Tag Archives: election interference

Roger Stone, Russia, and the 2016 roots of the “Stop the Steal” disinformation campaign

By Mark | November 14, 2020

Over the past several years, when trying to understand the objectives and tactics of Vladimir Putin, I’ve found Russian dissident, chess grand master, and human rights activist Gary Kasparov to be an incredibly useful resource. Well, a few days ago, when discussing Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 presidential election, choosing instead to spread dangerous […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, 2020, 2020 election, Alex Jones, conspiracy theory, disinformation, election meddling, Facebook, Garry Kasparov, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Marcy Wheeler, Roger Stone, Russia, Russiagate, Steve Bannon, Vladimir Putin | 20 Comments

Count the votes! Stop the count!

By Mark | November 5, 2020

Supporters of Donald Trump, with his encouragement, have been protesting across the nation since the election. In some states, like Michigan, they’ve been demanding that the counting of votes be stopped. And, in others, like Arizona, they’ve been demanding that the counting of votes be continued. I don’t want to get into how stupid it […]

Posted in Detroit, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, Arizona, conspiracy theories, disinformation, Donie O'Sullivan, FOX News, Joe Biden, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Matt Schlapp, Nevada, Ric Grenell, social media, Stop the Steal, TCF Center, WXYZ | 65 Comments

2020 Election Open Thread

By Mark | November 3, 2020

I don’t know how much I’ll be able to update this throughout the day, but I thought that I’d start up a thread, just so that we’d have somewhere to discuss voting, the results of the election, etc. Best of luck, everyone. Here’s hoping that all of our hard work pays off today, and we […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, Flint, Grand Rapids | 220 Comments

Robocalls in Detroit are telling people that, if they vote by mail in the presidential election, they’ll be giving their information to “the man,” who will use the that information to track them, arrest them, and put them on a list for “mandatory vaccines”

By Mark | August 27, 2020

Remember Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, the two far right, pro-Trump “ratfuckers” who tried to convince the people of America that former FBI director Robert Mueller was a rapist and that Elizabeth Warren liked rough sex with male prostitutes? Well they seem to be at it again. This time, it looks as though they’re behind […]

Posted in Detroit, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, allegations of rape, cougar, Dana Nessel, dirty tricks, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, fact check, Hatch Act, Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl, male prostitute, Project 1599, rape, rat fucking, Republican National Convention, RNC, Robert Mueller, robocalls, vaccines, vote by mail, voter suppression | 13 Comments

75 days before the election, mail sorting machines are being removed in Grand Rapids

By Mark | August 19, 2020

Yesterday, in response to the overwhelming public outcry over the U.S Postal Service decommissioning mail sorting equipment prior to the upcoming presidential election, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced an abrupt change of course. DeJoy, an ardent trump supporter, said that, so as to avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail,” he would […]