They Were Voted Out. They Refuse to Leave. Now What?

Avenal, California, serves as a case study for election denialism following a recall election where voted-out officials refuse to vacate. Simultaneously, a bipartisan House report reveals that three Chinese state-owned carriers, previously removed from US networks, maintained hidden footholds. These leftover access points may have supported the infrastructure used in the Salt Typhoon hack, which breached major American phone carriers, despite previous regulatory efforts to push these entities out of the country.