BTW: when I link to something, that does not necessarily imply that I agree with what the link says. And, even when I do, it doesn’t mean that the author has phrased it in the same way I would have if I’d written it myself.
Especially with the Twitter stuff, I link things to demonstrate what the current mood of the zeitgeist appears to be.
Among other things, this graphic illustrates that the U.S. is really at least five different countries, held together by force.
New descriptions of the Russian-bought ads shared with CNN suggest that the apparent goal of the Russian buyers was to amplify political discord and fuel an atmosphere of incivility and chaos, though not necessarily to promote one candidate or cause over another.
Oh but you wouldn’t share those descriptions with your readers?
the daily beast is slightly more helpful
The Facebook group United Muslims of America was neither united, Muslim, nor American.
Instead, sources familiar with the group tell The Daily Beast, it was an imposter account on the world’s largest social network that’s been traced back to the Russian government. Using the account as a front to reach American Muslims and their allies, the Russians pushed memes that claimed Hillary Clinton admitted the U.S. “created, funded and armed” al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State; claimed that John McCain was ISIS’ true founder; whitewashed blood-drenched dictator Moammar Gadhafi and praised him for not having a “Rothschild-owned central bank”; and falsely alleged Osama bin Laden was a “CIA agent.”
I didn’t know that stirring the shit was illegal.
It’s mostly a population density map, though.
Where there are people, there is the DSA.
There’s also a good chance that many of the more obnoxious “Bernie Bros” encountered by the Clinton faction were somewhat Russian in character. Bot networks are cheaper than ads.
OTOH, the USA/CIA has been pulling the same shit with every democracy on the planet for seventy years.
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Long, but some good interviews with Kwame Ture.
@MarjaE, there are some video wobbles and things in this that would probably bother you.
Good Intercepted Podcast this week. Nukes, flags, Reality Winner, Abraham Lincoln Brigades.
