friends, neighbors or community members who may need to be placed on the
subversive watch list. The FBI is awaiting your contact and information: [Bulletin] According to the command and
control authority, the greatest threat against the interests of the new state comes from citizens who are questioning the
results of the 2020 election and making inquiries into whether manipulation of ballots took place. These thoughts are
enough to warrant good citizens to report subversive activity. The warning, and enhanced intervention by the control
authority, extends from today through April 30, 2021.
John Brennan's
Dark Fantasies Become a Homeland Security Bulletin. In a shocking moment of honesty and clarity, Obama CIA
Director John Brennan gave the rest of America keen insight into The Washington DC Establishment's plans and actions for the
Trumpsters and other "Deplorables" populating the land. In an interview, Brennan lies and exaggerates to the public
about a supposed domestic terrorist insurgency across the country that is gaining strength and threatening the republic.
[...] How do libertarians and authoritarians fit in the same rhetorical political basket? Very tough to reconcile those
positions, unless you really do not care about the "logic" of your assertion. Why did Brennan leave out
communists? Brennan reportedly voted for Communist Party presidential candidate Gus Hall in 1976, while a student at
Fordham University. What about Islamic supremacists? Why did Brennan leave them out of the "unholy alliance?"
Answer: Because it STILL is really all about Trump, Trumpism, and Trumpsters, and destroying any remnant of the MAGA
movement. Anyone outside the Uniparty is suspect.
US Media Makes Heroes of Teens
Who Betray Their Family Members and GoFundMe Makes It Profitable. [Scroll down] We're seeing the same
trend towards the government attempting to enlist children as informants here. Over Thanksgiving, we were all told by
the pandemic-mongers to not visit friends and relatives but, rather, cower under our beds with facemasks and cold porridge
(for the Facebook fact-checkers, that is just sarcasm and not a claim of an actual event). To ensure that we took it
all very seriously, some governors, like Vermont's Phil Scott, ordered schools to quiz returning students on what their
families did for Thanksgiving. [...] It is hard to think of a more potent means of attack on that vital building block of
civil society, the nuclear family, than creating fear and distrust in every interaction between parents and children.
Jonathan
Turley Drops Facts on What's to Come With Twitter's New 'Birdwatch' Program. With much predictable fanfare and
hype from the mainstream media Monday [1/25/2021], Twitter announced the creation of what they call their "Birdwatch"
program, which they say is designed to help counter the spread of alleged misinformation. In a series of tweets, the
popular social media platform described Birdwatch as "a community-driven approach" to combatting "misleading information."
In subsequent tweets, they gave a rough idea of how the program is supposed to work, encouraged people to sign up to be
"testers", and said they will use feedback in order "to help shape this program and learn how to reach our goal of letting
the Twitter community decide when and what context is added to a Tweet".
The
Tech titans ignore incitement to violence against conservatives. "Doxing" is defined as publishing on the
internet private or identifying information about people with malicious intent. People who are doxed have their lives
destroyed. Some are attacked so viciously they go into hiding. It's therefore a dangerous incitement to violence
that Don Winslow, a Russiagate conspiracy theorist, has released a video urging people to root out every single Trump
supporter in America and target them for destruction. Yet Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have allowed the video to remain,
with the Twitter version having over 4 million views and getting retweeted over 28 thousand times. The video
(which I won't link but you can find [elsew]here) shows footage of Trump rallies and explains that all of the attendees are
"domestic terrorists." These domestic terrorists, he says, are hiding in plain sight.
Far-Left
Activist Calls for Citizens to 'Monitor' and 'Report' Trump Supporters. A far-left activist named Don Winslow
is calling for American citizens to spy on their fellow citizens, and report any supporters of President Donald Trump to the
authorities, as reported by Breitbart. In a roughly two-minute video released by Winslow that has since garnered over
three million views, he declares that all Trump supporters are "domestic terrorists," and that "they're hidden among us,
disguised behind regular jobs." Winslow also claims that even after Trump leaves office, he will "lead his army of domestic
terrorists," and baselessly claims that Trump will "encourage and incite violence," and "start a civil war." Winslow
goes on to explicitly compare President Trump to the late Al-Qaeda leader and terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, saying
that "before the Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, he had to be found." Winslow concludes that the Left must form a "citizen
army patrolling the Internet," and once again blanket labels all of President Trump's supporters as an "army of white supremacy."
Scottish
Police Enter Home, Arrest Family After Neighbor Snitched On Them For Violating COVID Rules. Police in Scotland
entered a home and arrested a family after a neighbor snitched on them because there were "too many people inside." The
incident happened on Wednesday night at 11:20pm in Aberdeen and a clip of the encounter has since gone viral on social
media. [Video clip] "My house. That is bullying. This is my house. Get out of my
house. I did not ask you in here," says the woman as she is confronted by officers in her hallway. "Just stop it
mum," says the woman's daughter as the situation escalates. Particularly harrowing is that the children can be heard
screaming as their parents are forcefully handcuffed. Police Scotland later confirmed that the officers entered the
home after a neighbor snitched.
2020:
Will
Vermont have child COVID informants for Christmas? Vermonters have not been advised whether their families will
be allowed to gather for Christmas. Vermont governor Phil Scott's Thanksgiving prohibition of family gatherings raised
eyebrows nationally. Post-holiday, schoolchildren were quizzed by teachers and sent home if they reported visitors in
their homes. Will Christmas be similarly policed?
Governor
Wants Kids to Rat Out Their Parents for Covid Violations. Just before Thanksgiving, the Governor of Vermont
hopped on Twitter — which is apparently the only platform now for making important announcements. He started
by shaming and guilt tripping anyone who dared to celebrate Thanksgiving with family. He continued: ["]Unfortunately,
we know some will still get together and schools have asked for help. @VTEducation will direct schools to ask students or parents
if they were part of multi-family gatherings and if the answer is yes, they'll need to go remote for 14 days or 7 days and a
test.["] So the Vermont Department of Education instructed schools to interrogate children about what they did over
Thanksgiving weekend, so that they can inform on their families.
American Stasi.
Right now, here in the United States of America in the year 2020, we have governors and other elected officials (I will never
refer to them as leaders!) encouraging and even urging the citizenry to spy on itself and report to the state those who
transgress the various orders, mandates, edicts and requirements handed down by them. To call the police if there are
too many people in the same place at the same time, in the eyes of the person making the dreaded call. To be, in
effect, tattletales and snitches for "the state." Folks, whatever the rationale behind those orders may be and whatever
reasoning you or they might employ to justify them, actions like that by our political office holders smacks of state
overbearing. Of repression. Of intimidation and fear. Of tyranny. I chose that word deliberately, and
I did not do so [lightly.] The resemblance to the tactics used by the Stasi, however cleverly camouflaged here and
couched in whatever innocent sounding terms they like to use, justified by whatever seemingly compassionate motivations those
officials tout, is inherently and incredibly dangerous. Far more dangerous than any germ, virus or microbe.
Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown urges residents to call cops on shutdown violators. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown wants
residents to call the police on their neighbors over violations of the state's latest coronavirus shutdown, which includes a
six-person limit on in-home gatherings. The temporary "freeze," which went into effect Wednesday, restricts indoor
at-home and social gatherings to six people from no more than two households, with no exceptions for Thanksgiving dinner
get-togethers. In a Friday [11/20/2020] virtual interview with KGW-TV, Ms. Brown agreed that Oregonians should
contact authorities if they see their neighbors hosting more than six people.
Playstation
Says it Will Enable Voice Chats to be Recorded So Players Can be Snitched on for Mean Words. Sony has announced
that it will allow Playstation users to record in-game voice chats so players can snitch on each other for mean words said
during private conversations. Yes, really. The game console's latest update forces users to waive their privacy
rights, allowing others to report them and get their accounts banned for speech violations. "Following this update,
users are seeing a notification about Party Safety and that voice chats in parties may be recorded," Sony announced.
"Voice chat recording for moderation is a feature that will be available on PS5 when it launches, and will enable users to
record their voice chats on PS5 and submit them for moderation review. The pop up you're seeing on PS4 right now is to
let you know that when you participate in a chat with a PS5 user (post-launch), they may submit those recordings from their
PS5 console to SIE."
Hello snitch
line, it's Karen calling. Every police state relies on a network of informers, as well as a secret police to
run the rats. In the old Soviet Union, there was the KGB, in East Germany, the Stasi. In Cuba it's known as G2.
And here in Maskachusetts, we have the Department of Public Health's snitch line, among other avenues for informing on your
fellow citizens. Comrades and loyal party members are encouraged to call if they see someone who isn't buying
the-sky-is-falling! being hyped around the clock by the corrupt government and media.
Northwestern
University asks Evanston residents to report students who ignore COVID-19 precautions in off-campus gatherings.
Northwestern University's campus in Evanston is going to feel less crowded this fall, with residence hall capacity reduced to
about 70% and more than half of all employees still working from home, school officials said Tuesday [8/25/2020]. [...] As
universities nationwide navigate reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, a large share of student infections have been
traced to illicit off-campus gatherings, forcing some schools to abandon plans for in-person learning. Mona Dugo,
interim dean of students, said NU is taking a stricter approach to policing off campus behavior this year and will urge
students to act on behalf of the most vulnerable members of their community. NU plans to offer a mix of online, remote
and a small portion of face-to-face classes — but only to students who abide by the rules. [...] Dugo said that
anyone who sees students failing to comply with public health precautions can report incidents to her office using an online
form. Dugo said the forms should include specific details and even photo evidence so NU can follow up.
Americans
Must Oppose the Tyranny That Is Rapidly Spreading Across US. As Adolf Hitler rose to power, he took control of
churches, shut down businesses, encouraged neighbors to report each other, and created a public surveillance operation
system. If these actions sound familiar, they should. Public officials and bureaucrats are now putting their own
tyranny on full display, using the COVID-19 crisis to impose similar draconian tactics in the United States. While
Maryland officials keep the state in lockdown, they are encouraging citizens not only to snitch on one another for breaking
"prevention guidelines," but they are allowed to do so anonymously! The Maryland Emergency Management Agency, State
Police, and Department of Health announced a "COVID Prevention Line" available 24 hours a day as well as an email address
where citizens can "report situations of concern where prevention guidelines are being ignored and the potential for the
spread of COVID-19 is high." Reports will be followed up with a visit from the health department or law
enforcement. Since July 2, nearly 40 Anne Arundel County businesses and restaurants have received citations,
including my church. After an anonymous reporting on August 11, a female employee from the Anne Arundel County
Department of Health showed up at our Sunday morning service. The health official presented our associate pastor with a
citation and an "Order for Immediate Compliance."
Ohio
County Creates Hotline for Neighbors to Report Non-Mask Wearers. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has rolled out a
hotline for residents to snitch on those of their neighbors who do not wear masks, in line with an executive order by
Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, mandating masks in public when "social distancing" is not possible. County
Executive Armond Budish made the announcement, telling the people of Cuyahoga that individuals who witness others not wearing
a mask in public spaces should make complaints to the new hotline or file on a website titled "Mask Experience." Once a
complaint has been filed, county workers contact the subject of the complaint, whether it's an individual or business, to let
them know. The complaints are also forwarded to the Board of Health and the relevant village or city. "This is
not intended to be going out and finding people not wearing masks. We want people to wear their masks.... We want
people to do it voluntarily," Budish said.
Big
Bro Cuomo Now Has a 24 Hour, Turn in Your Neighbor, Tattletale Hotline. Under the NYS PAUSE Enforcement
Assistance Task Force: "New York State created a task force to ensure compliance with NYS on Pause. You can file
a complaint if you know of a non-essential business still operating or a gathering that violates the rules by filling out
this online form or by calling 1-833-███-████, 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week." As you might expect with this kind of authoritarian "compliance" dictate, those making complaints can remain anonymous.
The Editor says...
The Big Brother Hotline number was redacted, as a public service.
New
York City Wants You To Call the Cops on People Who Fail Social Distancing. New York City is asking its citizens
to report other people to the authorities for failing to abide by social distancing orders. This is an
unnecessary — and authoritarian — escalation of the city's coronavirus response. "The City has
enacted public health social distancing restrictions to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus," states the government's
non-emergency services website. "You can report a violation in progress for the City to enforce as appropriate." As
examples of the kinds of things that people should report, the city lists non-essential businesses remaining open, and
overcrowding in general.
Californians
Calling Cops on Their Neighbors if They Hear Them Coughing. Some Californians are calling 911 if they hear
their neighbors loudly coughing or sneezing, with paramedics being dispatched to homes in some cases. Yes,
really. "Coachella Valley police departments say they've started fielding 911 reports from concerned callers convinced
a neighbor's overly loud sneeze or hacking cough is proof the person has the virus," reports the Desert Sun.
