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OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:44 AM May 2018

THIS STORY should get more attention...

in the quest to get more people to see the danger of the war Putin is waging, and Biff's complicity.

It seems to me this is the kind of story that would get the attention of conservatives...the ones who loudly proclaim their undying support of the military (with the ribbons on their cars/trucks)...the ones who give zero shits about the many stories of immorality and corruption swirling around this administration.

It would raise their awareness of the Kremlin's attacks AND Biff's support of these tactics.


https://apnews.com/4d174e45ef5843a0ba82e804f080988f

Russian hackers posed as IS to threaten military wives


PARIS (AP) — Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone:

“Dear Angela!” it said. “Bloody Valentine’s Day!”

“We know everything about you, your husband and your children,” the Facebook message continued, claiming that the hackers operating under the flag of Islamic State militants had penetrated her computer and her phone. “We’re much closer than you can even imagine.”

Ricketts was one of five military wives who received death threats from the self-styled CyberCaliphate on the morning of Feb. 10, 2015. The warnings led to days of anguished media coverage of Islamic State militants’ online reach.

Except it wasn’t IS.

The Associated Press has found evidence that the women were targeted not by jihadists but by the same Russian hacking group that intervened in the American election and exposed the emails of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta.


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THIS STORY should get more attention... (Original Post) OneGrassRoot May 2018 OP
What a mess. They have been busy. BumRushDaShow May 2018 #1
Good point, idea Shanti Mama May 2018 #2
What political solution is there to a strategic military attack ? Anon-C May 2018 #3
It seems Fox sets many of the agendas... OneGrassRoot May 2018 #4
Don't hold your breath. Garrett78 May 2018 #5
Yeah, I know... OneGrassRoot May 2018 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Gothmog May 2018 #7
I agree Gothmog May 2018 #7
Cyberwar was declared and it has never been shut down. BSdetect May 2018 #9
kick OneGrassRoot May 2018 #10
Sent this story out yesterday Duppers May 2018 #11

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)
3. What political solution is there to a strategic military attack ?
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:51 AM
May 2018

Especially if that attack is still underway?

OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)
4. It seems Fox sets many of the agendas...
Wed May 9, 2018, 10:52 AM
May 2018

It’s mortifying to realize this is happening (and I do believe they set the agenda for Biff rather than vice versa).

This is the kind of story that could wake some people up re: Trump-Russia, and if Fox would cover it, it could give a few GOP members courage to start DOING something about the ongoing attacks.



OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)
6. Yeah, I know...
Wed May 9, 2018, 10:57 AM
May 2018

I have little hope but sometimes it bubbles up when I see stories that might break through their wall of willful ignorance.



Response to OneGrassRoot (Original post)

Duppers

(28,127 posts)
11. Sent this story out yesterday
Wed May 9, 2018, 06:38 PM
May 2018

To my email list.

K&R for importance in moving rethugians a bit toward reality.

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