This Dangerous New Law Could Label ANYONE a Terrorist! EVEN YOU! - Thom Hartmann

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1. Given Thom's assessment of the proposed legislation, I remain very confused about the

recent House vote on it that included 52 Democrats. I posted earlier about an article from Common Dreams on this topic.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219718021

No Thanks to These 52 Dems, House Defeats Bill Enabling Trump Assault on Nonprofits

Legislation that would have handed President-elect Donald Trump sweeping power to investigate and shutter news outlets, government watchdogs, humanitarian organizations, and other nonprofits was defeated in the House of Representatives on Tuesday after a coalition of progressive advocacy groups and lawmakers mobilized against it, warning of the bill's dire implications for the right to dissent.

But 52 Democratic lawmakers—including Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.)—apparently did not share the grave concerns expressed by the ACLU and other leading rights groups, opting to vote alongside 204 Republicans in favor of the bill.

One Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, joined 144 Democrats in voting no.

The measure ultimately fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to approve legislation under the fast-track procedure used by the bill's supporters, but progressives wasted no time spotlighting the Democrats who supported the measure.

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I understand that the bill has two parts and that the first part is for a good purpose, but the second part is just awful. So why would 52 Democrats vote for it? I just can't come up with a reasonable rationale for why so many Democrats would do so.