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Voter turnout, 2018-2022
“The elections of 2018, 2020 and 2022 were three of the highest-turnout U.S. elections of their respective types in decades. About two-thirds (66%) of the voting-eligible population turned out for the 2020 presidential election – the highest rate for any national election since 1900. The 2018 election (49% turnout) had the highest rate for a midterm since 1914. Even the 2022 election’s turnout, with a slightly lower rate of 46%, exceeded that of all midterm elections since 1970.”
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/07/12/voter-turnout-2018-2022/
Excel chart:
“2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 Voter demographics, based on validated voters”
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JKd0lNwopBqXpDglgvkrlqWgbTvsNNNSaWVtj-EkLJs/edit#gid=970549130(since the forum is the spot for NUMBERS and STATS)
My most recent post on Russiagate got lost. But this is an update by “FOIA Undead” made since including the documents.
He says following:
“(…)
We’re finally here. The culmination of years of work, hundreds of FOIA requests, countless hours of research.This week we have oral arguments in the Georgia Supreme Court. I think there is a legitimate possibility a ruling comes within 8-10 weeks.
(…)”.https://undeadfoia.substack.com/p/update-and-docs
with 2 new documents (#1 1600 pages #2 900 pages):
“Keromytis Emails”
https://sleuthscorner.docdroid.com/QUhxmmJ/22-fr-0725-may-2024-release-redacted-pdf
“Contracts”
https://sleuthscorner.docdroid.com/Qjg194j/23-f-0055-may-2024-rolling-response-redacted-2-pdf“(…)
Meanwhile, we have a running clock in two other FOIA lawsuits.It’s clear as it has been for years that the hack of the DNC was spoofed, and evidence for attribution was fabricated in order to create a receptive environment for the Steele dossier and other claims that Clinton wanted to push.
The same cyber researchers behind the Alfa Bank hoax were relied on for attribution. The same Special Counsel Mueller we were told was completely above-board and neutral used those same cyber researchers. Is that why the Mueller team wiped all their phones?
How much do they know? Do they know they were duped? Is something even more nefarious lurking?
Is our government complicit, or, have they merely fought to protect the covert cyber operations and classified data collection and mining programs that these guys are integral to, not just for the United States but also friendly foreign governments?
How much was Neustar on board with? Was there a secret negotiation with Clinton to restore the NPAC contract with her victory?
With a win in any of work, we will finally start getting some answers.
A loss resets the clock and means years of more litigation.
These basic questions deserve answers, but the disinformation campaign has been so effective that nobody has dared to step out of line.
It’s a damn shame that it’s fallen to a random citizen journalist to pursue the biggest story in history.
Here are the documents from recent productions. As usual, redactions with be fought later.
(…)”p.s.
It is interesting to observe how this unfolds. 2.5 years ago not knowing anything about Substack I assumed – judging by the site’s design (skull and all that) – that this is nonsense. Of course it isn’t but I had to learn a few things before. Happy I did keep an open mind. Initially assuming that with Wikileaks this kind of knowledge had disappeared. But Assange and his closest supporters did make a lasting impact. Not only by publishing documents. But, more importantly, influencing and altering the structure of thought and analysis. Adding a new depth of scrutiny to this line of work.Undead FOIA with hopeful news on his case against Antonakakis:
” Major Win
Today we had oral arguments in the Georgia Supreme Court. It may be presumptuous to call it a win, but every indication is that we scored a crushing win and we will be remanded back to the trial court for discovery.
The Justices did not offer any challenging questions for my excellent attorney, largely agreeing with her arguments while simultaneously expressing skepticism at the arguments the Antonakakis team made. I think Mr. Randles did a fine job — but the facts just aren’t on their side.
30 years of case law and the plain statutory language shows I did everything properly when requesting records from Antonakakis and they are liable for his non-compliance.
In a case where I was sanctioned nearly $54,000 by the trial court, there is every indication that we just won the case. That’s a Hollywood story and never what I expected. The case will likely be cited for the next 30 years, it’ll be nice to be on the winning side of that.
We advanced the Open Records law, and more importantly are back in the fight with two years of planning on what to do next.
