The Pipeline: How Russian disinformation reaches and influences the US
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The fake whistleblower videos started popping up last fall, the work of a small but prolific Russian group that researchers call Storm-1516.
#Politics #Disinformation #Russia #JDVance #TimPool #CharlieKirk #Trump #Election2024
https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/russian-disinformation-2024-election-storm-1516/index.html
@carmen I think that would have been Truman. He was only 20 in 1944, and the voting age was 21.
@nursefrombirth I hope they're keeping a close eye on some of our home-grown "Patriot" militias.
@MrGoat I've long suspected that his tailor hates him.
@anita_rotheram Presumably he means the House of Commons. The Senate is pretty much a rubber stamp.
@Bix A pattern of sustained Russian terrorism -- very Cold War.
"Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted an incendiary device on a plane to Britain that later caught fire at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/16/russia-suspected-of-planting-device-on-plane-that-caused-uk-warehouse-fire
@ProjectShadow They probably only send men with familiies back home to hold hostage. Defect and it's off to the slave camps with them!
North Korean Troops Deserting Ukraine Frontline Days After Arrival: Report
Chess grandmaster Kirill Shevchenko expelled from competition for allegedly using a mobile phone during matches
@catlynne333 They vote, too.
@catlynne333 High tariffs must poll well.
@catlynne333 Straight from the Roy Cohn handbook: no matter what happens, you claim victory and never admit defeat.
@EvilBunny Probably straight from a car wash.
#ClimateCrisis
WashPost:
Research suggests weโre entering the early stages of real estate prices falling in response to climate risk.
The effect may not be as large as the global financial crisis, but in some vulnerable neighborhoods, the fallout may feel very similar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/home-insurance-climate-change-housing-market/
More than 800 service members ejected from US military under โdonโt ask, donโt tellโ receive honorable discharges
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/15/politics/service-members-dont-ask-dont-tell/index.html
Kamala Harris is set for her first Fox News interview. What to know.
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The interview will be pretaped and will air at 6 p.m. Eastern on โSpecial Report With Bret Baier,โ a program that draws an average of 2.3 million viewers, according to Fox News.
Responding to a question on social media, Baier said the interview would be taped โas-liveโ before the show and aired without any cuts.
"Gift" article.
https://wapo.st/4ha5HqK
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