2016:
DC
Wants Residents To 'Report' Private Businesses Over Gender-Neutral Bathroom Law. As the debate intensifies
nationally over which bathrooms transgender people should use, the District of Columbia's city government is asking people to
report private businesses that have single-occupancy bathrooms that aren't "gender-neutral. "If you see a public
bathroom with one stall that is not gender-neutral, just tweet us the business name and location using #safebathroomsDC, or
fill out our five question form," states the website of the District of Columbia. "It takes just 20 seconds to play a
part in making DC a more enjoyable place for transgender and other communities! A 2006 D.C. law requires businesses and
other places with single-occupancy public restrooms to change signs that say "men" and "women" to just "restroom."
Schumer
Proposes $25K Reward for Social Media Extremist Tips. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is introducing legislation
requiring a $25,000 reward for information generated through social media that helps thwart a terror attack. The New York
Democrat tells The Associated Press the legislation will be introduced later this month. Schumer will formally announce
the bill at a news conference Sunday [4/10/2016]. He says the public should "say something if they see something,
especially on their newsfeed."
Doctors
can report some mentally ill patients to FBI under new gun control rule. Delivering on its promise to deliver
"common sense" gun control, the Obama administration on Monday [1/4/2016] finalized a rule that enables health care providers
to report the names of mentally ill patients to an FBI firearms background check system. The action was one of a series of
steps that President Barack Obama had called for in January 2013 in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings to curb gun violence,
but the rule was not published until today [1/4/2015].
2015:
Feds
paid Amtrak worker to spy on passengers. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration inappropriately paid an Amtrak employee more
than $850,000 over 20 years to provide information on passengers who may be smuggling drugs, according a report from the Justice Department's
Office of Inspector General. The OIG also released a separate report saying the DEA arranged to pay a government airport screener to act as
a confidential source. The screener, however, never provided information of any value to the DEA.
Trump:
Report your neighbors for suspicious activities. GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump said late Tuesday [11/24/2015]
that everyday Americans should monitor their neighbors for questionable behavior. "The real greatest resource is all of you,
because you have all those eyes and you see what's happening," he told listeners in Myrtle Beach, S.C. "People move into a house
a block down the road, you know who's going in," Trump continued. "You can see and you report them to the local police.
"You're pretty smart, right?" he asked his audience. "We know if there's something going on, report them. Most likely
you'll be wrong, but that's OK.
Obama
Justice Dept. Floats New Plan to Push Banks to Inform on Customers. Obama's Department
of Justice has announced new plans to give banks more power to inform on customers' "nefarious
activity" and trigger immediate investigations by federal or local authorities. One of the ways
that banks currently flag the possibility of suspicious activities of their customers is to file a
Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) with the federal government. After an SAR is filed, it can
sometimes take weeks, even months to see results on a suspicious bank account. But now the
Justice Dept. wants to make it easier for banks to inform on customers. DOJ is now urging banks
to contact local or federal law enforcement officials about their concerns.
2014:
New Program:
Producing Do-Gooder Little Snitches. There is a new program being started at Deer Park
ISD here in the Houston area. We have all heard of Crime Stoppers by now, where you can anonymously
call in a crime in progress or a fugitive tip. Well this same thing is being marketed in a
downloadable AP for kiddies cell phones in school. It's being offered by the Safe School Program
which has been in place since 1997. Money? Oh yes, depending on what is reported, pay-offs range
from 100 smackers to 1000 big ones.
Has
the Dept. of Homeland Security become America's standing army? Terrorism Liaison Officers are firefighters, police
officers, and even corporate employees who have received training to spy on and report back to government entities on the day-to-day
activities of their fellow citizens. These individuals are authorized to report "suspicious activity" which can include such
innocuous activities as taking pictures with no apparent aesthetic value, making measurements and drawings, taking notes, conversing
in code, espousing radical beliefs, and buying items in bulk.
The Editor says...
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Michelle
Obama To High-School Grads: Monitor Your Parents For Thoughtcrime. There can be no
aspect of your daily life that's removed from politics. Now you will be monitored by your own
children for expressing unapproved opinions. You'd better watch what you say at the dinner table,
Mom and Dad.
Michelle
Obama Says Kids Should Monitor Parents for Racism. Taking a page out of the political
handbook of every fascist society and dystopian Sci Fi novel, Michelle Obama is telling kids to
monitor their parents for crimes against the state. The woman who was never proud of her country
until she and her husband were deposited in the White House spoke to a class in Topeka, Kansas last
Friday where she told students to monitor their parents for racist speech because she and her hubby
can only do so much without good little informants like them back home.
2013:
Obama's Orwellian Thanksgiving.
The idea that politics must be brought into every family discussion and every personal relationship has been a hallmark of Obama's style
since the 2008 campaign, when he told his supporters to confront their neighbors, to get "in their face." During the debate over
Obamacare in 2009-10, the White House did the same — and provided an email address, flag@whitehouse.gov, to which people
could report "lies" among their friends. One of those "lies" was that people could lose their insurance coverage due to the
new law — a "lie" that has since proven true for millions of Americans.
Feds
Building Smart Phone App for Public to 'Report' 'Unfair' Businesses. The Labor Department is sponsoring a "Smart Phone App contest" to
allow customers to report businesses that do not treat "their workers fairly and lawfully." According to the Weekly Standard, the Labor Dept.
is asking contestants to "develop a smartphone application that will transform the way the public is able to use departmental enforcement data."
Labor
Dept. to Ask Consumers to Identify Businesses Who Treat 'Their Workers Fairly and Lawfully'. As the Department of Labor (DOL)
celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act this year, the department is sponsoring a Smartphone app contest to help
consumers identify businesses who treat "their workers fairly and lawfully." [...] The DOL seems to suggest the app could be used as something of a
blacklist for job-seekers and other businesses.
New Android App Asks Users To Create
National Database Of 'Potentially Unsafe' Gun Owners. The Gun Geo Marker app, released to Google's Play app store on July 7,
invites users to mark the homes and businesses of "suspected unsafe gun owners ... to help others in the area learn about their geography of
risk from gun accidents or violence." The app bills itself as merely a tool to collect information, but it was hit with a firestorm of
negative reviews and comments from people worried that it could do more harm than good.
New York state offers
$500 reward for reporting gun owners. For more than a year, New York state has maintained a tip line allowing people
to report illegal gun owners and collect a $500 reward. CBS-6 [WRGB?] news reported the existence of the tip line on Wednesday
[3/20/2013]. It was previously a "well-kept secret" that received little promotion from state officials or fanfare in the
media, according to the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association.
Floridians
Encouraged to Report Neighbors Who "Hate Government". That we actually have a County Sheriff, here in the great Sunshine State of Florida, a
man sworn to protect and defend ALL of the Constitution, against every enemy, foreign and domestic, plus each and every word, that would want to even initiate a
program like this shows that distrust for the Government is growing and that dissention has been noticed and it will not and cannot be allowed by the Progressive
enemies of the Constitution. This hot line for reporting on Patriots, Conservatives, Christians, Gun Owners, Tea Party members and yes, even probably
members of this Foundation, will go into place unless Governor Scott says no and puts a veto in place.
