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_Res Ipsa
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For anyone wondering why Mueller stressed the attack on the US in his press conference, here is a detailed description of the Twitter attack. https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-i ... nformation Note that many of the accounts portrayed themselves as genuine US news sources. They targeted the disaffected of both parties (Trumpsters and Berners). Accounts had millions of retweets, almost all from accounts not linked to the Russians, i.e., genuine Twitter users.
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If much of this Russian propaganda was focused on political extremists, did the likelihood that it filtered to this board greatly increase? Seems like we heard it in many daily talking points.
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moksha wrote:If much of this Russian propaganda was focused on political extremists, did the likelihood that it filtered to this board greatly increase? Seems like we heard it in many daily talking points.

Part of the reason I read this board is to get an idea of what lunacy currently exists on the right without having to listen to right-wing alarmists... I mean pundits.
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