Dominion CEO Announces They Are Closing Up Shop Despite Winning Three-Quarters of a Billion Bucks From Fox

May 24, 2023 — bunkerville

 

Dominion is folding their tent. They needed to pack up their tent years ago. Riddled with “bugs” that were well documented, it was a wonder the company managed to survive this long. Murdock lost his nerve at Fox and didn’t ride out the threats Dominion made to complete the work that Musk did at Twitter. Clean out the house. But then again we have our judicial system which at times are a concern.

We were left with some good discovery Fox put together that should count for something. I will throw into the mix the documented cases of problems Dominion had, especially here in PA. Of course I know of it since it hit the local news only. One could speculate how other towns and burbs fared with the company elsewhere. I have covered Dominion and other election software companies for over ten years. Most of the other electronic voting companies don’t do much better.

Here we go Gateway Pundit:

It’s been just over a month since the $787.5 million settlement between Dominion and Fox News was announced only hours before the defamation lawsuit was due to go to trial.

Despite that windfall, Dominion CEO John Poulos told TIME that the bad publicity has damaged the company’s reputation beyond repair.

“It basically put us into a death spiral,” he said of the alleged defamation. “And by accusing us of the greatest American crime in history, it turned us, as one of our customers has described, as the most demonized brand in the United States.”

A month ago, Dominion Voting Systems seemed like a dragon slayer. The conservative news behemoth Fox News had just agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million to settle a defamation suit that was hours away from going to trial. It was the largest such settlement ever announced by a media company.

And yet, to Dominion CEO John Poulos, even that payday likely won’t be enough to save his company. The reputational damage Dominion has endured is just too severe, he tells TIME in a strikingly pessimistic interview about the company’s future.

 

“It’s just easier for our customers to use something that’s not Dominion,” Poulos says. “We just know that our business ultimately goes to zero.”

Since Poulos incorporated Dominion two decades ago, the company has grown into one of the largest providers of electronic voting hardware and software in America. But it wasn’t until the 2020 election that Dominion became a household name, after former President Donald Trump and his allies voiced conspiracy theories about it, including baseless allegations that the company helped rig the election by flipping votes for Trump to Joe Biden. Some outlets, like Fox News, began to spread those claims further, sparking public anger against the company. Earlier this year, Shasta County in northern California ended its contract with Dominion despite not having a replacement vendor lined up.

 

Smartmatic, another electronic voting systems company founded just two years prior to Dominion, has its own defamation suit pending against Fox.

“Fox on-air hosts Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro, and Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell” are also named in the suit, according to the company’s website.

 

OK you have had your say.

FOX Filing Shows Dominion Voting Systems Executives Including Eric Coomer Knew Its Voting Systems Had Major Security Issues, Was Hacked, and Was “Riddled with Bugs”

April 26, 2023 — bunkerville

 

At least we managed to get some of the discovery for the Dominion Fox fiasco.  Let Bunk here throw in some Dominion old stuff just for the memory. Everyone, but everyone in conservative news was posting about Dominion through the years. Yet only Dominion chose to go after Fox?  Why is it only the GOP has problems with Dominion not counting votes?

Gateway Pundit picks it up:

 FOX News uncovered through its discovery in the case that Dominion’s own employees expressed serious concerns about the security of its machines. 

Dominion Voting Systems sued FOX News for $1.6 billion in a defamation lawsuit in March 2021.  The AP reported on the suit in a very nasty and biased report.

The AP shared included numerous falsities and biases in its report, so much so that it looked like it was written by Dominion.

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On Thursday, FOX News filed a brief in this case with Dominion Voting Systems.  FOX News uncovered some material issues with Dominion and its voting systems.  These items were so serious that Dominion employees expressed concerns about these issues as noted below.

Mark Beckstrand, a Dominion Sales Manager, confirmed that other parties “have gotten ahold of [Dominion’s] equipment illicitly” in the past.  Beckstrand identified specific instances in Georgia and North Carolina and testified that a Dominion machine was “hacked” in Michigan.  Beckstrand confirmed that these security failures were “reported about in the news.”

And just weeks before the 2020 presidential election, Dominion’s Director of Product Strategy and Security, Eric Coomer, acknowledged in private that “our shit is just riddled with bugs.”  According to the brief, in 2019, Coomer noted that “our products suck.”  He lamented that “[a]lmost all” of Dominion’s technological failings were “due to our complete f— up in installation.”

In another instance, he identified a “*critical* bug leading to INCORRECT results.” Ex.H4, Coomer Email (Jan. 5, 2018). He went on to note: “It does not get much worse than that.” And while many companies might have resolved their errors, Coomer lamented that “we don’t address our weaknesses effectively!”
 

