Russia is relying on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, US officials say
The Kremlin is turning to unwitting Americans and commercial public relations firms in Russia to spread disinformation about the U.S. presidential race, top intelligence officials said Monday, detailing the latest efforts by America's adversaries to shape public opinion ahead of the 2024 election.
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Russia, China and Iran are continuing to target voters in the U.S. with disinformation and propaganda related to the upcoming presidential election, top intelligence officials told reporters on Monday, July 29, 2024. Groups linked to the Kremlin are increasingly using private public relations firms or unwitting social media users to spread their false claims as a way to hide their tracks.
By The Associated Press published: Jul. 29, 2024 at 6:41 PM EDT
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it worked great both times before this one...
January, 6th, 2021.. A day that will live in infamy
Good luck
Only to hard core leftist liberals with axes to grind.
Or people with a firm grasp of reality.
Et bonne chance à toi mon petit ami!Well, that certainly does not include the people I mentioned.
Well, I am a liberal libertarian and an unprecedented attack on the seat of power of my country by citizens of that same country just might live in infamy for me.
I don't feel radical at all.
I feel that if one saw and heard what went on that day as I did and fully understands the role that Donald Trump had as instigator of the whole mess as everyone of us should by this time see, then every last one of us, Americans, should not allow the stain of Trump to exist in our government. Never again. Those people who willingly look the other way, those who refuse to see are not patriots. They are traitors to their country and traitors to their Constitution, just as much as Trump is a traitor to the Constitution, the rule of law, and most importantly, his word and the Oath he took to Preserve and Defend the Constitution.
If one cannot see that the facts tell the story, not the people, well then, I am truly sorry, because that person is delusional.
I think very few of those exist on the left.
You say that now but nobody is calling Democrats a death cult...
probably a democrat civil war confederate soldier, circa 1860s.
or just a typical democrat slave holder.
see? the stuff you put on the internet is there forever...
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You are entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to mine. Have a good day.
But it's just people with an axe to grind
Unfuckingbelievable
The projection, deflection, denial + delusion and the endless defense of the indefensible continues
Have I told you lately that I love you?
He speaks the truth.
His truth is not necessarily mine or others.
That’s what i have been trying to tell you about the dumbass videos you post on HD. However, difference is, no one watches them.
Satire, of course.
Satire?
And the people who believe that live in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!
so you think that these countries don't attempt to influence politics and spur division among US citizens ?
You just figured that out? Not a new thing and definitely not a TDS only related thing.
Get some
seems I can't find any to bring it
Here comes the pain. Question is can my friends on the left handle it!
Doubtful.
Very doubtful
Some?
You have "friends on the left"?
WTF?
He just said he just got some!
No, not on the left or otherwise
Oh yeah but don’t tell anyone here ….
Wrong again.
Correct as I usually am.
I can't find it. is it in the rear behind the gear too?
Only in opposite world
Sounds like a personal problem ….
I'm thinking more like a personnel problem...
Nope, only one “n”
Actually no. Old white people, especially old white women, can always be depended upon to share the worst most divisive psyops level anti American propaganda Putin's Troll Army has ever come up with...
Especially racist bullshit, immigration lies and transexual horror tales.
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I can see where Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, et al, would prefer to see Kamala win, knowing Trump won't put up with their bullshit, and the Dems ongoing appeasement of our adversaries.
Then why is Putin's Troll Army 100% in support of Trump?
Yep, remember the contract Biden had with Putin for Biden Tower Moscow? Oh wait...
True, I remember it well when Biden invited Xi to Mar-A-Lago for a private meeting. And let's not forget that Biden's daughter got 18 patents in China!!! Oh....
I loved it when Biden met with Kim and then reported back to us how they fell in love.
The list goes on Greg, but I am sure you get the point.
well the broohaha with that steele document basically gave them carte blanche to say whatever they wanted , and to say it in such a way they could manipulate things as they see fit ..
Most of those things with steele is said to have been proven false , but people will continue to say trump is a putin puppet , thing is its a gambit for the russians either way , if it backfires , they can just sit back and laugh , if it works , they sit back and laugh . THEY really dont lose anything except maybe time .
Yes, it is true. Michael Cohen, Rudy Giuliani and Don Jr have all confirmed that beginning by 2014 and continuing right up to election day in 2016 Trump was in constant negotiations with Vlad Putin to build Trump Tower Moscow and lying about it!
I do not believe Putin's Anti-American MAGA propaganda...
good , that makes 2 of us .
The Eternal Revenge of the older cohorts of the CCL!
AKA the "Childless Cat Ladies!
Oh-- the horror of it all!
What, exactly, would you expect Trump (or for that matter any politician) to do?
Start a war?
(Or maybe resort to name-calling and innuendo?) Oh-- the horror!
So early?
Old?
What are you-- some kind of an "Old White Woman" Wannabe?
(Why are people suddenly hearing the music to the Broadway show Cats?)
How can you be so sure?
(Asking for a friend)
July 8, 2015
Trump tells CNN’s Anderson Cooper that if he becomes president, Putin would turn over Edward Snowden to the US.
