DEF CON reported that every piece of equipment in the Voting Machine Village was ‘effectively breached’. ibid. caption
A federal court banned the use of Accuvote voting machines in Georgia beginning in 2020. ibid.
Dharma is the combination of duty, faith and destiny. American Dharma, Bannon, Sky Documentaries 2020
There’s an inherent contradiction in the views that you hold. You just want to destroy everything. ibid. Errol Morris
You may hate my guts and you may hate what I stand for but if we don’t allow some way for this system to spread the wealth we’re going to have a revolution in this country. ibid. Bannon
If they preach identity politics and we preach populism and jobs – and bringing manufacturing jobs we back – we got it. For all their brilliance and all their money and all their professionalism they don’t have an understanding of what this election is all about. ibid.
Not President Clinton? OK. Forget the polls: Trump stole the election. Now my book is not a prediction, it’s a warning … The facts: They’ve already removed 17,000,000 people from the voter rolls, that’s federal government’ numbers for the past two years’ of record keeping. 17,000,000 voters. We’re going to be shocked that they don’t get their mailing ballot, and guess what, Max? … If you don’t get your ballot, you can’t mail it in. Greg Palast, interview The Keiser Report author How Trump Stole RT August 2020
2020: It has been stolen through the massive purge of the voter rolls and other trickery and through changes in the election law … But it can be stolen back. ibid.
Brand new tricks: see, in 2018 the Supreme Court handed a new weapon to the vote thieves … A new trick to remove voters … If you miss a couple of elections, that means you’re an inactive voter … and then you don’t answer [a] postcard. ibid.
They took it for a test drive in Georgia in 2018 and I was there … One third of a million voters in Georgia were wiped out illegally. In fact, three hundred thousand, one hundred and thirty-four. ibid.
‘Hundreds of thousands of voters from Brooklyn went missing from the voter rolls.’ ibid. Stacey Herbert
Democrats disenfranchise each other. ibid.
2016: You elected a kind of orange-stained porcine bloated bigot … We’ve had a coup d’etat: you’re slaves now. ibid.
Five million ballots disqualified … They can’t steal all of the votes all of the time … (Election & Vote & Trump & Fraud & Coup) ibid.
People didn’t see Trump as a threat. When you have basically Gestapo-kind-of-proto-death-squads grabbing people on streets, I think it’s motivating young people. ibid.
You have to have a special ID to vote in Madison, to vote in Wisconsin, not just hand over a regular student ID. That’s over 100,000 … You have to prove you’re in good standing. ibid.
Americas biggest election battle: how are voters feeling about the state of their nation? Can President Trump overcome the odds to win the race for the White House? And will election day bring peace or more protests? Tonight: Can Trump Win? ITV 2020
‘The candidates are fighting for every vote in this very tight race. Republican candidate Donald Trump has the lead across the country. Clinton or Trump?’ Agents of Chaos I, director Alex Gibney, Russian television, Sky Documentaries 2020
This Trump worship thing: what was that all about? ibid.
There were too many investigations to count ... But what exactly was the story? ibid.
The first piece of the puzzle pointed us toward a cyber trail on the internet where a motley band of Russian trolls had been busy making mischief on social media … The infamous troll factory known as the Internet Research Agency, or IRA. ibid.
They [Russia] created fake news websites which they used to drive a wedge into Ukraine and push the two halves of the country apart. ibid.
The trolls spent years tracking divisions in American society. They knew that immigration and race were two of our deepest wounds. ibid.
In a display of Russian cyber power, the GRU hacked into the controls of the Ukrainian power grids and command and distribution centres to shut them down. ibid.
Russian government hackers penetrated DNS, stole opposition research on Trump. ibid. The Washington Post online article
‘Email’ Dominates What Americans Have Heard About Clinton. ibid. Gallup online article 19 September 2016
‘We did nothing wrong. It was all bullshit.’ Agents of Chaos II, Trump
Sater went to work in the only industry less regulated than Wall Street – real estate. And that’s where he met Donald Trump: ‘You cannot operate there [Russia] without what they call a roof – which is protection from somebody.’ ibid. Sater
‘We’re going to have a great relationship with Putin and Russia.’ ibid. Trump
Was Trump running to win or was he running just to make more money? ibid.
