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azureblue

(2,704 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 03:45 PM Monday

How Elon won the last Election for Trump

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-they-didnt-just-change-the

A bit complicated to explain, but access to the voting machines was gained through the battery back ups

From the article ---

Musk activated 265 brand new low Earth orbit (LEO) V2 Mini satellites, each equipped with Direct-to-Cell (DTC) technology capable of processing, routing, and manipulating real-time data, including voting data, through his satellite network.
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How Elon won the last Election for Trump (Original Post) azureblue Monday OP
Why hasn't this been out before now? People need to know illegal this was. Musk should lose his OLDMDDEM Monday #1
Musk got what he wanted. yellow dahlia Monday #5
Because it's nonsense. Wiz Imp Monday #9
You are probably correct PuraVidaDreamin Monday #20
We are not like them. returnee Monday #57
I have seen this information before. h2ebits Monday #28
I had a dream the night after the election that the muskrat manipulated the tabulations kimbutgar Monday #2
You were spot on. yellow dahlia Monday #4
When all the information is pulled together, it shows - Kamala didn't lose. yellow dahlia Monday #3
These guys have been exposed as scam artists over and over in these threads. It's pathetic. tritsofme Monday #6
Can you tintinvotes Monday #31
Here's one EdmondDantes_ Monday #59
This article is 100% spot on. Botany Monday #7
I've had a firm suspicion something was up... Initech Monday #13
Trump knew the fix was in. Botany Monday #25
And "you will never have to vote again." Evolve Dammit Monday #37
YES! Most people forget this one! bluestarone Monday #56
I wish I could forget. That's what they want. Flood the zone, right Bannon? Evolve Dammit 23 hrs ago #83
Of course Trump knew. He has cheated in every election. OGBuzz Monday #46
In 2016 Russia was very busy not only with voter rolls (see Green Bay Wisconsin 2016 election U.S.A. today) Botany Monday #49
These guys are clowns grifting off people's hatred of Trump EdmondDantes_ Monday #8
While there is no proof Dave says Monday #11
No there isn't anything unexplained EdmondDantes_ Monday #14
Red herring - but known liars? Dave says Monday #16
None of their claims are PLAUSIBLE. Wiz Imp Monday #19
And you know this how? Dave says Monday #21
Because I've seen the claims? Wiz Imp Monday #24
Voting machines are just another computer system questionseverything Monday #36
Do you realize you sound just like the MAGAs talking about 2020? Wiz Imp Monday #38
Actually the reason we know for certain that Biden won Georgia in 2020 questionseverything Monday #55
Except we know that hand counting is less accurate EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #81
always hoping, right? Skittles Monday #54
I don't believe the liars in the White House either EdmondDantes_ Monday #22
That's fair (dismissing claims by known liars) Dave says Monday #23
You know that is Republican type logic? Wiz Imp Monday #17
Exactly! But darn it Wiz! paleotn Monday #44
Everything's good! I'm fine with agreeing to disagree on some subjects. Wiz Imp Monday #47
Same! paleotn Monday #48
That no counties flipped red to blue this election JT45242 Monday #51
You can't prove a negative. That loses the argument for you right then and there. paleotn Monday #41
The only proof either way is hand counted paper ballot recounts. Chemical Bill Monday #64
Because we know that hand counts are less accurate? EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #70
Hand counted paper ballot recounts were plenty accurate in Georgia and Arizona in 2020. Chemical Bill Yesterday #73
I'm sorry you don't like the statistical reality, but that doesn't change it EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #75
Yeah, Georgia and Arizona proved that in 2020... Chemical Bill Yesterday #78
You aren't making a logical argument EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #79
It is logical... Chemical Bill 23 hrs ago #82
BTW Chemical Bill Yesterday #80
Can you tintinvotes Monday #33
please delete this nonsense. mopinko Monday #10
Funny how all the election deniers here completely ignored Wiz Imp Monday #12
Oh, and why is an 8 month old article being posted now? Wiz Imp Monday #15
It was dismissed as "lack of standing" Dave says Monday #18
He won we lost we need to move on Bluestocking Monday #26
Musk rso Monday #27
You are talking about the same agencies that have been covering for Epstein for years questionseverything Monday #32
Musk rso Monday #61
Post removed Post removed Monday #29
If Elon can control the vote count, why are Republicans losing all the special elections? Midnight Writer Monday #30
And why did Musk spend $25 million on the Wisconsin Supreme Court election last year.....and LOST! Wiz Imp Monday #42
This is Blue-Anon stuff RetiredParatrooper Monday #34
This is some sad copium fujiyamasan Monday #35
Reality vs Conspiracy stillspkg Monday #50
Why is it so hard for people to believe the evidence of America's longstanding bigotry? misanthrope Monday #52
The question is has anything been done about it? oldmanlynn Monday #39
There is nothing to do because it is 100% nonsense. Wiz Imp Monday #43
What about Texas and Florida? wolfie001 Monday #40
I don't believe Florida has had a completely honest election since 2000. Wiz Imp Monday #45
I think the governors in both states have worked out the details in their secure bunkers at this point wolfie001 Monday #58
There will never be hard evidence of manipulation in Florida because it's illegal to look at the ballots and hand count questionseverything Yesterday #69
Biden was President. mr715 Monday #53
I wish Democratic Party was hawkish on election integrity philly_bob Monday #60
Once again... Jedi Guy Monday #62
The election deniers won't engage with this post, it blows up their silly fantasy world. tritsofme Monday #66
That is not true. Chemical Bill Yesterday #74
That would still require Democrats being too afraid to speak ou EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #76
I could be wrong Chemical Bill Yesterday #77
Some of those satellites fell out of orbit and made a mess, I heard MaeScott Monday #63
Actually, I heard black helicopters, leaving chemtrails, carried the stolen ballots to Area 51 tritsofme Yesterday #67
I think if this were actually true, Musk would have made Trump win by Jack Valentino Monday #65
Not only that fujiyamasan Yesterday #68
And bigger majorities in the House and Senate. EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #71
Seems like a logical conclusion: Republicans ALWAYS Cheat. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #72

