r/SipsTea • u/Previous_Month_555 • Aug 30 '26
Dank AF Bernie Sanders introduces Anti-Flock Camera Bill
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u/MagicRabbitByte Aug 30 '26
It will never pass - The total surveillance state is the wet dream of those in power.
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u/LocalActingWEO Aug 30 '26
As long as they are not the ones being surveilled
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u/HyenaThen572 Aug 30 '26
Time to buy a flock subscription and start posting their movements I guess.
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u/arson714 Aug 30 '26
Fight fire with fire, I like it
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u/pleasetrimyourpubes Aug 30 '26
Wait flock let's people buy subscriptions? Maybe HOA sponsored "neighborhood watch"? That would be funny. They are meant for the police state.
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u/Top5CutestPresidents Aug 30 '26
what if we all pooled together and said we wanted to track bigfoot or something
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u/Warcraft_Fan Aug 30 '26
It'll get banned real fast if someone manages to catch Trump porking Putin in the back of a limo.
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u/TheDebonairQuokka Aug 30 '26
Not sure who's the top in that situation...
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u/isimplysay Aug 31 '26
Are you sure? I feel like I know the answer, and it's not my president.
Hint: I'm not Russian.
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u/BasicallyGuessing Sep 03 '26
Part of the deal is money. The other part is getting on the “excluded from data collection” list where the software ignores you. Need to get a job at flock to access the master list.
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u/kangarooneroo Aug 30 '26
Lol look at the ceos, and other "important peoples" homes on google an such. Its always blurred out. Turns out privacy is only for the epstien class so they can hide your daughters. Us poors can't have that, the elites need to know when to bring the boots down on our necks, so they gotta know when were talking about fighting back.
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u/klopnmkl Aug 30 '26
Luigi did nothing wrong
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u/finalremix Aug 30 '26
Because of Luigi, a buddy of mine got a handful of claims accepted by his insurance for a couple months. Pretty serious shit, too, so it was a major boon to his health.
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u/Redd235711 Aug 30 '26
I've always felt that Luigi was doing a public service, but it never occurred to me that he very well may have saved more lives in the long run until now.
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u/No-Station4446 Aug 30 '26
its the discrepancy in power that the collective is getting to know how it truly works. If i fuck up in my job, what are the consequences versus someone in power. its all fun and games until the smoke and mirrors become irrelevant.
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u/turbosexophonicdlite Aug 30 '26
At bare minimum thousands have died because of the practices of United healthcare that could have easily lived. Luigi absolutely did the country a service.
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u/No_Internal9345 Aug 30 '26
Russia, China, Israel...
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u/Katzington2319 Aug 30 '26
Saudi Arabia, UAE, probably North Korea on some level...
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u/Valuable-Struggle-10 Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
Trump points the finger and gives thumbs up for approval
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u/trq- Aug 30 '26
That would be unfair, don’t you think? I mean, they’re the elite, they’re just better people 😎
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u/titanicmicropenis Aug 30 '26
Don't you just love the smell of plutocracy in the morning?
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u/MrNobody_0 Aug 30 '26
Bernie is the guy Americans should have put in power.
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u/Naaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh Aug 30 '26
Agreed. He wouldn’t have made enough money for either side of the political spectrum and that’s why we got fuckin shafted.
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u/nalaloveslumpy Aug 30 '26
Bruh, that's how primaries work. The DNC was putting their full might behind Clinton because she was the DNC's primary candidate and Bernie was the challenger.
It's not a conspiracy. It's literally how this shit works. Also, Trump literally won the Republican primary five days before Clinton won the Democratic primary, so I don't know where you're coming up with this horseshit:
The DNC stopped campaigning against trump and put their full might against Bernie
Have we forgotten that Trump was a long shot in that primary and that his victory was a surprise? And probably the only reason he won that primary was because there like two hundred fucking candidates? He didn't even break 50% of the popular vote.
