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IronLionZion

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19. Probably gave more publicity to the site

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 08:34 PM

Aug 2017

which caused a lot more people to visit after seeing it in news reports.

But of course they want to scare people and discourage future organizing. That's why they went with mass arrests of everyone in the vicinity instead of just the ones damaging property. And they want to stop people from even thinking about, except they might be inspiring more people to do it as a way to resist this.

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DOJ drops request for IP addresses from Trump resistance [View all] laserhaas Aug 2017 OP

Make you a bet they will try to get one of the varies intelligence agencies to steal the information cstanleytech Aug 2017 #1

Yup....he is too narcissistic laserhaas Aug 2017 #2

And vindictive. iluvtennis Aug 2017 #18

Or already have. IMHO nt Lyricalinklines Aug 2017 #15

They probably did that already, but they want to have a legal precedent IronLionZion Aug 2017 #16

If it has no interest then why did it try to pull a fast one to begin with? bucolic_frolic Aug 2017 #3

Twitler's MO is all about bullying and bluffing Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #4

all of the above... 2naSalit Aug 2017 #5

Pretty much. He'll keep going on fishing expeditions, hoping to find Warpy Aug 2017 #8

Probably gave more publicity to the site IronLionZion Aug 2017 #19

"...evidence related to criminal rioting on Inauguration Day." IllinoisBirdWatcher Aug 2017 #6

Ha Ha...do true laserhaas Aug 2017 #7

Took the words right outta my mouth! BumRushDaShow Aug 2017 #12

It only takes a few IronLionZion Aug 2017 #21

I dont know about the rest of you, but I keep drawing lines in the sand Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #9

As it should be Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2017 #10

This request was bogus to begin with Gothmog Aug 2017 #11

They probably have Vlad on the case and don't need to do it themselves. George II Aug 2017 #13

The All-New Guccifer 3000, state of the art. emulatorloo Aug 2017 #14

What's the punishment for visiting a website but not committing any other crimes? IronLionZion Aug 2017 #17

They're going to get it in secret. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #20

WHAT criminal rioting on Inauguration Day? PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #22

They can fabricate stuff laserhaas Aug 2017 #23

Jan 2017 Riot Compilation IronLionZion Aug 2017 #24