OLDMDDEM

(3,092 posts)
1. Why hasn't this been out before now? People need to know illegal this was. Musk should lose his
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 03:49 PM
Monday

government contracts. He should be prosecuted for this. Of course that will never happen under this administration. A new administration could prosecute though.

yellow dahlia

(5,270 posts)
5. Musk got what he wanted.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:03 PM
Monday

Look at all the government contracts.

And he got to destroy USAID.

And he got to steal our data.

The destruction and the corruption were the motives.

Wiz Imp

(9,380 posts)
9. Because it's nonsense.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:08 PM
Monday

Thiswillhold are grifters who traffic in conspiracy theories. They have never presented 1 piece of actual true evidence to support their claims. It should be against the rules to post material from thiswillhold or Election Truth Alliance. It's all garbage. The same people who are so sure the 2024 election was stolen laugh at MAGAs saying the same thing about 2020. The evidence supporting either claim is the same - there is none.

Hopefully, someday these people will get past their denial and accept that just because the election didn't turn out the way they expected or wanted it to doesn't mean it was stolen.

returnee

(878 posts)
57. We are not like them.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 07:41 PM
Monday

You're speaking pure both-sides-ism. TSF’s sweep of the swing states, escaping the margin for automatic recounts, was so improbable the Harris/Walz should have called for recounts. I suspect the only reason they didn’t is because TSF set a trap by complaining so much about 2020 that anyone else who didn’t believe the results after that would be called a conspiracy theorist. As was said upstream, to paraphrase, there are actual conspiracies in this world.
Now, I don’t know this website, and maybe they’re full of shit, and I’m no expert, but I’ve been noticing anomalies in elections for years, some in democratic primaries. Also know, American history is replete with rigged elections.

h2ebits

(987 posts)
28. I have seen this information before.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:48 PM
Monday

