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Fiendish Thingy

(24,142 posts)
47. Apples and Oranges
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:45 PM
May 14

Cambridge Analytica used personal data to target gullible people with misinformation to shape their opinions.

What is being alleged in this OP is that Musk and Thiel used technology to alter vote totals.

That didn’t happen.

Thanks for your openness- I’ll be adding you to my list of 100+ 2024 Election Deniers on my ignore list.

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No the NSA did not audit the 2024 election Fiendish Thingy May 14 #1
So the nsa reports to you? lol questionseverything May 14 #5
Is it your claim that President Biden allowed this election to get stolen? mr715 May 14 #8
No one, including president Biden can see inside " software " to see how votes are being counted questionseverything May 14 #35
Elections are overseen by volunteers and low level elected officials mr715 May 14 #38
I'm old enough to remember hand counting ballots questionseverything May 14 #42
The 2000 election would disagree. mr715 May 14 #45
Are you defending the brooks brothers stopping the count? questionseverything May 14 #53
The NSA isn't required to report to them in order to practice basic media literacy. FascismIsDeath May 14 #10
Welcome to du... it's almost your 6 month anniversary questionseverything May 14 #36
See post #41 from an actual NSA employee Eve Of Destruction May 14 #64
Did the algorithms of Eloon Musk and Peter Thiel Artificial Intelligence data centers,... magicarpet May 14 #2
Why haven't they used their algorithms to rig any other elections since? Fiendish Thingy May 14 #3
Possibly because NATIONAL results were important to keep him out of prison, like he admitted Attilatheblond May 14 #4
Election results aren't national. mr715 May 14 #7
You left off the sarcasm flag. Bluetus May 14 #12
Not joking, I understand these things. mr715 May 14 #21
The whole CrossCheck thing .. Chemical Bill May 14 #31
See post # 55.... questionseverything May 14 #56
And then the totals are transmitted. Local state election for one court not so important to guy trying to stay outta jai Attilatheblond May 14 #51
Yeah, that must be it Fiendish Thingy May 14 #13
LOL mr715 May 14 #16
Not the CT joke you think,... Using and perfecting algorithisms and Artificial Inteligence to throw elections magicarpet May 14 #40
Apples and Oranges Fiendish Thingy May 14 #47
ROFL. Oh, tell us, great all knowing sage, what is your sure fire "That didn't happen" is based on? Attilatheblond May 14 #52
Pelosi should be on your list then because on march on velshi questionseverything May 14 #54
... Pelosi warns of electronic interference questionseverything May 14 #55
I hope lots of people have flagged and reported Nancy Pelosi here for spreading CTs /sarcasm Bluetus May 14 #57
She's trying to warn us not to let it happen again questionseverything May 14 #58
I am glad she is warning. 2 questions: Bluetus May 14 #62
Nonsense. mr715 May 14 #6
Ok, this may be debunked as you say, but I don't believe infullview May 14 #9
No elections returns go through Starlink. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 14 #25
Does the fact that the substack continually lies not give you pause? EdmondDantes_ May 14 #11
And Al Gore lost and Hillary lost blue-wave May 14 #22
The claim being made is that Kamala Harris won. mr715 May 14 #24
And Al Gore and Hillary Clinton? blue-wave May 14 #29
Are they in on it too? mr715 May 14 #30
I know, hanging chads have a right to vote blue-wave May 14 #32
Why do you assume Russia has competence? mr715 May 14 #34
Their propaganda machine sure does blue-wave May 14 #39
Uh... mr715 May 14 #44
Now that's a funny question!! blue-wave May 14 #48
Well Putin competently murdered Alexei Navalny MorbidButterflyTat May 14 #59
After a dozen tries. mr715 May 14 #60
He's dead, isn't he? MorbidButterflyTat May 14 #61
Kerry lost... Chemical Bill May 14 #33
Can we learn to not hold onto falsehoods like exit polls showed Kerry winning? EdmondDantes_ May 14 #43
Yup. Joinfortmill May 14 #14
"....an intricate network of bad actors and covert operations behind transnational organized crime...."i blue-wave May 14 #15
Can anyone say Kooky CT Nonsense? Or MUS for short Fiendish Thingy May 14 #20
De rec this CT nonsense. This Will Hold is a crackpottery merchant. Celerity May 14 #17
2024 election Denialism is just as kooky and evidence-free as 2020 election denialism Fiendish Thingy May 14 #18
Roll eyes. The CIA & NSA are separate agencies. Jacson6 May 14 #19
This was effectively debunked almost a year ago Wiz Imp May 14 #23
And yet the OP refuses to delete this misinformation Fiendish Thingy May 14 #27
"Weaponized apophenia" mr715 May 14 #28
Yeah, Right! ProfessorGAC May 14 #26
Crazy stuff. Takket May 14 #37
The NSA Is Not Equiipped to Do That in The First Place MineralMan May 14 #41
"I suspect this story is bullshit from top to bottom." Wiz Imp May 14 #49
43 Recs. flvegan May 14 #46
Now 47 Fiendish Thingy May 14 #50
61 Now. Embarrassing. And Sad. Eve Of Destruction May 14 #63
The National Security Administration doesn't have the equipment or the authority to do this jmowreader May 14 #65
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was written precisely for this moment--a stolen election is a rebellion... yellow dahlia May 14 #66
No need for an extraordinary solution Fiendish Thingy May 14 #67
You would think so. Women especially knew what was at stake ecstatic May 14 #68
Votes didn't matter once Trump promised the billionaires and AIPAC whatever they wanted in exchange for a win. /nt artemisia1 Friday #69
I'm hiding this OP because it's a big pile of monkey poop Jersey Devil Friday #70
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