The Meme War General: Douglass Mackey and his online army changed the game...

Before most people even knew what a meme was, Douglass Mackey had already turned it into a weapon. Not just any weapon, a political nuclear bomb.

Back in 2016, while Hillary Clinton was polishing her glass ceiling victory speech and the media was choreographing Trump’s funeral, something totally unexpected was happening online. A new breed of dissident Americans, mostly sharp, clever, pissed-off young men, began using memes to wage information warfare against the political establishment. It was funny. It was irreverent. It was creative. And it was devastatingly effective. Just ask Hillary…

It became known as the Great Meme War.

And leading that charge was a guy known online as “Ricky Vaughn.” Today, we know him as Douglass Mackey, a husband, father, and fighter who was steamrolled by the Biden regime in the early days of lawfare. But we’ll get to that part soon.

With nothing but a laptop, a few savage jokes, and an arsenal of dank memes, Mackey trolled the left into absolute hysteria. He mocked media elites, exposed political phonies, and rallied an army of meme warriors who turned ridicule into revolution. And make no mistake, those memes mattered. So much so that many believe they actually helped swing the 2016 election and rewrote the political playbook forever.

So what happened next? Well, they came for Doug.

Mackey was arrested, tried, and convicted in one of the first major lawfare trials of the Biden regime, a test run for the legal warfare later used against President Trump himself. What was Doug’s so-called “crime?” Posting a satirical anti-Hillary meme.

Doug was sentenced to federal prison for sharing a meme. This actually happened in the United States of America. The good news is that Doug’s not backing down. He’s appealing the sham conviction and is ready to take this fight all the way to the Supreme Court. But he can’t do it alone. Taking on the Deep State isn’t easy or cheap, especially for a young husband and father.

We encourage you to read one of our most popular deep dives on the Mackey case, and if you can, chip in to support his legal fight by clicking here.

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Now, with the Dems’ crash and burn in 2024, Mackey is back and calling out the system that tried so hard to destroy him. In a recent segment on OANN, Mackey dropped a truth bomb about the “Russia Collusion” scam and warned that the establishment is gearing up to run the same playbook all over again.

He said flat-out what we all know: “The Russia Collusion thing is a meme. It’s a hoax… It all originated with the Russia Hoax. 100 percent.” And he issued a warning: if nobody is held accountable, they’ll do it again… and this time, they’ll go harder.

OANN:

MACKEY CLAIMS THE RUSSIA COLLUSION NARRATIVE WAS A MEME…A HOAX – WARNS THAT THEY WILL TRY TO DO IT AGAIN

Author of “Douglass Mackey’s Newsletter” @DougMackeyCase, tells @VishBurra that “the Russia Collusion thing is a meme. It’s a hoax…It all originated with the Russia Hoax. 100%. And they need to go down for it or else they’re going to try this thing all over again in the next couple of years.”

MACKEY CLAIMS THE RUSSIA COLLUSION NARRATIVE WAS A MEME…A HOAX – WARNS THAT THEY WILL TRY TO DO IT AGAIN

Author of “Douglass Mackey’s Newsletter” @DougMackeyCase, tells @VishBurra that “the Russia Collusion thing is a meme. It’s a hoax…It all originated with the Russia Hoax.… pic.twitter.com/Mk1zItHlJ4

— One America News (@OANN) May 28, 2025

Following the segment, Doug shared the meme war monologue by Vish Bura that highlighted the lasting power of political mockery. Because nothing rattles the system like sharp satire, viral memes, and a generation that refuses to bow.

Douglass Mackey:

Great monologue on the @mattgaetz show with @VishBurra — and I was honored to make an appearance.

“The 2016 Presidential campaign in the United States is often referred to as the “Great Meme War. Coming off the heels of the GamerGate Scandal, a new contingent of recently “redpilled” Americans, mostly young men, decided to use comedy and creativity to wage information warfare against the Clinton campaign and the establishment at large. Many people say this directly contributed to President Trump’s victory later that year.”

“Mackey, with his Ricky Vaughn account, got under the skin of the establishment schoolmarms like no other.”

Great monologue on the @mattgaetz show with @VishBurra — and I was honored to make an appearance.

“The 2016 Presidential campaign in the United States is often referred to as the “Great Meme War. Coming off the heels of the GamerGate Scandal, a new contingent of recently… pic.twitter.com/Ule35GMvAa

— Douglass Mackey (@DougMackeyCase) May 28, 2025