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Resurfaced comments in which new House Speaker Mike Johnson talked about how he and his son monitor each other's online activity using "accountability software" have raised questions about national security.

Johnson, a Republican who was first elected to Congress in 2016, spoke in 2022 about how he installed software called Covenant Eyes on his devices during a panel called "War on Technology" at Cypress Baptist Church in Benton, Louisiana, Rolling Stone reported.

According to a clip first posted on X, formerly Twitter, by a user called Receipt Maven, Johnson spoke about how the subscription-based service helps people abstain from internet porn and "objectionable" websites.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

this shit is so fucking creepy and insane. if literal receipts about the porn i look at came up in a family conversation for any reason whatsoever my brain would melt and explode. how are these freaks so outwardly successful but behind closed doors they're spying on their son's porn viewing??

how does this motherfucker do speaking tours with these blood curdling weird christians and become like the 4th most powerful person in government? why do we keep respecting people who can't even jerk off like an adult? we used to be a proper country! we used to do rebellions!

he doesn't even have any particular juice or charisma! he's just white and clean shaven and wears a button down! give him the fucking keys to congress! jesus fucking christ

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don’t forget, he shares his porn with his son too!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder if he also shares his porn viewing with his black “adopted” “son”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if he was particular in that the adopted child had to be black?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You better believe it, need the poc x-factor

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

*Habits. He shares his porn habits with his son as an accountability measure. Still only slightly less weird though...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, the point of it is to deter you from looking at porn in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Which is like trying to keep the ocean from the shore using a toothpick. Men will always seek out porn even if they have to draw it themselves. It's actually healthy for us and it's also quite important to us in other ways.