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Obama Administration Plotting to Usurp Control Over Elections
New American ^ | 8/18/16 | Alex Newman

Posted on 08/19/2016 1:29:31 PM PDT by Nachum

Under the guise of providing increased “security” for “critical infrastructure,” the Obama administration is plotting to insert itself and the federal government into the American elections process. While voting is constitutionally the responsibility of state and local officials, Obama's Homeland Security Secretary, Jeh Johnson, pointed to the alleged threat of cyberattacks to justify the latest proposed usurpation of power. The controversial scheme was floated amid growing national concerns, fueled in part by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's warnings of a “rigged” election, that America's electoral system might be vulnerable to major manipulation. Critics and experts, though, warned that the White House scheming may be a first step toward illegally nationalizing the electoral process — with all the dangers that would entail.

Homeland Security boss Johnson, a leading luminary behind Obama's illegal amnesty plot, has said repeatedly said in recent weeks that the administration was thinking of issuing a decree declaring elections to be “critical infrastructure” in need of supposed federal oversight and “protection.” “We should carefully consider whether our election system, our election process is critical infrastructure, like the financial sector, like the power grid,” Johnson told reporters in Washington earlier this month. “There's a vital national interest in our electoral process.” In a phone call with state officials, he reiterated those comments, offering “help” with elections.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; agenda; bho44; electionfraud; elections; elections2016; newamerican; obama; tyranny
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To: HarleyLady27

Rush once said that if you didn’t create a public figure you can’t destroy him.

In an odd way that might apply here. If Obama invokes Trump he would need Trump’s approval for this to be an accepted process. If Trump ‘created’ this controversy, he could destroy this ‘solution’.


121 posted on 08/21/2016 4:38:25 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: DoughtyOne

The status quo is what our current congress relies on. I doubt that nationalized elections would be popular among them either.

Does Obama have the tiger by the tail here? Or did Hillary blackmail enough leaders to to make this work?

Filegate Refresher
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/836983/posts


122 posted on 08/21/2016 4:40:54 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: deks

Paper copies are a must, but they should be stored for ten years IMHO.

And, every vote should have a code number attached to it. AFTER voting is complete, electronic voting can post online the votes of each code number and also be handed dummy code numbers in case someone tries to intimidate the voter into showing his/her number. Seeking the vote of a dummy number could be a red flag for law enforcement. There could even be a chemicle which dies the hand if the wrong slip is peeled.

Each voter can look up his/her voting online and come forward with correct slip if his/her vote failed to match correctly.


123 posted on 08/21/2016 4:50:28 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: The Westerner; Nachum

Just went to google:

Just a quick google. Keywords:

Johnson homeland votes fraud “critical infrastructure”

Even UPI agrees that Johnson called it a crtical infrastructure.

So the department of homeland might demand certain standards be met. That does not mean that we are forced to a single standard [for all I know it might], but it does infringe on the bedrock of a democratic republic regardless.


124 posted on 08/21/2016 5:28:47 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: Jim Robinson

Johnson interprets that the power legislated to him gives him authority to regulate voting machines since terrorists could hack into our voting machines and disrupt public tranquility, national security, etc.

It’s being touted as ‘setting standards’. So while we might not be required to subject ourselves to one specific voting machine, he can cherry pick classifications of cyber-security through a partizan eye.


125 posted on 08/21/2016 5:38:42 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: tet68

Drudge recently linked to a report that there’s a place where transgender bathroom standards were being imposed on homeless shelters.

All Clinton broke loose.

A fair percentage of homeless are perverts with no chance of ‘relief’ if you know what I mean. So why not let horny homeless men raid the lady’s room?


126 posted on 08/21/2016 5:41:19 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: matthew fuller

[Quoting liz from another thread]

Homeland Security seeks $41.2 billion budget for 2016
February 4, 2015 By BioPrepWatch Reports

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced a $41.2 billion budget request Monday for the 2016 fiscal year.

The budget would improve the unity of effort at the department, Johnson said, focusing on harmonizing DHS business processes. Along with the budget, a new Common Appropriations Structure was also submitted to Congress, which would standardize financial planning, programming and budgets for all DH agencies, Johnson said.

There are five areas the department focuses on each year, and the budget is in alignment with those five missions, Johnson said.

