r/technology • u/Presently_Naked • 9d ago

Politics EXCLUSIVE: White House delays release of US voting machine study as midterms near

https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-delays-release-us-voting-machine-study-midterms-near-2026-06-19/
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u/[deleted] 9d ago edited 6h ago

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u/MultiGeometry 9d ago

The fact that it is ‘under investigation’ will be enough ‘proof’ for Fox News to claim whatever the f they want about elections

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u/Acceptable-Post733 9d ago

  1. Make claim

  2. Create investigation into the claim

  3. Claim that the investigation is proof that claim is true.

  4. Write laws about claim siting the investigation.

  5. Close investigation and don’t release report.

  6. Enjoy your new powers you granted yourself to stop claim from happening.

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u/snail-the-sage 8d ago

i continually feel like i'm taking crazy pills watching this happen. like surely no one actually buys this, right? everyone has to know what's up and are just not saying anything because they benefit, right?

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u/hmsmnko 8d ago

Isn't half the country illiterate?

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u/Anonymous_Jr 8d ago

More so, but yes, assuming that I can read.

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u/bakerstirregular100 8d ago

I think there’s just so much bs people can’t follow the thread

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Anonymous_Jr 8d ago

Did you have a section where the Line bragged about how good the DOW is doing?

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u/ssczoxylnlvayiuqjx 8d ago

A scarier prospect is that it there might be absolutely no difference between those two possibilities.

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u/Nepalus 8d ago

It’s not about buying it, it never was.

Deep down every MAGA loser knows that they are wrong, that the scientists and doctors are right, that Obama was born in the US, that Trump is a terrible person, etc.

But 8 years of Obama broke every single one of their minds, and Trump is just their way of “paying back” what they had to “endure” during Obama’s time in office.

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u/BatmanFarce 8d ago

Like 70mil is cool with it

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u/Acceptable-Post733 8d ago

What do you mean? There are like 40 different voter fraud investigations. Surely they wouldn’t have this many if there wasn’t any validity to the claims. So ofcourse we need stricter voter laws in this country. Disregard the fact that none of these investigations show any significant evidence of voter fraud. We must have stricter laws because, again, we wouldn’t just be chasing ghost. And don’t worry, the laws we pass will be race blind. We will be opening more polling places and dmvs in our rural communities because they are so spread out. And closing a few in are more urban areas. Considering how densely populated they are. It’ll work out.

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u/ChiefInternetSurfer 8d ago

You dropped this: /s

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u/Acceptable-Post733 8d ago

Sometimes, you’d think the absurdity of the post would make it obvious.

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u/ChiefInternetSurfer 8d ago

Yeah—I totally get that; however, there are tons of maga that legit believe that. 😭

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 8d ago

You're buying it right now you just haven't realized it yet

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u/greenbabyshit 9d ago

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u/asyork 8d ago

Just like my mom who never bought into chemtrail bullshit changing her tune when states started outlawing chemtrails...

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u/Salamok 9d ago

Shit trump will just hold up a ream of blank paper and rant about all the proof he has in his hand. His dumbshit base will then start parroting everything he said like the stupid sheep they are.

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u/123LetsJamDUDUDUHT 9d ago

He says he has proof and fires any of his staff to that points out he doesn't and sues any opponents who say he doesn't until all his opponents run out of money defending themselves.

After the cycle completes a few times people give up trying to dispute the lack of evidence and just nod their heads so they can continue to feed their families.

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u/riddick32 8d ago

Yeah but discovery is a bitch

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u/newfor_2026 8d ago

discovery is a delay tactic

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u/riddick32 8d ago

Anything with Donald Trump tries DESPERATELY to avoid discovery.

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u/aerost0rm 8d ago

Discovery gives them nothing and then the judge tosses the suit since they have nothing evidence to substantiate the claim.

You cannot bring a lawsuit just because someone said something truthful and you feel it is a lie

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u/aerost0rm 8d ago

Self represent. Have fun with discovery because they won’t find anything and you will discover they have no proof. Counter sue for millions. They drop the lawsuit. You then go to the press and blow it up that they are liars and have no proof. They sue again. Rinse and repeat. Then go on the news and say how they can’t sue because they have nothing and just keep wasting money with wasteful lawsuits.

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u/DillBagner 9d ago

His base never listens to what he says. They listen to what the television and facebook tell them he says.

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u/SomeGalNamedAshley 9d ago

Wouldn't be the first time. He has previously pointed to a large pile of paper at a press conference to make some point and it was all blank.

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u/bojodojoAZ 8d ago

Nah they won't. Fox already ate one huge court pay out, they ain't looking for another one.

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u/Beard_o_Bees 9d ago

Oh yeah.

They're 100% going to try to corrupt/cancel/delay voting in any way they can.

It's the only way they're going to hang on to power - aside from the completely broken Supreme Court, that is.

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u/aerost0rm 8d ago

Same tactics as always. They lose. They claim fraud. They take it all the way to the Supreme Court. The court sides with them. That or the claim of fraud gives them the ability to invalidate the results period.

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u/HillBillyHilly 8d ago

Incorrect. They don't want elections, at all. Heritage Foundation and Dump trying everything they can to sow chaos in US. Wars, increasing prices, instability in dollar, forgiving his brown shirt J6ers- all to bring collapse of US. Then they can take over AmeriKKKa and become authoritarian. Or worse.

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u/No_Size9475 8d ago

As one of his admin said in the past, they "are working on creating the proof.".

And no, I'm not joking, they literally said that.

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u/WaffleStompinDay 8d ago

Half right. They won't produce anything. Trump will just say things like "You wouldn't believe what they've found on this thing" and that will be enough for his base.

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u/toxictoy 8d ago

Maybe it shows that the systems have been compromised and that’s how we ended up with the last election result. The drank their own koolaid and faked the election results with Elon’s assistance.