Microsoft warns that Russia's online influence campaigns targeting US elections have picked up pace

GodisanAtheist said:

-Ok, I know you're deep in the bin, so this link is for anyone reading that might be swayed:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/s...es-chart-flynn-page-manafort-sessions-214868/

Plenty of Trump's 2016 campaign team landed charges meeting with Russian officials and not disclosing those meetings.

Now, maybe this really is all a huge witch hunt or smear campaign against Trump. But then again think of yourself, the average American, how often do you interact with Russian merchandise, goods, services, or even people of Russian descent.

Now ask yourself why basically everyone around Trump has some sort of connection to Russia?

As my conservative family members would say "trust your gut and common sense".

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So what? World leaders have to shake hands. Oh my God, Trump shook hands with Putin. The world is going to end.

And in other news, the world goes on.

And you know who else has a connection to a foreign country? BIDEN!!! He's got connections to China and there's proof of it meanwhile every time someone tries to tie Trump (personally) to Russia, they turn out to be wrong.

GodisanAtheist said:

-Do you think Trump will fix that? And if so, how?

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I don't necessarily think that Trump will fix things, but he certainly won't be doubling down on the failed policies that have gotten us into this mess to begin in.

We know that current Democrat policies have screwed us all. But instead of, oh I don't know, turning away from those policies because they're hurting the American People, this administration goes full steam ahead and to hell with how much it's hurting the people of this country.

Expect more of these articles from liberal writers as the 'washing machine/shovel' army 'retreats' West wards and the Ukrainian army 'advances' back to Kiev.

GodisanAtheist said:

-Do you think Trump will fix that? And if so, how?

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I said nothing about Trump, I absolutely love how when I say something people don't like they automatically assume I agree with the opposite party. Trump is an ***** and Biden is an *****. While I won't even be voting this year, I hope that Trump wins. I have no idea how these are the two best people our political system can come up with

trparky said:

I don't necessarily think that Trump will fix things, but he certainly won't be doubling down on the failed policies that have gotten us into this mess to begin in.

We know that current Democrat policies have screwed us all. But instead of, oh I don't know, turning away from those policies because they're hurting the American People, this administration goes full steam ahead and to hell with how much it's hurting the people of this country.

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-That's a lot of words for "I don't know but if he doesn't I'll just assign the blame to local politicians"

trparky said:

We know that current Democrat policies have screwed us all.

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This is my favorite line because 'Democrat' is replaceable with anything and everything else under the sun resulting as useless a statement as the original. But it must feel good to post all those things because they just keep a-comin'.

dirtyferret said:

net tovarishch, comrade trump is greatest american president for patriotic Americans like you and me.

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Is that why Joe Biden advised Obama to not send weapons to Ukraine, cancelled Trump's sanctions on Russia and gave Putin back his gas pipeline to Europe, then went on live national TV and green-lighted a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine?

Endymio said:

Is that why Joe Biden advised Obama to not send weapons to Ukraine, cancelled Trump's sanctions on Russia and gave Putin back his gas pipeline to Europe, then went on live national TV and green-lighted a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine?

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It's almost as if the current sitting president has ties to Russia. Wait, everyone said it was Trump who had ties to Russia and here all things indicate the Biden is the one that's got connection to Russia.

The Biden administration, the most corrupt administration in US history. Welp, I guess Carter's happy to know that he's no longer the worse president in US history.

Lew Zealand said:

This is my favorite line because 'Democrat' is replaceable with anything and everything else under the sun resulting as useless a statement as the original. But it must feel good to post all those things because they just keep a-comin'.

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Oh yes, because California and New York are doing so great under Democrat policies. How's all that crime? Don't like it? Oh yeah, elections have conseqences.

Endymio said:

Is that why Joe Biden advised Obama to not send weapons to Ukraine, cancelled Trump's sanctions on Russia and gave Putin back his gas pipeline to Europe, then went on live national TV and green-lighted a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine?

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-Please stop, no one buys this narrative of half truths.

GodisanAtheist said:

-Please stop, no one buys this narrative of half truths.

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It's you that's got it all wrong. Stop watching the lamestream media already, they're lying to you. And yes, that even includes Fox News. CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, News Max, etc. They all lie and push an agenda.

trparky said:

Oh yes, because California and New York are doing so great under Democrat policies. How's all that crime? Don't like it? Oh yeah, elections have conseqences.

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All I see in your statement is fearmongering and the Big Bad Wolf. I'm sorry you live somewhere that puts this much fear into you, but I don't.