I voted for Bernie twice, so I'm sure there's a ton of policies we agree on, but you gotta get your head out of your fucking ass.
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u/SunshineSkies82 Aug 30 '26
I get verbally assaulted for saying this on the politics boards lmao. Bernie has fought for THE PEOPLE for 60 years and yet, the people who benefit from the ideology he stands for , absolutely hate him.
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u/MisterTruth Aug 30 '26
The problem is the DNC didn't play in 2016 because it was Hillary's turn.
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u/Individual_Stan99 Aug 30 '26
You can still support his policies and vote for the people he endorses.
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u/EternalNewCarSmell Aug 30 '26
However, there is a case in NY right now that is likely to succeed in showing Flock (and similar cameras) are against the state constitution. A provision of it that is just the 4th amendment of the US Constitution, verbatim. Once it's fully concluded this case will open the floodgates for well-supported challenges to mass surveillance cameras.
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u/MedonSirius Aug 30 '26
All of what they do right now to prevent something like the French Revolution. That's why Trump was elected. The tactic is working. Squid Game is no longer in a cave somewhere on an island. It's live on our TVs! And people have elected for the elites on top and the casualities will be us.
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u/Real-Distance-5631 Aug 30 '26
But those in "power" are meant to work for the people that voted them in. If they truly work for the people that voted them in, then this bill should be passed no problem. The issue we run into is everyone trying to hide other things under the guise of the bill title.
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u/Sol-Bad-Sol-Goode Aug 30 '26
The thing is, the people do not hold them to account. Americans really need to learn from the French when it comes to demanding things.
Too many politician's are in the pockets of corporations.
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u/nalaloveslumpy Aug 30 '26
Nothing will pass until Dems have majorities in both chambers, but this is absolutely the type of legislation that Dems should be introducing and screaming about from the mountain tops right before midterms.
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u/KIND_REDDITOR Aug 30 '26
It will never pass
That's Bernie's specialty. Introducing bills which will never pass.
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u/DataGOGO Aug 30 '26
Yep, just look at the UK / the EU. They already have cameras everywhere, have government digital ID's on your phone, and are pushing internet ID systems so they can track what you do on the internet.
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u/Slayer_Jesse Aug 30 '26
Im hardly a Bernie glazer but theres a timeline wher the DNC didn't screw him and none of the past decade of US politics happened.
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u/Rare_Big_7633 Aug 30 '26
100%
Bernie would’ve also shutdown gain of function research to fund actual universal healthcar. So not only would Covid be prevented from existing, American healthcare system would be much healthier.
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u/Krell356 Aug 30 '26
Let's be realistic here. Covid happens in that timeline too. The only difference is that likely less people die. However since a lot of those deaths and disease spreading were caused by individuals completely ignoring lockdown, they would have still happened.
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u/SingleInfinity Aug 30 '26
A big part of people ignoring lockdown was those in power fucking up messaging and downplaying covid because it made them look incompetent.
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u/turbosexophonicdlite Aug 30 '26
The Trump administration gave all the shit heads permission to be garbage publicly, instead of hiding it in polite society. There'd obviously still be some crybabies that pitched a fit over the lockdown, but definitely way fewer if we had a competent administration in power.
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u/LordoftheJives Aug 31 '26
Agreed I think it says a lot that Neo Nazis came to more prominence during Trump's first term rather than either of Obama's terms. He made them feel comfortable and that was before COVID.
That said I don't think either side handled COVID well in all honesty. Trump said everything was fine while Fauci and Dems gave a lot of contradictory information about it like sunlight neutralizing it while also restricting outdoor activities. Don't get me started on curbside cocktails as if that didn't encourage drinking and driving or masks off being ok sitting in a restaurant as if that isn't the same concept as smoking and non smoking sections.
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u/Krell356 Aug 31 '26
You know the funniest info ive found out about covid since the whole debacle was watching the doctors at my hospital scratch their heads at the contradictory results they were seeing in smoking patients. Turns out that nicotine use actually helped against covid but the lung damage from all the smoking made it worse.
