Did Fox News Melt This County's Brain?

More than two years after the 2020 presidential election, the small California community of Shasta County terminated its contract with Dominion Voting Systems. They’re the first county in the state to do so.
Three county supervisors voted to end the contract, despite warnings from the county CEO that it will cost more than $1 million to buy a new voting system and train employees.
Their argument? That you can’t put a price on voter confidence, so the Dominion systems had to go.
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[@Pheonix0110]

I didn't even need to watch this video to say yes ( I'm not even American 😂)

[@sydneysunna4606]

Please bring back thomas morton Thanks

[@geoffreyk9164]

@@mystica7310, What are you talking about?

[@filosofiadocaos]

@@geoffreyk9164 BlackRock

[@dertythegrower]

Vice.. you are owned by Fox and Disney... you need a mirror on this one. Big time.

[@aaronkennedy8506]

The day we let news stations become entertainment stations and not have to fact-check anything is the reason for all of this happening. Such poor choices made by our parents and their parents. Very sad.

[@faganquin6483]

BINGO! I am not interested in the newscasters' opinions - read the objective facts of the story, period. That you see newscasters as trending hashtags you see the reason - clicks and ad money mean more to "journalists" and broadcasters than the truth and facts. Journalism schools and editors bear a huge part of the responsibility for this - they are churning out talking heads with zero journalistic integrity.

[@aick]

Capitalism. You mean to say: The problem is capitalism. You're welcome. And blaming your parents won't help, if you're a millennial or younger you have the numbers to actually change things, so as far as this Gen Xer born in the only year of zero population growth in this country's history sees it, so far you're all just new Boomers who haven't gotten poisoned by the establishment and sold out yet.. My generation simply doesn't have the numbers, and we got people like Alex Jones runnin around so yeah, wouldn't expect much out of us.

[@jennamakesbugs]

The FCC Fairness Doctrine was reversed under Reagan.

[@hifi4lyfe406]

You mean op-ed stations?....

[@blueprint7]

@@aick so blaming parents isn't helpful but blaming millennials and calling them boomers is? Name one political movement generation X has ever done? You people never even had a president.

[@Freaksnake]

Fox 'news' has done to our parents what our parents thought heavy metal and dungeons and dragons would do to us. Remember this. Repeat this to people.

[@4-Methylaminorex]

Correct! Remember when parents used to tell kids to be careful online? They became the ones who have to have access taken away from them now 😅

[@vanessahammond3829]

DEAD 😂😂😂

[@jeremysparks7971]

You mean main street news. Main street news like cnn and fox should boy be aloud to call themselves news. Its all pure propaganda. It ironic when people only blame fox.

[@lordchaa1598]

Yup I remember getting Doom and my parents and grandparents said it was going to rot my brain. Now Faux News has done exactly that to their brains.

[@paulnation7377]

​@T S yes

[@1veyLopez]

This is a prime example of why we need to invest in education.

[@edwardcashh924]

That boat sailed a looooong time ago, if you havent watched Idiocracy....thats where we are now....

[@PaulHawkins]

You⁉️ You're the Prime Example❓️

[@roscoemuttley]

Nobody of education age is in this county. They were all educated, then brainwashed by Faux news.

[@callowaymotorcompany]

Can't fix stupid when stupid can vote stupid into office.

[@Drew-be5dh]

@@PaulHawkins shut up.

[@vitamixjess3201]

Shasta county is proving the fact that being ignorant is costly, $2,000,000 of tax payer dollars for a county like that is insane. That money could be used to improve their education system, roads, etc. truly unbelievable.

[@cityhawk]

Republicans aren't as fiscally conservative as they like to claim. Look at the Death Penalty for example. After Eisenhower, Republicans spend like drunk sailors building up massive deficits.

[@razmatazz9310]

"Garbage in, garbage out" The irony of him not really understanding what he just said 😆

[@bertbeaulieu5448]

LMAO! Touche. Lol

[@briankelly2456]

I caught that too. His vote is garbage and it was recorded accurately as such. Garbage in garbage out.

[@heartysteer8752]

I started doing hardware 40 years ago and software 30 years ago. I've seen voting machines taken apart and analyzed. You're the one with the lack of understanding.

[@ianthesoccerref]

Yep. Whenever these MAGA people blame someone or something, substitute their name in the subject line. They point right at themselves every time.

[@Mzee1084]

The irony as well of the guy worried about how Russia can hack everything so we need to get rid of the voting machines. The amount of projection is off the charts with the right wing echo chamber.

[@dixiebrick]

“It’s easier to FOOL somebody than to CONVINCE somebody they been fooled.”

[@markwhite8332]

Google what happened in 2000 Volusia County and AL gore

[@SugarFreeZaddy]

How ironic, given today’s April 1st

[@6plus6bar]

@@SugarFreeZaddy Irony is when the actual definition is the opposite of the literal definition. So, how is today being April 1st ironic? If anything, it’s serendipitous. It would be ironic if today was April’s Objectively Verifiable Truth Day.

[@Kwasimitsu]

@@markwhite8332were those electronic, or hanging chads? Exactly

[@mick8888V]

@@6plus6bar Just feels like plain old Groundhogs Day to me.

[@herbertrodriguez9236]

It's amazing how one person can turn people against each other.

[@lastjob2011]

Trump, with ZERO government exempt experience and ZERO instances of public service, became the most powerful man in the world. A pathological liar, during his regime, he told 30,573 different lies (no repeats in that number). He did everything he could to help Covid spread as fast as possible. He controlled every news cycle by tweeting something ridiculous in the early morning hours almost every single day. He ridiculed the disabled, he bullied a sixteen-year-old girl, he made up names of all his rivals. Yet he called himself a stable genius. Ok...

[@ChristopherJones-lt3le]

Na this has been growing for decades

[@alansmith4655]

Right wing media is a whole ecosystem of lies, because the right don’t have political policies. All they focus on is online culture wars.

[@davidelet3652]

The guy with the Lambo reference is gold

[@Jebusankel]

Except it's totally wrong. Dominion voting machines are far from the gold standard of security. Security experts have been critical of Dominion way before it was a partisan issue. Just because you have security camera evidence that no one walked in through the unlocked door doesn't mean you shouldn't put a lock on the door.

[@giovanniishcol5568]

In the year 2000 when I started playing PC games online my parents sat with me and had a conversation to be careful, because anyone could make anything up. Don’t believe anything anyone online says they told me. Skip 23 years later they believe half the conspiracies they see on social media. It blows my mind how this could happen.

[@billhicks8]

It is because the way to understand something is not by evasion, but by responsible exposure and formal education. The older generation have revealed themselves as more naive, in that they hold on to antiquated quasi-religious views they want to protect, have a generally lower level of education with no critical thinking skills, and an unfamiliarity with the complexity of the internet and how to navigate it. Before, when they were warning you, their fear came from knowing they didn't at all understand the internet. Now their fear comes from thinking they do, and thinking they know too much.

[@JP-wb1oo]

My grandpa was a highly skilled engineer, electrician and construction foreman who worked on some of California's first high rises so I grew up with great respect for his intellect and experience and he taught me a lot......then in his last years he was convinced that Obama was an Islamic communist dictator who was going to declare martial law and take over the US. He was old but wasn't affected by any memory disabilities, e.g. Alzheimer's or dementia, and at 89 he still worked on his farm projects including welding and machining but when it came to politics it was Kookyville, USA. I hate these manipulative people and organizations who continue to profit while destroying people's minds as well as their families.

[@savsmiles3042]

@@JP-wb1oo Obama destroyed this country. Those are facts. Idk about the other stuff but your dad was smart to know that he would ruin our economy

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

All just for money and power. The money appeals, but not the power. I'm hard put to organise my own life, let alone a whole country.

