Down the Tinfoil Hat Rabbit Hole

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Yesterday I came across the post “Cyber-Security Experts Warn Election Was Hacked,” from the incomparable Rachel Donald at Planet Critical. A few friends also pointed it out to me. Rachel talked to Stephen Spoonamore, a cybersecurity expert, who alleged the hacking took place leading up to and during election day on November 5th.

Here is the letter Stephen Spoonamore sent to Kamala Harris, alleging the hack.

For what it is worth, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the US put out a press release in September, warning people not to believe that the election was being hacked and that such stories were likely disinformation by foreign actors wanted to sow distrust in the American voting system.

I looked around a little and couldn’t find much in the way of people yelling online that “the fix was in”, but maybe I’m just looking in the wrong places.

Here is a good video from David Pakman, who is no fan of Trump, but thinks it is doubtful that widescale election fraud occurred. I looked at some other talking heads and writers who would normally cover this stuff and I didn’t see much chatter, so my instinct is that there isn’t much to this.

I may be wrong, but I’m leaving my tinfoil hat on the chair for now.

If there is anything to this story, I’m quite confident some billionaire donors to the Harris campaign would gladly pay for a hand recount in the seven swing states. That’s how we do things in America, for better or worse.

I’m going to bed and I’ll write more about a different topic tomorrow. Don’t make yourself crazy over this stuff, and take off that tinfoil hat. It doesn’t look good on anyone.