Lew Zealand said:

All I see in your statement is fearmongering and the Big Bad Wolf. I'm sorry you live somewhere that puts this much fear into you, but I don't.

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Must not live in New York or California or you'd be singing a different tune. Stores are closing in Los Angeles because they can't deal with all the theft. The same goes with New York where there's roving bands of people who loot stores.

Oh yeah, that's so great. This country needs some serious law and order and Trump is going to deliver it!

trparky said:

Must not live in New York or California or you'd be singing a different tune. Stores are closing in Los Angeles because they can't deal with all the theft. The same goes with New York where there's roving bands of people who loot stores.

Oh yeah, that's so great. This country needs some serious law and order and Trump is going to deliver it!

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You start with a baseless assumption, then parrot media fearmongering, and end with a statement dripping of religious fervor.

That was entertaining, thanks.

Lew Zealand said:

You start with a baseless assumption...

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Excuse me? Multiple independent media outlets not tied to the big lamestream media outlets have reported on rampant crime in California and New York. These are media outlets with no big stockholders to appease and so they have no ulterior motives other than to report THE TRUTH.

If a media outlet has stockholders, don't believe a word they say.

GodisanAtheist said:

-Please stop, no one buys this narrative of half truths.

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All truths, unfortunately:

"....The Biden Adiministration under fire for waiving sanctions on Russian gas pipeline company....the Biden Administration also waived sanctions on Mathias Warnig, a longtime ally of Putin's, [who] is a former East German Stasi intelligence officer who has served on the supervisory boards of major Russian companies.....
...Critics say the pipeline is a major geopolitical prize for the Kremlin."

Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanctions on Russian pipeline

The US also waives sanctions on a Putin ally who leads the firm behind the Nord Stream 2 project.

www.bbc.com

"...Biden’s ‘minor incursion’ comment roils diplomatic efforts to halt Russian invasion of Ukraine...Officials in Kyiv reacted angrily to Biden’s comments at a news conference Wednesday in which he appeared to wobble on backing Ukraine if it were attacked by its larger neighbor. An array of U.S. lawmakers and world leaders also expressed dismay at Biden’s comments, with some saying the president offered Putin a green light to launch a limited invasion...."

....Biden said that precisely how Putin will be held accountable “depends on what he does.” If he mounts “a minor incursion,” Biden said, “there are differences within NATO about what countries are willing to do.” But if it’s “a major invasion,” there will be “severe costs” and “significant harm” for “Russia and the Russian economy.”

How Big of a Mistake Did Biden Just Make on Ukraine?

The president seemed to imply that Putin could get a pass for a “minor incursion.” Oops?

slate.com

The bad part is, as my brother would say, you could have the most rabid foaming at the mouth Trump-hating liberal say all of what you said, and The Left won't believe it. You could even have Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, known to be one of the most Trump-hating of them all on the left report on what you said, and they'd still not believe it. They'd probably have Cenk canceled for not following the orthodoxy of The Left.

Russia and USA have interfered with elections since WW2.
As I stated elsewhere with dis-information to the people who get triggered, they don't care it's untrue . Well there must be a truth in there somewhere, and I could easily believe this or that.
Dis-information is like a virus, people need to be innoculated to resist BS.
The weird thing is people openly welcome the virus into their head and hearts, like weird middleclass mums having measle parties for their kids, so the kids can enjoy a disease their parents were vaccinated for.

People are choosing to be unhappy, angry , stressed , sleep deprived. Is there life so empty that they need this anger, hate to give it meaning? imagine watching Faux news all day , told to get angry all the time, fed BS endlessly , pumped with adverts for useless overpriced crap.

Here on TS we bash away , but thankfully most stories we can agree on.
Democrats don't kill new born babies.
Immigrants are not the worse thing in the world ( lower crime rate than general population ).

All this is taking energy way from real problems

Look at Congress endless BS impeachment enquire. All of it is just a facade.

Be careful what you wish for.

Again shows immaturity of large swarths of the population, for a country that believes in the individual destiny there are a lot of whiners, and shirkers of self-responsibility. They stole my bean picking job!

There is also the non-politic aspect China , Russia just want angry hateful people left or right going awol. If a man goes on a shooting rampage - Success

The other problem is Russia and China will find out still things are uncontrollable . russia has lots it's own problems with start these campaigns , ie it comes back to Russia.

ie improving the tools for disinformation is a Pandora's box or double edge sword -take your pick

Final TED talk , surrounding yourself with whiners, negative people increase your chance of unhappiness, so why do it day after day on the internet?
If you are doomsday prepper don't go on a TV program
If you are small govt , get on with your life, getting angry about San Fran or Portland is weird