Achtung,
Baby: Are People Being Encouraged to Rat On 'Anti-Government' Neighbors? [Scroll down] The teams will respond to citizen phone calls to a 24-hour
hotline with a knock on the door and a referral to services, if needed reports the Palm Beach Post. Bradshaw makes it clear that the kind of behavior which could
prompt a visit from the authorities includes anti-government political statements that may be deemed a prelude to violent action. The program will also
include "public service announcements to encourage local citizens to report their neighbors", reports the newspaper.
Sheriff Wants Residents To Report Any Neighbor Who 'Says He
Hates the Government'. Florida House and Senate budget leaders have awarded Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw $1 million for a
new violence prevention unit aimed at preventing tragedies like those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., from occurring on his turf. Bradshaw
plans to use the extra $1 million to launch "prevention intervention" units featuring specially trained deputies, mental health professionals and
caseworkers. The teams will respond to citizen phone calls to a 24-hour hotline with a knock on the door and a referral to services, if needed.
Obama program requires federal
workers to inform on co-workers. Even before a former U.S. intelligence contractor exposed the secret collection of
Americans' phone records, the Obama administration was pressing a government-wide crackdown on security threats that requires federal
employees to keep closer tabs on their co-workers and exhorts managers to punish those who fail to report their suspicions.
The Editor says...
I predict there will be a whole lot of baseless snitching going on, and very little work being done.
Official Obama Policy: Leaking Run-of-the-Mill Non-Classified Information = Treason and Espionage.
If you don't have the right level of Team Spirit and Pro-Department of Education Morale, you're a subversive and a potential Insider Threat. Well, perhaps
I'm exaggerating. I mean, it's not as if the government's obsession with controlling the flow of information has resulted in the Department of
Agriculture now advising its workers to be on the look out for spies and traitors.
DOJ solicits email tips in Zimmerman civil
rights probe. The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday afternoon [7/15/2013] appealed to civil rights groups and community
leaders, nationally and in Sanford, for help investigating whether a federal criminal case might be brought against George Zimmerman for
the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, one advocate said. The DOJ has also set up a public email address to take in tips on its civil
rights investigation.
DOJ Asks Civil Rights Groups, General Public for 'Tips' on
Zimmerman. On Monday afternoon [7/15/2013], the US Department of Justice appealed to civil rights groups and the general public across
the country for "tips" on George Zimmerman in their pursuit of potential federal civil rights charges against the just-acquitted defendant in the
Trayvon Martin killing. The DOJ actually went so far as to set up an e-mail address to allow such tips.
DOJ trolling for email tips in Zimmerman probe.
More than a year after an FBI report indicated there was no evidence of racial bias in George Zimmerman's history, the Justice Department is trolling
for email tips on the former neighborhood watch volunteer as it weighs a possible federal civil rights case against him. Amid pressure from the
NAACP and several Democratic lawmakers to pursue Zimmerman, the department has set up a public email address asking for any tips or information regarding
the case.
2012: "Truth Teams"
Obama
Campaign Launches 'Truth Teams'. The Obama campaign is today beginning a new effort to enlist and
educate at least 2 million supporters for a "grassroots communications team" they're calling the Truth Team.
"The goal is to ensure that when Republicans attack President Obama's record, grassroots supporters can take
ownership of the campaign and share the facts with the undecided voters in their lives," the campaign said in a
statement.
Obama's
Goon Squads Launch "Truth Teams". I guess owning 99% of the media isn't enough. When the
other 1% challenges them, they must "fight back" or something. What a joke. Can a Ministry of
Truth be far behind?
Obama's Attack Watch
returns as ... "Truth Team". You can still smell the desperation in the new Truth Team effort, which
incorporates Attack Watch as one of its components: ["]President Barack Obama's reelection campaign announced
early Monday [2/13/2012] that it is launching a new site to enable supporters to promote Obama's successes and
'hold Republicans accountable.' ... The campaign is also setting up 'truth teams' in swing states this week,
receiving help from allied unions.["] What a shock! I'm sure those "allied unions" include the
SEIU, AFSCME, and the NEA, the three unions that have the most to lose if Republicans make good on their pledges
to shrink the actual size and cost of government.
New Obama App Rats Out Neighbors' Political
Affiliation. The Internet is abuzz with news of a new Obama campaign smart phone app that identifies all the Democrats in your neighborhood.
Released last week, the app works through Google maps. Upon entering an address, the app reveals the registered Democrats nearby, names them, and notes
their sex and age. Consequently, it will also inform you of which households aren't registered Democrats by process of elimination and by
seeing those houses not identified as Democrats!
Obama campaign
mobile app reveals which of your neighbors are registered Dems. Just when you thought the Obama campaign couldn't get any weirder, along
comes its latest high-tech gift. Meet the Obama for America app for iPhone, a tool that allows you to spy on your neighbors to determine which of
them are naughty (read: not Obama supporters) and which are nice. What you do with that information is entirely up to you.
Obama
campaign app concerns some privacy advocates. President Obama's reelection team has taken canvassing to the next
technological level, introducing a free iPhone app that maps the location of nearby Democrats, identifying them by first name,
last initial and home address.
2011: AttackWatch
Seriously,
Attack Watch? In 2008, it was called Fight the Smears. The interface was
friendly and hope-colored. This time, it's dark and angry and Web 1.0. It looks
like the guy who designs 9/11 conspiracy Web sites finally got his big break.
Obama's
hokey AttackWatch comes under attack. President Obama's campaign team has
trotted out AttackWatch.com, a spooky new Web site that asks followers to report "lies"
being told about the president. ... The rollout brought much derision, with The Washington
Post calling the site a full-fledged "laughingstock" within hours of its launch.
AttackWatch
Twits. You know a presidential campaign is going south when its detractors
have more fun with its website than do its fans. That's the case with AttackWatch.com, the
Obama site that's making him a parody.
When Community
Organizers Attack. [Scroll down] Most curious, the donation link at Attack Watch —
where "folks like you" can donate to support the truth, or volunteer to share the facts —
redirects supporters to the barackobama.com site where, speaking of fact, contributions go directly to the
Obama campaign. ... It reeks of juvenile insecurity and utter desperation — just stop picking
on me! Far worse, it is behavior endorsed and propagated by the sitting President of the United States.
It's a disgrace to the office.
