The Daily Populous

Saturday October 27th, 2018 evening edition

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Michael Moore said Fox News is partly to blame for helping to create a generation of violent conspiracy theorists in America.

The filmmaker’s criticism of the conservative network came after an image of his face in crosshairs was found stickered on the van of suspect Cesar Sayoc, who is accused of mailing pipe bombs this week to leading Democrats, critics of President Donald Trump and CNN.

“Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel and right-wing radio have preyed upon those who’ve seen their American Dream go up in smoke,” Moore said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

“And they have helped to create a generation of angry and violent conspiracy theorists who will believe any lie that is perpetrated on those airwaves.”.

Moore lamented that the “new and dangerous dynamic of political violence” in the U.S. was “now promoted and encouraged” by Trump.

He also called for people to “vote out of office all enablers of this man and the violent culture he instigates and nurtures. »

US passes landmark decision in ‘right to repair’ movement

Authored by techradar.com

This is the US government’s way of saying that consumers should have the right to repair – get it?

However, there is much more work to be done to truly satisfy the ‘right to repair’ movement in the US and abroad.

Namely, these rulings don’t make it any easier to bypass these pieces of software and firmware much less to physically replace any parts within. »

Lucasfilm confirms the Boba Fett Star Wars movie is “100% dead”

Authored by flickeringmyth.com

SEE ALSO: Will The Mandalorian be the start of great things to come for Disney’s Star Wars?.

Kathleen Kennedy just confirmed to me Boba Fett movie is 100% dead, 100% focusing on THE MANDALORIAN #StarWars — 𝗘𝗪𝗲𝗯 (@ErickWeber) October 26, 2018.

Are you disappointed that we won’t be getting a Boba Fett Anthology movie, or do you think it’s a smart move on Lucasfilm’s part to move away from spinoff films? »

UV: I Bought Used Voting Machines on eBay for $100 Apiece. What I Found Was Alarming

Authored by unv.is

If getting voting machines delivered to my door was shockingly easy, getting inside them proved to be simpler still.

The tamper-proof screws didn’t work, all the computing equipment was still intact, and the hard drives had not been wiped.

The information I found on the drives, including candidates, precincts, and the number of votes cast on the machine, were not encrypted. »

Some Texans say voting machines are flipping selections to the other party

Authored by pbs.org

AUSTIN, Texas — Some Texas voters are complaining that machines flipped their straight-ticket selections to the other party in key races during early voting, especially the much-watched Senate battle between Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O’Rourke.

But it says they are caused by voters themselves and often occur when they complete and submit ballots too quickly.

The Texas Democratic Party called the issue “a malfunction” and said it was causing Democrats to inadvertently vote for Cruz. »