Democratic Primaries

comradebillyboy

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46. Warren is absolutly right about this. Bravo Liz!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:46 PM

Jan 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading voting disinformation online [View all] brooklynite Jan 2020 OP

I'm with her. dchill Jan 2020 #1

+1 BadgerMom Jan 2020 #16

She has a plan for that ! left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 #2

I think loss of voting privileges for x years would be a better outcome Fresh_Start Jan 2020 #3

No, because some of the worst offenders might not vote anyway. LisaM Jan 2020 #12

A few years back, the Kochs got in trouble for reminding Democratic voters in one of the Carolinas CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #13

Excet corporations and organizations cannot vote now. ms liberty Jan 2020 #25

I can't tell if that's the way this law would work. Dr. Strange Jan 2020 #35

Abso-fucking-lutely! FiveGoodMen Jan 2020 #4

Indeed..we need to protect our voting rights!! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #5

I actually LOVE the thought of it, but fear how such could potentially be abused. -nt Amimnoch Jan 2020 #6

I personally don't interpret the first amendment so as to allow ratf*cking pecosbob Jan 2020 #7

I agree with your interpretation. soldierant Jan 2020 #27

and perhaps should be part of a new comprehensive voting rights act pecosbob Jan 2020 #36

Excellent! soldierant Jan 2020 #44

absolutely. ProfessorPlum Jan 2020 #40

Should we assume the owners and principals of DU could be held The Valley Below Jan 2020 #8

Do you see a lot of disinformation with the explicit purpose of undermining the basic right to vote progressoid Jan 2020 #10

Warren's term was "disinformation designed to suppress voters from turning out." The Valley Below Jan 2020 #11

Then making Neil Young take a second Citizenship Test after passing the first time should be CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #14

Our prisons may get crowded. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #15

Not if the states legalizing pot release the flimsy possession busts from jail. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #18

So in your interpretation, do you see a lot of that here? progressoid Jan 2020 #20

Depends on how broadly "spreading misinformation designed to suppress voters from turning out" The Valley Below Jan 2020 #23

0 points for not answering the question. progressoid Jan 2020 #33

We all know what the First Amendment says. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #9

I'm in! Karadeniz Jan 2020 #17

It would have been better to do this for climate disinformation redqueen Jan 2020 #19

Kick! burrowowl Jan 2020 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #22

Related... I have said for some time that public officials should automatically be placed under oath TryLogic Jan 2020 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #26

Problematic. Aaron Pereira Jan 2020 #28

They can create a Ministry of Truth madville Jan 2020 #31

Right. And it turns around in a scary way when Republicans start appointing the minsters. Aaron Pereira Jan 2020 #32

I agree with Rebl2 Jan 2020 #29

I'm not sure but I seem to remember a similar bill a few years jg10003 Jan 2020 #30

Hell yes! I just love WARREN. Vivienne235729 Jan 2020 #34

Punishing the platforms that are used Hav Jan 2020 #37

Once again, she is proposing a solution for the wrong problem dansolo Jan 2020 #38

Amen MichaelSoE Jan 2020 #39

disenfranchisement is a HUGE issue that the Democratic Party seems to keep ignoring ProfessorPlum Jan 2020 #41

+1000! n/t PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #42

You nailed it! OneMoreCupOfCoffee Jan 2020 #45

Senator Warren Is Correct - It's Felonious And Un-American! (n/t) corbettkroehler Jan 2020 #43

Warren is absolutly right about this. Bravo Liz! comradebillyboy Jan 2020 #46