Wednesday, August 16, 2017

The DOJ is trying to gain access to the personal information of the visitors to a website that organized anti-Trump protests. Uh oh.

Courtesy of DreamHost:  

For the past several months, DreamHost has been working with the Department of Justice to comply with legal process, including a Search Warrant seeking information about one of our customers’ websites. 

At the center of the requests is disruptj20.org, a website that organized participants of political protests against the current United States administration. While we have no insight into the affidavit for the search warrant (those records are sealed), the DOJ has recently asked DreamHost to provide all information available to us about this website, its owner, and, more importantly, its visitors.

DreamHost goes on to explain that, like many online service providers they receive requests from the government to help them identify criminals and other ne'er do wells quite regularly. (They also reject a number of them.)

However this is different.  

The request from the DOJ demands that DreamHost hand over 1.3 million visitor IP addresses — in addition to contact information, email content, and photos of thousands of people — in an effort to determine who simply visited the website. (Our customer has also been notified of the pending warrant on the account.) 

That information could be used to identify any individuals who used this site to exercise and express political speech protected under the Constitution’s First Amendment. That should be enough to set alarm bells off in anyone’s mind.

This is, in our opinion, a strong example of investigatory overreach and a clear abuse of government authority.

Is THIS what Jeff Sessions is dong to keep this country safe? 

Investigating people who simply visit a site that promotes peaceful protests?

How's that investigation into the White Supremacists who beat counter protesters and ran down a young woman going Mr. Attorney General?

 Or is all of your time being used up with pursuing your boss's adversaries?

46 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:20 AM

    Well, Omarosa did warn us that she and Trumpy were keeping a 'list' of their enemies....

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    1. Anonymous7:15 AM

      and that we would all bow down. And? it will never happen.

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    2. Anonymous8:36 AM

      White House Director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault
      https://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_960w/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/14/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/b74949ebbcc24cb9ba375cc915aa5878-b74949ebbcc24cb9ba375cc915aa5878-0.jpg

      The internet exploded when news that White House consultant Omarosa Manigault-Newman would attend a panel discussion surrounding issues of police brutality and raising black sons at the 42nd Annual National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair. However, a bigger story took place before Manigault-Newman hit the tension-filled stage.
      https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2017/08/omarosas-messy-nabj-visit-overshadowed-a-much-bigger-story/

      Drama: ‘‘If you want to talk about Donald Trump, have a problem with Donald Trump,’’ Manigault-Newman said. ‘‘I’m not going to stand here and defend every single word and decision.’’ ‘‘No, I’m asking you about Donald Trump,’’ Gordon replied. ‘‘I’m not going to let you railroad this.’’
      https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/08/11/trump-aide-omarosa-roils-police-violence-session-black-journalist-convention/cYZRh5RVpSUGGJWO3nOLeL/story.html

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  2. Anonymous6:48 AM

    HORRIFIC!

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  3. Anonymous7:17 AM

    Nicolle Wallace: If Cabinet Doesn't Resign Today, They're 'Forever Tainted'
    http://crooksandliars.com/2017/08/nicole-wallace-if-cabinet-doesnt-resign

    Alt-right leader Christopher Cantwell. White supremacists seen in shocking behind-the-scenes footage from Charlottesville riot as they predict "more people are going to die" WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT:
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/a-lot-more-people-going-10996815

    Christopher Cantwell ('fine people'?) - Libertarian?
    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CP_z9rbUC9o/maxresdefault.jpg

    criminalizing protest
    https://psmag.com/news/how-trump-made-blue-lives-matter-a-part-of-u-s-domestic-policy

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    1. Anonymous7:28 AM

      NEW YORK TIMES. Trump Gives White Supremacists an Unequivocal Boost
      President Trump buoyed the white nationalist movement on Tuesday as no president has done in generations — equating activists protesting racism with the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who rampaged in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.
      Never has he gone as far in defending their actions as he did during a wild, street-corner shouting match of a news conference in the gilded lobby of Trump Tower, angrily asserting that so-called alt-left activists were just as responsible for the bloody confrontation as marchers brandishing swastikas, Confederate battle flags, anti-Semitic banners and “Trump/Pence” signs.

      https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/politics/trump-charlottesville-white-nationalists.html

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  4. Anonymous7:54 AM

    SF Examiner:
    White supremacist’ patriot rally coming to San Francisco — counter-protest already planned

    This is not a drill: The raging right is spreading from Charlottesville to San Francisco.

