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19. Shades of J. Edgar Hoover

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:36 PM

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DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email [View all] erronis 15 hrs ago OP

Freedom of speech............. Lovie777 15 hrs ago #1

Only for the wealthy sycophants .nt Javaman 13 hrs ago #17

Kick dalton99a 15 hrs ago #2

The myriad tentacles... GiqueCee 15 hrs ago #3

All you have to do is Cha 14 hrs ago #7

No kidding popsdenver 14 hrs ago #9

I think that it costs them a good amount of money doing this. kerry-is-my-prez 13 hrs ago #13

Signed in? stillspkg 13 hrs ago #12

They have no case. They're harrassing him. Joinfortmill 14 hrs ago #6

Idi Amin called. He wants his banana republic back. peppertree 14 hrs ago #8

This is exactly what one would expect from a Nazi government..... wolfie001 14 hrs ago #10

Did Hitler also wear diapers? erronis 13 hrs ago #15

He was a vegetarian supposedly wolfie001 2 hrs ago #20

Whoever hunted him down over a letter should face charges. Scrivener7 14 hrs ago #11

..... but I'm only 63, not 67...... ? Jack Valentino 13 hrs ago #14

OK, I never sent any such letters or emails, BUT---- if they Jack Valentino 13 hrs ago #16

Move over O'Brien. We have Gestapo Google. Grins 12 hrs ago #18

Shades of J. Edgar Hoover LiberalArkie 12 hrs ago #19

Who liked to don dresses by the way wolfie001 2 hrs ago #21

Welcome to the Soviet Socialist States of America DFW 2 hrs ago #22