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lees1975

(6,679 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:51 PM Nov 2024

They wailed so loudly about "stealing" the 2020 election and they've made us afraid to say they stole this one.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-151923500

Take it however you want, I think we have the right to make sure that the massive number of people they got into the counting centers and operating the election didn't cheat us out of it. There's a lot that doesn't look right and doesn't seem very consistent with past patterns, or even with the exit polling data. No harm in checking it out on a large scale and the Republican candidate should be happy to have his straight up honesty confirmed, right?

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They wailed so loudly about "stealing" the 2020 election and they've made us afraid to say they stole this one. (Original Post) lees1975 Nov 2024 OP
democracy enid602 Nov 2024 #1
Yes that is the plan. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #3
Yes sociopaths usually accuse everyone else of the crimes they commit. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #2
Projection has worked so well for them FullySupportDems Nov 2024 #54
Yes psychopath accusations are actually confessions. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #67
You are absolutely correct., ramedy Nov 2024 #4
But it's working. Think. Again. Nov 2024 #22
Yes, that's the trap we put ourselves in. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2024 #5
Yes, we can... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #23
We can Zeitghost Nov 2024 #55
Letcs do the recounts and get it, then. Think. Again. Nov 2024 #61
As you have been told over and over and over and over and over again Zeitghost Nov 2024 #62
Yes, let's do recounts to find the "irregularities"... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #64
Should we think that "evidence" is going to raise it hand out of the weeds and say here I'm. Come and get me.... usaf-vet Nov 2024 #96
If you're counting the spoon guy as one of those experts, his magic bullet ballots have been thoroughly discredited. tritsofme Nov 2024 #100
There are verification processes going on right now Zeitghost Nov 2024 #105
That is great as long as they are looking. usaf-vet Nov 2024 #108
Elections are hard to steal Progressive dog Nov 2024 #6
So we should not look further? OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #27
It seems to be the same absence of evidence as yesterday and the day before that. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #47
The law doesnt allow it unless the margin is small enough Callie1979 Nov 2024 #58
In the days when we did hand counts Progressive dog Nov 2024 #90
What does it mean to look no farther? Progressive dog Nov 2024 #107
This is a topic for which reasoned discussion is not well received. TomSlick Nov 2024 #39
You won't get the evidence you require without a recount! bikes and bunnies Nov 2024 #41
Yeah, as they say, who's checking KPN Nov 2024 #45
What evidence is that? TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #48
State and local election officials across the country Zeitghost Nov 2024 #57
The police aren't to randomly investigate and see if they find anything. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #63
So all you have to do Progressive dog Nov 2024 #92
So, raise the money to pay for one Progressive dog Nov 2024 #106
At 77 I'm making this prediction and of course will not live to see it. So for the youngsters in the crowd you heard.... usaf-vet Nov 2024 #97
You can assume, if you wish Progressive dog Nov 2024 #104
Well maybe neither one of us will be here to see what the history books say. Maybe you need to re-read my point was... usaf-vet Nov 2024 #109
58,000 of my peers and six of my friends, neighbors, and high school classmates died because of lies starting in 1951. usaf-vet Nov 2024 #110
I believe you are very wrong Progressive dog Nov 2024 #111
Only time will tell as I have said all along. usaf-vet Nov 2024 #112
Mr. low energy RANDYWILDMAN Nov 2024 #7
They had more of their people in county election offices in Pennsylvania than any other state. lees1975 Nov 2024 #11
PA is currently doing post election audits Abnredleg Nov 2024 #20
If the swing rightward was isolated to the states he needed to win DetroitLegalBeagle Nov 2024 #83
Go ahead. Kaleva Nov 2024 #8
That was their whole purpose... Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #9
From what I've read it wouldn't even have to be a large investigation Ohioboy Nov 2024 #10
Because the bullet ballot argument fell apart Abnredleg Nov 2024 #19
Citation for your statement? AZ8theist Nov 2024 #60
Like others on this site Abnredleg Nov 2024 #65
Yes, all the Democratic governors and election officials fixed the election for Trump. iemanja Nov 2024 #12
Your first two paragraphs contradict each other. brush Nov 2024 #13
Exactly, it was meant sarcastically iemanja Nov 2024 #15
Learn to use the sarcasm gif then if it was meant to be sarcastic. We can read your mind. brush Nov 2024 #16
Okay iemanja Nov 2024 #17
It reads as if you're confused as your first two graphs contradict each other. brush Nov 2024 #18