They started noticing that patients who asked for nicotine patches but hadn't been smoking for a super long time or too heavily were doing significantly better than both the heavy smokers and the non-smokers, but only when nicotine patches were being administered.
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u/Krell356 Aug 30 '26
The part that everyone always forgets is that eugenics is only bad when it's forced. There is absolutely nothing wrong with people making personal choices about who they do or don't sleep with.
Got a genetic disease that you are guaranteed to pass down to your children? Maybe adopt instead. The government telling you "no." Is bad, you coming to that decision yourself to not pass along your condition or possibly a worse version of it to your kids is admirable. Yet it is still eugenics, just not being forced or applied at large scale.
Sometimes just making sure people are well informed is enough to get people to make better decisions. That said the reason it has such a nasty reputation is not only due to history, but because it doesnt work at all when the dumbest of the dumb are the ones who are the most hellbent on procreation.
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u/No-Station4446 Aug 30 '26
Eugenics is like sex, dont tell me who i fuck, or what i fuck. While you are trying to fuck.
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u/triggered__Lefty Aug 30 '26
as well as making up safety measures that anyone with common sense knows are pointless.
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u/CatsAndCapybaras Aug 30 '26
there is no concrete public connection between GOF research and covid19. Scientists still mostly support the species jump hypothesis with bats being the previous reservoir.
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u/Icy-Indication-3194 Aug 30 '26
How would that affect a pandemic that originated in China?
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u/CatsAndCapybaras Aug 30 '26
There is a popular (internet) theory that SARS-CoV-2 was accidentally released from a lab in Wuhan. While it is a worthwhile theory for science to investigate, the main reason why so many people believe it is MAGA propaganda that Fauci funded the research because he is a secret deep state communist.
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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN Aug 30 '26
It's also the official stance of the white house. They've got a whole page on it. Which is how you can be absolutely certain it's completely made up.
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u/aquaculturist13 Aug 30 '26
yes the gain of function research that funded grants, at most, in the tens of millions in the decade prior to COVID, would've definitely covered universal healthcare
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u/nalaloveslumpy Aug 30 '26
Covid would absolutely still have happened. You can't "stop" a pandemic in the way that your thinking. But with the spread and the economic effects would have been much less.
But that's also true had literally anyone else in the world had been in charge during the pandemic than Trump.
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u/jibbodahibbo Aug 30 '26
For real. But some people couldn’t let that happen I guess. Biggest political screw job in recent history. Maybe he didn’t want it that bad though.
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u/nalaloveslumpy Aug 30 '26
What a reddit thing to say. I voted for Bernie twice but the DNC didn't "screw" him. In a primary, there's the party candidate (that was Clinton) and then there are the challengers (that was Bernie). The DNC absolutely puts all their money and efforts behind their party candidate and it's up to the challengers to overcome that massive advantage through grass roots campaigns.
Bernie lost the primary because leftists didn't bother to fucking show up. And some of them that did were too fucking dumb to understand they needed to be registered as Dem to vote in the Dem primary for their state because they never fucking voted before.
Something important to keep in mind about the 2016 primary was that Bernie lost the popular vote in CA, NY, & CT - three of the nations most left-leaning states. So that leaves us with two maxims: Either left leaning voters don't show the fuck up (which there is a mountain of historical evidence for) or left leaning voters are truly a minority of a minority in the Dem party.
Since we're seeing left leaning candidates win primaries, that leaves us with most likely answer is that they just don't show the fuck up.
So show the fuck up.
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u/Continental__Drifter Aug 30 '26
Sorry, but it was HER TURN
to throw the election to a fascist pedophile, ushering in the collapse of the US as a global power and a new era of surveillance-based repression
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u/Chemical-Swing-420 Aug 30 '26
If forced to vote on the bill, it'll show who actually supports Flock Cameras and who to vote out.