Big Brother Obama is
watching. Be careful, if you dare to criticize Citizen Obama, comrade. The Web is watching.
This week, President Obama's re-election team launched "Attack Watch," an interactive website that allows the
president's registered supporters to report instances of "attacks" against the commander in chief or his record.
Citizen snitches are asked to detail who the attacker is, the type of attack, and whether the offending words
were actually heard or passed along as second-hand rumors.
Richard E.
Coyote. The [AttackWatch] site features ominous red-white-and-black graphics and a form called
"Report an attack." There's also a Facebook page, which we're told is a parody, but who can tell?
The whole thing is both creepily paranoid and bumblingly buffoonish, as if produced by a chimera of Richard M.
Nixon and Wile E. Coyote. And the site's substance is no less marvelously mockable than its style.
Groucho Marx Saves America.
A hilarious barrage of catcalls and insults has greeted Obama's latest debacle, a Soviet-style website called
Attack Watch. With its terrifying design of red and black cellblocks, and scary photos of Obama's
critics looking like Mafia hoodlums, Attack Watch openly solicits Americans to turn in their friends and
neighbors for thoughtcrimes against the president. ... Within nanoseconds of Attack Watch's debut, a parody
video by Ezra Dulis and Misfit Politics had blasted through the web. Then came the howls of Hurricane
Twitter, a Category 5 of one-liners, as Americans competed to turn themselves in and report anti-Obama
crimes.
2009 - 2011
The DHS And FBI
Present: You Might Be A Terrorist If... As we seem to be told repeatedly, seeing something and saying something is perhaps the greatest
duty an American citizen can perform in service to this country. It's simply not enough anymore to install an American flag in the front yard and
purchase domestic vehicles. Now, every citizen should be keeping his eye out for (and on) his fellow citizens. The price of freedom may be eternal
vigilance, but the price of security is endless paranoia.
iSPY For The Government. Enlisting untrained citizens to be the eyes
and ears of the state is a classic hallmark of an authoritarian society.
EPA Celebrates 'Children
Health Month,' Encourages Recruiting Students for 'Energy Patrols' at School. On [an EPA] website page is a link to a 26-page EPA report
entitled, "Sensible Steps to Healthier School Environment." In the report's chapter on Energy Efficiency, the EPA presents a box with items to help
establish "Energy Efficiency Opportunities for Schools." One of the items in the box reads, "Educate students and staff about how their behaviors
affect energy use. Some schools have created student energy patrols to monitor and inform others when energy is wasted."
DHS Enlists Citizen Spies Via New Smartphone App.
Homeland Security officials in Delaware are hoping to enlist citizens as spies for the state by encouraging them to use a new app which allows
smartphone users to attach pictures of "suspicious" vehicles or persons and send them directly to the federal government.
Obama's Disdain for Democracy and Free Expression.
[Scroll down] Another attempt by the administration to crush dissent during the Obamacare debate occurred in August of 2009, when a post
appeared on the White House blog encouraging Americans to snitch on their fellow citizens for circulating e-mails containing "fishy" information
about the President's evolving health "reform" initiative: "There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there. [...] If
you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov." This email
address was soon deactivated after Michelle Malkin and countless other conservative bloggers organized the "go flag yourself" campaign, in which
Obamacare opponents bombarded the White House with e-mails reporting themselves as disseminators of "fishy" information.
W.H. collects Web
users' data without notice. The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed
on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent
of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent
government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet.
Critics
Accuse White House of Playing 'Big Brother' in Health Care Debate. A new White House tactic to
control the message on health care reform has critics accusing the Obama administration of playing "Big
Brother" and threatening the privacy of average Americans. "No one expects that when they exercise their
First Amendment rights to ask questions or complain about a proposed government program that they're going to
be listed on a database in the White House," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told FOX News Thursday [8/6/2009],
saying the White House effort raises serious privacy concerns. "You don't have to be a conspiracy
theorist to see the potential for serious abuse."
Cornyn
worried White House collecting personal data. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) is worried that the White
House will use a new media outreach program to collect the personal data of its political opponents.
Yesterday [8/4/2009], the White House asked supporters to forward "fishy" claims or rumors about the President's
healthcare plan to a White House email address as a way to respond to "disinformation." Cornyn says
this practice would let the White House collect personal information about people who oppose the President.
Sen.
Cornyn Sends Letter To President Obama About "Fishy" Activities Program. In a letter to
President Obama, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, expressed serious concern about the White House's new program
requesting Americans to forward email chains and other communications opposing the President's health care
policies. Sen. Cornyn is seeking assurances that the program is being carried out in a manner consistent
with the First Amendment and America's tradition of free speech and public discourse.
'Nobody Is Collecting Names' White
House Responds to Charge It's Monitoring Speech of Health Care Reform Opponents. As ABC News'
Rick Klein was first to report, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, was quite taken aback by White House Director of New
Media Macon Phillips's request that if citizens "get an email or see something on the web about health
insurance reform that seems fishy," they "send it to flag@whitehouse.gov." In a White House blog,
Phillips said he was trying to stem the flow of "disinformation"...
Obama's
dissident database could be secret — and permanent. The White House request that
members of the public report anyone who is spreading "disinformation" about the proposed national health care
makeover could lead to a White House database of political opponents that will be both secret and permanent,
according to Republican lawyers on the Senate Judiciary Committee who are examining the plan's possible
implementation.
Getting In Their Faces
For A Change. The candidate who told his supporters "to argue with them and get in their face"
now finds the shoe on the other foot. So they're taking names and encouraging you to turn in your
neighbors.
Obama's Snitch
on Your Neighbor Program: Barack Obama has requested his supporters report on any civilians who
dissent from his policies. ... There has never been an American president who has advocated turning in your
neighbors for holding a different policy view. But this is just the first step in Obama's plan to
create a civilian defense force comparable to the military.
Snitch On Your Neighbor! I wish I was making
this up but my mind does not work this way. President Barry Obama wants to know if anyone is opposing
Obamacare publicly or even in causal conversation. To make sure that dis-information about Obamacare
continues to sweep the country, the Obama White House has instituted the Snitch on your Neighbor program.
Yes, you can now snitch on you friends, family, and co-workers who oppose giving up private insurance for
Government-run health care.
Who's
Behind the Internet Snitch Brigade? Czardom has its privileges. This week, President Obama's
health care overlord, Nancy DeParle, launched a taxpayer-funded initiative to recruit an Internet Snitch
Brigade that will combat "disinformation about health insurance reform." As the White House explained
in a special online bulletin: "These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain e-mails or
through casual conversation. Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're
asking for your help."
