▲ 625 ▼ Trump officials asked CISA to secretly hack a voting machine — and not disclose any vulnerabilities they found (www.techradar.com) submitted 3 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (5 children) He has two moves: to scream cheating, and to cheat himself. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] artyom@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago "Every accusation is an admission" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Colloidal@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago* (3 children) If he cheats, he still leaves the presidency. If he screams cheating, he can weasel a new election and provisory government. He doesn't care about the party either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago (2 children) Why do you think he still leaves if he cheats? Who's going to find out, and who's going to hold him accountable. Even if it's discovered, he just yells that he's framed, and if that fails he yells that he had to, and if that fails then he just yells that he's allowed to, and there's nothing the government, under his control, is going to do to stop that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Colloidal@programming.dev 1 point 2 days ago (1 child) 2-term limit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago First, this is the mid-terms. That doesn't come into effect for two more years. Second, when has the law stopped him before? I've still seen nothing to imply he's not running again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artyom@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago "Every accusation is an admission" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago* (3 children) If he cheats, he still leaves the presidency. If he screams cheating, he can weasel a new election and provisory government. He doesn't care about the party either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago (2 children) Why do you think he still leaves if he cheats? Who's going to find out, and who's going to hold him accountable. Even if it's discovered, he just yells that he's framed, and if that fails he yells that he had to, and if that fails then he just yells that he's allowed to, and there's nothing the government, under his control, is going to do to stop that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Colloidal@programming.dev 1 point 2 days ago (1 child) 2-term limit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago First, this is the mid-terms. That doesn't come into effect for two more years. Second, when has the law stopped him before? I've still seen nothing to imply he's not running again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago (2 children) Why do you think he still leaves if he cheats? Who's going to find out, and who's going to hold him accountable. Even if it's discovered, he just yells that he's framed, and if that fails he yells that he had to, and if that fails then he just yells that he's allowed to, and there's nothing the government, under his control, is going to do to stop that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Colloidal@programming.dev 1 point 2 days ago (1 child) 2-term limit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago First, this is the mid-terms. That doesn't come into effect for two more years. Second, when has the law stopped him before? I've still seen nothing to imply he's not running again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 1 point 2 days ago (1 child) 2-term limit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago First, this is the mid-terms. That doesn't come into effect for two more years. Second, when has the law stopped him before? I've still seen nothing to imply he's not running again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago First, this is the mid-terms. That doesn't come into effect for two more years. Second, when has the law stopped him before? I've still seen nothing to imply he's not running again. permalink fedilink source parent