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Republicans Want Rubio to Be Able to Revoke Your Passport
House Republicans eyeing legislation that would give the Trump administration, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in particular, broad powers to revoke American citizens' passports are having second thoughts in the face of public backlash.
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A House GOP bill would give the secretary of state the ability to revoke some passports.[image or embed] -- Newsweek (@newsweek.com) Sep 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A House GOP bill would give the secretary of state the ability to revoke some passports.[image or embed]
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This is one of the reasons my wife and I decided to get our travelling done in this year.
The other was the expected crash of the Trump economy.
#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-16 03:58 PM | Reply
To suppress and control their people, Imperial Japan utilized the notorious Kempei Tai, which roughly translates into "Secret Thought Police." covers.openlibrary.org
"Americans! You will think the way we want you to, or I will revoke your passports!" Signed, Empty Suit Marco Rubio
#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-16 04:09 PM | Reply
Just wait until Dark Brandon gets back into office...
#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-09-16 09:28 PM | Reply
Hearing stuff like this kinda makes me wish Obama would have done all the stuff Alex Jones said he was going to do.
#4 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-09-17 12:28 PM | Reply
Hearing stuff like this kinda makes me wish Obama would have done all the stuff Alex Jones said he was going to do. #4 | POSTED BY HORSTNGRABEN A
What did you hear? The link doesn't go anywhere.
My understanding is it allows the State Department to reject or revoke a passport, if they find the individual is materially connected with a terrorist organization. Then the individual can file a petition and "request a hearing to appeal such denial or revocation not later than 60 days after receiving notice of such denial or revocation."
Seems reasonable, has due process.
Let me guess you think in America, they should be able to name streets after Muslim terrorists. And if someone objects, you'd call them an Islamophobe?
#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-17 12:52 PM | Reply
My understanding is it allows the State Department to reject or revoke a passport, if they find the individual is materially connected with a terrorist organization.
So then all Trump has to do is declare Democrats to be terrorist.
#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-17 12:57 PM | Reply
Just being against facism (antifa) will soon get you labeled a terrorist.
Following recent left-wing violence and the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump stated on September 15, 2025, that he is in favor of designating the anti-fascist (Antifa) movement as a domestic terrorist organization.
Only one problem. Antifa is not a group. It's an ideology.
www.thecentersquare.com
#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-17 01:04 PM | Reply
"Terror" isn't a group either, but there a war on it anyway.
#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-17 01:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
-So then all Trump has to do is declare Democrats to be terrorist.
He called the George Floyd protestors terrorists but that carried no legal weight.
It sure scared the hell out of businesses who were worried damage to their property would be from a "terrorist act" which is either included or excluded on their commercial insurance policies. Every year that has to be re-rejected.
#9 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-17 01:07 PM | Reply
Donald Trump stated on September 15, 2025, that he is in favor of designating the anti-fascist (Antifa) movement as a domestic terrorist organization.
Someone should have asked him if Antifa was in the room with him now.
#10 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-09-17 01:36 PM | Reply
"The other was the expected crash of the Trump economy."
Did you look at the dollar today?
The fed cut interest rates. The dollar is in freefall.
You're too poor to afford anything else.
#11 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-09-17 03:22 PM | Reply
Sorry, that sounded personal. Americans are too poor to afford Europe.
#12 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-09-17 03:24 PM | Reply
The US is the new Argentina.
#13 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-09-17 03:24 PM | Reply
Huh. I'm going to Vienna next week. Guess I'm not an America, eh?
#14 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-17 03:29 PM | Reply
#14: www.visitingvienna.com
#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-17 03:38 PM | Reply
President can't designate Domestic Terrorist groups
Here's the due process :
Record compilation: The State Department, in consultation with the Department of Justice and the intelligence community, compiles an "administrative record." This record uses both classified and open-source information to demonstrate that the organization meets the legal criteria for designation. Consultation: The Secretary of State consults with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury on the intended designation. Congressional notification: The Secretary of State sends a confidential communication to key congressional leaders, notifying them of the intent to designate the organization and providing the factual basis for it. Publication: Seven days after the congressional notification, the designation is published in the federal register. Effective date: The designation officially takes effect upon publication in the federal register.
#16 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-17 03:48 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
Americans are too poor to afford Europe. #12 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER
This is funny.
Europeans can't even afford AC.
#17 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-17 03:50 PM | Reply
Just curious, other than a few good comments, do you Americans even understand how your system works?
#18 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-17 03:51 PM | Reply
do you Americans even understand how your system works?
#18 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT Gosh. I dunno.
Why don't you tell us how it works Comrade. You being a foreign agitator here in the free world on a work VISA should make you the expert eh?
#19 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-17 03:56 PM | Reply
You don't understand Trump and his cult, do you.
#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-17 05:47 PM | Reply
Does Trump?
#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-17 05:48 PM | Reply
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