Other internal documents noted that a glitch identified by a security expert in Antrim County should be detected in the software.  Coomer shared that the expert isn’t entirely wrong.

In addition, after the 2020 Election, Dominion received complaints from Georgia noting irregularities with machine counts that required employees to reprogram the machines.

 

 

See entire filling link Download this PDF

More at Gateway Pundit

Bunk…. a brief review.

Biden Admin Begs Court to Bury Bombshell Report on Dominion Voting Machines

February 16, 2022

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However, in a filing last week, CISA attorneys urged that the court hold off giving anything to anybody until the agency decides what should be released based on its Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure process.

The filing states that “premature disclosure of Dr. Halderman’s report, even in redacted form, could, in the event any vulnerabilities ultimately are identified, assist malicious actors and thereby undermine election security.”

Keep reading…

 

Dominion Voting System strikes Luzerne County – second PA Primary county to fall victim

May 21, 2021 — bunkerville 

(read link)

then…

Yesterday I reported on Fayette County with an update on Luzerne county.

Voting Machines in Fayette County PA Were Not Counting GOP Votes – County Uses Dominion Voting Machines UPDATE

Chris Varney, Judge of Elections says they were initially under the impression that it was a problem with all ballots, but then determined it was only a problem with Republican ballots. Varney says he was unaware of which specific precincts were dealing with the same issue, but that this same issue was happening in numerous locations across Fayette County.

Most voters in Fayette County will vote using a hand-marked paper ballot. Some voters will use the Dominion Imagecast X to mark their ballot. All voters will use the ImageCast Precinct Scanner to cast their completed ballot.

No word from Dominion or anyone else about how this could have happened again, or why it seems to only be targeting Republicans again.

The Fayette County District Attorney is opening an investigation into ballot issues from Tuesday’s primary; KDKA’s Amy Wadas reports.

 

 

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — The Luzerne County Republican and Democrat Parties have reached an agreement, avoiding a court injunction over voting machine issues.

 

Dominion Responds After Pennsylvania Election Officials Report ‘Coding Error’ With Voting Machines

by now you have the drift. Same day voting, in person, and let’s end this third world voting system that allows for corruption.

Good luck America.. the best of the swamp.

Let me throw in some good reads-

The Daly Gator – Guess what is running Scotland’s Wind Turbines? Hmm

Pirate’s Cove has some thoughts on how Trump is spending his PAC Money

 

 

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Kari Lake’s Lawsuit Tossed After Trial on Fraudulent Signature Verification Shows AT LEAST 274,000 Ballots Were Verified in Less Than 3 Seconds UPDATE 

May 23, 2023 — bunkerville

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson dismissed Kari Lake’s lawsuit against the stolen 2022 Midterm Election late Monday night, following a three day trial exposing election misconduct and fraudulent mail-in ballot signature verification.

UPDATE: Lake to give presser at 1:00pm PST with a big announcement.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in Lake’s favor on appeal after her first trial challenging voting machine failures at 60% of voting locations targeting Republican voters in Maricopa County. The Supreme Court remanded her signature verification fraud count back to the trial court for further review after it was tossed by the same Judge prior to trial. Maricopa County did not accurately verify tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of mail-in signatures.

Here is a ballot under discussion. Do they look like they have been verified and are the same signature? ?

It is worth taking a look first at how we got here. Why is Kari Lake’s case so important? Because as bad as mail in voting might be, the lack of signature verification with this process precludes any hope of confidence of a fair election. 80 percent of Arizona’s Maricopa County voting is done by mail in ballots.

Maricopa County is the only jurisdiction in the country that picks up completed ballots at USPS Processing Distribution Center, but doesn’t bring them back to the election department or tabulation center. That is where this nasty tale begins.

Maricopa County picks up mail-in ballots and takes them directly to its print vendor Runbeck Election Services, which is headquartered in Phoenix.

Every single completed mail-in ballot, whether mailed or dropped off at a polling place, goes to Runbeck. All mail-in ballots collected on election day, and the previous few days, are sitting at Runbeck headquarters. Maricopa has no idea how many ballots are in their possession because the ballots are at their print vendor.

On Friday RAV reporter Ben Bergquam followed a Penske Truck from the Maricopa Election Center back to Runbeck several miles away. Once the truck arrived at Runbeck the gate was closed behind it. The fence prevents anyone from seeing inside the faciliy’s parking lot.

We pick up another part of the story: Machine tabulator failure.

What caused this?

The cause of Arizona’s massive 30% machine tabulator failure is identified.  This action disproportionately affected Republicans and assured delays in counting. 

Technical expert, Dan Sundin, has homed in on the likely cause of why 30% of the tabulators in Arizona could not process the majority of Republican ballots on Election Day.

