posted March 13, 2023 11:32 PM            

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This case is a drastic escalation in the use of “disinformation” as an excuse to target dissenting political voices. A regime that previously relied on deplatforming or doxing … now makes use of outright felony prosecutions with the threat of decade-long prison sentences.

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posted March 15, 2023 09:48 PM            

This is in violation of the Sixth Amendment of the Bill of Rights:

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The Sixth Amendment of the Bill of Rights guarantees the right of any criminal defendant to “be confronted with the witnesses against him.” Like most constitutional rights, this law is not absolute, but limitations to it have historically been very limited. Courts have long disallowed anonymous witnesses due to the Sixth Amendment, except in extreme circumstances involving violent, organized criminal organizations with the capacity to retaliate against witnesses and their families. And even then, courts have restricted the right to testify anonymously.

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posted March 15, 2023 10:18 PM            

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His memes were designed to resemble Hillary Clinton campaign images and they encouraged African Americans to "vote" by text to some number.

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African Americans aren't stupid. They and everyone else knows we don't vote by text.

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It could be construed as election fraud or misinformation because it was not a factual way to vote.

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According to Biden's so called DOJ, who has made the targeting and prosecution of the regime's political enemies SOP.

posted March 15, 2023 10:57 PM            

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That I haven't covered this case more is an omission on my part, but it deserves a lot more attention than it's received.

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posted March 15, 2023 10:57 PM            

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Shockingly, Mr. Mackey is being charged with 18 U.S.C. �˜ 241 2, which is a subset of the Enforcement Act of 1870, also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act.3 The charge that Mr. Mackey was �gconspiring with others in advance of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election to use various social media platforms to disseminate information designed to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote�h4 is not only laughable, but also a clear indication that the DOJ does not have a sound grasp on how to interpret the law.

First of all, it is an affront to African Americans lynched and murdered by the Ku Klux Klan that the DOJ is equating their treatment at the hands of racist terrorists to a Florida man posting memes on Twitter. That the DOJ thinks these two things are commensurate should be concerning to anyone. The law Mr. Mackey is accused of violating is clearly intended to criminalize physical violence and intimidation used to prevent people from exercising their rights as outlined in the Constitution, not the sharing of memes on social media. Mr. Mackey caused no one physical harm, did not threaten or intimidate anyone, and certainly did not kill anyone.

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posted March 18, 2023 01:27 PM            

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Originally posted by Dhyana:

African Americans aren't stupid. They and everyone else knows we don't vote by text.

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You do NOT know what everyone else knows and does not know regarding voting. Voting by mail would have unthinkable many years ago, and now it's commonplace.

You do not get to impersonate official candidate or make misleading voting statements or suggestions, then hide behind the "everyone else knows it's a joke" statement.

If on election day I put up a official looking sign in front of my house that states VOTE HERE, and I set up a table with official looking fake voting papers, I do not get to say, oh people are not stupid, everyone knows it's a joke. I will be arrested for election fraud!

This is not a good hill for Republicans/Conservatives to die on.

The meme wouldn't have been so problematic if it targeted everyone, but it specifically targeted African Americans in a country that had a history of messing with their voting rights. This meme inflamed already divisive racial narrative, and gave the democrats ammunitions against the republican party in continuing to paint them as racists and civil rights violators. And we are here wasting breath, time, energy and resources defending this... No Ma'am!

posted March 18, 2023 03:30 PM            

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You do NOT know what everyone else knows and does not know regarding voting. Voting by mail would have unthinkable many years ago, and now it's commonplace.

You do not get to impersonate official candidate or make misleading voting statements or suggestions, then hide behind the "everyone else knows it's a joke" statement.

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posted March 18, 2023 08:17 PM            

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Originally posted by jwhop:
So, how did this voting meme target African Americans?

Surely, you're not suggesting this voting info only appeared on Black Twitter.

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https://www.revolver.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023.02.06-10.11-rev olvernews-63e17b2e727a2.jpeg

posted March 18, 2023 10:25 PM            

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Originally posted by Belage:
You do NOT know what everyone else knows and does not know regarding voting. Voting by mail would have unthinkable many years ago, and now it's commonplace.

You do not get to impersonate official candidate or make misleading voting statements or suggestions, then hide behind the "everyone else knows it's a joke" statement.

If on election day I put up a official looking sign in front of my house that states VOTE HERE, and I set up a table with official looking fake voting papers, I do not get to say, oh people are not stupid, everyone knows it's a joke. I will be arrested for election fraud!

This is not a good hill for Republicans/Conservatives to die on.

The meme wouldn't have been so problematic if it targeted everyone, but it specifically targeted African Americans in a country that had a history of messing with their voting rights. This meme inflamed already divisive racial narrative, and gave the democrats ammunitions against the republican party in continuing to paint them as racists and civil rights violators. And we are here wasting breath, time, energy and resources defending this... No Ma'am!

We on the right have got to do better!

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posted April 01, 2023 11:44 PM            

Kristina Wong, who did the same thing addressed to President Trump voters in the same 2016 election cycle, has not even been charged. Wong's tweet can be viewed at the link below.

Also notice that Mackey's meme shows him wearing a MAGA hat. It's obvious this isn't from the Clinton campaign, and yet he's been convicted of election interference, an egregious example of our two-tiered system of justice.

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The Justice Unless You Support Trump Department

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This needs to be fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Originally posted by Dhyana:
Jwhop, thank you for posting these so we have the two memes side by side!

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posted April 02, 2023 04:26 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
Remember when Rumpy said that only guilty people plead the 5th, and then he plead the 5th?

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"I once asked, 'If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?'" Trump said in a statement. "Now I know the answer to that question. When your family, your company, and all the people in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounded, politically motivated Witch Hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors, and the Fake News Media, you have no choice. Accordingly, under the advice of my counsel and for all of the above reasons, I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution."