2000 Mules and Refutations of The Left (VANITY)

5/8/2022 | rlmorel

[rlmorel]

Last night I watched the Dinesh D'Souza documentary 2000 Mules and was quite impressed with it.

From an integrity perspective, I think the True The Vote team did the right thing, setting the bar for judging movements of mules engaged in illegal actions very high (Criteria: A person had to have visited 10 ballot drop boxes as well as at least the location of a single non-profit stash house) and showing even that high bar would have changed the election. If they lowered the bar to say, fewer drop boxes visited, the election was a Trump rout of Biden.

I thought it was well produced. Of note to me was the attention to the production sinc conservatives have long come off as comparative amateurs when it comes to addressing people regarding issues from the media/entertainment space, which is no surprise to anyone who pays attention. And this was not only the exception, but hopefully a harbinger of things to come from conservative messaging.

For example, the intro to the documentary with the beat of the music (well chosen) and the CGI, showing a satellite streaking across space, and on the earth far below, appearing and disappearing red circles representing "geofencing" areas where data was purchased from legal commercial providers of cellular tracking information, was very well done.

It was as good as and worthy of any thriller movie produced at a higher budget that I have seen, and was impressive in that respect. (Unfortunately, this is necessary and not fluff. There are too many people who, if not hooked by a mechanism like that, don’t have the attention span to stay tuned, and will switch to something else. Sad but true.)

I also admired he logical presentation of the issue, followed by the various data elements used, layering and time synching the video evidence they obtained, how it affected the election, and ending with where they got the ballots from.

It was compelling to see the videoed reaction from the family of the elderly woman in the nursing home who has been in a mostly unresponsive state for years (according to the family sitting with her) to recount how astonished they were to find she had been voting in elections.

The led the observer along, deliberately explaining things (even some simple things they didn’t need to) which allows a wider distribution of the citizenry to follow along.

What I found in searching in Google, and visiting various links supplied there, is that the Google shaping of query results (Google was deliberately chosen, not some other engine which might return something less biased) to return to the user was very slanted. Google completely buried, obfuscated, and de-prioritized (placed on search result pages further back that might not be visited) results for me.

To anyone paying attention, this in not in the least surprising, though I suspect the vast majority of Google data consumers have no idea the returns on their queries are shaped to conform to Google's own ideological specifications.

What also was not surprising was the articles that came up at the top of the list, from Politifact, The Denver Post, The Mercury News and so on.

But what I was mildly unprepared for was the uniformity of the "rebuttals" in their language and approach, and the flat out boldfaced lies used to "debunk" Dinesh D'Souza's documentary.

In watching the documentary, one cannot deny this election fraud was widespread, targeted at key battleground states, and carried out in nearly the exact same fashion, in the same way, in the same time frame which indicates the efforts were coordinated at some level. (The pattern, repeated verbatim across the key battleground states and expressed the exact same way in the data (Non-Profit pickup points >> mules making rounds >> mules stuffing boxes with small numbers of ballots over time)

What surprised me was the uniformity of the rebuttals, all completely fallacious and having nothing to do with what was shown in the documentary, which is the surprising thing. In reading the rebuttals from various places, the similarity makes one think that not only did the source not view the documentary, but that they willfully ignored obvious and major parts of the documentary such as the key criteria they used to flag the cell phone in motion as being that of a "mule".

The Denver Post and The Mercury News: "Fact-checking “2000 Mules,” the movie alleging ballot fraud" (NOTE: both of these sites use the same AP output on this, but the key points of ignorance are):

• The group’s claims of a paid ballot harvesting scheme are supported in the film only by one unidentified whistleblower said to be from San Luis, Arizona, who said she saw people picking up what she “assumed” to be payments for ballot collection.

• “Ballot harvesting” is a pejorative term for dropping off completed ballots for people besides yourself. The practice is legal in several states but largely illegal in the states True the Vote focused on, with some exceptions for family, household members and people with disabilities.

• Alleged ballot harvesters were captured on surveillance video wearing gloves because they didn’t want to leave their fingerprints on the ballots. This is pure speculation. It ignores far more likely reasons for glove-wearing in the fall and winter of 2020 — cold weather or COVID-19.

• If it weren’t for this ballot collection scheme, former President Donald Trump would have had enough votes to win the 2020 election. This alleged scheme has not been proven, nor do these researchers have any way of knowing whether any ballots that were collected contained votes for Trump or for Biden.

