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'Strong-arming:' Appeals court judges compare Biden social media pressure to mafia
Just the News ^ | 8/10/23 | Greg Piper

Posted on 08/11/2023 2:20:35 AM PDT by CFW

Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod declared in court that the Biden administration's efforts to persuade social media companies to remove, throttle and suppress purported misinformation on COVID-19, Hunter Biden's laptop and elections reminded her of a mafia movie.

That was just one of the most memorable examples of the frosty reception Justice Department Civil Division lawyer Daniel Tenny received Thursday from the three-judge panel considering whether to lift or modify last month's ban on several forms of contact between the feds and companies — currently stayed by the 5th Circuit — as the First Amendment lawsuit led by Missouri and Louisiana proceeds.

The back-and-forth at Thursday's hearing resembled that between 6th Circuit judges and DOJ's lawyer at a June hearing in a related social media censorship lawsuit against federal officials by users of X, formerly known as Twitter. Both panels were appointed by Republican presidents.

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; censorship; mafia; socialmedia
It appears this appeals court panel is not buying what the Biden administration is selling.
1 posted on 08/11/2023 2:20:35 AM PDT by CFW
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From the article:

“Sauer noted that one of the individual plaintiffs, Health Freedom Louisiana co-director Jill Hines, claimed as recently as May that Facebook keeps taking down groups she created to protest COVID policies. YouTube briefly removed a panel discussion about the case featuring Sauer just last month, he noted.

“This notion that COVID censorship is over is completely unsupportable,” Sauer said.”


2 posted on 08/11/2023 2:44:20 AM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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The capo in the WH.

Judge says Joe Biden (always acting the nice guy), uses "strongarm" tactics.....just like the mafia.

3 posted on 08/11/2023 2:57:26 AM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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...And that would be a RICO..not sjust inter state....but international in extent...sentences with extreme prejudice for all those who signed off on it.


4 posted on 08/11/2023 3:15:41 AM PDT by SpokeshaveReturns (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod declared in court
<><>that the Biden administration’s efforts
<><>to persuade social media to remove, throttle and suppress (what he considers is) “misinformation”
<><> specifically info on (a) COVID-19, (b) Hunter Biden’s salacious laptop and (c) stolen elections
<><>reminded her of a mafia movie.

That was just one of the most memorable examples of the frosty reception Biden Justice Department Civil Division lawyer, Daniel Tenny, received Thursday from the three-judge panel WRT whether to lift or modify Biden’s ban between the feds and social media........


5 posted on 08/11/2023 3:18:11 AM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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........let’s see punitive sentences for all those “made men” who aided and abetted capo Biden.....


6 posted on 08/11/2023 3:21:55 AM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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Bttt


7 posted on 08/11/2023 3:31:13 AM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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The mafia tactics are across the board and are used by the rats and thier party as well as some scum in the GOP


8 posted on 08/11/2023 3:48:07 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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Capo Biden has been strong-arming FULTON COUNTY GA DA Fani Willis.

She has been reportedly weighing RICO racketeering charges in the Trump stolen election case.

RICO is a statute Fani has spoken fondly of.....to suckup to Capo Biden,

Apparently Fani obeys orders and will do anything to please Capo Biden.

Willis’ team of “made men” has forged ahead with plans to make charging announcements,
even as “made man,” Capo Biden’s special counsel Jack Smith, charged Trump
with four federal counts related to Biden stealing the 2020 presidential election.

Capo Biden protects his territory b/c a large chunk of the
indictment was related to Capo Biden’s efforts to steal the
election from Trump who was winning by large margins.


9 posted on 08/11/2023 4:02:15 AM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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Bump to all and PC!


10 posted on 08/11/2023 4:04:46 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-))
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This poor loser Tenny had really bad luck. He drew as a pannel Judge Edith Brown Clement, Judge Don Willett and the already mentioned Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod.

Poor DOJ loser ran himself through a judicial buzz saw trying to defend the current mafia regime. His arguments are attrocious - no standing, well it really wasn't as bad as it sounds, you guys can't listen to recent House evidence that this stuff is STILL going on because I tell you we really aren't doing that much of this stuff any more, and besides you can't enjoin the government from having a friendly conversation with our friends to provide some friendly advice about where their real interests lie.

11 posted on 08/11/2023 4:15:40 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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A hierarchically structured organization of govt employees.....
a Mafia-like criminal organization in the Biden govt?

Capo Biden has made a public spectacle of his closeness to his son——parading him around in the WH, at state dinners, on AF One—while continually denying knowledge of Hunter’s criminal business deals w/ our foreign adversaries.......indications are Hunter even lives in the WH.

Yet, the grinning self-serving Capo Joe has never divulged, and few people know, how helpful Capo Joe is to Hunter’s influence-peddling crimes.

foxnews.com Jessica Chasmar, and Cameron Cawthorne reported Obama-era emails reveal Hunter’s extensive ties to a hierarchial organization.....nearly a dozen “made men?” senior-level Capo Biden admin aides.

Hunter was deeply connected to Capo Biden’s inner circle.

Nearly a dozen current and former admin officials serving in the Obama/Biden administration, including the president’s national security adviser and the secretary of state, have extensive ties to Hunter Biden, who is accused by Republicans of selling access to his Capo father, dating back over a decade.

A Fox News Digital analysis reveals the extent of Hunter’s potential reach in the White House, while the corrupt Hunter skated away w/ a sweetheart deal.

The contacts includes:
<><>two members of Capo Biden’s Cabinet
<><>one former Cabinet member,
<><>a top aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin,
<><>a national security adviser,
<><>five top Obama/Biden White House aides,
<><>and a top Capo Biden campaign aide on leave as communications director for FL Jill Biden.

Via her aide, Jill could have been privy to all the dirty doings but she has escaped scrutiny...... so far.


12 posted on 08/11/2023 4:23:21 AM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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Badda Boom


13 posted on 08/11/2023 5:19:51 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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I am sure Capo Biden’s “team” is furiously digging up dirt on these judges right now


14 posted on 08/11/2023 6:56:07 AM PDT by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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To: GOPJ; poconopundit; Jane Long; Diana in Wisconsin; Grampa Dave; Godzilla; null and void; aragorn; ..

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15 posted on 08/11/2023 7:47:14 AM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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I am sure Capo Biden’s “team” is furiously digging up dirt on these judges right now

Team Biden only needs to call the FBI, CIA, and New York Times to do their digging for them. Corrupt 'elties' are the 'privileged' team - working for the benefit of fellow 'elites' and their thugs.

16 posted on 08/11/2023 7:56:26 AM PDT by GOPJ (Companies that only advertise on MSNBC but won't advertise on FOX or NWSMX are 'bud light' companies)
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Remove, throttle and suppress purported misinformation.

The court may be seeing what’s coming down the pike for courts?.


17 posted on 08/11/2023 8:16:32 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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