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u/Dry-Lab-6256 Aug 30 '26
Yeah, we had that wake up call with Politicians supporting Israel, but you know vote Blue no matter who bullshit.
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u/JonEdwinPoquet Aug 30 '26
I’m from a very red state and the people here also don’t want this Flock garbage.
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u/TheMellerYeller Aug 30 '26
Good thing the GOP works to benefit its own ba— oh wait…
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u/JonEdwinPoquet Aug 30 '26
Our city is blue, just voted in a liberal gay Mayor, yet Flock is trying to get established here. Nobody seems to want to claim responsibility for it happening.
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u/jibbodahibbo Aug 30 '26
Kinda weird. Not a single person I know likes them and yet here we are.
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u/JigglesTheBiggles Aug 30 '26
Because our government does not work for us and does not care about us.
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u/WigglyLimpo Aug 30 '26
It's easier to shitpost and then go on like nothing is happening than to actually galvanize and do something. Apathy and bad actors will prevent any real change from happening in this country and a majority of people won't really care. For every one person who has the will to fight, there are 500 more who couldn't be bothered. It's progressed from the frogs not noticing they're being boiled to actively being okay with being boiled.
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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 Aug 30 '26
“If it passes”
No way in hell our bought & paid for politicians let it pass.
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u/nerdsports Aug 30 '26
While he means it and it’s the right thing to do, it will be shot down by the GOP using completely nonsense reasoning.
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u/Tripl3Dee Aug 30 '26
I'm guessing somewhere between 66-80% of politicians are enjoying the kickbacks, let's not limit this to GOP.
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u/burritosandbeer Aug 30 '26
The benefit here is that those who vote it down will be on record as having done so. I'm sure Bernie doesn't think it will pass either, but building the record on it lays groundwork for better politicians to primary those who would sell us all out
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u/with_explosions Aug 30 '26
The benefit here is that those who vote it down will be on record as having done so.
So sick of seeing this shit. We've been seeing this for the last decade. When is this "benefit" going to pay off?
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u/Carpeted_Bathroom2 Aug 30 '26
Wdym? Are you saying the party that purposefully interfered with Bernie's primary campaign so they could put a right leaning establishment dem forward, then run said establishment dem again the following election just to then pull him from the race at the last minute, instead putting forward the female establishment dem without a democratic primary election during a presidential election where the GOP candidate is temu Hitler bent on destroying democracy as we know it, doesn't have the American people's best interests at heart?
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u/JackieDaytona77 Aug 30 '26
This is a common misconception. Most of Bernie’s bills were also shot down by Democrats. Bernie couldn’t get a fart passed in Congress. Nice guy, nice ideas… not to take anything away from him.
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u/SamAzing0 Aug 30 '26
Its a healthy reminder that, despite republicans being as close as you can get to demonic pedophiles, the democrats arent exactly angels.
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u/Unlikely-Answer Aug 30 '26
they're all just rich people, I don't even see sides anymore
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u/SheriffBartholomew Aug 30 '26
Well, the Republicans don't bother hiding them anymore, and the DNC hides them behind bathroom rights.
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u/JustForkIt1111one Aug 30 '26
This is likely to get shot down by both sides. Many of the moves Bernie tries to make get slaughtered by his own side more often than by the other side.
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u/amyjojohnsonsuperfan Aug 30 '26
This is likely to get shot down by Democrats. They don't need Republican help to stab Bernie in the back.
These are not "our guys" just because Trump's are worse. They're the shitters that managed to be so bad they lost the country to Trump.
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u/Cute-Still1994 Aug 30 '26
This is very true, I know many many Republicans that would totally support this bill, and I cant understand why any average person regardless of political affiliation would not support such a bill, however I think enough politicians on both sides will reject it, I can see some on both sides who want the mass surveillance for differing reasons, some will argue to counter terrorism/crime others just a general "safety", but I think they just want the power that eventually results from taking all privacy away, and then there will also be politicians on both sides that don't even look at any of that but will simply reject the bill because there is too much money to be made off this kind of surveillance
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u/_TheBeerBaron_ Aug 30 '26
The reasoning is bribes.
