Internet privacy in the US is about to come to an end.

[Pecon]

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/lawmakers-have-snuck-cisa-into-a-bill-that-is-guaranteed-to-become-a-law

Essentially, the famous 'CISA' spying bill that has been struck down multiple times over the past 5 years or so is about to become law. Is there anything to be done about it? At this point, not really. CISA has been attached to the upcoming major budget bill as a rider; meaning that it is almost guaranteed to pass because to not pass it would mean to not pass the budget bill, which would lead yet another government shutdown. Unfortunately the underlying issue is that sticking bills together like this had become far too common of a practice and is obviously poisonous to legislature since it means that unwanted laws can be weaseled into law by simply attaching them to something more important and unlikely to be opposed.

Discuss how broken American politics are.

[Ad Bot]

[The Resonte!]

when would it pass

[Electrk.]

our only hope now is a veto

[Tetris]

do the reet politicians who write these bills up even use the internet at all?

what driving force is pushing them to sign this crap?

[The Resonte!]

our only hope now is a veto

or a revolution

what driving force is pushing them to sign this crap?

control maybe

[MoltenKitten]

The government is becoming farther and farther from the founding fathers' ideas. We need to fire every government employee and replace them with everyday people who don't make politics into a career.

[shitlord]

The government is becoming farther and farther from the founding fathers' ideas. We need to fire every government employee and replace them with everyday people who don't make politics into a career.

yeah make it so everyone in power has no idea what they're doing

[Ipquarx]

I'm sad now

[Squideey]

The government is becoming farther and farther from the founding fathers' ideas. We need to fire every government employee and replace them with everyday people who don't make politics into a career.

Or make it easier for smart people to get into power

[Frequency]

NO WHY WHAT

[crunk²]

The government is becoming farther and farther from the founding fathers' ideas. We need to fire every government employee and replace them with everyday people who don't make politics into a career.

let's fire all the NFL refs and just pull people from the seats to do it!!!

[Lord Tony®]

It only takes one paperclip to put these bills together.

We need to ban paperclips.

[Frequency]

let's fire all the NFL refs and just pull people from the seats to do it!!!

what if the refs are handicapped monkies eating their own stuff

[Tetris]

what if the refs are handicapped monkies eating their own stuff

still better

[crunk²]

It only takes one paperclip to put these bills together.

We need to ban paperclips.

this man knows what he's talking about

#StopTheClips2016