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WikiLeaks Releases Hacked Voicemails From DNC Officials (thenextweb.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Late Wednesday afternoon as the Democratic National Convention was in full swing, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks decided to follow through with an earlier statement by publishing hacked voicemails of top democratic officials. There are 29 leaked recordings, which are identified by phone number and total about 14 minutes combined. Many of the voicemails are messages of callers leaving their numbers in hopes of being called back. Others are from voters upset that the DNC was giving too much support to Sanders. The Hill reports that "One caller with an Arizona area code called to blast the DNC for putting Sanders surrogate Cornel West on the platform drafting committee. 'I'm furious for what you are doing for Bernie Sanders,' another caller says in a message. 'He's getting way too much influence. What I see is the Democratic Party bending over backwards for Bernie,' adds the caller, who threatens to leave the party if the DNC doesn't stop 'coddling' the Vermont senator."

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  1. Re:Scathing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It isn't like Hillary is not going to win the election:

    1: She owns the tech companies and social media. She controls the eyes and ears of the nation, period.
    2: 1% of the population is pro-gun. The rest want the entire US of A to have reasonable gun laws like New York City, which has extremely low crime for its size. Because of the gun issue, this ensures Hillary more votes, if only to ensure justices she picks for SCOTUS enforce the "well regulated militia" and point out the 2A is only for the Army.
    3: She has foreign countries backing her which will go to any lengths, perhaps an invasion on US soil, to ensure she is going to be in the White House.
    4: Every statistic out there shows she is ahead in the polls, with the RNC giving Trump a 0% bump, while the DNC has caused her to sail ahead 20 percentage points.
    5: There are more Dems than Republicans, as the social majority changes.
    6: There is so much hatred against Trump, people are expecting a Reagan-esque sweep of Congress where virtually any/every seat may wind up blue.
    7: People are tired of terrorists. Ban guns and enforce the laws, gee, armed terrorists won't be armed anymore. This is currently the Dem strong suite because the US population is tired of hearing about daily mass shootings.
    8: We can be sure that eight years of Hillary, then eight years of Chelsea (she will be over 35 by 2024) would ensure the US at least sixteen years of solid substance. Bill was arguably the best President since FDR, when one considers history, economy, and world affairs. The Internet would not have existed under any other administration.