During the 2022 General Election, the election programming was set up to process 20” long ballots. This was a change from the 2020 General and the 2022 Primary ballots, which were 19” long – an inch shorter.

So when Arizona election officials say they don’t know what happened on November 8th because everything was the same as Arizona’s primary – this isn’t true.

The sample ballot pdfs published by Maricopa County and the Runbeck-printed ballots used for mail-in voting were correctly made to 20” length in the 2022 General. So there have been no problems processing Democrat-leaning, mail-in ballots.

However, the ballot-on-demand printers used for in-person voting only have 19″ trays that contain 19” ballot paper.

This means, that for in-person voting, the official ballot image had to be compressed to fit on smaller paper than it was built for.

Compression causes the ink to be a little lighter than it should be and thus affects how the tabulators read the ballot.

Maricopa County directed some voting centers to increase how dark the printing was, and this helped the problem somewhat.

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We pick up the latest from Gateway Pundit:

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson dismissed Kari Lake’s lawsuit against the stolen 2022 Midterm Election late Monday night, following a three day trial exposing election misconduct and fraudulent mail-in ballot signature verification.

The new Minute Entry states, “rather than trying to cast doubt on a specific number of ballots (a herculean evidentiary endeavor in these circumstances), she attempts to prove that the signature review process for Maricopa County was not conducted pursuant to A.R.S. § 16-550(A) or the EPM.” 

However, as The Gateway Pundit reported, Kari Lake attorney Kurt Olsen told the Court, “11 of the signature verification workers approved 170k signatures at a rate of less than 0 and 2.99 seconds with a 99.97% approval rating.” Later, in closing argument, Olsen revealed that “there were approximately 274,000 ballot signatures compared and verified in less than three seconds.” 

Olsen also concluded that AT LEAST 70,000 mail-in ballots were not properly verified in accordance with Arizona law, and therefore the election must be set aside. The bogus election was called by roughly 17,000 votes.

Maricopa County signature reviewer Jacqueline Onigkeit testified that she saw a large number of signatures on ballot affidavits that were different names than the voter and that many other level-one signature reviewers “didn’t feel comfortable with what they were seeing.” 

“ballots were sent back to level one reviewers by direct supervisors and full-time County employees” because they were too “overwhelmed” by the number of rejections, said Onikgeit. 

Damning evidence of at least one Maricopa County signature reviewer simply clicking through signature checks in less than two seconds each was also presented by Lake’s attorneys.

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Despite the evidence, Maricopa County attorneys and the Judge disregarded the employees who did not follow the law. Instead, they claimed the testimony of Lake’s witnesses — signature verification workers who chose to follow the law — proved that the mail-in ballot system is secure.

Kari Lake is expected to appeal this ruling again all the way to the Arizona Supreme Court.

Read the full Minute Entry below: The Court Ruling.

CV2022095403 5222023 Minute entry by Jordan Conradson on Scribd

Some sources are from an earlier post:

Anatomy of a Stolen Election in Arizona – Does it Matter?

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America — a bastion of brainlessness

May 16, 2023 — bunkerville

by Mustang

The truth is that Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal policies destroyed the lives of millions of Americans.  There is no sense, or justification for repeating that disaster.

Roosevelt’s primary victims were the very people he spoke to on the Radio during his fireside chats: the American poor.  This is not my undocumented opinion — it is the opinion of notable economists at our most prestigious universities: Brown, Columbia, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, to name a few.

The 1930s Depression Was 'Great.' This One Might Be Greater. | Stanford Graduate School of Business

Roosevelt financed his New Deal programs by tripling federal taxes, and then, for good measure, he also increased excise taxes, personal income taxes, inheritance taxes, corporate income taxes, holding company taxes, and so-called “excess profits” taxes.  Most of all, F.D.R. loved his “sin taxes” placed on alcohol, cigarettes, matches, candy, chewing gum, margarine, fruit juice, soda pop, automobiles, tires, and telephone lines — there seemed no limit to this man’s imagination.  Who paid these taxes?  Typical among the Democrat’s taxation policies, the people who could afford them least: America’s poor.

Whether F.D.R. intended to hurt these people, whom he said he loved, is not the point.  The road to hell is paved with good intentions.  In fact, though, he forcibly removed 72,000 Americans from their homes by asserting eminent domain over private land throughout the Tennessee Valley.  Farmlands and towns were seized so that Roosevelt could flood 750,000 acres of bottomland.  The farm owners received compensation, but the sharecroppers (regardless of race) only got the boot.  Try to imagine that on Monday, you owned a dry goods store that was moderately successful — and only a few days later, the federal government served you notice of eviction.  It did help (the government) to have corrupt federal judges sitting on the federal bench who owed their allegiance to the Stalinist Franklin Roosevelt.