“I think I get along with him fine,” Trump said of the Russian president. “I think he would be absolutely fine. He would never keep somebody like Snowden in Russia. He hates Obama. He doesn't respect Obama. Obama doesn't like him either. But he has no respect for Obama. Has a hatred for Obama. And Snowden is living the life. Look if that -- if I'm president, Putin says, hey, boom, you're gone. I guarantee you this . ”
Where is Edward Snowden now in 2022? He resides in Russia with his wife and child
Edward [Snowden] was granted permanent residence in Russia in late 2020 where he lives with his wife and child/
In October 2020, Reuters confirmed that Russia had granted Edward permanent residence. “His (Russian) residency permit was expiring and we asked to extend it,” Anatoly Kucherena, his Russian lawyer, told Reuters.
“We submitted the documents in April and we got permanent residence rights,” he added. A potential return to the United States seemed possible as, in August 2020, President Trump flirted with the idea of pardoning Snowden. Then-Attorney General Bill Barr ‘vehemently opposed’ a potential pardon.
“He was a traitor and the information he provided our adversaries greatly hurt the safety of the American people,’ Bill said. “He was peddling it around like a commercial merchant. We can’t tolerate that.”
Got that right!
Guess not, no value based on our friends on left.
Your proof of these imaginary trolls are
where?
So where is the Trump tower in Russia? Please point it out. I am sure the New York AG would love to know about it.
Remember when Trump's son took millions from a Russian oligarch in return for supposedly nothing? Oh wait, that was Hunter.
Remember when Trump traded "The Merchant of Death" to Putin in return for Griner? Oh wait, that was Biden.
Remember when Trump traded (in a 5 country deal) a key Russian security operative, killer, and several spies to Russia in order to get back 3 US citizens? Oh wait, that was Biden as well.
What about China?
Remember all of those sanctions and tariffs that Biden put on China? Oh wait, that was Trump.
Remember Biden flat out accusing a Chinese lab of releasing the Covid virus? Oh wait, that was Trump as well.
Remember when Trump allowed that massive Chinese spy balloon to knowingly enter Alaska and then the main US air space and tried to cover it up. Then when a photographer spotted it refuse to shoot it down as it traversed it's way over US military (including nuclear) bases- before finally shooting it down over the Atlantic Ocean? Oh wait, that was Biden! Who did jack shit of nothing to China in return for their blatant violation of US air space.
Remember when Trump allowed the Russian and Chinese navies to move freely around Alaska? Oh wait, that was Biden as well.
Remember when Trump allowed the Russian and Chinese navies to conduct war games near Japan? Oh wait, that was Biden again.
As for North Korea.
Prove that Biden even knows that it exists. Biden's family doesn't go after small poor fish like North Korea.
You forgot Iran.
Remember when Trump returned 6 billion in frozen Iranian assets in return for prisoner swap; which allowed Iran to finance their militia and terrorist groups. Oh wait, that was Biden as well.
Remember when there was actionable intelligence that Iran was threatening an assassination attempt on Biden? Oh wait, they were threatening Trump.
Who do our enemies really want to win the presidency. If it is China and Iran it sure as hell isn't Trump. Admittedly Putin might want Trump- as he has promised to end the Ukraine War (cutting off the Biden piggy bank; and politician slush fund); but Putin is far more interested in sowing discord on both sides. Something leftists forget.
Leftists are really useful tools. They not only believe Democrat disinformation; but our enemies disinformation as well.
An example of the left simply making up history and they all believe it.
Prove he doesn't? The rest of your post isn't worth replying to.
So you are saying there were no plans for trump to build a Trump Tower in Moscow? You sure about that?
I'm absolutely sure there was no contract between Trump and Putin to build a Trump Tower.
I said plans.
Plans change .
my plan was to get married for life , have enough money to never have to worry about money , and live happily ever after .
as Meatloaf said , 2 out of 3 aint bad .
people either just started singing that , or are pulling it up to listen to it .
I said plans.
No, you said "the contract"
But sure show us the plans between Trump and Putin to build a tower. I'm curious to see the sources you have that eluded Mueller.
What immigration lies are you referring to? Just curious.
“The American public should know that content that they read online — especially on social media — could be foreign propaganda, even if it appears to be coming from fellow Americans or originating in the United States,” said an official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity under rules set by the office of the director.
Russia is relying on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, US officials say (wdbj7.com)
Sadly, I think it's fair to say that the vast majority of "Unwitting Americans" refuse to admit they have no wits. And while I'm sure this condition affects people on both sides of the aisle, it would seem that Trump loves to pander to the "unwitting" and the "unwitting" are the only ones loving it and him. Being an uninformed unwitting deplorable has been a badge of honor among many of Trump's base, and many seem to just love Putin and other authoritarian leaders like Viktor Orban. They gobble up the disinformation coming out of the Kremlin because it aligns with their right-wing white Christian ideology regardless of whether any of its true or not, they simply love its "truthiness".
Useful idiots are …… well …… useful idiots
is that the "pain" you were speaking of ?