This was documented, probably at least six months ago, but it was online. It was never made public through MSM to my knowledge. I think that every one of us who sees this article should send it to the secretary of state in our state of residence and I certainly plan on doing so.

kimbutgar

(27,010 posts)
2. I had a dream the night after the election that the muskrat manipulated the tabulations
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 03:56 PM
Monday

So I wasn’t that far off in what he did.

yellow dahlia

(5,270 posts)
3. When all the information is pulled together, it shows - Kamala didn't lose.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 03:58 PM
Monday

Thanks for amplifying this reporting and data. This Will Hold is doing great work.

This is an illegitimate administration take over. And the reason is obvious - the destruction is the point.

Botany

(76,755 posts)
7. This article is 100% spot on.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:04 PM
Monday

You can just do a simple search and see that Eaton had bought Tripp Lite, you can see that Musk’s
Doge Boys were going through voter d-bases and loading an A.I. program to manipulate the returns,
you can see Peter Thiel’s Palantir using a program that was called Digital Janitor that did not flip or
change votes but hid evidence that it had happened, you can see where Eaton went into business
w/Palantir, you can see where Eaton went into business with Musk’s Star Link and its direct to cell
technology… D. T. C. …. and with Tripp Lite loading Firmware patches on Dominion Voting Systems
and E.S.&S.’s Musk had access to the Central Tabulators and Operating systems of a huge % of
America’s voting data.

Read the next one or two in the series that show both Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton got a big
“Undervote” where people showed up to vote but skipped voting for President. The same thing
happened in Ohio’s last 2 senate races with the democratic candidate getting an undervote there
too.

The numbers make no sense.

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/how-did-43598-of-voters-cast-ballots

Initech

(108,064 posts)
13. I've had a firm suspicion something was up...
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:40 PM
Monday

After WaPo and LA Times both were systematically and hostily blocked from endorsing Harris by their billionaire owners after the debates. The only way Trump "won" both of his debates is that he wouldn't shut the fuck up. That was an absolute red flag that something was up.

The billionaire owners of this country knew the outcome before we did. They all must go to prison.

Botany

(76,755 posts)
25. Trump knew the fix was in.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:30 PM
Monday

He masturbated mic stand and then simulated giving a blow job to the microphone in front of
an audience and T.V. cameras.

He disgraced himself @ Arlington National Cemetery and showed disrespect to the men and women
women who are buried there. That alone should have cost @ least a million votes.

He went to Arnold Palmer’s home town and talked about the size of his dick.

And two or three different times he said publicly that he didn’t need anymore votes.

OGBuzz

(101 posts)
46. Of course Trump knew. He has cheated in every election.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:29 PM
Monday

Donald Trump on the 2024 campaign trail......"I actually tell our people we don't need your vote, we got so many votes we don't need them, we just don't want to see votes stolen".

He also cheated in 2020 and couldn't believe when he lost to Joe Biden. That's why he is so obsessed with it. In his own corrupt and diseased mind he thinks that the only way he could have lost 2020 is if Biden out-cheated him.

2016 was thanks to a disinformation campaign coming from Russia and Eastern Europe. The internet was flooded with anti-Hillary messaging. And James Comey of course.

Botany

(76,755 posts)
49. In 2016 Russia was very busy not only with voter rolls (see Green Bay Wisconsin 2016 election U.S.A. today)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:36 PM
Monday

but a massive misinformation too. See Hillary’s emails.

EdmondDantes_

(1,557 posts)
8. These guys are clowns grifting off people's hatred of Trump
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:05 PM
Monday

They are lying about how all the swing states were just over the recount threshold, split ticket voting isn't proof of fraud, we all know why you'd see voting differences between mail/early voting and election day voting patterns (Trump tried this as "proof" he won in 2020).

These guys get disproven every time someone posts their substack.

Dave says

(5,356 posts)
11. While there is no proof
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:34 PM
Monday

There is no smoking gun proof that what is proffered here actually occurred, there also is no proof that it didn’t occur.

