It's not faulty. It's very much working as intended.
I'm convinced the election of DJT threw their carefully crafted plans off the rails. That was not supposed to happen.
So now, [they] are quite desperate, because things don't really work out for them as intended. [They] never thought she'd lose.
Looks like RF/Radio gear to me.
The stuff in the picture on the right seems quite old, 70s era I'd guess. Ferrite cores, such as is visible in the cable on that image, are used to filter HF noise.