See 2.3.1, apply liberally, rinse and repeat as required …..
What's going on here is that we have a bunch of Unwitting People-- with no wits?
I am shocked, absolutely shocked I tell you! We are in Dire Straits!
Very Dire Straits indeed!
(#Sina)
I feel alright when I hear the music ring.
You aren't
Rush-Circumstances
But remember-- some useful idiots are more useful than others!
And then again-- some useful idiots are more idiotic than others!
(heh)
Thanks, I’m trying but not there yet.
Thx, I agree
True, all useful idiots are created equal but some are more equal than others
Just one more who's searching for a world that ought to be.
That makes me think of a famous quote from John Milton's Paradise Lost --re: The cause of that effect:
The mind is its own place, and in it self
Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.
The mind . . .
Just one more who's searching for a world that ought to be.
That makes me think of a famous quote from John Milton's Paradise Lost --re: The cause of that effect:
The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.
The mind . . .
That may not be too clear-- here's a quote that may explain it even better:
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. --Luke 17:21 (KJV)
(We create our own reality-- what we think creates what we feel ...creates the reality we experience)
Capisce?.
Sadly, trump isn't even useful.
Useful that is
Thanks for that!
(That's one of my favourite gospel songs!)
DOWN IN THE RIVER TO PRAY
Come on in boys, the water is fine.
My thoughts exactly!
Thank you K
All Hail Kay
All hail Kay
All Hail Kay
for posting something of value here today and making someone smile
You're welcome!
(Sometimes I summon up the courage to take risks-- and post something that may not be "politically correct" -- something that's actually positive and not, for example, a personal attack on another NT user...)
Why don't/I wonder if/when the United States will send some 'strong' propaganda Russia's way? Or, is such propaganda mutual between countries which move in different 'orbits'?
u know we do
That's good. I would hate for this kind of bull to be 'all' one-sided in our direction. . .while we just 'sat on it.'
Maybe they liked the Trump version of internet disinformation better than they liked that of Biden....
Thats actually been going on since Lenin was in office 100 years ago .
What Americas believed Axis Annie and Tokyo Rose and spread anti-American lies as truth like the Q-Anon MAGA gop does now?
Yes Lenin-- and don't forget Marx!
(For Buzz: This is the cover of the Firesign Theatre's album "How Can You Be two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere At All" . Some people feel that they were one of the funniest groups of all time):
Released in 1969 - Columbia Records
The title track, which follows a babe in the woods as Climate Control draws him into a revisionist hysterical Americana travelogue/propaganda montage, is bookended by the omnipresent Ralph Spoilsport. It's Homer's Odyssey and Joyce's Ulysses in the blender of popular culture, set to puree.
This segues into "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger," a classic parody of golden-age radio theater and one of Firesign's most enduring creations. This segues into (go back to the beginning).
I suppose one call call it an example of "Humour of the absurd). Released 1969.
read a story years ago , how groucho was on tour with the USO in germany after the war , he asked to be taken to the old Reichstag in berlin , was basically shown when asked where Hitlers bunker had been , by then still a pile of rubble , he climbed up on top of it and did a little tap dance .
Groucho was an amazing guy.
I have fond memories of watching You Bet Your Life when I was a kid.
Everything You Know Is Wrong.
How do you know?
Thanks for the memory, I'll have to replay my Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers or I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus.
"I'm high alright but not on false drugs. I'm high on the real thing.
Powerful gasoline, a clean windshield and a shoeshine. Over."
Amazingly, I can forget why I went into a room while remembering lines from 50+ years ago.
but back then there was just newspapers and magazines if you could afford them, later radio, always the results of some journalist opinions and we can assume that their goals were always the truth.
now with internet fake news is as instant as real news on the internet and 24/7 live TV.
You were a fan of The Firesign Theater?
I was a big fan-- back in the day.
Trivia question: Why did they call themselves The Firesign Theater?
Yes, and you can believe me because I never lie and I'm always right.
So wake up and take a look at you're only logical choice.
Their birthdates aligned with astrological 'fire signs'.
I guess you're not familiar with the Firesign Theatre. No surprise.
Yes.
In the mid-60s there was a weekly late night program on local radio in L.A. called "Radio Free Oz". The Firesign Theatre started as a comedy sketch featuring the same guys from Radio Free Oz during part of the Radio Free Oz broadcast, which also included music, interviews and other stuff. I used to listen to it on my transistor radio as a teenager. The whole show was hilarious
I love and grew up listening Firesign Theater. My favorite album was "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers."I forget which album it was but the one about the Watergate break in and Nixon was absolutely hilarious, but one has to have been around during that time to really get the humor.
Yeah but how do you know?
I'm not totally sure it-- but I'm pretty sure we do. Some U.S. gov't agencies continually doing two things:
1. Attempting to block propaganda from countries who wish us harm.
and
2. Sending out nasty stuff to them.
The Cold War is over-- and then again, its not over!
No , we just had a brief intermission to go to the snack bar
No , we just had a brief intermission to go to the snack bar
Reminds me of an olde French saying:
Plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose
("The more it changes the more its the same")