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EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 10:03 AM Jul 2016

Is anyone asking why Wikileaks is targeting the Democrats?

Are they just kind of off-base with their targets - like the protesters who are swarming the Democratic Convention but gave the Republican Convention a free pass - or is there some darker motive?

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Is anyone asking why Wikileaks is targeting the Democrats? (Original Post) EffieBlack Jul 2016 OP
Time for the press to get to work greymattermom Jul 2016 #1
Because they are pro Putin, and Putin's pro-Trump emulatorloo Jul 2016 #2
+1 tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #3
Why do Dems keep falling for this ish? EffieBlack Jul 2016 #4
I doubt the majority of Dems are. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #5
I hope you're right EffieBlack Jul 2016 #6
See this tweet from Joy Reid. Some reporters get it emulatorloo Jul 2016 #8
Oh hell no. They are more concerned with firing DWS leftofcool Jul 2016 #7

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
1. Time for the press to get to work
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 10:05 AM
Jul 2016

and at least interview some of the protestors. Maybe they are being paid, or have their expenses comped. Either way, it's good to know what's going on.

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
6. I hope you're right
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 10:20 AM
Jul 2016

If nothing else, we should all be suspicious of the timing of this information coming out the weekend before our convention just as the party is finally coming together. How convenient.

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