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These are the Facebook posts Russia used to undermine Hillary Clinton’s campaign
Think (Pink) Progess ^ | OCT 6, 2017 | CASEY MICHEL

Posted on 10/06/2017 6:37:29 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Russian Facebook and Twitter accounts masqueraded as pro-Trump Americans when they took aim at Clinton.

By meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Moscow appears to have initially aimed to plant Donald Trump in the White House. But as signs toward the end of the campaign pointed to Trump’s defeat, actors in Russia were primarily trying to hamstring Hillary Clinton’s perceived ascension to the presidency. That theme ThinkProgress detailed earlier this week by analyzing Russia’s creation of hundreds of fake Facebook accounts, pumped via ads and promotion into Americans’ feeds.

We’ve also learned that certain pages called for followers to vote for Jill Stein and Bernie Sanders, as opposed to Clinton — although those posts, especially as pertaining to Sanders, haven’t yet been revealed publicly.

Both the “Secured Borders” and “Beyond Patriotic” pages revealed by the Daily Beast were steeped in anti-Clinton rhetoric, with the latter organizing on-the-ground rallies that featured Americans chanting to “lock her up!” In one example from “Secured Borders,” the authors — referring to Clinton as “Killary” — piggy-backed on the outrage over Clinton’s comments that certain Trump supporters are “deplorables.” As the post wrote, “If Killary thinks that being American, loving your country and be concerned about ours and our children’s future is deplorable, then hell yeah count me in in that basket! [sic]”

(Excerpt) Read more at thinkprogress.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ads; berniesanders; beyondpatriotic; facebook; hillary2016; jillstein; sanders; securedborders; thinkprogress; trumprussia
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

a. the russians did not create anti-hillary meme’s, they were already out there, no matter what sources used them

b. creation and use of social media accounts is not a factual statement of whether or not those accounts were any critical mass of “opinion shaping” out there.

c. I do not think that anything the Russians might have done altered opinions of actual voters - I think Trump’s voters already existed in number everywhere; no matter and regardless of how any “Russian” social media posts REFLECTED - not “created” - their views.


41 posted on 10/07/2017 7:08:09 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: JudgemAll
Russia has had interference in every elections ever since the 20s. Come on, you think they are saints or what?

Who do those Russkies think they are, meddling in our elections?


42 posted on 10/07/2017 7:12:13 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: BenLurkin

There is no confusion that Russia was never in US interests despite what Obama was telling us. What is the confusion when a prostitute is claiming her pimp is nice while everyone knows he blackmails and exploits her?


43 posted on 10/07/2017 11:30:41 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

LOL!


44 posted on 10/08/2017 5:01:27 AM PDT by Ambrosia
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To: piasa

That description of meddling describes the Democratic left totally.... so we could say that Trump is the real victim of Russia interference, and not Hillary! In fact, The Panama Papers prove it was Hillary and Podesta, who laundered money with Russian Banks....hmmm


45 posted on 10/08/2017 5:04:31 AM PDT by Ambrosia
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Let's say for sake of argument that, with 100% certainty, russia did post political ads on FB.

Can somebody cite the law that was broken by them doing so?

46 posted on 10/08/2017 5:16:07 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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To: JudgemAll

Your comment makes zero sense....to what are you replying?


47 posted on 10/08/2017 8:41:27 AM PDT by Ambrosia
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To: Ambrosia

What does not make sense? How many whores out there have not defended their pimp when everyone knew he was exploiting her and humiliating her, keeping her down every chance?

This is the relationship between Hillary and Putin, with her always doing resets with Russia when we all know they are there to screw us and her, keeping her down even with pseudo-Trump facebook posts against her. It is a mean for them to also convert her to them, saying how her familly is against her and ridicule her.

This is really boyscout spy 101.


48 posted on 10/08/2017 8:26:54 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: piasa

Hillary and Podesta did collaborate with Russian Banks with money laundering, all proven by THE PANAMA PAPERS... They should both should be in prison.


49 posted on 10/10/2017 5:17:43 AM PDT by Ambrosia
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“When you begin to see pink goo, it’s time to stop beating a dead horse” bert


50 posted on 10/10/2017 5:20:24 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I always thought there was something wrong with that video.


51 posted on 10/10/2017 5:26:32 AM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring
I always thought there was something wrong with that video.

You think it's fake?

52 posted on 10/10/2017 5:30:34 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You can't have totalitarian globalist government if the peasants are armed.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This article is full of allegations and is bereft of evidence.


53 posted on 10/10/2017 7:21:38 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m not sure, I can’t put my finger on it.


54 posted on 10/10/2017 6:34:28 PM PDT by Sawdring
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