https://www.yahoo.com/politics/rand-paul-celebrates-nsa-ruling-with-flash-sale-on-118459271026.html
Rand Paul speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition 2015 Spring Kickoff in April in Waukee, Iowa. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty)
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the National Security Agency’s mass phone record collection program is illegal, and Rand Paul was positively ecstatic about it.
A vocal NSA critic, the Republican senator kicked off his 2016 presidential campaign last month with a pledge to put a stop to the agency’s formerly secret practice of collecting data from U.S. citizens in bulk. Though insistent that it will ultimately be up to the U.S. Supreme Court to end the spying program, Paul praised the appeals court ruling as a “step in the right direction” and a “monumental decision for all lovers of liberty” on Thursday.
To celebrate this monumental decision, Paul announced an impromptu flash sale on his “NSA Spy Cam Blocker” via Twitter.
The small piece of Rand-branded plastic, fitted to cover front-facing laptop and tablet cameras through which the NSA is reportedly able to surreptitiously record audio and take pictures, is just one of the many items available at Paul’s campaign website.
Launched when the Kentucky senator announced his candidacy for president, Paul’s online store is something like the presidential campaign version of a museum gift shop or college bookstore, selling buttons, bumper stickers, mugs, apparel and other standard items as well as a bag toss game setup, Rand-themed covers for iPhones, laptops, and even Beats by Dre headphones, as well as a $1,000 signed copy of the U.S. Constitution.
The store also has a “Hillary” section, peddling anti-Clinton T-shirts and bumper stickers, a “Liberty not Hillary” eyesight chart, and “Hillary’s Hard Drive,” a $99.95 novelty email server commemorating the Democratic presidential
what can you say we've known for years that republicans seize any incident to solicit money to forward their political aspirations but really isn't this a bit presumptuous most of us are not being subjected to being spied on and those of us not involved in anything treasonous or criminal who cares? this seems more of a republican scare tactic to raise money for his campaign or himself either way it's deceptive and fear mongering you know the republican way. can people like iphone manufactures or Dr. Dre sue him for altering their devices or something???