There are very strange anomalies in the election data. They remain unexplained.

EdmondDantes_

(1,557 posts)
14. No there isn't anything unexplained
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:53 PM
Monday

If I said there was evidence martians changed the outcome would you think you had to prove they didn't? If I said Trump won in 2020 would you both sides it?

No. These guys are known liars and deserve to be treated as such.

Dave says

(5,356 posts)
16. Red herring - but known liars?
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:59 PM
Monday

There are a few in the White House, no?

All I suggest is keeping an open mind to what is PLAUSIBLE.

(I’m at a car dealership getting a car inspected, otherwise I’d dig up some of the examples of anomalous data.)

✌️

Wiz Imp

(9,380 posts)
24. Because I've seen the claims?
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:24 PM
Monday

Pausible (Definition):
(of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.
"a plausible explanation"

Conspiracy theories regarding voting machines are neither reasonable nor probable.

questionseverything

(11,684 posts)
36. Voting machines are just another computer system
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:11 PM
Monday

Can you see inside the puter? Of course you can’t and neither can anyone else

Hand counted paper ballots are the only way the average citizen can oversee the counting process… it shouldn’t take an act of god to look at those ballots

Wiz Imp

(9,380 posts)
38. Do you realize you sound just like the MAGAs talking about 2020?
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:20 PM
Monday

So why were Trump and the MAGAs claims considered ridiculous but it's perfectly reasonable to claim the 2024 election was stolen?

questionseverything

(11,684 posts)
55. Actually the reason we know for certain that Biden won Georgia in 2020
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 07:07 PM
Monday

Was they hand counted the paper ballots in full public view

I believe that should be the standard in presidential elections , otherwise we are just trusting the “last best hacker “ to decide who we want to lead our government


EdmondDantes_

(1,557 posts)
81. Except we know that hand counting is less accurate
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:59 PM
Yesterday
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hand-counting-ballots

https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-hand-count-ballots-election-machines-42e72c9aaac3b1552032370ba5e8c8a9

Refusing to acknowledge true things doesn't make them any less true. You can assert that you think you know for certain Biden won in 2020 because it was hand recounted, but that doesn't make it true. We know he won because he got more votes as shown through the initial count. And we do know that hand recounts are more accurate across many studies. Also you didn't see every ballot get reviewed and individually tabulated. You're still taking someone else's word for it.

EdmondDantes_

(1,557 posts)
22. I don't believe the liars in the White House either
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:15 PM
Monday

And I do keep an open mind the the plausible, I just have a much higher standard for plausible than people I know lie to me.

Take their lie that 435% of eligible voters turned out in a Pennsylvania county here:

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/how-did-43598-of-voters-cast-ballots

But as Kaleva pointed out that's false:
https://the.democraticunderground.org/100220967788#post23

source:
https://www.norcopa.gov/corecode/uploads/document6/uploaded_pdfs/corecode/GE24%20Precinct%20Level%20Summary%20Results_1290.pdf

When I know that they lie because I can go to the source data and it doesn't match repeatedly, I stop considering what they are claiming.

Wiz Imp

(9,380 posts)
17. You know that is Republican type logic?
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:03 PM
Monday

It can't be proved that fraud didnt happen, so that is evidence that something must have happened. If someone believes fraud occurred, it is up to them to prove it.

There are very strange anomalies in the election data
Name one.

paleotn

(21,862 posts)
44. Exactly! But darn it Wiz!
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:25 PM
Monday

I was yelling at you this morning on another topic. So stop agreeing with me! Or me agreeing with you. Or something like that.

Wiz Imp

(9,380 posts)
47. Everything's good! I'm fine with agreeing to disagree on some subjects.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:30 PM
Monday

I don't have to agree 100% with somebody to still respect their opinions.

JT45242

(3,933 posts)
51. That no counties flipped red to blue this election
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:40 PM
Monday

As far as I know there has never been a county flip from one election to another of xxx to zero. Mondale was a huge chunk to like 2.

