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« on: October 18, 2017, 05:36:36 PM »

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Many more details in the story.  According to the Daily Beast, DJT Jr., Kellyanne Conway, and other Trump staffers pushed tweets from this account in the days leading up to the election.
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2017, 05:42:14 PM »

Well I don’t think many (at least I didn’t) believed it was the official account of the party, but I did not think it was a Russian thing.
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2017, 07:13:35 PM »

Russian trolls, Republicans, what the practical difference?
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2017, 07:24:18 PM »

Russia has basically declared war on us.  What do we do? Nothing.  We just recede.
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« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2017, 07:31:14 PM »

I see that account all the time.
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2017, 12:57:43 PM »

Russia has basically declared war on us.  What do we do? Nothing.  We just recede.

Yeah let's bomb them for making social media posts.
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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2017, 01:02:20 PM »

Omg I knew he was a bot.
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« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2017, 01:03:07 PM »

Russia has basically declared war on us.  What do we do? Nothing.  We just recede.

Yeah let's bomb them for making social media posts.
I know, never mind the societal fissures they exploited or the fact that Russia literally did the exact same thing in Hollywood during the 40s! Let's bomb them now!
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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2017, 02:02:47 PM »

Russia has basically declared war on us.  What do we do? Nothing.  We just recede.

Yeah let's bomb them for making social media posts.
I know, never mind the societal fissures they exploited or the fact that Russia literally did the exact same thing in Hollywood during the 40s! Let's bomb them now!

Should we bomb the RNC national headquarters for exploiting those very same societal fissures?
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2017, 02:10:54 PM »

Russia has basically declared war on us.  What do we do? Nothing.  We just recede.

Yeah let's bomb them for making social media posts.
I know, never mind the societal fissures they exploited or the fact that Russia literally did the exact same thing in Hollywood during the 40s! Let's bomb them now!

Should we bomb the RNC national headquarters for exploiting those very same societal fissures?
Trump's President dude, lets just bomb everyone! We can do what we want! Murica unchained!
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« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2017, 02:20:45 PM »

Russia has basically declared war on us.  What do we do? Nothing.  We just recede.

Was it a declaration of war when America continuously and far more directly meddled in Russian domestic political affairs in the 1990s under President Clinton?
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« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2017, 03:39:41 PM »

It is black propaganda -- propaganda claiming to come from sources within the target country when in fact it comes from outside. In effect its origin is hidden. "Ten GOP" looks as if it comes from Tennessee, bit if it comes from Russia -- watch out.   
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« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2017, 04:06:07 PM »

Russia has basically declared war on us.  What do we do? Nothing.  We just recede.

Was it a declaration of war when America continuously and far more directly meddled in Russian domestic political affairs in the 1990s under President Clinton?

Some sort of socio-economic cyber warfare, yes it was. And the Russians have regrouped and returned fire in kind.
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« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2017, 04:07:15 PM »

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« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2017, 08:34:22 PM »


Two for three isn’t bad.
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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2017, 09:20:10 PM »


So what?  I'm fine with interfering in other country's elections if it advances America's interests, the important thing is that we not let anyone do it to us.  Foreign policy isn't a friendship circle, you're supposed to look out for your country's interests.
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« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2017, 11:05:28 PM »


So what?  I'm fine with interfering in other country's elections if it advances America's interests, the important thing is that we not let anyone do it to us.  Foreign policy isn't a friendship circle, you're supposed to look out for your country's interests.

That attitude worked out great with Latin America, Iran, Cuba, Vietnam, and so many other places last century didn't it!
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« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2017, 01:00:28 AM »


So what?  I'm fine with interfering in other country's elections if it advances America's interests, the important thing is that we not let anyone do it to us.  Foreign policy isn't a friendship circle, you're supposed to look out for your country's interests.

That attitude worked out great with Latin America, Iran, Cuba, Vietnam, and so many other places last century didn't it!

Blowback simply offers the US more opportunities to intervene in others’ affairs!
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« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2017, 12:35:52 PM »

A Russian troll farm?  I usually think of trolls as being more Scandinavian. Interesting to think of them growing barley on the steppe.
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« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2017, 12:41:29 PM »

A Russian troll farm?  I usually think of trolls as being more Scandinavian. Interesting to think of them growing barley on the steppe.

Maybe they're from the Kola Peninsula.
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« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2017, 01:19:31 PM »


So what?  I'm fine with interfering in other country's elections if it advances America's interests, the important thing is that we not let anyone do it to us.  Foreign policy isn't a friendship circle, you're supposed to look out for your country's interests.

This kind of mentality led to Iraq war. Don't be surprised why anti-Americanism is rising all over the world.
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« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2017, 01:21:36 PM »


So what?  I'm fine with interfering in other country's elections if it advances America's interests, the important thing is that we not let anyone do it to us.  Foreign policy isn't a friendship circle, you're supposed to look out for your country's interests.


Y'know, at least Santander embraces and admits to being a piece of s**t.
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« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2017, 01:24:09 PM »

Y'know, at least Santander embraces and admits to being a piece of s**t.

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- The Democrats - https://twitter.com/thedemocrats/status/260497619862835201

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- Barack Obama at the 2012 DNC - http://www.npr.org/2012/09/06/160713941/transcript-president-obamas-convention-speech

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-  Barack Obama during 2012 Presidential debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS2a44F5TgM)

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The DNC even made a poster mocking Romney about watching Rocky IV to get his foreign policy: https://theintercept.com/wp-uploads/sites/1/2016/09/romneykerry.jpg

- John Kerry at the 2012 DNC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgUyqLrgO7Q

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- Then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Romney's views on Russia http://www.redstate.com/erick/2014/03/04/hillary-clinton-mocked-romney-on-russia-then-goes-to-hitler-comparisons/

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-  Then VP Joe Biden http://www.politico.com/story/2012/04/biden-assails-mocks-romney-on-foreign-policy-075653

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- The New York Times September 2012 archive.is/IsUS9

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- Obama to Russia/Putin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsFR8DbSRQE

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- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303836404577475061208876588
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« Reply #23 on: October 23, 2017, 01:26:48 PM »

And as usual, no evidence.

BTW this supposedly started in early 2015, way before Trump even announced.
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« Reply #24 on: October 23, 2017, 01:35:41 PM »

And as usual, no evidence.

BTW this supposedly started in early 2015, way before Trump even announced.

There is evidence, which is why the account was suspended.
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