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Another Putin Disaster

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Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:18 AM

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/giuliani-and-the-new-york
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/giuliani-and-the-new-york
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A newly discovered laptop, the FBI, a trove of emails, October, a presidential election—it sounds familiar. Especially when you add in a Russian disinformation campaign. On Wednesday, the New York Post released what it hailed as a bombshell: an unidentified computer repair store owner in Delaware had come to possess a laptop that contained Hunter Biden emails (and purportedly a sex tape), the hard drive and computer was seized by the FBI, the store owner at some point passed a copy of the hard drive to Rudy Giuliani, and one of the emails suggested that Hunter, who served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, may have in 2015 introduced a Burisma official to his dad, Vice President Joe Biden. The story depicts this as a big scandal, and Guiliani tweeted, “Much more to come.”

But the key point of the article was predicated on false information that Giuliani has been spreading for a long time—and that appears to be linked to a Russian disinformation operation that the Post neglected to note in its article. That is, the Post piece, based on an unproven smear, is in sync with Moscow’s ongoing effort to influence the 2020 election to help President Donald Trump retain power. (The FBI and other parts of the US intelligence community have stated that Vladimir Putin is once again attacking the US political system to boost Trump.) And this story presents a challenge to the American media: how to report on an orchestrated campaign to affect the election that relies on disinformation, salacious and sensational material, and the revival of allegations that have already been debunked.

The bad faith animating the Post story is demonstrated by its open embrace—in the first sentence—of a demonstrably false narrative and by its failure to report Giuliani’s association with a Russian intelligence agent who the Department of Treasury has accused of interfering in the 2020 election.


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THG
Friday, November 6, 2020 7:48 PM

Biden is president elect. Here we come Putin...

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Stupid people don't know they're stupid, and they certainly don't realize how obvious it is to others.

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THG
Monday, November 9, 2020 7:54 PM

Russia refuses to acknowledge Biden's election win

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/russia-refuses-to-acknowledge-
biden-s-election-win-because-of-trump-s-ongoing-legal-processes/ar-BB1aPFcd?ocid=msedgntp


tick tock putin tick tock

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THG
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 12:47 AM

Russia gloated over U.S. election disarray. Now, it faces Biden’s tougher line.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-gloated-over-u-s-election-
disarray-now-it-faces-biden-s-tougher-line/ar-BB1aPGPU?ocid=msedgntp


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THG
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 8:08 PM

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TRUMP EVICTED




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THG
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 5:22 PM

Russian 'doomsday' plane's radio equipment stolen by thieves

Thieves have stolen electronic equipment from a Russian military aircraft known as a "doomsday plane" for its role in the country's nuclear arsenal, local media report.

Reports say unknown thieves broke into the Ilyushin Il-80 plane at an airfield in the southern region of Rostov.

It is unclear when the incident took place, but 39 units of equipment and five radio boards were taken.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55229438

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 5:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Biden is president elect. Here we come Putin...

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Stupid people don't know they're stupid, and they certainly don't realize how obvious it is to others.





Is Ted pretending to know what that term means now?


He's also hoping we go to war with Russia too.



Glad you're happy.



Fix your signature, retard.



What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world? :)

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THG
Thursday, December 10, 2020 1:00 AM

Shoo troll

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Thursday, December 10, 2020 7:06 PM

Biden must call out Putin’s secret war against the United States
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/biden-must-cal
l-out-putins-secret-war-against-the-united-states/2020/12/09/41caf36e-3a51-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html?utm_source=reddit.com


Who aimed those invisible beams at the Americans? Who offered to pay for the killing of U.S. soldiers? Like a good veteran KGB officer, Mr. Putin offers denials. But it is time for these black operations by the Kremlin to be seen for what they are and called out by the new U.S. president.


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THG
Saturday, January 23, 2021 6:57 PM

Hundreds detained as protests called by Putin foe Navalny erupt across Russia

Navalny called on his supporters to protest when he returned to Moscow from Germany after being poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.

Police detain a boy during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on Saturday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hundreds-detained-protests-called-p
utin-foe-navalny-erupt-across-russia-n1255427


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