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Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid
The Associated Press ^ | March 1, 2024 | BY DAVID KLEPPER (D-AP)

Posted on 03/01/2024 11:42:10 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Vladimir Putin, victory in Ukraine may run through Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.

In recent weeks, Russian state media and online accounts tied to the Kremlin have spread and amplified misleading and incendiary content about U.S. immigration and border security. The campaign seems crafted to stoke outrage and polarization before the 2024 election for the White House, and experts who study Russian disinformation say Americans can expect more to come as Putin looks to weaken support for Ukraine and cut off a vital supply of aid.

In social media posts, online videos and stories on websites, these accounts misstate the impact of immigration, highlight stories about crimes committed by immigrants, and warn of dire consequences if the U.S. doesn’t crack down at its border with Mexico. Many are misleading, filled with cherry-picked data or debunked rumors.

The pivot toward the United States comes after two years in which Russia’s vast disinformation apparatus was busy pushing propaganda and disinformation about its invasion of Ukraine. Experts who study how authoritarian states use the internet to spread disinformation say eroding support for Ukraine remains Russia’s top priority — and that the Kremlin is just finding new ways to do it.

Many posts highlight crimes allegedly committed by recent immigrants or suggest migrants are a burden on local communities. Some claims were posted by accounts with tiny audiences; others were made by state media sites with millions of followers.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: activemeasures; bias; border; davidklepper; fishiemaximus; illegalaliens; journalism; killkillkillforpeace; media; press; russia
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To: PIF
"The US GOP are certainly fell for it as hoards of Pro Russian trolls have been activated on FR."

Do you want us to do what Biden and Democrats tell us to do without question?

21 posted on 03/01/2024 12:40:25 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: Phoenix8

And fake when they claim Trump promised to build a wall at the border but didn’t. He didn’t finish it because the fake AP never bothers to mention there were more than 200 lawsuits filed by democrats and their various organizations to stop it. Also, I think claiming a Capitol Police officer, who died of a stroke (caused by clogged arteries) a week after Jan. 6, was a casualty of that protest. The AP claims that in its reporting.


22 posted on 03/01/2024 12:40:44 PM PST by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: PIF

Most of uswant the war over, and the monet stoped.Itdoesnot derectly affect the US.


23 posted on 03/01/2024 12:51:49 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GFLOBALISM ! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: cowboyusa

You win a war by supplying the invaded country with all the material it can use as quickly as possible. There will be no “peace” otherwise.

And yes it does directly affect the US as when Ukraine falls, the Baltics and Poland are next which means US troops will have to fight Russia directly. Is that what you want?


24 posted on 03/01/2024 12:55:14 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: yesthatjallen

Conflating one issue with another is the tactic usually used here - thanks for showing the way.


25 posted on 03/01/2024 12:57:03 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

For crying out loud, Russia can’t even concor Ukraine, they are not going to.


26 posted on 03/01/2024 12:57:30 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GFLOBALISM ! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: AndyJackson

AP = Agitation and Propaganda

They are beneath slime.


27 posted on 03/01/2024 1:02:43 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cowboyusa

Well then, you’d best tell the Kremlin to stop their planning because they cannot do it - you completely misunderstand Russia and how they think.

Russia’s borders are were they say they are, and right now the are in the process of taking Ukraine with Poland and the Baltics next on the list. Until Americans wake up and smell the coffee, the Russian are going to continue to push.

They do not care how many Russians die in the process. Its their way.


28 posted on 03/01/2024 1:07:46 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: girlangler

And covid…AP and the rest pushed the wet market origin theory before there was any studies made. Also how lethal it was.


29 posted on 03/01/2024 1:16:31 PM PST by Phoenix8
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To: PIF

The Putin is Hitler revisited theory makes no sense to me.

Germany in 1939 was a teeming country with a massive birth rate. They literally would have starved without food imports. Hitler wrote about living space and his plan to gain it.

Russia today literally has a dying population. They have 100s of towns becoming abandoned their population is declining so much.

From a military standpoint it makes no sense. A combined NATO would be even stronger than Ukraine. You pro-Ukraine types (and I’m not saying that in an insulting way) can’t have it BOTH ways:
1. Russia is bled white and they have lost 1000s of tanks, arty, vehicles and aircraft. We just need to send them more money and they win
2. Russia is almost done with the easy conquest of Ukraine so watch out because the rest of the world is next.

you can’t have #1 and #2 simultaneously.

On empty Russian villages…100s of them and open land almost for the giving:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Hf6Glm4hc


30 posted on 03/01/2024 1:28:46 PM PST by Phoenix8
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To: PIF

You are stuck in the 80’s


31 posted on 03/01/2024 1:28:55 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GFLOBALISM ! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Illegal voters is Russia, Russia, Russia.


32 posted on 03/01/2024 2:08:19 PM PST by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Ass Press really published this crap?


33 posted on 03/01/2024 2:12:33 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

God forbid Russia tell the truth about illegal immigration


34 posted on 03/01/2024 2:19:26 PM PST by pigeoninthepark
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To: PIF
The US GOP are certainly fell for it as hoards of Pro Russian trolls have been activated on FR.

You're welcome to suit up, and go join the US soldiers running the Patriot missile batteries in the Ukraine.

Beware of "training accidents", though - the Russians are hunting those Patriot batteries, and those US soldiers.  

35 posted on 03/01/2024 2:57:31 PM PST by kiryandil
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To: PIF
And yes it does directly affect the US as when Ukraine falls, the Baltics and Poland are next which means US troops will have to fight Russia directly. Is that what you want?

This is a close second to the dumbest talking point about the war between Russia and the Ukraine:

"All Putin has to do is go home."

36 posted on 03/01/2024 3:08:08 PM PST by kiryandil
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To: Phoenix8

Send all the illegal U.S. border crossers to Russia. They’d be spaced too far apart in those vast steppes to do too much damage, they’re used to crappy living conditions, and they’d reproduce like rabbits.

The Donald could make it happen (win-win).


37 posted on 03/01/2024 3:08:20 PM PST by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: cowboyusa
stuck in the 80’s

Worse than that, his anatomy has done a topoligically impossible inside out inversion.

38 posted on 03/01/2024 3:22:54 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: yesthatjallen

You have an excellent example of the self proclaimed smartest people in the room completely misreading the situation. The House Republicans were always going to demand their pound of flesh for authorizing Ukraine aid, their opening bid was anti-corruption measures IIRC.

It was the choice of either the White House or senate democrats to combine Ukraine aid with the border. This in turn means that Republicans determine what acceptable border security measures are.

One of the saddest pieces of this sad saga was Zelensky being trotted out to try and persuade Republicans to vote for the bill, when he cannot produce any deliverables that the majority of House Republicans care about.


39 posted on 03/01/2024 3:30:56 PM PST by Fraxinus (My opinion, worth what you paid.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Since we KNOW, absolutely without a doubt know, that the US and the Brits purposely ran a coup in Ukraine, and provoked Russia into war. Twisted the world into a spin over actual CIA spying on a presidential candidate, AND the elected POTUS. It is time to shut it all down. Take the CIA, FBI Homeland Security and dismantle it. Throw Obama, Brennan, Comey, AG Bill Barr et al in the hoosegow. NOTHING but a complete restructuring of the US will do. Step back into 1860 and allow the States to exercise their Rights, and so much more. Why keep on terrorizing the world in so many places? Shut it all down, and bow out of NATO and the UN.


40 posted on 03/01/2024 4:10:59 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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