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[Clydefrog]

Trolls!

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

"Thousands of internet trolls paid to generate news out of Russia."

Yikes.

I mean; I knew r/the_donald had a hand in making r/politics unbearable during the election but this explains so much; also how r/politics got back to decent so FAST after the election. Literally because the Russian trolls stopped.

 

[Dead Prince]

Not looking good for Trumo

 

[tedrotheredro]

I mean; I knew r/the_donald had a hand in making r/politics unbearable during the election but this explains so much; also how r/politics got back to decent so FAST after the election. Literally because the Russian trolls stopped.

Yep, it was crazy how prevalent the Russian trolls were on all social media, only to essentially immediately stop after election day.

 

[avaya]

Burr saying all the right things but will wait for the receipts.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Burr: "I will admit that I voted for" Trump. But he says he takes his oversight job "very seriously."

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/847161437369880576

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Burr seems like a standup guy.

 

[jiiikoo]

Burr: I voted for Trump, but this job will not be influenced by loyalties.

 

[kingocfs]

I mean; I knew r/the_donald had a hand in making r/politics unbearable during the election but this explains so much; also how r/politics got back to decent so FAST after the election. Literally because the Russian trolls stopped.

You could see it with Trump's tweets by looking at the replies. During the election, it was nothing but meme nonsense. That also stopped very quickly, and now nearly every reply is negative.

 

[Brandon F]

Some great quotes from Burr just now re: Russia's "overt and covert" involvement in not just the potential US scale of power but Germany and France. Character assassination brought up as part of it.

Getting a real sense he does give a shit.

Burr saying all the right things but will wait for the receipts.

For sure, but its a good start.

 

[Autoignition]

It feels weird to have confidence in my government again. I actually trust the Senate to get this done.

 

[BronsonLee]

You can call me Aaron Burr
From the way I'm droppin' Trum-wait that doesn't work now

 

[DrROBschiz]

Burr: "I will admit that I voted for" Trump. But he says he takes his oversight job "very seriously."

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/847161437369880576

eeeeeeewwwww

Why did he vote for him i wonder.... the signs were ALL there during the election

Even if you selfishly wanted Trump's populist street cred to help you push your own selfish GOP agenda.... it was still the wrong decision

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

You could see it with Trump's tweets by looking at the replies. During the election, it was nothing but meme nonsense. That also stopped very quickly, and now nearly every reply is negative.

Just check the current FB replies on pages such as CNN currently. Blatant bots.

 

[NullPointer]

I hope Burr gets to play himself in the inevitable movie. He's got that stolid "Russians don't take a dump without a plan, son" thing going on.

 

[tedrotheredro]

I like how they mentioned Page and Stone by name, but Nunes apparently doesn't know who they are.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Lol, poor Nunes. Tarnished his entire political career and cred in one week, in an attempt to obstruct investigations, only to have the Senate investigation be super serious and play it straight.

Was the 7 days of breathing room worth it, Nunes?

 

[Surfinn]

Burr is gunna send Nunes back into the night sky tonight.

 

[Mac_Lane]

Glad to see Burr acting like this.

Nunes seems like a complete fool next to him.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Lol, poor Nunes. Tarnished his entire political career and cred in one week, in an attempt to obstruct investigations, only to have the Senate investigation be super serious and play it straight.

Was the 7 days of breathing room worth it, Nunes?

That 7 days stopped a lot of progress.

.@SenatorBurr: ”It's safe by everybody's judgement that the Russians are actively involved in the French election"

https://twitter.com/cam_joseph/status/847162598206427139

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Burr: "Russians are actively involved in the French elections."

 

[RustyNails]

eeeeeeewwwww

Why did he vote for him i wonder.... the signs were ALL there during the election

Even if you selfishly wanted Trump's populist street cred to help you push your own selfish GOP agenda.... it was still the wrong decision

Duder is from North Carolina, where Trump won by what 5 points? He still needs to cater to Trump fanbase that voted for him.

 

[rambis]

Burr: "Mark and I have both agreed that we're willing to issue subpoenas "

https://twitter.com/scottdetrow/status/847157908244779014

That's the big one.

Lol

I remember Nunes deflecting "well we don't want to be dragging people into testimony." Get fucked House.