To justify this disgusting display of government power over the people, Roosevelt and his (too many) New Deal administrations constantly referred to the rundown “shacks, cabins, and pig sties” where those Hill Billie’s lived and how F.D.R. was doing everyone a favor.  Except (which is typical of the political elite), they don’t know (or care) how devastating it was for even a poor man to lose all he ever had.  But landowners were not the only victims.  People who put food on the table through subsistence and tenant farming were tossed out, too.

This all happened at a time when 17% of the country was out of work, and F.D.R. imposed his gut-punching tax increases — making unemployment even worse through around 1942.  That year, because of World War II, unemployment dropped to 4.2%.  Returning to work didn’t help many people because Roosevelt’s spending produced a 10% inflation.  Added to all the new taxes, employers also had to pay social security taxes.

In 1933, the National Industrial Recovery Act forced cuts in industrial production and forced wages above market averages, which made labor more expensive when businesses were barely able to open their doors.  Which group suffered most because of Roosevelt’s New Deal?  Overwhelmingly, Blacks suffered the most.  Yes, indeed: those Democrats are real financial management geniuses.  One wonders, given this horrible history of the depression, why any American votes for a Democrat — and it’s much worse now than it was in 1933.

Federal policies made sure to reduce the number of companies operating inside the United States, too.  Should anyone ever wonder why so many U.S. companies have moved their manufacturing sites to Mexico, China, or Indonesia, look no further than the National Labor Relations Act of 1935.  At the worst possible moment, Roosevelt put pro-communist labor unions in charge of the American Industrial sector.  Business owners responded as they should have — they began looking around for alternative labor ideas.  Who did that?  Your federal government did that.

All that “good” you might have read about the New Deal period is pure poppycock.  The Agricultural Adjustment Act destroyed black farmers.  Indeed, some jobs were “created” during the Roosevelt years, but not as many as were destroyed.  Thanks to Roosevelt, economic conditions were so horrible in the South that it sparked one of the largest black migrations in the nation’s history — which is how Detroit (and other once-desirable cities) transformed into a slum.

Note: the pictures of economically depressed American towns from the late 1950s to the present are (nearly) identical to the slums one sees in photographs of communist swamps in Moscow and other Soviet-era cities.  One should also note that Roosevelt’s southern tier policies resulted from the fact that he already had the support of southern Democrats — people who danced in the streets as thousands of black people moved to Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.

Elsewhere, where American consumers needed a break, they didn’t get one from the Roosevelt administration.  As one analyst recently noted, Roosevelt hammered consumers.  But even though this all happened (nearly) a hundred years ago, attitudes among modern Democrats and some Republicans continue to speak the idiocy of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, proclaiming, “You didn’t do that.”  Here’s the absurdity: everything that works well in this country the American people can take credit for — everything that goes wrong in this country belongs to the federal government — something to consider as we approach the next election cycle.  Government is always more problem than it is a solution.

Mustang also has blogs called  Fix Bayonets and Thoughts From Afar

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The Curious Case of Hunter Biden and Child Support

May 8, 2023 — bunkerville

It is a curious story that for most part is not worth repeating. Dad goes to court and wants his child support reduced. But his isn’t any dad. The father? His father is President of the United States. He is knee deep in questions regarding his personal financial transactions but you know the drill. So what is the game plan? You know there has to be one. It is claimed that Hunter has retained new counsel because he wants to become “more aggressive” in his defense. Poverty stricken he says, there are those saying his latest crib is the White House.

Reports are that Joe Biden’s crowd is not happy at all with this Hunter business being dredged up. Makes sense which is why this story is so intriguing. Why have this spectacle at this moment?

The judge is in Arkansas. This is not D.C. It is clear she is not playing around anymore and wants to know what and where the stash is, including the infamous paintings he is supposedly creating and selling.

It would be awesome if a small-town court in middle-of-nowhere-Arkansas was actually able to expose the truth and finally bring about punitive action on Hunter, when the entire Washington DC establishment refused to do it (including the DOJ/FBI, the IRS, and Congress), the entire media complex refused to do it, and the entire Delaware Attorney General’s office refused to do it. If it ended up implicating the “Big Guy” too, well there might be some hope for America.

But things never go as planned in this world. Reports are that Congress will drop the documents that expose much of the corruption on Wednesday. The Delaware D.A. is about to press a charge – (cut a deal) any day.

Normally one would say the walls are closing in. One thing, somehow, someway the financial records  must be sealed or are the Bidens that far off of reality not to appreciate that there are still people who will not play their game of corruption? That this simple case of child support could reveal all?

For the record.

NY Post columnist Miranda Devine discusses the impact of Hunter Biden’s child support court hearing on his financial ‘secrets. The clip concludes with a few seconds with Texas AG Ken Paxton launching an investigation into COVID vaccine companies.

