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Overall 97,665,370 have cast ballots in the reporting states, with 40,805,345 mail-in ballots returned: 62,197,467 and 29,775,860 in-person early ballots outstanding.
Overall 97,665,370 have cast ballots in the reporting states, with 40,805,345 mail-in ballots returned: 62,197,467 and 29,775,860 in-person early ballots outstanding.
==Election disinformation==
==Election interference==
===Executive Order 13848===
:{{See also|Sedition|Treason}}
On September 12, 2018, by President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 13848 entitled, “Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election.”<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-imposing-certain-sanctions-event-foreign-interference-united-states-election/</ref>
In that executive order President Trump declared a national emergency and the 2020 presidential election was conducted under this state of emergency. The order states that people and organizations located, in part, outside the [[United States]] are known to be able to, {{quotebox|“interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States elections, including through the unauthorized accessing of [[election]] and campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of [[propaganda]] and [[disinformation]].” The EO further states that this foreign interference in U.S. elections, “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the [[national security]] and [[foreign policy]] of the United States.”}}
Between May 1, 2020 and October 31, 2020 the Chinese Communist Party paid $1,027,254.12 to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Bay Area Production Services, LLC (San Francisco), ''The Seattle Times'', ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', Walton Press, Inc. (Atlanta), FNP Printing & Publishing (Washington D.C.), Stellar Printing, Inc. (New York City), ''The Houston Chronicle'', ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', Hawaii Hochi Ltd. and Sun Sentinel Company (Miami) to print the ''China Daily'' newspaper in the United States.<ref>https://erbn.online/1009</ref>
The Chinese communist party also paid $749,006.69 to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Foreign Policy'' and the ''[[Financial Times]]'' for advertisement slots in their publications, including full articles written by ''China Daily''/the Chinese Communist Party.
In total, the Chinese communist party spent nearly $4.5 million on its propaganda in the US through the China Daily newspaper alone. The data was published on the [[US Department of Justice]] its FARA ([[Foreign Agents Registration Act]]) website.<ref>https://efile.fara.gov/docs/3457-Supplemental-Statement-20201118-33.pdf</ref>
Additionally, both [[Dominion Voting Systems]] and [[Scytl]] are foreign corporations.
===Hawkfish===
Isaac Stanley-Becker of ''[[Washington Post]]'' wrote in May 2020,<ref>https://www.stripes.com/news/us/initiative-seeks-to-challenge-trump-s-online-megaphone-1.628186</ref>
{{quotebox|A new Democratic-aligned political action committee advised by retired Army Gen. [[Stanley McChrystal]], the former head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, is planning to deploy technology originally developed to counter Islamic State propaganda in service of a domestic political goal – to combat online efforts to promote President Donald Trump's handling of the [[coronavirus]] pandemic.
The group, Defeat Disinfo, will use [[artificial intelligence]] and network analysis to map discussion of the president's claims on social media. It will seek to intervene by identifying the most popular counter-narratives and boosting them through a network of more than 3.4 million influencers across the country – in some cases paying users with large followings to take sides against the president.
The initiative reflects fears within the Democratic Party that Trump's unwavering digital army may help sustain him through the [[pandemic]], as it has through past controversies...The initiative is run by Curtis Hougland, whose received initial funding for the technology from [[DARPA]], the Pentagon's research arm, as part of an effort to combat extremism overseas. He insists Democrats are ill-prepared for the looming battle over information and attention, which is bound to play an outsize role in November.}}
McChrystal said his interest in the PAC is about ensuring the accuracy of information leading up to the election, even if it involves chasing viral attention with emotional appeals and other tactics rewarded by online clicks.
Hougland's PAC differs from more traditional Democratic-aligned PACs, such as [[Priorities USA]] and [[American Bridge 21st Century]], in embracing the practice of paying influencers to convey their messaging. The approach raised eyebrows and prompted tech companies to clarify their rules when it was put into practice by the [[Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign]]. "I have no trepidation about paying content creators in seeking out and amplifying the best narratives," Hougland said.
[[File:Defeat-Disinfo.jpg|right|350px|thumb|McCrystal ran a Democrat funded operation against President Trump during the 2020 presidential election.]]