    A right-wing, pro-Trump “Free Speech” rally was announced for San Francisco’s Crissy Field on Saturday, Aug. 26, and a counter-protest is already forming.

    The group, Patriot Prayer, has already obtained its permits, according to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Some back and forth on the nitty gritty is still required before a final approval, but they’re essentially “in,” said Sonja Hanson, a spokesperson for the GGNRA.

    A Facebook post claiming “Neo Nazis are coming to San Francisco” started to go viral Monday morning, which was posted alongside phone numbers for federal agencies responsible for granting permits for rallies at Crissy Field — a literal “call to action.”

    Mayor Ed Lee’s hands are seemingly tied, as the protest is on federal land outside city jurisdiction. Still, he denounced the gathering.

    http://www.sfexaminer.com/white-supremacist-patriot-rally-coming-san-francisco-counter-protest-already-planned/

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    1. I understand someone is looking into the park service revoking that permit.

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  5. Anonymous7:59 AM

    I'm a rabbi. I believe words have power. I try to choose mine carefully. Fuck you, Trump.

    https://twitter.com/TheRaDR/status/897563939294384133

    Today was the day that I broke, in some ways. I mean, I've been breaking on and off for months & months. But I hadn't yet cried abt C'ville.

    https://twitter.com/TheRaDR/status/897645935383252992

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  6. Anonymous8:00 AM

    The nation can only weep

    By Editorial Board August 15 at 7:17 PM

    TUESDAY WAS a great day for David Duke and racists everywhere. The president of the United States all but declared that he has their backs.

    When a white supremacist stands accused of running his car into a crowd of protesters, killing one and injuring 19, Americans of goodwill mourn and demand justice. When this is done in the context of a rally where swastikas are borne and racist and anti-Semitic epithets hurled, the only morally justifiable reaction is disgust. When the nation’s leader does not understand this, the nation can only weep.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-nation-can-only-weep/2017/08/15/d9bd9a10-8202-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html

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  7. Anonymous8:02 AM

    Donald Trump appears to have based today’s white supremacist speech on an article from a Russian news site

    ...The existence of the Russian language article and its similarities to Trump’s speech today were first publicized by political writer Molly McKew (Twitter), after the article randomly invoked an old tweet of hers. You can find the original Russian-language article here. The Google Translate tool we used can be found here. For those wondering, the “.su” website suffix is registered to the Soviet Union, as opposed to the more common “.ru” suffix for Russia.

    http://www.palmerreport.com/politics/trump-speech-russian-news-site/4335/

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  8. Anonymous8:04 AM

    White supremacist website Daily Stormer has a new home — Russia

    The neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer was kicked off of GoDaddy, despite the CEO’s right-leaning bent, and prevented from registering on Google, but now the website has found a home using a country code for domains available in Russia.

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/white-supremacist-website-daily-stormer-has-a-new-home-russia/

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  9. Anonymous8:05 AM

    ‘Hide your kids’: Granddaughter of child-abducting white supremacist warns he’s starting new cult

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/hide-your-kids-granddaughter-of-child-abducting-white-supremacist-warns-hes-starting-new-cult/

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    1. Anonymous8:21 AM

      "“Winrod was pastor of Our Savior’s Church and had been linked to the Christian Identity Movement. For years he published ‘The Winrod Letter’ a newsletter that was chock full of anti-Jewish rhetoric. Winrod claimed law enforcement, government and most business leaders were Jews, and he often referred to the court system as the ‘Jewdiciary.'” He and his followers have one creed: to hate everyone who doesn’t believe as they do and follow Gordon Winrod’s teachings. We, you…us? We are all ‘blood sucking Jews,’ whatever that means. The point is, he and his followers fully believe that if you aren’t one of them it is not wrong to steal, cheat, lie, or kill you. Well, he is back. He was released from jail after being convicted of kidnapping and brainwashing. He is now setting up shop in the old Kulm school. is man is a predator and his followers are dangerous.”

