North Carolina’s new $300 billion state budget contains a provision that gives extraordinary investigative powers to a partisan oversight committee co-chaired by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R). The Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations — or Gov Ops for short — is empowered to seize “any document or system of record” from anyone who works in or with state and local government during its investigations. The rule applies to contractors, subcontractors, and any other non-state entity “receiving, directly and indirectly, public funds,” including charities and state universities.
  • @blackluster117@possumpat.io
    40•2 years ago

    Holy fuck, these are government sanctioned black shirts. I don’t want to be sensationalist, someone please tell me I’m wrong or misreading this or something.

    • proleEnglish
      11•2 years ago

      DeSantis did it in Florida a year or two ago as well. These people are gearing up for civil war.

        • @blackluster117@possumpat.io
          2•2 years ago

          Honestly, it’s stuff like this that’s got me wanting to move out of California so I can responsibly own firearms. I might sound crazy, but there’s no fucking way some bootlicker is coming through my front door.

          • @DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
            4•2 years ago

            As someone in Tennessee that goes to the range regularly and just found out one of his college friends was concealed carrying every time it wasn’t illegal:

            Eh not worth the rest of the baggage. You, at least, don’t have to worry about right wing death squads or getting kid-trapped by a girl who’s scared to travel out of state for an abortion.

            I’m definitely planning on moving to a state that combines that with a healthy respect for the right to self defense though.

            The problem is those tend to be cold af.

  • Melody Fwygon
    24•2 years ago

    Gross.

    If you live in the USA; Go raise a fuss and holler and make sure that your local House Representative knows that this shit is absolutely facist and unacceptable.

  • Rentlar
    23•2 years ago

    To anyone considering voting for Republicans: this is the party that repeatedly claims it’s for a “Small Government”.

  • possibly a catB
    13•2 years ago

    Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations — or Gov Ops

    Can we stop referring to them as libertarians yet?

    There is nothing liberatory about secret police with nearly unlimited scope, or subsidizing oligarchs, or letting the rich and powerful exploit labor and get away without paying taxes. There is nothing horizontal about the organization of an authoritarian state. There is no consent when you are told how to speak, think, dress, act, eat, behave.

    Libertarianism is radical: From the beginning it meant anarchy and indicated horizontal power structures, it’s supposed to empower rather than trap, it’s supposed to put the powers of social maintenance back in the hands of the members of society. It is inherently anti-fascist, opposing both corporations and captured/vertical governance. Disagree with it all you want, but it has nothing in common with the American right-wing. Classical libertarianism - anarchy - is arguably as far left as you can get. These two ideologies are natural enemies.

    The whole world needs less secret police and more liberation, imo. This headline is a rather scary development.

  • ArtZuronEnglish
    9•2 years ago

    Reminds me of those unmarked police goons Trump set up to kidnap people during the protests and riots about them (the police) murdering people.