Stephanie Berger, a former national finance director for the Democratic National Committee, is raising funds for the initiative, which is an extension of Hougland's technology company, Main Street One. Andrew Tobias, a former DNC treasurer, was an earlier investor in the start-up. Main Street One's leaders were previously involved in cultivating digital narratives in [[Eastern Europe]]an [[Color Revolution]]s and have now waded into American politics. The organization ran a campaign that paid influencers to boost [[Kentucky]] Democrats before the gubernatorial election last fall. A super PAC supporting Sen. [[Cory Booker]] of New Jersey in his bid for the Democratic nomination paid Main Street One more than $500,000 for similar services in 2019.
Hougland said his aim is to maintain the "largest repository of content against Trump," and to be nimble in boosting organic material that is already performing well, such as videos produced by the Biden campaign.
A similar effort was brought to light after the [[2018 Midterm elections]], including the creation of fake accounts to sway the 2017 Senate election in [[Alabama]] against [[Roy Moore]]. Joe Trippi, a Democratic operative who helped manage the 2017 Senate campaign in Alabama, said the president is partially insulated from the fallout over his own remarks by a "media echo chamber that is very disciplined about just picking up whatever the misdirection of the day is and amplifying it." That protective armor makes it all the more critical for Democrats to turn up the volume on anti-Trump messaging, he said.
===Election interference by Big Tech===
Twitter imposed new [[draco]]ian censorship measures aimed at [[conservative]] users in October 2020.<ref>https://markzuckerberg.news/2020-09-30-doj-targets-big-tech-censorship-election-meddling-racketeering.html</ref> One example is labeling criticism of mail-in balloting as "misinformation". [[James Woods]] commented the new labeling is clear:
[[File:Dorsey.jpeg|right|thumb|250px|Jack Dorsey.]]
{{quotebox-float|“They are closing down conservative voices completely now. Be prepared that you will no longer be able to see most of my communications, if indeed my account remains open at all. Sorry, folks, but it’s over. And they couldn’t care less what you think. This is the face of [[tyranny]].”<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/10/12/twitters-new-policy-sparks-sad-warning-from-james-woods-sorry-folks-but-its-over-983577</ref>}}
For first time in [[American history]] social media companies took [[direct action]] against a major U.S. publisher,<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/twitter-and-facebooks-assault-on-freedom-of-the-press_3540670.html</ref> ''[[The New York Post]]'' when it published a story on [[Biden-Burisma]] scandal.<ref>*https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/<br>*https://youtu.be/r4Kcc7a114I<br>*https://youtu.be/89ByR-vrnc4</ref> ''The Post'' is among the top five newspapers by circulation in the United States. These actions raised serious questions about many social media platforms future [[Section 230]] immunity status.
Twitter and Facebook illegally interfered in the 2020 presidential election by blocking links to the article.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/14/election-interference-facebook-suppressing-new-york-post-bombshell-story-of-damaging-hunter-biden-emails/</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/10/14/bookmark-todays-date-big-tech-has-crossed-the-event-horizon-to-protect-joe-biden/</ref> Twitter and Facebook both have many foreign stockholders.<ref>"Finalized January of 2011, the transaction included a $450 million investment from Goldman Sachs, $50 million from DST, and $1 billion from unnamed foreign investors." http://whoownsfacebook.com/#Goldman<br>*https://qz.com/519388/this-saudi-prince-now-owns-more-of-twitter-than-jack-dorsey-does/</ref> Twitter illegally banned people who posted ''The New York Post'' story,<ref>https://www.wnd.com/2020/10/twitter-now-banning-users-posting-ny-post-story-hunter-biden/</ref> including [[White House]] Press Secretary [[Kayleigh McEnany]] for sharing the article,<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/15/twitter-bans-white-house-press-secretary-for-sharing-hunter-and-joe-biden-corruption-article/</ref> and illegally locked the Trump Campaign account less than three weeks before the 2020 Presidential election.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/politics/2020/10/15/twitter-locks-trump-campaign-account-less-than-3-weeks-before-presidential-election/</ref> Rep. [[Jim Jordan]] posted the Biden-Burisma story on a federal government website after Twitter censored the House Judiciary GOP, at which point the link was promptly censored by Twitter.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/jim-jordan-posts-hunter-biden-burisma-story-twitter-censors-house-judiciary-gop/</ref> [[Wikipedia]] editors censored the [[Hunter Biden]] bombshell, and baselessly called the ''New York Post'' an "unreliable" source.