What Did Mueller Achieve with the Internet Research Agency Indictment? https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/02/17/what-did-mueller-achieve-with-the-internet-research-agency-indictment/ …
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1) Establishing bipartisan credibility for the larger investigation 2) Reiterating the crime of conspiracy to defraud the United States 3) Laying out how Americans might be involved with or without "colluding"
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4) Hinting at what the US has 5) Nevertheless establishing the political stakes 6) Using the term "co-conspirator" 119 times
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Bigger takeaway is Mueller has us on the road to formalizing "sowing discord" and "sowing distrust of institutions" as threats to the security of the U.S. This is a disaster for political dissent. How can you agitate for change without sowing discord and distrust?
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Um. Did you read the post? Because it addresses that.
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Yeah, and I didn't see anything like the sort of straightforward condemnation that's warranted. This is a seriously dangerous road to start down. I'm a Green voter and I already see voicing support for Greens conflated with being in bed with the enemy Putin.
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Because that's not what he's doing, which you would know if you had read the post. Why not ... read the post?
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No, Mueller isn't doing it himself. It's a dangerous behavior that he's enabling by defining sowing distrust of institutions as a security threat. Every toxic consequence flows from that source.
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Hi. I'm JUST ABOUT to block you. Bc what you're saying has nothing to do with the indictment or the post. Stop littering my TL.
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7) created a blue print for other countries to charge anybody for Shitposting during elections.
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Have you noticed that Egypt, Turkey, Israel, and RU already charge NGOs for engaging in activities that support politics?
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I was referring to individuals , Example if An American individual was Shitposting during a Russian election I hope that person does not visit Russia .
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...and making it nearly impossible for Trump/GOP to continue obstructing justice and interfering. If they continue, they’ll look awful with these indictments out.
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This line right here: "Obviously, Hillary & her supporters are victims. But everyone is, even the Trump volunteers. Because to the extent they had honestly held beliefs, the Russian operation tainted those beliefs, diminished the weight of their honestly held beliefs.
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Where is something Israel isn't routinely doing?
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Did I misread? I thought the word was "co-conspirators"? At least a few times.
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Now, where have I heard that last term before...?
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