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artappraiser — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:00:57 +0000

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AOC: "In any other country, Joe Biden and I would not be in the same party" https://t.co/ESgeVR5OmS
— Axios (@axios) January 6, 2020

Whoa, buddy - you trampling

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 07:35:16 +0000

In reply to Not to mention the convention

Whoa, buddy - you trampling on American exceptionalism? You could get hurt.

Not to mention the convention

jollyroger — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 05:10:51 +0000

In reply to Nice scare quotes around 'he

Not to mention the convention, (on which, incidentally, W. and Vice rely heavily) that "bad guys" with official cover who [ractice their terrorism on behalf of a government (like,, say, explode a drone over someone else's territory with no pretense of jurisdiction)

Nice scare quotes around 'he

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 21:23:00 +0000

In reply to an example from today of

Nice scare quotes around 'he was "bad"' - wave away Soleimani's terrorist attacks and military incursions in 4 short dashes. Of course if an American did any such thing, they're imperial warmongers. No, under certain conditions he might have been a valid target - just not under arbitrary impeachment-distracting conditions. Where are the Way The Dog journalists now? Oh, taking an early lunch, I see...

[As Marcy Wheeler notes, none of the claims -largely true - pstdate the JPCOA. "I made a deal with Al Capone, but just realized he'd offed a guy 5 years earlier, had to kill him" - this kind of logic. But hey, " he was a bad dude(TM)"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action

here's the problem with

ocean-kat — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 20:12:52 +0000

In reply to from the Salon article, #sad

here's the problem with blaming the Russians--anybody American can do this kind of thing too.

Yes, that's the point for me. It's not about the Russians it's about social media in general that's the problem. My hope is that we can start by looking at how the Russians used it to see how it's being used by many different factions. Maybe since it's a foreign influence and a geopolitical foe it's a way into looking more closely at the problem of social media in a way that an American partisan interest sowing disinformation on social media might not.

an example from today of

artappraiser — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:45:46 +0000

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an example from today of classic anti-Dem Bernie-fan spin:

Never forget that back in 2017, almost every Democrat voted for sanctions against Iran. That vote destroyed the Iran deal and brought us to this moment, where we’re on the brink of war.

Only Bernie Sanders voted no.
— Aatif Rashid — Bernie 2020 (@Aatif_Rashid) January 3, 2020

Bernie so far is the only candidate who hasn't tried to justify Suleimani's assassination by reminding us that he was "bad."
— Aatif Rashid — Bernie 2020 (@Aatif_Rashid) January 3, 2020

In the end: passionate lefties are a legit part of the electorate that have to be dealt with somehow to win a national election.

Yeah money can buy faux ads but there are actual social media savvy people out there willing to do the same thing out of passion. "Influencers" as far as politics is the same as politics has always been.

Yes, Americans as well as

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:15:04 +0000

In reply to from the Salon article, #sad

Yes, Americans as well as Russians can funnel illegal $18.50 donations through anonymous online accounts. I'm sure that Mueller going nowhere further with Penado's conviction only emboldened them.

from the Salon article, #sad

artappraiser — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:11:58 +0000

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from the Salon article, #sad that this could work:

“#BlackMenForBernie Leader Switches to Trump! I will Never Vote for Hillary, Welcome aboard the Trump Train,” said a tweet by a purported "Southern, Conservative Pro God, Anti Racism" Twitter user from Texas with 72,121 followers that was actually operated from Russia.

At a certain point, here's the problem with blaming the Russians--anybody American can do this kind of thing too. And no doubt savvier, more subtly and more effectively.

5 million anonymous donations

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 17:18:00 +0000

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5 million anonymous donations, roughly $18.50 each - what could go wrong? #RichardPinedo #BerniesRussianSupport

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/indictment-richard-pinedo/story?id=61149146

https://www.salon.com/2019/04/12/new-data-suggests-russians-targeted-ber...

Oh, and by the way, she can

jollyroger — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:23:39 +0000

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Oh, and by the way, she can DANCE...