It worked just fine. I suppose if you're invested in conspiracy theories, the sarcasm would be confusing thebigidea Nov 2024 #99
No, the argument ... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #24
Then explain to be how Trump fixed the election is Democratic states with Democratic governors iemanja Nov 2024 #25
I am not a digital forensics person... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #30
So you have no evidence, but you thought you'd throw shit against the wall iemanja Nov 2024 #31
I am a citizen (among many) calling for investigations into suspucioys elections. Think. Again. Nov 2024 #32
The Democratic Party or the Harris campaign iemanja Nov 2024 #34
I think we only have until December sometime to get it done. jimfields33 Nov 2024 #35
December 11, I think. Think. Again. Nov 2024 #37
Thank you. Clock is definitely ticking. jimfields33 Nov 2024 #40
Straw man. No one is saying that governors stole the election bikes and bunnies Nov 2024 #44
No YOU just made that argument, the general idea has be to sling shit in hopes something sticks. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #52
Insisting that the election was stolen iemanja Nov 2024 #56
We lost battleground states with Democratic elected officials. lees1975 Nov 2024 #66
Audit is part of the certification process /NT Abnredleg Nov 2024 #77
Exactly. They trained us to defend our elections process no matter what, even though it's been revealed in court cases pnwmom Nov 2024 #14
Recounts and forensic audits are needed, even if the outcome is unchanged. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2024 #21
It's simple really. Think. Again. Nov 2024 #28
Just need money. jimfields33 Nov 2024 #36
I cilla4progress Nov 2024 #26
Spoonamore is straight up attacking Harris now Sympthsical Nov 2024 #29
Link please? Think. Again. Nov 2024 #38
It's the OP's link Sympthsical Nov 2024 #43
It will be a bad time for us all... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #50
Since you have access to Spoonamore's latest substack post... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #68
I will not post attacks on Democrats here Sympthsical Nov 2024 #69
Oh, okay... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #70
You can easily find it Sympthsical Nov 2024 #73
As I explained.... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #75
PMed it to you Sympthsical Nov 2024 #76
Thank you, I won't copy/paste the whole thing here... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #81
I seriously doubt it was stolen but I'm also ok with... yourout Nov 2024 #33
Democrats quoting Reagan... DiamondShark Nov 2024 #85
I forgot that was were that came from. yourout Nov 2024 #86
Reagan really did infect our country in a way we may never recover. DiamondShark Nov 2024 #89
No, YOU broke it polly pureblood Nov 2024 #42
Can anyone file a lawsuit with... paparush Nov 2024 #46
What actionable evidence? No, probably not. The candidate has the standing. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #49
The republicans always cry about Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #51
Nothing is "chilled", it is just the standard is the same...aka..where's the evidence? TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #98
Several computer experts are saying it Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #103
The link is not coming through for me... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #53
I just looked at exit polls for PA, WI, and MI DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2024 #59
Really? lees1975 Nov 2024 #79
The article suggested the results contradicted the exit polls. The exit polls show a small Trump advantage. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2024 #82
I bet that was one of their motivations. calimary Nov 2024 #71
It is our duty to know that our vote was protected. Hope22 Nov 2024 #72
85 recs and counting for a post loaded with anti-Harris attacks Sympthsical Nov 2024 #74
Kamala enid602 Nov 2024 #78
Well maybe not everyone sees it that way. lees1975 Nov 2024 #84
Kamala has no use for our version of Mike Lindell HereForTheParty Nov 2024 #80
MAGAtry had an insurrection against the United States over it John Shaft Nov 2024 #87
There does seem to be some hesitation to state the obvious. Kid Berwyn Nov 2024 #88
Maybe Democrats did steal it in 2020. Self Esteem Nov 2024 #91
Sandra Day O'Connor Ann B Nov 2024 #93
At this point, it would be relief to know it was stolen mdbl Nov 2024 #94
Sore losers sore losers sore losers - that's what they called us after Gore lost to Bush nmmi Nov 2024 #95
Fear is not holding me back. Integrity is. HelpImSurrounded Nov 2024 #101
Surely there must be pictures showing these fundamentalist Christian activists swarming election offices MichMan Nov 2024 #102

enid602

(9,490 posts)
1. democracy
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:57 PM
Nov 2024

Once democracy slips away, it’s hard to get back. SS, Medicare, Medicaid, ACA will be impossible to retrieve.

Irish_Dem

(72,190 posts)
3. Yes that is the plan.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:00 PM
Nov 2024

To make the damage is so severe it can never be repaired or reinstated.

