• Optional@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    the MAGA Nazis rigged the election

    I wish to investigate your citations.

    It seems quite likely, but aside from the plain-sight rigging (gerrymandering, voter suppression, etc etc) I haven’t seen anything except that one “computer science” guy whose numbers were contradicted by election officers.

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      6 days ago

      The cascade of bomb threats in blue areas’ poking centers of swing states didn’t reach your attention?

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            5 days ago

            The most alarming development on Tuesday was more than 30 bomb threats that were called into election locations, according to CBS News, including two that temporarily shut down two polling locations in Georgia. Both were “non-credible” and from Russia, Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger said. Voting hours were extended at five polling places in Fulton county as a result.

            Well that certainly sounds bad, but it also sounds like a weak attempt at creating chaos. There are 100,000 polling places, they emailed bomb threats to “more than” 30 and apparently the return address on at least some were russian domains. And they were declared false and the polling places extended hours.

            It’s bad, and it’s clearly designed to help trump, but I can’t see it swinging an election. Obviously it would add to the rest of it, but given what could have happened (i.e. MAGA chuds circling the parking lots with guns or some shit) it doesn’t sound like that was much of a factor.

            I mean, if 35 fake bomb threats can win you the presidency we should have figured that out before, right?

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      6 days ago

      Why are you excluding the “plain sight rigging?” Beyond gerrymandering, millions of voters were disqualified through ostensibly legal means that likely wouldn’t stand up to legal challenge, but the Democrats were so concerned about taking the high road to pre-empt accusations of “throwing a tantrum” like the right did on January 6 that they just let it all slide.

      https://hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won-c6f

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        6 days ago

        Well, for one that’s not new - they’ve been doing that for a long time.

        For two, as an example, where do we get “millions” of voters from? Is it a non-corporate-news blog without citations? My preference is corporate news with citations since that’s going to have the biggest impact.

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          5 days ago

          You could read what I linked; guy lists his own credentials and experience in addition to his sources.

          Still curious why “they’ve been doing that for a long time” is justification for you to just ignore all the unethical voter disenfranchisement occurring, especially considering the unprecedented scale (of which you be aware if you’d read my link).