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  10. Anonymous8:09 AM

    Washington Post -
    Republicans, cut the outrage. It’s time to disown Trump

    The party of Lincoln is now the party of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Southern slave owners who decided to kill fellow Americans so that they could keep men, women and children enslaved. The Republican Party, in other words, has obliterated its entire historical legacy and become the party of the Enemies of Lincoln.

    And let’s be clear: Republicans cannot say, “That’s not us — that’s just President Trump.” They supported him, they elected him, they defended him and they gave him the aura of a normal presidency. They cannot be the party of Lincoln and be the party of Trump. In that vein, we can dispense with Republicans’ “outrage,” “frustration,” “anger” and all other meaningless expressions of internal sentiment. Unless and until they are prepared to do something — not just send tweets — to politically disown Trump, the party is toast and none of its members should be elected or reelected

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    1. Anonymous8:38 AM

      "His speech was about “states’ rights,” which is not very secret code for “states’ rights to own black people.”Reagan’s states rights line was prepared beforehand and reporters covering the event could not recall him using the term before the Neshoba County appearance."Ronald Reagan never shut up about “young bucks buying T-bones with food stamps” and “welfare queens driving Cadillacs.” He meant black young bucks and black welfare queens. It was a whole thing with him! He said it a lot! a reporter asked, “Senator Helms has been saying on the Senate floor that Martin Luther King, Jr., had communist associations, was a communist sympathizer. Do you agree?” With no discernable pause Reagan responded, “We’ll know in about thirty-five years, won’t we?”, referring to when King’s FBI file would be unsealed.“If an individual wants to discriminate against Negroes or others in selling or renting his house,” Reagan insisted, “it is his right to do so.” A Reagan campaign ad that same year referred to black neighborhoods as “jungles.”<1966
      BLM

      Read more at https://wonkette.com/621745/why-cant-trump-be-not-racist-like-ronald-reag-lol-sorry-we-cant-even-finish-that-sentence#1GMIpEVRSTkVWppB.99

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    2. Reagan also commissioned "A Nation at Risk" full of misinformation about the public schools, designed to undermine and destroy our public school system. It was debunked but that report was suppressed by his successor, Bush I. Every since the Republicans have been choking off the public schools through defunding. Remember "cut the fat"? There was no fat to cut. It took them two decades and No Child Left Behind but they have finally destroyed what was once one of the best school systems in the world.

      But it wasn't really Reagan. It was those behind him. Those shadow players of the Republican Party who had a plan and were willing to wait decades to finally bring it about.

      And here we are. We have those that didn't learn from history repeating it. Because you need dumb schmucks to deny the holocaust and assure you that being a white nationalist isn't being a racist. You need stupid sheep voters to continue to vote Republicans even though they are being destroyed by those they vote for.

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    3. Anonymous11:18 AM

      Meekne$$

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  11. Anonymous8:09 AM

    Asking for that kind of information is un-American and outrageous! I certainly hope they have contacted the DO...

    ...J

    Oh, right.

    We're screwed.