Irish_Dem

(72,190 posts)
2. Yes sociopaths usually accuse everyone else of the crimes they commit.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:59 PM
Nov 2024

So when the victims report crimes every one is confused.
And victims are afraid to come forward because they are accused of lying.

We can see with the GOP it is an effective strategy.
No one is allowed to ask reasonable questions about the election and
are accused of being "conspiracy theorists."

This is also an old government trick to silence legitimate questions.

FullySupportDems

(357 posts)
54. Projection has worked so well for them
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:57 PM
Nov 2024

We should accuse them of it every time they talk crap about Dems. Automatically accuse them of everything they say. It will usually be true too.

Irish_Dem

(72,190 posts)
67. Yes psychopath accusations are actually confessions.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:21 PM
Nov 2024

They are telling us about their own wrong doing and crimes.

In a healthy adult society, people tend to put pieces of the puzzle
together and understand they are looking at criminals and liars
who are not respected or tolerated.

But in current day US, Americans admire the liars, criminals, rapists, etc.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,484 posts)
5. Yes, that's the trap we put ourselves in.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:08 PM
Nov 2024

We literally cant say they stole it now after beating the tar out of them over their claims the past four years.

And even if it’s true, it’ll just look like the sour grapes we’ve accused them of having.

They’re great at this shit. I hate them but they’re great at it.

Think. Again.

(22,355 posts)
23. Yes, we can...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:02 PM
Nov 2024

We can continue to show them they were lying 4 years ago while also calling them out and investigating any crimes they may be committing now.

Yes. We can.

 

Zeitghost

(4,557 posts)
62. As you have been told over and over and over and over and over again
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:05 PM
Nov 2024

While spreading your BS disinformation here on DU, audits are happening all over the country right now. And so far, not a single irregularity from those conducting the audits has been noted.

usaf-vet

(7,603 posts)
96. Should we think that "evidence" is going to raise it hand out of the weeds and say here I'm. Come and get me....
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 05:57 PM
Nov 2024

...... OF COURSE NOT! We will have to dig and find it piece by piece.

This is ridiculous. Many real statistical experts feel/see/believe that something is not right in at least some of the seven swing states.

It will likely worsen if we don't follow their leads.

Remember to listen to Djt and believe what he says. Remember, within the last ninety days.

He repeated the following over and over.




tritsofme

(19,351 posts)
100. If you're counting the spoon guy as one of those experts, his magic bullet ballots have been thoroughly discredited.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 07:03 PM
Nov 2024

The guy is a liar.

 

Zeitghost

(4,557 posts)
105. There are verification processes going on right now
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:15 PM
Nov 2024

In every state. None have turned up anything suspicious.

Lots of good public officials are looking and they haven't found anything.

Progressive dog

(7,499 posts)
6. Elections are hard to steal
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:08 PM
Nov 2024

Trump proved that in 2020. Unless we have evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, then the election will stand. We have no evidence that is reasonable.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,333 posts)
27. So we should not look further?
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:07 PM
Nov 2024

We know what is at stake. Is it now too much trouble to defend democracy? Forget the media frenzy, just start examining the results. We don't need a photo op every five hours to examine results. We don't need press coverage and special committees and such. If there is nothing wrong, then there is nothing wrong. Correct?

Personally, I like the idea of doing a hand count in the seven swing states. If there were issues with the machines or StarLink, that is where it will be obvious. (Disclosure: this was not my idea.) If no issues appear, then there was nothing wrong with the election. Unlike the rethugs, we won't start screaming the second we decide to demand a recount, but will maturely await the outcome to see if there were issues. If there were not, then there were not. There seems to be more and more circumstantial evidence appearing that indicates something was amiss. Which is why there needs to be a bit more scrutiny.

(Also, that orange gibbon did not try to steal the election. He tried to overthrow the existing government. The election had been over for months. Just my opinion.)

Progressive dog

(7,499 posts)
90. In the days when we did hand counts
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 10:00 AM
Nov 2024

there were a lot more errors in counting. Machines are more accurate .and much faster Those are facts The machines are audited by hand counting ballots and feeding those ballots through the machines to verify the accuracy.of the machines.
This vote stealing nonsense with absolutely no verifiable evidence wasted time and feeds the conspiracy claims of the MAGA.



Progressive dog

(7,499 posts)
107. What does it mean to look no farther?
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:29 PM
Nov 2024

Defending democracy means defending free and fair elections, It does not mean searching for ways to overturn an election based on conjecture. It does not mean attacking (without even possible cause) the election workers who were already under threat from MAGA.
If you were one of those workers, take your evidence to the authorities. It is really that simple.

