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In U.S. presidential history, landslide victories are rare but unforgettable. Richard Nixon in 1972 and Ronald Reagan in 1984 didn’t just win – they dominated, and these Republicans flipped A LOT of counties to their respective party – but their opponents still were able to flip some to theirs. Fast forward to 2024, and this election has an anomaly that sticks out like a sore thumb: Trump flipped 88 counties from blue to red, while Kamala Harris flipped zero from red to blue. What are the odds?

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just dealt a blow to Arizona’s voter laws. They ruled against provisions requiring documentary proof of citizenship for presidential elections. The three-judge panel didn’t mince words, calling these measures “unlawful voter suppression.” Like a Pavement song that seemed straightforward until you really listened to the lyrics, this ruling has layers beneath its surface.

Arizona Republican leaders aren’t taking this lying down. State Senate President Warren Peterson is already eyeing the Supreme Court while asking the Justice Department to back off.

The 9th Circuit also criticized the district court for claiming one of the laws wasn’t meant to discriminate. They remanded that decision for a second look, which is basically judicial speak for “try again.”

Both laws – HB 2492 and HB 2243 – came from former Governor Doug Ducey’s desk in 2022. The official line was preventing noncitizen voting – a problem about as common as a two-dollar bill. HB 2492 demanded citizenship proof for presidential elections even from people using the federal registration form that doesn’t require it. HB 2243 told county officials to cancel registrations if there was any hint someone might not be a citizen.

The Biden administration, DNC, and voting rights groups sued immediately. A district court blocked the laws during the 2022 midterms. The Supreme Court partially stepped in, allowing some requirements for new voters while the case continued.

The fight isn’t over – but for now, the 9th Circuit is keeping these measures blocked.

Some of you might remember my Facebook post from the day after the 2024 election about how “off” the results felt to me. I also posted the week before the election about how, while so many people were in a panic, I felt fine.

I have always relied heavily on my intuition, and it has mostly served me well. I might not always like situations or outcomes, but I can usually see a logical explanation for how those things came to fruition based on how people act and react to things.

Some people say this is called being an “empath.”

But I hate that word and never use it because it’s so misused. The term has been hijacked by people who confuse being able to break down thought patterns with some kind of supernatural emotional superpower. You can have heightened sensitivity to other people’s emotional states without being empathetic to them. You can be highly sensitive without being highly emotional.

Being highly sensitive to emotional cues is really just advanced pattern recognition. It’s noticing the slight tension in someone’s jaw, the microaggressions in their eye movements, the shift in their tone, the way they frame arguments, and who the victim is in the scenarios they communicate or the stories they tell themselves about the world they live in. It’s basically just multi-layer observation.

The “empath” crowd loves to confuse being emotionally reactive with being emotionally intelligent. But having big feelings about other people’s feelings doesn’t make you special – it just means you have poor emotional boundaries. Real emotional intelligence is being able to recognize patterns without getting swept up in them.

And let’s be honest – a lot of self-proclaimed empaths are just using their “sensitivity” as a get-out-of-jail-free card for their own emotional regulation issues. “I’m not being dramatic – I’m just feeling everyone’s energy.” Sure you are – and Mercury being in retrograde is why you missed your deadline.

The ability to break down thought patterns is a skill – not a spiritual gift. You can develop it through practice and observation. But many people, like me, developed it through childhood trauma. When your life is often dictated by the erratic emotional states and actions of adults, you learn to read them as a defense mechanism.

It’s very easy for me to get inside someone’s head and follow their line of thinking to see their perspective. I can see how they reached their point of view while also seeing their mistakes in logic and their biases.

All this to say that as soon as I heard the election results, my intuition immediately told me that something was off, like really, really off.

I woke up right after 4 AM the day after the election because my dog Lucy was crying at the door to go out. This was not normal for her; she usually doesn’t go out until around 7 AM. After I got out of bed and let her out, I flipped on the television at the exact moment NBC was calling the election for Donald Trump.

I had a visceral reaction to the news. It felt like a gut punch. It felt ominous. It felt like a lie.

Have you ever had someone lie to your face, and you know that they’re lying, but you need time to process the lie before you point out that they’re lying?

Like, you just respond with – okayyy. And because you didn’t push back, they think that you bought the lie, but really, all you’re doing is thinking about it every day and working out your cross-examination so that when you do confront them about the lie, you’ve thought through all of their possible explanations or defenses, and you have a prepared argument against those too?

Oh, only me?? 😀

I’ve been doing that since the day after the election. While I haven’t kept quiet about not believing the election’s outcome, I have been waiting for more people to become open to the possibility before going all in.

Whether it was part of an overall plot or just a happy coincidence, it is completely understandable why most people would not want to replicate the same claims that were so easily disproven in the 2020 election. I think that’s why so many people have been scared to speak up about their own intuitions.

