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In reply to the discussion: What happens when our overwhelming votes get flipped by Russian hackers? [View all]spicysista
(1,731 posts)36. This!
A thousand times, this! Whether we're talking about the antiabortion movement, marriage "protection" advocates, or school choice, etc.......they all constantly push the local and federal legal limits. In this, we should be more like them!
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What happens when our overwhelming votes get flipped by Russian hackers? [View all]
onecaliberal
Jan 2018
OP
We do not have a secure voting system. Putin thinks we asked for interference.
Irish_Dem
Jan 2018
#4
Federal leadership vacuum, focus on 'voter fraud' (suppression) instead of electoral fraud,
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#6
And, any steps that are being taken aren't being made known to the public (nor the Russians). (n/t)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#7
Wow! So glad you are here to tell us all what's happening! And you know this, how? (n/t)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#15
Eric Holder would reveal any classified or secret measures underway/in place? I DON'T THINK SO. (nt)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#18
I did - and if you think a tweet encapsulates all knowledge, you might wanna vote Trump '20
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#23
When polls favor us 70-30 and we lose 51-49, it will give us legitimacy Demand a revote.
NightWatcher
Jan 2018
#8
Most polls are national. Got to go state by state. When there are more red states than blue, we lose
tonyt53
Jan 2018
#35
If (when) the Russian hand is caught in the act of attacking our election...
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#11
like them trying to jail the British intel officer who blew the whistle on dump to the FBI
onecaliberal
Jan 2018
#12
'Traitorous Republicans yawn' spoken like a person who has argued away their own agency.
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#16
It takes courage to oppose a corrupt Republican conspiracy. THERE. I DID IT ANYWAY.
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#20
No indication that the Russians (or anybody else) engaged in vote-flipping...
brooklynite
Jan 2018
#26
We know 39 states' systems experienced attempted 'intrusions' by Russia. THAT IS A REAL RISK. (n/t)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#28
The Russian campaign hit 39 states in one case hackers tried to delete and alter voter data
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#29
No it doesn't - but the burglar was in our house, looked around, probably took pictures.
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#37
Impossible to prove a negative - but your apparently blithe confidence is unjustified. (n/t)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#39
My confidence is based on the fact that no candidate has claimed vote flipping occurred...
brooklynite
Jan 2018
#40
There is a difference between believing an event did not happen, and knowing that it did not happen.
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#42
And the confidence to KNOW, not just BELIEVE, that it did not happen is what we must build...
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#44
We will be ridiculed for even suggesting it might have happened. Move on. Nothing to see here.
librechik
Jan 2018
#49
this is why republicans are doing absolutely nothing about russian interference.
spanone
Jan 2018
#54