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mysteryowl

(8,656 posts) Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:48 PM Yesterday

Are we safe on DU from this criminal corrupt regime? [View all]

I just read the article about a 67-year old woman being hunted by DHS for EMAIL posts.

With our screen names it helps protect us, but the NSA can find out who we are.
We post our true feelings about this horrible regime.

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Are we safe on DU from this criminal corrupt regime? [View all] mysteryowl Yesterday OP

We aren't if we cut and run. marble falls Yesterday #1

I'm curious if VPNs help with these sorts of stalking. Conjuay Yesterday #2

Very effective. IrishAfricanAmerican 6 hrs ago #44

Press On ._. Yesterday #3

Give me liberty or give me death. Fuck'em. mobeau69 Yesterday #4

No Cirsium Yesterday #5

I don't think anyone is safe either PatSeg 23 hrs ago #10

They'd literally need canetoad 22 hrs ago #17

... mysteryowl 21 hrs ago #24

It's not possible that the Earth is flat.. Permanut 21 hrs ago #26

... mysteryowl 21 hrs ago #28

.... lindysalsagal 6 hrs ago #45

I'll say it. Stop acting like Trump is omnipotent EdmondDantes_ 22 hrs ago #19

I started this thread because of how bad it is in Minnesota. mysteryowl 21 hrs ago #25

Doesn't mean we should all hide and hope his poor lifestyle fixes things EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #32

I'm going to stop interacting with you now. mysteryowl 20 hrs ago #36

No one is doing that Cirsium 18 hrs ago #41

Begging your pardon? Cirsium 18 hrs ago #40

As I understand it, an email was sent by this woman and they found it threatening. Actually, no one is safe anymore Deuxcents Yesterday #6

Okay. mysteryowl 23 hrs ago #7

I don't care JustAnotherGen 23 hrs ago #8

"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed" - Steve Biko struggle4progress 23 hrs ago #9

Wise words DFW 23 hrs ago #12

Well, I'm good then because as my husband would tell you when he was alive tavernier 22 hrs ago #20

Remember the socialist regime of East Germany DFW 23 hrs ago #11

Watch for it and not let it happen. mysteryowl 23 hrs ago #14

Vigilancw is about the only hope. DFW 23 hrs ago #16

They want to control us through fear. pwb 23 hrs ago #13

My primary is anger for sure. mysteryowl 23 hrs ago #15

There is no safety in the cosmos. Alan Watts Ping Tung 22 hrs ago #18

Agent Mike knows us well... EarthFirst 22 hrs ago #21

No. None of us are safe. Happy Hoosier 22 hrs ago #22

Safety in numbers. DU is a small part of online criticism of this evil regime. It's important to continue highplainsdem 21 hrs ago #23

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin surfered 21 hrs ago #27

Statistically speaking on the internet, DU is very "small potatoes"--- Jack Valentino 21 hrs ago #29

Not to be a downer but... mysteryowl 21 hrs ago #30

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon ("administrative warrant") usonian 21 hrs ago #31

If I wanted to be safe orangecrush 20 hrs ago #33

With all the shit I've talked about the fucking asshole and his nightmare rotation here.. Initech 20 hrs ago #34

... mysteryowl 20 hrs ago #35

DOGE stole most taxpayer information and has resold it . Palantir is stealing SS Data, military, Law enforcement files Bread and Circuses 19 hrs ago #37

Probably not. But we're not safe away form DU, either, so... Iggo 19 hrs ago #38

When I read about the "email woman being Cha 19 hrs ago #39

no one is safe Skittles 18 hrs ago #42

My expectation is they know where we all live. KentuckyWoman 17 hrs ago #43