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How an Alt-Right Bot Network Took Down Al Franken
Newsweak aka (DNC Blog) ^ | 2-19-2018 | Nina Burliegh

Posted on 02/19/2018 12:56:40 PM PST by tcrlaf

White nationalist provocateurs, a pair of fake news sites, an army of Twitter bots and other cyber tricks helped derail Democratic Senator Al Franken last year, new research shows.

While everyone has been focused on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election to support Donald Trump, the Franken takedown originated in—and was propelled by—a strategic online campaign with digital tentacles reaching to, of all places, Japan.

Analysts have now mapped out how Hooters pinup girl and lad-mag model Leeann Tweeden's initial accusation against Franken became effective propaganda after right-wing black ops master Roger Stone first hinted at the allegation.

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: alfranken; atruestorybro; bots; looneytoons; mediawingofthednc; minnesota; ninaburliegh; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; saturdaynightlive; saturdaynightvile; trump; twitter
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Seriously laughing my AO...

To hear Newsweek whining about Twitter Bots, after getting Obama ELECTED TWICE using them via Soros Orgs and MoveOn groups to manipulated perceived opinion, is nothing short of astonishing.

And Blaming the mysterious "WHITE NATIONALISTS!!" is just sauce for the Goose.

Just how stoned out of your freakin' mind do you have to be to come up with this crap?

1 posted on 02/19/2018 12:56:41 PM PST by tcrlaf
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Nina Burleigh was the “journalist” who said she would happily don kneepads and give Bill Clinton a BJ to keep abortion legal.


2 posted on 02/19/2018 12:58:58 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon)
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3 posted on 02/19/2018 1:00:58 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: tcrlaf

Franken brought himself down, assisted by the ideological environment created to destroy Roy Moore.


4 posted on 02/19/2018 1:02:36 PM PST by Socon-Econ
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To: RightGeek

The DNC looking to destroy Roy More and eventually President Trump took down Al Franken.

Al Franken made it easy with that pic.


5 posted on 02/19/2018 1:03:32 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: tcrlaf

So who took down Roy Moore?


6 posted on 02/19/2018 1:03:59 PM PST by Luke21
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To: tcrlaf

Has this slug resigned yet? Or is he still working out his options, hoping this will all fall off the radar?


7 posted on 02/19/2018 1:04:30 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
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To: tcrlaf

who the heck uses the word “provocateur” ?

Nina Burleigh - offered BJ Clinton a BJ.


8 posted on 02/19/2018 1:04:41 PM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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The most difficult part of the operation was getting the Russian Bots into Al Franken’s mind to make him take that incriminating photo. Diabolical!


9 posted on 02/19/2018 1:04:54 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: tcrlaf

Republican goes down in scandal = justice, he had it coming to him, the free press did it’s job.

Democrat goes down in scandal = he is a victim of sinister right-wing Russian bots.


10 posted on 02/19/2018 1:10:32 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Luke21
So who took down Roy Moore?

A turtle bot from Kentucky


11 posted on 02/19/2018 1:11:17 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: tcrlaf

Al Franken, the candidate who FEELS for YOU.


12 posted on 02/19/2018 1:13:37 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: stylin19a

Maybe she can do Franken instead.


13 posted on 02/19/2018 1:13:41 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Brilliant and Correct!


14 posted on 02/19/2018 1:14:15 PM PST by TADSLOS (Alex Jones isnÂ’t quite the wing nut now, all things considered.)
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That dang Russian bot network must have been down for a battery charge or something, and the Alt-right one lending a hand.


15 posted on 02/19/2018 1:16:09 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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Amazing the lengths these media whores will go to cover up the crimes of demonrats.


16 posted on 02/19/2018 1:16:29 PM PST by Newtoidaho (Proud member of Trump's army of online trolls)
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17 posted on 02/19/2018 1:21:03 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

So who took down Roy Moore?

A turtle bot from Kentucky


dipweed larry elder was a bit player.


18 posted on 02/19/2018 1:22:15 PM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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The problem isn’t “twitter-bots”. It’s “liberal-bots” (and “conserva-bots”) who’ve been trained to believe whatever they read/hear rather than think for themselves.

If people on social media had a clue and applied independent thought, “twitter-bots” would be useless. The same problem we’ve always had with “money in politics”. If people won’t think for themselves, politicians can buy ads/votes - no amount of campaign reform will change it.


19 posted on 02/19/2018 1:22:47 PM PST by LostPassword
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——So who took down Roy Moore?-—

Roy Moore


20 posted on 02/19/2018 1:23:29 PM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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