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If I were Putin, I'd be a little worried that Trump thinks my invasion plan is "genius."

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I think most people you call “left” on this board would agree with you. In fact, I would say the majority of the “liberals” on this board gripe often about Democrats being pussies that never get shit

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My question is simple.  Why is Biden against domestic oil & gas production but is for increased oil & gas production overseas?

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WhatTheBuck

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Oh look, two Russian oligarchs coincidentally murdered their families and committed suicide just one day apart according to Russian state media. I’m sure they weren’t opposed to Putin’s actions or cooperating with Western intelligence services or anything.

https://www.businessinsider.com/2-russian-oligarchs-found-dead-spain-moscow-reports-2022-4

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Reiner’s and Freeman’s entries on the list appear to make reference to their work together in support of The Committee to Investigate Russia, a nonprofit focused on fighting Russian interference in U.S. elections.

Reiner is on the advisory board of the group, which launched in 2017, while Freeman voiced over a video it released.

“We have been attacked,” Freeman said in the video, referring to Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. “We are at war.”

I'm sure Freeman is pretty broken up about it

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On 4/7/2022 at 1:59 PM, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

 

Sweet golden tank track chaise.

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On 5/23/2022 at 7:15 PM, Pancho said:

Lulz

 

Well, he was one of America's great presidents. He proved himself after the asteroid strike and the assassination attempts. 

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Nothing on how much was funneled to candidates and causes in the U.S. Chances are that there’s a lot more to it than just $300 Million.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-politics-presidential-elections-03d0ae84fb34833b78b1753d0a9602db

US: Russia spent $300M to covertly influence world politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has covertly spent more than $300 million since 2014 to try to influence politicians and other officials in more than two dozen countries, the State Department alleges in a newly released cable. 

The cable released Tuesday cites a new intelligence assessment of Russia’s global covert efforts to support policies and parties sympathetic to Moscow. The cable does not name specific Russian targets but says the U.S. is providing classified information to select individual countries. 

It’s the latest effort by the Biden administration to declassify intelligence about Moscow’s military and political aims, dating back to ultimately correct assessments that Russia would launch a new war against Ukraine. Many of President Joe Biden’s top national security officials have extensive experience countering Moscow and served in government when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched wide-ranging campaigns to influence the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections.

A senior administration official declined to say how much money Russia is believed to have spent in Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his top deputies have long accused Putin of meddling in domestic politics. The official noted allegations of Russian influence in recent elections in Albania, Bosnia and Montenegro, all Eastern European countries that have faced historical pressure from Moscow.

Unlike declared efforts by foreign governments to lobby for preferred initiatives, Russia’s covert influence involved using front organizations to funnel money to preferred causes or politicians, the cable alleges. That includes think tanks in Europe and state-owned enterprises in Central America, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.

The U.S. has in its history also covertly funded political groups and been responsible for efforts to topple or undermine foreign governments. The official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity under rules set by the administration, rejected comparisons between Russia’s activities and current U.S. financing of media and political initiatives.

Putin was spending huge sums “in an attempt to manipulate democracies from the inside,” the official said. 

State Department spokesman Ned Price called Russia’s covert funding an “assault on sovereignty.”

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“It is an effort to chip away at the ability of people around the world to choose the governments that they see best fit to represent them, to represent their interests, and to represent their values,” he said.

Russia’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The State Department took the unusual step of releasing a diplomatic cable that was sent on Monday to many U.S. embassies and consulates abroad, many of them in Europe, Africa and South Asia, laying out the concerns.

The cable, which was marked “sensitive” and not intended for foreign audiences but was not classified, contained a series of talking points that U.S. diplomats were instructed to raise with their host governments regarding alleged Russian interference. Among steps diplomats were told to recommend include sanctions, travel bans, and exposure of covert financing.

According to the cable, intelligence officials believe Russia planned to transfer “at least hundreds of millions more” dollars in funding to sympathetic parties and officials around the world.

The cable does not say how intelligence officials came up with the total figure of $300 million. It also does not address concerns that Russia or other adversaries may again try to interfere in U.S. politics.

The official briefing reporters noted that Biden had recently extended a national emergency declaration addressing the continued threat of foreign election interference.

“We’re promoting coordination with our democratic peers,” the official said. “And we’ll be exchanging lessons learned, all to advance our collective election security, but also our election security here at home.”

Josh Rudolph, a fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy who researches Russian and Chinese financial influence, compared the White House decision to release its new findings with its declassification of Russian plans and intentions in the Ukraine war.

“That made a lot of sense because it got the Ukrainians ready for their own defense and it helped rally the Europeans to build an international coalition,” Rudolph said. “This can have all of those same benefits but also defang the operation itself. If the target is voters, then what you mainly have to do is reach those voters and let them know what’s happening to them.”

 

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Headlines which seem non-sensical, yet....
(praying for Abe Froman)

 

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I'm serious, though--how many Americans have you ever heard of falling out of a window?  Or for that matter, Brits?  Or Indians?  Or Mexicans or Chinese or Belgians?  

It doesn't happen.  Because nobody fucking "falls" out of a window.  And the FSB knows that, which is why they've made it their calling card.  People get shot in the fucking head all the time.  People get poisoned or blown up.  But only the Russian political enforcers will make you "fall" out of a window.

It really kind of remarkable in its brazenness.

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I'm serious, though--how many Americans have you ever heard of falling out of a window?  Or for that matter, Brits?  Or Indians?  Or Mexicans or Chinese or Belgians?  

It doesn't happen.  Because nobody fucking "falls" out of a window.  And the FSB knows that, which is why they've made it their calling card.  People get shot in the fucking head all the time.  People get poisoned or blown up.  But only the Russian political enforcers will make you "fall" out of a window.

It really kind of remarkable in its brazenness.

Well there was Eric Clapton's kid, and um end of list? 

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I find this hard to believe.

Navalny was struck down with 'sudden death syndrome', his mother was told at Russian prison.

KHARP, Russia, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Alexei Navalny's mother was told on Saturday that Russia's most prominent opposition leader had been struck down by "sudden death syndrome" and that his body would not be handed over to the family until an investigation was completed, his team said.
Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the "Polar Wolf" penal colony in Kharp, about 1,900 km (1,200 miles) northeast of Moscow, where he was serving a three-decade sentence, the prison service said.
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Totally shocked over here that so many right influencers were taking money from Russia to be pro Russian. I’m sure that they will all feign ignorance and that it’s only a coincidence that their views were pro Russian while accepting all of that money.

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Let's assume that all of these influencers and their followers were "duped."  Here is the BEST CASE SCENARIO of how you explain where you are:

1)  There is an entity that openly hates the United States of America, and wants to see us so divided that we are a non-functional, impotent, failing nation state.

2)  I hold views and take positions that are so consistent with that entity's goals and vision that the entity will pay tens of millions of dollars to boost those views.

 

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK IS FUCKING WRONG WITH YOU, YOU TREASONOUS FUCKWEASELS????  YOU FUCKING TAKE POSITIONS THAT ARE EXACTLY THOSE OF OUR FUCKING ENEMIES.  THAT SHOULD JAR YOU THE FUCK AWAKE, INSTEAD, YOU DOUBLE DOWN.  NOBODY ON THE RIGHT SHOULD EVER BE ALLOWED TO USE THE WORD "PATRIOT" EVER AGAIN.

You side with our enemy.  KNOWING that, you CONTINUE to side with our enemy.  Either burn in hell, or go join our enemy - move to Russia, join the Russian military, and actually put your fucking ass on the line for the "values" you hold so fucking dear. 

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