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Yes, he's confirming that a super pac is paying trolls, not that it's being done by DNC or ...
Scuba
Jul 2016
#2
Yes, it would be a huge leap from "the DNC knows" to "the campaign is coordinating."
Scuba
Jul 2016
#4
Sanders lost fair and square: Sanders said so: enough we need to fight Trumps fascism!
lewebley3
Jul 2016
#78
Perhaps some remarks here indicate "paid trolls" of the RNC; but I won't read this crap...
Jeffersons Ghost
Jul 2016
#184
You missing the point: Trump's fascism means the death of our fellow Americans:
lewebley3
Jul 2016
#186
I didn't claim they were. I posted only to address your partially incorrect comment about illegality
merrily
Jul 2016
#18
smh. No one said you said that. The OP was about PAID, i.e. compensated, posters.
MADem
Jul 2016
#21
Your Reply 21 seems to be saying paid posters are illegal. I am sure that is not what you meant.
merrily
Jul 2016
#27
Yes, at the very outset of my conversation here. The idea is to follow the convo.
MADem
Jul 2016
#57
Right. The statement "Yes, Super PAC paying young voters to push back online" isn't confirming it.
Scuba
Jul 2016
#6
I consider grasping at straws to de legitimize Clinton's campaign after the primaries
sufrommich
Jul 2016
#10
No. The story is the DNC violated it's own rules and interfered with the primary.
think
Jul 2016
#73
Are you OK with the DNC violating its own rules just when the Republicans have a scary candidate?
Scuba
Jul 2016
#159
Given that the "foreign meddling" is against the Democratic candidate, some seem to be
synergie
Jul 2016
#168
a useful idiot is someone who thinks a country with a sixth our military budget that we have
yurbud
Jul 2016
#102
Please share the link to your claim. The Washington post retracted their claim because it was untrue
think
Jul 2016
#65
“online ads, email fundraising, web development, graphic design, photography and videography.”
think
Jul 2016
#74
No shit? I haven't seen that. Have you seen any posts anywhere that self-identify as such?
Scuba
Jul 2016
#158
How about reporters? Should they be required to disclose that they're paid by a campaign?
Scuba
Jul 2016
#29
It's the Internet. For all I know, many of us at DU are being paid by a campaign.
randome
Jul 2016
#46
Ah, so you're upset that Chuck Todd failed to disclose that his wife was being paid by the Sanders
synergie
Jul 2016
#169
Coordinated paid trolls don't have to tell the truth nor can their actions be claimed to represent
think
Jul 2016
#30
I'm sure they had someone 'monitoring' social media but that's just an assumption on my part.
randome
Jul 2016
#47
Ha, no. I've never seen Wikileaks put out such bullshit tweets - so deceptive and rat fucky....
bettyellen
Jul 2016
#179
all the paid-media businesses can include social media posts. weird no RW are ever hacked/leaked
Sunlei
Jul 2016
#33
money paid to Revolution Messaging was spent on “online ads, email fundraising, web development,
think
Jul 2016
#50
If the Washington Post had a shred of evidence they wouldn't have retracted their story
think
Jul 2016
#67
"She’s forced to continue to appeal to young liberals as opposed to pivoting back to center"
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2016
#52
Perhaps you'd like to discuss the new news coming from the DNC email revelations?
think
Jul 2016
#68
No, I am only interested in getting Hillary elected-not interested in hit-pieces on Democrats.
riversedge
Jul 2016
#82
So... the leaked DNC emails are a figment of a Bernie Sanders supporter's imagination?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#108
Not to be a concern troll, but it worries me. Democrats count on high turnout in Presidential ...
Scuba
Jul 2016
#100
Unless there's some evidence that those paid to post did anything unethical
LongtimeAZDem
Jul 2016
#132
Apr 21, 2016 - ... spending $1 million to hire online trolls to "correct" Bernie Sanders supporters
BlueStateLib
Jul 2016
#141
You mean repeat a winger meme about non emails from unconfirmed account?! REALLY?! The CT is
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#152
+++++ ANOTHER BULLSHIT RATFUCKING MEME++++++ Clinton locked primary by May 5th...
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#150
Nope/ they were notes from a FOX news TV show that claimed there were paid trolls.
bettyellen
Jul 2016
#176
The Wikileaks tweets do not support the emails within- we don't even know how many are
bettyellen
Jul 2016
#183