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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;line-break:after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hilarious !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Because someone would receive a tweet, that the tweet in and of itself would motivate that person to vote for Jill Stein.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As opposed to someone being aware that Hillary Clinton was ( is ) a ; racist, a war monger, and a wall street puppet, and that Donald Trump was a ; misogynist, a racist, and a 2<sup>nd</sup> rate reality TV star and capitalist. And knowing that Jill Stein was the best of the four candidates running because she was ( is ) ; anti-war, anti NAFTA / so called “ free “ trade, anti-fracking, and pro ; Medicare for all, free post high school education, student debt relief, $ 15 hour minimum wage, Green New Deal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I use to think that regular viewers of FOX News were extremely gullible and outright stupid. Now in the last few years I have been observing the same phenomena of people who are regular consumers of MSNBC, NBC, and CNN.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>46 % of eligible voters in the 2016 elections did not vote and about 3 % of people who did vote, voted for Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. Not because the Russians told them to but because they hated BOTH Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. With good reason.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What amazes me is the degree to which many liberal Democrats are in denial about the fact that Clinton had nothing to offer Working class voters and that the U.S. electoral system is fucked up in a multitude of ways. One of the LEAST democratic and transparent in the industrialized world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And that instead of realizing those facts and trying to change it, they buy into an absurd and unproven fairy tale about the Russians “ stealing “ the election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Un fucking believable how stupid and gullible they can be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Two years now and not one shred of evidence to prove the Russians had any involvement in attempting to influence the 2016 elections. Only unproven accusations repeated over and over again by the corporate media.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I guess Gobbel’s ( Hitler’s propaganda Minister ) was right. Repeat a lie often enough, and most people will eventually believe it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces@lists.chambana.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Szoke, Ron via Peace-discuss<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 23, 2018 12:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> Peace-discuss<br><b>Subject:</b> [Peace-discuss] Fwd: Russians Launched Massive Jill Stein Media Blitz in Final Days of 2016 Campaign<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>"Szoke, Ron" <<a href="mailto:r-szoke@illinois.edu">r-szoke@illinois.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Subject: Russians Launched Massive Jill Stein Media Blitz in Final Days of 2016 Campaign</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>December 23, 2018 </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/22/1821063/-Russians-Launched-Massive-Jill-Stein-Media-Blitz-in-Final-Days-of-2016-Campaign?detail=emaildkre">https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/22/1821063/-Russians-Launched-Massive-Jill-Stein-Media-Blitz-in-Final-Days-of-2016-Campaign?detail=emaildkre</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=article><div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:14.55pt'><span style='font-size:28.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Russians Launched Massive Jill Stein Media Blitz in Final Days of 2016 Campaign<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><img border=0 width=915 height=686 id="_x0038_63D11F9-B9A5-41F6-8342-9645CF9E68B6" src="cid:image001.png@01D49AE4.8170C7A0" alt=C5F6FD84-466A-457E-BDC0-E83BA1903AE6.png><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Classy people <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>From <em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Raw Story</span></em>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 12.0pt;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;max-width: 100%;border-left-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392)'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>According to a report from NBC, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russians-launched-pro-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-trump-n951166"><span style='color:#416ED2'>Russian operatives gave a big boost to Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein</span></a> just before the 2016 election to draw away voters from Democrat Hillary Clinton and boost Donald Trump’s chances of winning the presidency.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>NBC claims a report compiled by the Senate shows Stein was the subject of a social media blitz designed to raise her profile and create a better playing field for eventual winner Trump.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>“Building support for Stein was one of a ‘roster of themes’ the Moscow-sanctioned internet trolls ‘turned to repeatedly’ in their effort to disrupt the election, according to a research team led by the New Knowledge cybersecurity firm,” the report states. “The researchers also found that the campaign to bolster Stein gained in intensity in the final days of the presidential campaign and largely targeted African-American voters.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/busted-russia-supported-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-propel-trump-oval-office/#.XB5JreKitGQ.twitter" target="_blank"><span style='color:#416ED2'>www.rawstory.com/…</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>A bit more from the original <em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>NBC News</span></em> article:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 12.0pt;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;max-width: 100%;border-left-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392)'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>An NBC News analysis found that Russians working under the direction of the Internet Research Agency, the St. Petersburg-based firm run by a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/russian-troll-describes-work-infamous-misinformation-factory-n821486"><span style='color:#416ED2'>close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin</span></a>, tweeted the phrase “Jill Stein” over 1,000 times around the time of the election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The posts were often accompanied by variations of the same hashtag, “Grow a spine and vote Jill Stein.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>An NBC News review of the archives of RT and Sputnik, which the CIA has described as part of “Russia’s state-run propaganda machine,” from early 2015 to the 2016 election shows more than 100 stories, on-air and online, friendly to Stein and the Green Party.<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russians-launched-pro-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-trump-n951166" target="_blank"><span style='color:#416ED2'>www.nbcnews.com/…</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>No surprise here. That she was being wined and dined at Putin’s table mere months before the 2016 campaign season began in earnest, made it obvious to most sentient humans that she was Russia’s candidate, propped up to drain support from Hillary. But seeing it confirmed in a Senate report is chilling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;max-width: 100%'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Hillary was robbed. America was attacked. We are at war.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>