The [U.S.] federal government does not need more power. It does not need more tools. It does not need to be able to designate domestic groups as anything. That will only go bad. Anywhere it's ever been done, it goes bad. It creates more of an opportunity for abuse of power.
They have the tools they need. They have *more* tools than they need. They need to use the ones they have, and properly share the information.
If anything, the lack of a response that occurred on [January] 6th, that demonstrates that they have *more* power than they can handle, not that they need more. Because if *you* knew it, and *I* knew it — and we don't have special tools — and we knew what was wrong, why didn't they?
We cannot allow this to become another excuse for a massive power grab to conduct more surveillance of more Americans. And, I know, right now people are scared. And that's okay. You're allowed to be. But just remember, the tone we have to set is that we're going to be anti-authoritarian. That means for *everybody*. We can't endorse authoritarian measures simply because, right now, they're going to be used against the guys with the pointy hats. Because, once the next Trump comes, they're going to be used against the [Black] Panthers. They're going to be used against any marginalized group that is attempting to upset the status quo.
No more tools. Better policy, better information sharing, and better use of the tools that exist.