So what was it, hacking or propanda?
The whole thing about Russia is how the story went from emails being hacked, not leaked to ads on Facebook influencing voters. Mixed in is the notion that Toxic man is in the pocket of or dancing to the tune of Putin and not the Koch Brothers and the fossil fuel industry right here at home.
The issue for me is the narrative about the election by the Democratic Party leadership as a sleight-of-hand ruse to detract from their failures to be a genuine opposition party to growing fascism in our country and around the world, Brazil's election being the latest example.
Here are a few links I'm putting here so I can find them later and, of course, for your perusal.
These are about the claims of the DNC emails being hacked instead of leaked which is where the whole wild goose chase began.
Then, the story changed from the DNC emails to ads put on Facebook to influence voters. The algorithms they use do keep people quite well segregated in silos but stacked up against heavily gerrymandered districts, very active voter suppression in several states with Voter ID laws, the use of Kansas Sec. of State Kris Kobach's Crosscheck program, lack of voting machine integrity and accuracy, to other problems with voter registrations disenfranchising voters that I witnessed myself at the polling station in both the 2016 primary and general elections in California, not to mention the DNC choosing the most disliked candidate they could have chosen over the popular politician in our government, I have a very jaundiced view of Russians having much of an influence in our election. That's too simplistic and ignores the very real problems we actually have in our country that are entirely home grown. Stop looking for excuses by blaming others and start looking in the mirror for how we got here. It wasn't Russia that did this. We did this to ourselves and too many people were asleep when it happened.
UPDATE: More links I want in one place to find when I need them.
https://www.facebook.com/coleen.rowley/posts/10212420364998254
The Intercept article: Russia story falls apart.
Why 'Russian Meddling' is a Trojan Horse from CounterPunch
[Additional updates: Oct 4, 2019]
Empty Wheel: Debunking the Metadata Debunkers
Debunking TechDirt by Adam Carter
The Campbell Conspiracy: Debunking Computer Weekly article
CrowdStrikeOut: Mueller's Own Report Undercuts It's Core Russia-Meddling Claims
The issue for me is the narrative about the election by the Democratic Party leadership as a sleight-of-hand ruse to detract from their failures to be a genuine opposition party to growing fascism in our country and around the world, Brazil's election being the latest example.
Here are a few links I'm putting here so I can find them later and, of course, for your perusal.
These are about the claims of the DNC emails being hacked instead of leaked which is where the whole wild goose chase began.
Then, the story changed from the DNC emails to ads put on Facebook to influence voters. The algorithms they use do keep people quite well segregated in silos but stacked up against heavily gerrymandered districts, very active voter suppression in several states with Voter ID laws, the use of Kansas Sec. of State Kris Kobach's Crosscheck program, lack of voting machine integrity and accuracy, to other problems with voter registrations disenfranchising voters that I witnessed myself at the polling station in both the 2016 primary and general elections in California, not to mention the DNC choosing the most disliked candidate they could have chosen over the popular politician in our government, I have a very jaundiced view of Russians having much of an influence in our election. That's too simplistic and ignores the very real problems we actually have in our country that are entirely home grown. Stop looking for excuses by blaming others and start looking in the mirror for how we got here. It wasn't Russia that did this. We did this to ourselves and too many people were asleep when it happened.
UPDATE: More links I want in one place to find when I need them.
https://www.facebook.com/coleen.rowley/posts/10212420364998254
The Intercept article: Russia story falls apart.
Why 'Russian Meddling' is a Trojan Horse from CounterPunch
[Additional updates: Oct 4, 2019]
Empty Wheel: Debunking the Metadata Debunkers
Debunking TechDirt by Adam Carter
The Campbell Conspiracy: Debunking Computer Weekly article
CrowdStrikeOut: Mueller's Own Report Undercuts It's Core Russia-Meddling Claims
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