TomSlick

(12,577 posts)
39. This is a topic for which reasoned discussion is not well received.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:37 PM
Nov 2024

Many are convinced President Biden was wrong and Vice President Harris was wrong. How do they know? They just know. Occam's Razor? They don't buy it.

People are having a hard time moving past denial to deal with grief.

It's time to move past the election and focus on resisting the coming terrors.

 
41. You won't get the evidence you require without a recount!
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:41 PM
Nov 2024

It's like requiring a DA or the police to provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt before even starting an investigation!

That's not how this works. There's enough evidence to warrant an investigation, i.e. a recount, from what I've seen.

 

Zeitghost

(4,557 posts)
57. State and local election officials across the country
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:00 PM
Nov 2024

Are following post election procedures that include verifying the accuracy of the results. So far nothing has been produced to warrant a further investigation.

 

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
63. The police aren't to randomly investigate and see if they find anything.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:08 PM
Nov 2024

What is the specific reasonable suspicion?

This should not be flipped to having a reason to be suspicious but an specific and articulable suspicion.

Progressive dog

(7,499 posts)
92. So all you have to do
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 10:24 AM
Nov 2024

Is convince the Harris Walks team that they are close enough that a recount might work. Maybe you could get them to file sixty or so lawsuits revealing those facts that calls the election winner into doubt. Do you think Harris and Walz are part of the conspiracy or do you just think they are not very bright?

Progressive dog

(7,499 posts)
106. So, raise the money to pay for one
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:17 PM
Nov 2024

and then get the Harris campaign to ask for one. The police have to have probable cause not wild speculation.

usaf-vet

(7,603 posts)
97. At 77 I'm making this prediction and of course will not live to see it. So for the youngsters in the crowd you heard....
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 06:28 PM
Nov 2024

..... it here first.

The history books and historians will write and believe that this downward election spiral started with the theft of the 2000 election and the hangings, "Chads," which gave them the necessary excuse for the need to computerize our national election.

Those of us who worked every day with computer systems knew the real unspoken reason: It was the only way they could get to every vote in any national election where it was and, if necessary, alter the results to fit their agenda.

It was the only way they could get to every vote in any national election where it was and, if necessary, alter the results to fit their agenda.

With Covid, look how easy it was to send workers home to do their work at home—connecting to the office networks and other office team members.

The internet has made it possible to access any data and alter it remotely.
IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS, EXPERTISE, AND EVIL INTENTIONS if necessary.

Progressive dog

(7,499 posts)
104. You can assume, if you wish
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:12 PM
Nov 2024

that no one who doesn't agree with you has the right tool;s, expertise, and evil intentions to steal elections. That is your right and because we do not yet have the kind of elections you speak of, we still allow random citizens to run the vote collection. Yes they now count votes using computerized machines and they audit those machines.
There are observers present when the votes are counted, and election workers were accused by Giuliani of cheating and he even had video to prove it. You are pointing from the other side at people like them, without even a pathetic proof in a video.
I'm sorry, but I believe that is going too far.

usaf-vet

(7,603 posts)
109. Well maybe neither one of us will be here to see what the history books say. Maybe you need to re-read my point was...
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 11:38 AM
Nov 2024

.... and is what will HISTORY say about the elections starting in 2000.

Maybe you don't care if the elections are fair. For the most part, I won't have many more Presidential elections to vote in.

And if I'm wrong, so be it if I'm right, good luck with your future.

Speaking of HISTORY and what it uncovers in the years following an event.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219751947

usaf-vet

(7,603 posts)
110. 58,000 of my peers and six of my friends, neighbors, and high school classmates died because of lies starting in 1951.
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 12:11 PM
Nov 2024

The Gulf of Tonkin events, to name at least one.

HISTORY: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2008/february/truth-about-tonkin

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,064 posts)
7. Mr. low energy
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:10 PM
Nov 2024

did not win all the swing states and the house and the senate(I was giving him the senate ) It's just too convenient

Come on....

lees1975

(6,679 posts)
11. They had more of their people in county election offices in Pennsylvania than any other state.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:15 PM
Nov 2024

And that was the state where the codes on the counting machines hadn't changed in 14 years.

But I sure don't want to be guilty of spreading conspiracy theories...

