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Thekaspervote

(32,779 posts)
1. Thx for posting..really interesting but disturbing read
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 03:06 AM
Aug 2019

Maybe we, the Dems should hire our own hackers!!

BigmanPigman

(51,613 posts)
2. I wish we would "interfere" with Russia's elections.
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 03:18 AM
Aug 2019

Since they are all controlled by Putin to begin with it would be interesting to see him respond. He would have to admit that they are rigged. Or does everybody already know this?

Thekaspervote

(32,779 posts)
3. Supposedly that's one of the things that set puttie on election interference here. Claimed that
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 03:21 AM
Aug 2019

While Hillary was SOS she interfered with Russia’s elections

former9thward

(32,030 posts)
9. If the U.S. interferes in another country's election the reason doe not matter.
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 08:03 AM
Aug 2019

It is a very slippery slope from someone's definition of "legit" to favoring a candidate we support. We have interfered in other countries political affairs since we became a world power. We used to send in troops to overthrow regimes we did not like. In the last few years we send "consultants" to help candidates we would like to win. It is no wonder other countries respond in kind.

Botany

(70,524 posts)
6. From the article
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 07:46 AM
Aug 2019

"Yet, we are supposed to believe that Vladimir Putin concocted this vast, Russian-sponsored effort that included propaganda, computer experts, spies and an international ring of hackers, but when he was actually successful at breaking into voting systems, all they did was look around and change nothing?"

brooklynite

(94,624 posts)
8. Nobody claims "nothing"...
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 07:57 AM
Aug 2019

The Russian effort involved targeting voters with their Facebook advertising. For that, you need to know which voters to target.

brooklynite

(94,624 posts)
7. If a candidate or campaign manager could point to vote flipping to explain their loss, they would
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 07:57 AM
Aug 2019

None of them have.

sl8

(13,810 posts)
10. Source, including explanation for edits and corrections:
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 08:14 AM
Aug 2019

From https://www.theroot.com/evidence-shows-hackers-changed-votes-in-the-2016-electi-1827871206

On Conspiracy Theories and Election Hacking [Updated]

Michael Harriot
8/01/18 1:28pm

Editor’s Note (8/1/2018): The original story that appeared here has been updated after editorial review. The reasons are outlined in the updated piece.

On Thursday morning, The Root published an article written by this writer asserting my opinion that the 2016 election was hacked by Russian actors and that there is evidence that votes were changed. That opinion was grounded in a reading of evidence many deemed problematic at best and, at worst, a misinterpretation of the facts. As soon as the article went live, an uproar rose from both experts and laypeople alike contradicting my claims.

Amid the ensuing controversy, the editorial team at The Root felt it was necessary to clarify some of the more controversial points in the piece for the sake of transparency and contributing to a necessary dialogue around what happened with the vote in 2016.

[...]



More at link.

triron

(22,007 posts)
12. They got some threatening letters?
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 10:21 AM
Aug 2019

First impressions are usually best in this case. Consistent with what I and many at DU
know or knew.

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