Yesterday someone on this board mentioned that a faction of the GOP doesnât want this investigated because they are counting on Russian help in the future. Iâve been thinking about that ever since I read it, and I feel sick.
Drip, drip, drip. Weâve been expecting to hear about this for some time. Eventually weâll find out that Trump really did have someone killed in the middle of 5th Avenue. That did seem like an oddly specific scenario.
Any more confirmation needed that Putin is a snake?: âpatriotic individualsâ. Yeah, he didnât âlook into itâ except to see who to reward or have killed.
Itâs actually quite a cozy relationship: Russian hackers alter votersâ information so they get swept up in the regular purges of the rolls or flagged during the actual vote count. I wonder if Kobach or Husted would like to comment on this.
This is becoming a 19-century serial novel, no doubt leading to a 1500-page finished product. Each chapter challenges the reader to keep all the threads in mind, the names (so many Russian ones!), the dates, the connections, the meetings. Itâs exhausting!
Tampering helps GOP : nothing to see here, move along
Tampering helps Dems : OMG! National emergency! Do something!!
Youâre so cynical! Itâs merely out of an abundance of caution that every âNicholas Gonzalesâ or âMaria Gutierrezâ gets flagged as the same person voting illegally across the country.
The Grandiose Old Partyâs response: So? Whatâs the problem here? No biggie.
âThey did not alter vote tallies, however, as various intelligence officials have testified in congressional hearingsâ
Right. Definitely. For sure. Or as the Bloomberg article puts it in its pre-antepenultimate paragraph âIn many states, the extent of the Russian infiltration remains unclear. The federal government had no direct authority over state election systems, and some states offered limited cooperation.â
I am not sure that we need free and fair elections. Given how great Preshitident Cloacamouth-Cheatojesus and President Putinâs dickholster is turning out, we need more rigged elections. We need to get rid of our Constitution and all of our laws, our Free Press so that Preshitident Cloacamouth-Cheatojesus, his First Lady Ivank Trump and his Russia Communications Director Cuck Kushner can make America Great Again. We need to run this country based on whim, fancy, caprice and legalize and promote treason, bribery, nepotism, religious intolerance, christian bigotry and racism again.
If you have full access to the voter databases, the need to manipulate actual vote tallies is not so great.
This is such a serious issue that isnât being covered enough. And itâs not just the Russians with the ability to hack the voteâthere are still unanswered questions about the voting in Ohio and Wisconsin in many previous elections. Until our politicians on both sides take this for the threat that it is, we truly donât have a democracy. And hereâs the solution to most voter suppression/hacking tactics: Vote by Mail like we have here in Oregon. No worries about precincts being shut down in minority neighborhoods, no taking off work and standing in endless lines on Election Day, no last minute challenges to voter rolls and a paper train to boot. This is a no-brainer and the entire country should call for Mail In. Call your congresspeople!
Has anyone actually posted a list of the 39 states hacked?
Havenât seen one, but I bet they are predominantly Blue or Purple statesâŚ
Russia likes Red States, being reliable allies and allâŚ
Which states? Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania?
They did not alter vote tallies, however, as various intelligence officials have testified in congressional hearings.
YeahâŚ.just like thereâs no collusion. Give me a break. And why are we just beginning to hear about this? And why is it not a bigger story?
Remember, even Trump was surprised he won on election night. The polls werenât wrong. The election was hacked.
Can someone explain to me what this Russian collusion thing is? I mean, whereâs the evidence? Why does this witch hunt CONTINUE? The election is OVER! MOVE ON!!
(God AlmightyâŚ)
Our scanners went down just before polls opened in my precinct and I had to put my ballot in the box without being scanned. I was an unhappy camper when asking poll workers what the deal was and they didnât know but assured me once they were up and running, ballots would be scanned. After reading this, I donât think poll workers did know what was going on at the time. KY was going for trump anyway, though Louisville probably wouldnât have and I canât remember if it did or not, probably not, but perhaps thatâs why my precinct was targeted. That or Russians didnât know enough details and were just spreading a wide net. Regardless, this really pisses me off.
Late edit: ernestscribbler sure is dense or anti-American, take your pick.
I want to know that too, I looked but didnât find the list.