Crash Course: "Here we go again": Trump stokes Arizona conspiracy theories over Maricopa voting machine problems

Right-wing media amplified false claims of voter fraud after Maricopa County tabulation machines malfunction. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci82MjEwVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpjY02Wa2PzDLSmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Kari-Lake,-Donald-Trump] Mario Tama/Getty Images "Here we go again": Trump stokes Arizona conspiracy theories over Maricopa voting machine problems Maricopa County officials said Tuesday that around 20 percent of their 223 voting sites experienced issues with tabulation machines, prompting a surge of false voter fraud claims from former President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans. "We've got about 20 percent of the locations out there where there's an issue with the tabulator where some of the ballots, after people have voted, they try and run them through the tabulator and they're not going through," Bill Gates, the Republican chairman of the Maricopa County board of supervisors, said in a video posted to [Twitter](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0Q7aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9NYXJpY29wYVZvdGUvc3RhdHVzLzE1OTAwMDkzODQzNzczODQ5NjFXA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). But as soon as news of the tabulator problems gained traction on social media, right-wing commentators and politicians started pushing out falsehoods about widespread voter fraud. Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who has echoed false claims of a stolen election in 2020, suggested "they may be trying to slow down a red tsunami." "Can this possibly be true when a vast majority of Republicans waited for today to Vote?" Trump wrote on Truth Social, after he and other conspiracy theorists urged supporters to wait until Election Day to vote. "Here we go again? The people will not stand for it!!!" [Read more from Areeba Shah.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0R7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvaGVyZS13ZS1nby1hZ2Fpbi1zdG9rZXMtYXJpem9uYS1jb25zcGlyYWN5LXRoZW9yaWVzLW92ZXItbWFyaWNvcGEtdm90aW5nLW1hY2hpbmUtcHJvYmxlbXMvVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) [Joe-Biden,-Barack-Obama] Mark Makela/Getty Images Former GOP chair Michael Steele: Democrats are "inept," media are "hypocrites and liars" Salon's Dean Obeidallah spoke with former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, who called out Democratic leaders for what he views as terrible messaging this election cycle. "I've never seen such an inept political operation in my entire life," Steele said. "The Supreme Court delivers you a major upheaval in politics with the Dobbs decision [which overturned Roe v. Wade], and everybody's all jacked up about abortion" — but Democrats still let the GOP refocus this election on inflation and crime. Steele, who became RNC chair in January 2009 after the Democrats' big victories of 2008 — when Barack Obama was elected and the party won big majorities in both the Senate and House — also offers some advice for Democrats in case things actually do go badly in this election. "Every ounce of energy needs to be focused on two words, only two words, for the next cycle," he said, "even though it's a presidential cycle." What are those words? "State legislatures." That's the strategy Steele employed as RNC chair beginning in 2010 and the result was Republican victories in "over 800 state legislative races," as he noted. Those victories meant that Republicans controlled most state legislatures during the all-important redrawing of congressional maps following the census, which had an impact far beyond just one election cycle.  [Watch Dean Obeidallah's full Salon Talks interview with Michael Steele.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvZm9ybWVyLWNoYWlyLW1pY2hhZWwtc3RlZWxlLWRlbW9jcmF0cy1hcmUtaW5lcHQtbWVkaWEtYXJlLWh5cG9jcml0ZXMtYW5kLWxpYXJzL1cDc3BjQgpjY02Wa2PzDLSmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - Whatever the hell happens in this election, [let's commit to facing the truth](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvd2hhdGV2ZXItdGhlLWhlbGwtaGFwcGVucy1pbi10aGlzLWVsZWN0aW9uLWxldHMtY29tbWl0LXRvLWZhY2luZy10aGUtdHJ1dGgvVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - Political violence "must always be an option," says [far-right Catholic outlet](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvcG9saXRpY2FsLXZpb2xlbmNlLW11c3QtYWx3YXlzLWJlLWFuLW9wdGlvbi1zYXlzLWZhci1yaWdodC1jYXRob2xpYy1vdXRsZXQvVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - Trump