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Crowd-sourcing help wanted re whether Russia manipulated the election *UPDATED*

November 27, 2016 by Bookworm 12 Comments

putinA genuinely curious Progressive asked me to address this breathless article claiming that Russia actively interfered with the American election:

In assessing Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Americans continue to look away from this election’s most alarming story: the successful effort by a hostile foreign power to manipulate public opinion before the vote.

U.S. intelligence agencies determined that the Russian government actively interfered in our elections. Russian state propaganda gave little doubt that this was done to support President-elect Trump, who repeatedly praised Vladimir Putin and excused the Russian president’s foreign aggression and domestic repression. Most significantly, U.S. intelligence agencies have affirmed that the Russian government directed the illegal hacking of private email accounts of the Democratic National Committee and prominent individuals. The emails were then released by WikiLeaks, which has benefited financially from a Russian state propaganda arm, used Russian operatives for security and made clear an intent to harm the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.

Of the top of my head, I was able to come up with several “don’t worry” arguments, but I did want to tap all of you for further arguments. Here’s what I’ve come up with:

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Filed Under: Elections, Russia Tagged With: Election Interference, Election Manpulation, Hillary Clinton, Hillary's Emails, John Podesta, Media Bias, Putin, Russia, WikiLeaks

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