That's the one that I wish they had recounted paper ballots.

The not recounting any paper ballots has bothered me the whole time. Even a 10 percent audit would have felt good to see if percentage was in line.

paleotn

(21,862 posts)
41. You can't prove a negative. That loses the argument for you right then and there.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:22 PM
Monday

You and I also can't disprove that Santa swooped in from the North Pole and changed the votes. Or aliens. Or a bunch of kids in mom's basement.

I agree, there are anomalies. The whole damn election was an anomaly. I still can't figure out how the Dems did a clean sweep of statewide offices in NC, eliminated the Puke's veto proof majority in the legislature, yet Donnie still won the state. Weird. But even if the odds are small, they're not zero.

And seriously manipulating an election nationwide is a task I don't think even tech bros have the muscle to do. All sort of different voting systems and software, some ancient, between states, and even within states. The whole thing would take a ton of people and someone, somewhere is going to talk. They always do. So far, nada.

So...I need more proof before I commit to out and out theft. Don't underestimate the stupidity of voters. With the right propaganda and a weird election to start with, that might have been all it took.

Chemical Bill

(3,135 posts)
64. The only proof either way is hand counted paper ballot recounts.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 09:40 PM
Monday

I find it odd that some of the same people who claim there is no proof of Republicans accessing the vote counts to change the totals are not interested in hand counted paper ballot recounts.

EdmondDantes_

(1,557 posts)
70. Because we know that hand counts are less accurate?
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:25 AM
Yesterday
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/07/1126796538/voting-explainer-hand-counting-ballots-accuracy-cost

But sure, if you want to have a recount, feel free if you can raise the money, it's not going to change anything and then the conspiracy theory will move to fake ballots or something.

Chemical Bill

(3,135 posts)
73. Hand counted paper ballot recounts were plenty accurate in Georgia and Arizona in 2020.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:32 AM
Yesterday

In 2004 the exit polls showed ES&S machines had a bias against Kerry that was greater than the expected margin of error in 16 states. Other companies' machine counts were on the money compared to the exit polls. According to the exit polls, Kerry won 15 of those states. There were numerous threads here with excellent write ups. So what happened? The exit polls are now "adjusted" to match the official results.

Who needs conspiracy "theories"?

Frankly, I don't see that the voter suppression practiced by Republicans is always enough. Last time they purged millions of Black and inner city voters, took away drop boxes from Democratic districts, had fewer machines in Democratic precincts, and still had to resort to bomb threats to keep Democratic numbers down. I still think that adjusting machine totals is not a bridge too far for Republicans. But I can be persuaded, by hand counted paper ballot recounts.

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EdmondDantes_

(1,557 posts)
75. I'm sorry you don't like the statistical reality, but that doesn't change it
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:22 AM
Yesterday

We know with absolute certainty that hand recounting is less accurate and takes a lot longer.

Chemical Bill

(3,135 posts)
78. Yeah, Georgia and Arizona proved that in 2020...
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:35 PM
Yesterday

Oh, wait, no they didn't.

If stastics are the answer, why don't we just poll a few thousand people and declare the winner?

What is the statistical probability that the 2004 vote count would be outside the margin of error from the exit polls in 17 states? What about when 16 of those states favor W over Kerry? What about when 15 of those states were outside of the margin of error, in favor of W, enough to change the winner of that state from Kerry to W? What is the statistical probability of that?

EdmondDantes_

(1,557 posts)
79. You aren't making a logical argument
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:42 PM
Yesterday

I provide evidence that hand counting is clearly less accurate. You responded with hand counting didn't change the results in Georgia or Arizona as if that is evidence that hand counting is more accurate which wasn't tested. Please provide evidence that hand counting is consistently more accurate. I don't think you can.

Chemical Bill

(3,135 posts)
82. It is logical...
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 05:00 PM
23 hrs ago

that hand counts cannot be compared to machine scanner counts if hand counts are not done.

