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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGreat comment from Mark Warner Russian trolls pushed rally in Buffalothen urged blacks not to vote
I wonder what spooked the Republicans to so quickly close down the Intel Committee investigation?? I know they have have hinted at it several times. but this was so quick. so quick.
This is a great article.
Mark Warner
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15h15 hours ago
Its not about Republicans vs. Democrats. Its a question of whether were willing to accept a foreign adversary carrying out intel operations on our own soil to divide Americans. Im not ready to surrender that ground.
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http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/10/russian-trolls-pushed-rally-in-buffalo-and-urged-blacks-not-to-vote/
Russian trolls pushed rally in Buffalo - then urged blacks not to vote
By Jerry Zremski | Published March 10, 2018 | Updated March 11, 2018
WASHINGTON As a real black activist, Kattrina Martin-Bordeaux never thought much of "Blacktivist," a mysterious group that popped up online and commandeered the promotion of an April 2016 protest at the Erie County Holding Center.
"What made me suspicious was that they came from nowhere and had no identity," Martin-Bordeaux recalled.
She was right to be suspicious.
The people behind "Blacktivist" weren't black activists. According to an indictment filed in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the "Blacktivists" were really Russian trolls, out to sow discord and help Republican Donald Trump amid one of America's most contentious presidential elections.
That's just what they did in Buffalo.
Blacktivist's nameless operatives promoted that rally and later tried to get local African-American voters to sit out the 2016 presidential election, Martin-Bordeaux said in an interview this week.
It all started when.................................
But the indictment Mueller filed makes it seem all of a piece. The indictment never directly mentions Blacktivist's activity in Buffalo, but it notes that Russian trolls also sponsored pro-Trump rallies in New York City both before and after the election.
In addtion, Blacktivist interfered with the November election by trying to suppress the vote for Clinton to boost Trump's fortunes. The trolls did that, the indictment said, by promoting Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
"On or about November 3, 2016, defendants and their co-conspirators purchased an advertisement to promote a post on the organization-controlled Instagram account 'Blacktivist' that read in part: Choose peace and vote for Jill Stein. Trust me, its not a wasted vote................................
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Great comment from Mark Warner Russian trolls pushed rally in Buffalothen urged blacks not to vote (Original Post)
riversedge
Mar 2018
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. The republican symps are freaked about the truth coming out
that's why they prematurely CLAMMED their so-called House "investigation" into Comrade Dirty Donnie, their republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, and his cabal of colluding cronies.