” Soviet control activities are a joke”, says past Intercept author Ken Klippenstein. No point was made by the Justice Department task force, which is supposed to prevent foreign interference in American elections, that Moscow’s efforts have had any influence. Previously”.
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In the 1940s and early ‘ 50s, the CIA was very good at election interference. The CIA worked hard to make the election work against them when Socialists appeared to be going to win the I948 European vote. According to the Wilson Center, the rumour “adopted actions that ranged from secret financial assistance to people statements by U.S. officials, linking American financial assistance to a battle of the Popular Front]Communists.”  ,
The CIA even interfered in elections in Brazil, Venezuela, Honduras, and Nicaragua, among different interventions in Latin America. The tactics employed included harassment campaigns against the communist opposition as well as exact ballot-box stuffing. The CIA got quite good at swinging votes.
Surprisingly, the Russians are morons.
In what they claim was a” Soviet influence plan,” the Justice Department recently made a few detention.
” Many of the video published by U. S. Company-I contain commentary on situations and issues in the United States, quite as emigration, prices, and other issues related to domestic and foreign policy”, the government claim in the indictment. Although the opinions expressed in the video vary, the subject matter and information of the video frequently align with the Government of Russia’s desire to exacerbate regional groups in order to stifle U.S. opposition to fundamental state of Russia priorities, such as Ukraine’s ongoing battle.
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How popular was this “influence” function, and who was targeted?
Based on details in the indictment, Company-1 has been identified as Tenet Media ( since shuttered ), which managed a stable of right-wing pundits including Lauren Southern, Tim Pool, Taylor Hansen, Matt Christiansen, Dave Rubin, and Benny Johnson. The business promoted, the accusation says, “nearly 2, 000 movies that have garnered more than 16 million views on YouTube only”.
Quite wicked, right? Also, maybe not. Tenet’s participants seem perplexed by the situation, despite Lauren Chen’s quiet departure and her resignation from Blaze TV and her YouTube channel.
Tim Pool claims that Tenet Media granted him permission to produce The Culture War Podcast, which was done properly before any licensing agreements with Tenet, and that it will continue to do so once any like agreements expire. ” Not at any point did anyone else have complete editorial control of the show,” said one participant.
Benny Johnson adds,” I am the only man who has ever had editorial control over my program.”
The Justice Department claims that Soviet propaganda was used to deceive the visitors. What’s more, the solution of this “disinformation” may affect the 2024 election.
The indictment specified that the defendants “have deployed nearly$ 10 million, laundered through a network of foreign shell entities, to covertly fund and direct U. S. Company-I]which ] publishes English-language videos on multiple social media channels, including TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube”. Additionally, the accusation claimed that more than 2, 000 of the video were on YouTube.
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So the Russians spent$ 10 million and got 2, 000 YouTube video seen by 16 million people for their euros. About 140 million people will vote in the 2024 election, and the candidates will spend upwards of$ 1.5 billion.  ,
No matter how minor-minded intervention may be, the Justice Department’s career is to prevent immigrants from influencing our elections. Why, then, does the departed get their undergarments in a surprising election-related ruse?
Bottom line: They believe you’re too stupid to think for yourself and weed out Russian propaganda from true news and opinion, which is mostly painfully apparent. Only the left, with their superior ( to you ) intellect and keen insight, can tell the difference between disinformation and reality.
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Klippenstein notes that Michael van Landingham, a former CIA researcher who authored the intelligence community’s 2017 analysis of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, stocks his skepticism about the success of Soviet influence operations.
Van Landingham makes an intriguing level that is unmissable in the tsunami of violent media coverage: that Moscow interprets the Justice Department’s characterization of their influence campaign as an affirmation.
That’s the standard issue. High-profile reactions to foreign influence operations give the impression that Russia and other nations are influencing British mind and that their strategies are successful. The paradox of the government’s quite public fascination with vote security is that the more people are likely to question the legitimacy of the results the more attention is paid to these alleged challenges. In fact, international enemies who conduct effect operations hope for this outcome.
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How do the Justice Department, the returned, and the Biden-Harris leadership feel about doing the Russians ‘ selling?