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Internet-Regulating FEC Commissioner to Resign
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | February 19, 2017 12:45 pm | Joe Schoffstall

Posted on 02/19/2017 1:00:55 PM PST by COBOL2Java

Democratic commissioner has been no-show from public meetings since early December

A Democratic Federal Election Commission official who pushed to regulate the internet and has been absent from public meetings for months is resigning, according to an announcement.

Ann Ravel, who wanted to regulate political speech on the internet from websites such as the Drudge Report, announced Sunday that she is stepping down from her post.

(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: annravel; byebyeanndy; fec; internet; maga; tyranny
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1 posted on 02/19/2017 1:00:55 PM PST by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java

Winning on Sunday!


2 posted on 02/19/2017 1:03:02 PM PST by Hang'emAll (If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?)
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To: COBOL2Java

Winning! Her proposal to regulate speech was a very bad idea.
The digital noose around site like Drudge has been loosened a little for now.


3 posted on 02/19/2017 1:04:08 PM PST by lee martell
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To: COBOL2Java

More WINNING for the American people!

CGato


4 posted on 02/19/2017 1:04:08 PM PST by Conservative Gato
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To: COBOL2Java

Ass meet door...


5 posted on 02/19/2017 1:04:16 PM PST by Dog (..."I'm just a cook....")
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To: COBOL2Java

They’re beginning to scatter like the cockroaches they are.


6 posted on 02/19/2017 1:04:48 PM PST by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Adios, MoFo!


7 posted on 02/19/2017 1:05:16 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: COBOL2Java

Thank God she’s gone

Frozen faced stone cold Leftist B***h


8 posted on 02/19/2017 1:05:34 PM PST by Regulator
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The digital noose around site like Drudge has been loosened a little for now.

I'm sure FR was on her radar as well. Glad the little tyrant is gone.

CGato

9 posted on 02/19/2017 1:05:36 PM PST by Conservative Gato
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To: COBOL2Java

[ Ann Ravel, who wanted to regulate political speech on the internet from websites such as the Drudge Report, announced Sunday that she is stepping down from her post. ]

Did her career of censorship....... Ann-Ravel (unravel) ???


10 posted on 02/19/2017 1:05:51 PM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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Frozen faced stone cold Leftist B***h

Yep. Here's her smiling for the camera.


11 posted on 02/19/2017 1:11:25 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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12 posted on 02/19/2017 1:14:54 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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13 posted on 02/19/2017 1:15:53 PM PST by gaijin
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Thank God!


14 posted on 02/19/2017 1:16:08 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: Replace all textbooks in the Humanities K-Post-Grad!)
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15 posted on 02/19/2017 1:16:52 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

FYI:

(((Ann Ravel)))


16 posted on 02/19/2017 1:17:50 PM PST by gaijin
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To: COBOL2Java

>>>has been absent from public meetings for months is resigning<<<<

Has she been getting Paid by our Taxpayer Dollars?


17 posted on 02/19/2017 1:18:34 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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BYE! PLEASE LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN YOUR A##


18 posted on 02/19/2017 1:22:33 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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Replacement has to be another RAT.
So, is there a conservative RAT or a Pres. Trump RAT that can be appointed ?


19 posted on 02/19/2017 1:24:27 PM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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Has she been getting Paid by our Taxpayer Dollars?


20 posted on 02/19/2017 1:25:22 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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