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THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
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2021-08-12 at 7:13 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2021-08-12 at 8:47 PM UTCWeasels aren't patriots.
They are lying scumbags.
TOMORROW, MOTHERFUCKER...REMEMBER??? -
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2021-08-12 at 8:50 PM UTCSEPTEMBER MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
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2021-08-13 at 12:01 AM UTCcommies don't count
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2021-08-13 at 11:51 AM UTC
White people die.
"Fabulous news"
At least they admit that white people no longer run Umerica -
2021-08-13 at 12:06 PM UTCThey die and they also don't produce 13 fucking kids so they can live off the government.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2021-08-13 at 12:21 PM UTCAUGUST 13TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2021-08-13 at 1:41 PM UTC
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2021-08-13 at 2:28 PM UTCMike Lindell must think we're
All as
Gullible
As Polecat and Speculum
The Washington Post
The spectacular implosion of Mike Lindell
Aaron Blake
On Tuesday, my colleague Philip Bump wrote about the three-day symposium being put on by stolen-election fantasist and Trump ally Mike Lindell, with the apt headline, “The con is winding down.”
Lindell Michael wearing a suit and tie: Founder and CEO of MyPillow Mike Lindell gives an interview with Right Side Broadcasting Network in February.© Sam Thomas/AP Founder and CEO of MyPillow Mike Lindell gives an interview with Right Side Broadcasting Network in February.
It might now be more apt to say the con has imploded spectacularly.
Lindell has pushed many false, baseless and crazy theories about voter fraud, but the symposium was billed as focusing on one in particular: “irrefutable” proof that hackers backed by China stole the election for Joe Biden. Lindell had the data, and he was going to show it to you over 72 hours. What’s more, his website promised to give $5 million to anybody who could “prove that Mike’s cyber data … is not valid.”
Well, someone has stepped forward to debunk the data — or at least the claims Lindell is making about it. And it’s none other than the cyberexpert Lindell himself hired.
Josh Merritt, also known as “Spider” or “Spyder” and who was hired by Lindell for his “red team,” told the Washington Times on Wednesday at the symposium that, effectively, Lindell has sold his adherents a bill of goods. Lindell claimed that intercepted network data obtained by other hackers, also known as “packet captures,” could be unencrypted to reveal evidence of vote-switching by the Chinese-backed hackers.
But Merritt has now said that’s just not true.
“So our team said we’re not going to say that this is legitimate if we don’t have confidence in the information,” Merritt said. And it apparently turns out it was not legitimate.
Merritt did still claim that the data provide evidence of manipulated votes, but he made clear it’s not really all it’s cracked up to be.
“We were handed a turd,” he said. “And I had to take that turd and turn it into a diamond. And that’s what I think we did.”
Perhaps an equally damning revelation Wednesday came in something else Merritt said. He confirmed the source of the cyber-data as Dennis Montgomery. It has been suspected that Montgomery was the source, given graphics similar to the ones Lindell has used have appeared on Montgomery’s website, but Merritt confirmed it.
Why is that important? Because Montgomery has, to put it kindly, a spotty history with this kind of thing.
The New York Times reported in 2011 that the U.S. government was trying to keep secret the details of an arrangement in which Montgomery promised to provide technology to catch terrorists. Montgomery claimed he could decode secret al-Qaeda messages embedded in Al Jazeera broadcasts. He received more than $20 million in government contracts.
But his own former lawyer indicated the government was clamming up because the technology was bogus and wanted to avoid embarrassment. He also called him a “con man.” French officials reviewed Montgomery’s work after being wrapped up in the consequences of it — the Bush administration actually grounded certain international flights because of it in 2003 — and came to a similar conclusion. Current and former intelligence officials told PBS in 2014 that it was one of the most elaborate and dangerous hoaxes in U.S. history.
More recently, Montgomery got then-Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to pay him $100,000 in money from the sheriff’s office to pursue a theory involving a federal government conspiracy against Arpaio. Arpaio later acknowledged the theory was baseless.
Lindell’s presentation has also frustrated his fellow voter fraud true-believers, according to the Washington Times and other reports, in large part because he has failed to make good on his promise to share the data with them.
J. Kirk Wiebe, a former National Security Agency analyst who has pushed claims of voter fraud, became alienated by Lindell not producing the goods — it turned out because he didn’t actually have them, the Washington Times reports:
He said the scrolling text was likely meant to resemble what the packet captures would look like in the data set but were not actual packet captures, which are vital to prove the claims.
Several cyber experts at the symposium became frustrated late into the first day with not being provided with packet captures.
Mr. Merritt and Mr. Wiebe said the missing packet captures could be a result of either the format the data was sent in or they were withheld by the source of the information, Dennis L. Montgomery.
But the data Mr. Montgomery sent contains no packet captures and cannot be used to validate Mr. Lindell’s marquee theory, which he planned to unveil at the symposium, said the two experts [Wiebe and Merritt].
Adding insult to injury, those two experts would seem to be in line for a hefty payday — $5 million! — for revealing that Lindell’s data isn’t valid. But apparently they won’t be seeing any of it.
“The offer is no longer on the table, Mr. Merritt said,” the Times reported.
Perhaps Lindell needs that money now, given we also found out Wednesday that a voting machine company’s lawsuit against him will proceed.
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2021-08-13 at 2:35 PM UTChe didn't actually present any data
I'd be interested to see the popcap traffic logs he says he has, but considering nobody's seen it even now it's probably not real -
2021-08-13 at 2:59 PM UTCYa think?
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2021-08-13 at 3:23 PM UTCyeah I do, that's why I don't copy-paste retarded opinion pieces that nobody cares about
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2021-08-13 at 3:28 PM UTCI've almost single handedly made this one of the longest threads on this site.
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2021-08-13 at 5 PM UTCMake this
Asshole DeSantis and his stupid politically based decisions that are killing people
Go fuck himself
As the teachers defy him
Washington Examiner
Howard Dean: Ron DeSantis is 'an embarrassment to every governor'
Jake Dima
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean said Wednesday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is an "embarrassment to every governor."
Dean, who once served as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, lashed out against the Sunshine State Republican for his COVID-19 policies after DeSantis implemented an executive order that will strip state funding from school districts that require mask wearing for students in the fall, a move that's been met with resistance within the state.
"I'd give him an 'F,'" Dean said of DeSantis during a segment of MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber. "You know, you'd like to call him a crackpot. No, he's not. [Sen.] Rand Paul is a crackpot because he believes crazy things. DeSantis doesn't even believe what he's talking about. He's totally unfit to govern in any way, and he's an embarrassment to every governor, I mean every governor, both Republicans and Democrats. A guy like this should never be in public authority."
"The good news here for the people of Florida is that people are actually beginning to stand up to this," he added. "In the last 24 hours, there are a number of large school districts that have ignored DeSantis`'s crazy order. DeSantis is doing this to position himself to run for president with the MAGA people. But what he doesn't realize — and he's a smart guy — what he doesn't realize is that COVID sank Donald Trump's presidency, and it's going to sink DeSantis because ... I don't think DeSantis could carry Florida if he ran for president right now."
GOP SEN. BILL CASSIDY SAYS HE DISAGREES WITH RON DESANTIS'S PANDEMIC POLICIES
On Tuesday, Broward County Public Schools, the second-largest district in the state, voted 8-1 to continue its mask mandate despite a threat from DeSantis to withhold funding from institutions that implement such protocols. The school had initially backed down in light of the consequences and agreed to comply with the Republican's directive but reversed course with Tuesday's vote.
"I have a moral responsibility to be my brother and sister’s keepers, even if it means that my salary is taken away," Broward School Board Chairwoman Rosalind Osgood said of the decision. "Even if it means I'm no longer in this seat, my conscience will be at peace because I can sleep at night knowing that I didn't put parochial self-interest before people."
Dean shared similar criticism for the Lone Star State, where a similar battle is brewing between the governor and local school boards.
"Well, Texas is just as bad," he said. "School boards are now refusing to obey Greg Abbott. I mean, these are two of the craziest, [most] incompetent governors in the country, and they're in really big states. There are a lot of people [who are] going to suffer because of this. You know, both these states are essentially being forced by right-wing governors who really don't give a damn except about anybody but themselves. That is very much in the Trump model."
On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to take any public school district that implements face-covering mandates to court after he issued a directive months prior forbidding the practice in government entities. His move followed Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins's decision to issue an emergency order requiring the use of face masks in schools, government facilities, and local businesses.
"The judge’s order violates Executive Order GA-38 and state law. GA-38 prohibits governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings," Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a joint statement. "It has the force and effect of state law and supersedes local rules and regulations. The Texas Disaster Act clearly states that the Governor has the power to guide the state through emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic."
"Any school district, public university, or local government official that decides to defy the order will be taken to court," they warned.
The White House has taken aim at the two governors, as well as Republican leaders of other states, for their handling of the pandemic.
"I say to these governors: Please help. But if you aren't going to help, at least get out of the way," President Joe Biden said earlier this month. "The people are trying to do the right thing. Use your power to save lives."
Florida saw 20,656 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed on Thursday, a record since the start of the pandemic, according to the New York Times. That same day, Texas experienced 13,079 new cases of the disease, the outlet added.
