The Senate Wants to Impose Martial law

It’s not conspiracy, it’s frightening: The United States may be taking a leap forward towards becoming completely beholden to its military. Last week the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act which, pending full approval, would essentially declare the U.S. homeland a battleground, allowing the military to arrest and detain American citizens defined as “enemy combatants” indefinitely without due process.

This is happening in the hallowed name of the War on Terror, and it’s spitting in the face of the Bill of Rights.

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