Abnredleg

(1,121 posts)
20. PA is currently doing post election audits
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:47 PM
Nov 2024

If there are issues with the tabulators then the audit will flag them. That’s the nice thing about paper ballots - it’s easy to verify accuracy.

https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/11/pennsylvania-election-audit-certification-recount-explainer/

DetroitLegalBeagle

(2,406 posts)
83. If the swing rightward was isolated to the states he needed to win
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:18 PM
Nov 2024

That would look suspicious. The problem is, it wasn't isolated. Deep blue states swung right, by double digits in some states. Nearly every county in the country shifted right. They would have had to have cheated literally everywhere. And the possibility of that happening everywhere is basically zero.

Ohioboy

(3,712 posts)
10. From what I've read it wouldn't even have to be a large investigation
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:15 PM
Nov 2024

just a few locations that had an unusual amount of bullet ballots. Why not check it out?

Abnredleg

(1,121 posts)
65. Like others on this site
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:17 PM
Nov 2024

I went to the sites of the various BOEs and did some simple math. Turns out his numbers were achieved by taking the number of Trump votes and comparing it the number of votes in the GOP Senate race, which was less. This, however, ignores the issue of split ballot voting. When you do the calculations properly, which is to compare the votes of all presidential candidates and subtracting the number of all votes in the Senate race, you discover that the number of ballots just for the presidential race are 1-2% of total ballots rather than 6-7%. His cherry picking on data was picked up quickly and it was mentioned numerous times on DU.

Here’s a link to some numbers:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19738572

iemanja

(56,244 posts)
12. Yes, all the Democratic governors and election officials fixed the election for Trump.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:17 PM
Nov 2024


Did you miss the fact we lost BLUE states? Your argument lacks logic.

The harm is it makes the Democratic party look like colossal idiots and costs hundreds of millions of dollars.

brush

(60,543 posts)
13. Your first two paragraphs contradict each other.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:33 PM
Nov 2024

Talk about an argument lacking logic.

The first graph is hard to believe. Why in the hell would Democratic fix the election for trump? Ridiculous.

iemanja

(56,244 posts)
15. Exactly, it was meant sarcastically
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:35 PM
Nov 2024

The argument that the election was fixed depends on a conspiracy in which Democrats fixed the election for Trump. That is why it lacks logic.

brush

(60,543 posts)
16. Learn to use the sarcasm gif then if it was meant to be sarcastic. We can read your mind.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:37 PM
Nov 2024

thebigidea

(13,510 posts)
99. It worked just fine. I suppose if you're invested in conspiracy theories, the sarcasm would be confusing
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 06:47 PM
Nov 2024

Think. Again.

(22,355 posts)
24. No, the argument ...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:05 PM
Nov 2024

...that the election was fixed DOES NOT depend on a conspiracy in which Democrats fixed the election for Trump.

iemanja

(56,244 posts)
25. Then explain to be how Trump fixed the election is Democratic states with Democratic governors
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:06 PM
Nov 2024

and Democratic election officials.

Think. Again.

(22,355 posts)
30. I am not a digital forensics person...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:11 PM
Nov 2024

....and, so far, we have not done any recounts to provide that information for anyone who is.

iemanja

(56,244 posts)
31. So you have no evidence, but you thought you'd throw shit against the wall
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:14 PM
Nov 2024

like Sidney Powell.

Think. Again.

(22,355 posts)
32. I am a citizen (among many) calling for investigations into suspucioys elections.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:17 PM
Nov 2024

We've proven in 2020 that the U.S. is willng to do that.

iemanja

(56,244 posts)
34. The Democratic Party or the Harris campaign
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:25 PM
Nov 2024

have the authority to call for an investigation and knowing that there is no way it will change the outcome of the election, they are not doing so. They have no obligation to bend to every person on the internet who can't deal with the election loss. It's over. Deal with it.

There is also the fact that the exit polls and results are consistent. There is nothing suggesting any malfeasance except denialists who can't face reality.

 
44. Straw man. No one is saying that governors stole the election
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:44 PM
Nov 2024

They're saying the tabulators may have been hacked at the county level.
That would not require the involvement of governors.

Man, I hate straw man arguments.
So dishonest.

I just called Walz's office urging him to tell Kamala to request a recount.
(I don't have Kamala's number).

 

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
52. No YOU just made that argument, the general idea has be to sling shit in hopes something sticks.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:56 PM
Nov 2024

Now that we have an allegation what supports it?

iemanja

(56,244 posts)
56. Insisting that the election was stolen
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:59 PM
Nov 2024

requires that the Blue States were in on it. That means Democratic election officials. Voting machines are not connected to the internet. How could they be hacked?

