Big Brother

The DOJ is seeking information about Facebook users who "liked" or put up Disruptj20 pages on Facebook. Now I am not on Facebook having no interest at all in that kind of "social" interaction so please excuse me if some of my phrasing is incorrect for that medium. But the DOJ attorney, directed by the White House, is trying to find out who you are and where you are by ordering Facebook to divulge information. The attorney even argued that "liking" a certain page indicated that you are an enemy of the state, and therefore suspect.

Apparently even liking a page that advised people how to dress in Black Bloc could lead you into a confrontation with the DOJ:

Borchert insisted that liking a particular post — like one showing how to dress in so-called "Black Bloc" attire—could be important to one or more of the roughly 230 felony riot cases the government is pursuing.
"Depending on the post, it could be very probative of criminal intent," the prosecutor said.

The judge has yet to make a determination but even the effort to find you is disturbing. We do still have that pesky thing called a Constitution with its pesky Bill of Rights. Not that Trump understands anything about history or law. Every day he demonstrates his paucity of understanding, but that does not make him laughable, that makes him dangerous.