As Feared: House Guts USA Freedom Act, Every Civil Liberties Organization Pulls Their Support

As we feared would happen, the House, under pressure from the White House, has completely watered down the USA FREEDOM Act. After a long (and, we've heard, contentious) battle among the different players, the bill that's moving to the floor tomorrow is even less useful than the already weakened version that passed out of both the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. Following the revelation of the new version of the bill late Tuesday, basically every civil liberties organization pulled their support for the bill.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140520/17404727297/as-feared-house-guts-usa-freedom-act-every-civil-liberties-organization-pulls-their-support.shtml

Congress Passes Gutted Beyond Recognition Anti-NSA Bill; Original Co-Sponsor Votes "No"

So it is this watered down, toothless bill that passed this morning. Just in case you still had any doubt what the cretins in Congress are all about. As Mark Twain famously stated:

"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-22/congress-guts-anti-nsa-spying-bill-beyond-recognition-original-co-sponsor-votes-no

What can you expect, the American public is just a massive collection of idiots:

Mitch McConnell Defeats Tea Party-Backed Challenger Matt Bevin in Kentucky Primary

This is what they declare represents them. And the other side is no better. Some choice, evil one and evil two.