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Washington is falling
PJ Media ^ | 24 May 2018 | Richard Fernandez (Wretchard)

Posted on 05/24/2018 11:41:32 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss

The theme of foreign intervention in American elections just got bigger after Judy Woodruff recently tweeted that "James Clapper ... personally concluded Russians not only influenced but DECIDED outcome of 2016 election." The statement comes from Clapper's forthcoming book, portions of which have been read aloud on TV.

Less than eighty thousand votes in three key states swung the election ... buying advertisements on Facebook promoting Clinton's support of the Black Lives Matter movement and ensuring those ads ran only on the pages of white conservative voters in swing states... they created lies that helped Trump and hurt Clinton and promoted these falsehoods through social media and state-sponsored channels to the point that the traditional US media were unwittingly spreading Russian propaganda... they ran a multifaceted campaign and sustained it at a high level from early 2015 until Election Day 2016... Surprising even themselves, they swung the election to a Trump win.

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Now the confident narrative in political globalization has given way to Clapper's abject panic. It's the complete reverse. The sky is falling -- has fallen. Special counsel Mueller, even should he succeed in pursuing his narrow investigation on Russian interference to a conclusion will almost certainly miss 99.9% of the foreign influence silently corrupting Washington.

They will miss it it because it is baked into the global institutions which were ironically their greatest boasts. Miss it because it's out in the open. The lobbying, the nonprofit foundations, the paid speeches, the revolving door hiring, the recruitment of immigrants pressured to cooperate whose circumstances are taboo due to political correctness -- all will remain untouched -- because maybe that's just how some people like it.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hangings; sedition
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Clapper now claiming the Russians actually did swing the election to Trump.

The panic from Clapper, Brennan, Holder and more is preparatory to what I am guessing is the next stage of their long assault on the USA and American self-government and, most of all, flyover white Americans:

Riots and murders and arsons; campus violence; more police assassinations; the attempt to mount 60's style protests; a campaign of MSM media hysteria and incitement to encourage ever more violence and extremism.

Buckle up.

1 posted on 05/24/2018 11:41:32 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: Meet the New Boss

I smell a Clapper “Innocent because of insanity” plea.


2 posted on 05/24/2018 11:44:15 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time)
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“buying advertisements on Facebook promoting Clinton’s support of the Black Lives Matter movement and ensuring those ads ran only on the pages of white conservative voters in swing states... “

They’re kidding, right?

So... a bunch of FACEBOOK ADS, those things NOBODY reads anyway, MADE a ton of “White Conservatives” decide to change their vote from crooked, socialist Hillary Clinton to Republican Donald Trump???

Are they REALLY trying to sell this???


3 posted on 05/24/2018 11:47:02 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: InterceptPoint

I smell a Clapper death in a canoe accident


4 posted on 05/24/2018 11:47:25 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
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To: Meet the New Boss

I say let them blame Russia for the loss. I hope they keep blaming Russia in 2018 and again in 2020. Let them think Facebook ads swung the election. Democrats should stay on message and not change their platform. Hey! there are Russians buying ads again.


5 posted on 05/24/2018 11:47:40 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: bert

That would never happen. His defence is easy to determine. Honest belief (he could even claim mistaken belief as an alternative).


6 posted on 05/24/2018 11:49:16 AM PDT by Lent
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To: Meet the New Boss

Uh huh. And Mueller can’t even provide English translations of what Concord Management and Consulting is supposed to have posted. That’s going to sway a lot of votes.


7 posted on 05/24/2018 11:50:40 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: joethedrummer

Sure. I was going to vote for Hillary, but then I saw a Russian Facebook ad and immediately changed my mind.


8 posted on 05/24/2018 11:53:44 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: Meet the New Boss
"James Clapper ... personally concluded Russians not only influenced but DECIDED outcome of 2016 election."

Looks like the Deplorables are gonna have to go to The Swamp and REALLY decide the election...

9 posted on 05/24/2018 11:56:17 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: jazminerose

Ya DONT say!...