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u/694meok Aug 30 '26
Can we start gofundme to bribe, I mean lobby, politicians to get what we want? Voting is supposed to work, but too many people vote just for "their team" every single time no matter how shit of a job the person does.
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u/shrekerecker97 Aug 30 '26
Thats the real reason.....they will say something like "Flock gives you electrolytes, because its what people crave"
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u/Brewtown Aug 30 '26
You realize that the Democrats love flock just as much right?
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u/Rare_Big_7633 Aug 30 '26
wonder how they’re gonna brainwash the voters to be against banning creepy camera.
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u/WWhiMM Aug 30 '26
Even if it doesn't have the votes to pass, it still serves a political purpose to get the big-government conservatives on the record as supporters of the surveillance state. You want to be able to factually call out the enemies of freedom.
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u/Browncoat64 Aug 30 '26
If the citizens are expected to accept surveillance, then politicians should be forced to wear publicly accessible body cameras.
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u/Glum-Dust8799 Aug 30 '26
Those who vote against it can face the public in November's elections!
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u/ManSplaining84 Aug 30 '26
How is the god damn socialist the one fighting for individual liberty….
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u/PM_ME_UR_RESPECT Aug 30 '26
I’m telling you right now: I don’t think there’s a more bipartisan issue in America right now than Flock cameras.
If you are a smart politician, you are HAMMERING on Flock cameras right now.
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u/Jaggz691 Aug 30 '26
There are representatives on both sides of the aisle trying to do this and it doesn’t matter which side you’re on. YOU should support this!!!!
The most prominent anti-Flock legislation introduced is the Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act (H.R. 9800), sponsored by Rep.
Tim Burchett (R-TN) and introduced on July 21, 2026.
This bill prohibits federal agencies from purchasing, deploying, operating, or accessing automated surveillance systems, including Flock Safety’s license plate readers and facial recognition technology. It also bars state and local governments from using federal funds for these systems and requires the deletion of any data collected in violation within 30 days.
Other notable legislative efforts include:
Surveillance Accountability Act: Introduced by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) in April 2026, requiring warrants before using ALPRs to track citizens.
Federal Funding Withholding: Rep. Massie has announced plans to introduce a separate bill to strip federal funding from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock cameras.
Warrant Requirements: Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) introduced legislation requiring federal authorities to obtain warrants before accessing Flock data.
Planned Bans: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have both vowed to introduce bills for an outright ban on Flock cameras, though neither has been formally introduced as of late August 2026.
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u/TJames6210 Aug 30 '26
It should have been him running for president. Democrats fucked us.
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u/Fly-on-the-Wall-6969 Aug 30 '26
What about introducing a bill to release the Epstein files?
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u/jeff_the_weatherman Aug 30 '26
already been done, it passed almost unanimously, just nothing happened https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_Files_Transparency_Act
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u/Alchoholocaustic Aug 30 '26
Let's wait to see the bill. I assume it will be shot down. Not because Republicans love big brother, but because like any other bill, it will be a suite of unrelated laws, some of which congress will not agree on. And when it gets voted down, MSNBC will run a story about how GOP lawmakers are pro flock. This is politics. Congress is broken.
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u/Ireallyamthisshallow Aug 30 '26
They probably are pro-Flock though. Data is power. Powerful people rarely turn down more power.
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u/Few_Move_4594 Aug 30 '26
The only way this is going to happen is if a Repub heavy hitter comes out in favor of the bill, but Donny T is going to veto anything that's anti-ai
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u/Crovex250 Aug 30 '26
I think the correct path forward is to put this issue in front of each community in the form of a direct referendum, and that referendum should come up everytime the contract with Flock expires. That way, communities that by and large want to experiment and utilize these systems can, and communities that don't want them can flat out say no.
