Dear US: I love you to bits. But you can't complain about external influence on your political process when you have prior like this >>
Late last year, when the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was peaking, something unexpected emerged: back on November 12, 2016, an event organized by BlackMatters US, a 'leftist', anti-Trump group drew thousands of people to protest against the just elected President Trump.
There was just one minor glitch: BlackMattersUS
emerged as a Russian-linked group.
As the Hill reported, "the BlackMatters organizing group was connected to the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian “troll farm” with ties to the Kremlin, according to a recent investigation by the Russian Magazine RBC.
Facebook has identified the IRA as the group responsible for purchasing 3,000 political ads on Facebook’s platform and operating 470 accounts that appear to have attempted to influence the perspectives of Americans during the 2016 elections.
And now it's confirmed: from Section 57 of the DOJ complaint against the Russian trolls who "interfered, but did not impact" the outcome of the election:
After the election of Donald Trump in or around November 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators used false U.S. personas to organize and coordinate U.S. political rallies in support of then president-elect Trump, while simultaneously using other false U.S. personas to organize and coordinate U.S. political rallies protesting the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. For example, in or around November 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators organized a rally in New York through one ORGANIZATION-controlled group designed to "show your support for President-Elect Donald Trump" held on or about November 12, 2016. At the same time, Defendants and their co-conspirators, through another ORGANIZATION-controlled group, organized a rally in New York called "Trump is NOT my President" held on or about November 12, 2016. Similarly, Defendants and their co-conspirators organized a rally entitled "Charlotte Against Trump" in Charlotte, North Carolina, held on or about November 19, 2016.
As we said back then:
"so the Russians spent $100,000 and created 0.004% of social media content to influence the election... and then the same Russians continued to help President Trump by unifying black and white Americans to protest against him."
Of course, this - together with the other facts previously noted in the DOJ complaint - is why Mueller radically shifted his task, and instead of proving "collusion" by the Trump campaign, showed an unsolicited campaign by 13 Russians who were "engaged in operations primarily intended to communicate derogatory information about Hillary Clinton, to denigrate other candidates such as Ted Cruz & Marco Rubio & to support Bernie Sanders & then-candidate Donald Trump" and in the process managed to troll the US so hard, and somehow had a greater impact on the outcome of the election than the US media, entertainment and polling industries combined.
Finally, what was until now, at least officially, a "Russia-Trump collusion" mandate was downgraded to the amusing, if somehow criminal, "Russians sought to promote discord."
Meanwhile, there's this...
Comments
Seems to be a "Get Smart" theme going, with KAOS being the key word. Maybe Agent 99 will help save the day...
"Missed it by THAT much."
In reply to Seems to be a "Get Smart"…by SloMoe
RUSSIA PROBE INDICTMENTS: California man pleads guilty in Russia probe
A California man has pleaded guilty to unwittingly selling bank accounts to Russians meddling in the US elections.
Richard Pinedo of Santa Paula pleaded guilty earlier this month to using stolen identities to set up bank accounts that were then used by the Russians. A Justice Department spokeswoman says Pinedo did not know at the time he was dealing with Russians.
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/13-Russian-nationals-charged-in-Muelle…
In reply to "Missed it by THAT much."by vulcanraven
Mueller = Larrabee (who knew?)
In reply to RUSSIA PROBE INDICTMENTS:…by Billy the Poet
with a country led by a whoremonger and a warmonger the entertainment will continue...
In reply to Mueller = Larrabee (who knew…by DillyDilly
Russian vs. Russian.
In reply to with a country led by a…by BullyBearish
SHUT UP, HILLARY!
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In reply to with a country led by a…by BullyBearish
The Money Power are still using their agent Trump to protect their agent Hellary... they appreciate all her years of service forking over Muppets and throwing them into the fire, all while smiling in their face and duping them.
They call it a Kiss My *ss Card. Hellary has it, and Trump enforces it.
Bankster win, Muppets have no idea they are even competing with Banksters who taught them to believe those "not fit" (to see the Bankster scams" are "not evolved" and will DIE OFF (murdered off is just a more efficient way of reaching the end result).
In reply to SHUT UP, HILLARY! …by Come On Puu See
they need to interrogate Trump in the "Cone of Silence"
stat!
In reply to Mueller = Larrabee (who knew…by DillyDilly
When I find out which Russian was responsible for intervening and getting Trump elected I intend to put him or her in my will as a gesture of my thanks.
And I'm talking about a 25% cut.
In reply to need to interrogate Trump in…by Squid Viscous
I know it's painful, but you should take a look at the comments over at Yahoo news. The Snowflakes are celebrating this as confirmation of DJT Ruskie Collusion! Liberals are sofa king we todd did!
In reply to When I find out which…by directaction
NO, CONE OF SHAME LIKE IN THE MOVIE "UP!"
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NATURALNEWS.COM
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WHATDOESITMEAN.COM
SLICKDEALS.NET
DEALNEWS.COM
In reply to need to interrogate Trump in…by Squid Viscous
Shit, I better turn myself in now.... posted tons of anti Hillary shit all over social media during the run up to the election. Unbeknownst to me, my mind was under the influence of Russian hacking software. Been nice knowing you guys!
In reply to RUSSIA PROBE INDICTMENTS:…by Billy the Poet
Lots of "The Russians Helped Trump" headlines out there today.
13 Russians Charged With Meddling to Help Trump in Election
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-02-16/13-russian-nat…
In reply to Seems to be a "Get Smart"…by SloMoe
Where is George Soros?
In reply to Lots of The Russians Helped…by Billy the Poet
getting a blood transfusion from infant boys who got their foreskins bitten off by a Rabbi on the 'Blue/Blood' moon (which doctors still haven't figured out how to curtail the 'side effect' of having the bags of your eyes have bags as well, yet).
They're working on it as we speak in Mengele's dungeon.
In reply to Where is George Soros?by ParkAveFlasher
Russians did what HRC and BHO were fans of...
"not my president" and pitting one side against the other is textbook Saul Alinsky.....Destroy from within.