Jim Sciutto: In the simplest terms, the sitting POTUS has deliberately amplified Russian disinfo

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Jim Sciutto ✔@jimsciutto

In the simplest terms, the sitting US president has deliberately amplified Russian disinformation - and not for the first time.

Christopher Miller ✔@ChristopherJM

Fun fact: The @OANN reporter with the Russian accent who did this wildly misleading story filled with unsubstantiated claims that Trump has now referenced on Twitter moonlights for Russia's state-run propaganda and disinfo-peddling network @SputnikInt.

9:49 AM - Jun 9, 2020

[blitzen]

1. Trump really ought to be arrested for treason...

Let the courts sort out later whether the charges will stick.

[AlexSFCA]

2. Is OAN sponsored by Russian money?

[niyad]

11. John Oliver o "Last Week Tonight" did a segment on OANN. Disturbing. I can't link to it,

But you can google it. Within the last few months.

[Warpy]

16. Here it is, it's incredibly scary

[niyad]

17. Thank you. My computer is giving me fits. Can't link.

[dalton99a]

3. No puppet, no puppet

[WePurrsevere]

4. Rec'd & Retweeted. Traitor Trump is at it again. nt

[sop]

5. This will become a GOP talking point in a day or two. Mitch, Lindsey, Rand and others will reapeat

the disinformation on the Senate floor.

[John Fante]

6. Let's hope so. They'd be handing us the senate on a silver platter.

[maxsolomon]

15. McConnell steers clear of the daily scrum of Trump's BS.

There are plenty of GOP Congressmen who won't, however. Cotton, Lee, all the loonies in the House...

[Gothmog]

7. Thanks for posting this

[ffr]

8. Conservatives can't hide anymore. They're useful idiots for the Russians to overthrow America

Ruck Fussia!

[not_the_one]

9. After the election they need to be offered one way tickets to Putinlandia.

(Starting with those in Congress and the Senate, the FOX instigators, then the rubes who reveled in every conspiracy...) OANN and RT would just be returning home. For good. Let Pootie sort them out.

And when I say offered, I mean either take the ticket, or go to jail for treason.

Put them on the plane, and let Putin decide whether they can land or not. But they CAN'T come back here.

We need to do some MAJOR housecleaning...

[Wednesdays]

18. That might not be necessary

We have plenty of space in the federal pens, I'm sure.

[ffr]

19. +1

But a one-way ticket to Hell, I mean, Russia, would be cheaper and probably result in some abuse on their part.

I'd like to see them behind bars though for their crimes. ABSOLUTELY!

[Dennis Donovan]

10. Some were asked this am and they (figuratively) ran for the hills

Link to tweet

John Harwood ✔@JohnJHarwood

GOP senators ducking on Trump’s deranged tweet about elderly Buffalo man, to my colleague @mkraju:

Rubio: “I didn't see it. you're telling me about it. I don't read Twitter. I only write on it."

Cornyn: “You know, a lot of this stuff just goes over my head."

10:59 AM - Jun 9, 2020

[bucolic_frolic]

12. He's connected to most things criminal in his city of origin

Professor Moriarty didn't have a lot on him

[Ford_Prefect]

13. Oh, Really? Like this is the 1st time he's done it? Pulleeze....

He's been trumpeting, speaking, and tweeting Russian propaganda since 2013 at least. This is specific, yes. But it is not new behavior for Trump.

His staff, advisors, and cabinet members have been doing the same thing all along. Many of his policies and reactions to situations are straight out of the Putin handbook on how to subvert and overturn Ukraine.

[calimary]

14. Not surprised.

Not at all. I think OANN should be disbanded. Or at the very least, it should be renamed. OAPN - One America Propaganda Network. Or maybe even better, the One Agenda Network. That way they can keep their “OAN” initials. They’re not doing factual objective broadcasting. They’re doing agenda-driven broadcasting. They’re pushing a very clear bias. With ulterior motives - of sheer flagrant public attitude manipulation.

[Cha]

20. KR!