(crosspost because here we go again with the multiple equally relevant discussion threads...)
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Something very fucking shady going on, but in the way it's gone I do not see this damaging Sanders at all, but on the contrary providing confirmation that DNC, its contractors, its vote counts, its rules and pronouncements, and its favored candidates (today meaning especially Ex Mayor Juan Peter Guaido Buttigieg) cannot be trusted or even taken seriously.
Imagine if Iowa had been announced as a Sanders landslide and then we ran into serious vote fixing a few weeks hence, perhaps at a point with many votes happening simultaneously and no way for anyone to track all the reports of suspect activity and mishandling.
This provides a much simpler narrative. Two weeks of urgent stories screaming KILL BERNIE from all the leading whores of the corporate media and the Democratic establishment, followed by this spectacle (which was foretold and expected by many), makes for a very simple story that most people will know is true: any outcome without Sanders on top is bullshit.
Plus: Absolutely no doubt Biden's support was pathetic, and "second place" belongs to a charisma-free ratfucking little shit with a) no credible political path to winning and b) self-evident spook background.
Okay, following article is from Washington Examiner, a pub highly unreliable in interpretation, emphasis, and spin. But I have not seen them make shit up, and these claims are easily confirmed. According to it,
- Mook claims he has nothing to do with Iowa app development. (!) So says Mook's own Twitter.
- Article claims Buttigieg campaign are clients of the company that developed the app for Iowa and Nevada, which is known as Shadow, Inc. (!!!). Paid $58K to this company, according to FEC filings.
- My addition: Buttigieg campaign of course acted on the day before the vote to axe publication of the "gold standard" poll showing Sanders well ahead of all others. Setting the table.
- Buttigieg released victory announcement on Twitter at midnight, still at least 12+ hours before any official count will be publicized.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news ... cus-delaysButtigieg campaign paid firm that developed voting app blamed for Iowa caucus delaysby Spencer Neale
| February 04, 2020 02:17 AM
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's campaign contributed money to the technological firm whose voting app that contributed to reporting delays in the Iowa caucuses.
Federal Election Commission filings reveal that Buttigieg's campaign gave tens of thousands of dollars to Shadow on July 23, 2019 for "software rights and subscriptions."
Shadow, a technology company that has an investor in the Democratic digital nonprofit organization ACRONYM, was also paid $60,000 over two installments by the Iowa Democratic Party to build an app to help make caucus voting easier and faster for precinct volunteers. Filings also reveal that the Nevada Democratic Party paid Shadow $58,000 for "website development."
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The Iowa Democratic Party scrambled Monday night after precincts experienced trouble downloading and uploading results to the voting app. By 1 a.m. ET Tuesday morning, no results had been released as volunteers attempted to call in the numbers by phone.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, claimed victory before any numbers had been released, publishing a tweet that said he was "going on to New Hampshire victorious."
Robby Mook, the campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's 2016 team, denied involvement in the voting app after Twitter users suggested he was behind the app's development. Mook, who reportedly did have a role in preparing a video to alert campaigns of misinformation or hacking, instructed people to contact Iowa Democrats for more information on the botched results.
https://twitter.com/RobbyMook/status/12 ... 8790395904Sorry, folks. I did NOT have anythjng to do with building the Iowa caucus app. I dont know anything about it, had no role in it, and dont own a company that makes mobile appa. Please contact
@iowademocrats
with questions about it.11:49 PM · Feb 3, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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The Iowa Democratic Party said it expects to release the caucus results sometime Tuesday.
PLUS, Sanders campaign ran their own reporting app, anticipating exactly that this kind of thing can happen. (Their suspicion that they need such a thing is a VERY PROMISING sign, I have to say!)
Oof, everyone copy these.
It may not be a joke at all to think of Ex Mayor Pete as the US-American Guaido.
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