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2 men made serious death threats to election officials in #Arizona. They werent joking
They were tracked down, arrested, given due process, tried, found guilty by a jury of their peers & imprisoned.

This should be a HUGE deterrent. Why isn't it?

1) Fox News & RW media didn't cover it so the viewers are unaware of the consequences
2) GOP leaders didn't condemn it

3) The #DOJ is crap at promoting the successful convictions of the Election Threats Task Force.
justice.gov/voting/election-th
#Threats

AmFem101

@spocko “unpleasantly sharp attacks” Really? Unpleasantly???

@DanaDee That was part of the earlier comment where he said, that Death Threats are NOT "unpleasantly sharp attacks."
I'll dig up the full clip to show the whole context.

@DanaDee
"This country was founded not only on the premise of free & fair elections, but also on the idea that public scrutiny of govmt authority is not only desirable, it is necessary. Debate on public issues should be robust & may well include vehement, caustic, & sometimes unpleasantly sharp criticism of government officials.
But death threats are not debate.
Death threats do not contribute to the marketplace of ideas.
Death threats are not 1st Amdt protected speech.
youtu.be/HWmyr4CmoLg?si=WHxbjg

@spocko Thanks for clarifying. HUGE STORY! This lack of media attention to these matters is making me MAD AS HELL & FEELING FRUSTRATINGLY HELPLESS!!! 😱🤬😱🤬😱🤬

@DanaDee I hear you.
Can you help me? I want more people to know that people have been imprisoned for making death threats on social media.
The Election Threat Task Force has been around since 2021, They investigated "dozens of threats, charged 20 people and got 13 convictions."
Did you hear about any of them?
Did you see any photos of the people sentenced to years in prison?
Here is the link.
youtu.be/HWmyr4CmoLg?si=ESe82q

What do you need to see & hear that you can share with others?

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@DanaDee
Is this compelling to you?
What does it need to make it pop?

@spocko The system is, indeed, broken. The lack of attention to these important issues is a symptom of corporate power & greed. The corporate media enjoys all of the benefits of a major political political party’s ideology of corporate wealth, so they won’t bite the hand that feeds them. However, we do have some great investigative journalists on our side…which helps. Unfortunately, the masses still get their info from MSM. The journalists on “Substack” are gaining readers. 1/2

@spocko Gaining the attention of the likes of Scott Dworkin, Judd Legum, or Her Highness…Rachel Maddow (cue choir of angels), and so many more, would make tens of thousands aware of this issue. It’s worth a try, while at the same time, we have to realize that there are SO MANY crazy (hard to believe) newsworthy stories out there, and you almost have to count on “the luck of the draw.” Sorry…not very helpful. 2/2

@spocko BTW, I forwarded this to Scott Dworkin & Judd Legum. Fingers crossed.

@DanaDee Thank you! Here's a piece I wrote in April about death threats to election officials. spockosbrain.com/2024/04/01/a-

AZ Maricopa County Recorder Steven Richer's tweet on Frederick Goltz, who was jailed thanks to the Election Threats Task Force.

This man pled guilty today. This was the gem who said he wants to kill my kids and, " I want to throw that Jew in an oven so badly, I can taste it." Thanks to some law enforcement (DOJ/FBI) while other law enforcement (AZAG) fomented such threats.

@DanaDee we might not be able to reach Rachel Maddow since she's only on one night a week. But it is possible to reach Chris Hayes. Here's a clip from a piece in March 2024 where he talks about the death threats that Jenna Griswold got as Secretary of State for Colorado.
I embedded this video & another in this post.
spockosbrain.com/2024/04/01/a-

@DanaDee I agree there are some great investigative journalists on our side. My post from April includes a great Rolling Stones article about threats to election officials. And it did catch the attention of #MSNBC #ChrisHayes Also the Colorado Secretary of State had to publicly call out the lmlaw enforcement for not doing their job.
spockosbrain.com/2024/04/01/a-