Dear @JoeBiden: Pls show your commitment to election transparency by declassifying the information redacted from the Senate Intelligence Committee report & Mueller report. I’d like to trust that my government wld tell me the truth. I don’t trust that now. TY #PardonRealityWinner
By August 2016, the “US. Intelligence community had reported [behind closed doors] that Russian hackers could edit actual vote tallies,” according to David Shimer’s book Rigged, which cites four unnamed senior members of the Obama administration.
The FBI & DHS were caught with their pants down in 2016 & either deliberately misled the American public or were misled themselves. Has this security hole been fixed? Nope. It’s hard to gain the necessary leverage to fix a problem when people in power pretend it doesn’t exist. 1/
“1 in 3 election officials report feeling unsafe, new survey finds”
To avoid further disaster, officials must make elections much more transparent. Before the election, most election security experts agreed that our elections are not transparent. 1/ nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
I am NOT excusing the abhorrent conduct of Trump & his minions. But I am saying that lack of transparency opens the door to a charlatan falsely claiming that an election has been rigged. I and others warned about this before the 2020 election. 2/
Republican state legislatures are cherry picking which vendor & geographic areas to audit. Does anyone believe that they would audit geographic areas (eg, in Florida & Texas) where Trump over-performed expectations? FL won’t even commit to preserving public election records. 1/
2/ Texas’s corrupt AG Ken Paxton (“Mr. Stop the Steal”) won’t even produce the video I requested, which triggered a secret multi-state investigation of voting machine vendor ES&S.
The Florida case is currently on appeal. I don’t have a Texas attorney or funding to challenge Paxton’s ruling in Texas. I asked two nonprofits for help but have not heard back. I’m not optimistic. It’s been a while. 3/
Rs have engaged in a coverup re: Manafort’s interactions w/ Deripaska & Kilimnik (a Russian intelligence officer who rec’d Trump campaign polling data from Manafort). Manafort was TFG’s campaign manager. If Rs are so sure there was “no collusion,” what are they hiding?! 1/
What Happens When Republicans Simply Refuse to Certify Democratic Wins? | Washington Monthly by David Atkins 1/ washingtonmonthly.com/2021/05/08/wha…
“So what happens in 2024 if President Biden or VP Harris win the Electoral College, but local Rs on county boards w/ majority Dem votes refuse to certify the election; when state legislatures who have seized control of certification refuse to certify their state tallies; … 2/
… when a potential Republican majority in the House of Representatives refuses to certify the Electoral College tally?” 3/
Someone asked me if I’d ever appear on Steve Bannon’s show to discuss election security. I said “not in a million years.” He said “the right seems always willing to debate the left, but not vice versa.” I told him that meaningful debate requires good faith participants. 1/
Otherwise, “debate” is just another platform for bad faith actors to elevate themselves and spread disinformation. 2/
Bannon has bragged about “flooding the zone with shit.” There is no good faith commitment to truth. I would never appear on his show. 3/