I don't understand how anyone could demand proof but not allow the proof to be obtained. It isn't logical.

As I have said, I will accept proof that the 2024 election results were accurate, if recounts are done.

And this still doesn't take Republican voter suppression into account. If the polls are right, they will have to purge perhaps twenty percent of Democratic voters to win much of anything in 2026. They could try, but my bet is that they have to alter machine counts in some states, and they will.

Chemical Bill

(3,135 posts)
80. BTW
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:48 PM
Yesterday

I read the NPR piece. It showed that scanner counts were from 0.05 to 0.13 % more accurate. But this assumes that the machines were not hacked. This assumes that the machine counts were not altered. I am not willing to make that assumption without proof.

And I don't understand how anyone would think that elections are not important enough to spend whatever it costs to make sure they are right.

Wiz Imp

(9,380 posts)
12. Funny how all the election deniers here completely ignored
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:35 PM
Monday

the attached story after being so sure that it would prove "something". Also funny how all of us in the reality based community said that this is exactly what would happen.

https://westchester.news12.com/judge-dismisses-rockland-election-results-lawsuit-seeking-recount-of-2024-results

Judge dismisses Rockland election results lawsuit seeking recount of 2024 results
State Supreme Court Judge Rachel Tanguay dismissed a lawsuit filed by SMART Legislation that was seeking a hand recount in 2024 presidential and U.S. Senate election results in Rockland County.
Judge Tanguay's decision stated they "lacked standing" and other legal requirements.
In a statement to News 12, Rockland's Board of Elections says they plan to "continue to administer and certify election results in accordance with all applicable laws and procedures.”

Wiz Imp

(9,380 posts)
15. Oh, and why is an 8 month old article being posted now?
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:56 PM
Monday

The worst part is, the article opens by citing the Rockland County lawsuit saying it had definitely uncovered fraud. That lawsuit was dismissed in November or December (see post #12). For the life of me, I can't fathom why any self repecting person would continue to believe this nonsense.

Dave says

(5,356 posts)
18. It was dismissed as "lack of standing"
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:03 PM
Monday

That does not address the content of the suit. It just says the people suing for a recount do not have a right to do so.

(I did not read the article so I easily can be off base.)

Bluestocking

(558 posts)
26. He won we lost we need to move on
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:43 PM
Monday

If we don’t win the midterms in a landslide then I will believe the conspiracy theories

rso

(2,651 posts)
27. Musk
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:46 PM
Monday

I don’t buy it, Biden controlled all the three letter Agencies before and for 2.5 months after the election, it’s inconceivable that the most advanced technologies on earth, possessed by these agencies would have not noticed foul play.

rso

(2,651 posts)
61. Musk
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 08:53 PM
Monday

These Agencies were led by very competent people, their loyalties were to Biden not to Epstein or Trump. For example, the lead US cybersecurity and communications Agency, the NSA, would have picked up any anomalies. And the NSA was not protecting Epstein as you seem to think.

Response to azureblue (Original post)

Midnight Writer

(25,213 posts)
30. If Elon can control the vote count, why are Republicans losing all the special elections?
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:59 PM
Monday

If Elon can control the vote count, why is he still giving millions in campaign donations to Republicans (who are losing their elections)?

RetiredParatrooper

(126 posts)
34. This is Blue-Anon stuff
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:07 PM
Monday

Among other things, the people around Biden lied and Trump somehow came across as the more honest candidate. Had Harris been able to run for more than 100 days, it is likely she would have won.

fujiyamasan

(1,446 posts)
35. This is some sad copium
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:08 PM
Monday

I hope the party’s leadership doesn’t entertain this crap and rather focuses on learning from the many mistakes that were made.

There are also a lot of brain dead idiots in this country. It’s not really a surprise Trump won.

stillspkg

(174 posts)
50. Reality vs Conspiracy
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:37 PM
Monday

Projection has been the tool for a long time: Blame an enemy for what you are doing. Many things DT has blamed Democrats for turned out being his own doing. I remember seeing the self-satisfied look on his face regarding the pending election outcome. And, Elon Musk, does have the tools and ability to do things others cannot or possibly detect.

