Is This All Just A Distraction?

Trump could be trying to bury the real breaking news.

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The news over the past few days has been utterly nuts. Musk and Trump slinging deranged insults and threats at each other, Steve Bannon calling for Musk to be deported, and Trump going off the handle and sending the National Guard and Marines to LA, massively escalating a mostly peaceful and justifiable protest. Whenever either Musk, Trump or Bannon start making a lot of noise, we should always ask, “What are they trying to hide?” Bannon has openly talked about MAGA’s “Flood The Zone” tactic of throwing as much mental chaotic shit at the news, overwhelming media outlets, and allowing them to conduct their actual heinous intentions out of sight. Interestingly, Bannon was also key to Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and claims that Trump will definitely become President again in 2028. And guess what? It looks like the 2024 elections were massively tampered with in favour of Trump. This should be headline news absolutely everywhere, but it isn’t. We are distracted by Trump’s bullshit yet again. So, let’s focus on the big news.

This all started with a Lawsuit in Rockland County, New York, brought forward by the bipartisan election watchdog SMART Legislation. According to Lulu Friesdat, Founder and Executive Director of SMART Legislation, “There is clear evidence that the senate results are incorrect, and there are statistical indications that the presidential results are highly unlikely.” Lofty claims, and ones Supreme Court judge Justice Rachel Tanguay has taken seriously. Back in May, she ruled that the evidence was sufficient enough for the discovery process to begin. This will allow SMART to subpoena records, question election officials under oath, analyse original paper ballots, and move this case forward.

But what evidence does SMART have?

Well, take the Senate race in Rockland County. They found that more voters claimed to have voted for independent US Senate candidate Diane Sare than the Rockland County Board of Elections had counted and certified by a very wide margin. This heavily suggests that either votes were thrown out or miscounted.

However, the most painfully obvious evidence is in the Presidential race. There are numerous districts in Rockland that voted for the Democratic candidate, Kirsten Gillibrand, for Senate but who also registered zero votes for Kamala Harris in the Presidential race. A single district having such a discrepancy would be a highly suspicious and unlikely statistical anomaly, but multiple districts doing this is a giant waving red flag of election tampering.

Okay, so why does this matter? This is only one county, and Congress has certified the election, so Trump can’t be removed.