Russia has been meddling in foreign elections for decades. Has it made a difference?

[Flash]

"To assess the impact of Russian meddling, we put together and examined a data set of all 27 Russian electoral interventions since 1991.

We identified two waves of Russian meddling since the early 1990s. The first wave lasted until 2014 and targeted only post-Soviet countries. Since then, a second wave has expanded dramatically into established Western democracies.

However, an examination of both of these waves shows that Russia’s efforts have made little difference."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.5d4e60715f13

[dukkha]

n the past three years, Russian interference has expanded into such countries as the United States, Germany, France and Britain, among others.

what does this mean??

Oh, So Russian Hackers Didn't Mess With The French Election
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The Russians messed with our election. They allegedly colluded with Donald Trump’s campaign team to beat Hillary Clinton, though no evidence has been unearthed to back up that explosive claim.
It has become, however, the perfect crutch for liberals who still cannot get over the fact that Clinton lost the 2016 election. The Kremlin, using state-funded news outlets, third party intermediaries, and social media trolls—tried to influence voters.
The fake news and propaganda that flooded the scene play no pivotal role in the election—and the Russians didn’t hack the results either. What’s transpired since these allegations have been made is nothing short of tin foil madness from liberals, who peddle conspiracy theories.
Even Hillary Clinton peddled one at the Recode Conference in California concerning the Russian collusion allegations. Yet, during the French presidential election, it was first reported that Russian hackers targeted Emmanuel Macron, who eventually won the contest.

The Daily Beast, The New York Times and International Business Times reported how the Macron campaign planted false information to fool would-be hackers. My God—it’s happening across the pond. The Kremlin is trying to flex its muscles through cyber warfare. Well, in the end, it wasn’t the Russians at all (via Reuters):

The head of the French government’s cyber security agency, which investigated leaks from President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign, says they found no trace of a notorious Russian hacking group behind the attack.

In an interview in his office Thursday with The Associated Press, Guillaume Poupard said the Macron campaign hack “was so generic and simple that it could have been practically anyone.”

He said they found no trace that the Russian hacking group known as APT28, blamed for other attacks including on the U.S. presidential campaign, was responsible.

ven here, Hillary’s incessant blaming of the Russians, and others, has led some in the news media, like CNN’s John King, to offer some snarky jabs at the former first lady and two-time presidential loser. King recently joked that the
Russians were responsible for cloaking Wisconsin, so that Hillary wouldn’t be able to find it.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattve...ction-n2335248

[Cancel 2018.1]

Russians were responsible for cloaking Wisconsin, so that Hillary wouldn’t be able to find it.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattve...ction-n2335248

Sad thing is, is that the hrc bots actually believe that. Even well, highly educated hrc bots do.

[Darth Omar]

I knew Vlad had a cloaking device.

He gives me chill bumps.

[anatta]

no Russian meddling in German election either.

[evince]

the republican party will die due to their accepting the Russian cheating and using it

[Getin the ring]

the republican party will die due to their accepting the Russian cheating and using it

now go take your stupid pill and come back with some sobriety

[evince]

and when trump pleads guilty to save his ass you will say what?

[Jarod]

"To assess the impact of Russian meddling, we put together and examined a data set of all 27 Russian electoral interventions since 1991.

We identified two waves of Russian meddling since the early 1990s. The first wave lasted until 2014 and targeted only post-Soviet countries. Since then, a second wave has expanded dramatically into established Western democracies.

However, an examination of both of these waves shows that Russia’s efforts have made little difference."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.5d4e60715f13

At least you admit they are meddling, you have come further than Rump.

[dukkha]

meanwhile back at the ranch,,,,Mueller is investigating 10 year old banking records..

[Flash]

At least you admit they are meddling, you have come further than Rump.

Anybody can post wild claims on Facebook. I'm not sure they are any more influential if they came from Americans, Russians, or those teenagers in Eastern Europe that Facebook said are responsible for a lot of the fake news in order to make money. I think the Trump supporters would share them with others while Clinton supporters just ignore them. They are unlikely to change any minds.

I never said they weren't meddling. The U. S. and Soviets/Russia have been meddling in elections for years.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-...213-story.html

[Flash]

and when trump pleads guilty to save his ass you will say what?

What will he plead guilty to?

[Cancel 2018.1]

meanwhile back at the ranch,,,,Mueller is investigating 10 year old banking records..

From another thread:

Mueller wasn't appointed to prove collusion between Trump and Russia, rather investigate Russian involvement in our election,

So how will 10 yr. old banking records show anything about "Russian involvement in our election"?

[FUCK THE POLICE]

They have puppeted the US, that's a pretty big difference.

[dukkha]

They have puppeted the US, that's a pretty big difference.

ROFL @ "The Siberian Candidate"