fyi

This law gives tacit permission to become FAKE NEWS however, it can always be repealed by the 'awoke' unless there is yet another purpose for it…

What the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, which was incorporated into the FY 2013 NDAA, did was to give government officials, specifically the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) officials, the power to disseminate these programs [propaganda] in the United States upon request.

http://www.smithmundt.com/about/

Liberal version (per Wiki-leftist-edia) on NDAA amendment fiscal year 2012

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012

Several news outlets reported that the 2013 NDAA overturned a 64-year ban on the domestic dissemination of propaganda (described as "public diplomacy information") produced for foreign audiences, effectively eliminating the distinction between foreign and domestic audiences.[41][42][43][44] The social news media site BuzzFeed for example quoted an unnamed source saying the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 would allow "U.S. propaganda intended to influence foreign audiences to be used on the domestic population."[43]

And in looking through the NDAA of several years [stemming from 9/11 Patriot Act] it appears AUMF -laws of war vs civilian laws;

this is used as a basis for the 'resistance' over the immigration issues we face right now i.e;

Feinstein-Lee Amendment (was dropped before passing) 2012 NDAA

The NDAA lays out the use of funds for the Department of Defense, has come under attack during the Obama administration for the introduction of a provision in 2012 that allows the military to detain United States citizens indefinitely without charge or trial for mere suspicions of ties to terrorism.

(hence should we allow ISIS brides back into this country?)

This provision was substituted:

Nothing in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541) or the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall be construed to deny the availability of the writ of habeas corpus or to deny any Constitutional rights in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution to any person inside the United States who would be entitled to the availability of such writ or to such rights in the absence of such laws.[33]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2013

Listening to Mark Levin on some history lessons one being how FDR weaponized the IRS against his opponents (sounding like a familiar tact these days Auntie Maxine?)

I dug this up in light of many Resistance liberals accusing Trump of behaving like a 'Nazi- dictator', we (USA) actually came very close to having its own homegrown dictator

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States (1933–45), broke records and defied conventions in what has remained one of the most controversial presidencies in U.S. history. He was the first (and only) president to be elected four times to the office, ignoring the normative two terms instilled by George Washington, and he expanded the powers of the executive branch to unheard-of lengths, namely through his astounding use of the veto power, issuing vetoes a total of 635 times..

https://www.britannica.com/list/9-us-presidents-with-the-most-vetoes