I will not hang my hat on any idea that blames Democrats for the last Presidential Election results. Trying to be one step ahead this kind grifting is a difficult process especially when the tools are owned by the grifter. We can only fail when we get bullied into closing our eyes and ears.

P.S. Who would imagine DT's goons could do a "grab and go" with Fulton County Election data.
Even if they have to return it, they've already gotten away with it.

misanthrope

(9,432 posts)
52. Why is it so hard for people to believe the evidence of America's longstanding bigotry?
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:48 PM
Monday

I think chalking it up to the centuries of evidence showing American racism and misogyny is to follow Occam's razor.

wolfie001

(7,389 posts)
40. What about Texas and Florida?
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:22 PM
Monday

There's no way those mother-fuckers aren't involved in election shenanigans in both those states. Destroying ballots and reprogramming computers.

Wiz Imp

(9,380 posts)
45. I don't believe Florida has had a completely honest election since 2000.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:27 PM
Monday

But that is a completely separate issue from the 2024 Presidential election was rigged by Elon Musk nonsense.

I don't have any problem with someone doubting the complete validity of some election results. But that is not an excuse for latching on to ridiculous conspiracy theories that clearly have no basis in reality. While I have my doubts about some Florida results over the past 20 years, I fully accept those results as I have no hard evidence that they weren't legit.

wolfie001

(7,389 posts)
58. I think the governors in both states have worked out the details in their secure bunkers at this point
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 08:06 PM
Monday

Zero honesty, zero integrity and 100% racism and hate. Just my thoughts

questionseverything

(11,684 posts)
69. There will never be hard evidence of manipulation in Florida because it's illegal to look at the ballots and hand count
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:33 AM
Yesterday

Them

mr715

(3,252 posts)
53. Biden was President.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:52 PM
Monday

Was he complicit? Did Kamala Harris suppress data about her own victory?


It is conspiratorial nonsense. Elon isn't as smart as people want to believe he is. He's lazy, self-interested, and myopic. He's a supervillain with no talents.

Don't ascribe ability to Elon. He couldn't do it, and if he tried, Biden was President and was responsible for our national security.

Give it up.

philly_bob

(2,432 posts)
60. I wish Democratic Party was hawkish on election integrity
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 08:31 PM
Monday

Trump whines constantly about stolen elections, and Dems don't want to sound like that.

Witness the confusion in this thread. The Dem Party should hire some statisticians and publish the results. And be ready for 2020 shenanigans.

Jedi Guy

(3,448 posts)
62. Once again...
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 09:20 PM
Monday

In order to believe that the 2024 election was this blatantly and obviously stolen, one must necessarily believe that the entire Democratic Party, from Joe Biden on down, was too stupid, too cowardly, or too unconcerned to say or do a damn thing about it. One must necessarily believe that Kamala Harris herself was too stupid, too cowardly, or too unconcerned to contest the results of the election.

One must believe that some rando in his home office stumbled across evidence of a vast and sinister conspiracy while Joe Biden, with all the power of the various intelligence agencies at his beck and call, either couldn't find this obvious evidence of foul play or was aware of it and simply decided to do nothing about it. One must believe that Kamala Harris, his Vice President, the person who was cheated out of her rightful win, meekly conceded defeat rather than standing up and fighting for what she knew to be right.

It does not stand up to logical scrutiny. It just doesn't.

I get the impulse to believe that the election was stolen, I really do. Believing that the election was stolen allows us to sidestep the unpleasant reality, which is that a truly depressing number of Americans wanted the orange shitbag back in office.

More important, though, is that falling into the trap of wishful thinking is dangerous in that it encourages us to forego examining the lessons to be learned from the loss.

Chemical Bill

(3,135 posts)
74. That is not true.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:14 AM
Yesterday

I don't believe that the entire Democratic party has to be involved in, or even tolerant of the stolen elections from the past 26 years.

