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(37,982 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:18 AM Mar 2022

The Dominion Lie: It came from the TFG White House

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/16/trump-white-house-aide-secret-author-dominion-report

...The publicly available version of the Dominion report, which first surfaced in early December 2020 on the conservative outlet the Gateway Pundit, names on the cover and in metadata as its author Katherine Friess, a volunteer on the Trump post-election legal team.

But the Dominion report was in fact produced by the senior Trump White House policy aide Joanna Miller, according to the original version of the document reviewed by the Guardian and a source familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The original version of the Dominion report named Miller - who worked for the senior Trump adviser Peter Navarro – as the author on the cover page, until her name was abruptly replaced with that of Friess before the document was to be released publicly, the source said.

The involvement of a number of other Trump White House aides who worked in Navarro’s office was also scrubbed around that time, the source said. Friess has told the Daily Beast that she had nothing to do with the report and did not know how her name came to be on the document...


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The Dominion Lie: It came from the TFG White House (Original Post) blogslug Mar 2022 OP
Written before the election Mz Pip Mar 2022 #1
He didn't expect to win in 2016, either Claire Oh Nette Mar 2022 #4
Unfortunately GOTV won't be enough in 2024 SoonerPride Mar 2022 #7
almost 20% of Texas mail in ballots were rejected. Claire Oh Nette Mar 2022 #9
And the fact they cheat in texas of all places is terrifying. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #10
This is true. And most likely will be the tactic they use to take the White House. Jetheels Mar 2022 #15
Just checking, here ... Straw Man Mar 2022 #18
Here's an article on the 2016 faithless electors. There were not a lot but I've read those number Jetheels Mar 2022 #21
Thanks. Straw Man Mar 2022 #25
Seditious Conspiracy Claire Oh Nette Mar 2022 #2
Waterboarded? I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #17
Bwahahahaha Claire Oh Nette Mar 2022 #20
Wholesale Republican betrayal of American democracy Achilleaze Mar 2022 #3
The entire party should be locked up in Guantanamo. Jetheels Mar 2022 #16
Literally everything he says is a lie! Initech Mar 2022 #5
Truth will out... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #6
"On the advice of my attorney, I plead the Fifth....", Peter Navarro. sinkingfeeling Mar 2022 #8
hey, petey, you lackwit. Advise is a verb. Advice is a noun. niyad Mar 2022 #14
Wave that report around on regular TV news. Not cable news. Regular local news. flying_wahini Mar 2022 #11
Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Mar 2022 #12
One Billion Dollars Kid Berwyn Mar 2022 #13
K&R UTUSN Mar 2022 #19
Joanna Miller Celerity Mar 2022 #22
Original author had such courage of her convictions intheflow Mar 2022 #23
Excuses lined up. ck4829 Mar 2022 #24

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
4. He didn't expect to win in 2016, either
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:32 AM
Mar 2022

He had zero interest in governing. He just liked the trappings of fancy being president brought him.

Putin helped tRump steal Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania to throw the electoral college to the GZP. TDFG's focus on trump-twitter, and the rise of OANN and Newsmax to TV leads me to think he didn't care if Hillary won, he was going to set up a news network and social media platforms to rival FOX and attack the first woman president.

Because the fix did work, he counted on it in 2020.

When we get out the vote, we win.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
7. Unfortunately GOTV won't be enough in 2024
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:42 AM
Mar 2022

Because a number of GOP states now can simple change the electors and even if a state goes to Biden, they will change it.

2020 was our last gasp of democracy.

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
9. almost 20% of Texas mail in ballots were rejected.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:53 AM
Mar 2022

More from democratic counties than republican counties.

I hold out hope, but am also looking for an exit from my very red area of a red state.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
10. And the fact they cheat in texas of all places is terrifying.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 12:02 PM
Mar 2022

I fear for 2022 and 2024 having a real and credible election.

 

Jetheels

(991 posts)
15. This is true. And most likely will be the tactic they use to take the White House.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 02:01 PM
Mar 2022

They tested it out in 2016 when a few places went to Hillary and the elector voted for t****. I don’t know why this issue is not spoken of, but rarely.

