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Holy fuck, look at this shit show on the stage. WTF is that zombie on the right doing, does he not realize he's on camera? Joe looks pissed or he's struggling to stand up right. Kamala is, well, Kamala. But listen to this shit....

She starts off with thanking Biden for lowering costs for Americans. Continuing to deny inflation doesn't make it not exist. But the real point, pharmaceuticals....and Russell rips them apart.

 
5th Circuit agrees that Biden administration was working with social media companies to silence dissent.


5th Circuit finds Biden White House, CDC violated First Amendment
The Washington Post (archive.ph)
By Cat Zakrzewski
2023-09-09 00:06:40GMT

The 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the Biden White House, top government health officials and the FBI likely violated the First Amendment by improperly influencing tech companies’ decisions to remove or suppress posts on covid-19 and elections.

The decision is largely a victory for conservatives who’ve long argued that social media platforms’ content moderation efforts restrict their free speech rights.

The judges’ decision modifies a lower court’s injunction, barring some government officials in the White House and FBI from coercing social media platforms to take down or otherwise limit posts on their website.

The ruling, written by three judges appointed by Republican presidents, comes after the 5th Circuit temporarily blocked an order that had put wide ranging restrictions on the Biden administration’s communications with social media firms. That order had named a wider range of government agencies, including the departments of Health and Human Services, State and Homeland Security as well as the U.S. Census Bureau. The 5th Circuit removed them.

The judges wrote that the White House likely “coerced the platforms to make their moderation decisions by way of intimidating messages and threats of adverse consequences.” They also found the White House “significantly encouraged the platforms’ decisions by commandeering their decision-making processes, both in violation of the First Amendment.”

A White House spokesperson said in a statement that the Justice Department was “reviewing” the decision and evaluating its options.

“This Administration has promoted responsible actions to protect public health, safety, and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic and foreign attacks on our elections,” the White House official said. “Our consistent view remains that social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take account of the effects their platforms are having on the American people, but make independent choices about the information they present.”

The decision is likely to have a wide-ranging impact on how the federal government communicates with the public about key public health issues and the 2024 elections.

The appeals court judges found that pressure from the White House and the CDC affected how social media platforms handled posts about covid-19 in 2021, as the Biden administration sought to encourage the public to obtain vaccinations.

The judges also zeroed in on the FBI’s communications with tech platforms in the run-up to the 2020 elections, which included regular meetings with the tech companies. The judges wrote that the FBI’s activities were “not limited to purely foreign threats," citing instances where the law enforcement agency “targeted” posts that originated inside the United States, including some that stated incorrect poll hours or mail-in voting procedures.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and it was not immediately clear if it would appeal the ruling.

The Justice Department had argued that District Judge Terry A. Doughty’s July 4 ruling was overly broad and could “chill” a wide range of lawful communications between the government and social media companies, especially in the face of public emergencies.

Any appeal of the order would bring the debate over online speech before the Supreme Court, which is already expected to take up conflicting appeals court rulings over state social media laws this year.

The decision did limit the scope of Judge Doughty’s injunction, which had specifically named leaders at DHS, HHS and other agencies exempted. The judges on Friday said many of those individuals “were permissibly exercising government speech.”

“That distinction is important because the state-action doctrine is vitally important to our Nation’s operation — by distinguishing between the state and the People, it promotes ‘a robust sphere of individual liberty,’” the 5th Circuit judges wrote
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And nothing will happen.

Speaking of violating rights - New Mexico decreed guns illegal to concealed or open carry (both are legal, with or without a permit) and calls it a "Public health emergency"? Their state constitution says the state government subject to up to a 2 million dollar fine for the violation of someone's Constitutional rights, which this does.

ETA - I just saw the gun thread :sadwalk:
 
Biden skipping 9/11....taking another vacation, this one in Alaska.

Obama and Trump were shit on by opposing sides for their amount of vacation, but Biden makes them both look like workaholics. They powers that be can't do enough to keep him away from the White House.
 
MMM PEACH MINT!

there has been so much coverup of Biden's garbage and this is really the only way to get it out into the open.

recall they impeached trump for asking about what we now know is clear corruption with Ukraine.
 
Evil gator said:
MMM PEACH MINT!

there has been so much coverup of Biden's garbage and this is really the only way to get it out into the open.

recall they impeached trump for asking about what we now know is clear corruption with Ukraine.
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As McCarthy moves on with the deserved impeachment, NYT's first article immediately calls him, "The far right Republican Kevin....". Aren't all Pubs far right to them? Thoughts on the theory that he's only doing this as lip service to save his ass after Gaetz ripped him a new one?

They shouldn't be allowed to call any of these one sided rags "journalism".
 
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As McCarthy moves on with the deserved impeachment, NYT's first article immediately calls him, "The far right Republican Kevin....". Aren't all Pubs far right to them? Thoughts on the theory that he's only doing this as lip service to save his ass after Gaetz ripped him a new one?

They shouldn't be allowed to call any of these one sided rags "journalism".
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They call Romney far right. They call Joe Rogan far right
 
J. F. C. Having your own opinion and not wanting WW3 is now treason...The accusation that he took Starlink offline in Ukraine to prevent Ukraine from defending itself in 2022 is just that, an accusation

Is Elon Musk a traitor? US to hold closed-door meeting over whether billionaire is conducting own foreign policy​



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Is Elon Musk a traitor? US to hold closed-door meeting over whether billionaire is conducting own foreign policy

U.S. Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren is demanding an investigation into SpaceX, whose CEO Elon Musk could have disrupted Ukraine's attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet by refusing to connect the Starlink network in occupied Crimea, Bloomberg reported on Sept. 12.
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NEW: Nancy Pelosi admits that Kamala Harris does nothing and says the reason for this is because that’s the role of the Vice President, to literally do nothing.Remarkable.“She's the vice president of the United States. So when people say to me: ‘well, why isn't she doing this or that?’ I said, because she's the vice president.”“That's the job description. You don't do that much. Mm-hmm, you know, you, you know?”
 
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NYT and WaPo also had articles on why Biden shouldn't run again. As we predicted, they're looking for ways to abandon the sinking Biden ship before he is also indicted.

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Who do they have to step up? Newsome and Big Mike?

RFK Jr is hinting at a 3rd party run...
 
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