Category Archives: chicanery
“Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House”
WaPo:
The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on… Continue reading
“Homeland Security: ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Attempted Breach of Georgia Computer System”
Byron Tau for WSJ:
he Department of Homeland Security said it is “deeply concerned” about what appears to be an attempted breach of Georgia’s secretary of state computer systems that has been tracked to a federal internet address.
In a… Continue reading
“Obama Orders Intelligence Report on Russian Election Hacking”
NYT:
President Obama has ordered American intelligence agencies to produce a full report on Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, his homeland security adviser said on Friday. He also directed them to develop a list of “lessons learned”… Continue reading
“Trump Cites ‘Tremendous Numbers of Complaints’ to Justify Voter Fraud Claim”
Law Newz:
The most pressing of these, in light of various recount lawsuits and the various deadlines in play, is regarding his latest allegation of massive voter fraud. Described by Time as “eager to talk about the controversy he stirred,”… Continue reading
Paul Ryan Doesn’t Know–and Says He Doesn’t Care–If Millions Voted Illegally
Greg Sargent:
Republicans have spent years pushing lies about voter fraud in order to justify vote suppression measures. But Donald Trump took these lies to another level entirely. He not only claimed in advance of the election that its outcome… Continue reading
“U.S. Officials Defend Integrity of Vote, Despite Hacking Fears”
NYT:
The Obama administration said on Friday that despite Russian attempts to undermine the presidential election, it has concluded that the results “accurately reflect the will of the American people.”
The statement came as liberal opponents of Donald J. Trump… Continue reading
“Some thoughts about the reports of supposed evidence of election irregularities in MI, PA, and WI”
I trust Charles Stewart a lot and this is a must-read.
“Jill Stein Campaign Requests a Vote Recount in Wisconsin”
Quote of the Day: Jill Stein Recount BS Edition
“If there were something to do here, there are a lot of us who would be jumping on it”
Adam Bonin, attorney representing democrats, to the Phil. Inquirer. (Bonin said that while every election has “little hitches and glitches,… Continue reading
“Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say”
WaPo:
The flood of “fake news” this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton, helping Republican Donald Trump and undermining… Continue reading
Looks Like Someone Mangled Alex Halderman’s Views to Make Case for Recount to Help Clinton
Extensive Alex Halderman post at Medium begins:
You may have read at NYMag that I’ve been in discussions with the Clinton campaign about whether it might wish to seek recounts in critical states. Thatarticle, which includes somebody else’s… Continue reading
New Claims of Electronic Vote Rigging Used to Steal Election from Clinton: What to Think?
Quite a report from Gabriel Sherman:
Hillary Clinton is being urged by a group of prominent computer scientists and election lawyers to call for a recount in three swing states won by Donald Trump, New York has learned. The group,… Continue reading
NC: “Civitas Sues to Block Counting of Same-Day Votes”
WTVD reports.
Given that the Fourth Circuit ordered this provision restored, hard to me to see that this complaint is about anything other than trying to stir up more doubts about the election.