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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Dec 2016

    Accurate word choice matters: Top Democrat's emails hacked by Russia after aide made typo, investigation findshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/14/dnc-hillary-clinton-emails-hacked-russia-aide-typo-investigation-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw …

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      2. André Assi Barreto ن‏ @aassibarreto 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Trump won more than 5,000 counties. Time to stop the moaning.

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      3. DarkViperAU‏ @DarkViperAU 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aassibarreto @sapinker

        he also lost the popular vote by more votes than anyone in history by a very large margin...just say'n.

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      4. André Assi Barreto ن‏ @aassibarreto 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @DarkViperAU @sapinker

        wisely and fortunately, elections are not decided by "popular vote" in America.pic.twitter.com/yiyIwSZ0bd

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      5. DarkViperAU‏ @DarkViperAU 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aassibarreto @sapinker

        here are some good representations of the 2016 result map, unless you want to stick to memes http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2016/ …

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      1. Amy Bucher‏ @amybphd 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        It wasn't a typo. That's face-saving. The sentence after clearly says the password needs to be changed.pic.twitter.com/NYmtmotGop

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      1. ☜{•̃̾_•̃̾}☞‏ @07904567432a 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Love the last @guardian paragraph, it must have been the Russians because who else would it be.

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      1. Nicholas Kadar‏ @N_kadar 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        What's the evidence that Russia hacked DNC. I haven't heard any- only conclusions of unidentified individuals - have you?

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      2. Ron Swanson‏ @Ron_GER_ 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Obv #FakeNews Claims not plausible on face: If Typo -Why no "an", but "a" before illegit? Why prompt to change PW in 2nd sentence?

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      3. Jon‏ @Jonnycakes22 16 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Ron_GER_ @sapinker

        Or "an legitimate" was automatically corrected to "a legitimate" when the email was written. This isn't a smoking gun.

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      4. Ron Swanson‏ @Ron_GER_ 16 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Jonnycakes22

        Not convincing. A)Doesnt explain 2nd sentence prompting a PW change? B)No reason to believe mail was written on platform w/ AC

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      5. Jon‏ @Jonnycakes22 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Ron_GER_

        A) doesn't necessarily need to explain that B) I don't know what platform was used, do you? If not this is burden-shifting.

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      6. Ron Swanson‏ @Ron_GER_ 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Jonnycakes22

        U the one who speculated abt AC. Is your speculation based on evidence? If AC is 2blame why didnt article mention?

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      7. Jon‏ @Jonnycakes22 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Ron_GER_

        if a need for evidence invalidates AC possibility, it also invalidates the "fake news" one.

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      8. Ron Swanson‏ @Ron_GER_ 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Jonnycakes22

        I use 'fake news' loosely as a term for "untruthful/incorrect" news.

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      1. sm‏ @unixmiah 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @HillaryClinton people who are retarted don't listen. they have to be removed from their set and thrown in jail.

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      1. sm‏ @unixmiah 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        why were they messing with hillaries campaign? are these people retarted?

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      1. A Nonmouse‏ @onemoretweeter 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Is that plausible or post hoc rationalization? See: "a" not "an" [il]legitimate email? & why change PW if warning email is fake?

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      1. Ron Swanson‏ @Ron_GER_ 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Obvious #FakeNews. There was no investigation - just a claim by Team Clinton (which has obvious Conflicts of interest).

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      1. Ron Swanson‏ @Ron_GER_ 15 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Writes: "Accurate word choice matters" Then confuses "hacking" (which didn't happen) with "leaking" (which did). Well done!

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