New Studies Show Pundits Are Wrong About Russian Social-Media Involvement in US Politics: Far from being a sophisticated propaganda campaign, it was small, amateurish, and mostly unrelated to the 2016 election.
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[–]magnora7 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun - 5 years ago* (5 children)
If we want to talk about foreign nations influencing US elections, why not begin the conversation with Israel since they clearly have a much larger effect?
37 US congresspeople have dual citizenship, and it's not to Russia. It's to Israel. The biggest lobbying organizations in the US are Israeli. The largest recipient of US aid is also Israel, while meanwhile domestic US cities are unable to fix their water mains systems.
The fact we hear so much about Russia is just Israel preemptively accusing someone else to keep the blame off of them, and since they have such control over our media, they can do it with such ferocity and fervor that they can make big smoke from a small fire. And the majority of the population is too time-poor and emotionally drained (by design) to take the time to understand these issues and how they work.
It's a big game, and we're being taken for a ride. My only consolation is that more and more people are figuring this out. I just hope people can keep their eye on the ball and not get distracted by scapegoats.
[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago* (4 children)
You're absolutely correct. Here's a few names:
These are senior Democrats. The Democrats need to get with the program.
Edit:. Al Franked admitts that he recieved the Odigo warning message on 9/11. Israeli citizens were notified in advance. How did they know.. in advance...?
[–]magnora7 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun - 5 years ago (3 children)
Here's a full(er) list: https://govbanknotes.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/us-senators-and-represntatives-dual-israel-citizens.jpg?w=660&h=662
[–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (2 children)
Magnora7... Great comment.
I would like to encourage you to 1-up me with evidence like this, as often as you can.
Respect!
[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (1 child)
Can and will :) Thanks man
[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
A very successful Saidit front-pager too! Saidit is a great community. Reddit is crap.
You and D3rr both deserve awards. Unfortunately, awards are typically crap.
How about respect instead??? I seldom declare it (my respect, that is). Yet you have both earned mine!
Cheers! ;-)
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