<><> The first mission is to prevent terrorism and enhance security in the country by implementing security for the land, air and at sea.

<><> The next mission is to secure and manage the countrys borders, and reduce the number of illegal immigrants and amount of contraband getting into the United States.

<><> The third mission includes enforcing and administering immigration laws and providing safe and secure detention of illegal immigrants in federal custody if they are a flight risk or a public safety concern.

<><> The fourth mission deals with safeguarding and securing cyberspace, which impacts economic security. The 2016 budget would invest in technology and staff to reduce cybercrime and improve the security of federal network defenses.

<><> The fifth mission, Johnson said, is to strengthen national preparedness and resilience so the country can prepare and respond to any type of disaster.

Johnson said before Congress approves any funding for the next fiscal year lawmakers should approve funding for the current year.

The Presidents FY 2016 Budget provides the resources necessary for the Department of Homeland Security to further strengthen our efforts to fulfill our wide-ranging missions, while also being agile and vigilant in the face of ever-evolving threats and recent world events, Johnson said. But prior to acting on the FY 2016 Budget, I urge Congress to fully fund DHS for the rest of this fiscal year, as the current continuing resolution is disruptive, creates uncertainty, and impedes efficient resource planning and execution.

SOURCE http://bioprepwatch.com/news/homeland-

[— post by liz reposted here.]


127 posted on 08/21/2016 5:44:07 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: Conservative Gato
Hold the corruptocrats responsible...

And who is going to do that? If you think ANYONE in Obama's administration is going to be executed for treason, you are beyond delusional. Ain't gonna happen, ever. It's doubtful any will even see jail time. Our representatives are clueless, gutless, and for the most part, utterly corrupt. And they have become so because the media has long aided and abetted their corruption, hypocrisy, and malfeasance.

This election is the turning point in this nation's history. If Trump wins, there is a slight chance things will turn around. If Shrillary or one of her proxies is allowed to take the WH, it is over. Not just, "Oh, it's going to be another terrible few years with a Saul Alinsky radical in the WH". No, this country as it has existed will be OVER.

And to anyone who thinks that is a bit hysterical, just look at what Obama has gotten away with in the last 7 years. Never in my life have I seen the president, congress, and the courts so completely and overtly subvert the Constitution.

128 posted on 08/21/2016 5:52:58 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Arthur, there are so many scandals involving Hillary. That’s not telling you anything new, but the kicker is..., I’ll bet we don’t know the half of it.

While we were trashing Bill for being trash, she was doing backroom deals that resulted in power grabs, damage to our nation, and many deaths.

It’s all crashing down around her head now. It’s only a matter of time. She is so laden with guilt, she can’t even go out and campaign.

She can’t be seen in public, because she is a mental basket case. She knows what she has been up to. Even she can’t bear to face it. No human could.

This is what I have seen with my own eyes.

Now. Is this the ultimate lowered expectations ploy?

We’ll see at the first debate. If she comes out sharp as a tack and scoring hit after hit on Trump, that could be.

This election cycle has been by far the most interesting and dynamic of my lifetime and it isn’t over yet.

The stakes have never been higher, except at the Founding of our nation.

Where we go from here, is up to us. Anyone staying home on our side, just hasn’t been paying attention, or doesn’t have the tools to grasp it.

Thanks for the note and the great link.


129 posted on 08/21/2016 9:32:35 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: Liz

Looks like Richard Cloward and his wife, Francis Fox Piven. The ones who wrote the plan to destroy the US through these means.

After that, though, they had to get the reuirements to apply in each STATE - to bridge the gap between this federal law regarding voter registration and the Constitutional requirement that Senate and Presidential elections be administered only by the STATES. And the person who brought that case to force the federal law onto the individual states’ requirements for the elections they administer was..... Barack Obama. The signed member of Piven’s group, The New Party.

They’re a whole gaggle of communists, bent on deliberately collapsing the USA as she has always been known, and turning our lands and resources over to the communist nations of the world.

And now that they’ve got the Islamists on their team too... this nation is no longer recognizeable.


130 posted on 08/21/2016 12:31:27 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Sicon
And who is going to do that? If you think ANYONE in Obama's administration is going to be executed for treason, you are beyond delusional. Ain't gonna happen, ever. It's doubtful any will even see jail time. Our representatives are clueless, gutless, and for the most part, utterly corrupt. And they have become so because the media has long aided and abetted their corruption, hypocrisy, and malfeasance.