We are ready to go another 15 rounds.”
https://undeadfoia.substack.com/p/major-winNew documents from RACKET:
“FOIA Library: Clemson University
The raw FOIA disclosures provided by Clemson University, highlighting the efforts of the Media Forensics Hub”by James Rushmore
Jul 11, 2024″https://www.racket.news/p/foia-library-clemson-university
with links to “250+ pages of our FOIA productions pertaining to Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub”FOIA with info on upcoming content and revelations:
https://undeadfoia.substack.com/p/collab-coming
“(…)
we did get documents unexpectedly back on a FOIA that contained a significant development that validates much of what we have been reporting for a long time.It’s significant enough that I’ll be collaborating with a more established journalist to produce a story in the coming days. I should be able to cross-post it here.
(…)
and also getting bombshell information out to the masses
(…)”Lets wait and see…
May be someone could contact wikispooks.com and ask them to correct their claim about Craig Murray:
Their article on RUSSIAGATE has this paragraph:“(…)
Alternative media have solidly shown that the files were downloaded to a USB[citation needed], not hacked online; that the whistleblower probably was DNC insider Seth Rich[citation needed], who later were shot and killed in an alleged robbery; and Craig Murray has stated that he personally transferred the files from the whistleblower to WikiLeaks[citation needed].
(…)”
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Russiagate(I have not checked other entries there concerning Craig, or Assange.)
“FOIA Files: Did Special Counsel Robert Mueller Rely on Clinton Campaign Operatives to Point to Russia?”
FOIA documents show the Mueller probe may have been informed by a Pentagon agency.
https://www.racket.news/p/foia-files-did-special-counsel-robert
https://archive.is/MvoOTSeems like the elite trying to “prepare” for Irangate…
Trump election campaign accuses Iran of hacking attack
Claim comes amid reports of foreign efforts to interfere in US presidential election.Microsoft
Iran seeks to meddle in US elections – Microsoft
The company claims to have discovered hackers and fake news sites linked to Tehranhttps://swentr.site/news/602395-microsoft-iran-election-meddling/
Google
Iran tried to hack Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns – Google
The tech giant says it disrupted a phishing operation by a hacking unit linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpshttps://swentr.site/news/602638-google-iran-trump-biden-hack/
Funny, I have not ever, not once, seen Google, Microsoft finding US malicious actors trying to influence any election. I remember when these companies simply sold PC computers but I realize now they have been turned into some political organisation, apparently.
Tonight 6:30 ET – Matt Taibbi and FOIA Undead in conversation:
“Who Determined Russia Hacked the DNC?
A discussion with UndeadFOIA, who will help explain the import of newly produced documents that raise questions about the origin story of Russiagate.”From the comment section of Racket News post:
Twitter Spaces Tonight at 6:30 ET: Who Determined Russia Hacked the DNC?
A discussion with UndeadFOIA, who will help explain the import of newly produced documents that raise questions about the origin story of Russiagate.Matt Taibbi
Aug 15, 2024
https://www.racket.news/p/twitter-spaces-tonight-at-630-et/commentsby Roger Stone:
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The FBI admitted during pretrial motions in my case that they never examined the computer servers of the DNC relying entirely on a quote report from crowd strikes, which claimed that there was an online hack of the DNC by Russian intelligence. The judge specifically denied that report to my defense attorneys at trial. Only later did we learn Crowdstrikes head of cyber security, Sean Henry, who just happened to be a former deputy to FBI director Robert Mueller testified that his “draft report” actually contained no proof that the Russians hacked the DNC.The judge strictly prohibited the testimony, Bill Binney , or the introduction of forensic evidence that would have approved that there was no online hack of the DNC.
Federal prosecutor Jonathan Kravis filed a ” sur reply” with the court in my case, claiming the government had evidence that the Russians had hacked the DNC beyond the crowd strikes report, which was a fraud upon the court. In fact, the intelligence agencies have no proof whatsoever hacking of the DNC.(…)”
answer by UndeadFOIA Sleuth News:
“(…)
There are several key facts surrounding your case I need to revisit. If memory serves we got to see search warrants for Guccifer 2.0’s Twitter account and other key investigative steps that came in 2017 and 2018, much later than one might have expected.I think the key point to our recent reporting is, if the totality of evidence supporting the hack & attribution outside of Crowdstrike comes from these other Clinton operatives, everyone should be concerned.
