"Ep. 38 The First Amendment is done. Douglass Mackey is about to go to prison for mocking Hillary Clinton on the internet. We talked to him right before his sentencing."
"Whether or not you agree with the judgment, it’s worth understanding this issue"
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"Whether or not you agree with the judgment, it’s worth understanding this issue"
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"Going to jail over memes is insane.
Especially considering the fact he was arrested by the FBI 7 days after Biden took office for posting them during the 2016 election."
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"This meme is still on Kristina Wong's X page. From the same election as Mackey (2016). She received no punishment because she is a democrat activist."
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"Hey 🇺🇸Trump Supporters🇺🇸! Skip poll lines at #Election2016 and TEXT in your vote! Text votes are legit. Or vote tomorrow on Super Wednesday!"
"social media influencer was sentenced today to seven months in prison and fined $15,000 for his role in a conspiracy to interfere with potential voters’ right"
Social Media Influencer Sentenced for Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race
Trump-supporting influencer Douglass Mackey, aka, 'Ricky Vaughan' is jailed for seven months for 2016 election interference after tweeting fake posters toward Hillary Clinton supporters
"'You are not being sentenced for your political beliefs or for expressing those beliefs,' she said. 'Each one of us has the right to hold opinions and express those opinions.' "
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"Donnelly said he was being sentenced for an 'insidious' attempt to stop people from truly voting and was guilty of 'nothing short of an assault on our democracy."
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On Friday, March 14 at 7:03 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Dragon's tenth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-10) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Russia is indeed open to talks where things can be negotiated right now
Ukraine isn’t opposed to negotiations __ but __ it demands certain things be in place first
More weapons and equipment give Ukraine a fighting chance, but a shrinking force undermines their effectiveness over time. Russia’s numerical edge could grind Ukraine down unless casualties or economic collapse force Moscow to relent first
New York Judge Paul Engelmayer just forbade all political appointees — including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — from accessing Dept. of Treasury data, all based on Blueanon conspiracy theories!!