[@savsmiles3042]

You mean like the Russia hoax. Or Juicy Smolliet? Or just msm in general. It’s all propaganda. I’m sure you don’t just believe everything that CNN or Vice tells you:)

[@mikeduffy67]

"If something on social media makes you instantly angry...check it. Because it is probably designed to manipulate you" . This was the core message of The Social Dilemma documentary.

[@jeevieseverino3949]

This could go other way too if you are dealing with manipulated audience who would question what oppose on their belief. This make sense if it presents for the sane people.

[@Don-md6wn]

Somebody put together a montage clip together recently of a bunch of different on air personalities at Fox News, one after another, saying "this is really going to make you angry" or something very similar, as an introduction to their most recent "story" designed to stir up audiences. I think it was the Daily Show. Making people angry is the business model of Fox News - it clearly drives their ratings and as their internal emails and texts on the election lies show, driving ratings is the only thing that matters at Fox.

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

logical fallacies

[@TheOleHermit]

Q-nut minds are far easier to hack and manipulate than data in voting machines. Just post a comment on their social media echo chamber about baby eating cabals and it will instantly go viral and spread faster than computer malware.

[@alinaitzal1173]

@@jeevieseverino3949 "ONLY A TRUE SCOTTSMAN" argument... quite lame... You sound like you drank a lot of Kool-Aid already... Did you need a pat on the back for your dumb decisions?

[@creepycraig73]

Pro Tip: Voting machines are not connected to the internet.

[@mesaber86]

A machine can be biased without internet.

[@sirbc]

I hear most tractors lean right, I think this guy is on to something.

[@bolianpinch-sj1mc]

Pro idiot tip.. you dont need internet to hack a system… this is what happens when you allow fossils to the internet.

[@PorgChamp]

As someone who lived in Shasta County for half their life and still has family there, I can safely say it is crazy. Every time I visit my hometown in Redding, it is like stepping back in time with the beliefs the people there have.

[@AB_AB]

You coastal elites aren't the only people in this country. It's high time you wise up and stop drinking the Kool Aid.

[@badsexofficialthingy2026]

Wish I could live there, sounds perfect.

[@RobertSlover]

stop playing video games and get out more because this is not reflective of ALL the people in the area i was born and raised. some for sure, but not all.

[@PorgChamp]

@@RobertSlover Did I say all? Of course they all aren't, no place is like that.

[@peanutbutterjellyfish2665]

@@RobertSlover Your whataboutism says volumes about you.

[@mikebauer6917]

Idiocracy is already here.

[@Eclass96]

💯%

[@laura-gp3gv]

That part. Mixed with a little V for Vendetta.

[@dasalekhya]

Idiots have always been around.... but now *PRIDE* has joined idiocy (& of course pandered by NRA, GOP & US media) so, now you have *Proudly Idiots* ... such as this county

[@elloowu6293]

Nah this rampid anti-intellectualism

[@jimislaughterback6280]

@@elloowu6293 you should watch idiocracy. Youd likely agree.

[@yeojesus968]

Rupert Murdoch is a real life supervillain

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

At 92, I'm betting neither god or the devil want the wrinkly old scrote. 😐

[@andrewiglinski148]

I’m completely against the death penalty but that man should be set on fire.

[@omellemmor4732]

George Soros is the world puppeteer

[@joandolliedoyle775]

Don’t forget his heir Lachlan. Happily living away in Australia, while Fox divides America.

[@garmar704]

Indeed 100%

[@tfat00]

“I’m too dumb or lazy to understand how voting machines work so they must be bad.”

[@steffenjensen422]

Honest question: Do you know how they work? Of course the election was legit. But, like, voting machines are still bad. These people aren't lying when they say they can be hacked. Has it happened? Apparently not. But criticism of voting machines has been around for decades and a news outlet should at least acknowledge that.

[@roscoemuttley]

"magic box is scary"

[@bolianpinch-sj1mc]

Explain how this machine works then

[@whiteymcprivileged3144]

Did you say the same when democrats questioned the voting machines?

[@tfat00]

@@bolianpinch-sj1mc do your own research

[@HartleySan]

"We were all elected by Dominion voting machines. So are you questioning the outcome of your own election?" Great point.

[@thicccboyztv]

I like that they think humans counting are less fallible than machines, when they themselves are easily manipulated by a Facebook post.

[@Exiled.New.Yorker]

Give this man a cookie.

[@RobotronSage]

You clearly don't understand the implications of a closed source voting software.

[@torontoenvironment9899]

@@RobotronSage Yeah bc open source will make it so much safer from foreign or domestic cyber attacks, you f**king r**ard

[@spinfoilhat3087]

@@RobotronSage Please tell me I am misreading this and you aren't actually saying a human swayed by facebook is better than a machine at counting votes.

[@TacoTomtheBomb]

It sure looks like almost all people are easily manipulated by facebook posts, and we cannot machines because we cannot trust the people programming and interacting with machines.

[@sandhanitizer15]

My dude made a great point with that Lamborghini line. You could hear how loud that silence was as they actually had a tiny moment of clarity...but then the clouds immediately moved back in.

[@prideventues]

I have been a Judge of Elections for 7 years and I feel like she does. The vast majority who work on an election board work hard and don't have time, or the attitude, to cheat the system. They take their responsibility seriously.

[@pipolopez6905]

Perhaps in Shasta county.. There were a lot of "broken pipes" in Georgia election night 2020. Not everyone has the same moral compass

[@dplck8872]

Yea I know they do keep their agenda first

[@satansaysimnuts]

So why do voting machines made in China. Always favor the person who follows the closest to the CCP morals?

[@oregonbigfoot1954]

election Judges are appointed by their political party. YOU THE FIRST PERSON that should be financially audited for the last 20 years. IT takes no special skill to be an election judge you just an paid poll worker.

[@butbunwin3107]

the fact 10 to 20 years from now people will know the election fraud and found it. History always repeat itself. Even bush can't hide lie about Iraq and let alone stole the elections. Now emperor joe can shut all up but time will tell. Nothing can hide forever. Sadly mr emperor puppet die before expose.

[@chrismaciejewski2568]

I commend that lady Cathy, she gets it and I wish more people were like her, we would have less of a problem all around.

[@marehemudanielarapmoi6424]

Maybe we should start protecting people above the age of 50 from social media manipulation....the same way we are trying to protect kids....coz they're shockingly vulnerable to EVERYTHING ONLINE.

[@ak9989]

Hahaha Freedom of thought idiot is a right.

[@ninjanana8730]

All you have to do is look to the scams....average age 60+ (I am 79)

[@CecilFr-fv8ut]

I think the lawsuit against Fox News will restore trust in voting machines.

[@rileylabski]

There's some merit here with this idea, folks!

[@David-ng7cr]

Get real. Their are a lot of young people who are also gullible. Age has nothing to do with it. Use your God given head.

[@georgepoore3840]

"No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people." Henry Menken quote

[@VesperAegis]

"It's a steady downhill slide... This country is really finished... it's just a matter of playing out the endgame... We are circling the drain." - George Carlin

[@dealarr]

H.L. Mencken "Is it argued by any rational man that the debased Christianity cherished by the mob in all the Christian countries of today, has any colourable likeness to the body of ideas preached by Christ? "The plain fact is that this bogus Christianity has no more relation to the system of Christ than it has to Aristotle. It is the invention of Paul and his attendant rabble-rousers--a body of men exactly comparable to the corpse of evangelical pastors of today, which is to say, a body devoid of sense and lamentably indifferent to common honesty. The mob, having heard Christ, turned against Him. His theological ideas were too logical and plausible for it, and His ethical ideas were enormously too austere. What it yearned for was the old comfortable balderdash under a new and gaudy name, and that is precisely what Paul offered it. He borrowed from all the wandering dervishes and body-snatchers of Asia Minor, and flavoured the stew with remnants of Greek demonology. The result was a code of doctrines so discordant and so nonsensical that no two men since, examining it at length, have ever agreed upon its precise meaning. Paul remains the arch theologian of the mob. His turgid and witless metaphysics make Christianity bearable to men who would otherwise be repelled by Christ's simple and magnificent reduction of the duties of man to the duties of a gentle-man."

