13 Russian nationalists... ooo, scary!
And what were they doing? Posting ads on the year long biggest story in America.
Are international ads illegal and "acts of war"? "Threats to the US"? Seems a little weak, to me.
Hillary's _multi-million dollar_Troll farm, IMO, was far more damaging to Democracy and to the chances of Democrats winning.
David Brock's trolls relentless attacked Bernie supporters and pushed bullshit racial and misogynistic arguments. It's kind of hard to come back from "You're a racist misogynist!" Hell of a way to earn a vote, eh?
But that's cool. Good ol' Caving Chuck Schumer's quote on tactics is one I'll always remember:
“For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin.”
Smart guy, that Chuck Schumer. I can see why he's still the "Leader" in the Senate.
Thanks for sharing this. More of us need to step up and challenge the psyops campaign that is being waged against our country.
The ads were technically illegal because of reporting requirements. Beyond that, they were not an act of war, they are not evidence of collusion with the Trump campaign, and they had nothing to do with the election result.
I wrote more on the indictment yesterday:
http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2018/02/16/todays-indictments-do-not-support-narratives-of-either-republican-or-democratic-partisans-regarding-russia/
I don't even know if they were technically illegal. I would imagine that the courts would have to weigh in on this. Seems like fairly uncharted territory.
Buying an ad as an individual or boosting a post on Social Media is against the law? And the intent seems rather scattershot; like social media marketers trying to make a few bucks.
And I do understand the foreign national part, but it still seems shaky to me. Especially given that China and other countries drop serious coin on our pols and electoral system.
Laws are for little people. BIG "people" have a different track of justice.
And what about Hillary's pilfering of State Party cash? That was a big fear coming out of Citizen's United (or McKutcheon). Of course it was considered conspiracy theory at the time...
And Brooklyn's scrubbing of the voter roles. SO much electoral malfeasance in 2016, and we're pointing the finger at 13 dipshits who tried to use dogs and pokemon to affect the election.
It's completely absurd.
Nice piece... Nice Drupal site.
Nope, but they sure do keep Russia on the brain.
AFTER the election. No FEC requirements, right?
There is the money quote. This has far more to do with hobbling the internet for citizens and yoking it to BIG Money than it does electoral integrity.