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True_Blue

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49. Same here

Sat Oct 15, 2016, 02:33 AM

Oct 2016

Wikileaks has become very selective about what info is leaked. There's enough dirt on Trump to fill the Grand Canyon, but crickets when it comes to Trump. Sadly Wikileaks has become no more than Russian propaganda or maybe it always was and I'm just realizing it now.

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From liberal beacon to a prop for Trump: what has happened to WikiLeaks? [View all] babylonsister Oct 2016 OP

Birds of a feather and all that madokie Oct 2016 #1

They were never a liberal beacon. You just changed your perspective. You changed. Trust Buster Oct 2016 #2

+1 baldguy Oct 2016 #3

+1 Johonny Oct 2016 #22

+100. n/t obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2016 #28

It's not necessarily that anybody changed mythology Oct 2016 #33

Absolutely Egnever Oct 2016 #34

Oliver Stone loves them... bhusar Oct 2016 #4

Really? Source? Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #23

://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com bhusar Oct 2016 #41

OK, I googled it. Well, that diminishes my respect for him. Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #44

I still like his films bhusar Oct 2016 #45

I never any respect for Stone, after he made "JFK." Archae Oct 2016 #60

I think JFK is a great movie Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #61

I know. This is painful! ananda Oct 2016 #5

Same here True_Blue Oct 2016 #49

Never a liberal beacon.....some of us were never fooled. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #6

Yup ismnotwasm Oct 2016 #37

Some liberals knee jerk support anything anti-American government Democat Oct 2016 #7

^^^This!^^^ k&r eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2016 #11

+1000 they are anarchists, not liberal n/t OKNancy Oct 2016 #15

Bill Press was in love with Snowden for a long time. At least until 6 months ago. Jim Beard Oct 2016 #53

They were never a liberal beacon. iandhr Oct 2016 #9

Thank you. underthematrix Oct 2016 #30

They always had their particular axe to grind. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2016 #10

not the only one. Of course since I know the young woman Manning punched in the face OKNancy Oct 2016 #17

+1 /nt SticksnStones Oct 2016 #56

Wiki leaks a liberal breacon?...that's a joke beachbum bob Oct 2016 #12

They're in bed with the Kremlin and other bad actors Blue_Tires Oct 2016 #16

they've always been a tool of Russian intelligence, it's just that their anti-Americanism geek tragedy Oct 2016 #18

Anyone who tries to claim that DU was always anti-Wikileaks Dreamer Tatum Oct 2016 #19

well, let's not lump all DU together Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #26

FAR FAR FAR fewer than now. nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2016 #46

Many of us here didn't jump on the Wikileaks bandwagon. So your blanket assertion about DU KittyWampus Oct 2016 #27

I didn't , just had less info on motivation Foggyhill Oct 2016 #32

Excuse me? Not this DUer. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #39

I didn't mean "all," bust I certainly mean "almost all." nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2016 #47

I was an early supporter awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #48

in fact i have had post hidden because of my anti-Wikileaks views and post. stonecutter357 Oct 2016 #55

We're a tribal species The2ndWheel Oct 2016 #20

Yep. That's exactly what it is. davidn3600 Oct 2016 #51

Она стала российской пропаганде Retired George Oct 2016 #21

Good question, but I never really trusted them Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #24

It was never a "liberal beacon". And The Guardian took the Snowden/Greenwald bait KittyWampus Oct 2016 #25

I have always thought hacking was wrong-no matter which does it. riversedge Oct 2016 #29

No business model equals eventual ineptitude. randome Oct 2016 #31

Turned out to be a den for Russian trolls. Rex Oct 2016 #35

Wikileakes was never a libeal Beacon. They have not changed. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2016 #36

Possible that Trump made a deal with Assange to pardon him and allow him in the US? bluesbassman Oct 2016 #38

They were awesome until they weren't. Throd Oct 2016 #40

Glad to see Intercept is creating space between them WhiteTara Oct 2016 #42

I think I enjoyed their juicy revelations early on. Starry Messenger Oct 2016 #43

If WikiLeaks was trashing Republicans, no one here would have a problem with them davidn3600 Oct 2016 #50

I think ASSange knows the Dump is extremely blackmail-able. He probably has tons of stuff on Dump. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2016 #52

Julian Assange is KGB,I have called it from day one. stonecutter357 Oct 2016 #54

Of course they are rooting for Trump GreenEyedLefty Oct 2016 #57

Horseshoe Theory? Bradical79 Oct 2016 #58

Wikileaks was ALWAYS more a libertarian, not a liberal darling -- where you saw "liberals" cheering karynnj Oct 2016 #59

I think two things happened. backscatter712 Oct 2016 #62

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