(…)”* * *
by Postimpressionist:
“(…)
Crowdstrike on DNC Russian computer hack: Before Congress:“We did not have concrete evidence” that alleged Russian hackers actually took the emails from DNC servers. “There’s circumstantial evidence, but no evidence that they were actually exfiltrated,” Henry testified that CrowdStrike did not in fact know if such a theft occurred at all:
I believe it was an inside job by a Democrat and perhaps Seth Rich, as he was offed supposedly by a robber who didn’t take his wallet or watch with no further investigation. Now we find they just got his Computer from the FBI but it was selectivelly cleaned.
(…)”Obviously Seth Rich is still regarded as a viable explanation. UndeadFOIA would disagree as far as I know.
Ray McGovern would not. But McGovern´s expertise lies in another area I would assume.WaPo´s Philip Bump called RFK´s comment on TWITTER FILES nonsense.
Matt Taibbi with a crisp, short and swift response to the smearing, here:https://www.racket.news/p/note-to-philip-bump
https://archive.is/f2diBAG, Craig posted about Seth Rich back in January 2020, with scans of redacted FBI emails:
– The FBI Has Been Lying About Seth Rich
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/01/the-fbi-has-been-lying-about-seth-rich/
You might also find some clues in the comments. I’m not following this closely; I’ve been convinced for years that ‘Russiagate’ was a hoax, and I’m not too concerned about whatever precise cloak-and-dagger shenanigans went on behind the scenes. Nearly all Western top level political and legal institutions have become so corrupt as to be entirely unfit for purpose. I’m more interested in how it can be changed.
Looks like US try to sanction every american connected to russian media like RT, Sputnik etc:
Scott Ritter Says Ending Cooperation With RT, Sputnik Due to US Sanctions
Political Witch Hunt: US Activists Go to Trial in Florida, Accused of Acting as Russian Agents
US becoming ‘neoliberal dictatorship’ – Moscow
https://swentr.site/news/603538-us-neoliberal-dictatorship-russia/
So far they haven´t been able to stop the Russiagate probes though (I guess they simply don´t care.)
latest from that front:
“Within 4 weeks, the government is set to produce the first readable version of the DNC hack analysis that has been the subject of much of our work. We will have some special coverage and special events as appropriate, that is one of many things being put together in the background right now.
It’s time to poke the government with a stick.”
UNDEAD FOIA today:
I post the whole text since it´s not long.
There is no revelation. But the behaviour by DOJ is odd as correctly hinted at by the poster:
https://www.sleuth.news/p/doj-its-complicated“DOJ: It’s Complicated
For those that have followed, it’s been a long journey. I’ve launched 4 lawsuits against the federal government, and last year filed an action in the DC courts seeking public disclosure of certain grand jury materials (major newspapers have tried some similar actions to varying degrees of success), and those actions brought me into contact with several officials of the DOJ.
They’ve done well in arguing their points without giving up the game.
My initial contacts in the DC action were with officials of the Cyber Section of the National Security Division – the same officials responsible for the Netyksho prosecution now that SCO Mueller is gone.
In response to that filing, which flagged the role of the Clinton-Connected Alfa Bank cyber researchers in the DNC hack investigation, there was a comment in seeking a delay to respond that cited the complexity of the factual matters. Now, it’s easy to read too much into that.
But it’s how it was said that caught my attention. I did everything but call the Department of Justice co-conspirators and they didn’t say – hey, you’re wrong. They said it’s complicated.
If we are half as successful in the next 6 months as I expect to be, those officials in the cyber section will have to answer questions on what they did when I submitted my filing and if and why they did or didn’t see the issue.
In a perfect world, legal standing wouldn’t be an issue to go into a court case and tell the Judge that the government’s case is bullshit. The indicted Russians are hackers, and they may be guilty of numerous crimes against the United States but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that they didn’t do the DNC hack.
I’m going to initiate some coverage on the DOJ’s lawsuit against Georgia Tech, and hopefully share some new documents this week.”
Meta bans RT
The Facebook owner has acted after Washington claimed Russian outlets are espionage offshootshttps://swentr.site/russia/604155-meta-ban-rt-espionage/
Funny the other day US state claimed that Russian media is imbedded with the state, today Facebook ban RT and other russian media based on directives from the…state.
