It has been six long years since Donny and the GOP started their attack on the results of the 2020 vote…..fraud has been the rallying cry and they, GOP, have tried every move they could think of to try and get the voter reversed.

Just yesterday another of their silly attempts was crapped on by a federal judge…..

A federal judge in Georgia has shut down a Justice Department push to dig back into the 2020 vote in Atlanta’s Fulton County, ruling that a subpoena for information on local election workers went too far and wasn’t justified. US District Judge William Ray called the request’s scope “staggering” and said the DOJ’s interest in enforcing it didn’t outweigh the burden on the county, especially since “the statute of limitations for any possible crime arising from the 2020 Election has long expired,” CNN reports. The April subpoena sought the names and contact information of every 2020 election worker in the county, including volunteers and county employees.

In his order, Ray said federal investigators claimed Fulton County may not have kept ballot images as long as required and that some seized ballots “look suspicious.” But he questioned whether a valid grand jury was actually behind the subpoena, noting no evidence that the grand jury itself sought the workers’ personal data.

• “In these hyper-political times in which we currently live, there are sure to be some who disagree with this decision because they believe the allegations of fraud in the 2020 Election and believe that ‘light’ should be brought to those claims,” Ray wrote, per the AP. He said those allegations can be investigated, but not through the grand jury process, “which exists to investigate potential crimes and to bring viable indictments.”
• “Everyone, whether you support the President or you do not, or whether you believe the 2020 Election was fair or believe that it was not, should be concerned about the DOJ’s ability to utilize the power of the Grand Jury to appropriate your private information without a legitimate purpose,” the judge wrote.
• Ray was appointed by President Trump, who has long claimed, without evidence, that voter fraud was behind his 2020 loss in Georgia.
• The ruling comes as the DOJ faces setbacks in court while pressing state and local officials on election practices, CNN reports. Its Civil Rights Division has recently warned that officials who let noncitizens remain on voter rolls or cast ballots could face criminal charges and has notified several Michigan cities it plans to send federal election monitors for upcoming contests. The FBI has reportedly made the Georgia investigation a top priority and has asked field offices to supply hundreds of analysts.

It is time to put this silliness to bed.

After 6 years and nothing gained then you are just wasting time and resources….there are REAL problems in this country in search of solutions….why not try that for a couple of years?

But since the DoJ is having a hard time with this issue they have moved to yet another strain on our rights….the act of dissent….

In two instances in western New York, ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility — which has apparently switched from serving as an internal watchdog to targeting online critics — has tried to force people who posted criticisms of ICE to sign a “Warning Notice” admitting that their criticisms were unlawful.

David Streever of Rochester, New York, sued ICE on Monday in federal court in D.C., alleging that ICE’s OPR violated his First Amendment rights when it went to his home last month and then tracked him down while he was traveling to issue him a “Warning Notice” about a critical email he sent to then-acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons. He refused to sign it.

“Like many Americans, I was deeply upset after the shootings in Minnesota and I felt compelled to do something,” Streever said in a press release about his lawsuit. “Writing an email to the head of ICE seemed like the least I could do to express my sense of outrage. I never dreamed it would lead to a knock on my door by federal officers or descending on my hotel in the dark of night.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/ice-takes-on-new-role-in-suppressing-dissent

I like being the one to point out to this mental midgets that dissent has made this nation!

Dissent is one of this nation’s defining characteristics. Every decade since the earliest days of colonization, Americans have protested for just about every cause imaginable, and every time they did, defenders of the status quo denounced the protesters as unpatriotic and in more recent times as un-American. But protest is one of the consummate expressions of “Americanness.” It is patriotic in the deepest sense.

Even before the United States was conceived, there was dissent. During the 17th century religious dissent played a significant role in the planting and development of the English colonies. In the 18th century political dissent led to the open rebellion that resulted in the birth of the United States. In the 19th century dissenters demanded the abolition of slavery, suffrage for women, fair treatment of Native Americans, and the banning of immigrants. And they protested against the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War (on both sides), and the Spanish-American War. In the 20th century dissenters organized to prohibit alcohol but also demanded workers’ rights, women’s rights, African American rights, Chicano rights, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ+ rights. They also protested against every war (declared and undeclared) fought by the United States. In the 21st century dissenters have protested against abortion, NAFTA, globalization, the Iraq War, the PATRIOT Act, the National Security Agency, bank bailouts, and out-of-control deficits. Most recently dissenters have mobilized to protest against systemic racism, sexual harassment and assault, and Congress’s inability (or refusal) to enact meaningful legislation to address climate change and gun violence. And then there are those who, despite their real grievances, having fallen for the widespread disinformation circulating on untrustworthy internet sites, raise their voices in protest on the basis of conspiracy theories, lies, and a distorted view of American history. Clearly, dissent has many faces.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-dissent-shaped-america/

I do not care how hard they try to control dissent as long as I am breathing I will dissent whenever there is a need…..and brother there is a dire need today!

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