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A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling". FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling". FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

===Underlying issue===

====Underlying issue====

The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

===Corruption===

===Corruption===