“Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we’ve been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it.

Further, it’s important to bear in mind I’m being called a traitor by men like former Vice President Dick Cheney. This is a man who gave us the warrantless wiretapping scheme as a kind of atrocity warm-up on the way to deceitfully engineering a conflict that has killed over 4,400 and maimed nearly 32,000 Americans, as well as leaving over 100,000 Iraqis dead. Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American, and the more panicked talk we hear from people like him, Feinstein, and King, the better off we all are.”

Edward Snowden - HERO. 
If you can’t trust [us], we are going to have some problems here

- President Obama on the PRISM surveillance scandal.

Looks like we’re going to have problems…

New York & California are in a heated battle for who-has-the-worst-politicians. Looks like the winner is going to be none of us. 

My favorite tweet. 

My favorite tweet. 

(via amarkedman)

Domestic surveillance agency is mad that their privacy has been violated… que the tiny violins. 

The National Security Agency’s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place to hide. If a dictator ever took over, the N.S.A. could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.

former Senator Frank Church, 1975

via YAL

“Turn-key Tyranny.”

“Can you believe it? This guy is still sexting this girl!” 
http://obamaischeckingyouremail.tumblr.com/

Can you believe it? This guy is still sexting this girl!” 

http://obamaischeckingyouremail.tumblr.com/