[@wakandaforever616]

@@VesperAegis its been a downhill slide since Colonization and its gotten worse

[@shoeby9273]

@@wakandaforever616 Except it's the complete opposite lol. You live in some nihilist alternate reality. At nothing other point in human history have we seen empires become repentant towards their moral wrongdoings, and we are currently living in the most peaceful period in recorded history. Just comparing Turkey, which as a modern state was born as colonization's first seeds were planted, and the US you can see the stark difference between a national zeitgeist birthed in the old world where they are unphased by the fact their country is built on the millions of bodies of Greeks, Armenians, and Kurds and one where we are constantly reminded in every aspect of life that we killed people in order to obtain what we have today. At no point in history has guilt ever been a large contribution to geopolitics. This all begins with scholars and academics reaction to late colonization, particularly the Enlightenment.

[@lazym91]

Lame ass quotes, come up with some better ones

[@robertparsons5295]

Could you imagine if you were flying into a terrible storm, one you couldn’t get around? The pilot says: “we will be switching off all digital based flying and navigational aids: I think it’s best we revert to the tried and tested method of flying blind”. That is exactly how crazy this is.

[@khlorghaal]

weak analogy, see boeing's numerous software disasters due to budget cuts

[@robertparsons5295]

@@khlorghaal Fair point. But, as you aptly point out, see the evidence of Boeing…. there is no evidence to support the claims against Dominion or in favour of hand counting of votes.

[@robertparsons5295]

@@khlorghaal ….and, no one said that there will never be SNAFU’s with technology, just that it is very significantly less likely. Would you feel safer flying across the Atlantic in a modern Boeing… or with the Wright Bros? C’mon now… tell me the truth.

[@khlorghaal]

@@robertparsons5295 again terrible analogy, software before the 90s was far more reliable

[@robertparsons5295]

@@khlorghaal Three Mile Island. BOOM.

[@mprasad3918]

I am so glad to see Dominion Voting Systems suing Fox Entertainment and wish Fox is slapped another lawsuit consecutively. Fox needs to go bankrupt.

[@razvanciobotaru3089]

Agreed

[@GoogleUser-wf7bn]

"We didn't break the public's trust. Someone decided to start lying" Cathy is a hero.

[@theduck2970]

Kind of an understatement when that "someone" is now leading a cult.

[@wayneurquhart7192]

@@theduck2970 Didn't he just get indited?

[@theduck2970]

@@wayneurquhart7192 Not good enough, he needs to be put away.

[@brandonheald9624]

Agreed. He won't survive the other indictments.

[@leoncardinal2035]

How does this woman know that the voting can't be manipulated> She cannot prove her standing.

[@blakelandry]

This is what happens when the education system fails in the country over a long period of time and we’re left with a large population who has no logic and reasoning skills.

[@nomadronin707]

... or Uncommon Sense.

[@JohnDavid-kc9kt]

This is not a failure of the education system. We've increased information and entertainment by about 10,000% in the last 20 years, and people/kids are inundated with so much bulls#$t that the education system isn't going to be able to withstand it.

[@standowner6979]

Give them a break. They didn't grow up with the internet (which is riddled with wrong information thus making it's users more skeptical about everything). Analysing information isn't widely taught around the world.

[@blakelandry]

@@standowner6979 Sure let's give them a break. All while they are taking away women's rights around the country, discriminating LGBT community, and creating a theocracy in all forms of government. Sure. Sounds like a solid plan moving forward. How could this possibly go wrong?

[@brianr6661]

@@standowner6979 You are correct as to why media literacy is so poor in the US, but they shouldn't be given a break. They are actively denying proof when shown otherwise. I have lost family over this. I skipped my grandfather's funeral because my cousin was at the Jan 6th insurrection and my grandpa supported him. My cousin was going to be there and there was no way I would have kept from hitting him, so I decided not to go. This was also before we had vaccinations, with vaccine denial and outright denial of covid's seriousness being more of fox news' hysteria inducing lies. My family rented a freaking party bus the night before, and people were traveling from all over to get on it. I don't know if any of them caught covid because I cut contact with all of them. Fox news has done this to our country. They must atone for what they have done to all of us.

[@tho464]

9:20 She was spot on. It’s always fair unless they lose.

[@cityhawk]

If Trump didn't act like a wet-diapered baby after he lost, this wouldn't be an issue.

[@lukeanstine5640]

They all won there seats using this system so how did they loose? There current livelihood was achieved using this system and they didn’t buy into it just because they were elected by it, it’s easier to keep the status quo there moral character is higher than there livelihood

[@tho464]

@@lukeanstine5640 who said they lost?

[@lukeanstine5640]

@@tho464 you insinuated they lost… they obviously don’t think it’s 100% fair…it’s the same system they won on and are trying to change your statement of “it’s always fair unless they lose.” Makes no sense they won and they don’t think the system is fair

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I felt so sorry for the volunteer poll worker she does something out of the kindness of her heart and now gets threatened constantly due to a l ie.

[@kingchris1233]

The problem is people don't have a BS meter anymore. People are easily swindled.

[@Alltime2050]

Speak for yourself and leave the normals out of it.

[@Don-md6wn]

@@Alltime2050 Trump supporter?

[@mainelyoutdoor]

According to multiple third party sources fox is still more reliable than cnn and msnbc. Also Biden is worst than trump under almost every metric. People who voted for Biden are brain dead

[@Alltime2050]

@@Don-md6wn There is nothing normal about a Trump supporter.

[@muffintop420]

Oh come on ppl have always been this way and def a lot worse 100 years ago. Think how easily it would be to swindle a prospector.

[@BroadConcept]

My heart really goes out to these poll workers. No good deed goes unpunished is what they are living.

[@shirairyu9806]

Biden just gave the won caught on camera a medal, so there's that.

[@mad-madam-mimosa]

Cathy and her poll workers have been getting harrassed and death threats for doing their jobs. It's sickening what these people are going through!

[@Spookykidshow]

@@mad-madam-mimosa did you see the poll workers in 2016 kicking out certified poll watchers and covering windows so they couldn't be watched by poll watchers on one side

[@cstuartdc]

“Every time somebody lies a little bit of the world dies.” - Merlin. Trump and Fox News have worked very hard to kill this country,

[@cstuartdc]

Poor dumb goobers Fox News victimized.

[@primal9238]

I thought at first the Dominion Lawsuit was like when someone wants 400M for burning their tongue on coffee. Now I'm realizing that a billion+ can make sense depending on the size of the company. Fox did a lot of damage to Dominion, realistically could tank their entire company.

[@AtalixZero]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnLdfoCBftijhrM Quick video on the McD's lawsuit

[@LordXerus]

Even that case about the woman who burned herself was manipulated by the media. She actually got burns all over her body and was in a parked car, but McDonalds made it seem like she was driving and downplayed her injuries.

[@Empathy4all]

@@LordXerus It's still HOT coffee. She didn't order an Iced coffee.

[@MsYates-nl7xf]

@@Empathy4all She ordered a hot coffee, not a boiling cup of coffee that melted her genitals.

