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Brickbats

Brickbat: America's Ally

Charles Oliver | 8.25.2022 4:00 AM

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A Saudi court has sentenced Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in prison after she was found guilty of using the Internet to "cause public unrest and destabilize civil and national security" for following and retweeting dissidents and activists on Twitter. The trial court sentenced her originally to three years in prison, but at the prosecutor's urging, an appellate court increased the sentence.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   3 years ago

    People can't believe U.S. leaders would ally with the House of Saud, as though any of our presidential administrations gave one actual thought (beyond appearances) to human rights here or abroad. Biden's handlers would do the exact same thing if they saw the opportunity.

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    2. Jerryskids   3 years ago

      Hyperbole much? I doubt very seriously criticizing the regime would draw more than a 20-year sentence from the feds. Maybe 100 lashes.

      1. m40195971   3 years ago

        Ashley Babbit got a death sentence for annoying the government at a pro-freedom gathering on 1/6/2021.

        1. Don't look at me!   3 years ago

          White Mike says it’s perfectly legitimate to shoot trespassers in the face.

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  2. Longtobefree   3 years ago

    For today's contest, boys and girls, who can guess how many DOJ employees are on the team Biden sent to study that law and how to shoehorn it into the US Constitution before the terrorist republicans take over?

    1. Rev. Arthur L. Kuckland   3 years ago

      All

  3. Rev. Arthur L. Kuckland   3 years ago

    So libs of tic tok?

  4. Mickey Rat   3 years ago

    Kind of like the Justice Department threatening parents with domestic terrorism investigations because they angrily dissented at school board meeting and made the progressive board members uncomfortable?

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