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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHackers changed votes in the 2016 election but few will admit it.
https://www.countable.us/articles/5863-evidence-shows-hackers-changed-votes-2016-election-admit-michael-harriot-rootThekaspervote
(32,793 posts)Maybe we, the Dems should hire our own hackers!!
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)Since they are all controlled by Putin to begin with it would be interesting to see him respond. He would have to admit that they are rigged. Or does everybody already know this?
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)While Hillary was SOS she interfered with Russias elections
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)former9thward
(32,077 posts)It is a very slippery slope from someone's definition of "legit" to favoring a candidate we support. We have interfered in other countries political affairs since we became a world power. We used to send in troops to overthrow regimes we did not like. In the last few years we send "consultants" to help candidates we would like to win. It is no wonder other countries respond in kind.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Botany
(70,581 posts)"Yet, we are supposed to believe that Vladimir Putin concocted this vast, Russian-sponsored effort that included propaganda, computer experts, spies and an international ring of hackers, but when he was actually successful at breaking into voting systems, all they did was look around and change nothing?"
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)The Russian effort involved targeting voters with their Facebook advertising. For that, you need to know which voters to target.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)None of them have.
sl8
(13,882 posts)From https://www.theroot.com/evidence-shows-hackers-changed-votes-in-the-2016-electi-1827871206
Michael Harriot
8/01/18 1:28pm
Editors Note (8/1/2018): The original story that appeared here has been updated after editorial review. The reasons are outlined in the updated piece.
On Thursday morning, The Root published an article written by this writer asserting my opinion that the 2016 election was hacked by Russian actors and that there is evidence that votes were changed. That opinion was grounded in a reading of evidence many deemed problematic at best and, at worst, a misinterpretation of the facts. As soon as the article went live, an uproar rose from both experts and laypeople alike contradicting my claims.
Amid the ensuing controversy, the editorial team at The Root felt it was necessary to clarify some of the more controversial points in the piece for the sake of transparency and contributing to a necessary dialogue around what happened with the vote in 2016.
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More at link.
triron
(22,020 posts)First impressions are usually best in this case. Consistent with what I and many at DU
know or knew.