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  12. Anonymous8:10 AM

    Trump to name longtime loyalist Hope Hicks as new communications director

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/trump-to-name-longtime-loyalist-hope-hicks-as-new-communications-director/

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  13. Anonymous8:16 AM

    Republicans Are Lashing Out At Trump Over His Disgusting Press Conference: ‘Apologize’

    http://addictinginfo.com/2017/08/15/republicans-are-lashing-out-at-trump-over-his-disgusting-press-conference-apologize/

    Apparently, instead of being outraged about the murder of one counter protester and the injuries of several others, Trump is all bent out of shape because he has gotten a lot of negative press coverage for his weak, pathetic response to the incident. According to White House officials, Trump is coming apart at the seams over this, as Robert Costa reported:

    “Person close to Kelly framed it to me this way: POTUS fuming at press, coverage of C’ville handling. In no mood for talk about moderation.”

    http://addictinginfo.com/2017/08/15/trump-is-fuming-over-bad-charlottesville-press-becomes-a-terror-in-the-white-house-tweet/

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  14. Anonymous8:17 AM

    Obama Tweet Makes History

    http://addictinginfo.com/2017/08/16/obama-tweet-makes-history-and-trump-will-hate-the-reason-why/

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    1. Anonymous8:59 AM

      OT?" in a matter of weeks, their son’s name would be spoken by President Obama, honored by professional athletes, and passionately discussed all over traditional and social media. And at the head of a growing nationwide campaign for justice were Trayvon’s parents, who—driven by their intense love for their lost son—discovered their voices, gathered allies, and launched a movement that would change the country."

      https://www.amazon.com/Rest-Power-Enduring-Trayvon-Martin/dp/0812997239

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    2. You can bet if Trump is questioned about this he'll accuse Obama of using 'bots' to pump up those numbers.

      Why? Because half of Trump's followers are 'bots'. It's what *he* does.

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  15. Anonymous8:21 AM

    Baltimore defies Trump, removes Confederate statues overnight

    http://shareblue.com/baltimore-defies-trump-removes-confederate-statues-overnight/

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHUJhxpW0AAkAPp.jpg:large

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    1. Anonymous8:54 AM

      Wow.

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    2. Just goes to show, it can be done and how quickly.

      Those that are dragging their feet for months and years? We know where their hearts lie. With Donald Judas Trump and his Nazis.

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    3. Anonymous11:11 AM

      I thought it was in Boston.
      Did two major cities remove those statues dedicated to treason at night?
      BRAVO!

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  16. Anonymous8:42 AM

    White supremacist says 'more people are going to die before we're done here'

    White nationalist Christopher Cantwell spoke to VICE News, who were embedded with his group throughout last weekend's violence, and said the US can expect more of the same.

    "I'm carrying a pistol, I go to the gym all the time, I'm trying to make myself more capable of violence," he said.

    "A lot more people are going to die before we're done here frankly. Why? Because people die every day," he said.

    Cantwell showed no remorse or regret for the death of a counter-protester who was mown down by a car allegedly driven by a white nationalist.

    http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/08/16/14/06/charlottesville-white-supremacy-protests

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    1. Anonymous10:12 AM

      Well now...as I recall in Nam war days, the color of your skin made no nevermind. It was your SKILL with a gun in the field that counted. Oops.
      Now you woke the sleeping dogs, you mangy mutts...

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    2. Anonymous1:33 PM

      Christopher Cantwell is the one that had gross things to say about Trump's daughter being with a Jew, married, converted. The way he spoke was horrible, he likes Trump but not that one thing. It seems he is one of the main organizers. So this is someone Trump is boosting.

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  17. Anonymous8:44 AM

    University Of Florida Denies Richard Spencer Event, Citing 'Likelihood Of Violence'

    http://www.npr.org/2017/08/16/543874400/university-of-florida-denies-richard-spencer-event-citing-likelihood-of-violence

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  18. Anonymous8:46 AM

    3M CEO Inge Thulin resigns from Trump's advisory council
    Thulin is the latest CEO to leave the president's manufacturing advisory council in the wake of the Charlottesville violence. He said the council is "no longer an effective vehicle for 3M."

    http://www.startribune.com/3m-ceo-inge-thulin-latest-to-resign-from-manufacturing-council/440770743/

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    1. Anonymous9:34 AM

      http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/16/the_list_of_companies_remaining_on_trump_s_advisory_council.html

      "Everyone Is Quitting"

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    2. Anonymous11:08 AM

      He's losing the donor/business class's endorsement now. Brace for impact--this IS the death knell of his presidency.
      The power behind the Oval Office is Big Business. Won't be long, maybe a few more months......

