r/somethingiswrong2024

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El Paso TX: ICE Culture of Violence Bleeds Over as Cops Calmly Strike A Woman Multiple Times In The Back Of The Head

u/CantStopPoppin — 18 hours ago
The smoking gun that Republicans have been rigging elections is now clear
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The smoking gun that Republicans have been rigging elections is now clear

It's all in a single phrase -

It's code on the tabulation machines, not the voting machines, that begins shifting votes once a given machine has counted a certain number of votes. They do this to avoid audits catching it - audits are typically small numbers of ballots counted over a variety of machines.

I was looking into things today when I caught a very important phrase from 2015.

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/state/2015/04/01/wichita-state-mathematician-sues-kris-kobach-sedgwick-county-elections-commisioner/16633765007/

> Clarkson, a certified quality engineer with a Ph.D. in statistics, has analyzed election returns in Kansas and elsewhere over several elections that indicate “a statistically significant” pattern where the percentage of Republican votes increase the larger the size of the precinct.

> In primaries, the favored candidate appears to always be the Republican establishment candidate, above a tea party challenger. And the upward trend for Republicans occurs once a voting unit reaches roughly 500 votes.

This was noticed over ten years ago. That's the key phrase. Once a given machine reaches X votes.

Now, completely independently and many years later, you have Election Truth Alliance:

https://electiontruthalliance.org/analysis/clark-county-nevada/

> Increased Volume of Votes Linked to Greater Discrepancies: The greater number of ballots cast and processed in Early Voting, the more Trump’s vote count increased while Harris’s vote count decreased. The pattern is more distinct (closer to 60% votes for Trump, closer to 40% votes for Harris) with more ballots processed by a given tabulator.

> After approximately 250 early voting ballots were processed by a voting machine, a shift is observed in the reported voting patterns. Instead of a chaotic, expected distribution, the vote percentages start to shift more heavily in Trump’s favor. This pattern is not found in Election Day votes.

It's the same system! The same goddamn findings a decade apart by entirely different teams! The same rigging, a decade later, now on a national scale. You know why the minimum votes before shifting is lower? Because in 2020, the surge in mail-in voting 'beat the cheat'. That's why Trump is so insistent he won - he cheated and still lost. And this is why Republicans hate vote-by-mail... it's the part they can't rig.

In 2024 they dramatically upped their vote shifting, and that's how Trump 'won' every single swing state just past the recount margin despite the narrowest win in American history. That's why every county shifted red, something which has never happened before.

The best part? You don't have to believe any of this to secure our elections. You just have to demand one goddamn full manual hand recount without using the compromised tabulators. Something which was not done in 2024. A simple security procedure which would blow all this wide open.

So how's this a complaint? Because fuck these idiots! Fuck everyone involved in this for rolling over and letting this happen! This has all been so goddamn obvious, Maga and the GOP are smoke and mirrors. DO SOMETHING! FUCKING DO SOMETHING!!! ASK FOR ONE FUCKING RECOUNT BEFORE YOU DISAPPEAR LIKE A FART IN THE WIND!

u/POEness — 11 hours ago
Katie Couric Claims There’s ‘Real Effort’ by Trump to ‘F*ck With’ Midterm Elections: ‘I Can Say That on Substack, Not on Network News’
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Katie Couric Claims There’s ‘Real Effort’ by Trump to ‘F*ck With’ Midterm Elections: ‘I Can Say That on Substack, Not on Network News’

Katie Couric has claimed there appears to be a “real effort” by President Donald Trump and his administration to “f*ck with our elections” when it comes to the midterms.

Brennan Center Director Sean Morales-Doyle joined Couric on the Thursday episode of her podcast where she opened by expressing her fears about the upcoming elections, something she wouldn’t be able to do on network news.

She said:

Well, you know, obviously there are a lot of people who are concerned about all these actions that are kind of happening sporadically. But when you put them together as a whole, they seem to indicate a real effort to, excuse my French, but f*ck with our elections. And I can say that on Substack, not on network news.