Straw Man

(6,622 posts)
18. Just checking, here ...
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:41 PM
Mar 2022

... but isn't that what happens when a state does "all or nothing" electoral voting rather than proportional electoral voting? When you say "a few places," are you referring to whole states? Only two states do proportional electoral voting.

 

Jetheels

(991 posts)
21. Here's an article on the 2016 faithless electors. There were not a lot but I've read those number
Fri Mar 18, 2022, 05:33 AM
Mar 2022

will increase substantially because electors are being chosen by republicans based on their willingness to be faithless.
Also, many mail in’s are invalid as people didn’t write in their social security number, or some other error in filling out.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/which-candidates-did-the-seven-faithless-electors-support-election-2016/

Tbh, I’m confused about all the different kinds of voting; proportional, approval, ranked-choice…

Straw Man

(6,622 posts)
25. Thanks.
Fri Mar 18, 2022, 07:57 PM
Mar 2022

So it seems that these faithless electors voted against the winning candidate even though they were from states that are "winner take all," if not by law then at least by tradition. They weren't enough to sway the election either way, but it's still a scary precedent.

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
2. Seditious Conspiracy
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:26 AM
Mar 2022

The call is coming from inside the White House.

It was always coming from the White House. TDFG projected and announced beforehand everything he wanted to do.

Manchurian candidate groomed to destroy the United States.

He should be waterboarded.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
3. Wholesale Republican betrayal of American democracy
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:29 AM
Mar 2022

Lock the lying Republican traitors up.

Lock them up.

Wounded Bear

(58,598 posts)
6. Truth will out...
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:38 AM
Mar 2022
Nay, indeed, if you had your eyes, you might fail of the knowing me: it is a wise father that knows his own child. Well, old man, I will tell you news of your son: give me your blessing: truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long; a man’s son may, but at the length truth will out.

The Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 2


Shakespeare was a sharp guy who understood the human condition.

Celerity

(43,096 posts)
22. Joanna Miller
Fri Mar 18, 2022, 05:52 AM
Mar 2022



http://www.furmangroup.com/about_exec_joanna.php



https://thenationalpulse.com/author/joanna-miller/




The IWP Internship Experience: Joanna Miller

https://www.iwp.edu/articles/2018/04/24/the-iwp-internship-experience-joanna-miller/



My name is Joanna Miller, I am a junior at American University studying National Security and Foreign Policy with a minor in Mandarin Chinese Language, and am currently on the Cyber Intelligence Research Team at IWP. My internship experience overall at IWP has been life-changing, and has inspired me to do things that I would have never imagined myself doing. This is all because of the fact that IWP equips its students and interns for future careers in intelligence, national security, and more by learning how to think about international relations issues in their proper context, rather than the way we imagine them to be. Also, IWP emphasizes the importance of being leaders whose primary goal is to serve others first, rather than climb the career ladder. Students and interns are taught by professors and research practitioners who have had long-term careers in the U.S. Military, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State, and more, who give students and interns hands-on experiences relevant to actual work in the fields of intelligence and national security.

On the Cyber Intelligence Research Team, I have had the privilege of working with another intern on a research project supervised by Dean Lane, the Senior Vice President of Cyber Intelligence, who is a retired U.S. Navy pilot who fought with the Special Forces in the Vietnam War, was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of many companies, and author of #1 bestseller CIO Wisdom. Our project this semester utilized open source intelligence to analyze Chinese and Russian cyber capabilities and assess how a cyber war between China and Russia over the Central Asian oil sector could occur.

On top of the fantastic research experience I have had, the IWP community has been nothing but organized, helpful, and supportive from the very first day. As an intern, whether I was needing help setting up for an event, needed career advice, wanted to be partnered with an alumnus working in a field in which I am interested, and more, professors, staff, and students have never fallen short of ensuring I had what I needed to be the most successful. IWP truly is a hidden gem in Washington, D.C. and has given me the experience of a lifetime that I am proud to share with family and friends.

intheflow

(28,442 posts)
23. Original author had such courage of her convictions
Fri Mar 18, 2022, 09:58 AM
Mar 2022

she threw a volunteer under the bus to take the fall. Charming Republican't behavior, per usual.

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