teases ["very big announcement"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvdGVhc2VzLXZlcnktYmlnLWFubm91bmNlbWVudC1pbi1ldmUtb2hpby1yYWxseS0tYWZ0ZXItY2FsbGluZy1wZWxvc2ktYW4tYW5pbWFsL1cDc3BjQgpjY02Wa2PzDLSmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) in election-eve Ohio rally — after calling Pelosi an "animal" - Election deniers are [embedded in Michigan canvassing boards](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvZGVuaWVycy1hcmUtZW1iZWRkZWQtaW4tbWljaGlnYW4tY2FudmFzc2luZy1ib2FyZHMtLWFkdm9jYXRlcy1zYXktdGhleXJlLXJlYWR5L1cDc3BjQgpjY02Wa2PzDLSmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) — advocates say they're ready - Is it legal to hand out [food and water outside polling stations?](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvaXMtaXQtbGVnYWwtdG8taGFuZC1vdXQtYW5kLXdhdGVyLW91dHNpZGUtcG9sbGluZy1zdGF0aW9ucy9XA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Crime is a hot issue, but [even Republicans don't talk about the death penalty](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvaXMtYS1ob3QtaXNzdWUtYnV0LWV2ZW4tZG9udC10YWxrLWFib3V0LXRoZS1wZW5hbHR5LXRoYXRzLWdvb2QtbmV3cy9XA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): That's good news - Same-sex couples [cope with stress more collaboratively](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RNaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDcvZ2F5LWNvdXBsZXMtYmV0dGVyLXN0cmVzcy10ZWFtd29yay1zdHJhaWdodC9XA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) than straight couples, according to new study - Celebrate Dolly Parton's induction into the Roll & Roll Hall of Fame with her [iconic apple pie](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0SBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDcvY2VsZWJyYXRlLWRvbGx5LXBhcnRvbnMtaW5kdWN0aW9uLWludG8tdGhlLXJvbGwtYW5kLXJvbGwtaGFsbC1vZi1mYW1lLXdpdGgtaGVyLWljb25pYy1hcHBsZS1waWUvVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - Amy Schumer references ["Nazi ties" and "Kanye"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDcvc25sLWFteS1zY2h1bWVyLWthbnllLWFudGlzZW1pdGlzbS1uYXppL1cDc3BjQgpjY02Wa2PzDLSmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) in the same breath on "Saturday Night Live" - Kathy Griffin's ingenious [trolling of Elon Musk](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDcva2F0aHktZ3JpZmZpbi1lbG9uLW11c2stdHdpdHRlci1iYW4tdmVyaWZpY2F0aW9uL1cDc3BjQgpjY02Wa2PzDLSmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and his Chief Twit verification policy - You oughta know: Why Alanis Morissette [dumped her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0ROaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvYWxhbmlzLW1vcmlzc2V0dGUtcm9jay1oYWxsLWZhbWUtY2FybHktc2ltb24vVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - 15 best [Trader Joe’s fall snacks](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDcvMTUtYmVzdC10cmFkZXItam9lcy1mYWxsLXNuYWNrcy10by1zdHVmZi1pbi15b3VyLWJhc2tldC1hc2FwX3BhcnRuZXIvVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) to stuff in your basket ASAP Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RVaHR0cHM6Ly9zYWxvbi51czgubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91PTcxY2IzZThhNmU5NjM5YzgxMDIzY2Q0MjcmaWQ9NWRlZGEyYWFhN1cDc3BjQgpjY02Wa2PzDLSmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to receive Crash Course. [Marjorie-Taylor-Greene,-Elon-Musk] Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Elon Musk's flaming Twitter fiasco is what the US will look like if MAGA wins the midterms Despite impending electoral doom, much of the news coverage in the past week has focused on [Elon Musk's comically disastrous takeover](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDQvZWxvbi1tdXNrcy1ibHVlLWNoZWNrLWRlYmFjbGUtaGlzLWJyYWluLWhhcy1iZWVuLWJyb2tlbi1ieS13aGlueS1pbmNlbHMvVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) of Twitter. Did you see how, [after he crowed about his love of "free speech](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0Q7aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9Eb3VnSkJhbGxvb24vc3RhdHVzLzE1ODkzOTkyMDgxNzU3NTkzNjBXA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)" and "comedy," he suspended a multitude of accounts simply for making fun of him? How [he fired half of Twitter's staff and then](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0SCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDQvdHdpdHRlci1oaXQtd2l0aC1jbGFzcy1hY3Rpb24tbGFib3ItYW1pZC1hZHZlcnRpc2VyLWV4b2R1cy1qdXN0LWRheXMtYWZ0ZXItbXVzay10YWtlb3Zlcl9wYXJ0bmVyL1cDc3BjQgpjY02Wa2PzDLSmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), realizing