As with so many things, the subtle authoritarianism of these "presidential alerts" has less to do with Trump in particular, more to do with the sprawling bipartisan surveillance state that he just happens to be the one presiding over.
You must not be following the correct "left." It's easy to erect a caricature in your mind to make it seem like everyone else must be hypocrite.
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