Ironically, the Republican Party that insists on Voter ID laws requiring would-be voters to fully identify themselves at the polls supports ICE agents who refuse to show their faces, present ID, or stick around after they gun down American citizens in the streets of American cities. Privacy rights are for them, not for we the people.
I.D. For Thee But Not For Me
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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The midterms are coming. The issue of privacy can be the single-plank issue for candidates to run on.
“Candidate. Will you find, arrest, charge, prosecute, and sentence every single person involved in Meta’s facial recognition eyeglass program?”
“Oh, hell yes. I intend to seek life in prison without possibility for parole for every single person involved in that.”
“You’ve got my vote. I’m not too keen on your kitten-torture policies, but, you know, lesser of two evils.”
“Sorry? What? I was strangling this tabby.”
“Don’t worry. Got any fliers I can hand out?”
“Sure. They’re right next to those unredacted pages from the Epstein files that I’m in so prominently.”