 

[rokkerkory]

breaking on CNN: Senate IC has asked for 20 folks to testify

 

[smokeymicpot]

Burr: "We are in a very rare time, and we will test some people."


https://twitter.com/ericawerner/status/847163177272037376

 

[minor effort]

eeeeeeewwwww

Why did he vote for him i wonder.... the signs were ALL there during the election

Even if you selfishly wanted Trump's populist street cred to help you push your own selfish GOP agenda.... it was still the wrong decision

On the other hand, at least Republicans can't claim the Senate investigations are a partisan hit job against Trump if the chair himself admitted voting for him.

 

[Unison]

Senate open session interviews starting Monday is news, right?

 

[jiiikoo]

Burr: "We are in a very rare time, and we will test some people."


https://twitter.com/ericawerner/status/847163177272037376

This was in reference to raw intelligence data, they will be asking for it, which is according to Burr rare.

 

[Mac_Lane]

Burr: "Russians are actively involved in the French elections."

Really, fuck those guys. Hope Macron gets elected, that'll show them.

 

[Creamium]

"Most important investigation, I believe that more firmly than when we started"

damn

 

[smokeymicpot]

Warner re Russia probe: "This is the most important think I've ever taken on in my public life....We're going to get it right."

 

[DrROBschiz]

Burr: "Russians are actively involved in the French elections."

Man... they really did jump on the cyber warfare train in Russia but not in the way people anticipated

Its kind of brilliant

Instead of identity theft, hacking electrical grips etc... They sow propaganda and misinformation on social media


Along with all the other mafia shit on our soil of course

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Warner: "I believed at the beginning that this was the most important thing I've done in my public life, I believe that more now than when we started."

 

[Chococat]

After the shit with Nunes, The Congress investigation is a breath of fresh air.

 

[Complex Shadow]

"I believe that more firmly than we started"

damn

ICE. COLD.

 

[hitme]

This was in reference to raw intelligence data, they will be asking for it, which is according to Burr rare.

*cough Sessions, cough Tillerson*

 

[Unison]

Missed some of that briefing, but I saw no real indication how much the investigation is about collusion... They could sound that ominous and just be talking about Russian interference.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

They're going to call in Nunes at some point to testify. I guarantee it.

 

[Futurevoid]

After the shit with Nunes, The Congress investigation is a breath of fresh air.

It's night and day.

Clown show vs professional operation.

At least for now. Let's hope that holds.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

This is the first time that I'm actually feeling hopeful that Trump is screwed.

 

[RustyNails]

Nunes rn

 

[smokeymicpot]

Burr: "What we know today is a lot more than what (the intelligence community) knew in December when they went through this process."

https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/847162478324797446

 

[Zolo]

Burr: "Russians are actively involved in the French elections."

This has been pretty obvious. Russia's currently on the forefront of the cyberwarfare front.

 

[SummitAve]

The changing of the Republican platform in regards to Ukraine being outside the scope of the senate investigation makes me wonder.

 

[KernelPanic]

Warner: reports of 1000 paid trolls working out of Russia to influence US election in swing states w/ fake news. The comm. will investigate.

I read a (translated) interview with (one of) Putin's cyber advisors some time ago. I can't find it now

He basically said that within a year they will be able to talk to Americans directly on a totally different level than before. I think it's pretty obvious that Russian propaganda and misinformation has crossed over into the US.

He made a reference to Obama trying to reset relations by comparing it to Soviet Union negotiation for nuclear disarmament up until their first atomic bomb test in 1949.

So basically they were planning this shit while pretending to want to improve relations.

 

[Futurevoid]

Missed some of that briefing, but I saw no real indication how much the investigation is about collusion... They could sound that ominous and just be talking about Russian interference.

They were very clear that the initial public hearing would be about the Russian interference in the election. Specifically the technology used, methods, etc. Not just in the US but the whole world.

The scope includes the collusion aspects but they're starting at the interference itself.

 

[TS-08]

Warner: "I believed at the beginning that this was the most important thing I've done in my public life, I believe that more now than when we started."

Even if vague, that seems like a fairly revealing sentiment.

 

[sunshine and gasoline]

I want the Senate to have Nunes testify. Would be amazing. Not likely but one can dream.

 

[Sephzilla]

Is it weird that a part of me thinks the end result of all of this is that we go to war with Russia?

 

[rambis]

Lol, poor Nunes. Tarnished his entire political career and cred in one week, in an attempt to obstruct investigations, only to have the Senate investigation be super serious and play it straight.

Was the 7 days of breathing room worth it, Nunes?

Seeing that his hometown paper dogged him out is so refreshing. Hopefully he has ended his re-election chances.

Also not surprising to see the Senate playing up how big this is. It literally has larger implications than even Watergate. Trump has to be sweating bullets.