[@certiorari]

@@Empathy4all dipshit, hot coffee doesn’t have to be so hot that it gives serious burns

[@brentt6714]

I have less trust in human hand-counted votes than machine counting. We as the voters don't get to look through the ballots ourselves, so no matter what method is used to count the voters have no choice but to trust who's counting the votes and there's practically 0 way to get true transparency.

[@JudasMaccabeus1]

“We were all elected by dominion voting machines. So does that mean our own elections are invalid?” Wow that lady slam dunked on her own party. We need more republicans like her.

[@roymartin3002]

The follow up is that she has now been run out of the REPUBLICAN party on a rail for such blasphemy and truth. How dare she speak in this way as to rile up the good idiots who listen to Fox entertainment.

[@matheenarif8645]

Vote does not guarantee anything. It is all pre-decided, who wins and who loses. Believe me, all of these so-called politicians are in same boat. Elections are nothing but a circus.

[@ingothitrust5248]

Gives one a small shred of hope that we aren't all completely doomed.

[@MrLuffy9131]

So let's do a interview in a Republican county in a Dem state where it doesn't really matter because the majority of the state is Dem...

[@savsmiles3042]

Kari Lake questioned her own election when she won her primary but she was censored and labeled as a “conspiracy theorist” and Democrats have always said that elections weren’t fair when they didn’t win. There are videos of them saying that if you want to know the truth instead of just repeating propaganda from Vice

[@jacklund9366]

This situation reminds me of a sarcastic statement my father used to say, "Don't confuse me with facts, my mind is made up"🙄

[@berenisemendez5223]

😂

[@lindseysummers5351]

It was bad enough when it was just a few voters in their own bubbles living up to that statement. Sadly, that's how a lot of our lawmakers act now.

[@Studeb]

This all stems from religion, when you're brought up being fine with ignoring facts to support your life views, there will never be any reason to ever admit facts from fiction.

[@cacambo589]

"Sarcastic" or ironic?

[@chinchinlovs6563]

​@Studeb ehhh a lot of non religious people do the same thing, im not gonna argue it doesn't help facilitate that view though.

[@shutinalley]

Why is a company making a voting system called, Dominion? Wouldn't the name itself stir mistrust? It all smells so fishy.

[@anothercitizen4867]

It appears that the Sashta County Board’s decision to terminate the contract will only bolster Dominion’s claim that Fox News defamed them and cost them business. Way to go Shasta County Board!

[@curtisjeffries-ki2do]

The 2020 election was shady as hell. When do you have states just immediately stop counting votes at the exact same time. The other guy is leads ahead and the next day, BOOM , suddenly the other dude won. Everybody KNOWS what happened. They know cause it's so obvious. You see this crap in Latin countries.

[@moufbreava]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnKVdYqDfcx_pMU

[@moufbreava]

Are you really that closed minded? There is no way our election system could be rigged?

[@maargenbx1454]

Exactly. FOX can’t use the defense that no one believed their lies about Dominion. Keep it up, Shasta!

[@ashton.m]

No fuqs given by Fox or Shasta County, just you ppl. The former would rather win on the merits of the case... like were they reporting facts. The latter would rather have tangible paper ballots.

[@EdMrEasy]

Scary what has become of the old mighty US of A. Education needs to be prioritized over anything else.

[@kingjsolomon]

No, mental health needs to be prioritized.

[@whathell6t]

@@kingjsolomon Unfortunately! The obstacles for that is self-conservatorship and that’s heavily defended by libertarians.

[@JackOusley]

Agreed, I think the goal should be to remove all barriers to education, for me and for everyone else.

[@PiitaaDerbez]

Nope they've vilified education too. anything remotely intellectual or thought provoking is a liberal conspiracy 🤷‍♂

[@JD-mm7ur]

nothing happened. they always were like that. it's just now because of internet and social media it all for everyone to see

[@tylermcdonald6865]

I'm embarrassed to say that I was born there.

[@brentstwocents]

Must have been a fun place to have gone through the Covid pandemic.

[@mostlyghostey]

I really loved her quote at the end. “If something makes you instantly angry check yourself.” You get taught a similar thing when trying to recognize scammers who try to make you feel rushed or out of control. If you immediately feel a certain way you should take a step back and figure out why.

[@throwback19841]

yep, any urgent call to action lest an arbitrary deadline expire should always be regarded suspiciously.

[@Blue_Azure101]

@@user-ql5xo9tx5cthat’s not what she meant at all. Check yourself.

[@465marko]

Yeh, that was bang-on.

[@zachaddair524]

Like how everyone on the left instantly gets mad at any mention of Trump?

[@Andy.e.z]

yeah tell that to the orange man bad people. cult of homosexuals and brown people..

[@williamswetnam4070]

So, after they have counted all of the hand-written paper ballots and written the results on a yellow legal pad, are they going to dispatch a rider on horseback to deliver their county's voting results to Sacramento, all because "we can't trust them machines"?

[@rs6109]

😆

[@savsmiles3042]

Using hyperbole and “comedy” doesn’t make it less real but I see what you did there. You’re following the playbook like the useful idiot that you are

[@jalissatorres2607]

They can just use the post office, prolly get there on plane idk

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

@@jalissatorres2607 mail in ballots 🤐

[@dammagrilla]

​@@jalissatorres2607 So you're gonna trust the woke post office not to tamper with the results?!? And everyone that's paying attention knows the airlines are turning woke so they obviously can't be trusted... whatever was good enough for Paul Revere is good enough for America /s

[@lazylion420]

Rick Hutchinson looks like Mark Hamill who never found The Force 🥲

[@LolLol-tz8rm]

I thought Fox News wasn’t considered news after being sued?

[@DanielH3342]

Hilarious. By eliminating the contract w Dominion, and saying clearly at least here that it's because of what he saw on Fox News, that alone creates a libel damage against Dominion, making their case in court. This guy just helped Dominion.

[@biloki3079]

Truth! They can use the footage of that nut repeating the lies in court!

[@TheMageesa]

They already have mountains of evidence. Trial starts this month, woot woot!

[@Dleefrlula]

Right. And what about the stations that concurred and supported Beschloss assertion that if republicans win they will incarcerate progressives and murder their children? Like that doesn’t sway votes?

[@monopolizedopamine]

​@@TheMageesa I was about to say that's be a suprise if THIS moment was the nail in the coffin and not the mountain of evidence readily available to the public

[@wwbuirkle]

Kinda like believing there was Russian collusion when we all now know it was made up and total BS. LMFAO

[@NateSperl]

“They voted to get rid of their voting machines” 😂

[@cheesygoodness5415]

Yup, by paper ballots.

[@nohate8186]

Later they'll say "why is it taking so long?... the election is rigged!!!"

[@Critical-Thinker895]

Nothing wrong with that. It's THEIR county.

[@davidlickiss1609]

Yeah I noticed that too. They probably did a vote on scrap pieces of paper and then held them up as an example for future elections! 😂😂

[@Critical-Thinker895]

@@davidlickiss1609 Why are Libs going so far out of their way to get a voting machine into someone else's county? What's it to you?

[@0-0-0-2]

I don’t even have to watch this video to know that: yes

[@1Kent]

Mail-in voting is the most secure voting system.

[@minioli01]

“As an elected official shouldn’t you be able to provide proof ? No” Politicians in a nutshell.

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

No, Dominion are the ones that need to provide proof. There is nothing wrong with hand counting.

