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Fold navy 285 Posted 4 years ago
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To get in bed

“It wasn’t long ago that it would take high-tech equipment or a dedicated group of agents to track a person’s movements around the clock. Now, it just takes a few thousand dollars and the willingness to get in bed with shady data brokers,” said Wyden, an Oregon Democrat. “It is an outrage that data brokers are selling detailed location data to law enforcement agencies around the country — including in states that have made personal reproductive health decisions into serious crimes.”

From the Associated Press.

Does the VP "to get in bed" mean "to cooperate" in the context above?

  

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fold navy 285 Does the VP "to get in bed" mean "to cooperate" in the context above? It implies a bit more than that. There is an expression "politics makes strange bedfellows", which is, I have always imagined, is the origin of this expression.

  • fold navy 285 Does the VP "to get in bed" mean "to cooperate" in the context above?
  • It implies a bit more than that.
  • There is an expression "politics makes strange bedfellows", which is, I have always imagined, is the origin of this expression.
  • To get in bed with someone means that you align with them contrary to your usual alignment and share in their culpability.
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fold navy 285Does the VP "to get in bed" mean "to cooperate" in the context above?

It implies a bit more than that. There is an expression "politics makes strange bedfellows", which is, I have always imagined, is the origin of this expression. To get in bed with someone means that you align with them contrary to your usual alignment and share in their culpa

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