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Robert Mueller indicts some Russian nationals for interfering with the U.S. election. A Russia based organization, Internet Research Agency, spent millions of dollars to troll the poo poo out of the United States. Mostly it seems like they wanted the election and the aftermath to cause as much harm as possible. Highlights include: Setting up hundreds of social media accounts to sow the seeds of discord. Bashing Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio during the GOP primaries. Supporting Bernie Sanders while bashing Hillary Clinton during the DNC primaries. Supporting Donald Trump and bashing Clinton during the election proper. Encouraging minorities to vote third-party. Organizing political rallies after the election for the MAGA crowd and the #NotMyPresident crowd. Verdict, Goons? Did the Russians just hate HRC for  or were they just knocking on her because she was favored to win the whole time? Elpato fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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For real and for 100% serious if that's the best they can come up with, "they trolled us," then that's loving weak as poo poo and a major disappointment and I can't believe they jerked everyone around for so long because, let's face it, they are salty about getting hacked during the primary and having it revealed to the world that they were in fact rigging it against Bernie.quote:spent millions of dollars to troll the poo poo out of the United States. like lol I'm sorry how much ad spending happens in a presidential election? 'Millions' is a drop in the ocean. quote:Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign raised a total of $623 million, with at least $267 million coming from funds raised via two joint fundraising committees. smd
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Feb 16, 2018 20:26
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in before people start whining about news threads in GBS because they're too stupid to realize that they don't have to read it also already some conservatives are saying the "unwitting" part clears trump but lmao no it does not
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Feb 16, 2018 20:27
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I think Russia's State Security apparatus just found an angle on a lot of people it didn't like at once, and realized they were holding some cards that were best played right then, per their doctrine. Like lol if you think there's an escape helicopter coming for Trump
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Feb 16, 2018 20:30
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That Robot posted:in before people start whining about news threads in GBS because they're too stupid to realize that they don't have to read it Yeah saying "unwitting" in an indictment doesn't really legally clear anyone of anything, though it does seem Mueller's team is being careful not to throw shade before they have evidence (previous leaks notwithstanding)
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Feb 16, 2018 20:30
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nobody indicted will be able to be prosecuted except in absentia, nothing new will be learned, and nobody is gonna get found guilty of anything, no new presidents, no resignations, nothing, except a certain kind of corporatist obsessed with decorum will continue to melt down
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Feb 16, 2018 20:30
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Trump owns, Russia owns. Eat it libtards haha
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Feb 16, 2018 20:31
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I can't believe Russia trolled people on facebook. That was hosed up of them to do that
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Feb 16, 2018 20:32
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I will just post this now.
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EorayMel posted:I will just post this now.
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Feb 16, 2018 20:35
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Moridin920 posted:For real and for 100% serious if that's the best they can come up with, "they trolled us," then that's loving weak as poo poo and a major disappointment and I can't believe they jerked everyone around for so long because, let's face it, they are salty about getting hacked during the primary and having it revealed to the world that they were in fact rigging it against Bernie. I believe the whole thing about this is that Republicans knew about it and went along with it, what with the backchannel communications with the trump campaign and Russian officials. Also, among people who primarily get their news online there was a consensus that "Hillary is just as bad as trump" based on vague unspecified reasons
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Will they be arresting the democrats who have been meddling in foreign elections for the last decade? Easily googleable. But here's HuffPo. Actual actions instead of just internet trolling! :-D GORDON fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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Feb 16, 2018 20:35
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Waffle House posted:I think Russia's State Security apparatus just found an angle on a lot of people it didn't like at once, and realized they were holding some cards that were best played right then, per their doctrine. Why would Trump need an escape helicopter? You can't actually believe anything legally serious will threaten him, ever.
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Feb 16, 2018 20:37
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Russia just being the puppet masters of the world as per usual lmbo
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Feb 16, 2018 20:38
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Oh wow, we're at indictments over internet trolling? So when is Mueller going to come in and indict half of SA?
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Feb 16, 2018 20:39
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Alright I read the article. It looks like some of them committed identify theft to purchase some of the ads? Other than that I'm not sure what the big scandal is supposed to be. Last time I checked Russians are allowed to use facebook
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Feb 16, 2018 20:39
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So wait does that mean that this whole investigation is going to say that trump and whoever were unwitting participants in this
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Feb 16, 2018 20:40
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All these delicious nothingburgers.
