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In reply to the discussion: Ellison: Obama deserves blame for Democratic losses [View all]TomCADem
(17,378 posts)39. Atlantic: The Kremlin's Troll Army - Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/the-kremlins-troll-army/375932/
Like many people with access to the Internet and a holster full of gadgets, Vladimir Nesterenko is living a double existence. In real life, the 49-year-old Kiev native is a published author and darling of the Ukrainian counterculture. Online, he's "Adolfych"a Russian-speaking mischief-maker who uses his Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal accounts to comment, sometimes thoughtfully and often profanely, on the deepening conflict with Russia.
"I know a lot of Muscovites have little dachas in Abkhazia," he wrote in a recent post. "But could these Muscovites have afforded their little dachas if they hadn't gotten rid of the Georgians and turned a flourishing region into cheap fucking shit, like they're doing now in Crimea?"
On another post, responding to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's uncharacteristic chest-pounding over a recent round of Western sanctions, he scribbled gleefully, "Podkhuilo razbushevalos," a phrase, playing off Ukraine's favored insult of Vladimir Putin, that might best be translated as "Dickhead Jr.'s freaking out."
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A June article by Max Seddon of BuzzFeed reported the Kremlin was spending millions of dollars to pay English-speaking Russians to promote President Vladimir Putin and his policies in U.S. media like Fox News broadcasting and The Huffington Post and Politico news sites. Trolls are reportedly expected to manage multiple fake accounts and post on news articles 50 times a day, often with sentiments as simplistic as "Putin makes Obama look stupid and weak!"
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He just effed up. WTF is wrong with him? Everyone knows Comey/Putin pulled the rug from...
brush
Apr 2017
#57
Okay now, firing squad; if you would just like to form a circle, we'll get started...
Aristus
Apr 2017
#6
I don't know about that. The Democrats at large seemed to let Obama and their own
JCanete
Apr 2017
#9
Put your energy into getting Dems elected in 2018-and enough of this blaming
riversedge
Apr 2017
#17
He could have been better, but the "building in Chicago" bit is childish, Keith
BeyondGeography
Apr 2017
#19
Hillary did have Sanders and Biden campaigning for her. Not that any amount of campaigning was ever
StevieM
Apr 2017
#27
He is kind of right, but for totally different reasons. Obama appointed James Comey to the FBI.
StevieM
Apr 2017
#25
I couldn't disagree more. And for the record "the Comey thing" actually began in August 2015
StevieM
Apr 2017
#28
Maybe Rep Ellison is trying to attract the Dems that didn't care for Obama back to the party...
TheDebbieDee
Apr 2017
#35
Atlantic: The Kremlin's Troll Army - Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters
TomCADem
Apr 2017
#39
after the profound failure of Baby Bush, Democrats had a chance to bury Republicans for good
yurbud
Apr 2017
#75
the myth that President Obama had a mandate ignores the reality of the blue dogs
still_one
Apr 2017
#76