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FEC Shoots Down Democrat’s Plan to Target Conservative Media (Drudge and others)
Breitbart ^ | 7/14/2017 | COLIN MADINE

Posted on 07/15/2017 2:22:45 PM PDT by Beave Meister

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has declined a proposal by Democrat Commissioner Ellen Weintraub to undertake new rulemaking regarding alleged foreign influence in the 2016 election to target conservative media including the Drudge Report and Breitbart News, stating it “cannot support proposals that would burden the free speech rights of American citizens based on incomplete information about foreign activities in the 2016 election.” The FEC has declined to consider new rulemaking over alleged foreign influence in the 2016 presidential election that could target conservative media including InfoWars and Breitbart News. In a statement released by Vice Chair Caroline Hunter and Commissioners Lee Goodman and Matthew Petersen, the members state they “cannot support proposals that would burden the free speech rights of American citizens based on incomplete information about foreign activities in the 2016 election.”

They further describe Weintraub’s proposal as one that would “‘blunt’ the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizen’s United.” In the opinion of three members who wrote the statement, there is no information currently showing that the FEC’s existing rules that prohibit foreign involvement in U.S. elections are “inadequate to detect, enforce, and punish violations.”

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KEYWORDS: 2016elections; breitbart; citizensunited; communism; communist; corruption; democrats; donaldtrump; drudge; drudgereport; elections; ellenweintraub; fec; fraud; freespeech; infowars; liberals; marxist; mediabias; msm; scotus; supremecourt; trump Comment #1 Removed by Moderator

To: Beave Meister

The Democrats only want you to know what the ‘fake’’ MSM tells you.


2 posted on 07/15/2017 2:36:10 PM PDT by blam
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To: Beave Meister

CNN colluded with the DNC and Hitlery Rotten Clinton scampaign to rig the Democrat primary and the FECkless can’t be bothered about it.


3 posted on 07/15/2017 2:54:34 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Bill Clinton and Al Gore took illegal campaign contributions from the Chi-Coms and 'nobody' cared...)
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To: Beave Meister

We were spared a HILLARY Presidency. They had big plans on how to deal with us DEPLORABLES.


4 posted on 07/15/2017 3:10:00 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Beave Meister

Now Maybe Drudge can stop Highlighting and Headlining the New York Times & Washington Post propaganda against Trump.


5 posted on 07/15/2017 3:56:46 PM PDT by heights
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To: Beave Meister

Now Maybe Drudge can stop Highlighting and Headlining the New York Times & Washington Post propaganda against Trump.


6 posted on 07/15/2017 3:57:20 PM PDT by heights
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To: stars & stripes forever
Dearest ellen: You are a pathetic partisan hack and proto-fascist. Your criminal candidate lost. Your malignant philosophies lost. You are a loser. Please resign immediately before you are fired. I laugh at your minority status and your status of being a LOSER.
7 posted on 07/15/2017 3:59:53 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Beave Meister
This is another face of evil. Sorry, but had to post it. Maybe someone can post a cute kitten image to get it out of people's brains.


8 posted on 07/15/2017 4:56:09 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media and Shariah Socialism.)
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To: PA Engineer

I like the guy with facepalm in back of her, myself.

She looks a bit like a rabid squirrel.


9 posted on 07/15/2017 5:02:06 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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