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/wikipedia-editors-censor-hunter-biden-bombshell-call-new-york-post-unreliable-source/</ref> [[Google]] also was reported to be illegally meddling in [[U.S. Senate]] elections.<ref>https://patriotdailypress.org/2020/10/13/google-researcher-warns-google-may-be-shifting-power-to-flip-senate/</ref> The [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] announced that Twitter CEO [[Jack Dorsey]] would be [[subpoena]]ed to explain the meddling.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/senate-judiciary-committee-will-subpoena-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-over-ny-post-censorship/</ref> Former [[James Comey]] general counsel [[James A. Baker (DOJ)]], who was complicit in the [[Obamagate timeline|Obamagate]] and [[FISA abuse]] scandals, is [[Twitter]]'s lead counsel.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/twitter-hires-former-fbi-chief-counsel-as-deputy-lawyer/</ref> The [[RNC]] made a formal complaint to the [[Federal Elections Commission]] which reads in part,
{{quotebox|"Respondent’s feud with President Trump is well known, as are its frequent efforts to censor the President’s tweets and the “shadow banning” of prominent Republicans, including RNC’s Chair, [[Ronna McDaniel]], and several Republican Members of Congress. Respondent’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, and other senior executives are prolific donors to the Democrat party and other left-wing causes, with 98.7% of the company’s total political contributions going to Democrats. In addition, there appears to be a revolving door between the Biden campaign and the company, with Respondent’s Public Policy Director recently leaving to join the Biden transition team and [[Senator Kamala Harris]]’s former Press Secretary now serving as Respondent’s Senior Communications Manager."<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/480341244/RNC-Complaint-Against-Twitter-Inc-Web#from_embed</ref>}}
By "fact checking" one candidate and not another, [[Big Tech]] gave an enormous in-kind campaign contribution of immeasurable monetary value to the [[2020 Biden campaign|Biden campaign]].
===Facebook kill switch===
[[File:Zuck.jpeg|right|250px|thumb|Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: openly complicit in the Marxist coup plot to subvert American's [[constitutional rights]].]]
In August 2020 it was reported that [[Facebook]] was planning for the possibility that President Trump or his campaign could try to challenge mail in ballot election results. ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that staffers were already putting together contingency plans in the event Trump tries to use Facebook to dispute the vote by declaring the [[U.S. Postal Service]] lost mail-in ballots or that other groups interfered with the vote. Facebook officials, including [[CEO]] [[Mark Zuckerberg]], were holding daily meetings to discuss how to minimize the platform from being used to cast doubts on the results.
The Times noted that one plan would include a “kill switch” to shut down political ads after Election Day. The company officials believe the ads, which Facebook does not check for truthfulness, could be used to disseminate misinformation.
The newspaper said [[YouTube]] and [[Twitter]] also discussed their own plans if the postelection period becomes problematic.<ref>https://www.newsmax.com/politics/facebook-election-results-dispute-social-media/2020/08/21/id/983301/</ref> Michael Anton of the ''American Mind'' observed, "Once the ruling class gives word that the narrative is “Trump lost,” all the president’s social media accounts will be suspended. The T.V. channels, with the likely exception of Fox News, will refuse to cover anything he says. Count on it. He’s going to need a way to talk to the American people and he has to find the means, now."<ref>https://americanmind.org/essays/the-coming-coup/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/uPNXOFDqD0Q?list=PLNEPP7NLqujVX_zxZbDLeb3zNMjwgjhZB</ref>
Jessica Hertz, a former Associate General Counsel of Regulatory Matters at Facebook, joined the "transition team" of Joe Biden in September 2020. During Hertz’s tenure at the company, Facebook was embroiled in a host of controversies where conservatives – including President Trump – saw their content [[censor]]ed and, in some cases, de-platformed. Hertz worked in the Obama [[White House]] from 2009 to 2014, where, from 2012 to 2014 she served as Principal Deputy Counsel to then-Vice President Biden. She’s also donated over $5,000 to Democratic candidates since the 2016 election cycle, with $2,000 funneled directly to the Biden campaign.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/biden-facebook-team/</ref>
==Executive Order 13848==
==Executive Order 13848==
:{{See also|Sedition|Treason}}
:{{See also|Sedition|Treason}}