PolitiFact: "The faulty premise of the ‘2,000 mules’ trailer about voting by mail in the 2020 election"

• This is their "Summary if your time is short":
  • The 2020 presidential election was secure and evidence from state and federal officials and courts shows no indication of widespread fraud. While authorities identified isolated cases of voter fraud, these instances were in such small numbers it would not have changed the election’s outcome.
    • A documentary by Dinesh D’Souza, a far-right commentator, furthers the myth that something sinister occurred with mail ballots during the 2020 election. D’Souza told Fox News that “mules” delivered 400,000 illegal votes. Experts say the evidence D’Souza points to is inherently flawed.
    • Many states have laws allowing people to return completed mail ballots on behalf of others, such as family members. Ballot drop boxes are more secure than standard mail boxes.

  • Here are some claims from the infamous "fact check" site: based on faulty assumptions, anonymous accounts and improper analysis of cellphone location data, which is not precise enough to confirm that somebody deposited a ballot into a drop box, according to experts.
  • A video of a voter dropping off a stack of ballots at a drop box is not itself proof of any wrongdoing, since most states have legal exceptions that let people drop off ballots on behalf of family members and household members.
  • The movie is based on research by Texas-based True the Vote, a national conservative organization founded in 2010 that has spread misinformation in the past.
  • D’Souza’s argument ignores that in many states, it is legal to drop off a ballot on behalf of another voter, which is especially helpful for voters with disabilities or the elderly. Critics of this practice call it "ballot harvesting," while election administrators typically use other terms such as "ballot collection."
  • Such geospatial data is not precise enough to prove without uncertainty that a person submitted a ballot to a drop box, only that they came within a short distance of it, the Associated Press reported. There are many reasons why a person might repeatedly enter the zone where a drop box is stationed, as the boxes are often strategically placed in busy areas.

[calenel]

“There is no proof the “alleged” (discounting the actual video and eyewitnesses) stuffing affected the outcome of the election, because it assumes it was all done in Biden’s favor”

The multiple regular stops at the Biden-supporting “non-profits” kinda supports that assumption.

[rlmorel]

I think with nearly anything that opposes the Left, it is preaching to the choir simply because the other side likes to cover their eyes and ears, while opening their mouths in sheep like bleating in unison of “Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad”.

That said, one of the last things they discussed in the film is the possibility that someone, somewhere, in a position of influence or power, may see it and get the ball rolling.

We have to hope, or we have to simply give up and accept a violent civil conflict. Granted, the other side may have already decided for us, but we need to try.

For myself, as much as I despise politics, I have been trying to get involved as a poll watcher in my town. It is either do something like that, or just bellyache, and I am tired of bellyaching.

[woodbutcher1963]

There was a thread here recently stating Fox News personalities were ordered not to speak about 200 Mules.

I watched it last night. It is very compelling. This is a new method of old fashioned ballot stuffing. The problem is mailing out ballots to people who have not requested them. We need to go back to only sending absentee ballots to people who have a legitimate reason why they can not vote in person.

[1Old Pro]

The problem is mailing out ballots to people who have not requested them. We need to go back to only sending absentee ballots to people who have a legitimate reason why they can not vote in person.

Exactly.

[MCSETots]

While the evidence presented in the documentary was impressive, I would like to have seen at least a few examples where they showed the same person, stuffing ballots in more than one location, preferably on the same day. This would be true, irrefutable evidence of fraud as compared to just one drop that might that be “explained” away.

I have no doubt this was an extremely wide conspiracy that definitely changed the election. But all that is gained from the documentary I fear, is that the mules learned to not use their cellphones and to watch out for cameras. Other than that, this is a foolproof method of cheating . . .

[woodbutcher1963]

I watched it on line last night. It was a complicated process to watch it on my TV. Mostly because I have a Roku TV.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

How were the “mules” organized? PGP or Chinese encryption?

[Mygirlsmom]

I thought that including the information about how this same technology was used to locate suspects of the cold-case drive by shooting of a little girl in GA was brilliant.

It makes the nonsense the left is throwing out about the evidence look like even a bigger stretch

[Jamestown1630]

Jimmy Carter and the Commission on Federal Election Reform told us long ago that absentee voting was the largest potential source of voter fraud. The Democrats paid attention, and tried to get everyone voting by mail in 2020. They’ll try it again.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/heed-jimmy-carter-on-the-danger-of-mail-in-voting-11586557667

[Presbyterian Reporter]

The bombshell will be the outing of RINO organizations that participated in this takedown of Trump.

For instance, why is it that the DOWN-BALLOT Republicans won their races and Trump lost?

The RINO’S wanted to get rid of Trump almost as much as the DEM’s.

And the above is the reason we are seeing zero interest in State Law Enforcement doing anything to pursue these obvious mules.