The Community is Organizing Against Obama
Socialized Medicine. The Organizer-n-Chief is so desperate to silence any and all debate on his
plan to nationalize 1/7th of the US economy by confiscating control of the US health and insurance industry,
that he has established a stool pigeon hot line on the White House web site, calling for his rat fink minions
to narc out their neighbors if they dare to speak out against ObamaCare.
The
Obama Civilian Police Are Ignoring the Constitution. The First Amendment prohibits Congress from
abridging the freedom of speech. The reason the Amendment refers to speech as "the" freedom of speech is
a recognition by the Framers that the right to speak freely precedes the existence of the U.S. as a
country. ... The right to speak freely does not come from the government, which the Big Government folks
claim; it is an indelible aspect of our humanity. The Supreme Court has endorsed the concept of the
natural, as opposed to governmental, origins of this right, and hence, even though the First Amendment only
prohibits "Congress" from abridging the freedom of speech, the Court has ruled that no one in any
government — from a school janitor to a state governor, from a board of education to a local cop,
from the courts to the Congress to the President — may interfere with speech.
White
House Move to Collect 'Fishy' Info May Be Illegal, Critics Say. The White House strategy of
turning supporters into snitches when they see "fishy" information about the health care debate may run afoul
of the law, legal experts say. "The White House is in bit of a conundrum because of this privacy statute
that prohibits the White House from collecting data and storing it on people who disagree with it," Judge
Andrew Napolitano, a FOX News analyst, said Friday [8/7/2009]. "There's also a statute that requires the
White House to retain all communications that it receives. It can't try to rewrite history by pretending
it didn't receive anything," he said.
Welcome to
Gestapo-care. So what has the White House told supporters to do when you run across those who
spread "disinformation" about the new attempt by the Obama administration to install the anti-competitive
practices of a "public option" into a federalized universal health care initiative? Report them. Whether
its communicated through e-mail, websites, blogs, or even casual conversation the executive branch of the federal
government is asking you to make them aware of this "disinformation" because they can't keep track of all of the
dissenters themselves.
Flashback to last year: The First Obama Misinformation
Suppression Program. Last September, in the midst of the general election campaign, two St. Louis city and
county attorneys, and a local sheriff, made news with the first Obama misinformation suppression program. Remember
when this story broke last September?
New Rules for
Radicals. If you're a virtuous and patriotic American, you may find this column either offensive or
misleading. If so, please forward it to White House authorities at the Department of Fishy Activity. (E-mail
the good people at flag@whitehouse.gov.) As many of you have heard, the White House now requests that the public
tattle on those of us spreading "fishy" "disinformation" regarding Washington's proposed takeover of your health
care. This step, naturally, is for our own good.
Gibbs
doublespeak on White House e-mails. Earlier this week, the White House asked people to forward "fishy"
emails they receive that may be spreading misinformation about health-care reform to flag@whitehouse.gov. In
response, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) wrote in a letter to President Obama that it's "inevitable that the names, email
addresses, IP addresses, and private speech of U.S. citizens will be reported to the White House. You should not be
surprised that these actions taken by your White House staff raise the specter of a data collection program."
Obama's
pattern of intolerance toward dissent. Linda Douglass, communications director for Obama's Office of
Health Reform, said her job includes collecting "disinformation" about health care, and the White House asked Americans,
"If you get an e-mail or see something on the Web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it
to flag@whitehouse.gov." What counts as "fishy"? Is it only the e-mails falsely claiming "reform" mandates
euthanasia, or is Obama also counting as "disinformation" the videos displaying his past advocacy of a single-payer
plan and arguments that the plan amounts to taxpayer funding of abortions?
Conformity is now the new
dissent. [Scroll down slowly] So, on Monday [8/3/2009], the official White House Web site drew
attention to the alarming amount of "disinformation about health insurance reform." "These rumors often travel
just below the surface," warned Macon Phillips, Chief Commissar of the Hopenstasi ...whoops, I mean White House Director
of New Media, "via chain emails or through casual conversation." "Casual conversation," eh? Why can't these
"dissenters" just be like normal people and read off the teleprompter? "Since we can't keep track of all of them
here at the White House, we're asking for your help," continued Commissar Phillips.
My
Fishy Letter of Encouragement for the Town Hall Rebels. How the heck do you hacks think you got into the
White House in the first place? How did you arrive at that place of power where you could, possibly irrevocably,
dismantle our nation? I'll tell you how: It was by being dissident, getting vocal, organizing, going
viral ... and abracadabra, poof, you socialists won. I believe it was Obama himself who said one should sharpen
one's elbows and get in people's faces. Yep, I'm pretty sure it was. ... What's good for the commie goose is
good for the conservative gander.
White House call to 'flag'
dissent loathsome. Normally, I'm not one to get fired up about political issues, but this White
House crowd is getting to be more than a little overbearing. The paragraph [cited in this article] comes
from an Aug. 4 entry on the White House blog. ... When I read it, I blew a gasket. The White House,
basically, is asking me and you to rat out anyone who disagrees with the Obama version of the "truth"
on health reform.
O's
Silent Majority. Like Richard Nixon, Barack Obama wants to govern on the strength of a silent
majority, although with a twist. Obama wants the majority that opposes or questions his policies to
stay silent.
Obama's Dissident Database:
The White House has asked that members of the public report to them anyone who is spreading "disinformation"
about ObamaCare. ... The problem is that the White House is not covered by the Freedom of Information Act,
which means that any names or information turned in would not have to be released to any member of the public
who made a request, media included. Furthermore, Senate Judiciary Committee attorneys studying the
situation say that the White House doesn't appear to be covered by the Privacy Act either, which ordinarily
prohibits government agencies from keeping records "describing how any individual exercises rights guaranteed
by the First Amendment unless expressly authorized by statute or by the individual about whom the record is
maintained."
Sen.
Cornyn Submits "Fishy" Claims To The White House. "The question is not what the White House is
doing, but how and why. How are they purging names and email addresses from this account to protect
privacy? Why do they need the forwarded emails, names, and 'casual conversations' sent to them instead
of just the arguments that they want to rebut?" In addition, Sen. Cornyn is submitting a list of "fishy"
claims he has heard in some not-so "casual conversations" in an effort to ensure the White House's program
is successful.
Fishy. I send in two
emails to flag@whitehouse.gov. I figure I'm already on their "list." ... I'm wondering what will happen
to the people on "the list." Audit? Jail? Death? I'm starting to feel exactly the same
as the Soviets and the Cubans. I now understand perfectly why they risked their lives heading to Miami on
rafts. The fear is palpable. The invisible oppression of being watched. The White House is trying
to intimidate my fellow Americans from speaking out, from asking questions about this Socialized Medicine.