And come on now, Russia need to stop being a punching bag! Russia should ban western media from being accessed in Russia. Russia should also ban Facebook altogether.
So now even BRICS companies follow US command?
Tiktok ban russian media outlet Sputniknews:
TikTok deletes Sputnik accounts
The move comes after the US imposed sanctions on several Russian media outlets, including RThttps://swentr.site/russia/604424-tiktok-deletes-sputnik-accounts/
AG, as I wrote before, I don’t have time to follow this in depth but I shall be glad of the Twitter revelations once they have been collated.
However, events continue, so I draw your attention to the following:
Al Jazeera:
Elon Musk is a threat to Brazil’s democracy
Opinion by Raphael Tsavkko Garciahttp://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/9/19/elon-musk-is-a-threat-to-brazils-democracy
We saw in the UK that Elon Musk actively and personally encouraged the right-wing riots via Xwitter. At the same time, left-wing and anti-genocide Xwitter accounts get restricted or banned; whether algorithmically or manually being the private data of Xwitter.
My concern is that pre-Musk era pro-Democrat Xwitter bias is now providing cover for Musk, who gets a further sense of power by rousing violent right-wing mobs in any country he feels like targetting.
Clark
Thanks!Another example of when biased personal histories have a (likely) impact on
Just like Russia in 2016, it seems like Iran is the next nation to be framed as threat for the US election.
Just like Israel want.US charges three Iranians over Trump campaign hack
According to the indictment, the malicious cyber actors started work as early as in 2020, and around May 2024 began gaining access to personal accounts.
The three defendants were said to have conspired with others to carry out “a years-long, wide ranging hacking operation on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),” said US Attorney General Merrick Garland.
https://www.newarab.com/news/us-charges-three-iranians-over-trump-campaign-hackGarland was raised in Conservative Judaism; the family name had been changed from Garfinkel several generations earlier. His grandparents left the Pale of Settlement in the western Russian Empire in the early 20th century, fleeing antisemitic pogroms in what is now Ukraine and Poland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrick_GarlandFrom its title the following looks off-topic here, but this is definitely the right thread for it. It’s about social media censorship rather than covid’s origin specifically, and it touches on various things that have been censored including the Hunter Biden laptop story:
The Media’s Lab Leak Debacle Shows Why Banning ‘Misinformation’ Is a Terrible Idea
How a debate about COVID-19’s origins exposed a dangerous hubrisRobby Soave | 6.4.2021
reason.com/2021/06/04/lab-leak-misinformation-media-fauci-covid-19/
Yes the whole debate on “disinformation” have gone astray. Now everything is considered “disinformation” if it does not align with the view of the “estalishment”. In reality what most people read, hear in the western MSM is of course the prime source for disinformation.
Free speech makes US ‘hard to govern’ – John Kerry
The Constitution is a barrier to ending “disinformation,” the former Obama administration official has claimedThe freedom for individuals to choose their sources of information makes it difficult to govern effectively, former US Secretary of State John Kerry has said.
https://swentr.site/news/604922-free-speech-disinformation-kerry/
These people^^ have lost it completely, they are so entrenched in their own worldview that any other take, view on X is for them “disinformation” planted from abroad, sigh.Michael Kwet – al Jazeera, from 5 Feb 2023:
The ‘Twitter Files’ are a distraction
http://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/2/5/the-twitter-files-are-a-distraction
– …unlike what Musk would have you believe, he is not part of the solution. He is no benevolent dictator “worried about the future of civilization” and he will not justly uphold our “freedom of speech”.– Under his rule, Twitter’s moderation practices will not improve and the overarching problem of allowing governments and corporations to interfere in the platform will not go away. That is because the ownership and business model of Twitter, like other big social media platforms, are an expression of digital capitalism and colonialism.
[…]
– The fediverse, an open-source collection of social networks that can talk to each other, which Mastodon is part of, decentralises social media and places ownership into the hands of users and their administrators, who can maintain the networks themselves. Mastodon itself does not serve ads. Its developers reject funding from private investors to protect its non-profit status.
Michael Kwet is a Visiting Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of Digital colonialism: US empire and the new imperialism in the Global South, and hosts the Tech Empire podcast. His work has been published at Motherboard, Wired, BBC World News Radio and Counterpunch.