[@minioli01]

@@JohnSmith-su3ze they did, you could have found it directly on their website if you only googled dominion voting systems. It was literally the first result. I think the bigger problem here is that no amont of proof will ever be enough to convince some people, perhaps you are one of them I dont know. Now just take a minute and notice if you first reaction was to think :” why would you trust the company that built the machine, of course they would tell us the machine is safe”. I’d suggest you follow that question with : “ do I have more reasons to believe the people telling me the elections where stolen””am I choosing to believe something because I like the person or group of people who said it?””what kind of gain could someone hope from getting me and other people to believe that?””am I believing something because it feels right and if so can I put my emotions aside for a moment and check if the facts fit?” “Even if I still believe the elections where stolen what would be the smallest proof I could see that would make me believe this just 1% less?”. There’s a part of critical thinking people have to do for themselves most media have some political leanings and will not give people facts to help people make opinion they will tell you what the fact’s mean according to their preferred views. Here’s a list of facts on their website : www.dominionvoting.com/setting-the-record-straight/

[@jamIam6548]

@@JohnSmith-su3ze the proof will be the verdict of the defamation case.

[@mockupguy3577]

@@JohnSmith-su3ze , there is no failsafe process or system. Hand counting will without question be flawed, as will anything else that can be devised.

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

@@mockupguy3577 Correct....and the biggest problem we have is that our system has become completely corrupted Whatever system we have will not be trusted

[@iamfrickincool]

" If FOX news said you should. Would you trade your Lamborghini for a clown car? " I love how that guy spoke to them like the very serious 4th graders they seem to be

[@KenDAKL4ever]

Funny how this wasn't a issue in 2016. Now if you don't get the results you want with these new machines, then what? They were hacked too? It will never end

[@user-sh1do4sp8e]

But somehow they just glided right over the basic question. Can you prove that the machine is not hackable?

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

@Fuk... so, you're not thinking straight on this. Don't feel badly, because few people do. THINK, though. No system is infallible. But I also can't prove that I didn't murder someone because there's no EVIDENCE that I ever did. Everyone who is saying that people need to prove that they're not criminals right from the gate needs to stop and REFLECT. Do I have to say it? Innocent until proven guilty via EVIDENCE. Not conjecture. Not conspiracies. Not Jenny McCarthy claiming autism is caused by vaccines. And certainly not some clunky conspiracy claims that a clown car is better than a classy FERRARI. Now piss off and grow some legitimate synapses. Adults are in the bloody room, and you're wasting everyone's most precious resource, dammit. GET YOUR HEADS SCREWED ON STRAIGHT. I mean it. I'm sick of this hot garbo. Carl Sagan would be pissed. His "Demon Haunted World" is already here. Yes, it's a book, people.

[@MikelNaUsaCom]

It's not the issue here... it's the poisoning of the water... it's the blatant lies for profit. The power of Dis-Information to cause your enemy to argue amongst themselves than organize, coordinate, and function properly... basically it's information cancer... infecting the brains of your neighbors. No zombie apocalypse needed.

[@650Max]

@@user-sh1do4sp8eHave you any evidence at all that the machine _was_ hacked?

[@jk3jk35]

"Lamborghini for a clown car" lmfao

[@AllFallBeforeMe]

Dominion machines can absolutely be hacked.

[@josephkaplan590]

“As an elected official, should you be able to present evidence of why you are making decisions like that?” “No.” That pretty much says it all, doesn’t it?

[@colincrippin375]

I don't think the 2020 election was stolen or anything like that, but are voting machines actually the absolute best way to count votes? I'm just curious. What's the issue with hand counts?

[@davidhughes4089]

In the US if you're making decisions on how public funds are spent don't you have by law to demonstrate you're obtaining value for money? I know in the UK and EU it's a legal requirement and I'm sure it's the same in the US, I can't believe it's not.

[@brontesegard8305]

​@@davidhughes4089 It is not. That is why we have so much money and nothing to show for it.

[@davidhughes4089]

@@brontesegard8305 that's really weird, in the EU you have to publicly advertise any contracts for goods or services you want to put out above a certain value (around $150,000 depending on what it is), you have to declare who you awarded it to and there's a fair amount of scrutiny on the process/right to challenge,/FOIA requests. The idea is basically because you're spending public money (rather than private money in a normal company) you've got to be a lot more accountable - it's not just a shareholder making less profit. I'm really surprised this sort of principle isn't common across all western countries.

[@RyanBrrr]

@David Hughes The US does have similar laws. The federal government has to report expenditures over $25,000. State and local expenditures may be handled differently depending on locality. I don’t know that you have to demonstrate any return on value, as you describe, but you do have to provide transparency on the spending itself. I believe that demonstrating value would occur within settings such as our congressional body, or local legislative/municipal bodies. This information is ultimately public as well.

[@grateful3300]

“How can I trust a machine? The television says…” - Red Flannel Guy

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

Does the man who made this statement still use a banking app or ATM? It speaks to either a critical lack of self awareness, or that he keeps his money in canning jars buried in the backyard.

[@violax3467]

And how is he supposed to trust any MAGA-being?

[@monochromicornthetuna4256]

My country doesn't have voting machines and the electoral process is so stressful. Rigging is so rampant and ballot box snatching is still a thing. I'm watching these people saying they want to get rid of voting machines like 😬

[@mikorisheridan6769]

We NEED to stop dividing, educate everyone and get on the same page already!

[@Fafo.edu77]

I think vice news turned all of California into identifying as toasters

[@blakeevans9053]

He literally said “ no “ to providing evidence lol

[@Critical-Thinker895]

Why does he need evidence to give to an outsider?

[@odonnellcaleb]

@@Critical-Thinker895 Nice critical thinking

[@josephmayfield945]

@@Critical-Thinker895 the irony of your name, and that comment. 😂

[@Critical-Thinker895]

@@josephmayfield945 Trolls always go for the name. No substance my friend.

[@Spiritof_76]

@@Critical-Thinker895 Your comment supplied the substance, your account name was the frosting.

[@omarelizondo6981]

What got hacked was those citizen's brains.

[@khlorghaal]

what a horribly biased report, they did no research on the technical aspects of the dominion machines, search yourself for "california SLI compliance dominion" "whenever a USB drive is inserted into the ICX machine it is automatically loaded, without a security check of the contents. This could mean that regardless of what is on that thumb drive it will be read and if an “.exe” file exists, it will be run." anyone who knows anything about security knows that is horrifying, and thats one of 70+ other lesser faults. the main issue i personally see is the code size is unreasonably large, 2 million lines for a machine which should only be a few hundred thousand, which indicates the overall code quality is mediocre at best.

[@user-sr6qp6fg6k]

HOW can i trust a machine that my guy loses lmao

[@russellmyers934]

"We want paper ballots that are only handled and counted by humans by hand" AND "We want the results of a national election in 50 states in 3 time zones with 160 million ballots counted and finalized by midnight on election night."

[@ThePoehladian]

If you still think this country voted for Brandon over Trump, you're as out of touch as Brandon's entire illegitimate "administration".

[@abowla7187]

It used to be done before these machines. What's so wrong with wanting a fair election to determine the real outcome?

[@SuperAH1985]

On top of all that, it's been shown how under "staffed" election seasons are.

[@alexanderdantonio8999]

You forgot to add and we'll only believe it if our candidates win. These fktards are truly insane.

[@LeTrashPanda]

The internet is a terrible thing in the wrong hands, IMO.

[@SamSlugg456]

I love that they’re worried about the electronic system being “hacked” yet they aren’t worried about corruption opportunities with hand counting lol

[@mcsmith732]

The minute their Repub candidate does NOT win an election, they'll start a real witch hunt.

[@crystalizedExposed]

I mean, if they managed to get rid of electronic voting they would then focus on that. Its not about the specific voting system, its about having something to blame.

[@gravityhypernova]

Or perhaps... they want to get rid of electronic voting in ORDER to be able to corrupt the hand counted votes. You know, the whole repeated 'project / accuse what you are doing' thing that a lot of the right grifters do?