Don't Fret
Your 'Fishy' Complaints About Health Care Reform. Several commenters, noting the chilling effect
a database of opponents of the White House might have, suggested that a suit might be brought for violation of
the Privacy Act of 1974, a post-Nixon statute that prohibits federal agencies from maintaining records on
citizens who are exercising their free speech rights to dissent from government policy (5 U.S.C. § 552).
Does Linda Douglass know about this?
Does Linda Douglass know that Obama is likening his proposed government plan to the United States Postal Service?
Is Obama aware that the USPS has made itself a long-time laughingstock of poor service, inefficiency and waste?
Obama's sounds like the kind of fishy mockery that should be reported to Douglass via the official
flag@whitehouse.gov email address and returned to sender.
Why
Create an 'Enemies List' When There Are Already Campaign Finance Laws? Last week, the debate about
health care reform was transformed into one about free speech — specifically, whether the Obama
administration is trying to chill the speech of its critics by creating an "enemies list." The ruckus
started when the White House called on its supporters to help it combat what it calls "disinformation" about
its health care agenda that is being propagated through emails, websites, and "casual conversation."
All I Want
for Christmas Is to Make Obama's Enemies List. I was too young and too obscure to make Richard
Nixon's enemies list back in the day. ... [But] you can imagine my delight when I heard that President Obama
is going to be starting an enemies list of his own. This time, I am absolutely determined to make the
grade. Nothing will stand in my way. Come hell or high water, I am going to get my name on that
list if I have to camp out in front of the office of Linda Douglass, communications director for the White
House Office of Health Reform, until she slaps my moniker on that list just to get rid of me.
An Enemies List to Which we Should Aspire:
President Obama, who remains so critical of former President George W. Bush's foreign policy that he still hasn't
ruled out prosecuting Bush officials for war crimes, began stifling criticism of his own policies through the compilation
of an enemies list last week. That's right: In Nixon-like fashion, Obama is using the power of his office
to compile information on private citizens "for political purposes."
The Audacity of Dissent. Given
his background, one might expect President Obama to take seriously this vigorous grassroots reaction to his
policies. Instead, aided by Congressional Democrats, the White House has taken to painting this mass
outpouring of civic discontent as a fringe phenomenon — driven by extremists, un-American in its aims,
and requiring careful monitoring so that any "fishy" concerns andcriticisms about the administration's
health care plans are reported to the proper (read: government) channels.
More Government Does Not Equal
'Reform'. [Scroll down slowly] Obama loyalists were also asked to forward to the White House
information regarding health care that "seems fishy." Which means what? And what are the authorities
going to do with the information they gather? Nobody knows. Some sources hold the request to be illegal.
Senator John Cornyn penned a masterful response arguing, "As Congress debates health care reform and other critical policy
matters, citizen engagement must not be chilled by fear of government monitoring the exercise of free speech rights."
White House disables e-tip box.
Following a furor over how the data would be used, the White House has shut down an electronic tip
box — flag@whitehouse.gov — that was set up to receive information on "fishy" claims
about President Barack Obama's health plan.
Issa
wants answers from White House on e-mails. The ranking Republican on the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee wants more answers from the White House about its e-mail policies. In a
letter to White House counsel Greg Craig, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Monday [8/17/2009] raised questions
about the White House's request for supporters to forward "fishy claims" about healthcare.
White House Character: [Scroll
down] Obama, who promised to make the public part of the legislative process, has instead tried to rush
hundreds of pages of health care reform through the Democrat Congress. When details began to leak out,
and Americans protested, Obama's administration asked his supporters to report anyone who opposed his agenda
to the White House. He allowed Democrats in Congress to demonize his critics as un-American, subversive,
and dangerous.
Somewhat related: Police chiefs
endorse anti-terror community watch. A store clerk's curiosity about why Najibullah Zazi was buying
large quantities of beauty supply products indicated that something about the transaction wasn't quite right —
and it's an example of the kind of citizen vigilance that can combat terror, a police commander said Saturday [10/3/2009].
The Editor says...
There is very little difference between vigilance and vigilantes.
Rats!
City to Pay for Informing on Tax Cheats. Chicago and Cook County residents aren't the only
ones about to get shocking tax news; the city is debuting a "tax whistle-blower" plan that could turn
neighbor against neighbor in Chicago's business community.
Chicago
Seeking Tax Snitches. In addition to double-digit tax increases, the City of Chicago is moving
forward with a plan to pay "whistleblowers" for turning in tax dodgers to city hall. According to news
reports, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's 2010 budget includes a novel provision to encourage residents to report
one another to the authorities for failure to fully comply with city tax rules. It is known as the "Tax
Whistleblower Program."
US
Census Workers Looking for Snitches in Memphis. A US census worker, driving a metallic gray Ford
Taurus-type car, has been reported to be combing through the Memphis, TN suburb of Germantown knocking on doors
asking people for information on their neighbors. Yes, you read that correctly. The US census worker
was asking how many people lived in the house next door on or about April 1, 2010.
The
Witch Hunt Begins: Citizen Spy Network Targets Political Speech and Gun Owners. A plethora of
tyrannical campaigns have been initiated and designed to break up communities and turn citizens against one
another. The justifications for these fascist programs are always a matter of national security.
The real reason for these programs and even the events that brought them into existence is to set up a
police control grid.
Nazi Germany - Dictatorship. On July 14th 1933, a
law was passed making it illegal to form a new political party. It also made the Nazi Party the only legal political party in Germany.
Germany became a nation of snoops. People were employed in each street, in each building complex etc. with the sole purpose of keeping an
eye on others in their 'area' and reporting them to the authorities if they believed that something was amiss. The reputation of the Nazi
police and the secret police lead by Himmler was such that no one wished to cause offence. People kept their thoughts to themselves
unless they wished to invite trouble. In this sense, Nazi Germany was a nation run on fear of the government.
Obama's 1984. In 2009, the White House instituted
"WhiteHouse.gov/realitycheck" to counter rising popular opposition to Obamacare. "There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance
reform out there," the White House noted: ["]These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation.
Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help. [...]["] It wasn't enough for the administration
to set up a website for Obamacare information; it was also asking supporters to report on sources of "disinformation," to alert the government
about any sources of opposition. This was essentially a call for informants.
2002: The TIPS Program
Down the Memory Hole: Operation
TIPS Website Deleted. At some point prior to 20 November 2002, the federal government
deleted the portion of the Citizen Corps Website dealing with the citizen-snitch program Operation
TIPS. This was undoubtedly because the Homeland Security Act, which had passed the House at
that point, specifically canned TIPS. Section 808 of the act, which became federal law,
states: "Any and all activities of the Federal Government to implement the proposed component
program of the Citizen Corps known as Operation TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System) are
hereby prohibited." (Of course, this doesn't prohibit a similar program with a different name
from being created.)