At least that is how it should be for use in the general public. Private property and business owners should be free to use or not use this technology as they want, as the anti shop-lifting applications of this system could save millions by greatly reducing retail theft. This also gives people choice as well, as you can simply shop elsewhere if you don't like a business using such systems.
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u/Braelind Aug 30 '26
Imagine if this guy were in charge of the US, things would be amazing down there. I miss when the future looked bright for the US.
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u/Borc-The-Orc Aug 30 '26
I love when bills are introduced so everyone can watch them die on the floor
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u/SherabTod Aug 31 '26
Not in this legislature. That bill will be outvoted by exactly how many democrats it takes to make it fail
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u/Responsible_Zone134 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
Fortunately as a democracy we can easily vote as a majority and see changes that the majority voted for..
Lol what am I thinking
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u/Honest_Caramel9437 Aug 30 '26
I need one of those “here comes Bernie sanders with a steel chair” memes right about now.
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u/turbulentFireStarter Aug 30 '26
ill be sure to hold my breath. I wonder if Americans will ever start demanding actual change instead of this performative bullshit. honestly Bernie's constant virtue signaling with 0 practical execution is almost as infuriating as the politicians who are just openly corrupt.
we are never getting back out of this hole.
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u/TravisMCatchem Aug 31 '26
Right it’s Bernie’s fault you keep voting these other idiots into office lol 🤦♂️
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u/N3ptuneflyer Aug 31 '26
He’s literally one man out of 100, he can’t do anything unless the Dems agree with him. At least by putting this bill out there future primary candidates can point to an establishment Democrat voting no to this bill and garner more support/votes for candidates that want change.
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u/wutmeanfam Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
This is more “small government” than whatever the fuck this current iteration of Republicanism is. Good for him.
Edit: fuck Flock the company, the owner, and its dystopian efforts of control in “The Land of The Free”. What a fucking joke.
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u/Square_Lime_9929 Aug 30 '26
Bernie Sanders to introduce Bill he knows will fail for headlines, and he will do it again for the next issue popular on social media
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u/J-hophop Aug 30 '26
They need to just elect that guy President! He's clearly their best actual politician.
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u/caspissinclair Aug 30 '26
It's better to fight knowing you'll almost certainly fail than to surrender without fighting at all.
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u/Firecracker048 Aug 30 '26
It's actually been amusing to me watching redditors glaze China then when Chinese style mass surveillance comes having an absolute shit fit over being spied on.
Flock cameras are shit btw and everyone totally shouldn't look into the 3d printed files that cover flock cameras
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u/WilmaTonguefit Aug 30 '26
It won't pass. But try doing this bill again after November.
And I still think that every year there should be federal bills up to a national vote. They need to require 60% to pass and anyone can propose them with enough public support. That way the people can actually control legislation
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u/lordcommanderminis Aug 30 '26
We can’t let Axon slide in covertly while we all focus on Flock. All Ai powered ALPR needs to go.
Don’t let a focus on flock be a red herring for Axon. They are just as bad and potentially worse because they are getting installed on existing power poles and traffic lights.
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u/stonkster69canman Aug 30 '26
Dammit that means I have to support something from Bernie now.... o well lets go Bernie.
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u/Current_Obligations Aug 30 '26
Not sure it would ever get thru...way too much money behind all this and a shit ton of it is going to politicians.
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u/Active_Yellow_1573 Aug 30 '26
I hope this includes the Trump linked Axon, which simply replaces some of the Flock camera contracts that were canceled.
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u/TheSoulessSheppard Aug 30 '26
Idk with that guy pissing off all rep cattle farmers bringing in Argentinian beef china rejected, they might all jump on board with Bernie supporters
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u/TheNPCMafia Aug 30 '26
Does no one here understand the phrase "tilting at windmills"?
Or the word "pandering"?
