Today was a terrible day for freedom in the United States. Sadly, we seem to have more of these as time goes one, the US has certainly been trending towards a police state since 9-11. First up, the US Senate confirmed Gina "The tortue queen" Haspel. This is a human who not only supported torture, but instructed subordinates to perform torture acts and then tried to destroy the evidence of it. She has the demeanor to be Hitler's right hand and it is a real shame her power is being elevated to a position of even more power.
Second, the US House of Representatives passed HR 5698, which creates police officers as a new protected class. Any injury or attempt to injure an officer is a federal hate crime under this bill. This is at a moment when murders committed by police are trending up and police killed in the line of duty are trending down. A law like this has never been less needed than today, yet here we are. That blue line that separates police from civilians is even wider now. Sadly, it had widespread bipartisan support, agains showing that when it comes to oppression and tyranny, both parts are willing to work together to support it.