If this passes, Rubio can revoke & deny passports to US citizens

[suegeo]

Last edited Mon Sep 15, 2025, 04:29 PM - Edit history (2)

https://truthout.org/articles/new-bill-would-allow-rubio-to-strip-us-citizens-passports-over-political-speech/

The legislation would allow the Secretary of State to strip anyone’s US passport with no legal due process.

The bill, introduced by Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), will come up for a hearing on Wednesday. According to The Intercept:

Mast’s new bill claims to target a narrow set of people. One section grants the secretary of state the power to revoke or refuse to issue passports for people who have been convicted—or merely charged—of material support for terrorism…

The other section sidesteps the legal process entirely. Rather, the secretary of state would be able to deny passports to people whom they determine “has knowingly aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material support to an organization the Secretary has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.”

This shitty legislation is HR5300. It is 248 pages longish.
Section 226 "No passports for terrorists and traffickers"

https://trackbill.com/bill/us-congress-house-bill-5300-department-of-state-policy-provisions-act/2742086/

[suegeo]

1. Rep Mast and Israel

Rep. Mast volunteered with the Israeli military, known as the Israeli Defense Force or IDF, in 2015. He has been a vocal supporter of Israel in Congress.

[subterranean]

2. "Aided, assisted or abetted" can be interpreted very broadly.

For example, it could be used against someone who posts comments or shares a video criticizing Israel's actions in Palestine.

[dalton99a]

3. Or being a registered Democrat

Just watch

[mountain grammy]

4. Bingo!

[TommyT139]

5. All those students who called out the genocide.

...now that they are being proven correct.

It still astounds me that there is any respect for people who support a genocidal theocracy...as long as it isn't the one trying to run this country.

[yellow dahlia]

24. That's what they do.

So conniving!

[allegorical oracle]

6. Rubio and other members of this administration need to bear in mind that at some

point they will just be regular, ol' citizens, again...with neighbors and relatives -- people who remember their behavior while they were in power.

[misanthrope]

13. Obviously they aren't counting on that

Such radical actions lend themselves to the suspicion the perpetrators believe they will never suffer recourse.

[Lonestarblue]

17. They plan to remain in power forever so no one can prosecute them for crimes.

Republicans may have achieved Karl Rove’s dream of permanent Republican rule with Trump now having the military and the Supreme Court aiding him.

[Elessar Zappa]

27. Nothing's permanent.

Hitler’s third reich was 12 years (with terrible consequences).

[LudwigPastorius]

7. Oh shit.

Might be time to consider how to get out of the country if you needed to.

I always wondered about the Germans who waited just a bit too long to flee the Nazis.

[LymphocyteLover]

18. yes, if this passes, depending on the exact language, could be a good time to leave the country before they strip you

[Elessar Zappa]

28. Some of us can't leave.

I have cystic fibrosis and am not independently wealthy so most countries won’t have. Mexico would be an option except they don’t have the one medicine I need to live.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

9. My uncles perilously escaped occupied Poland when there no longer became a way out. nt

[Kablooie]

10. Can he cancel passports while someone is overseas?

Thereby locking a citizen out of the US permanently.

[surfered]

11. I guess this means I'll have to stop posting on DU

[Nigrum Cattus]

15. This is all project 2025 religious extremism

They "believe" this is the end times.
Israel is the central to the "end times"
https://www.statementonchristiannationalism.com/

[suegeo]

23. Mast served in the military, some where in GWB's bullshit wars

Stepped on a land mine or such. Both legs blown off. I googled him and that is the gist of what I read.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/13/brian-mast-chosen-to-lead-powerful-house-foreign-affairs-committee/76945573007/

Mast, who was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was first elected to Congress in 2016. He is a U.S. Army veteran, having worked as an explosive ordnance disposal technician in Afghanistan, where he lost both legs after stepping on an improvised explosive device. He later worked as an explosives expert for multiple federal agencies.

[barbtries]

14. with all the absurd and horrifying propaganda they're spewing,

the Democratic Party will be designated as a foreign terrorist organization.

they do seem hell bent on having their dystopia at any cost.

[Mblaze]

16. Let's define "terrorism" first.

Donald Trump inspired, condoned and allowed an attack on our Capitol that terrorized his own Vice President and then pardoned the imprisoned perpetrators.

[LymphocyteLover]

19. So you're stuck in the US? Or they'll happily deport you then take your passport so you can't get back in?

Is that the deal? Or worse?

[DFW]

20. And when the next Democratic Secretary of State denies passports to the entire Republican Party

The Republicans will be cool with that, right?

[moniss]

21. Some of us tried to warn that this was coming

although I thought they might wait until they stole the mid-terms. They could easily expand this to cover virtually any reason at all. The time to get out grows shorter.

[Cirsium]

22. Insanity

You have to leave! if you can't show proof of citizenship, like a passport for example. Unless you want to get out, in which case we will revoke your passport so you can't leave!

[Pachamama]

25. And prevent you from re-entering

Some people with have options - many won’t and will be left stateless

[Eugene]

26. Trump says he would designate Antifa, other left-wing groups as 'domestic terrorists'

Trump says he would designate Antifa, other left-wing groups as ‘domestic terrorists’

President Donald Trump said Monday he’d consider naming far-left anti-fascism group Antifa as domestic terrorists, previewing a plan to crack down on what he’s cast as a widespread network of left-wing radicals inciting violence.

“It’s something I would do, yeah,” he said when asked whether he would assign a domestic terrorism label to Antifa, saying he would proceed if he found support from Cabinet officials and the Justice Department.

It wasn’t clear who or what exactly Trump would designate; Antifa is a loosely organized movement without a distinct leader, membership lists or structure.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/15/politics/left-wing-groups-trump-domestic-terrorists