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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: How The Russian Social Media Effort Boosted Bernie [View all]pnwmom
(109,032 posts)74. He said his campaign noticed in April or May 2016 "lots of strange things
attacking Hillary Clinton."
Too bad they didn't take their concerns to the Clinton campaign or to the FBI.
https://www.vpr.org/post/sen-bernie-sanders-russia-we-knew-what-we-knew-when-we-knew-it?_ga=2.202720786.2004122569.1555920891-313237303.1555441518#stream/0
(Finally, in September a Bernie campaign volunteer, acting on his own, told someone connected with a Clinton super-pac about the strange activity, but the word didn't get to Hillary because the super-pac wasn't allowed to contact her.)
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Yeah, that's the same rationale Greenwald and Assange use to justify their actions
BannonsLiver
Apr 2019
#36
Yes...and there are even folks here who are parotting Trump's "We do bad things too" equivocation.
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#58
Just because we (the US) "infiltrated" other elections we should roll over and accept....
George II
Apr 2019
#51
Russian interference sought to boost Bernie Sanders in 2016, Mueller report says
Gothmog
Apr 2019
#30
The spin in the article is Russian Hysteria. Sanders is not responsible and has no need to
jalan48
Apr 2019
#42
Thanks for the heads up dude. I'll keep an eye peeled myself. You never know who's working the
jalan48
Apr 2019
#72
"But Bernie supporters held the 'Hillary 2016 for Prison' signs up at their rallies, too, and
betsuni
Apr 2019
#73