Dominion Voting Systems, the Canada-based company that was accused of helping throw the 2020 election to President Joe Biden, has been sold to Scott Leiendecker, the founder and chairman of the Missouri-based company Liberty Vote.

Leiendecker, a former Republican election director of the St. Louis City Board of Election Commissions who also serves as CEO of the election technology company KnowInk, said in a statement that Liberty Vote's "mission is rooted in American values and committed to transparency, independent audits, and verifiable paper records."

Liberty Vote has acquired Dominion, which will move all of its operations to the United States. The website for Dominion now also redirects to the Liberty Vote site.

Nevada's Democrat Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar has given him the stamp of approval.

In the spirit of President Donald Trump's March 25 executive order titled "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" — which insists upon a voter-verifiable paper record — Liberty Vote will apparently also prioritize the use of hand-marked paper ballots and third-party auditing to bolster election security.

According to the Daily Caller, Leiendecker conditioned the deal on dropping a number of outstanding defamation lawsuits against prominent conservatives as well as the One America News Network.

Although Dominion machines have had issues in the past — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson admitted last year, for instance, that there was a nationwide "programming" issue with those Dominion voting machines that allowed access for people with disabilities — critics alleged in the wake of the 2020 election that Dominion manipulated votes in its electric terminals to help elect Joe Biden.

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For instance, former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell suggested, without providing evidence, on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" that Dominion software was "where the fraud took place, where they were flipping votes in the computer system or adding votes that did not exist."

The platforming of such claims proved costly for Fox News, which agreed to pay $787.5 million in April 2023 to settle its defamation lawsuit with Dominion. In August, Newsmax reached a $67 million settlement with the company but maintained that its coverage was "fair, balanced, and conducted within professional standards of journalism."

Dominion has in recent months reached settlements with other outfits and individuals who raised concerns about the 2020 election, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in late September and Powell in June.

Leiendecker told the Daily Caller that remaining litigation with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell will be dropped per the terms of the acquisition agreement.

While Leiendecker is a Republican and has made a goodwill gesture to the conservatives targeted by his new acquisition, Liberty Vote officials signaled to Axios that he is ultimately a neutral actor, noting that Nevada's Democrat Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar has given him the stamp of approval, characterizing Leiendecker as "open, honest, and transparent."

Blaze News has reached out to Aguilar to confirm his support for Leiendecker.

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College student trash-talks ChatGPT after allegedly confessing to mass vandalism: 'go f**k urslef'

A sophomore from Missouri State University allegedly confessed his crimes to a chatbot just minutes after committing them.

The student, Ryan Schaefer, is accused by the Springfield Police Department of mass vandalizing 17 different vehicles in a university parking lot in the early hours of August 28.

'Yeah go f**k urslef. thats why i f**ked up all those useless f**kers cars.'

According to a police report obtained by the Smoking Gun, the damage included shattered windshields, ripped-off windshield wipers, dented hoods, and torn-away side mirrors.

The bounty of alleged evidence includes Schaefer's shoe prints, cellphone data, security footage, and even witness statements, but the more compelling part of the story is Schaefer's alleged conversations with ChatGPT after the alleged crimes occurred.

Schaefer reportedly consented to his phone being searched, which resulted in police saying that just 10 minutes after the incident, Schaefer asked the ChatGPT app on his phone, "how f**ked am i bro."

The conversation with the AI is riddled with spelling mistakes and will be published as is.

ChatGPT gave the user tips about the potential outcome of getting caught for "vreaking the windzhaileds or random cars," to which Schaefer allegedly responded, "what if i smashed the s**t oitta multipls cars."

Schaefer then allegedly asked ChatGPT if the MSU freshman parking lot has cameras, while also allegedly saying, "i mean i was being chull ab it but i was smahisng the winshikefs of random fs cars."

The chat continued, "Well they dont know it was me, there was a pfff campus oarty at artifacts. and yhen they f**ked uppp da cars at artifacts and it was me bc they has two cops here but they eventually left."

Police then said at that point, "It appears that Schaefer begins to spiral."

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Police wrote that ChatGPT began to worry and allegedly asked Schaefer to stop talking about harming people and property.

Now seemingly antagonistic toward the AI, the user wrote, "smd p***y," before citing troubling details about freshman year. In summary, the user said he was hazed by his brothers and that his girlfriend was "raped" the previous school year.

But the user continued, seemingly confident that police would not find the suspect:

"smd ikl text y tmr cu i wont get in no trouble bc if i get in groubke for doung s**t i will kill all u fi kers."

