Russia Reactivates Its Trolls and Bots Ahead of Tuesday’s Midterms

[berg80]

True.

And in many cases – perhaps most – conservatives who spread Russian misinformation, conspiracy theories, and lies know that they’re spreading lies and don’t care; it’s all part of the effort by conservatives to hobble the political process and undermine our democratic institutions.

Whether Repubs are undermining our democratic institutions or purpose or it's just a natural consequence of their devotion to Dear Leader is debatable. What isn't debatable is they are undermining our democratic institutions.

 

[berg80]

How I Acted Like A Pundit And Screwed Up On Donald Trump

I was just reading that article. It's why I posed the question.

 

[ColonelAngus]

I was just reading that article. It's why I posed the question.

How many votes did Putin change from Hillary to Trump?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

You can ask and ask and ask people what influenced their minds and not a one will note a stupid Facebook post.

Irrelevant. They will say the same about political ads and advertisements for consumer goods. This is a fact well known by advertisers for decades.

Yet the facts show advertising does have an effect.

 

[pknopp]

I was just reading that article. It's why I posed the question.

Credit for actually looking to verify what I said as opposed to just dismissing it.

 

[pknopp]

Irrelevant. They will say the same about political ads and advertisements for consumer goods. This is a fact well known by advertisers for decades.

Yet the facts show advertising does have an effect.

How did something on Facebook affect the way you voted?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

How did something on Facebook affect the way you voted?

Irrelevant. No need to go circles. Already addressed.

 

[pknopp]

Irrelevant. No need to go circles. Already addressed.

It's not. You believe you were not affected but somehow everyone else was.

The biggest influence is absolutely lousy candidates.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

It's not. You believe you were not affected but somehow everyone else was.

False. Already covered. You lost this point already, sorry.

 

[evenflow1969]

Lol, they never went away! Russia and China have been fomenting division in our country with great success for a very long time now. There has been no break in this action.

 

[Rogue AI]

They were hacked by Russian military GRU operatives

So yea they did “come via Russia”

The DNC is a private organization, it is not the government role nor mandate to protect them. Foreign entities that interfere with private organizations has no relevance to interfering with how the government conducts elections. You rubes are all liars or excessively ignorant.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

As I recall, the interference in 2016 didn't amount to any more than a fart in a windstorm.

Wrong.

‘The Trump campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detailed how associates of Donald Trump had regular contact with Russians and expected to benefit from the Kremlin’s help.

The nearly 1,000-page report, the fifth and final one from the Republican-led Senate intelligence committee on the Russia investigation, details how Russia launched an aggressive effort to interfere in the election on Trump’s behalf. It says the Trump campaign chairman had regular contact with a Russian intelligence officer and says other Trump associates were eager to exploit the Kremlin’s aid, particularly by maximizing the impact of the disclosure of Democratic emails hacked by Russian intelligence officers.’

Senate panel finds Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election

The report purposely does not come to a final conclusion, as the other reports did, about whether there is enough evidence that Trump’s campaign coordinated or colluded with Russia to sway the election, leaving its findings open to partisan interpretation.

www.pbs.org

 

[Oddball]

Wrong.

‘The Trump campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detailed how associates of Donald Trump had regular contact with Russians and expected to benefit from the Kremlin’s help.

The nearly 1,000-page report, the fifth and final one from the Republican-led Senate intelligence committee on the Russia investigation, details how Russia launched an aggressive effort to interfere in the election on Trump’s behalf. It says the Trump campaign chairman had regular contact with a Russian intelligence officer and says other Trump associates were eager to exploit the Kremlin’s aid, particularly by maximizing the impact of the disclosure of Democratic emails hacked by Russian intelligence officers.’

Senate panel finds Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election

The report purposely does not come to a final conclusion, as the other reports did, about whether there is enough evidence that Trump’s campaign coordinated or colluded with Russia to sway the election, leaving its findings open to partisan interpretation.

www.pbs.org

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

I wonder why Vlad feels further interference by Russia in support of the Party of Trump is even necessary.

Putin is an illiberal, anti-democratic authoritarian; conservatives in the United States are likewise illiberal, anti-democratic, and authoritarian – it makes perfect sense that Putin would act to interfere in US elections to the benefit of Republicans.

 

[pknopp]

Putin is an illiberal, anti-democratic authoritarian; conservatives in the United States are likewise illiberal, anti-democratic, and authoritarian – it makes perfect sense that Putin would act to interfere in US elections to the benefit of Republicans.

One might think a candidate threatening to shoot their planes down over a neighboring country of theirs might get them a bit upset.

 

[berg80]

Democrats are getting an early start explaining away their massive loss.

Inflation, or successfully spreading lies about its cause, are what this year's midterms will be all about. Much more so than anything Russia is doing.

 

[iceberg]

I'm done with you. You are a closed mind and unwilling to actually see what is going on right in front of you because you are a partisan willing to spread misinformation for the cause of your betters.

The very fact is right in front of your eyes. People never even knew about the corruption of the Biden family until AFTER the election.

That is election interference.

He's a fucking troll and nothing more.

 

[pknopp]

Inflation, or successfully spreading lies about its cause, are what this year's midterms will be all about. Much more so than anything Russia is doing.

Even the truth doesn't make Biden look good as he supported the things that have caused the inflation even if wasn't president at the time.

 

[iceberg]

Yes, it is.

Doosh

 

[EvilCat Breath]

No one needs to spread anything about inflation. We have experienced it enough times to know what causes it.