Wouldn’t it be crazy if the plan was to make election deniers seem crazy so that people wouldn’t speak out about future elections?

Anyway, I think people are ready now to consider the possibility of some rigorry. So, I am going to start laying out an argument for this.

But it can’t be done in a single post because there is no smoking gun. I don’t have any kind of insider information, and there is no whistleblower. There is only a set of factual arguments that, when put together, show that there is a missing piece of the puzzle.

I am going to attempt to put the puzzle together in front of you and show you where the missing pieces are. I don’t personally know how to find the information to fill in this missing information – but I do know that in an algebraic expression, in order to solve for X – you must first know all of the other variables.

So, that’s what I am going to attempt to gather and share.

Since Facebook isn’t a great way to organize information, I brought Rachelandthecity.com back from the grave. I plan to still share everything here – but I’ll also post it there so it can easily be searched and I can connect ideas and information.

Let’s go.

#ratcblog

Elections are the bedrock of democracy, and when anomalies are found, their integrity is questioned, and voter confidence plummets. The 2024 election was marred by documented security breaches involving voting software from companies like ES&S and Dominion. Even if these breaches didn’t directly alter outcomes, they demand rigorous risk-limiting audits (RLAs) and hand recounts – not just to verify the vote count but to establish security protocols for future elections.

Numbers don’t lie. Analysis of 2024 voting data has revealed eyebrow-raising trends. For instance, Kamala Harris saw an unusual negative drop-off vote rate in swing states, while Donald Trump overperformed in certain districts. These anomalies suggest potential vote swapping or other forms of manipulation.

And here’s the thing – I’m open to the possibility that this wasn’t large-scale voter manipulation orchestrated by a foreign entity (though that remains my top theory 😉). Even before 2024, non-conspiratorial analyses of voting machines showed that vote swapping was a common issue simply because the machines are old and rarely replaced.

But that’s not all.

Many voting machines run on software that hasn’t been updated in years – sometimes decades. Outdated software lacks modern security patches, making it vulnerable to known exploits. Hackers can manipulate votes or introduce malware through these gaps.

Plus, old hardware often can’t support newer, more secure operating systems or encryption standards. Physical components degrade over time, leading to mechanical failures that could either be misinterpreted as security breaches or exploited for tampering.

Newer technology offers advanced security measures like multi-factor authentication, better encryption, and real-time anomaly monitoring. But it has its own issues – see the PBS News Hour video I posted yesterday for more on that. Meanwhile, older machines lack these protections, making them susceptible to unauthorized access, both physically and digitally.

And it gets worse.

Many machines still rely on outdated communication protocols that are no longer considered secure. Some use unencrypted Wi-Fi or even physical media like USB drives to transmit data – both easily interceptable and manipulable.

When updates are attempted, compatibility issues between old hardware and new software often arise. This leads to reluctance to upgrade due to the high cost and risk of system failure or incompatibility during an election.

Then, there’s the issue of manufacturers discontinuing support for older models. No security patches, no technical repairs, no updates to counter newly discovered threats.

Many older machines also lack transparent, auditable vote records. Modern systems often include paper trails or other verification methods, which are critical for public trust. Without them, discrepancies fuel widespread doubt about election integrity – exactly where we are today.

Replacing these outdated machines with secure technology would be astronomically expensive. As a result, local and state governments – often responsible for election funding – prolong the life of existing equipment, prioritizing budget constraints over security.

Election timing further complicates things. The short window between elections often leads to quick fixes rather than comprehensive security overhauls.

And let’s not forget: malicious actors have had decades to study these machines’ vulnerabilities. Their functionality is well-documented, making them prime targets for exploitation.

All of this has been known for years, yet officials have kicked the can down the road repeatedly. This failure has allowed conspiratorial election theories to become the norm, while lazy reporting on vote anomalies fails to distinguish between baseless fraud claims and credible, data-backed irregularities.

The longevity of outdated voting machines means they still operate under security standards that are woefully inadequate by today’s measures. This doesn’t just jeopardize election outcomes – it undermines public confidence in the entire democratic process. Addressing these vulnerabilities requires regular technological updates, secure system design, and robust cybersecurity practices.

Bottom line: Even if the anomalies in the numbers weren’t caused by a foreign actor, something caused them. Voting machines have known vulnerabilities. We need to figure out if these two things are connected.

SOURCES:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/voting-experts-warn-of-serious-threats-for-2024-from-election-equipment-software-breaches

https://apnews.com/article/election-security-voting-machines-software-2024-80a23479d8a767ba9333b2324c4e424b

https://www.upguard.com/blog/2024-u-s-election-integrity-threats-not-just-data-leaks-and-hacks

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/why-we-should-still-audit-the-2024-presidential-election

https://www.cisecurity.org/insights/blog/2024-general-election-incident-reporting-wrap-up