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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton ran a great campaign and I can prove it [View all]sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Yup. Now we know the Russians were buying facebook ads. But we know Trump spent $85M on Facebook ads. What did those ads say and who were they targeted at? We don't know - they are "dark" ads that Facebook won't disclose.
There is going to be a major reckoning in America about campaign finance and secret data inside social media firms. A big shakeup is coming.
(Yes Comey / Chaffetz are probably the most proximate cause - if Chaffetz didn't leak Comey's letter, HRC probably wins. But if GOP billionaires hadn't given half a billion to Judicial Watch over a decade to assassinate HRC's character, she also probably wins. Hard to predict the Comey / Chaffetz factor, but we can do more to make sure America is aware of how GOP billionaires influence our politics).