The user continued with threats toward the chatbot along with more statements about not getting caught.

"Yeah go f**k urslef. thats why i f**ked up all those useless f**kers cars, cuz they all dexerve to get raped and murdered, exactly like u."

The messages continued, "i dont give a f**k shut the f**k up until dumb n****r try and get me in trouble for the shi i didn't tn u wont ill do it f**king again."

Photographer: Laura Proctor/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Schaefer's alleged conversation showed that he was very confident that authorities would not recognize him, even if he was shown on camera.

Police described an interview with Schaefer in his residence during which he said, "I can see it, I guess, the resemblance," while looking at screenshots from security footage.

Police seized his shoe and his iPhone as evidence, which Schaefer later agreed to have searched.

A witness told police that the suspect in police photos "was possibly Ryan Schaefer" and matched the description of the suspect who was on camera. Another witness told police that Schaefer had told them in recent weeks that he had smashed a windshield while he walked home. Schaefer denied any involvement in the incident and also denied making any admission.

The Smoking Gun reported that Schaefer was jailed on $7,500 bond. Upon his release, he will allegedly be barred from any premises "where the primary item for sale is alcoholic beverages" and will be required to submit to random testing for drugs and alcohol. Additionally, he will reportedly be fitted with a GSP monitoring device.

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Viral video: Thug who cops say is younger than 16 repeatedly pummels elderly worker in brutal attack during rap concert

A viral video shows a male knocking down an elderly worker at a Kansas City concert venue and delivering well over a dozen blows to the worker's face and head.

The brutal attack took place Sunday during a rap concert featuring NBA YoungBoy at the T-Mobile Center. Police confirmed to Blaze News that the suspect is under the age of 16.

'He just completely lost it.'

Officer Alayna Gonzalez of the Kansas City Police Department added to Blaze News that the "juvenile male was detained and subsequently released to his guardian pending further investigation. This investigation is active and ongoing, and detectives are actively working with prosecutors for consideration of applicable charges."

WDAF-TV reported that the suspect also assaulted a security guard who ejected him from the venue.

Shani Tate Ross, a T-Mobile Center spokesperson, told Blaze News that the staff member "sustained serious injuries. After receiving prompt care from on-site first aid personnel, they were later treated at a local hospital for their injuries."

The victim of the attack caught on video — 66-year-old Thomas Schlange — is seen on the clip trying to push away the teenager who towers over him, but he has no chance. The teen begins delivering a flurry of lefts and rights as Schlange is flat on his back and trapped on the floor between two rows of seats. Finally another male pulls the teen off the victim, who appears dazed, and blood is seen around his mouth as others try to help him up.

Schlange told WDAF in a follow-up story that "I went down and had blows to my head" and that his priority in those moments was "just getting him off, getting him off of me … because he was so enraged, so we were just, in essence, trying to protect the fans."

So what allegedly set off the suspect?

Witness and local pastor Robert McDaniel told the station the attack commenced after the suspect was told his ticket didn’t match the seat he was in.

“He was asked to move to another place because his ticket wasn’t where he was sitting, and immediately he just completely lost it,” McDaniel recounted to WDAF.

McDaniel also remarked to the station that the disturbing video underscores the inability of some teens these days to control their emotions.

“But there is something going on in his heart that needs to be fixed, and what that is is his emotions,” McDaniel added to WDAF. “He needs to learn how to operate and work through and process those emotions.”

Schlange — who has worked his job for over 20 years — added to the station that "young adults or people growing into adulthood ... need to learn how to control ... anger."

The office of Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas noted to WDAF that the T-Mobile Center "will work with KCPD, our prosecutors, and our employees to ensure the assailants are identified and charged for the criminal conduct that occurred Sunday evening.”

The station added that Schlange is expected to meet Friday with Kansas City police.

What's more, the United Center in Chicago noted on its website that it canceled the NBA YoungBoy concert scheduled for Wednesday, WDAF noted.

Many observers are furious over the brutal attack. Here are just a few of their reactions.

"Disgusting. What a sad excuse for a human. I hope he’s charged, as an adult, with felony assault," one commenter wrote. "He deserves lengthy jail time."
"Elderly abuse. Assault," another commenter stated. "10 [years] from now the boy will be in prison or dead."
"What a complete POS," another commenter noted. "Kid steals someone else's seat then freaks as soon as he's called out on it SMH. This dirtbag needs to be put in jail for a long while; decent people don't behave like this."

