Progressive Politics

I used to think he was a reasonably intelligent man (I was uninformed, don't judge me toooo harshly). Then he bought Twitter and burned a profitable company to the ground, which, considering how large and widely used it was, is extremely impressive. Since then, he's made himself look like a complete fucking idiot and bigot, over and over again. But, this is who he's always been, it's just that more and more people have realized that he's nothing more than a nepo baby.

All of the autistic people I know are not Nazis. Its not that hard.

So, it's complicated. Trump and co absolutely would cheat, but there's no proof that they cheated in that exact election. However, Russia/Iran/China (but primarily Russia) has also been stoking division in the US for decades, very successfully in 2016 and 2020, as they worked with Trump/Bannon/Manafort to stoke the whole election denial thing. In 2024, this is also their MO to stoke election denial but in Democrats this time. So there are definitely outside influences to push this narrative.

A ton of those posts in "somethingiswrong2024" are so fishy and unhinged. I'm still sane, so it's weird to see so many crazies just blatantly call everything fake.

Having said ALL that, who knows what the actual truth is. All I ask is to understand that there are nefarious domestic (Bannon, Thiel, etc.) and foreign (Russia/Iran/China) forces to sow further division, and to use an ounce of critical thinking before going crazy and sharing unfounded information.

While I respect your call for evidence, it's not even remotely out of the realm of possibility; known fucking with the voting machines goes back to 2000 and Bush v. Gore.

If you've never read it, the 2004 Vanity Fair exposé The Path to Florida is not paywalled, and while it is quite long it is also the best imaginable use of an hour of your time for anyone who wants to know just how far back this all goes:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/10/florida-election-2000

I will never be able to unsee the negative 16,000 votes for Gore in Volusia County again as long as I live. That's only a "glitch" when the machine is actually doing more than mere tabulating.

And if you ever want to know how a well-born but relatively low-level attorney can go from attorney to federal judge to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in only five years, this will help you understand. Because for every ruling the Supreme Court makes today, we have Bush v. Gore to thank, and the 2000 election that propelled John Roberts from mere attorney to being chief justice of SCOTUS.

Given the various polls before and after the election it shouldn't have been surprising. Trump hit on economic issues hard while Harris was doubling down on Bidens policies which, right or wrong, most people blamed for the inflation. Harris did fuck up though by not requesting a recount in at least the 3 closest contests. We should normalize verification of results without accusations of fraud.

Yeah, like I said, those are massive claims. I'm an experienced data scientist and I've followed ETA's methods and results, and even debated with another internet election science guy about it. On the surface ETA's data looks like evidence of something fucky, but digging a little deeper shows some potential odd methods they choose to represent stuff and not enough baseline data analysis to compare against their anomalous data analysis.

Still, I fully believe they tried to cheat given their character and long history of cheating in every aspect of life, so I'm withholding final judgement until the lawsuits are born out.

Would you support a hand recount in PA? I still would, just to put the whole issue to bed once and for all.

backfired

WHAT? You mean the dictator that personally controls every agency, the SC, most of Congress, a ton of mainstream wide-reaching media, and represents the billionaire ruling elite (Musk et al) that further control every other institution in America? They've set back America by DECADES with what they've done. We need to take some serious action to unfuck things, but it will take a long long time.

The evidence does show a violation of state law, however — I do think more than a reprimand is in order. It certainly would be the case for anyone without money like Musk.

I mean you're forgetting that like ACORN was laser targetted because of a salaciously editted video by republican media. This law was likely intended to combat higher voting overall and hurt organizations dedicated to helping improve turnout.

Hence the slap on the wrist for the organization run by a republican donor to enroll likely republican voters. Lax enforcement of law for the rich guys at the top, harsher brutal enforcement for the teeming masses they detest. Its a classic rules don't apply to team fash situation.

Someday, in an overhauled America...

A nationalized open-source voting machine will be needed. A facility builds the devices, inspectors from every single state verify the product before and after it gets shipped out. Each state is free to do unannounced checks, and to share their results with other states and the public.

Every machine produces a paper receipt for the voter. By using a QR code, the voter can make a digital record for their state and the national verification boards, if they so choose. When the physical receipt is being printed out, the voter can choose to have it laminated, so that they can keep it for a pretty darn long time.