Sorry 2 be debbie downer of the current Twitter/media groupthink, but Trump saying Russia "helped get him elected" doesn't make it so. I covered campaign on the road for a year. What elected Trump was the Rust Belt that had been decimated for three decades through job offshoring
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THERE IS NO EMPIRICAL DATA that shows Russia or
@wikileaks Podesta or DNC email releases were a major factor in the general election. If you read the actual exit polls (I did)---trade and immigration were biggest issues in the pivotal Rust Belt states. Of course, this is not asShow this thread -
sexy and sensational as the Cold War reenactment played daily on cable news. Reality is never as entertaining I guess. But the continued Russia-phobia and pretending that it's Russia—not neoliberalism & bad candidates--that is the reason for Trump will result in....more Trump.
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Let's suppose Russia actually influenced election. Would they've accomplished it if there wasn't economic damages in several areas of the country?
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I think what you’re saying is Part of the truth. I don’t think it’s 1 or the other. The Mueller investigation uncovered “sweeping & systemic” Russian interference. 13 Russians were indicted for this. Furthermore they’ve been doing this in countries around the world. ...
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Who has been meddling in elections around the world, Russia or America?
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