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Revealed: JD Vance promoted far-right views in speech about extremists’ book

Up from Conservatism advocates repeal of Civil Rights Act, investigations into ‘gay lifestyle’ and defunding childcare

The Guardian - US · Aug 22, 2024

Douglass Mackey Convicted for Vote-by-Tweet Meme

Here's the E.D.N.Y. U.S. Attorney's Office press release: Douglass Mackey, also known as "Ricky Vaughn," was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his scheme to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote. The verdict followed a one-week trial…

Reason · Mar 31, 2023

The Vote-by-Tweet Memes Prosecution Can Go Forward, Court Rules

Here's the opening of what I wrote about the case in Tablet Magazine two years ago [UPDATE: just to be clear, it's just the opening; I go into a lot more detail in the article itself]: In 2016, a Florida man named Douglass Mackey (using the online alias "Ricky Vaughn")…

Reason · Jan 19, 2023