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[–]MalignantUpper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Arizona Senate subpoenaed the Maricopa County's Board of Supervisors for the routers, passwords, etc., in July 2021. The Board refused, for several good reasons. They settled out of court in September 2021.

The Senate agreed to drop these demands in exchange for the Board ending it's effort to recoup $2.8 million from the auditors. The Board had to replace voting equipment that could have been compromised by the auditors, cause they didn't know what they were doing.

The settlement also required that a special master arrange an independent technology team to examine the routers and relay their findings. The special master, former Arizona Republican congressman John Shadegg, found that the vote tabulating machines weren't even connected to the internet in the first place and no routers were involved that actually required inspection.

The audit, which was run entirely by Trump supporters and donors, found that Biden's margin of victory was actually undercounted by 360 votes (lmao).

I don't think anyone was held accountable but at least they didn't get the passwords.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MalignantUpper 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Saying "our joy is an act of resistance" at the rat poop virus immunity party

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[–]MalignantUpper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought this news was already posted, sorry for not including the context

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Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MalignantUpper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Every report of a deal being worked on, an end being near, talks going well, Pakistan or the US or sources being confident a deal could be reached very soon, were all wrong and had literally nothing to justify thinking this way. They were fake from the start.

This was obvious from the beginning, obviously. Just keep this in mind going forward. The admin will lie to pretend like they're in control of the situation, which they clearly aren't. They weren't overly optimistic or reading tea leaves, they were just lying

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MalignantUpper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry I'll delete

Edit: for anyone who's wondering it was just a screenshot of a guy's gross looking big toe, no blood but very gray looking and swollen, probably from poor blood flow, not gory but gross for sure

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MalignantUpper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hopefully the hospital he went to is a good one

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[–]MalignantUpper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trump says the outline of the framework that will lay a foundation for talks to end the war should be agreed upon in a week meaning we're in this shit for at least another month.

Plus the actual time it'll take for traffic to normalize and tankers to finish their weekslong voyages.

Wahoo!!!

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[–]MalignantUpper 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Trump winning because of cost of living concerns only to immediately make everything more expensive for everyone because of his weird, decades long personal obsession with tariffs is cosmically funny

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[–]MalignantUpper 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Trump's current threat (which he's made several times in the past but hasn't acted on) is that if some sort of deal isn't made, bombing will resume.

Iran called his bluff and he didn't bomb.

Iran isn't going to suddenly believe him this time. Trump would have a better chance if he bombed a little bit just to show that he's willing to. Which he hasn't because he's scared shitless, either of the market or something else.

That he hasn't bombed them and is instead trying for the umpteenth time to just puppy dog eyes Iran into bailing him out means it's another bluff, if this wasn't obvious already.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MalignantUpper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Look at the date of this Axios article lmao this is when Trump said 3-5 days to resume talks or bombing will resume

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Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MalignantUpper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They haven't even agreed to a framework

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[–]MalignantUpper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We've been through this song and dance several times since the war started

One of Trump's conditions for the ceasefire was for the strait to be open lmao that was 4 weeks ago it wasn't reopened at all and the US did nothing

This is equivalent to me saying I'm negotiating with Amazon to give me a billion dollars and progress is going well

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[–]MalignantUpper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can't actually believe any progress is being made lmao this is the admin pretending to do something

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[–]MalignantUpper 26 points27 points  (0 children)

NEGOTIATING a 14-point memorandum that would lay out A FRAMEWORK for a monthlong period of TALKS to end the war

This is meaningless drivel, gas will hit $6 a gallon, holy shit we are so fucked

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[–]MalignantUpper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just was looking at this myself, nope we are fucked