[@heyoou]

@@crystalizedExposed I agree 100%. Donald Frump was never going to concede because he's a monster. Even before they blamed machines or mailing ballots, he already said if he wasn't elected for a second term, it must be rigged. When he lost, the DOJ did nothing because they had no balls. Because they did nothing, Frump took it as a sign to continue to BS Americans for ever. Why have a democracy with laws that are not applied to all Americans. DOJ created the mess we have now for their weakness to apply the laws bound by the constitution.

[@nohbudinose]

Not to be crass, but I assure you, in some cases, that's the goal.

[@mbogucki1]

God I am thankful I live in Canada where our elections are run independently without partisanship.

[@bobsacamano7653]

Extremism is the worst thing for our country.

[@Tj11813]

Yep, and the magats keep getting more and more extreme.

[@Kdogpiper]

I love how that supervisor, Mary Reckert pointed out to the elected officials that are trying to get rid of Dominion Voting machines that they were ALL elected using Dominion Voting machines. "Are you all questioning your own elections?" Perfect.

[@deuxv]

Yes. The answer is yes.

[@MaximGhost]

"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." -- Groucho Marx

[@patricknorton5788]

I don't think your argument makes sense. I think the Republican right wing is absolutely batshit crazy, but on this point, I agree. I don't trust the electronic voting machines either, but I'm not about to stop voting, and an elected official who was elected via voting using machines made by Dominion or another outfit should keep doing their job. If part of that job includes (according to their judgment) doing away with these machines, they should do so. If there's a 2% chance that the machines can be hacked, it's probably a good idea to get rid of them. That being said, it doesn't mean that any particular election was hacked. Either way, the really important thing is to have a paper record in case of a dispute or a recount. The real problem with the GOP's approach to voting laws is their attempt to disenfranchise people of color. That is truly horrible, and has very serious negative consequences for democracy in the US.

[@hackersulamaster]

it's 1900's marketting lol...

[@MistaKnifeguy]

Question them all. The double-standard is hilarious though.

[@Dingdong3696oyvey]

They don’t realize it but they just made Dominions case even stronger.

[@robertkennedy8503]

Yeah Dominion could show this report as proof of the damage faux news lies have done to our elections system.

[@hahaurmadxd]

good

[@JamieZero7]

I mean to think the most popular president in US history (who got the most votes in history) is a guy that soils himself in the Vatican. Gets lost often when outside. Doesn't have a clue what he is saying. I personally find it funny. It really sums up America.

[@randominternetuser2888]

They do but they don't care.

[@david4096]

I hope Dominion sue,s them all.Pleas do.

[@Chuck145e]

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." -President Lyndon B. Johnson.

[@diy_mushroomguy]

I'll never forget when I worked at a place that had a TV in the break room and the one guy I worked with always had it on Fox news. I couldn't stand their tones. Came off as manipulative. Like a false sense of urgency with I'm mad and you should be too. 🙄 Politics is why I no longer like working with other ppl.

[@valerieknuckles2207]

They yell opinions at their viewers and state them as fact. I was in Pittsburg last year and Fox News was running a “headline story” at 7 pm that read “all liberals are pedophiles”. I wish I was being facetious. I took a picture of it to show my friends because it was so ridiculous.

[@wyskass861]

The best quote I heard here was, "If you read something on social media that makes you immediately angry, check yourself, and consider with suspicion". I've often thought about how to judge information and this is.good rule of thumb, i haven't considered.

[@suzannetaylor5374]

Agree I've always done that.Go check before answering.

[@dragonchr15]

As a practice, it is a also a good idea to not get information about something from a clearly biased source unless you are ready to see what the "other side" is saying as well.

[@wyskass861]

​@@dragonchr15 That's generally true, but not every issue is just two equally legitimate sides. There is truth and someone is often wrong. There is also a semantic and important difference between bias and simply opinion or preference, which people wrongly confuse to the detriment of productive conversation, and used as a dead end argument.

[@DragonFlame135]

that last quote was really great

[@OwTakeYoCookies]

A TV news network does not melt human brains. Drugs do.

[@dirtydingus5465]

‘It is always easier to digest a tasty lie, than it is to swallow the bitter truth!” -Dirty Dingus

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

🎯🎯🎯🎯💪💪 Very spot on. You nailed it

[@BMOX1Z]

It’s NOT THE GOV’TS JOB TO censor speech and say what is the truth and what is a lie!

[@georgejungle3095]

bidenites live by that motto

[@mayson_meroney]

When Cathy said “they chose not to believe it”, I gained brain cells

[@Azhar_shaikh1]

Give me some

[@RollyBalondo]

yup.. that freedom of choice actually exists.

[@mayson_meroney]

@Bo Didley do u need spare cells?

[@blankblank3600]

@Bo Didley we got a RUSSIA BOT. still going strong.

[@blakedrexler9778]

@@blankblank3600 shut up love Canada hate Biden and george soros funded media

[@allandill2033]

Short answer: yes Long answer: yes but with an additional 300 page essay

[@In20xx]

Pants can be hacked. Maybe they shouldn't wear pants anymore. :D

[@the_notorious_bas]

Ha, that guy is so spot on with his Lamborghini analogy

[@criessmiles3620]

Stupid comment The left promotes homosexuality. Tell karmala to keep this at home 🏡 We are not gay From west Africa 🦅

[@TheaterPup]

The clown car analogy was awesome, lol.

[@controlaltdeleteish]

the guy that said that cuz he's pissed he got tricked outta a lambo😅 never trust the feds

[@TheaterPup]

@@controlaltdeleteish Never trust a MAGA moron.

[@shlongterminvesting]

Tbh there's a way for the machines to avoid hacking and that is just to have them offline and have someone read the results off that offline machine and report it up the line therefore your avoid the machines getting hacked directly. It's just alittle more work to get it done but would secure those machines 100% from the hacking part.

[@largepoodle6036]

There's zero purpose in voting machines though. It costs more money for what? A touch screen? It takes the exact same amount of time to cast your vote on paper. There's no purpose. Just keep casting votes on paper. There's the answer... not everything needs a machine.

[@georgelcooper4740]

... brought to you by Dominion

[@Berengier817]

Fox news should be forced to say every day , in every show, for the next several years, that they lied after they lose the lawsuit.

[@dawnfletcher4936]

The truth will prevail... Trump did win.

[@ThePoehladian]

All kinds of good people lose lawsuits in a corrupt system but you keep cheerleading it.

[@hifi4lyfe406]

Guess CNN and MSNBC with the covid misinfo and R-gate get a pass though ya? lol

[@404_profile_not_found]

@@hifi4lyfe406 Whataboutism. And I won't bother asking what misinformation because all you'll spout is opinion.

[@laurioho2041]

​@@hifi4lyfe406 "covid misinfo"

[@russellwatkins854]

I don't blame Cathy for getting emotional. She helps administrate the elections in her community. Members of her community ... her neighbors ... are accusing her of either being incompetent or lying with absolutely no evidence.

[@nemesisurvivorleon]

angry, brainwashed mobs are the worst

[@biscuit9443]

theres evidence you liberal simp go back to the cave you came from

[@socrjox10]

yeah but also meow we're all adults here

[@curtisowen3233]

​@@CommunityKitchenUKwatched it. Oh sweetheart, its a tragic comedy to anyone with a modicum of critical thinking skills. Only the most gullible would not see the gaping and obvious holes in it. Try watching response videos to that laughable pile of dinesh BS. Everything in it is so laughably false its no wonder trumpers are so easily manipulated. "This little mule was wearing gloves! And a mask! To hide his identity, no doubt!"! "Never mind the global pandemic, as its not real, theres no cause for all these gloves!". Trump raped a 13 year old at his best friend Jeffrey's mansion. Didnt know? Look it up. Since you're so into conspiracy and the most frivolous sort of evidence this will be a hole in one for you after just a few youtube videos 😂

[@Clarence_13x]

@@CommunityKitchenUK I almost got a stroke reading that. There are three dots to the right of your comment. These are the three dots of second chances.

