Laptops used in 2016 NC poll to be examined by feds – after 2.5 years

The lack of interest in having a genuine election in this country is mind-boggling for foreigners, and (I suspect) also for a few Americans.


Laptops used in 2016 NC poll to be examined by feds – after 2.5 years

Yes, the extent of Russia's interference -- and thus Donald Trump's illegitimacy -- is still a big unknown.  When the Republicans were in charge of the White House and both houses of Congress (2016-2018), they quite forthrightly didn't want to know.

We KNOW, from the Mueller report, that some sizeable percentage of voters were swayed away from Clinton by Russian propaganda, either to swing their vote to Trump or not vote at all.

We KNOW, from the Mueller report, that Russian hackers broke into several state voter databases and the DNC servers and state elections boards.

What we do not know, is if they hacked into the PES vote tallying equipment and altered the vote totals.  We don't know if they removed Democrats from the rolls of registered voters.  We don't know if certain counties went uncounted or other counties were counted twice.

We also have no idea how many voters either didn't vote, or changed their vote, due to Russian interference -- nor what this would mean to the legitimacy of the election.

In fact I would go a step further.

About 30% of the populace supports the radical conservative agenda.  They have been able to hold onto power over the 70% majority by gerrymandering, voter suppression, creating barriers to voting, etc.

But this 30% is maintained by conservative media (Fox news at al).  We DO NOT KNOW how much of the conservative blogosphere is maintained by Russian counter-intelligence.

I suspect much/most/all of it.  It's been going on for decades, at least since the mid-1990s (Soviet Union fell in 1991; Fox News started in 1996).  It's payback for the years and years of Radio Free Europe being broadcast into the Soviet Union, intentionally fomenting unrest and dissatisfaction.