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    3. Anonymous2:16 PM

      Yep, I think he is gone, out of here. He cannot be pardoned or forgiven for years of bad business ultimately ending in the destruction of his brand and organization. NO Cuban cigar.

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  19. Anonymous8:48 AM

    Ama-Sexual! FUCK YOU CRY BABY!
    Enemies will never stop! GOT THAT RIGHT!
    Chelsea MANNING? WTF? FUCK YOU CRY BABY!

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/im-terrified-neo-nazi-blubbers-like-a-baby-in-video-reporting-hes-wanted-for-arrest-in-charlottesville/

    https://news.vice.com/story/vice-news-tonight-full-episode-charlottesville-race-and-terror

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    1. Anonymous9:30 AM

      http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/16/is_there_a_way_to_prevent_the_next_charlottesville.html

      "Peaceably is the key word"hose trying to exercise First Amendment rights clashed with those claiming to exercise Second Amendment rights—including Virginia’s open-carry laws—in Charlottesville, and the guns won.", while the Second Amendment guarantees a right to a “well-regulated militia,” federal courts have held that private militias do not have the right to free reign.

      “When private self-styled militias get organized, equipped to fight, and travel to my town for a confrontation, this is not a Second Amendment story,” Zelikow told me over email. “They are organized to violate civil rights and intimidate my townspeople, to show their strength not with their speech, but with their firepower.”This is not a recipe for free speech, even heated speech. These are the ingredients for CIVIL violence."The coming weeks seem likely to continue to test that line between protected assembly and unprotected civil violence. The ability of civil authorities to respond when that line is crossed also seems likely to face some very serious challenges."

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    2. They're all cowards.

      They're only brave in large numbers, with weapons against the unarmed.

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  20. Anonymous9:49 AM

    OT?"All Taylor Swift has to do is denounce neo-Nazis."
    "explained Swift’s fashy appeal: “Firstly, Taylor Swift is a pure Aryan goddess, like something out of classical Greek poetry. Athena reborn. That’s the most important thing,” Anglin insisted. “It is also an established fact that Taylor Swift is secretly a Nazi and is simply waiting for the time when Donald Trump makes it safe for her to come out and announce her Aryan agenda to the world. Probably, she will be betrothed to Trump’s son, and they will be crowned American royalty.”at a certain point—preferably before a white supremacist website publishes dozens of posts praising her Aryan bloodline—it might behoove a celebrity to publicly condemn the racist anti-Semites who are claiming her as their queen. People like Anglin seem to genuinely believe that Swift will be on their side come race war Armageddon." “I’m proud to be a woman today, and every day.” Not only did she refuse to endorse a presidential candidate—she wouldn’t even denounce the candidate who was accused of $erial $exual assault."

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/its-time-for-taylor-swift-to-denounce-her-neo-nazi-admirers

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    1. Anonymous11:13 AM

      Damn give her a break! She just went thru a hellish court battle and won. Let her at least catch her breath!

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    2. Who is she going to marry? Barron?

      Jr. and Eric are already married.

      I had no idea there were so many mentally challenged (nutjob whackos) in the United States.

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  21. Anonymous10:15 AM

    Why are Jewish members of Trump's inner circle silent?

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    1. Anonymous11:13 AM

      ...only the ones who're kkkomlicit....

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  22. Anonymous10:45 AM

    Truth
    https://twitter.com/randyrocks08/status/896377163359944706

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  23. Anonymous10:54 AM

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reports-bannon-thrilled-proud-trump-charlottesville

    We’re the platform for the alt-right,”
    "“Alt-right” is a loose term generally used to refer to the internet savvy countercultural movement of white supremacists and misogynists."

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