Republicans own enough media to stifle any voices that want to protect elections. They badger any people in the Democratic party who speak out. They naysay any investigations. They promote the voices of "reasonable" people who claim that hand counted paper ballot recounts will not find any malfeasance. After all, hand counts showed that Biden won Georgia and Arizona in 2020, so we don't need to recount when Trump wins. So what if recounts were paid for in 2016, but not done.

I think Joe Biden could have wanted to save his family from the death threats and the public humiliation. I think Kamala Harris loves her nieces, and who knows how many threats were made against them. But maybe they just listened to consultants and pundits who told them not to sound like Republicans.

It never fails to amaze me how people can put words into my mouth, and then say terrible things about me for thinking that way. It's right up there with thinking that one mistake negates the whole of the arguments on that side of an issue.

We know Republicans have a well funded organization to purge Democratic voters. From Florida in 2000 to Crosscheck, and right up to the present day.

We know that the Brooks Brothers riot stopped a recount in Miami Dade County. We know that Gore made the mistake of asking for a partial recount. We know that butterfly ballots confused people who wanted to vote for Gore. We know the Supreme Court stopped any recounts. We know that the media recount showed that every statewide recount scenario in Florida gave the state to Gore. Too bad....

I'm not going to apologize for the terror I feel when I see my country stolen from the people who live here. Elections are not my only area of interest, unlike some people who argue against recounts. I know that recounts are a necessary part of healthy elections.

EdmondDantes_

(1,557 posts)
76. That would still require Democrats being too afraid to speak ou
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:46 AM
Yesterday

You're making up scenarios like Harris having her family threatened or consultants and not considering that maybe you're wrong and they aren't all cowards.

Chemical Bill

(3,135 posts)
77. I could be wrong
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:19 PM
Yesterday

Let's see a hand counted recount of all the paper ballots in the swing states, and we will find out. It seems to me that too many people cannot admit that I could be right. I am ready to admit I am wrong, if proof exists. Why don't people want to see proof?

Proof exists that Republicans make laws to supress the Democratic vote. Why would they stop there, if they could hack the machine count? It makes no sense to think that Republicans would stay within the laws that they warp.

MaeScott

(956 posts)
63. Some of those satellites fell out of orbit and made a mess, I heard
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 09:37 PM
Monday

I mean, they fall out of orbit so much there’s concerns about debris. So what if a few more that were used for this purpose just de-orbited?
Covers tracks. We all should figure they cooked the tabulation somewhere somehow

Jack Valentino

(4,652 posts)
65. I think if this were actually true, Musk would have made Trump win by
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 09:43 PM
Monday

more than an eyelash in the popular vote margin.....

fujiyamasan

(1,446 posts)
68. Not only that
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:33 AM
Yesterday

They both have giant egos. They would be bragging about it.

Laws don’t apply to them anyways. After all, the Supreme Court basically said so.

Kid Berwyn

(23,730 posts)
72. Seems like a logical conclusion: Republicans ALWAYS Cheat.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:03 AM
Yesterday


1968 - Nixon-Agnew dealt with North Vietnam to sabotage Paris peace talks

1980 - Reagan-Bush dealt with Ayatollah hostage takers

1988 - Bush pardons Weinberger and other Iran-Contra traitors to avoid trial and exposing his own role

2000 - Bush-Cheney count on GOP-leaning Supreme Court to “win” Florida and, thus, US election

2016 - Trump calls on Russia for help to defeat Hillary Clinton

The record is clear: In Presidential election after Presidential election, Republicans get away with treason.

We hear, “It’s just politics.” Then we are told to, “Move on.” And the GOP gets away with it, again. And I do not understand the joy so many have in shouting down anyone who wonders why that is.

Treason has become a regular part of life in today’s USA and The MAGA faithful think it’s normal to be NAZI and the flipping state, such as it is, knows best. Thank Elvis the MAGA delusion has not spread to everyone.
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