Here's how YOU can defeat Russian interference

[orangecrush]

In our elections, in our cultural discourse...


"There is a fascinating book by a Russian (then Soviet KGB) spy who engaged in the recruitment of “assets,” ranging from agents of influence to downright spies, prior to defecting to the U.S. in 1979 and working with U.S. intelligence. “On the Wrong Side, My Life in the KGB” was written by defector Stanislav Levchenko in 1988.

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"Most recruits, he wrote, can be “turned” to become agents of influence for a hostile foreign power by the exploitation of one of those four elements. A person needs money, a person has an ideological predisposition, a person can be compromised (by the threat of blackmail, etc.) and a person can be lured by assuaging his ego.

In the case of Trump, it appears evident that three of the four factors are involved. His financial woes in the 1990s, in particular, but probably going back two decades further, his vulnerabilities regarding young women (already the subject of lawsuits), and his gigantic ego all come into play, and have probably all been played like a violin ever since the Russian mafia came into Manhattan."

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"His chief remedy to Americans was, poignantly, to “read the front pages of your newspapers, and read them every day. Read news magazines; read important books.” The press in democratic countries, he wrote, “is there to serve the readership. That is why my best advice for the future of the free world is read, inform yourselves, make your own interpretations and draw your own conclusions. Informed readerships will guarantee real freedom of the press.”

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https://fcnp.com/2017/12/21/clapper-calls-trump-russian-asset/

[Civic Justice]

1. Read, Read and Read and write more than one line slap stick!!!! So others can engage...

This site is very difficult to get people to actually invest to "write out their thoughts".... Why, I don't know...
but comedic slap stick does not serve to do much except in a comedy club.

If one reads, I find it strange that reading does not inspire people's independent thoughts enough to expound upon subject matter.

We get no "replays" in life, it is about what each person does each day, to present and express themselves, that makes the world become what people claim they want it to become.

It's not about how many postings one has, as a forum, it would serve well to promote dialog interactively.

[orangecrush]

3. Well said!

[ProudLib72]

2. How is he not ideologically predisposed?

Oh, I think he hits all four marks.

[orangecrush]

4. I think you are correct.

[Initech]

5. If you see it, report it!

Do not be afraid to hit that alert button on any of your social media sites. The site administrators need to know what is being posted. People need to know what they are posting. Hate speech is hate speech. And it should be treated with hostility when you see it. We cannot let Putin and histroll army get to us!

[orangecrush]

6. Thanks!

Will do!