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[–] 35 points 3 months ago (3 children)

So no fraud in 2016, all of those didn't exist. But then in 2020, suddenly fraud, illegals, China, and hackers. But then 2024, none of those. Was it a vacation day? Does this only happen when the stars and planets align at a certain time?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    We have actual emergencies going on in the US and the Donvict is wasting taxpayer time and money on false claims for a nothing-burger problem. Release the Epstein Files and charge Epstein's co-conspirators! End the illegal war in Iran! End genocide in Palestine! Help Ukraine force Russia to cease their invasion! Support affordability for Americans and bring back free trade! Defend our precious Constitution and individual rights like Due Process! Abolish ICE! Save our public lands and lakes! And so much more!

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    He knows it's untrue

    He knows he's lying

    He isn't trying to convince you

    He doesn't care whether you believe him

    Now he can claim this as proof that elections are fraudulent when he loses

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    [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Claims there are far more non-citizens on voter rolls than known before

    I mean, this is one of those things that has to be true...

    Every known non-citizen would be removed immediately. The known number of non citizens will always be zero, and it would be foolish to think mistakes don't happen occasionally and some non-citizens are on the rolls, even if that number is 1.

    That also doesn't mean their ballot would go thru and be counted. It would likely be flagged at which point they'd be removed.

    Someone actually intelligent came up with that one, it sounds like a bombshell and reinforces their beliefs, but is actual sound logic. A trumpet would have never read this far to understand why it's meaningless.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    The threat is in the house.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Let's move to a decentralized and federated voting/polling system that's completely FOSS... Only way to check the code, and ensure it's good/clean and vibe-code-free.

    For example, Signal has really good security & encryption, yet allows people to check the code as it's open-source. https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal

    In today's day and age, this is EASILY possible. Along with ranked choice voting. It'd also be easily tallied/counted with little room for error.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    The only people checking the code of open source software are developers, occasionally

    The ability to check the code requires both programming and domain knowledge

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Right, but this would be a system that a lot of Devs would want to ensure is correct. I'm not saying any person can inspect, but, what can you do now? How open is it? Everything is some with such secrecy, I don't get how its allowed. Only special people are allowed to count ballots by hand, what sense does that make?

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    [–] 44 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That was a distraction from the real move.

    https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism/

    They intend to sidestep the judicial system entirely when going after political opponents.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    We all know he's fine with foreign interference so long as it benefits him and members of the GOP that he approves of. Which is why Trump had A.G. Barr write his own little book report lying about the Mueller Report in 2019. There's nothing else to discuss.

    "If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy.” - David Frum, Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    Trump literally called for foreign election interference live on television when he told Russia to hack Hillary Clinton. https://youtu.be/-b71f2eYdTc

    He asked a foreign government to hack a presidential candidate and release information that would affect the election in his favor. We also know he did more than that but this is something he did out in the open and the fact that it didn't end his political ambitions is insane to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I mean hes got a point. 2020 was the last election that seemed 100% legitamate and was the start of some really bad elections.

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