Intel Reveals Putin Plan to Weasel His Way Into American Hearts

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Shannon Vavra
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Jun 21, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: A US intelligence memo I obtained shows Russian influence ops are trying to convince Americans aid for Ukraine is the reason the war is dragging.

And another memo I got my hands on warns Russia’ll try to interfere in US midterms @thedailybeast

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Intel Reveals Putin Plan to Weasel His Way Into American Hearts
A May intelligence briefing from a Department of Homeland Security intel shop obtained by The Daily Beast offers clues about the dirty tricks Putin is using against Americans.

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Putin watchers warn me Putin is likely willing to bet he can outlast the Biden administration until there’s a more favorable political climate in the US for his goals in Ukraine—and they warn Putin is willing to run info ops to secure that more sympathetic US political climate
8:23 PM · Jun 21, 2022

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-vladimir-putin-is-plotting-to-weasel-his-way-into-american-hearts

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Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war in Ukraine this February, his ouster has been predicted up the wazoo; the invasion hasn’t been the quick success he’d hoped it would be, his insider circle has been itching to get rid of him, and he’s rumored to have cancer.

But rather than counting on exiting the political scene in a dramatic finish, Putin might be betting that he can somehow outlast his detractors as well as the Biden Administration, whose security assistance for Ukraine has been pivotal in keeping a Russian win at bay. And part of Putin’s plot to outlive the Biden administration is likely to include influence operations aimed at securing an American political environment that’s more favorable to his goals, former CIA and Department of Homeland Security officials told The Daily Beast.

That scheme will inevitably aim to influence voters participating in both the midterms and the presidential election in 2024 in an attempt to get candidates elected that are somehow more sympathetic to Putin, according to Daniel Hoffman, a former CIA Moscow chief of station.
“He’s going to try really, really hard to… exacerbate those isolationist tendencies and kind of induce us to question, ‘Why are we supporting Ukraine?’” Hoffman said. “He’s trying to dilute U.S. support for [Ukrainian President] Zelensky.”

Already, Russian influence operations targeting American and Western audiences appear to be working to weaken Americans’ support and appetite for providing aid to Ukraine, according to a U.S. intelligence community bulletin that The Daily Beast obtained.

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Ukraine is fucked if the Republicans gain power.

[PSPS]

1. It's been going on for a while now with interviewers ask their political guests leading questions

For example, a couple of weeks ago on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon, he was asking a senator what he would tell a regular "back home" constituent about spending funds on Ukraine when "what they're really concerned about is inflation and the price of gas."

[lark]

2. The entire liberal world will be threatened if christofascists take over America.