It's not a strawman argument. It's pointing to the utter illogic of claiming the election was stolen in every single swing state in America, including blue states. It requires a conspiracy that reaches to 90% of the counties in America, because that is how many that Trump gained ground in. The argument makes no sense, and the fact that two weeks after the election people are still in denial is just sad.

Walz and Harris are never going to ask for a recount because they know there is no basis to it. The whole country would laugh at them if they did, and there are no signs they want to. The only people who want to are those who can't face reality.

lees1975

(6,679 posts)
66. We lost battleground states with Democratic elected officials.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:19 PM
Nov 2024

They only certify the vote. They didn't count them. So an audit wouldn't be a problem.

pnwmom

(109,955 posts)
14. Exactly. They trained us to defend our elections process no matter what, even though it's been revealed in court cases
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:33 PM
Nov 2024

that elections systems had been breached AFTER the 2020 election, putting 2024 elections at risk.

ATLANTA (AP) — An effort to access voting system software in several states and provide it to allies of former President Donald Trump as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election has raised “serious threats” ahead of next year’s presidential contest, according to a group of experts who urged federal agencies to investigate.

The letter sent by nearly two dozen computer scientists, election security experts and voter advocacy organizations asks for a federal probe and a risk assessment of voting machines used throughout the country, saying the software breaches have “urgent implications for the 2024 election and beyond.” The breaches affected voting equipment made by two companies that together count over 70 percent of the votes cast across the country, according to the letter.

“The multistate effort to unlawfully obtain copies of voting system software poses serious threats to election security and national security and constitutes a potential criminal conspiracy of enormous consequences,” the group wrote in a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, special counsel Jack Smith, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Jen Easterly, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “We must protect our most sacred tenet of democracy — the security of our vote."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/voting-experts-warn-of-serious-threats-for-2024-from-election-equipment-software-breaches

 

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)
36. Just need money.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:30 PM
Nov 2024

Pennsylvania recount is a million dollars. But the state will cover that. The other 49 states will not cover costs but if someone paid, they might agree to recount.

Sympthsical

(10,729 posts)
29. Spoonamore is straight up attacking Harris now
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:11 PM
Nov 2024

How are people so easily led into this? As absolutely-fucking-predicted, the pivot has been made and anger about the election will be wheeled on Harris and other Democratic leaders. Already his words and anti-Democratic rhetoric is being splattered all over DU.

How. Is. It. So. Easy?

When people complain about voters, "Oh, they're taken in by so much misinformation and disinformation cuz they're so dumb!" I want people to look real close at how grifters who make claims - without providing any evidence whatsoever - can get people to fall into these holes this easily.

And then maybe take a moment to think that it isn't always "other people" who fall for nonsense when it's nonsense they want to believe.

Sympthsical

(10,729 posts)
43. It's the OP's link
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:41 PM
Nov 2024

Read through it. Do you think saying things like Harris will have the "rot of shame" on her if she doesn't buy into this stuff is acceptable rhetoric? They people will abandon and lose trust in Harris if she doesn't go along with Spoonamore?

He said this, addressing Harris:

"Shame will surround you like the stench of a rotting limb. I hope it wakes you in your sleep from time to time."


This is what's on DU now. And it was so easy for this grifter to manage. Took him ten seconds to spread this poison. And now we get to read it, because people keep bringing it here en masse (and with all these new faces to help)

Think. Again.

(22,355 posts)
68. Since you have access to Spoonamore's latest substack post...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:26 PM
Nov 2024

...and it is what you want to discuss, would you mind posting the text of his post?

I can not access the post on his substack for some reason.

Sympthsical

(10,729 posts)
69. I will not post attacks on Democrats here
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:32 PM
Nov 2024

Much less VP Harris.

But plenty of others in the thread seem to have access to the post (and enjoy it if the recs are anything to go by). You can always ask the willing.

Sympthsical

(10,729 posts)
73. You can easily find it
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:09 PM
Nov 2024

But not even making the attempt to find easily accessed information available within this thread from many different posters betrays an unwillingness at good faith efforts.

So what's the game then, if not good faith?

Think. Again.

(22,355 posts)
75. As I explained....
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:15 PM
Nov 2024

I can not access the original source.

I wouldn't want to hold you to references on statements that you are not willing to provide originally sourced material on, so I will just disregard your refernces.

Sympthsical

(10,729 posts)
76. PMed it to you
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:23 PM
Nov 2024

So now you don't have to disregard the attacks on Harris or pretend they weren't seen.

Think. Again.

