And One More Step

Getting closer to the authoritarian state:

The U.S. Justice Department, currently headed by Attorney General Sessions, has demanded DreamHost—the company currently hosting disruptj20.org—to provide all information available about the website, it’s owner and its visitors.

On July 12, a search warrant was issued by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia that required DreamHost disclose a significant amount of information that would be stored on the company’s servers. The warrant included a request for all files associated with the site, email accounts the contents of those accounts associated with the site and contact and billing information of the person who registered the site.

The warrant also demanded DreamHost disclose any information it had about people who simply visited the website. The Justice Department asked for the IP addresses of visitors, which would generally provides information about a visitor’s location and other potentially identifiable information, as well as contact information of people who used the site.

Sounds like -- what? The USSR under Stalin? Italy when the trains were running on schedule? Given the events of this past weekend, and Trump's obvious sympathy with the Nazis and white supremacists who precipitated the mess, I'll go with Germany in the '30s.

And he couldn't have found a more willing enforcer than Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III.