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Skinner

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2. Here's the smoking gun from the article:

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Wed May 24, 2017, 12:54 PM

May 2017

== BEGIN SNIP ==

In Ferguson, she says, her provocative posts caught the eye of the editor of Sputnik International, a Russian-owned news site. The site hired her in early 2015 and she moved to Washington, D.C., for the position. Soon after, she started to dip her brand of caustic commentary into the emerging presidential race.

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http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a9653830/cassandra-fairbanks-donald-trump-deplorable/

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Cassandra Fairbanks Loved Bernie Sanders. Now She's a Donald Trump Superfan. [View all] Blue_Tires May 2017 OP

"Supporting Trump is pretty rebellious. ... It's pretty punk rock." HughBeaumont May 2017 #1

She's just trolling, knowing folks will lap it up. Blue_Tires May 2017 #3

Here's the smoking gun from the article: Skinner May 2017 #2

"Sputnik International, a Russian-owned news site" workinclasszero May 2017 #5

Nice catch Skinner.. denbot May 2017 #6

Both barrels smoking. Sputnik is propaganda. She is bought and paid for. How many others? nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #14

oh what a catch!!! Amimnoch May 2017 #19

+1 Blue_Tires May 2017 #21

Faux left pundits on Twitter, FB & at primary caucuses to interrupt & meddle in mhw May 2017 #4

It's about money and fooling gullible people. Very little to do with Sanders. NCTraveler May 2017 #7

I wonder how many rubles those two bottom feeding workinclasszero May 2017 #13

In other news tazkcmo May 2017 #8

You must not be on twitter Blue_Tires May 2017 #10

OK. tazkcmo May 2017 #12

People who yearn for The Man on the White Horse don't care about the specifics of his politics. DavidDvorkin May 2017 #9

This confirms everything I thought I knew about "The Rebellion". Tarheel_Dem May 2017 #11

And she's probably on JPR. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #15

I haven't seen her there. Gore1FL May 2017 #17

She'll dump Trump soon too. This has very little to do with politics or ideology. progressoid May 2017 #16

grifters and scammers abound mountain grammy May 2017 #18

I have never heard of this "anarchist." Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #20