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The Senate Wants to Impose Martial law

An American citizen judged by the military to be a terrorist sympathizer can be arrested under military law and held indefinitely without due process.

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.

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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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