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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSneaking suspicion. Trump's post office gambit may be a fig leaf for more nefarious election steal.
Think about it. Shiny object, deployed as spectacle.
He's all out front on this.
Bold, copping to it openly.
We should not assume it's his only criminal path to prevailing.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)All he knows is chaos and division.
unblock
(52,309 posts)Yes, they are definitely trying to win by cheating.
It's what they do.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)May be more than ONE something.
Remember the underlying Trump/Bannon strategy:
FLOOD THE ZONE WITH SHIT. MAKE CHAOS.
unblock
(52,309 posts)many forms of voter suppression
many forms of voter intimidation
many ways to confuse voters
many ways invalidate votes
many ways to litigate after the election
and of course there will be some b.s. comey letter equivalent october surprise at the last minute and *of course* the media will completely fall for it *again*.
llashram
(6,265 posts)his criminal mind is always churning, his grifter family which has Ivanka and Jared indulging in her father's obvious nepotism which has translated into millions Ivanka. All the while using the influence of the White House for their businesses. The cons(advisors) in his west wing cabal see the iceberg, but we can be sure they are just as busy as their boss.
I also believe it's a ploy
flying_wahini
(6,641 posts)Its gonna be a fun day!
I will be there.
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)Why would you pull this kind of a stunt a full 90 days before the election, giving the opponent so much time to come up with counter measures?
If this was the only ploy, I'm sure Putin would have told Trump to wait and do it two weeks prior to the election.
I suspect this shiney object is to divert our resources away from voter registration database hacking. That's my guess.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)..and we are in real trouble in some states.
The gold standard is hand-marked paper ballots, voter verifiable, with strong audit trail, strong ballot security, and.....
NO WIFI TRANSMISSION, NO OPTICAL SCANNING, NO MACHINES.
States are still buying hackable systems. It's a mess.
For the best information on election security, follow @jennycohn1 on twitter. You don't have to be a twitter member to read it.