[Peace-discuss] FW: Fwd: Russians Launched Massive Jill Stein Media Blitz in Final Days of 2016 Campaign

Mon Dec 24 14:27:26 UTC 2018

Oh, you misunderstand Ron,

I wrote this statement in a very calm and deliberate manner, and meant every word.

David J. 

From: David Johnson [mailto:davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2018 6:07 PM
To: 'Szoke, Ron'; 'Peace-discuss'
Subject: RE: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: Russians Launched Massive Jill Stein Media Blitz in Final Days of 2016 Campaign

Hilarious !

Because someone would receive a tweet, that the tweet in and of itself would motivate that person to vote for Jill Stein.

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 2nd 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Un fucking believable how stupid and gullible they can be.

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.

I guess Gobbel’s ( Hitler’s propaganda Minister ) was right. Repeat a lie often enough, and most people will eventually believe it.

David Johnson

From: Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of Szoke, Ron via Peace-discuss
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2018 12:55 PM
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Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: Russians Launched Massive Jill Stein Media Blitz in Final Days of 2016 Campaign

From: "Szoke, Ron" <r-szoke at illinois.edu>

Subject: Russians Launched Massive Jill Stein Media Blitz in Final Days of 2016 Campaign

Date: December 23, 2018 

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/22/1821063/-Russians-Launched-Massive-Jill-Stein-Media-Blitz-in-Final-Days-of-2016-Campaign?detail=emaildkre

Russians Launched Massive Jill Stein Media Blitz in Final Days of 2016 Campaign

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Classy people 

>From Raw Story:

According to a report from NBC,  <https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russians-launched-pro-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-trump-n951166> Russian operatives gave a big boost to Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein just before the 2016 election to draw away voters from Democrat Hillary Clinton and boost Donald Trump’s chances of winning the presidency.

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.

“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.”

 <https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/busted-russia-supported-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-propel-trump-oval-office/#.XB5JreKitGQ.twitter> www.rawstory.com/…

A bit more from the original NBC News article:

An NBC News analysis found that Russians working under the direction of the Internet Research Agency, the St. Petersburg-based firm run by a  <https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/russian-troll-describes-work-infamous-misinformation-factory-n821486> close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, tweeted the phrase “Jill Stein” over 1,000 times around the time of the election.

The posts were often accompanied by variations of the same hashtag, “Grow a spine and vote Jill Stein.”

… 

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.

 <https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russians-launched-pro-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-trump-n951166> www.nbcnews.com/…

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.

Hillary was robbed. America was attacked. We are at war.

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