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In October 2020, Douglass Mackey, also known as Ricky Vaughn, was sentenced to seven months in prison for his involvement in the spread of misinformation during the 2016 presidential election.

Mackey was initially facing a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison due to accusations of speech crimes

. The federal government had indicted him in January 2021 for utilizing social media platforms to disseminate false information concerning Hillary Clinton to her voters during the election.

He was later found guilty of these charges after posting a meme joking that Clinton supporters should text their vote on Wednesday following the election day.

Mackey was sentenced to 7 months in prison for posting an online joke in October.

Here is the meme that Ricky Vaughn posted back in 2016:

The mainstream media and Marxists often neglect to mention that on Election Day in 2016, Democrat activist Kristina Wong posted a meme online featuring a MAGA hat and Trump signs.

On Monday, a federal judge issued a stay of Douglass Mackey’s 7-month prison sentence. Mackey shared the news on Twitter-X.

Mackey wrote this on today’s decision:

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals just overruled the District Court in granting our motion for bond pending appeal. This ruling is huge because it means that the appeals court decided that my appeal presents “substantial” and “debatable” issues of law that, if resolved in my favor, will result in my conviction being vacated. The prosecution, on the other hand, argued that my appeal was frivolous and that this was a typical election crime case like any other in U.S. history. This is a very encouraging step towards vindication.

Mackey explained:

If we lose the appeal in the Second Circuit, we will swiftly file an appeal with the Supreme Court.

I want to extend my gratitude and thanks to all benefactors, supporters, and all of the great attorneys who have worked on my case.

It is not cheap, however, to appeal a case in the federal court system, so I am asking you to please help us fund this case in any way you can. Prayers are also welcome and appreciated, and I will, of course, keep all benefactors and supporters in my prayers.

If you wish to support my cause financially, you may donate via the Meme Defense Fund (https://memedefensefund.com), a third-party nonprofit that has generously lent its support to this case. You also have the option of donating via GiveSendGo (https://givesendgo.com/douglassmackeycase). Or, you can send Bitcoin or other crypto, cash, or a check in the mail. More details on that are here: https://douglassmackey.com/updates/douglass-mackey-legal-defense-fund/

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  • “…R.J. Rushdoony pointed out the sophistry of governments based upon freedom:

    ‘….[A] society which makes freedom its primary goal will lose it, because it has made, not responsibility, but freedom from responsibility, its purpose. When freedom is the basic emphasis, it is not responsible speech which is fostered but irresponsible speech. If freedom of press is absolutized, libel will be defended finally as a privilege of freedom, and if free speech is absolutized, slander finally becomes a right. Religious liberty becomes a triumph of irreligion. Tyranny and anarchy take over. Freedom of speech, press, and religion all give way to controls, totalitarian controls. The goal must be God’s law-order, in which alone is true liberty.’5

    “True liberty is found only in Yahweh’s perfect law of liberty:

    ‘But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.’
    (James 1:25)

    James was not describing some New Covenant law that freed us to do whatever w”e wish. That kind of freedom is nothing more than baptized humanism, which eventually leads to anarchism, one of the quickest paths to legal slavery. Instead, James described the same perfect law of liberty – Yahweh’s commandments, statutes, and judgments – as did King David:

    ‘So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. And I will walk at liberty….’
    (Psalm 119:44-45)….”

    For more, see Chapter 11 “Amendment 1: Government-Sanctioned Polytheism” of free online book “Bible Law vs. the United States Constitution: The Christian Perspective” at bible versus constitution dot org. Click on the top entry on our Online Book page and scroll down to Chapter 11.

    Find out how much you really know about the Constitution as compared to the Bible. Take our 10-question Constitution Survey in the sidebar and receive a free copy of the 85-page “Primer” of “BL vs. USC.”

    • Yawn.
      There were gods and Gods BEFORE the time of the J E W S.
      Give it a break.

    • The demorats never abide by the constitution only when it benefits them. Of course the republicans are too big of cowards to challenge the demorats, and they let them get away with it.

  • This should be the outcome of virtually ALL the Jan6 kangaroo court sentences! Then, the perpetrators – the prosecutors, Judges and Jan6 Committee members should be prosecuted for perjury and false accusations!