Soviet-style!-----Federal prosecutors assembled detailed personal records on hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans, including the names and home addresses of people who bought MAGA hats.

These were not suspects in any crime.  - Red Wave

They were citizens who spent their own money on campaign merchandise and found themselves catalogued by the government anyway...

• Shipping addresses for hats were treated as relevant to a criminal probe, turning private purchases into government intelligence.
• This is the 
• under the color of law...