The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR by an official who was not allowed to speak publicly.

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    21 hours ago

    Hmm, they’ve made lists of autistic people, trans people and poor people. These fascists sure do love lists - can’t imagine why.

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      20 hours ago

      As long as they don’t make a list of all the gun owners, they’ll probably retain power.

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          Doubtful that any lists they have are particularly accurate. There’s a lot of loopholes and decentralization/fragmentation on where that information is.

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            19 hours ago

            Several states require firearm registration, as does the fed for certain types of firearms.

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              That’s an interesting way of spelling, “no.”

              Most states do not require firearms registration. There’s a handful that explicitly prohibit it. As far as states that have a general firearms registration is concerned, it’s limited to Hawaii and DC, so sure… you’ll get some people on a list there.

              CA, CT, NY - there’s only a registry for certain types, not all.

              There’s also no federal firearms registry whatsoever.

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                That’s an interesting way of spelling, “no.”

                But the answer isn’t “no”. There are lists. That’s what the registry is. It’s a literal list of people who own firearms.