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Can The Government Force Fishermen To Pay The Salaries Of Federally Required Monitors?

May 5, 2023 — bunkerville

 

I am suggesting that behind much of the recent well orchestrated attack on the Supreme Court could be a court case that could stand the administrative State on its head. The court has the opportunity to reign in or even eliminate the reach of agencies dictating how we are to conduct our lives as opposed to Congress implementing the rule of law.

This is the last gasp of a free society. Those who oppose congress getting back to “Regular Order” – writing laws as opposed to agencies will be revealed.

Also included are a few highlights of the Congressional Hearing on Wednesday concerning the Supreme Court.

Here is one of the best analysis of the case that the court accepted to hear. Well worth the full read, and gives us hope.

 

Independent Women’s Law Center:

The Independent Women’s Law Center filed a friend-of-the-court brief this week in the United States Supreme Court in support of local fishermen in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The case involves a government agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, running riot over separation of powers principles and provides a perfect opportunity for the Supreme Court finally to overrule—or at the very least, limit—judicial deference to administrative interpretations of the law under Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984).

In this case, the National Marine Fisheries Service required small family fisheries to pay the salaries of government monitors stationed on their boats—imposing costs on these struggling businesses equal to 20% of their annual revenues. To be valid, such an extraordinary assertion of power would need to have been authorized by Congress. It was not. The Magnuson-Stevens Act provides that the agency has such power only in very limited circumstances—and caps the cost of such monitors at 2-3% of the vessel’s haul. When read as a whole, that statute confirms Congress never intended to charge small family fisheries located in the Atlantic such exorbitant fees.

Keep reading

Here are a few clips of the Congressional hearing this week concerning the attacks on the Supreme court, especially Judge Thomas as well as other Supreme Court members.

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed a proposed ethics code for Supreme Court Justices with witnesses, calling it an attack on Justice Clarence Thomas.

 

 

‘Do You Think The ACLU Was Trying To Bribe Justice Sotomayor?’: Kennedy Grills Witness On Paid Trip.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned a witness on alleged ethical violations of Supreme Court Justices in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

 

 

John Kennedy Explodes At Schumer, Dems’ ‘Loon Wing’ For ‘Threats’ Against Supreme Court

We get the best of Kennedy on the topic. In remarks at the start of Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) excoriated Democrats for their attacks on Supreme Court Justices. The clip skips a bit in the beginning for a few seconds…just move it a bit.

 

 

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ABC Censors Presidential Dem Candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.

May 2, 2023 — bunkerville

In a wonderfully written piece by Johnathan Turley, we get the news that the media will have no qualms in censoring a Presidential candidate. A precedent is being set and it would be wise for us to pay attention. As of now the Kennedy challenge to Biden is a sleeper of a story. But behind the wall, the cabal of government and media collusion,  censoring a candidate….a new step in the gaslighting of America.

Johnathan Turley:

Before he was assassinated, Robert F. Kennedy declared that “hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard.” That does not appear to be the view of ABC News, which censored his son who is now running for the Democratic presidential nomination. ABC objected to Kennedy’s views on COVID-19 vaccines, so it simply announced that it was preventing viewers from hearing those views to protect them from dangerous ideas.

Legal analyst Jonathan Turley assailed ABC News for “actively seeking to prevent voters from hearing a presidential candidate on an issue of great public interest and debate.”

As described Monday in his column, the George Washington University law professor and frequent Fox News contributor said, “ABC is now claiming the right to censor presidential candidates to protect the public from harmful thoughts or disinformation, including major issues behind a campaign. It is wrong for both the country and for journalism.”

“We do not have to be protected from dangerous thoughts by the media,” Turley wrote. “A far greater danger lurks in the indoctrination and orthodoxy that comes from censorship.”

ABC’s Linsey Davis began the interview by introducing Kennedy as “one of the biggest voices pushing anti-vaccine rhetoric, regularly distributing misinformation and disinformation about vaccines, which scientific and medical experts overwhelmingly say are safe and effective based on rigorous scientific studies.”

That apparently was not enough. After telling viewers that this is one of his most famous stances (and its own disagreement), it then censored those views.

After airing the interview, Davis announced “[w]e should note that during our conversation, Kennedy made false claims about the COVID-19 vaccines. We’ve used our editorial judgment in not including extended portions of that exchange in our interview.”

Kennedy tweeted that “47 USC 315 makes it illegal for TV networks to censor Presidential candidates but Thursday, ABC showed its contempt for the law, democracy, and its audience by cutting most of the content of my interview with host Linsey Davis leaving only cherry-picked snippets and a defamatory disclaimer.”

