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MontanaMama

(23,238 posts)
41. They're all over the place
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 11:45 PM
Oct 2019

including DU. I’ll bet MIRT has their hands full of Russian trolls right about now. The increase in the Tulski threads speaks volumes.

Post removed Post removed Oct 2019 #1
Wouldn't that violate the TOS? Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #2
Lol. Yes. "Of course they're here." Hortensis Oct 2019 #73
nope... I'm certain there are those here who are Russians working for Putin. - n/t lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #3
Yep. Their signature moves are to stir up division. DemocracyMouse Oct 2019 #63
That would be foolish. Of course they're here. Claritie Pixie Oct 2019 #4
Of course they are on DU sdfernando Oct 2019 #5
I remember that and that stupid video. It shut down DU for weeks. nt doc03 Oct 2019 #7
Yes Ahpook Oct 2019 #11
I trust that site security has been beefed up sdfernando Oct 2019 #16
Our Admins are pros and quite good at what they do. But against the malice of entities that want ... Hekate Oct 2019 #60
That must have been quite alarming/scary. I'm watching dewsgirl Oct 2019 #29
I remember bdamomma Oct 2019 #93
There probably are some here to. In the 2016 election there sure seemed to be. nt doc03 Oct 2019 #6
They are everywhere fescuerescue Oct 2019 #8
Is there something you want to say, starfishes? pbmus Oct 2019 #9
hmm... cilla4progress Oct 2019 #52
Why you think Russans here? Is not for Russians to do this DU. defacto7 Oct 2019 #10
:-)__ kentuck Oct 2019 #23
Why would Russians Falcata Oct 2019 #12
They are here Trenzalore Oct 2019 #14
Yep! FM123 Oct 2019 #76
Low post/long active account here Flo Mingo Oct 2019 #79
There were known Turin_C3PO Oct 2019 #17
Why? Free publishing and influence platform. greyl Oct 2019 #26
Not so obscure to have had DU shut down in a cyber attack. sheshe2 Oct 2019 #32
The hack actually happened on election day MagickMuffin Oct 2019 #40
I saw it too. sheshe2 Oct 2019 #44
The site was only down for one week. pintobean Oct 2019 #69
And yet, it was important enough Bettie Oct 2019 #34
Listen to the tale, Grasshopper. This is a professionally-run site with lots of safeguards, and... Hekate Oct 2019 #36
Thank YOU. sheshe2 Oct 2019 #46
more than a few times, things appear on DU then magically on a major media outlet Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #45
One of my posts was published in the WSJ website. Coventina Oct 2019 #47
We are so irrelevant and yet you seemed to find DU and bothered to join... Pachamama Oct 2019 #56
I'm not one to easily buy into CT or panic-mongering such, but the Russians do monitor dem websites. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2019 #59
That's certainly some new thinking... LanternWaste Oct 2019 #78
You haven't been here that long Bradical79 Oct 2019 #81
Anyone who was here in 2016 should know better. Maru Kitteh Oct 2019 #13
I think that was like the final depression that night. Needed a place to find solace demtenjeep Oct 2019 #15
Remember it well. It was a truly depressing. Hoyt Oct 2019 #30
It's the Ukranians! Silent3 Oct 2019 #18
If they are here, I invite them to message me. Doodley Oct 2019 #19
Of course Rebl2 Oct 2019 #20
anyone who thinks that has clearly never been to the primaries forum...... Takket Oct 2019 #21
Of course Igor* is here Leith Oct 2019 #22
Good to put a name to the activity. We always figured Agent Mike was on the job during ... Hekate Oct 2019 #31
(Raises eyebrow). Kick and Rec Hekate Oct 2019 #24
They were definitely here in 2016. NutmegYankee Oct 2019 #25
Anywhere they can cause trouble. NCLefty Oct 2019 #27
Lost Removed Cirque du So-What Oct 2019 #28
I agree that they were here in 2016 Gothmog Oct 2019 #33
Я не русский. Мне не платит Путин. sop Oct 2019 #35
. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #42
Please translate, we don't speak Russian here MyMission Oct 2019 #57
Google Translate is your friend Celerity Oct 2019 #58
Translation: "I am not russian. Putin doesn't pay me." sop Oct 2019 #66
Thanks for translating MyMission Oct 2019 #75
Oh, we used to have a cadre of Putin fanboys and fangirls here. Coventina Oct 2019 #37
They're here, but they don't carry the clout they used to. byronius Oct 2019 #38
Maddow warns Russia is interfering in the 2020 election in 'exactly the same way' as they did in 201 Gothmog Oct 2019 #39
Doing it bdamomma Oct 2019 #94
They're all over the place MontanaMama Oct 2019 #41
Russiapublicans, for sure; Russians, likely Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #43
Russians or American trolls? GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #48
I agree LeftInTX Oct 2019 #54
A walk down bad memory lane canetoad Oct 2019 #64
Молчи! Xolodno Oct 2019 #49
We don't speak Russian here. Please translate! MyMission Oct 2019 #55
We do too speak Russian here! DFW Oct 2019 #70
Some of us on DU do speak Russian. I do, for example, thanks MineralMan Oct 2019 #88
We converse (with each other) in English on this board MyMission Oct 2019 #97
Well, from time to time, someone posts something in another language MineralMan Oct 2019 #98
LOL! That's cold... MineralMan Oct 2019 #87
From the first line of the first paragraph of the DU ToS ... lpbk2713 Oct 2019 #50
I think they are here and California_Republic Oct 2019 #51
Russian accounts on DU? Sheesh. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2019 #53
Well, well. You joined up just after the election of 2016 and before the inauguration. Hekate Oct 2019 #61
Russians were posting in DEM circles, backing all sides on contentious issues to make us hate each NCLefty Oct 2019 #62
The Russians use a layered attack. Iterate Oct 2019 #65
They are here malaise Oct 2019 #67
Sure. Behind the Aegis Oct 2019 #68
They definitely keep an eye on DU DFW Oct 2019 #71
There is at least one here RandiFan1290 Oct 2019 #72
There are far rightie us operatives and russian ones. Mc Mike Oct 2019 #74
I'm fairly sure, a former DU-user was a russian troll. DetlefK Oct 2019 #77
I think they are here. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2019 #80
I think half the people here saying we shouldn't impeach are Russian trolls. cbdo2007 Oct 2019 #82
Who is still saying we shouldn't impeach? StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #83
The ones who say "what is the point if the Senate won't remove". cbdo2007 Oct 2019 #85
I don't think that was an unreasonable position under the circumstance in play then StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #86
I think the obvious continued attacks are Repube trolls here...it is the subtle cbdo2007 Oct 2019 #91
I lulz'd KG Oct 2019 #84
Oh, there probably are a few of them who show up on DU. MineralMan Oct 2019 #89
there is always Boris and Natasha... IcyPeas Oct 2019 #90
Vlad is it you? I always have in mind when I read posts IndyOp Oct 2019 #92
I remember 2014 and debates over events in Ukraine very well here. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2019 #95
Many here tonight it seems, and they can all properly eff right off, too. Maru Kitteh Oct 2019 #96
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