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Candlelight Virgil posted:Russia just being the puppet masters of the world as per usual lmbo We do it to them, to Israel, to the E.U., etc. We are all doing poo poo to each other's elections, but I think this may be the first time that we complained this loudly about it
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Feb 16, 2018 20:41
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it's less of a nothingburger and more of anotherburger
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Feb 16, 2018 20:42
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I never knew the United States could be overthrown by memes, but here we are. We need these memes to be regulated and controlled or they could fall into the wrong hands. Can you imagine if North Korea got ahold of some of these memes?
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Feb 16, 2018 20:42
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Smells like chuds in here. But what about what these other guys did?? 
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Feb 16, 2018 20:43
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as an expert in international geopolitics I
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Elpato posted:We do it to them, to Israel, to the E.U., etc. We are all doing poo poo to each other's elections, but I think this may be the first time that we complained this loudly about it I was joking
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That Robot posted:also already some conservatives are saying the "unwitting" part clears trump but lmao no it does not Tbf unwitting is the go to excuse for anything trump related
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Elpato posted:Yeah saying "unwitting" in an indictment doesn't really legally clear anyone of anything, though it does seem Mueller's team is being careful not to throw shade before they have evidence (previous leaks notwithstanding) Isn't that why Comey didn't charge Hillary with anything for her illegal email server? She was "unwittingly" committing a crime?
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emoji posted:Why would Trump need an escape helicopter? You can't actually believe anything legally serious will threaten him, ever. No that's exactly it. Everything's just an asset, man. Including Trump.
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quote:One defendant, Viktorovna Kaverzina, emailed her family: "We had a slight crisis here at work: the FBI busted our activity (not a joke). So, I got preoccupied with covering tracks together with colleagues." She added, "I created all these pictures and posts, and the Americans believed that it was written by their people." 
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a bone to pick posted:Isn't that why Comey didn't charge Hillary with anything for her illegal email server? BUT HER EMAILS
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Feb 16, 2018 20:47
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Caganer posted:
Hahaha holy lol
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True, the FBI finding out you did something is at best a slight crisis, especially if you can just say "nah we won't let you have the evidence." More of that keen geopolitical insight from the Ruskies.
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"some russians went on reddit and even posted some YouTube comments" being the culmination of millions of dollars and over a year of investigation by multiple intelligence agencies and this is the loving best they can deal? Lmaoooo never before have I agreed with a moridin post so much
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Waffle House posted:No that's exactly it. Everything's just an asset, man. Including Trump. So wait you actually believe Trump is something other than a vain opportunist with extremely poor judgement and character? Every word he says is expertly calculated and coordinated by Putin himself?
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Feb 16, 2018 20:54
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T.S. Smelliot posted:"some russians went on reddit and even posted some YouTube comments" being the culmination of millions of dollars and over a year of investigation by multiple intelligence agencies and this is the loving best they can deal? Lmaoooo never before have I agreed with a moridin post so much "culmination?" glad to see the smelliot brand meltdown is getting more exposure emoji posted:So wait you actually believe Trump is something other than a vain opportunist with extremely poor judgement and character? Every word he says is expertly calculated and coordinated by Putin himself? trump being an asset does not imply the second sentence, this is why the phrase "useful idiot" exists
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T.S. Smelliot posted:"some russians went on reddit and even posted some YouTube comments" being the culmination of millions of dollars and over a year of investigation by multiple intelligence agencies and this is the loving best they can deal? Lmaoooo never before have I agreed with a moridin post so much I don't think this is the end of the investigation I mean it's not like Mueller just screamed "case closed" after dropping those indictments
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quote:The briefing was designed to give Mr. Trump maximum information to avoid eliciting an over-reaction from President Trump on Twitter or elsewhere. The imperative, the sources said, was to make sure the president would not "break any glass" over this.
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whoa, this one tiny thing doesn't even expose Trump as the boss monster. Guess the investigation is over forever and this is the absolute best that Mueller could come up with and there won't be ANY more going on! MAGA!
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T.S. Smelliot posted:"some russians went on reddit and even posted some YouTube comments" being the culmination of millions of dollars and over a year of investigation by multiple intelligence agencies and this is the loving best they can deal? Lmaoooo never before have I agreed with a moridin post so much god your brain is shriveled.
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T.S. Smelliot posted:"some russians went on reddit and even posted some YouTube comments" being the culmination of millions of dollars and over a year of investigation by multiple intelligence agencies and this is the loving best they can deal? Lmaoooo never before have I agreed with a moridin post so much Reductive loving moron shut the hell up.
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