• Smoogs
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    and they would know. just like they interfered with the canadian elections. and still try to what with their botfarms in russia.

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    They were just literally responsible for a referundum vote on Alberta seperation from Canada. They arent hiding the fact they had discussions and provided financial help to the seperatists and made commitments of support, and then they have the balls to say we are interfering?

    What is wrong with America? Get your damn country in order.

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        stop cuckholding and get a grip. learn how to vote properly. just pretend like youre a canadian and less stupid.

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    So you’re telling me the person who…

    • Recently had his administration hack a voting machine

    • Desperately tried to force the SAVE act which would all but strip away voting rights

    • Tried to meddle with the USPS so much to invalidate mail in ballots…despite himself voting by mail for florida primaries

    • Is actively arresting “suspected” non-citizens in blue states who were born in the US

    • Has openly leaked potential for martial law to suspend elections

    • More leaked information about deploying iSSe to voting locations

    …is accusing Canada of interfering in US elections?

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      The Supreme Court ruled in Trump v US that anything that the President does while in office as an official act he has absolute immunity from, and that specifically includes insurrection against the government, as long as he believes it’s in the best interest of the United States.

      So, under US law (I’m not exaggerating) those things are all legal.

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        It did not include the insurrection, which is why the case was never dismissed by the Court.

        One of the most damning pieces of evidence that’s rarely discussed is that Trump had his personal and campaign lawyers in the meetings surrounding the attempt to change the election, but specifically excluded the official White House counsel. That means he was acting as Candidate Trump and not President Trump.

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          I’m not a lawyer, so if you want to point me to a source that would be interesting, but going off just the Wikipedia page it seems to specifically include the insurrection within the scope of this decision

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            The evidence that the White House counsel was excluded from the meetings while his personal and campaign lawyers were is why Smith was able to re-file. It was evidence that Trump was specifically acting as a candidate and not as the President, so it wasn’t covered by the official acts immunity.

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        Yup.

        He has dictatorial power. Bummer that we didn’t elect people who’d actually oppose this in 2004 after Dubya got the dictator train rolling.

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      Hacking a voting machine isn’t a big deal on its own; it’s just penetration testing.

      The problem is the order to not share any vulnerabilities that are found.

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    I hope they are, they’re generally quite reasonable and while they’re mad at us, the worst options for them are the worst options for us

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    21 hours ago

    Translation: The US is doing it’s damndest to interfere with Canada’s elections.

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    The real question is, is Trump going to:

    A. Refuse to acknowledge his defeat, pointing to non-existent foreign meddling.

    B. Use the election results as an excuse to re-ignite his trade war with Canada…

    C. Rage against the Democrats for being sorry losers, against the gouverneurs for not investigating the obvious fraud, and against Europe and NATO for, I don’t know…,’reasons’

    D. All of the above

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    Canada isn’t interfering with US elections, they’re interfering with the orange pedo’s interference of US elections

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      Not even. Literally all we’re doing is responding in kind to tariffs. If that influences an election, it’s entirely Trump’s fault for initiating an unpopular trade war.

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    US accusing someone of election interference is THE definition of hypocracy.

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    I’m Canadian and you Americans shouldn’t vote for trump, or his ilk. Is that interference?

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      Goddammit, now I’ve been unduly influenced

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      I’m American and agree that nobody should vote for Trump or anyone he endorses or any Republican for that matter. Guess I’m also interfering with the election.

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        He’s a treasonous raping pedophile that attempted a coup. Yeah he should have been put in prison for life or executed, but unfortunately 1/3rd of the US population has no critical thinking skills, and a burning hatred for anyone who doesn’t think like them (bigoted, racist, selfish, you get the idea). then another 3rd is entirely complacent and thinks politics are not their problem.

        You guys get to watch the failure of a massive superpower in real time.

        I get to get caught up in it all and likely thrown into the equivalent of a gulag because i openly express disgust and act against these fuckers. Already have had multiple shady black vans with no plates watching my home.

        Least I’ll die knowing I tried my best, and was on the correct side of things

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          It was inevitable, the history of your country is written in the blood of the innocent. Get out while you still can if you aren’t a white Christian nationalist.

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      “Only I can do it, no fair if others do it too!”

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        France’s election hasn’t occurred yet (though Trump will surely continue trying to interfere in favor of Le Pen), while the situation in Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran is non-electoral interference.

        While I think right-wing victories in Ecuador and Peru are more-so a misguided positive view of Trumpism in South America rather than direct interference to the extent as is now occurring in Brazil, another example of such interference would be the Trump administration fueling far-right movements in Europe, contributing to the heightened success of AfD in Germany.

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    I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA

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    If everyone around you is an asshole, you’re actually the asshole.

    If everyone around you is “influencing elections”, maybe you are the one doing the influencing.