[glimmerman70]

It don’t matter how much evidence we have and show. Video of them pulling ballots from under the table in the middle of the night and ran them through. Some stacks multiple times. I really thought the legislature in GA would have done something about it. When they did not and media and social media dropped it then I knew it was over. 1000 of the 2000 mules could come forward and it would not matter. They erased the machines and illegally change rules and pretty much do what ever they want and so many people are in on it that they get away with it. Next they will change laws to make sure it can’t happen to them.

[woodbutcher1963]

I believe they did show the women from SC dropping off ballots at multiple locations around Atlanta.

The cell phone tracking evidence can be used in court. This could be used to sue for a someone who has “standing” to show that their rights were violated.

[kvanbrunt2]

There is no proof the “alleged” (discounting the actual video and eyewitnesses) stuffing affected the outcome of the election, because it assumes it was all done in Biden’s favor (Yes...those same non-profit stash areas had ballots for both Trump and Biden, in their fevered brains)>>> Corrboative facts in PA Frank Ryan has accounted for 400k more mail in votes counted than the SURE system has mail in voters. The delco, PA webside published the mail in voters and votes with about 27K more mail in votes counted than Mail in voters in the SURE system.

[packagingguy]

“Dinesh D’Souza, a far-right commentator”

He’s far-right? In what universe did Dinesh become far right? Now that the Democrats have become super left wing nut jobs anyone to the right of Stalin is “far right”.

[woodbutcher1963]

Yes, they tried vote by mail because of covid here in NH. We said NO. The problem is that many states and cities so yes.

The problem is in the inner cities controlled by the Dems. This is wear the majority of cheating always occurs. The decision to mail out ballots to everyone is in control of the same people who want to be able to cheat.

[rlmorel]

Yes. The Leftists like to say "Oh, there is no evidence that people going by boxes were stuffing them with illegal ballots. Some states allow relatives to drop off ballots..." Uh huh. This happens to me all the time:

"I always collect all the ballots from all my extended family, equaling hundreds of ballots (cause I have a huge family who can't get out themselves to drop off their ballots) go out at 2 AM, driving to locations that just happen to be affiliated with partisan Leftist, election-based non-profits, then driving to fifty ballot boxes across a city or county, even reversing direction, surreptitiously getting out of my car, looking around to see if anyone is watching, wearing rubber gloves (because, after all it IS winter you know and you gotta use rubber gloves to keep the hands warm) and then frantically stuffing ballots into the box. And, as I drive away, if I forget to take a picture of the dropbox to prove I was there (for my relatives, of course) I circle back and take a picture to document it. That is really frustrating to me when I forget. Then, if I drop a few ballots on the ground in my rush to stuff them in and get back home, I usually leave them there because, after all, my relative's ballots that I found important enough to drop off at 2 AM aren't important enough to me to ensure that every one of those precious ballots actually gets into a box. And even if that is illegal in my state, I have good intentions, because I want every vote to count, and if someone calls me out on it, I will say they are just trying to suppress the vote."

[rlmorel]

Every time I see that graphic...every time...

[Jamestown1630]

Our state sent out mail-in ballots. We shredded them and voted in person.

But just as the documentary stated, we received a ballot from someone who had moved from here long ago. We put it back in the mail marked ‘Return to Sender, Addressee Unknown’. I wondered what happened to it and all the others like it.

We live in a relatively large apartment complex. God knows how many of those ballots went to dead people, people who had moved, etc.

[icclearly]

“I know that there are many on this site (and even occasionally myself) who feel and sometimes explicitly state that nothing is going to be done about it, so it is a waste of time discussing it. I disagree with that sentiment, since we do need to try. Dinesh D’Souza and his team are trying, and we should praise them for that.”

I think you are right. Nothing will be done!

But, the more of us who understand the massive psyops campaign behind this the better we will all see through the outright and bold lies we are being fed — which may cause some to doubt the truth.

Look at just a few of the psyops/lies fed to us by the deep state, political leaders, and the media:

-Trump colluded with the Russians
-Russian hookers peed on Trump
-The “baseless” claims that the election was stolen
-We need two weeks of the shutdown to flatten the curve
-The vaccines are 100% safe and effective
-You will die if you are not vaccinated
-Hunter’s laptop is Russian propaganda
-COVID is a disease of the unvaxxed
-We got all of our people out of Benghazi
-No Americans left in Afghanistan
-The Russians are losing in Ukraine

That’s just a shortlist.

My question is why should we believe that they will not continue to double down on their lies. They will!

[Jamestown1630]

Probably through ‘community organizers’ and activists of various kinds. Some people who noticed irregularities at their polling places suspected a lot of union involvement.