Editor's Note:
So TIPS is a dead issue. It didn't stand up to public scrutiny. But don't
ever forget this was attempted!
US planning
to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies: The Bush Administration
aims to recruit millions of United States citizens as domestic informants in a program
likely to alarm civil liberties groups. The Terrorism Information and Prevention
System, or TIPS, means the US will have a higher percentage of citizen informants than
the former East Germany through the infamous Stasi secret police. The program would use
a minimum of 4% of Americans to report "suspicious activity".
Report TIPS informants. The
USA is building a program where over a million Americans will act as informants about any suspicious activity they
observe among their neighbours and the people they visit in a professional capacity. Your mail carrier,
your meter reader — all can now be federal informants through the Terrorism Information and
Prevention System.
U.S. government doesn't trust
Americans: The latest example of the government's alarming plans to target the entire population
for more scrutiny is the Terrorism Information and Prevention System, or TIPS. Interestingly, the program
came to light not through the reporting of any U.S. press outlets, but through a report in the Sydney Morning
Herald in Australia (above) and linked by WorldNetDaily.
Monitor Thy Neighbor: Americans
are beginning to understand that many precious liberties have been put in jeopardy by the government's rush to
enact new laws in the wake of September 11th. Federal law enforcement agencies now have broad
authority to conduct secret, warrantless searches of homes; monitor phone and internet activity; access
financial records; and undertake large-scale tracking of American citizens through huge databases. We're
told this is necessary to fight the unending war on terror, but in truth the federal government has been
seeking these powers for years.
Spying: The American Way of
Life? Last month's revelation that President Bush wants hundreds of millions of dollars to
invent innovative ways to spy on Americans was greeted not with suspicion, but shoulder-shrugging
indifference. "Americans are not prepared to sacrifice their privacy and civil liberties after
Sept. 11, although their political leaders are prepared to do so for them."
A Site to Despise Untrained
Spies: The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a website for people to protest the Bush
administration's citizen informant program, which would enlist civilians nationwide to report suspicious
behavior by their fellow Americans. The ACLU charges that the Terrorist Information and Prevention System
(TIPS), which is expected to launch this fall, is a massive invasion of privacy.
America: a sissified
nation: Benjamin Franklin warned, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." But that's what the Bush administration and
Congress have asked of Americans -- to give up essential liberty for safety that's not even guaranteed.
By not being fully appreciative of the fact that it's Washington, not Osama bin Laden, that represents the
greatest threat to both liberty and security, we've gone along with the agenda.
Under Fire, Justice Shrinks TIPS
Program: Justice Department officials have decided to scale back the controversial Operation
TIPS program before it even begins, saying yesterday that they no longer plan to ask thousands of mail carriers,
utility workers and others with access to private homes to report suspected terrorist activity.
New "watch" program
poses troubling privacy issues: The Justice Department's Terrorism Information and Prevention
System (TIPS) goes beyond encouraging the public to report questionable behavior. By enlisting a handpicked
group of workers, some with access to private information, the program threatens Americans' privacy rights.
A War Against the American
People: The Bush administration is putting in place the neighborhood informant system used by
the infamous Stasi, the communist East German secret police. Bush's plan, known as TIPS, Terrorism
Information and Prevention System, intends to turn one out of every 24 Americans into a government spy
reporting on their fellow citizens. The results in the United States will be the same as in East
Germany. Jealousies, rivalries, misperceptions and inflamed imaginations will result in the reporting of
many innocent people, who will be investigated, questioned, detained and, on occasion, framed.
Planned volunteer-informant corps elicits
'1984' fears: As part of the country's war against terrorism, the Bush administration by next
month wants to recruit a million letter carriers, utility workers and others whose jobs allow them access to
private homes into a contingent of organized government informants.
ACLU: Operation TIPS
Breeds Peeping Toms. The government is organizing a program to encourage millions of Americans --
including utility workers and letter carriers -- to be on the lookout for suspicious activity and to
report anything unusual.
Justice mum about citizen-snooping
program: The Bush administration says information published this week regarding a new government
informant program was "premature" and that officials are nowhere near ready to implement it.
Postal
Service Won't Join TIPS Program: The Postal Service has decided not to take part in a government
program touted as a tip service for authorities concerned with terrorism, but which is being assailed as a
scheme to cast ordinary Americans as "peeping Toms."
"In the continuing search for ways to build character in the leaders of tomorrow, some
favor snitchlines: "Cedar Rapids police are believed to be the first in Iowa to create a student hot
line to take tips on illegal activity. Teens who call about classmates they believe to have alcohol,
drugs or weapons on school property get $50 if the police recover anything."
Patriot Act: Nationwide,
banks want to know more about you: Banking customers across the nation will notice stricter new
identification rules for opening new accounts, taking out loans and other financial transactions, beginning
[10/21/2002].
"Know Your Customer" as Incoherent Privacy
Policy: This proposal sidesteps the Fourth Amendment, it will not make our streets or banks
safer, and it eerily recalls Communist China, where neighborhood committees of retired communist party members
reported on their neighbors.
Banking with Big Brother: US
banks must monitor their customers and alert federal officials to "suspicious" behavior under a government
plan that has drawn fire as an Orwellian intrusion into Americans' privacy.
Know Your Customer: Know Your Comrade.
The next time you go to the bank, you may find your banker demanding to know where you got your money, how you
got it, and whether your transaction was a "normal" one. If a new "know your customer" rule proposed by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation goes through, banks would be required to collect that information
from customers, monitor their accounts, and report "suspicious" activities. And if you don't give the
bank the information it wants, you could forfeit your account.
Privacy Busters: Big Bank is
watching: New FDIC Regs Require Banks to Violate Customers Privacy. This massive new
program -- euphemistically called 'Know Your Customer' -- would convert our nation's banks into wholly owned
subsidiaries of the government-wide movement to invade every aspect of Americans' privacy.
Update: Bank
on it — your every transaction triggers snooping. I am not an Eliot Spitzer fan.
The now-former New York governor and I have disagreed privately and publicly on any number of issues, mostly
involving questions of prosecutorial abuse. Still, I have great concern with the manner in which his fall
from grace was orchestrated, and with the federal laws and regulations on which it was based. The sad saga
of Spitzer should concern every American, or at least all those who maintain accounts at any financial
institution or who engage in any form of electronic financial transactions.