(22,355 posts)
81. Thank you, I won't copy/paste the whole thing here...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:46 PM
Nov 2024

....since I can't verify the source (and I'm not sure of copyright implications), but a few things did stand out to me:

"Photos of fundamentalist Christian Activists posing at election offices wearing T-Shirts emblazoned with firmware passwords to access the tabulation software."

"Confirmation 6 of the 7 swing states used tabulators with firmware access codes built in - and unchanged since last election or longer. In one case 14 years."

"Multiple people sending me chapters of Kamala’s 2019 book, in which she details how vulnerable voting machines are, and even worries Russia will change an outcome.
...
It was dead on correct Kamala. You nailed it. The whole chapter lines up with reports and videos the whole security community has been involved in. Imagine my face while reading your discussion of a hacking demo, that … I helped develop. It’s great stuff. 100% correct in everything discussed,..."

And I certainly agree with Spoonamore's understanding of how dangerous this might be for anyone to challenge this particular election.

I certainly hope the people he mentioned in Pennsylvania, etc, do indeed find the strengh to stand up at this extemely important time in our nation's, possibly ending, history.

yourout

(8,490 posts)
33. I seriously doubt it was stolen but I'm also ok with...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:24 PM
Nov 2024

a bit of verification.
As the saying goes... "Trust but verify" .

 

polly pureblood

(37 posts)
42. No, YOU broke it
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:41 PM
Nov 2024

and so you own it. You can't yell "election-denier" to the other side and then complain when the rules don't favor your position all of a sudden. This is why free speech is never one-sided...or shouldn't be. 🥳

paparush

(7,992 posts)
46. Can anyone file a lawsuit with...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:46 PM
Nov 2024

actionable evidence? If so, they should.

We could contrast that to the 60 lawsuits the Orange Prolapse filed after 2020 that were all thrown out of court.

 

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
49. What actionable evidence? No, probably not. The candidate has the standing.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:53 PM
Nov 2024

Which I'm sure would be exercised if there was actionable evidence which there isn't.

Blue Full Moon

(2,412 posts)
51. The republicans always cry about
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:54 PM
Nov 2024

Things they blame the democrats do but, it's always false and exaggerated. Then they do what they were hollering about because in their heads it makes it alright. So the big lie was so ludicrous it now causes a chilling effect to talk about cheating. They didn't spend all that time and money for nothing. The lies aren't to make people believe them as truth, but to obscure the truth so it won't be believed.

Blue Full Moon

(2,412 posts)
103. Several computer experts are saying it
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 07:34 PM
Nov 2024

Netanyahu said he wasn't going to work with Biden he was waiting on Trump. Trump and Johnson both said they had a secret. Trump tells his beautiful Christians they will never need to vote again. Bomb threats called in to voting precincts keeping citizens from voting. Bullet ballots and Muskrat's star link. There has already been cases like in Ohio where Triad went in and changed votes. Bush jr put a gag order on the result of the lawsuit. Again the republicans always holler about something then they do it. So it makes it oh well they were crazy so now that they have done it discussion is suppressed and that is very much a chilling effect. It would take the experts going through the data. For them to speak out obviously they already found inconsistencies.

Think. Again.

(22,355 posts)
53. The link is not coming through for me...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:57 PM
Nov 2024

(I don't have a substack acct or the app)

Can anyone post the text please?

DemocratSinceBirth

(101,041 posts)
59. I just looked at exit polls for PA, WI, and MI
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:01 PM
Nov 2024

The results are consistent with the exit polls. I can provide a citation if anyone wants.

lees1975

(6,679 posts)
79. Really?
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:36 PM
Nov 2024

The results in all three of those states are quite close. It would take expert analysis to tell. I'm not seeing that it is conclusive enough to be 100% confident that there aren't discrepancies.

DemocratSinceBirth

(101,041 posts)
82. The article suggested the results contradicted the exit polls. The exit polls show a small Trump advantage.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:50 PM
Nov 2024
https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls

Exit polls are rough checks on the actual results and in the current instance the latter mirror the former. Maybe chicanery occurred but proof of it is isn't to be found in exit polls.

Hope22

(4,052 posts)
72. It is our duty to know that our vote was protected.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:48 PM
Nov 2024

If I knew what they were afraid of I would probably be afraid too. I’m sorry that we haven’t seen anything of VP Harris since November 6th. I’m assuming she will be able to speak after this deadline has passed. I don’t see a Dem being elected as President anytime soon. People fought for her, paid money every month, worked in local Dem offices and worked at polls despite the danger to make this happen. The very least we could have is an explanation of how the vote was protected and safely counted. Many of us watched as the President pulled out of the campaign even though he had stated to us multiple times that he was all in. It’s just not a good feeling that it happened on our watch.

