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In reply to the discussion: There are legitimate questions being asked about the validity of the voting outcomes.... [View all]Kid Berwyn
(19,835 posts)197. Air Putins

Teamwork.

Trump says what happens in Putin meeting is 'none of your business'
Trump smiles like a serf for Putin

As the World Burns, All Roads Lead to Putin
Find me a conflict zone, and I’ll find you a Kremlin operative with a blowtorch.
GREG OLEAR
WhoWhatWhy.org, 10/12/23
Taken together, the momentous events of the past month — the Russian “scorched earth” tactics in Ukraine, the Azeri offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, the abominable Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, and, yes, the GOP dysfunction in Congress that has hamstrung the U.S. government at this critical moment — represent “an existential threat to the post-Westphalian world order,” as former British diplomat Arthur Snell characterized the war in Ukraine.
SNIP…
As president, Trump allowed Sergei Lavrov and Sergei Kislyak, high-level Kremlin officials, access to the Oval Office. He joked around with them. And he shared with them top secret intelligence from Israel, regarding Iran. For all we know, the piece of intelligence Trump gave the Russians that day was subsequently shared with the Iranians, who gave it to Hamas, which used it in planning its attacks on Israel over the weekend.
SNIP…
The Kremlin contagion has only spread. Republicans in Congress seek to obstruct, to weaken, to starve funds for aid to Ukraine, to leave vacant ambassadorships and key military appointments.
I don’t know if “Putin pays” the likes of Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA); or if Moscow has enough kompromat on them to pull their marionette strings; or if they are just dumb fascists who sincerely hate democracy and have a hard-on for weirdo strongmen; but, by behaving the way they are, they are actively helping the Kremlin.
SNIP…
Curious, is it not, that tensions escalated in Ukraine, and Armenia/Azerbaijan, and Israel/Palestine right after McCarthy was ousted, during an interregnum where the speaker’s chair is vacant, and Congress therefore cannot function? The primary reason the Republicans tried to shut down the government, remember, is that they objected to sending aid to Ukraine. Gee, I wonder who benefits from that?
CONTINUES…
https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/international/as-the-world-burns-all-roads-lead-to-putin/
Inside Joke:
Then Pee-resident Trump gestures to Russia's then-ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, as he speaks to still-Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Alexander Shcherbak/TASS/Getty Images)
“I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said, according to The Times. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off.”
"I'm not under investigation," he added.

They all laughed.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/527755991/trump-meets-with-russias-lavrov-at-the-white-house-today
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-nut-job-james-comey-russia-2017-5
Inside Job:

IMPOTUS: "I actually took one when I -- very recently, when I -- when I was -- the radical left were saying, is he all there? Is he all there? And I proved I was all there, because I got -- I aced it. I aced the test. I took it at Walter Reed Medical Center in front of doctors. And they were very surprised. They said, that's an unbelievable thing. Rarely does anybody do what you just did."
Sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/trump-hannity-coronavirus/index.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-state-tv-calls-trump-their-agent
What’s another word for being Putin’s Agent? Traitor.
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There are legitimate questions being asked about the validity of the voting outcomes.... [View all]
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
OP
There are valid reasons why post-election audits are mandatory in most states....
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
#7
Documented example of flipping votes from voter's intention. 20 counties, PA
lostnfound
Nov 2024
#132
No, I consider CTs to be stage 3 "bargaining". I prefer the purity of stage 2 anger.
notroot
Nov 2024
#10
Is it a rumor that Starlink was only connected to battleground states?
live love laugh
Nov 2024
#164
Well we certainly shouldn't encourage Trump-style baseless conspiracy theories.
tritsofme
Nov 2024
#58
Question: why didn't Trump keep bringing big guns to those states or doing much at all??
live love laugh
Nov 2024
#29
Why did he hold a hate rally at MSG instead of focusing on swing states?
live love laugh
Nov 2024
#32
The pollsters and other prognosticators strongly predicted a Hillary win in 2016 -- except for Michael Moore,
pnwmom
Nov 2024
#64
Ok...his guess was right once and wrong another time. Happens to me too sometimes.
tritsofme
Nov 2024
#67
Does this mean you think Trump, Rudy and Pillow Guy were right to be suspicious of the result in 2020?
onenote
Nov 2024
#52
Duval county: "Tabulators only connect to internet after the polls are closed"
lostnfound
Nov 2024
#88
Audits are not mandatory and I have not seen any indication they are being done.
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
#74
Unfortunately - some voting machines DO HAVE MODEMS - and ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET!!!!
ElementaryPenguin
Nov 2024
#170
If you encrypt the data end to end with PGP signatures, there is little way to tamper with the data packets.
SoFlaBro
Nov 2024
#22
But it is still possible, isn't it? And wouldn't it be worth doing audits anyway?
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
#25
If you throw enough money and resources at any encryption algorithm, it can eventually be fucking defeated.
SoFlaBro
Nov 2024
#63
Sometimes the truth hurts. This nonsense sounds exactly like the Trumpers four years ago.
tritsofme
Nov 2024
#90
That's because it is a conspiracy theory. I'm still curious why you believe Kamala is not questioning the results?
tritsofme
Nov 2024
#111
Actually, She and her campaign are raising monies for to do recounts. I believe that she announced it almost an hour &
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Nov 2024
#106
Apparently, NO it's NOT something EVERY campaign does...In fact, it appears that this happened 4 times & it's always
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Nov 2024
#120
Is Kamala Harris insane for "believing" the results? Or just stupid? Perhaps complicit in the steal?
tritsofme
Nov 2024
#70
Only one out of the seven swing states has audits that are "binding" on the outcome...
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
#122
How many have reported issues that have come up during the non binding audits?
Zeitghost
Nov 2024
#125
No, I'm not talking about testing the tabulation machine itself. I understood what Spoonamore said.
pnwmom
Nov 2024
#92
I wish they would investigate, too. If Democrats were falling for Trump all over the country,
pnwmom
Nov 2024
#107
Only one out of the seven swing states has audits that are "binding" on the final outcome...
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
#118
GOP access and copying of tabulator software deemed "serious threat to election security"
lostnfound
Nov 2024
#116
And that doesn't even address the stolen voting machine from Georgia last year.
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
#119
And it's beginning to seem like the lower atmospheric orbit is 2024's Ohio.
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
#180
I believe there is a chance trump may have cheated, and would like to...
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
#156
I respect that opinion, do you respect my opinion that trump may have tried to cheat in some way?
Think. Again.
Nov 2024
#161