They brought his Miss Universe contest to Moscow in 2013. ibid.
Russia really did have dirt to dish … ‘The hackers target the DNC and Hillary Clinton.’ ibid. expert
‘NBC has learnt this week from court documents [Paul] Manafort [Trump’s campaign chairman, later fired] has business connections to two oligarchs with ties to the Russian Mafia.’ ibid. news
US Officially Accuses Russia of Political Hacks. ibid. CNN news banner 17 September
He’s [Gore] the most qualified person in my lifetime to seek this job. 537 Votes, Clinton, Sky Documentaries 2020
Sometimes people say I’m too serious, that I talk too much substance and policy … ibid. Gore
Where Does He Belong? The battle over Elian Gonzalez sparks a debate about custody laws and what’s best for kids. ibid. Time magazine
It didn’t hurt to have your brother as the governor of Florida. ibid. dude
Florida goes for Al Gore … Phew, what a night … ibid. Dan Rather
If you ignore the votes, you ignore democracy itself. ibid. Gore
Now, to the land of the hanging chad … ibid. Dan Snow, TV news
The Republicans wanted to pull off the perfect crime. ibid. dude
As Ireland went to the polls in December 1918, voters had a choice between Sinn Fein and the Irish Parliamentary Party, and between two radically different visions of Ireland’s future. The Road to Partition s1e1, BBC 2021
‘Sinn Fein took matters into their own hands and formed an independent though illegal parliament in Dublin … the Dail is rapidly backed by force which is rapidly known as the IRA.’ ibid.
If Kinnock Wins Today Will The Last Person To Leave Britain Please Turn Out The Lights. The Sun, general election 1992
It’s The Sun Wot Won It. The Sun, post-election 1992
Every September Leichhardt’s 12 councillors meet to elect one of their number as mayor for the following year. The mayoral election is rarely a straightforward affair and 1994 was no exception. Rats in the Ranks, 1996
The ALP councillors are meeting with Party official Anthony Albanese to try to settle their differences. ibid.
She committed the absolute act of legal treachery to me. ibid. Mayor
What a terrible business politics is. ibid. councillor
The decade starts with a neck and neck US election. The 2000s: The Decade We Saw It All I, National Geographic 2017
The Supreme Court steps in and stops the recount. ibid.
116 million voters went to the polls for the most important election in Brazil’s history. The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros II, BBC 2022
Every time an election like this comes up, not only in the United States, in Britain, in Australia, in other countries a form of emotional blackmail happens. We can’t possibly not vote for him. Because surely it’s going to be better? ... The system itself has to be challenged, rather than accept the less evil every four years. John Pilger, In Conversation
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. Karl Marx
The recent victory of the right wing in the UK now being used as a warning to the left here in the US to not be too extreme. Abby Martin & The Empire Files: Abby Martin & Lowkey: A Deeper Look at the UK Election, Youtube 50.07, 2019
At least 40 stories calling Jeremy Corbyn a security threat. ibid. Lowkey
The 2020 election is a real bummer. For people who care about peace and justice they are cornered into the politics of lesser-evilism. And for most working-class people, the majority of people who simply don’t vote because their needs are ignored, the election is just background noise. Abby Martin & The Empire Files: Biden vs Trump on Foreign Policy, Youtube 2020
[Trump shot] This was the moment that signalled the end of Joe Biden’s presidential bid. Trump vs Harris The Battle for America, Channel 4 2024
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? ibid.
For both sides it’s existential, with Democrats fearing that America’s next election could be its last. ibid.
She still has her critics amongst Democrats, and especially amongst Republicans who have her in their sights. ibid.
‘She is a radical left lunatic who will ruin this country.’ ibid. Trump