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Thousands of Americans attended a march last November organized by a Russian group that used social media to interfere in the 2016 election.
The demonstration in New York City, which took place a few days after the election, appears to be the largest and most successful known effort to date pulled off by Russian-linked groups intent on using social media platforms to influence American politics.
Sixteen thousand Facebook users said that they planned to attend a Trump protest on Nov. 12, 2016 organized by the Facebook page for BlackMattersUS, a Russian-linked group that sought to capitalize on racial tensions between black and white Americans. The event was shared with 61,000 users.
more: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/358025-thousands-attended-protest-organized-by-russians-on-facebook -
I keep seeing folks on the right trying to downplay this George Papadopoulos ? by saying he's "young" or "this kid"... Aint that muhfucka like 30?!
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Man no one better teach trump how to post gif files lol man ill be in tears if mueller got the idea to wire george from trumps wiretap tweets
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i still dont get how these people still use emails ? all that im using another phone and whatsapp if im doin all that
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where the ? mike pence dude probably speed dialing mueller to hurry up and get into office lol
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Angeles1son85 wrote: »where the ? mike pence dude probably speed dialing mueller to hurry up and get into office lol
The cold part of the game is that Pence as VP was Manafort's idea.....oh the ironing
http://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-was-handpicked-paul-manafort-696412
MIKE PENCE COULD BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND HE WAS HANDPICKED BY PAUL MANAFORT
The man who helped put Mike Pence a heartbeat away from the presidency is now facing federal charges.
Paul Manafort, who was hit Monday with 12 counts tied to alleged financial schemes, pushed for Pence to become Trump's running mate and even managed to talk Trump out of his doubts. As the Trump administration now works to distance itself from Manafort, his Pence pick stands among the best evidence of his impact as Trump's short-lived campaign manager.
Before Trump formally announced Pence as his vice presidential candidate, it was Manafort who made sure it happened, The New York Times reported last year.
Trump had hesitated to settle on Pence, who was governor of Indiana. Trump was fielding last-ditch appeals from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and publicly said he had not made a “final, final decision” until advisers like Manafort reminded him of the importance of uniting the GOP around conservative Christian values.
CBS News reported that Pence was Manafort's "first choice" and that Manafort even lied about mechanical problems on Trump's plane to make the soon-to-be GOP nominee stay an extra day in Indiana to get to know Pence. In a phone call, Manafort assured Trump that Pence was the right choice and made a case that won over the real estate tycoon.
Manafort would later downplay his behind-the-scenes choice, telling the Times that Trump never seriously doubted Pence.
The decision came during the three months Manafort served as Trump's campaign manager, after advising him earlier in the year. Just a month after the Pence pick, Manafort was out, with reports about his foreign finances and government lobbying creating a cloud around the campaign.
On Monday, Manafort surrendered to the FBI on charges that included conspiracy against the United States, after Mueller named him and his associate Rick Gates in the first indictment from the probe into the Trump campaign's suspected Russia ties.
With reports emerging through 2017 about Manafort becoming a Mueller target, the White House started emphasizing that Manafort spent "just under five months" working for Trump. Press secretary Sarah Sanders further downplayed his role in the campaign on the day he was indicted.
The backpedaling began in March after it emerged that Manafort signed a multimillion-dollar contract in 2006 with a close associate of Vladimir Putin. Trump's team now claims that Manafort merely oversaw delegate operations and that Trump was not aware of Manafort's work for other governments, including Russia.
Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary, described Manafort as someone "who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time." In August, Trump downplayed the FBI's raid Manafort's house, saying it was a "pretty tough" way to wake someone up. He has not publicly defended Manafort since that press conference.
"I've always found Paul Manafort to be a very decent man," Trump said at the time. "He's like a lot of other people, probably makes consultant fees from all over the place. Who knows? I don't know."
More recently, Trump and his staff have tried deflecting attention toward Hillary Clinton and the Democrats, whom Trump blames for an explosive dossier sourced from Fusion GPS, an intelligence company. It alleged that Russia supported Trump for at least five years and that there had been contact between Russian officials and members of Trump’s campaign.
Trump tweeted Monday morning: "Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren't Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????... Also, there is NO COLLUSION!"
The Mueller indictment covers a period "between at least 2006 and 2015," according to the full text of the document, and alleges that Manafort and Gates acted as unregistered agents for Ukraine.
A separate guilty plea from George Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, means collusion efforts have been confirmed by at least one member of the campaign.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/farage-jewish-lobbyNigel Farage: ‘Jewish Lobby’ Has Outsize Influenced In US Politics – Talking Points Memo
Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage opined Monday on the what he said is the disproportionate influence that the “Jewish lobby, with its links with the Israeli government,” has on American politics.
During his call-in show Tuesday on the British radio station LBC, a listener asked about the difference in attention paid to Russian meddling in the 2016 election in the United States — during which Farage campaigned for Donald Trump — and “AIPAC and the Israeli lobby, and their involvement in American politics and elections.”
AIPAC, or the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is perhaps the most influential pro-Israel lobbying group in American politics, and presidential candidates and other political figures regularly address its annual convention. Both Trump and Hillary Clinton did in 2016.
But, rather than addressing the Israel lobby as such, Farage described it as a “Jewish lobby.”
“That’s a reasonable point,” he began in response. “Because there are about 6 million Jewish people living in America, so as a percentage, it’s quite small, but in terms of influence, it’s quite big.”
He added later, after the caller said Israel had both major parties “in their pocket,” that “in terms of money and influence, they are a very powerful lobby.”
Concluding the call, Farage said of the caller: “He makes the point that there are other, very powerful foreign lobbies in the United States of America, and the Jewish lobby, with its links with the Israeli government, is one of those strong voices.”
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The man who helped put Mike Pence a heartbeat away from the presidency is now facing federal charges.
Paul Manafort, who was hit Monday with 12 counts tied to alleged financial schemes, pushed for Pence to become Trump's running mate and even managed to talk Trump out of his doubts. As the Trump administration now works to distance itself from Manafort, his Pence pick stands among the best evidence of his impact as Trump's short-lived campaign manager. Before Trump formally announced Pence as his vice presidential candidate, it was Manafort who made sure it happened, The New York Times reported last year.
maybe putin and manafort knew trump would ? it up and got pence as back up but no way in hell they thought he be this stupid and this fast lol
putin out there on his phil jackson ? running the triangle offense with pence trump and manafort lol
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Terror attack in NYC. Truck ran over pedestrians.
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6 dead now
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#distraction
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Elzo69Renaissance wrote: »#distraction
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SHS looks like a monster
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lmao yo trump really spinning the indictments sayin he glad and sayin mueller is draining the swamp
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damn, Sarah Huckabee and Bill Clinton were both born in Hope, Arkansas
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damn, Sarah Huckabee and Bill Clinton were both born in Hope, Arkansas
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damn, Sarah Huckabee and Bill Clinton were both born in Hope, Arkansas
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StoneColdMikey wrote: »
kelly has to be puttin up a front no way he let trump break him but once trump finds out about this lol
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