You quote the first line in the article. Go read the rest.
It’s fucking worse than a police force.
In the event that Gov Ops searches a person’s home, these rules mean that the person 1) must keep the entry a secret, 2) cannot seek outside help (unless necessary for fulfilling the request, the law says), and 3) could face criminal charges if Gov Ops deems them uncooperative.
Ruling class tightening its grip.
They were successful in getting the working class to vote against their own interests since the late 60s.
MKUltra was a success. They found out they couldn’t control people as easily with drugs, so they resorted to other means. i.e. pop culture and influencers.
An important note from the article is that this committee has oversight over institutions who do business with the government, not just government employees. Received grant money, welp now Gov ops can take you down. Won’t be surprised to see it expand beyond institutions and start encompassing individuals, allowing them to take out receivers of social benefits
So those people don’t deserve full protections of the constitution, privacy laws, lawyers if their stuff gets searched, and should be arrested if they don’t comply…?
For their place of business? No, that’s pretty clearly something they can set up within the terms of working for the state government or contracting for them.
And how the "special oversight committee " only works for roughly half of the state government but can still cause people to be fired for not obliging to the Republican will?
I hate to say it, man, but yeah, if you piss off the state government, and you work for them, they’re gonna fire you