things would disintegrate without them, [desperately started trying to rehire many of them](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0QzaHR0cHM6Ly9naXptb2RvLmNvbS9tdXNrLXR3aXR0ZXItbGF5b2Zmcy0xODQ5NzUxMjg2VwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~)? How, when [legions of companies decided to "pause" advertising](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVzaW5lc3NpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS9lbG9uLW11c2stdGhyZWF0ZW5zLWNvbXBhbmllcy1wYXVzaW5nLXR3aXR0ZXItYWRzLTIwMjItMTFXA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) on Twitter [rather than put their brands up next to the N-word maelstrom](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9qb3NodHBtL3N0YXR1cy8xNTg4Njc5ODU1NTI0NDQyMTEyVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Musk has unleashed, [Musk threw a childish tantrum accusing "activists" of conspiring against him](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0SGaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGF3eWVyc2d1bnNtb25leWJsb2cuY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvZWxvbi1tdXNrLWJldC00NC1iaWxsaW9uLW9uLXRoZS1kdW1iZXN0LWZyZWUtc3BlZWNoLXRoZW9yaWVzLW9uLXRoZS1pbnRlbGxlY3R1YWwtZGFyay13ZWJXA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and threatening to "[name and shame" people who won't just give him](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVzaW5lc3NpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS9lbG9uLW11c2stdGhyZWF0ZW5zLWNvbXBhbmllcy1wYXVzaW5nLXR3aXR0ZXItYWRzLTIwMjItMTFXA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) money? So what gives? Part of it, no doubt, is the [schadenfreude of watching Musk fall on his face](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDEvZWxvbi1tdXNrcy1lcGljLWJ1bWJsaW5nLWlzLWEtZGFpbHktcmVtaW5kZXItdGhhdC1hbWVyaWNhLWlzLW5vdC1hLW1lcml0b2NyYWN5L1cDc3BjQgpjY02Wa2PzDLSmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) after he was able to fool so many people for so long into thinking he's some kind of genius. But the story of Musk buying Twitter and the story of MAGA Republicans attempting to end democracy are in many ways the same story: Entitled dipshits whose resentments over a diversifying system lead them to take an ax to the very thing they claim to love. For Musk, it's Twitter, a platform he claims he wishes to "save" but which he will likely destroy in record time. For Republicans, it's the U.S. and democracy itself. Flat-out false claims of a "stolen" election are being used as a shield to wage all-out war on the very concept of free and fair elections. 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According to new research in the journal [Nature Medicine](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0QyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF0dXJlLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy9zNDE1OTEtMDIyLTAyMDY0LXlXA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), rich countries that hoarded vaccines — in many cases, even trashing them — have not only contributed to otherwise preventable deaths but also helped prolong the pandemic and spur the emergence of [mutated variants](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0Q8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTAvMDQvYnExLXhiYi12YXJpYW50cy1yZXNpc3RhbnQvVwNzcGNCCmNjTZZrY_MMtKZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) that continue to plague the public. Using a mathematical model crunching data from 152 different countries, epidemiologists from the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK, charted differences in COVID vaccine distribution from the start of the pandemic to the end of 2021. They found that vaccine access varied drastically. Some countries gained over 90% vaccination in adults (meaning two shots or more), while some had coverage as low as 0.9%, with a country's level of wealth playing a key role in this discrepancy. "We found that greater vaccine sharing would have lowered the total global burden of disease," the study's lead author Sam Moore and colleagues wrote. "Our results reinforce the health message, pertinent to future pandemics, that vaccine distribution proportional to wealth, rather than to need, may be detrimental to all." [Read more from Troy Farah.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlThtMP0RWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTEvMDgvZ3JlZWQtbW9yZS10aGFuLTEtbWlsbGlvbi1wZW9wbGUtZ2xvYmFsbHktc3R1ZHktc2F5cy9XA3NwY0IKY2NNlmtj8wy0plIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). Our mailing address: 1000 N. 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