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   Art Smart (artsmart@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 21:39:55 JST Art Smart

   #Republican Party? Nope. They're now the #Russpublican Party.

   #VladimirPutin must be absolutely thrilled by how much ROI continues to accrue from his 2016 #Facebook ads to help elect #Trump, to say nothing of the hooker tapes he's probably holding over Trump's head.

   #DonaldTrump has no official powers left and might soon be in shackles, but he's already turned the #GOP into the absolute best weapon that #Russia now commands.

   https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-18/republicans-blocking-ukraine-aid-should-remember-9-11-and-pearl-harbor

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 21:39:53 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     #HybridWarfare #CyberWarfare #Russia #Elections2024 #US
     #ElectionInterference

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     "#Democrats on the #HouseIntelligenceCommittee released thousands of #Russian #Facebook ads on Thursday, offering the public its first in-depth look at the troubling messages used to heighten tensions among #Americans during and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

     The release of the 👉ads, which Facebook says were purchased by the...

     https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/05/10/thousands-russian-bought-facebook-social-media-ads-released-congress/849959001/

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     Art Smart (artsmart@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 21:39:54 JST Art Smart

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     My statement above about Russian Facebook ads is absolutely true: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/05/10/thousands-russian-bought-facebook-social-media-ads-released-congress/849959001/

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     ...#Kremlin-linked #InternetResearchAgency👈 to sway public sentiment, comes as the giant social network races to tighten restrictions on political ads to head off manipulation of upcoming elections, including this fall's hotly contested #midterms."

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