So, we are now learning that Jade Helm might have been a Russian Bot exercise

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8. The Kochs and similar allied interests created the Tea Party.

However, the tea partiers were a POPULIST MOVEMENT. We know Russia has been using the negative resentments of populism to destabilize nations and bring down democratic governments.

So it's entirely reasonable to suspect that the the populist resentments that were harnessed, funded, and directed by and for billionaire libertarians/conservatives were also stirred up, augmented and subverted for Russia's purposes.

It's amusing to speculate, but Putin might well have a finger in the Kochs et al losing control of the Tea Party and having to pull the plug on it. After the Kochs had to write Congress to disclaim a hand in the Tea Party's attempts to shut down the government.

Which then makes me think of Ted Cruz, who of course had a big finger in that. Cruz is a ruthless religious extremist who wanted to put cruise missiles in Poland. However, he's certainly potentially destabilizing and destructive enough to be very useful to Russia. One of the many useful idiots they've assisted, like Sanders but right-wing extremist version?