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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSomething weird is going on.
(Understatement of the year, I know), but on twitter, there's a sudden huge uptick of tweets smearing Hillary. Why? I mean, what's the point?
This makes me think something big is going on in the Cheeto-Russia world, and the twitter hate fest is yet another desperate smoke bomb.
Something big is around the corner, I think.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Same thing is going on there.
Chevy
(1,063 posts)awesomerwb
(139 posts)jehop61
(1,735 posts)I think. But it's cooler to just use initials and keep folks guessing
awesomerwb
(139 posts)bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Most people under 40 know what YT means.
https://www.allacronyms.com/YT/YouTube
ret5hd
(20,499 posts)bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)Young Turks is TYT.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)nini
(16,672 posts)don't forget a lot of us old farts laid the ground for technology today.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)It's a fact Gen Xers and millennials are more tech savvy than baby boomers.
I forgot- Al Gore invented the Internet. My bad.
nini
(16,672 posts)bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Last edited Sun Apr 23, 2017, 07:57 PM - Edit history (2)
Should I not say Bernie Sanders goes to the same barber as Larry David?
And I definitely won't bring up Anthony Weiner's erection either.
Stop taking sh_t so serial, or you'll end up getting an aneurysm.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Last edited Sun Apr 23, 2017, 07:03 PM - Edit history (1)
my Twitter page- Wait, Democratic Underground already follows me-- Nice try.
DK504
(3,847 posts)emerged since President Obama was elected. There was some senior citizens involved in that hate campaign.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)I'm not sure I know what you're talking about- The only comments I have seen from senior citizens (baby boomers) on the Internet comes from Facebook comments on news sites like WRAL. Some of my followers on Twitter are also older and they bash Trump and the GOP on a daily basis- Their numbers are much smaller than my generations though.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)so the France troll resources have been targeted back to the US.
malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)I'm guessing Russian trolls will be working overtime on France over the next two weeks -- the run-off is May 07.
drray23
(7,634 posts)Which is why le pen is cooked. This has been true for decades. We vote for whichever crazy we fancy on the first round and then close ranks on the 2nd. That's why the fn never manage to win anything significant. For example they have only a dozen mayors, that's it. They also have a few representatives in congress because of the proportional system. Same is true for the extreme left, they run for elections but never win anything important.
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)It feels more strategic than just people tweeting about the book. More like a propaganda attack against...whatever big news may be coming.
Whatthe_Firetruck
(557 posts)Maybe they're trying to dirty her again because of this?
(Can't figure out how to show pic, sorry.)
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)has no ficking business running the country. No goddamned mercy. They must be driven out.
And Citizens United needs to go. There needs to be investigation into Koch 'foundations' which are really GOP incubators and think tanks that have far too much power in GOP. They are like the 'shadow presidency'.
QC
(26,371 posts)and there's the strong possibility of a government shutdown.
Back in the old days, pickpockets used to work with street performers. They could clean out people's pockets while they were distracted by the show.
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)You know who really lost?
America.
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)and Russia. STOLEN. By traitors.
triron
(22,007 posts)Criminals in the WH and congress.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)but why don't/can't Dems start doing gerrymandering? Are we too ethical? I am sick of being "too ethical". We need to take the gloves off. When will we learn to use their playbook? It works!
Fla Dem
(23,691 posts)Right now the Republicans have 33 governors to the Dems 16 with one Independent.
Republicans control 32 state legislatures to Dems 18.
That's why we need to not only work on Congressional races but state and local races as well.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)dlk
(11,569 posts)Some people require someone to hate. On a somewhat slow news day, Hillary is a convenient target.
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)bullshit via twitter, deconstructing the bullshit. It's a beautiful thing. ❤
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Effing GD asshole.
Initech
(100,081 posts)Trump is tanking and he knows it. And his supporters don't have anything to support, and they're still acting like they're in campaign mode. So the only thing they have to do, since Trump isn't doing anything constructive, is that they just bash Hillary, like the liars and bullies they are.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)The Russians and Republicans have to try to distract from that.
Warpy
(111,277 posts)but yes, trolls are trying to split our party so we'll be too weak to take on Putin's Orange Pussycat.
Don't fall for this bullshit, people.
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)RedWedge
(618 posts)BigOleDummy
(2,270 posts)with everyone here and just want to add ...... because they are scared! They know..... they know. You can fool some of the people all of the time and you can fool all the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all the time. And their time is getting short!
certainot
(9,090 posts)groundwork repetition is laid while the left looks elsewhere - i guess so we can play cartch-up
i didn't listen to the local weekend blowhards but limbaugh will probably get to it tomorrow.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)Hillary has said she won't run again.
I feel awful saying this, because I love her, but maybe it's fine that the assholes keep shouting at clouds and calling them Hillary Clinton. It keeps them from smearing whoever it is that is coming up in the party. It took them decades to do that number on Hillary. If they are still obsessed with her, it might be good for our future.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)One day they spread right wing talking points about Obama, the next it's Bernie, then they come back to Hillary again.
It's obviously a coordinated effort to keep us divided and distracted.