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The What and the How of Russian Election Meddling; Why Don't We Ask the MSM to be Specific?
American Thinker ^ | 07/21/2018 | Christopher Paslay

Posted on 07/21/2018 7:49:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The Helsinki summit is over, and the major story – surprise, surprise – is more tiresome drivel about Russian election meddling. The most amazing thing about this narrative is that the who can be talked about endlessly with little to no mention of the what and the how. The what at the center of it all is that the Democratic National Committee, including Hillary Clinton and DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, rigged their party's primary in favor of Hillary Clinton and against Bernie Sanders. This is not speculation or the result of a political witch hunt – as is true of the Mueller investigation – but a fact laid bare in the very emails contained on the server of the DNC, which, interestingly enough, was never turned over to the FBI for forensic analysis.

Clinton, Wasserman Schultz, and other DNC officials actively conspired against Sanders, targeting his Jewish faith and slandering Jeff Weaver, his campaign manager. The leaked emails also showed that Clinton's campaign colluded with CNN political commentator Donna Brazile, who amazingly went on to become interim DNC chair when Wasserman Schultz was forced to step down. So here you have irrefutable documented collusion and election-rigging of the highest degree, not between Putin and Trump, but among Hillary Clinton, CNN, and the DNC.

Somehow, all this has gone neatly down the Memory Hole. In its place, in spectacular Orwellian fashion, comes the narrative that "Russia Hacked the Election." To this day, the extent of Russian meddling is still debatable, yet the news has been "rectified," and history has been rewritten. Trump cheated. He's illegitimate. He colluded with Russia to steal the election.

This brings us to the how, the second question that, like the what, never gets asked. How did Russia steal the election, exactly?

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: collusion; elections; meddling; russia
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1 posted on 07/21/2018 7:49:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

In a normal year, there must be at least a million Americans ‘hacked’. We complain about this continually, and Washington just grins and looks the other way. So now....the DNC server gets hacked and the Russians get blamed, and what? Are they really going to do anything about hacking at all? Or just talk about the evils of Russian hacking?


2 posted on 07/21/2018 7:55:08 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: SeekAndFind

It means whatever they want it to mean at any given moment.


3 posted on 07/21/2018 8:00:55 AM PDT by Oratam
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Whatever became of the mystery man who was allegedly arrested because he allegedly made the video that Hillary said created Benghazi?

Will these Russians also become members of his Straw Man Club?


4 posted on 07/21/2018 8:01:58 AM PDT by keats5
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To: SeekAndFind

To media and politicians:
PROVE that votes, not opinions, were changed and then I’ll listen to meddling charges. Until then, STFU.


5 posted on 07/21/2018 8:02:41 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve been screaming about this since it started. We get told they bought ads (well, let’s see them). They posted on Facebook (again, let’s see the posts). They organized rallies (yeah, like no American would do that). They paid for protesters (you mean like George Soros?)

Lay it all out in one place where we can see it. If you don’t want foreign influence in our elections you need to show us what it looks like.


6 posted on 07/21/2018 8:04:10 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
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The Halfrican meets the president-elect. All the dirt Hillary was supposed to sweep under the rug
is now in the hands of the man the Halfrican tried to destroy.

"How'm I gonna get out of this mess?"
"I know---we'll accuse Russians of meddling in the election."

7 posted on 07/21/2018 8:06:23 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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8 posted on 07/21/2018 8:08:58 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneoHis hottie wife deserves so much better than him.)
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In a few words,this sounds like the news media has covered the fake news & the real news is going pretty much unannounced. Is that a fair assumption?


9 posted on 07/21/2018 8:24:40 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: SeekAndFind

Wikileaks Vault 7, project umbrage. The CIA can make any digital crime look like it originated anywhere they please. This no more honest than the sinking of the USS Maine, or German soldiers bayoneting Belgian babies, or Kuwaiti babies thrown out of incubators.


10 posted on 07/21/2018 8:39:55 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: McGavin999
Mexican vote illegally in our elections. The Saudis give millions to Hillary. Hell the Russians gave millions to Hillary. Someone hacks the DNC....

