MAGA rot updates: MAGA's surveillance state update; MAGA's kleptocracy update

Context

Among people paying attention, Project 2025 is a well-known manifesto of authoritarianism and kleptocracy for American government, and MAGA elites and supporters. Anti-democracy and pro-corruption goals are clearly described. Nationwide, the GOP has bought into and now supports the deep moral rot that Project 2025 has in store for us regular citizens. At the same time but maybe less well known, is MAGA's unspoken plan to allow MAGA elites free to be pedophiles, thieves, slanderers, traitors, and grifters. Today's updates exemplify both the authoritarian and kleptocrat prongs of MAGA politics and policy.

MAGA authoritarianism: CNET reports that Republican Project 2025 legislators in Michigan have proposed a ban on a broad swath of internet content and privacy. The proposed law would
ban porn and VPN use. The porn ban is probably inspired by Christian nationalist theocrats in the MI legislature. eliminating VPNs will make it easier to build a deep surveillance state in accord with Project 2025's overall tyranny goals.

Authoritarian governments worldwide ban or severely restrict VPNs for easier surveillance and population control. VPN banning is a hallmark of digital authoritarianism. Plus, it is a two-fer for dictators, plutocrats, theocrats and kleptocrats. It allows easier surveillance of all online activities, and prevents access to information that challenges tyrants' propaganda and lies. It's no wonder that VNP banning is so popular with tyrants! 

Old Testament-style hellfire and brimstone theocrats just love VPN and porn bans. It's righteous discipline inflicted by an infinitely tolerant and understanding God.

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MAGA kleptocracy: MSNBC reports about major MAGA corruption by a MAGA elite. This  is what a kleptocratic MAGA government will tolerate. Major corruption by high-level MAGA operatives presumably virtue signals loyalty and necessary moral rot to other MAGA elites.    

In this sordid tale, the FBI recorded MAGA elite and White House border czar Tom Homan accepting $50,000 in cash. The quid pro quo for that graft was that Homan promised would help the undercover FBI agents posing as business executives to win government contracts. The FBI and the Justice Department planned to wait to see whether Homan would deliver on his alleged promise once he became the nation’s top immigration official. But the case was quashed by djt soon after he became president. djt's MAGA thugs in the FBI officially closed the investigation.

Justice and the rule of law have been officially gutted for our corrupt MAGA elite Homan. Like it or not, this is MAGA's new normal for government. Homan gets to keep the $50,000 (our tax dollars, by the way) as a reward for his loyalty and fine service. 👍 /s

The rest of us:

We just paid Homan

$50,000 of our money!