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http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/28/americ...loited-it/

...Previous media coverage on Russian influence operations within the United States has overwhelmingly focused on reported attempts to stir up America’s political right-wing, but new reporting indicates that Russia also sought to promote the identity-focused politics that currently dominates America’s political Left. (RELATED: Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ Groups Spreading North Korean Propaganda)
Russian accounts targeted Baltimore and Ferguson — both hubs of racial activism — with pro-Black Lives Matter messaging, CNN reported this week. The Washington Post reported that the Russian ads promoted other “African American rights groups” in addition to Black Lives Matter.
Then, on Thursday night, CNN reported that popular black activist accounts operating on Facebook and Twitter under the name “Blacktivist” were linked to the Russian government. Blacktivist accounts frequently stoked racial outrage about police shootings and mass incarceration of black men.
Blacktivist’s Facebook account had 360,000 likes — more than the official Black Lives Matter account.
Russian operations similarly targeted American Muslims with anti-American messages, The Daily Beast reported. (RELATED: In Their Own Words: The Radical Political Goals Of ‘Anti-Fascists’) 
The Russian-funded accounts impersonated Muslim groups to promote anti-American conspiracy theories — such as that Osama Bin Laden was a “CIA agent” — while praising former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi for not having a “Rothschild-owned central bank” — a reference to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories....
09-29-2017 01:51 PM
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Not much different than what you'd watch on RT.
09-29-2017 04:25 PM
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The Russians don't really give a damn. They just want to spread FUD and get our stupid people all hating each other and their country.

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(09-29-2017 04:38 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  The Russians don't really give a damn. They just want to spread FUD and get our stupid people all hating each other and their country.

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They've succeeded with the Democrats. Nobody is doing their bidding better than Schumer, Pelosi, Machiavelli04-cheers, et.al.
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(09-29-2017 04:43 PM)bullet Wrote:  
(09-29-2017 04:38 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  The Russians don't really give a damn. They just want to spread FUD and get our stupid people all hating each other and their country.

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They've succeeded with the Democrats. Nobody is doing their bidding better than Schumer, Pelosi, Machiavelli04-cheers, et.al.


Sadly, some of my Facebook friends were spreading fake stories from this Blacktivest group about the police. Now, maybe they have open eyes now that they were tricked to hate the police?
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Shumer Pelosi Machiavelli.................

Damn just damn....... you've kind of elevated my position there a tad
09-30-2017 08:52 AM
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(09-30-2017 08:52 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  Shumer Pelosi Machiavelli.................
Damn just damn....... you've kind of elevated my position there a tad

I wouldn't call that elevated.
09-30-2017 09:25 AM
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You may not like them but the House Minority leader former speaker of the House and Senate minority leader is quite the accomplishment. I respect the Republicans stations too. It's quite the accomplishment for sure.
09-30-2017 10:07 AM
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(09-30-2017 10:07 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  You may not like them but the House Minority leader former speaker of the House and Senate minority leader is quite the accomplishment. I respect the Republicans stations too. It's quite the accomplishment for sure.

Well, I respect you more than I respect any of them.
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