The provision is designed to guarantee equal time for presidential candidates and does add “such licensee shall have no power of censorship over the material broadcast.” However, that does not mean that a candidate is given carte blanche and cannot be edited. In this case, however, ABC is affirmatively stating that it censored his remarks because it disagreed with them.

Putting aside the federal law, this is wrong. ABC can challenge such views, but it is actively seeking to prevent voters from hearing a presidential candidate on an issue of great public interest and debate.

…..It is not clear where ABC draws the line. Joe Biden has made so many false statements that the Washington Post gave him a “bottomless Pinocchio.” Likewise, many view contested claims over climate change and transgender issues to be dangerous. Will ABC now be censoring these other candidates or positions? jonathanturley.org/2022/11/07/bid

 

Read the full Turley post  here 

Here is what YouTube offers in the ABC interview

RFK Jr. on presidential run: ‘I feel like my country was being taken away from me’

Around 9:45 the interview brushes with the vaccine issue

 

 

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FOX Filing Shows Dominion Voting Systems Executives Including Eric Coomer Knew Its Voting Systems Had Major Security Issues, Was Hacked, and Was “Riddled with Bugs”

April 26, 2023 — bunkerville

 

At least we managed to get some of the discovery for the Dominion Fox fiasco. Too bad Murdagh didn’t have the courage that Elon had at twitter. Let Bunk here throw in some Dominion old stuff just for the memory. Everyone, but everyone in conservative news was posting about Dominion through the years. Yet only Dominion chose to go after Fox?  Why is it only the GOP has problems with Dominion not counting votes?

Gateway Pundit picks it up:

 FOX News uncovered through its discovery in the case that Dominion’s own employees expressed serious concerns about the security of its machines. 

Dominion Voting Systems sued FOX News for $1.6 billion in a defamation lawsuit in March 2021.  The AP reported on the suit in a very nasty and biased report.

The AP shared included numerous falsities and biases in its report, so much so that it looked like it was written by Dominion.

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On Thursday, FOX News filed a brief in this case with Dominion Voting Systems.  FOX News uncovered some material issues with Dominion and its voting systems.  These items were so serious that Dominion employees expressed concerns about these issues as noted below.

Mark Beckstrand, a Dominion Sales Manager, confirmed that other parties “have gotten ahold of [Dominion’s] equipment illicitly” in the past.  Beckstrand identified specific instances in Georgia and North Carolina and testified that a Dominion machine was “hacked” in Michigan.  Beckstrand confirmed that these security failures were “reported about in the news.”

And just weeks before the 2020 presidential election, Dominion’s Director of Product Strategy and Security, Eric Coomer, acknowledged in private that “our shit is just riddled with bugs.”  According to the brief, in 2019, Coomer noted that “our products suck.”  He lamented that “[a]lmost all” of Dominion’s technological failings were “due to our complete f— up in installation.”

In another instance, he identified a “*critical* bug leading to INCORRECT results.” Ex.H4, Coomer Email (Jan. 5, 2018). He went on to note: “It does not get much worse than that.” And while many companies might have resolved their errors, Coomer lamented that “we don’t address our weaknesses effectively!”
 

Other internal documents noted that a glitch identified by a security expert in Antrim County should be detected in the software.  Coomer shared that the expert isn’t entirely wrong.

In addition, after the 2020 Election, Dominion received complaints from Georgia noting irregularities with machine counts that required employees to reprogram the machines.

 

 

See entire filling link Download this PDF

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Bunk has covered Dominion for many years…. a brief review.

Biden Admin Begs Court to Bury Bombshell Report on Dominion Voting Machines

February 16, 2022

The Biden administration is urging a federal judge not to issue any form of a report about potential flaws in the Dominion Voting Systems’ equipment used in Georgia, even though both sides in a court case over the machines want at least a version of the report to get out.

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg is considering releasing a redacted version of a report from J. Alex Halderman, a University of Michigan computer science professor, according to Just the News.

Totenberg shipped the full, unredacted report to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, which is part of the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security, and has indicated she wants to give the public a redacted version of what Halderman wrote, Just the News reported.

CISA opposes that step, even though Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger supports the report becoming public, if only to prove his argument that the report isn’t credible.

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However, in a filing last week, CISA attorneys urged that the court hold off giving anything to anybody until the agency decides what should be released based on its Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure process.

The filing states that “premature disclosure of Dr. Halderman’s report, even in redacted form, could, in the event any vulnerabilities ultimately are identified, assist malicious actors and thereby undermine election security.”

Keep reading…

Maria Bartiromo interviews Sydney Powell Trump’s attorney. – (An original video of the interview can be found at Washington Examiner) November 2020.

Other posts that ring the bell. Location is close to my previous digs.

