[HN Gopher] Deceased GOP Strategist's Daughter Makes Files Public
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       Deceased GOP Strategist's Daughter Makes Files Public
        
       Author : everybodyknows
       Score  : 55 points
       Date   : 2020-01-05 21:38 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.npr.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.npr.org)
        
       | everybodyknows wrote:
       | The files:
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       | https://www.thehofellerfiles.com/
        
       | cbsmith wrote:
       | This needs a torrent. Badly.
        
         | hyperbovine wrote:
         | That's the ingenious thing about torrents. Literally anyone can
         | make one.
         | 
         | Anyone.
        
       | nsajko wrote:
       | More context:
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hofeller
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Commerce_v._New_...
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redistricting_in_North_Carolin...
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       | https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judge-delays-...
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       | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/us/census-citizenship-que...
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       | https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-to-review-motive-of-trump...
        
       | viburnum wrote:
       | I found some good advice on one of the slides:
       | 
       |  _Make sure your computer is in a PRIVATE location.
       | 
       | Don't walk away from it and leave your work exposed. Password
       | protect your monitor screen - with a short cycle.
       | 
       | Save and log off if you're going to be away for long._
       | 
       | From "What I've Learned the Hard Way"
       | https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NI53QSEta45KNKdkdoGn-wvpyt...
        
       | jacobush wrote:
       | Life-hacking democracy:
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       |  _Hofeller had manually entered "%18_ap_blk" into nearly every
       | draft of his mapping software when he mapped North Carolina's
       | districts; "%18_ap_blk" is a formula that shows the number of
       | African American citizens of voting age in each district_
       | 
       | He made a custom software program already in the _1970s_ to
       | disenfranchise blacks.
       | 
       | (From Wikipedia.)
        
       | Seanambers wrote:
       | This can't be good, there's a scan of a persons passport in
       | there, pictures of abuse and so on..
        
       | datashow wrote:
       | "These are matters that concern the people and their franchise
       | and their access to resources. This is, therefore, the property
       | of the people".
       | 
       | Is this true?
        
         | ajross wrote:
         | Literally? No, it's her storage device and her data on it. This
         | is a figurative argument about why she wants to release it.
        
       | slowmovintarget wrote:
       | The "bombshells" according to the article are that her father
       | planned gerrymandering for the North Carolina state
       | legislature... like every single political party in power
       | everywhere where gerrymandering is legal.
       | 
       | The actual bombshell? That "gerrymandering" is pronounced with a
       | hard "g".
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       | edit: I'm seeing from some of the comments that there are worse
       | things in the actual files.
        
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