Trump is the one under suspicion??

11 posted on 07/21/2018 8:44:46 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: SeekAndFind

And don’t forget the first Democrat primary vote in Iowa 2016 when Hilary Clinton won six out of six tosses of the coin against Sanders after a tie.


12 posted on 07/21/2018 8:56:42 AM PDT by Bravada (Wherever I Stand, I Stand With Israel!)
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To: Oratam
It means whatever they want it to mean at any given moment.

You are right and it's maddening. It is like trying to talk to, understand and or reason with "adult" children.

13 posted on 07/21/2018 8:58:31 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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"Russia Hacked the Election."

OK, let's say it's true.

Russia hacked the election.

MUELLER SAYS Trump had NOTHING to do with the hacking and NOTHING to do with the RUSSIANS.

AND WE KNOW:

RUSSIAN HACKING WAS DONE UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

SO...

OBAMA IS AT FAULT FOR NOT STOPPING THE HACKING.

WHY?

BECAUSE OBAMA'S 'INTELLIGENCE' SERVICES FAILED THE COUNTRY.

14 posted on 07/21/2018 8:59:37 AM PDT by GOPJ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-s1_nfs7f4 STOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IsingvI_I)
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Why are the Republicans not demanding an investigation into what Hillary did to Sanders?

There was a proposal by a Republican back in May to end MUELLER investigation within 30 days unless he can present evidence against the charges on Trump.

Crickets, it went no where. Repubs could demand the insanity stop otherwise it’s going to go on and on.


15 posted on 07/21/2018 9:04:34 AM PDT by Engedi (The)
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To: McGavin999
I’ve been screaming about this since it started. We get told they bought ads (well, let’s see them). They posted on Facebook (again, let’s see the posts).

A few of the ads were posted some time back - they're totally lame. The reason the press isn't pushing them out into the culture is because this whole issue of 'Russian Influence' would come to a screeching halt. The ads are that lame. Laughable.

16 posted on 07/21/2018 9:05:16 AM PDT by GOPJ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-s1_nfs7f4 STOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IsingvI_I)
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To: GOPJ

Trump needs to say this at every press conference and every tweet non stop. It happened under the former President and he and his staff let it happened. There were no investigations.

The whole thing is a ruse to give immunity to Clinton, Obama and cover up their crimes and money laundering.


17 posted on 07/21/2018 9:08:34 AM PDT by Engedi (The)
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To: McGavin999
I’ve been screaming about this since it started. We get told they bought ads (well, let’s see them). They posted on Facebook (again, let’s see the posts).

A few of the ads were posted some time back - they're totally lame. The reason the press isn't pushing them out into the culture is because this whole issue of 'Russian Influence' would come to a screeching halt. The ads are that lame. Laughable.

Our corrupt 'intelligence people' are NOT leaking these ads - this crap - to anyone... AND the ads I saw were in the 'top ten' most effective. LOL - I could create better ads...

Now some kids in some former USSR country did some fun stuff - they earned money with page hits and might have a some small influence.

The deep state is corrupt, stupid, and vile beyond words. They also DO NOT protect the American people - our 'intelligence' people protect white liberal elites.

I'm sicken by what these people do with the money we give them.

18 posted on 07/21/2018 9:11:00 AM PDT by GOPJ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-s1_nfs7f4 STOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IsingvI_I)
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To: pepsionice
"Or just talk about the evils of Russian hacking?"

Gotta get ready for the midterms, the Democrats aren't polling so well. They at least need a bad guy to blame if they can't muster grounds to overturn the election.

19 posted on 07/21/2018 9:55:18 AM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: Engedi
It happened under the former President and he and his staff let it happened.

Trump will have to wait until the 'investigation/witch hunt' is finished. Then - you're right - he needs to mention it at every rally.

20 posted on 07/21/2018 10:33:55 AM PDT by GOPJ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-s1_nfs7f4 STOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IsingvI_I)
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