Couric red-flagged Trump’s crackdown on mail-in voting and his order for a national voting list as examples of him trying to tighten elections in an effort to sway support Republicans’ way.

Morales-Doyle argued Trump is acting outside of his legal authority, with Congress and states supposed to “govern” elections.

“What’s implied there is that if you, election officials, let anyone vote who’s not on our national citizens list, then we’re coming for you, and you can worry about being criminally prosecuted,” he said.

Couric argued the moves are an effort to “intimidate and scare election workers.”

Full article here

Watch the video here

u/mjkeaa — 15 hours ago
NYT gift article: “The military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that’s under construction, and we’re doing very well” Well no shit, Sherlock...
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NYT gift article: “The military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that’s under construction, and we’re doing very well” Well no shit, Sherlock...

Started out at a mere $250 million. Before the end of this year will be $500 billion. As for military bunker I suspect there will be billionaire condos down there, in preparation for whatever they believe is coming.

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u/Remarkable_Gain6430 — 18 hours ago
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Election theft has been going on for a long time!

My opinion is that even if the fascist buffoon is impeached, convicted and removed that doesn’t eliminate the problem. Nothing will change as long as Russel Vought, Peter Theil, and Steven Miller are there orchestrating all of this behind the scenes.

u/LiveLoudWithPride — 20 hours ago
Suspect accused of stealing computer equipment from Palm Beach County Elections Office
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Suspect accused of stealing computer equipment from Palm Beach County Elections Office

A man who participated in a training session at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office was arrested for stealing sensitive computer equipment, authorities announced Sunday.

John Panicci was taken into custody Saturday at his home following an investigation into the theft of an encrypted access key from a voter registration terminal at the elections office.

The incident occurred during a volunteer training session on March 19 for the March 24 election. According to detectives, Panicci stole the encrypted access key during the training at the elections office located at 4301 Cherry Road.

While the stolen key was configured only for training databases, officials expressed concern that someone with technical knowledge could reverse-engineer the encryption and reintroduce it into a voter registration kiosk for malicious purposes.

The theft was reported to authorities on March 27, prompting an investigation by Palm Beach County detectives. After identifying Panicci as the suspect and establishing probable cause, investigators obtained both an arrest warrant and a residential search warrant.

During the search of Panicci’s home, detectives recovered the stolen items along with a substantial amount of electronic and digital storage devices. Panicci was transported to the Palm Beach County Jail and booked on charges.

He made his initial court appearance Sunday morning. 

Online jail records show he is being held on a $6,000 bond.

The investigation highlights security concerns surrounding election equipment, even when configured for training purposes only. The elections office had been conducting the volunteer training session in preparation for the March 24 special election.

The Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections said Monday that Panicci was a paid poll worker who worked three previous elections — 2016, 2018 and 2024. Panicci was invited back to work on the March 24 election. 

Panicci was terminated the same day as the training session after the encryption key was missing, and officials reviewed surveillance cameras. The supervisor of elections said Panicci never worked the polls during the election held on March 24.

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u/siwibot — 21 hours ago
Thoughts from an American at the heart of The Beat Generation on somethingswronginAmerica across the arc of his lifetime of 101 years - his final breath on Washington's birthday 2021.  As relevant in the 60s as it was in 2007 as it is today:  Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem, Pity The Nation

Thoughts from an American at the heart of The Beat Generation on somethingswronginAmerica across the arc of his lifetime of 101 years - his final breath on Washington's birthday 2021. As relevant in the 60s as it was in 2007 as it is today: Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem, Pity The Nation

PITY THE NATION

Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them

Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves

Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture

Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
And no other culture but its own

Pity the nation whose breath is money
And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed

Pity the nation oh pity the people
who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away

My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty!

– Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2007 (after Khalil Gibran) –

u/Madame_Arcati — 19 hours ago
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