[@ataraxia7439]

There's a lot of people like this in my town and although I wouldn't want to demand people center the feelings of those who hurt them, as someone who spends a lot of time with them it breaks my heart to see such otherwise nice people convinced of such awful ideas, I think that's probably everyone whose ever followed bad ideas on some level.

[@paddypibblet846]

AKA healthy skepticism. I worked as a car salesman, and the whole corporation was extremely corrupt. Literally our job was not only to steal as much as we can from the clientele, but from ourselves. And though a simple car dealership that operates on a smaller business level can have SO MUCH corruption where we steal from the poor and do illegal things on a daily basis in regard to dealing with banks and the DMV... Yet it can't happen at a higher level where people are even MORE tight knit and more networked with each other? The government operates like a Mafia and anyone who thinks otherwise lacks common sense and/or is too emotionally fragile to accept the horrible reality we're currently in. There's a reason why it seems like our government is trying to dumb us down, because pattern recognition becomes better the higher IQ a person has. They want a nation of people who won't question, won't ask, and will just nod.

[@waves510]

They want evidence for voting fraud but you dont need evidence when a child wants a sex change..then its cool to trust your feelings.

[@harshraythattha3886]

Damn, mark hamill has really gone downhill since the new trilogy

[@reneenapier8669]

I'm an American. Funding for education keeps getting cut. News media is trash here. I'm a RN. I had a coworker tell me they sympathize with Russia. Then also tell me college isn't necessary to be a good nurse.

[@neverendingmods]

More and more younger people really believe experience and or education doesn't matter regarding pay scales. They think they are entitled to same pay as person next to them with 15yrs experience or the person with a 4 yr degree. This began roughly 15 years ago and has only progressed to the point of demanding $15 hour minimum wage not realizing that means less jobs and higher cost of living. The stupid people will be running the country entirely by 2035. We already had a moron for President for 4 years. Only a little more time until the morons run everything.

[@hmmmmn6770]

@ASMRain wow 200 Iq never thought like that. But the thing is the old people find it hard to cooperate and with tech but still they wanna use it.

[@jellybean2032]

​​@ASMRain well my question for you is exactly when did the Internet just come out?

[@jellybean2032]

​​@ASMRain the people you're talking about invented the internet. computers have been around for 50-plus years. it's not a technology thing, it's an information thing, before 1999 the news was not allowed to lie to you and then Fox News came along and became the liars of all time

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

Oh boy. I mean. We Canadians Judge, but I am sure I know some those folks lol.

[@manofdude]

Shasta is my home county. Those are people I grew up around and have known. I've seen this brewing for years and watched so many people who are decent and smart get their emotions hijacked by Fox News to the point that they spend most of their day angry at their fellow Americans. History is littered with conflicts that start this way.

[@jansharp314]

It's a big problem for sure; not just in Shasta county but the world. All over I see reasonable, well educated people believing ridiculous, unproven, unevidenced statements because somebody said so. They don't seem to care that they are not being provided evidence or that provided statements are proven wrong; they just double down. I don't understand it.

[@sparkymularkey6970]

It's truly heartbreaking. I lived in Yreka for a few years and I always loved visiting the Shasta area. It's sad to see how gross "news" outlets like FOX twisting people's minds and turning beautiful parts of the country into hotbeds of hate.

[@rexmundi5180]

I lived in mt Shasta for a short time. Immediately I learned many of the residents believed there were aliens living inside the mountain and that there was a cult called the ascended light masters that had convinced many people that they were enlightened and were selling them ridiculous products like dirt that was blessed by them. Very expensive.

[@cuberious1419]

Their anger sure comes through whenever they post on the internet

[@winstonsmith8482]

If you look around at the country today and AREN'T angry, there is something seriously wrong with you. Your neighbors are apparently a lot smarter than you and have a lot more common sense and awareness.

[@Jessiejam-44]

This is the PLACE!!!! LMAO!! With Nothing to replace it…

[@kiki11974]

Rooting for Dominion to win this case

[@kenhunt5153]

I lived in a small town for almost 30 years in the States. Anything new or different was considered suspicious. College educated, people of color even what you drove could be used against you. Our phones and algorithms have added to this poor me feeling that I need to blame others for my problems. I was Blue in a Red area and I would never be accepted. The other sad aspect to this is most who feel grieved are in their mid 50s and older. I have senior relatives who are just so angry most of the time. My suggestion, live in a city, inner ring suburb or a college town.

[@joseeduardo4327]

Those places are ass backwards, but on the other end of the spectrum.

[@indexoptions]

@@joseeduardo4327ass backwards losers like her fit well with in towns filled with 40 year old younger people.

[@savsmiles3042]

Young people are the angriest. They just stormed two state Capitols and had two insurrections. Anytime their ideas are challenged, all they do is yell and scream and call people names who they disagree with without having a civilized discussion

[@bruhbutwhytho2301]

​@@savsmiles3042most people in the insurrection where not young, more like middle aged

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

@@savsmiles3042 did you not see the tsunami of geezers storming the capital like a Black Friday sale?

[@JackFlaps]

"never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" George Carlin

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

Yeah, like the people in this comments section who trust a random corporation like Dominion

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

But Very Stupid People exist as One also...

[@keith536]

He was talking about Democrats. I hope you actually watch his stand ups.

[@JacksonHoulihan]

@@JohnSmith-su3ze, or like someone who doesn’t trust them because of all the lies spread by fox, another random corporation.

[@TrevorsAxiom]

​@@keith536 ...he was referring to any of the large flocks of the ignorant. Mainly he made that argument against organized religion and how it indisputably dominates the easily influenced masses, but people hear what they want to hear.

[@jackfarrellmammoth6475]

In counties where they have done audits, the hand count matches the machine count almost to the ballot. If the machines were switching votes, then discrepancies would become immediately apparent.

[@khlorghaal]

depends on sample size and how many areas the tampering is being done, the specific machines being used also matter

[@jimpigato2149]

“Garbage in. Garbage out.” Doesn’t this mean this guy is saying his vote is garbage?

[@ninjanana8730]

I always love it when the fact that the person voting against these machines are silent when asked how they got elected if they were fixed? That was also asked with Trump people who were elected.

[@hagoryopi2101]

You think they could get away with it, if it was blatant enough to completely and undeniably prove fraud? You can only push a candidate through with fraud if the vote is within a certain margin, or people will get suspicious; so landslide votes can't be defrauded. And you can only do it so often before people start getting suspicious, so you have to reserve it for significant elections, like the presidency and significant state offices when possible (at least a few close elections have to go to the right, or again the people will get suspicious). If you leave little enough evidence of your crimes, useful idiots will jump to your defense left and right. But if we actually performed audits of the ballots (not just recounts), which they are desperately trying to keep from happening whenever the issue is raised, they would be exposed. That's all it would take.

[@Falcon2609]

You can't fix stupid with these people.

[@firstlast8258]

@@Falcon2609 stupid is as stupid does

[@mcsmith732]

What do you suppose the Repub voters would do if there was a Dem or Independent vote counter among the workers and their Repub candidate didn't win?

[@squirrelsinjacket1804]

Trump and Fox News did this. After the 2020 election a Fox news executive admitted telling the truth [about the election] was bad for business because their viewers wanted the lies.

