Embedded below is a concise, three-page pdf debunking the conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in America’s 2016 election. It’s from the Moscow Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. It’s a solid starting point for combatting lies on the matter. [embeddoc url=”https://freewhitewater.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Debunking-Defenses-Russia-Not-Ukraine.pdf” width=”100%” download=”all” viewer=”google”]
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Foreign Affairs, Mendacity, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
GOP Sen. Kennedy of Louisiana: Liar & Conspiracy Monger
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On Sunday, GOP Sen. Kennedy of Louisiana falsely contended that both Russia and Ukraine might have hacked a Democratic National Committee server in 2016. Monday, he falsely contended that he misunderstood the question that he was asked. Originally, Kennedy’s remarks from Sunday: WALLACE: Finally, the president and his supporters have said that Ukraine was behind…
America, Authoritarianism, Congress, Impeachment, Law, Libertarians, Liberty, Never Trump, Putin, Trump-Russia
Statement and Testimony of Dr. Fiona Hill
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These many years, across generations, many (including libertarians) have wanted peaceful relations abroad, but have found instead a relentless, scheming dictatorship under the Soviets and, not longer after, under Putin. This question in foreign policy confronted us: what is to be said, what is to be done, about imperialistic dictatorships? Some (including sadly some isolationist…
Disinformation, Mendacity, Propaganda, Putin, Trump
Kasparov on Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
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Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63), the former chess champion and longtime human rights activist, recently described the role of propaganda in creating fear, uncertainty, and doubt. The thread from Twitter is below (linked here from the first tweet) in the thread: As you watch Trump’s defenders lie, deflect, and distract today and in the coming weeks, remember…
Fellow Traveler, Fifth Columnist, NRA, Putin, Russia
The NRA & Russia: How a Tax Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset
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Fellow Traveler, Fifth Columnist, Putin, Trump, Trump-Russia
Trump as Fifth Columnist
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A fellow traveler is someone who sympathizes with a foreign adversary, but a fifth columnist is far worse: the fifth columnist takes active steps in support of his or her disloyal sympathies. Trump has spoken favorably of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on many occasions, yet he has done far worse: he has acted in ways that actively…
Foreign Affairs, History, Propaganda, Putin, Trump, Trump-Russia
Trump Parrots Putin’s Lies About the Soviet Afghanistan Invasion
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America, Never Trump, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
On Trump-Russia, Right from the Very Beginning
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Embed from Getty Images Virginia Heffernan reports Early on, Trump-Russia obsessives were marginalized; they’re prophets now: “I felt like the guy in ‘Rear Window,’ ” David Corn, the coauthor of “Russian Roulette,” told me this week. Corn was referring to his affinity for James Stewart’s character, L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies, in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece film. Jeff witnesses…
America, Mendacity, Propaganda, Putin, Russia, Trump
Operation InfeKtion: The Worldwide War on Truth (Part 3 of 3)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
?? Russia’s meddling in the United States’ elections is not a hoax. It’s the culmination of Moscow’s decades-long campaign to tear the West apart. “Operation InfeKtion” reveals the ways in which one of the Soviets’ central tactics — the promulgation of lies about America — continues today, from Pizzagate to George Soros conspiracies. Meet the KGB…
America, Mendacity, Propaganda, Putin, Trump
Operation InfeKtion: The Seven Commandments of Fake News (Part 2 of 3)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Russia’s meddling in the United States’ elections is not a hoax. It’s the culmination of Moscow’s decades-long campaign to tear the West apart. “Operation InfeKtion” reveals the ways in which one of the Soviets’ central tactics — the promulgation of lies about America — continues today, from Pizzagate to George Soros conspiracies. Meet the KGB spies…
America, Mendacity, Propaganda, Putin, Trump
Operation InfeKtion: Meet the KGB Spies Who Invented Fake News (Part 1 of 3)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Russia’s meddling in the United States’ elections is not a hoax. It’s the culmination of Moscow’s decades-long campaign to tear the West apart. “Operation InfeKtion” reveals the ways in which one of the Soviets’ central tactics — the promulgation of lies about America — continues today, from Pizzagate to George Soros conspiracies. Meet the KGB spies…
Elections, Mendacity, Propaganda, Putin, Russia, Trump-Russia
Russian disinformation campaigns
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Alina Polyakova asks What do Russian disinformation campaigns look like, and how can we protect our elections?: As technological capabilities progress, the threat of political warfare is becoming an even more serious threat to democratic elections. David M. Rubenstein Fellow Alina Polyakova analyzes past disinformation campaigns and political warfare tools employed by hostile foreign actors…
Propaganda, Putin, Russia
Hardly New
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Documentary, Film, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
Review: Active Measures
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Active Measures is a 2018 documentary describing Russian (derived from Soviet) techniques to undermine American democratic institutions, and those of our democratic allies. (Active measures: “A Soviet term for the actions of political warfare conducted by the Russian security services to influence the course of world events.”) The film is now in limited theatrical release,…