This election is the turning point in this nation's history. If Trump wins, there is a slight chance things will turn around. If Shrillary or one of her proxies is allowed to take the WH, it is over. Not just, "Oh, it's going to be another terrible few years with a Saul Alinsky radical in the WH". No, this country as it has existed will be OVER.

And to anyone who thinks that is a bit hysterical, just look at what Obama has gotten away with in the last 7 years. Never in my life have I seen the president, congress, and the courts so completely and overtly subvert the Constitution.

It's in the Constitution, it's we the people that need to hold these traitors responsible. I'm not ready to give up just yet, are you?

The patriot movement behind Donald Trump is very strong. It's something we all must fight for and to not give up. Despite this leftist culture throwing millions and millions of dollars and abusing the power of their press to try to destroy him, it hasn't had that much effect. I truly believe the patriotic American people are fed up and that's why they can't touch him.

This is a start to bringing those traitors to justice but we just can't give up. The United States, in world history has been a shining beacon of our God-given liberties and freedoms. It's well worth the fight for our children and grandchildren to continue this for their future.

It's very possible this movement is Divinely inspired to return the US to that shining beacon of liberty and freedom. I continue to hope and pray this is the case and for the corrupt leftist culture to continue to be exposed. It is really up to all of us, so please, don't lose faith.

CGato

131 posted on 08/21/2016 12:57:58 PM PDT by Conservative Gato
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Rush once said that if you didn’t create a public figure you can’t destroy
him. In an odd way that might apply here. If Obama invokes Trump he
would need Trump’s approval for this to be an accepted process. if Trump
‘created’ this controversy, he could destroy this ‘solution’.

Beautiful.....great thinking.......global spatial thinking at its best.

I just hope Trump realizes he's DA MAN here.

132 posted on 08/21/2016 1:01:47 PM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Rush once said that if you didn’t create a public figure you can’t destroy
him. In an odd way that might apply here. If Obama invokes Trump he
would need Trump’s approval for this to be an accepted process. if Trump
‘created’ this controversy, he could destroy this ‘solution’.

Beautiful.....great thinking.......global spatial thinking at its best.

I just hope Trump realizes he's DA MAN here.

133 posted on 08/21/2016 1:01:51 PM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
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To: Conservative Gato

Can’t disagree with anything you’ve said, and I haven’t given up. But at times, it can be extremely disheartening. I have never before in my life felt so uncertain about the future of this country than I do today.


134 posted on 08/21/2016 2:08:14 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Liz

‘Crowd chants ‘do your job!’ at CNN crew...’

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/video-trump-crowd-chants-job-cnn-crew


135 posted on 08/22/2016 3:52:46 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: Sicon

My mother felt uncertain when she saw live footage of Waco that was never shown again. I didn’t believe her until ‘96 when Ron Brown’s wife said that the Clintons weren’t welcome to his funeral. She later recanted, but that was one weird hour of shifting news.

Then I found Paul Weyrich’s satellite TV program, NET. I still think that the Clintons did want to launch a coup on Y2K, but people were so ready for it that he blinked and decided instead to make fools of them.


136 posted on 08/22/2016 4:03:49 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: Nachum
Soros has planned for years to get control of elections...state by state.

Elections are stolen by those who count the votes.

Ever wonder why they fight "True the Vote." organization.

137 posted on 08/22/2016 4:07:22 AM PDT by lonestar (Texan for Trump)
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To: DoughtyOne

‘It’s all crashing down around her head now. It’s only a matter of time. She is so laden with guilt, she can’t even go out and campaign.’

I’ve been suspecting the same thing.

Rush noted that Biden held her up by the bra for 17 seconds to keep her from falling.

I’m no doctor, but I could swear that’s a panic attack.

I have vocal cord dysfunction. Sometimes I collapse to the floor because vocal cords block my breathing. Been avoiding situations where that happens.

Doctors were CERTAIN that it was panic attacks. And VCD can cause panic and create cycles of panic. So that’s where I’m coming from, and this from a guy who was certain that death is no big deal.

With her lack of spiritual faith? Panic attacks could likely be her problem.


138 posted on 08/22/2016 4:42:25 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

She is our Nero..


139 posted on 08/22/2016 7:32:49 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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