Sympthsical

(10,729 posts)
74. 85 recs and counting for a post loaded with anti-Harris attacks
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:11 PM
Nov 2024

I guess my hope is that people are just not reading things.

enid602

(9,490 posts)
78. Kamala
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:29 PM
Nov 2024

I don’t believe that we know if Kamala has had time to thoroughly digest these theories. The letter was dated yesterday. Maybe she wants to see if the allegations have legs before she requests the recounts. I think she’ll weigh it carefully before making a decision.

lees1975

(6,679 posts)
84. Well maybe not everyone sees it that way.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:44 AM
Nov 2024

"anti-Harris" attack is a perspective term, not a proven fact. I don't see it that way. He's pointing out the urgency of getting something done he thinks there's evidence to do.

Harris is still asking for money. So it could very well be that she is planning to ask for recounts in some or all of the battleground states. Why not? What does that hurt? There was too much blabbering from Trump and the GOP to let this go without checking on it.

Personally, I'm not accusing anyone of anything, but as a registered Democrat who spend a lot of time canvassing for votes in Southeast Wisconsin and who gave over a thousand dollars to her campaign, I can certainly feel justified in asking that she do this.

 

HereForTheParty

(915 posts)
80. Kamala has no use for our version of Mike Lindell
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:44 PM
Nov 2024

I'm glad she's ignoring this grifter. We'd look like fools and it would undercut our criticism of the Stop the Steal crap.

Kid Berwyn

(21,209 posts)
88. There does seem to be some hesitation to state the obvious.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 09:42 AM
Nov 2024

Don’t want to hurt Der Führer’s feelings.

 

Self Esteem

(2,248 posts)
91. Maybe Democrats did steal it in 2020.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 10:17 AM
Nov 2024

After all, every argument I've seen used here as proof of the 2024 theft was used by Republicans four years ago.

Ann B

(24 posts)
93. Sandra Day O'Connor
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:14 PM
Nov 2024

Actually, it started in 2000 when Sandra Day O'Connor gave Bush the presidency after the Brooks Brothers Riot.

The Brooks Brothers riot was a demonstration led by Republican staffers at a meeting of election canvassers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on November 22, 2000, during a recount of votes made during the 2000 United States presidential election, with the goal of shutting down the recount. After demonstrations and acts of violence, local officials shut down the recount early.

Rev. Jess Jackson led a protest as well at the time.

Jesse Jackson raised a shorts-'n'-shirts insurrection yesterday in a town that is the relatively poor neighbour of the traditional winter home of America's super rich, the Kennedys, the Rockefellers, the Pulitzers and, more recently, the upstart Trumps.

Perhaps it was not quite the Rainbow Coalition that the black leader had in mind when he named his civil rights organisation. But still, more than 1,000 people protesting at the voting irregularities that may have robbed Al Gore of the presidency defied the police and spilled on to the street, streaming towards the West Palm Beach department of elections. There were blacks, whites and Hispanics; the young and wheelchair-bound; union leaders and self-made business people; the passionate and the passive.



mdbl

(6,900 posts)
94. At this point, it would be relief to know it was stolen
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 03:56 PM
Nov 2024

then I can quit these feelings of disgust for the American voters who voted for Dump. It was bad enough when they were just a weird fringe group before all the big money got behind them.

nmmi

(248 posts)
95. Sore losers sore losers sore losers - that's what they called us after Gore lost to Bush
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 04:37 PM
Nov 2024

and then they became sore losers after 2020, and took sore losing to a new extreme level, but I never heard our Democratic officials or office holders or left wing radio/tv show hosts, or much of anybody call them sore losers sore losers sore losers. I never understood why.

HelpImSurrounded

(531 posts)
101. Fear is not holding me back. Integrity is.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 07:18 PM
Nov 2024

Show me some evidence of theft. I have seen none. I have seen a lot of conjecture and conspiracy theory and nothing more than that.

Show me evidence.

MichMan

(15,432 posts)
102. Surely there must be pictures showing these fundamentalist Christian activists swarming election offices
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 07:25 PM
Nov 2024

Spoonamore referenced the existence of

"Photos of fundamentalist Christian Activists posing at election offices wearing T-Shirts emblazoned with firmware passwords to access the tabulation software."


Where are the pictures of them doing what he claims?
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