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Newly released trove reveals Russian tweets that promoted Jill Stein (Original Post) Gothmog Aug 2018 OP
Of course they did. Cha Aug 2018 #1
Didn't she claim she just happened or was randomly at the same table as Putin?? Roland99 Aug 2018 #6
She was seated next to Peskov tinrobot Aug 2018 #10
stein did nothing but LIE so I wouldn't doubt.. Cha Aug 2018 #12
"Of course" - first words out of my mouth before I saw your post Cha! BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #7
Great minds, BRDS! Cha Aug 2018 #14
What was the date and what was the context? Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #11
That was an RT event BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #17
Thousands of new Russian tweets reveal how fake social media accounts backed Jill Stein. Cha Aug 2018 #2
To be fair to Stein the first Mueller indictment spelled out how Stein was assisted and why. Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #5
There is Nothing "fair" about jill ratfucking stein. Cha Aug 2018 #9
Stein got a major chunk of votes out of Philly & PA in general BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #16
Yes, all those votes likely would have gone D...the Russians know their craft. Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #18
Here in PA, the Greens only had one other candidate on a state ticket BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #20
didnt she also get funding for her "campaign" from russia AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #3
Realistically.... DFW Aug 2018 #4
Fuck Jill Stein. tinrobot Aug 2018 #8
Gomer says..... workinclasszero Aug 2018 #13
It's called a "third party splitter" and it is one of the worst consequences of Citizens United. McCamy Taylor Aug 2018 #15
the old term was stalking horse. mopinko Aug 2018 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author chwaliszewski Aug 2018 #22
The Tea Party is still republican based, whereas the GP, MagickMuffin Aug 2018 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author chwaliszewski Aug 2018 #24
Of course people have the right to vote for whom they please Nonhlanhla Aug 2018 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author chwaliszewski Aug 2018 #27
Third party splitter helped us elect Bill Clinton though. progressoid Aug 2018 #28
Jill Stein is a traitorous stooge. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2018 #21
The Senate's Russia Investigation Is Now Looking Into Jill Stein Gothmog Aug 2018 #25

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
6. Didn't she claim she just happened or was randomly at the same table as Putin??
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:01 PM
Aug 2018

Yeah. That just randomly happens to me all the freaking time!

tinrobot

(10,909 posts)
10. She was seated next to Peskov
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:04 PM
Aug 2018

He's supposed to be #2 in the chain of command.

That was not random.

Cha

(297,415 posts)
12. stein did nothing but LIE so I wouldn't doubt..
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:06 PM
Aug 2018

I read she said she was there to thank him for his "wonderful propaganda machine". lol I don't think those were the words she used, though.

BumRushDaShow

(129,228 posts)
17. That was an RT event
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:12 PM
Aug 2018
The event was a December 2015 fete in Moscow for news outlet Russia Today’s 10th anniversary. Had the 2016 U.S. presidential election not turned out as it did, the photo, and the event with it, likely would be forgotten by now.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2017/12/21/that-infamous-moscow-dinner-where-michael-flynn-and-jill-stein-sat-with-putin-utahs-rocky-anderson-was-there-too/

Cha

(297,415 posts)
2. Thousands of new Russian tweets reveal how fake social media accounts backed Jill Stein.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 07:35 PM
Aug 2018
Some used simple hashtags, as with the Facebook ad. One, for instance, simply read “#JillStein2016 #GoGreen #GreenParty #Democrats #DemExit #Republicans #GOPexit #USA.” Another, from the Russian @StayWoke88 account, read, “I #voted for #JillStein because I could NOT vote for more war. #ItsInOurHands”

No, it's OnYourHands

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
5. To be fair to Stein the first Mueller indictment spelled out how Stein was assisted and why.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:00 PM
Aug 2018

She was a small actor and Russians did only small ad buys and social media fake news.

The real purpose was to "sow discord and division" in America and distrust of election outcomes and Stein was deemed worthy of also being a minor target in furtherance of the master plan.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
18. Yes, all those votes likely would have gone D...the Russians know their craft.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:17 PM
Aug 2018

But how many did the Green Party get, same thing.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
15. It's called a "third party splitter" and it is one of the worst consequences of Citizens United.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:07 PM
Aug 2018

In the old days, the GOP had to resort to code to get its donors to each pay their $2000 to someone like Nader in order to get a third party splitter on the ballot so that e-vote hackers could siphon 4-5% of the Dem vote and give it to the third party splitter, changing the election outcome.

Now, with Citizen United, one Russia mobster, or Sheldon Addelson or the Kochs can single handedly finance a third party splitter. I am betting that Stein did not get nearly as many votes as people think she did--and that many of the Greens know that they are stealing votes from Dems, and that they justify it by saying "If things are bad enough, then we will have a revolution"

Response to McCamy Taylor (Reply #15)

MagickMuffin

(15,948 posts)
23. The Tea Party is still republican based, whereas the GP,
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 10:37 PM
Aug 2018

not even closely related to the Democratic Party.

Response to MagickMuffin (Reply #23)

Nonhlanhla

(2,074 posts)
26. Of course people have the right to vote for whom they please
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 12:11 AM
Aug 2018

But we also have the right to criticize them if we think they undermine the very principles they say they stand for by voting for third party spoilers. Our criticism does not take their right to vote for anyone away.

Response to Nonhlanhla (Reply #26)

Gothmog

(145,427 posts)
25. The Senate's Russia Investigation Is Now Looking Into Jill Stein
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 12:01 AM
Aug 2018

This is from a while back https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/the-senates-russia-investigation-is-now-looking-into-jill#.gu970Y17g

The top congressional committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has set its sights on the Green Party and its nominee, Jill Stein.

Dennis Trainor Jr., who worked for the Stein campaign from January to August of 2015, says Stein contacted him on Friday saying the Senate Intelligence Committee had requested that the campaign comply with a document search.

Trainor, who served as the campaign’s communications director and acting manager during that time, told BuzzFeed News that he was informed of the committee’s request because during his time on the campaign, his personal cell phone was “a primary point of contact” for those looking to reach Stein or the campaign. That included producers from RT News, the Russian state-funded media company that booked Stein for several appearances, Trainor said.

“Then I was told by Jill just to wait for further instructions,” Trainor said, adding that he was told the campaign would contact him in the next week with details, presumably from the Senate Intelligence Committee, of how to execute the document search, including precise search terms. That has not happened yet, Trainor said.
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