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Michael Brown witness gunned down near 2014 shooting site

Dorian Johnson, a friend of Michael Brown — an 18-year-old who was killed by a Missouri police officer 11 years ago — was shot and killed over the weekend near the same location.

'There had been earlier rumors that this was an officer-involved shooting however that information is incorrect.'

Johnson claimed he was with Brown when Officer Darren Wilson stopped them in 2014. Wilson contended that he shot Brown in self-defense, but Johnson spread claims that Brown was surrendering, sparking the protest chant, "Hands up, don't shoot," and nationwide Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

"He put his hands in the air," Johnson previously stated about Brown. "He started to get down, but the officer still approached with his weapon drawn. And he fired several more shots. And my friend died."

However, a report from the Department of Justice concluded that Johnson's claims were not accurate.

"Witness accounts suggesting that Brown was standing still with his hands raised in an unambiguous signal of surrender when Wilson shot Brown are inconsistent with the physical evidence, are otherwise not credible because of internal inconsistencies, or are not credible because of inconsistencies with other credible evidence," the DOJ found.

Despite two separate law enforcement investigations concluding that Brown had not put his hands up in the air to surrender, Johnson continued to stand by his account of events.

Photo by St. Louis County Prosecutor's Office via Getty Images

"His hands were definitely up when he turned around," Johnson told the Washington Post five years after the shooting. "Whether his hands were up, or halfway up, or fully down or up, he was killed and he was unarmed. He wasn't posing a threat."

Johnson, 33, was killed during a "domestic incident" around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to Melissa Price Smith, St. Louis County prosecuting attorney. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds, officials said.

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"There had been earlier rumors that this was an officer-involved shooting however that information is incorrect. No officers, Ferguson or otherwise, were involved in this incident other than to begin our investigation," Ferguson Police stated.

One suspect was taken into custody but was later released without facing any criminal charges, Price said.

The investigation into Johnson's death remains ongoing.

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McCloskeys finally get what's theirs more than 5 years later

Five years after a firestorm of media attention, a mountain of legal troubles, and a run for office, Mark McCloskey has finally collected.

In 2020, McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, went viral in the media after Mark wielded an AR-15 on his porch alongside his pistol-packing wife as a large group of Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrated down their private street.

The protesters broke down an iron gate leading into the McCloskeys' neighborhood, leading the couple to say they were "in fear of [their] lives" at the time.

'You have to let them know that you will never back down, you'll never give up.'

Mr. McCloskey eventually surrendered the couple's guns as part of an agreement in which he pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and his wife pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment, both misdemeanors, after being originally charged with felonies.

Former Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) pardoned all of the McCloskeys' charges in the summer of 2021. Now, some of their property has finally been returned.

"It only took 3 lawsuits, 2 trips to the Court of Appeals and 1,847 days, but I got my AR15 back!" McCloskey wrote on X. The home owner compared 2020 photos of him and his wife brandishing their guns alongside a new photo of himself with the AR-15 in front of his house.

"We defended our home, were persecuted by the left, smeared by the press, and threatened with death, but we never backed down," he continued. "What's missing — Patty and the Bryco (soon)," he added, referring to the Bryco .380-caliber pistol his wife was holding in 2020.

Mark McCloskey, a Republican candidate for US Senate in Missouri, and his wife, Patricia McCloskey (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

McCloskey also posted a video of himself picking up the AR-15 from a police property room on Friday afternoon.

"That gun may have only been worth $1,500 or something, and it cost me a lot of time and a lot of effort to get it back, but you have to do that," McCloskey told Fox News. "You have to let them know that you will never back down, you'll never give up."

The personal injury attorney also expressed that each American has a "personal responsibility" to defend freedom and added that "if you've been wronged, if you've been overreached by the leftist government — you can't give up. You can't let them get an inch."

McCloskey parlayed his legal and moral fight into a 2022 Senate run in the Missouri Republican Party.

ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI - MAY 7, 2022: Missouri Senate hopeful Mark McCloskey's campaign vehicle parked outside in St. Joseph, Missouri. (Photo by Dominick Williams for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

One of McCloskey's stances was a firm belief that abortion was not justifiable, even in cases of rape or incest of young teens.

McCloskey eventually lost the primary to Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt.

He told Fox News that he expects to get the Bryco pistol within the next week.

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As Socialist Zohran Mamdani Proposes Government-Owned Supermarkets for NYC, Kansas City's Subsidized Store Flops: Report

While socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani touts government-run grocery stores for the Big Apple, Kansas City, Mo.'s subsidized supermarket is struggling with empty shelves and mounting financial losses even after city officials poured in millions to keep it afloat.

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