Dominion Voting System strikes Luzerne County – second PA Primary county to fall victim

May 21, 2021 — bunkerville 

(read link)

then…

Yesterday I reported on Fayette County with an update on Luzerne county.

Voting Machines in Fayette County PA Were Not Counting GOP Votes – County Uses Dominion Voting Machines UPDATE

Chris Varney, Judge of Elections says they were initially under the impression that it was a problem with all ballots, but then determined it was only a problem with Republican ballots. Varney says he was unaware of which specific precincts were dealing with the same issue, but that this same issue was happening in numerous locations across Fayette County.

Most voters in Fayette County will vote using a hand-marked paper ballot. Some voters will use the Dominion Imagecast X to mark their ballot. All voters will use the ImageCast Precinct Scanner to cast their completed ballot.

No word from Dominion or anyone else about how this could have happened again, or why it seems to only be targeting Republicans again.

The Fayette County District Attorney is opening an investigation into ballot issues from Tuesday’s primary; KDKA’s Amy Wadas reports.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — The Luzerne County Republican and Democrat Parties have reached an agreement, avoiding a court injunction over voting machine issues.

Typical GOP agreement.

Everyone wonders how Fetterman won PA.  

John Fetterman’s senior advisor is discussing the keys to success they used in the race and why he did so well

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Sen. Manchin: ‘It’s a very sad day for America’

April 3, 2023 — bunkerville

So sad that Manchin will wait until the end of the year to decide if he is going to run for President.

Really? Manchin was out there on the Sunday talkies trying to get back his street cred and assuage his West Virginia voters that he is really one of them don’t you know. After he was the one blowing up the budget. Yes, he pushes energy but claiming he is so surprised about what the Biden administration has done, one would have to suspend belief.

His quiet unassuming manner belies that he is just as much of the problem as any other of the Dems.

Manchin, D-W.Va., voted with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., 88% of the time this Congress, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., 91% of the time, according to a ProPublica database. Significantly, he also agreed with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on 91% of votes, according to ProPublica.

Manchin won’t decide on WH bid ’til the end of the year’

During an interview with Meet the Press, Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said his party identification in 2024 “won’t change” him.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., joined ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss why he is accusing the Biden admin of pivoting on a key bill, the latest on the Trump indictment, and his plans for 2024

Did I hear, “I hope so?” Boy-O-Boy we are in trouble if our leaders say, “I hope so!”

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Welcome to the Peoples Republic of Santa Monica, CA

March 30, 2023 — bunkerville

How do all of these new “Regulations” effect the Little People who have to live their lives under the boot of the government? Not much more effect than the folks of Santa Monica. Yesterday I posted Biden’s new energy regulations, over one hundred of them, that practically covers everything in your house. From the big items of gas furnaces, gas stoves, room air conditioners and of course we cannot leave that light bulb alone, to your iron. One more time let’s give the light bulb another tweak.

This is the 110th action to strengthen energy efficiency standards that the Administration has taken in 2022. These 110 actions span a range of household products—everything from air conditioners and furnaces, to clothes washers and dryers, to kitchen appliances and water heaters—as well as commercial and industrial equipment.

If we look under the hood to understand the impact on Joe and Betty America we get the translation. The local governments now have caught on to the the power of the “Rules and Regulations” and they are applying them with gusto. No more than in the quaint city of Santa Monica.

Our reader Baysider dropped this off. It is worth a read.

The People’s Republic.

Here in my communist town they just issued their ‘plan’ to electrify the city completely by 2045. This includes the replacement of all gas appliances: heaters, cooktops, ovens, clothes dryer, water heater. Add an outlet for an EV car, and higher insurance costs to cover fire. This adds about 150 more amps to each unit which have already upgraded to the max the power service to the building will allow, which is 75 or 100 amps per unit (it varies). This is expensive!

We recently did 2 of them. $4,000 per panel to do again – plus changing the wiring (cutting major holes in walls and patching, painting) to serve the new appliances. That’s AFTER you fork over $10-20,000 to the power company to increase the size of the drop from their power pole to your building. And dig up the below ground conduits to install larger pipes. So maybe $30-40,000 per unit!

Savings? The city calculates energy savings of $4,500 over 30 years from new style appliances (which have heat pumps that won’t fit our footprint). Nowhere in their calculation did I see the cost of energy expenditures to mine, manufacturer, and ship all those replacement appliances as well as the cost of disposal of working appliances before their expiry. First clue that “net energy” use is only the stalking horse.

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If you sell your building after 2028 (5 years) you must complete all these upgrades in order to sell it! No waiting to 2045. But they want new water heaters zero emission this year. So that brings ALL those expenses to bear the minute one has to replace a water heater.