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u/Fruitcakejuice Aug 30 '26
It’s a nice thought, but since nobody will profit from it, it’s pretty much DOA.
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u/SonoBryceBOSS Aug 30 '26
Just a reminder that the Flock CEO has his house blurred out on Google maps because he wants his privacy but doesn't reapect yours 👍
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u/Iamaghost82 Aug 30 '26
This is a great idea the vast majority of Americans would support, that’s how you know it’ll never pass. Our politicians they we somehow have elected are all cowards and crooks.
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u/java_brogrammer Aug 30 '26
Anti-government surveillance? Sounds like a common republican stance. Surely the GOP won't unanimously oppose this, right guys?
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u/Shirohitsuji Aug 30 '26
I love Bernie.
He never quits even though none of his bills like this ever pass.
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u/Beemer_me_up_Scotty Aug 30 '26
I really love almost every thing that this man does and everything that he stands for.
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u/Psychological_Ad1999 Aug 30 '26
He’s consistently been on the right side of history, I wish the DNC didn’t actively derail his 2016 presidential bid.
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u/Nottmore Aug 30 '26
The amount of these fucking cameras that have popped up in my area over the past couple months is ridiculous. There's a shopping center near me that just in the past week have installed 22 flock cameras.
Not to mention a neighborhood that is phase 3 of building now. Its going to be 286 neighborhood. They have built maybe 2/3 so far and almost all of them have been sold. Just now they are installing the cameras in the neighborhood.
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u/silhouette951 Aug 30 '26
He should attach bonuses for any GOP that votes for it. They can't say no to money
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u/seethenoise Aug 30 '26
even though it won't pass, i hope it's generic. the next company is just waiting to replace them.
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u/SilverSageVII Aug 30 '26
Get out and vote and it might happen. But bless Bernie Sanders for standing up for what’s right. I’d literally follow that man to Hell and back cause I know he’d be leading.
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u/ValuableAd8880 Aug 30 '26
Bernie is the one doing what the people actually want. But he will never win because he’s doing what everybody wants.
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u/Garbage-Away Aug 31 '26
I can’t believe I’m agreeing with Bernie..but FUCK YEAH..go socialist!! You are not gonna make it against the machine..but HELL YEAH!! Go dude
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u/Ok_Record_9908 Aug 31 '26
It's about time someone has the balls to introduce a bill that completely bans flock. Not suprised it took a Democrat to stop mass surveillance. Republicans love depriving us of our rights. VOTE BLUE! 💙👥
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u/Gerry1of1 Aug 31 '26
That's a great idea so you know they'll never pass it or Trump would veto it.
The government's not working for us. It's government by the Corporations, for the Corporations.
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u/KniFeseDGe Aug 31 '26
But I was looking forward to my LEO position to allow me to abuse access and stalk people.
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u/MakePhreciaCore Aug 31 '26
I’m sure that if the house and senate members were the first line of people doxed regularly then this would pass unopposed.
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u/Odinsdaddy53 Aug 31 '26
Trump has money in Axon, another mass surveillance system, so most police departments will just adopt Axon ,when flock is ousted.
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u/IrishwolffMutt Aug 31 '26
It won’t pass bc our government is so twisted and corrupt. But Bernie is the only Senator there that gives a fuck
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u/kshell11724 Aug 31 '26
I feel like Bernie has gotten so good at politics from where he's positioned at. He's a legend to be fair. He knows that these bills wont pass, but also that it will put people on the record as opposing certain issues. The way congress is going to vote is obviously very against the voter base of all potential voters. These issues really give a black and white understanding of where politicians stand, and its a big deal that Sanders is using his position to out corporate Dems for what they are. He really is an amazing person even in his old age.
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u/ElectricThunder12 Aug 31 '26
Gosh he was such a better candidate over Hilary. Hate that the dnc was so overconfident they railroaded him to the side. Then pushed Kamala down our throats. No one wanted her. And yet they still thought she’d have a chance.
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