Why, I too was all set to push that Chad for old Hildabeast til a Facebook ad popped up and I ...and I JUST couldn’t resist voting for the Donald!


10 posted on 05/24/2018 11:57:36 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: bert

There’s also the possibility of a burning old tire accident in his future...


11 posted on 05/24/2018 11:58:30 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: jazminerose

I had a conservative blog back in 2011 -12 and thought it great to have ads from google, but all I got were Obama pop up ads for president so I stopped Google’s access and the ads stopped popping up.

Others have similar story?

Google ain’t for everybody.


12 posted on 05/24/2018 12:03:17 PM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: joethedrummer

“So... a bunch of FACEBOOK ADS, those things NOBODY reads anyway, MADE a ton of “White Conservatives” decide to change their vote from crooked, socialist Hillary Clinton to Republican Donald Trump??”

Falls into the current media/advertising meme that white people are stupid and helpless.


13 posted on 05/24/2018 12:12:46 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Meet the New Boss

Thanks for posting this article. It’s a bit confusing at the end about immigrants, not sure what he means.

The comments are even more interesting. We always knew here at FR that the big problem for the US is the cells infiltrating our country post-Nixon/Kissinger detente with Red China. The bigger problem pointed out in the poster’s comments is the intellectual weakness of America caused by a century of Kantian takeover in the Ivory Tower now descended into pure nonsense.


14 posted on 05/24/2018 12:18:15 PM PDT by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine and education.)
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So, Republicans and conservatives have to tell the truth but liberals and Democrats can lie with impunity and it’s OK. . . . no wonder Rat appointed judges are so bad


15 posted on 05/24/2018 12:46:22 PM PDT by RatRipper (Unindicted co-conspirators: the Mainstream Media and the Democratic Party)
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“James Clapper ... personally concluded Russians not only influenced but DECIDED outcome of 2016 election.”

Meanwhile, Mulehead can’t find a shred of evidence after a year of looking and is now resorting to pulling things out of his . . . er, hat.


16 posted on 05/24/2018 12:55:09 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Hey, Rocky--Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)
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To: joethedrummer

They were so persuasive, I didn’t even need the ads translated into English.


17 posted on 05/24/2018 1:25:02 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: bert
I smell a Clapper death in a canoe accident


The other was a patriotic American. Clapper is not fit to shine his shoes.
18 posted on 05/24/2018 1:46:03 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The MSM is the enemy of the American people)
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To: jazminerose

“I was going to vote for Hillary, but then I saw a Russian Facebook ad and immediately changed my mind.

wow! what a coincidence! ME TOO!

Hey, I guess those pesky ruskies really did get trump elected!


19 posted on 05/24/2018 6:47:01 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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Meanwhile, Mulehead can’t find a shred of evidence after a year of looking and is now resorting to pulling things out of his . . . er, hat.

You didn’t mention where his hat is located. . . somewhere up inside his large intestine where his head has been, and most likely is still residing.

Clapper suffers from that common Liberal condition Rectal Cranial Interposition, for which the only treatment is an Abdominal Fenestration procedure, which at least will allow them to see where they’re going, as most of them got into this condition by bending over backwards to avoid facing the facts.

For those who bent too far forward to duck their heads between their legs trying to escape blame, the retro-fenestration procedure can only let them see where they’ve been.

One thing that both have in common when they enter this debilitating condition: their heads are always found to be missing any semblance of brains.

This is likely due to that other condition frequently encountered among both Liberals and Probressives, a disease now popularly called SPLAT, no doubt due to the peculiar noise associated with its sufferers when it strikes them. I refer you to the recent update of the IDC-10 Diagnostic Codes:

321.0 SPLAT— Liberal Cerebral Defenestration (LCD) or Progresive Acquired Brain Absence (PABA), Complete loss of rationality, cognition, and cerebration due to indiscriminately keeping one's mind so far open that the brain falls out. First and subsequent encounters.

20 posted on 05/24/2018 11:14:16 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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