Reality check: what does it matter? This person is facing 15 years in prison for linking to material in an ephemeral setting - a chat room. That there are not people protesting on the streets is a good indicator of how much US citizens enjoy living in an ultranationalist state.

George orwell is turning in his grave - thought crime is becoming a reality these days.

It's a maximum potential sentence of all the charges combined, I think most smart people realize that. As another person noted the media does this to show the charges as excessive.