WHAT’S GOING ON
1) a forced transfer of capital away from one party so another party with no investment or risk can feel good about virtue signaling, or
2) a confiscatory policy to force a fire sale for which others benefit (like those swooping in after riots burn down the town to buy things cheap), or
3) plain stupidity anchored in malfeasance?
4) All three.

THE CLUE: On top of that, in California there’s a law afoot to force you to make your first sales offer to a government sponsored agency. Think more’s going on here than ‘energy savings” now?

THE KICKER.
The city proposed a rebate to offset the costs: $2,000! Only for “income qualified” recipients.

NAME OF THIS ‘PLAN’: They call it the “Equitable Electrification Roadmap.” Woo-hoo, Equitable! They did not consult building owners or their associations or anyone who will shell out money for this nonsense. Instead they conducted ‘Equitable Community Engagement’ with these groups:
• Santa Monica Black Lives Association (SMBLA)
• Community Corporation of Santa Monica (CCSM) – this is a leftist money pit
• Climate Action Santa Monica (CASM)

This is the city’s link to their PR and the document.

City of Santa Monica Releases Existing Building Electrification Roadmap

Santa Monica’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP) calls for a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from existing buildings by 2030. The Existing Building Electrification Roadmap builds on this CAAP goal by putting forth new goals including:

  • Implement a Building Performance Standards policy by 2025
  • Limit the installation of new fossil fuel appliances by 2030
  • Transition all buildings within City-limits to all-electric by 2045

Interesting, but local city council members said “what, were we asleep when this passed?” Two commented they understood it was only for new buildings – a rational position. But I have all their documents discussing ‘existing stock’ and a casual nod to the difficulty that will need “creative tactics and policies.” Hot button words right up there with “warp speed.”

By the way, I promised air conditioning to a new tenant. Called my HVAC guy to get it started yesterday and he told me the quote is no longer good. New rules have made even ones still sitting in warehouses illegal to install. I was told to expect a lot more money. He said they are in reality no better, just more expensive. Sigh….

Clearer now?

A year ago – LACI’s Santa Monica Zero Emissions Delivery Zone

LACI’s zero emissions delivery zone in Santa Monica and we’re excited to see this pilot empowering businesses and decreasing congestion and pollution in the neighborhood. (Of course one wonders what happens to a city “all electric” when the lights go out.)

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Energy Secretary Granholm Says They Don’t Want To Ban All Gas Stoves — Just SOME Gas Stoves

March 24, 2023 — bunkerville

 

Jennifer….Start your ban in Colorado – Aspen first, then the other wealthy mountain areas, then do Boulder and Denver and so forth. Out to California. Make sure to start with the wealthy. How about The French Laundry.  I want to hear the rich rant at losing their prize kitchens as they voted for this madness,  Let their favorite restaurants use electricity. Cook their steaks and heat their woks on electricity.Thanks for ruining out lives. 

So, it’s only the high capacity burners that will be banned. Where have I heard this before? Next they will come for the pilot light on our gas hot water heaters.

I will give you a hint. It may have something to do with the weight of the grate…. 

Good thing there is nothing going on in the world so that we can focus on these important issues.

 

 

While we are at it, more deep thoughts from Jenny on behalf of our energy department.

What’s Charging Those Stations? 🤔 | Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm On Gas Prices & EVs

The Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm claims that you will save over $60 every fill up if you just bought a $50,000 electric vehicle. That will not only save you money somehow but also save the planet from those dangerous fossil fuels. Funny though, what is charging the charging stations that fuel EVs? Could it be coal?

 

 

By the way, this inflation thingy….

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm: “Oh, For Sure” Biden Is “Really Focused” On Inflation

 

 

The wrap…When You Blame EVERYONE but Yourself.. Biden says inflation is just a smidgen and then back down, a wee bit, just temporary, yes.

 

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Good links..

Check out the Daley Gator and his pics for Thursday

Thursdays Pics

Vermont Folk Troth

Army Corps of Engineers delivers 18-month delay to Great Lakes Tunnel Project — The Center Square

Tacky Raccoons: So some meme fodder appeared recently and he decided to take it for a spin. 

Dodder Fodder

Not of this World

Amy Kelly of War Room/Daily Clout

Amy Kelly is the Program Director for the War Room/DailyClout Pfizer Documents Analysis Project. She oversees the approximately 3,250 volunteers who are reviewing, analyzing, and reporting on the court-ordered, FDA-released Pfizer documents, as well as overseeing the approximately 350 volunteer attorneys who are identifying legal actions to be taken based on findings from the Pfizer documents. Additionally, she does research and provides answers to the public’s questions about adverse events found in the documents.

Common Cents

Tic Tok CEO Grilled by House Republicans – ‘It’s A Yes Or No Question!’: Bill Johnson Grills TikTok CEO Over App’s Capacity For Censorship

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