[@mayson_meroney]

I 100% thought my grandma was a democrat growing up, the way she taught my siblings and I to love everyone no matter what their differences are and now she’s so glued to Fox News she won’t leave the house, is angry at liberals all the time like she even really knows what that means. Everything anyone my age says is always “a lie”, “we were born sick” “we’re too sensitive” “racism doesn’t exist” “we should be proud to serve our country” “we have it easy”. It’s sick what trump has done to her. Sick

[@SpartanHawk]

It can be truly infuriating, this ominous influence this new, corrupted form of the internet has bestown upon our loved ones. Additional regards to the situation in Ukraine, the mindless subservience of some people to Putin and his ridiculous propaganda can really get one's blood boiling at times, especially when part of your family is Russian.

[@andrewiglinski148]

For my grandmas (I was raised by my grandparents) 94th birthday just before the primary Hillary won I got her a Bernie ugly Christmas sweater and she *_loved_* it. She wore it all the time but I’m absolutely positive, without a shadow of a doubt, if I wasn’t over there every other day talking to her about what was going on she would have been sucked into the right wing bubble. There was almost a brawl at her party between me and her niece, nephew, two great nephews my age, and my sisters now husband… all of whom are part of the right wing eco chamber. To paint the picture, I’m 33 and my two cousins are twins a few years older than me. I’m 100% sure neither has ever kissed a girl, dated, played a sport, or broken a bone. When I was 12 they were 16 and they had to go home because one of them told their mom on the other one that he wasn’t wearing a helmet while riding his bike… _at 16 years old._ Now somehow they’re clinging to their guns because they’re ‘real men’ that are ready to defend their country from tyranny. Their mom wouldn’t let them play football or ride their bike without a helmet… but now Fox News convinced them they’re Rambo. In short, as much as I miss my grandma I’m glad she passed before the whole qanon thing.

[@DaManAbove]

Unfortunately many of us are having this exact experience with older family members...even my in laws whom I love dearly has changed in the most horrible way, almost like a switch was flipped. Constantly on the liberal this, liberal that nonsense even when you try to tell them you're independent and didn't vote trump or biden...they ride HARD for trump like the guy is a God. I wish I could share with people old videos from no longer than 7yrs ago compared to how they are today, it's like something, a spell, has taken their mind and each day Fox News is on it's like that spell is forever cemented in their brains. Uhh...I freakin hate politics 🤦‍♂️

[@billbelichick8021]

What’s wrong with those statements almost all of them are correct

[@aaAa-vq1bd]

*thought my grandma was a communist Democrats, like Republicans, do not love the poor.

[@andes805]

Years ago we did have problems with voting machines does anyone remember?

[@Hellsong89]

Modern attention spawn in average is 5minutes. Most people dont even remember how Hunters laptop was "just conspiracy theory" and then turned into just theory, same with many other things people have been warned about. In voting there is no system that is impossible to corrupt but this is why we should aim to get least amount possible to corrupt system. Essentially no mail in voting with out very strict reason, using both electronical and hand counting on votes and every vote needs to have be securely transported from voter until its counted.

[@beatle7809]

I like how the majority of these people are boomers who can barely work their smartphone

[@dera6347]

Hand count can be "hacked" as well. I still remember all those news reports about Hanging Chads. It was that situation that opened the door to electronic voting.

[@maxpowers513]

True, but why add wireless modems? For instant reported results? 🤦‍♂️ That's stupid adding a door where a wall should be.

[@abrahamames911]

@@maxpowers513 adding wired infrastructure to every place of voting in the country would be massive.

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

You can't hack physical ballot FFS

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

It was getting a poll counted that led to electronic voting.

[@JohnWarner-lu8rq]

@@maxpowers513 Voting machines aren't connected to the web.

[@alexseioo610]

2:41 It's like asking a bank vault manufacturer to prove that nobody can break into their vaults. It's impossible. But not having a vault and only posting security guards is way worse. Absolute security does not exist. Batshit crazy.

[@Hellsong89]

Any system crated by man can be breached by another man dedicated enough. This is why systems like this needs to have several layers of security so that no tampering can happen, or least its noted/leaves tracks. So yes absolute security does not exist but maybe dont have the machines connected to internet?

[@nitePhyyre]

Can't hack a piece of paper, genius.

[@TheSaltyAdmiral]

@@nitePhyyre Fine, but the problem here is that this has nothing to do with an actual misstrust in the machines. Nobody cared about these machines until Trump lost, and I have yet to hear a single Trump supporter question the legitimazy of the result anywhere Trump won.. even if the same machines was used. That is because it has nothing to do with machines, it's was just a grift to try to steal the election. This is how it started.. a mob briniging a hanging stand to the Capitol, looking for Mike Pence is how it ended.

[@ctrlera]

​@@nitePhyyreyou can print paper tho?

[@nitePhyyre]

@@ctrleraYeah but that doesn't get you anywhere. You gotta then stuff the ballot boxes. And then you gotta do that in enough ridings across the country to make a difference. Hack the firmware at the voting machine head office and that's all you gotta do. You don't even have to physically go anywhere.

[@Deltarious]

5:04 The sad part here is that, likely due to the county she lives in, she does not understand that it is *not* "an American problem" It *is* a Republican problem. Democratic voters, on the whole, have *no* "foundational trust issue" with "elections administration" as she puts it. That is a uniquely Republican issue, and only a *subset* of those Republicans, too.

[@Retr0racin]

I would much rather trust a non partisan machine to count my vote than a partisan human.

[@truthhertz10]

But you can watch humans, in Britain once the day is over the votes are counted with people watching and CCTV. If a machine gets configured to give a wrong number it may take ages or you may never find out. I'm from the left btw and I don't believe the election was stolen, I just do not trust machines for a second.

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

For real, plus they don't even connect to the internet

[@lucasezequielandrada1099]

Do you believe the humans that build such machines and are in control of them can't manipulate them? In Argentina they used the Smartmatic machines (same as Brazil, India and VENEZUELA) and a guy here -along with other non-related persons- hacked it with VERY SIMPLE RFID chips hidden in stupid/completely non-suspicious things.

[@Spookykidshow]

you don't know how the machines even work, if they would release the code I would trust them more but other countries use them that we know add votes, you do know its not 1 person counting votes right? how do you think we have done the majority of our elections and got the result withing 24 hours? now we wait a week for the final result. its weird you trust a computer you know nothing about and a company who is in the business of making money its odd

[@DaManAbove]

@@PraiseTheFSMonster 😂 This needs to be pinned lol

[@SNUPE_FOXX92]

It was absolute gold when she asked them if they were questioning the voting machines that they used to vote the current state politicians into office and how they got the hush mouth 😂

[@lizardog]

I felt the same way when Conservatives started saying they didn't trust mail-in votes. My response, "Oh then I guess you don't want our Armed Forces overseas to be able to vote?" Shut them right up, because suddenly all of their lip-service "thank you for your service" statements were b.s.

[@mikefrommie]

@@lizardog Funny math: Biden won a record low 16.7% of US counties despite recording the most votes in history. He only won 524 counties. This would be, by far, the lowest in recorded history for a candidate. It also feeds into the narrative that they cheated and ran up statistically impossible numbers in Democrat precincts.

[@schlomoshekelstein908]

@@lizardog maybe after they got their legs blown away on the frontline.. then the census takers would come in and say 'OH, there you are! we've been trying to find you! please fill out this voting form, we MUST know your opinion!'

[@hydrocarbon8272]

That made me laugh, hard. She's a lady with a head on her shoulders, I may not share her political views but I can respect her ability to see thru the smoke & mirrors and see the pile of BS people are shoveling.

[@radeon8461]

@@lizardog mail in ballots are and have always been voter fraud waiting to happen, dems are trying to legalize voter fraud so they can't lose. same reason for importing millions of illegals and handout culture in the black community. conservatives literally didn't do this.