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In reply to the discussion: Okay, this is really weird. Nov. 2016 Facebook posts from Putin parliamentary ally Konstantin Rykov. [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(44,456 posts)36. Yup. From Time Magazine
http://time.com/4783932/inside-russia-social-media-war-america/
As they dig into the viralizing of such stories, congressional investigations are probing not just Russia's role but whether Moscow had help from the Trump campaign. Sources familiar with the investigations say they are probing two Trump-linked organizations: Cambridge Analytica, a data-analytics company hired by the campaign that is partly owned by deep-pocketed Trump backer Robert Mercer; and Breitbart News, the right-wing website formerly run by Trump's top political adviser Stephen Bannon.
The congressional investigators are looking at ties between those companies and right-wing web personalities based in Eastern Europe who the U.S. believes are Russian fronts, a source familiar with the investigations tells TIME. "Nobody can prove it yet," the source says. In March, McClatchy newspapers reported that FBI counterintelligence investigators were probing whether far-right sites like Breitbart News and Infowars had coordinated with Russian botnets to blitz social media with anti-Clinton stories, mixing fact and fiction when Trump was doing poorly in the campaign.
There are plenty of people who are skeptical of such a conspiracy, if one existed. Cambridge Analytica touts its ability to use algorithms to microtarget voters, but veteran political operatives have found them ineffective political influencers. Ted Cruz first used their methods during the primary, and his staff ended up concluding they had wasted their money. Mercer, Bannon, Breitbart News and the White House did not answer questions about the congressional probes. A spokesperson for Cambridge Analytica says the company has no ties to Russia or individuals acting as fronts for Moscow and that it is unaware of the probe.
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And Kushner admitted they used CA:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2017/05/26/jared-kushner-in-his-own-words-on-the-trump-data-operation-the-fbi-is-reportedly-probing/#1fca50dda90f
As they dig into the viralizing of such stories, congressional investigations are probing not just Russia's role but whether Moscow had help from the Trump campaign. Sources familiar with the investigations say they are probing two Trump-linked organizations: Cambridge Analytica, a data-analytics company hired by the campaign that is partly owned by deep-pocketed Trump backer Robert Mercer; and Breitbart News, the right-wing website formerly run by Trump's top political adviser Stephen Bannon.
The congressional investigators are looking at ties between those companies and right-wing web personalities based in Eastern Europe who the U.S. believes are Russian fronts, a source familiar with the investigations tells TIME. "Nobody can prove it yet," the source says. In March, McClatchy newspapers reported that FBI counterintelligence investigators were probing whether far-right sites like Breitbart News and Infowars had coordinated with Russian botnets to blitz social media with anti-Clinton stories, mixing fact and fiction when Trump was doing poorly in the campaign.
There are plenty of people who are skeptical of such a conspiracy, if one existed. Cambridge Analytica touts its ability to use algorithms to microtarget voters, but veteran political operatives have found them ineffective political influencers. Ted Cruz first used their methods during the primary, and his staff ended up concluding they had wasted their money. Mercer, Bannon, Breitbart News and the White House did not answer questions about the congressional probes. A spokesperson for Cambridge Analytica says the company has no ties to Russia or individuals acting as fronts for Moscow and that it is unaware of the probe.
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And Kushner admitted they used CA:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2017/05/26/jared-kushner-in-his-own-words-on-the-trump-data-operation-the-fbi-is-reportedly-probing/#1fca50dda90f
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Okay, this is really weird. Nov. 2016 Facebook posts from Putin parliamentary ally Konstantin Rykov. [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
OP
It was posted in November 2016, so it's as real as Facebook wants me to believe it is.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#6
I've been long curious about the "Gary Forbes" guy who was a big social media booster of Trump.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#9
Like I said, I stumbled upon it serendipidously looking for some other stuff.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#10
Again, I have no way to vouch for what this guy's deal is at all. But more from his Facebook:
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#15
I tried archive.org but they don't allow searching of Facebook pages. nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#30
I honestly just stumbled across it. Had no idea who this was until today.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#22
Story about Rykov posted on DU in 2011. He's a lovely little lapdog for Putin.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#28
If this is real ... holy crap ... right at the top, he says 'Donald & I' did this?
mr_lebowski
Jul 2017
#31
This is from the Washington Examiner in October 2015, so take it for what it's worth, but still:
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#32
I actually used the Facebook translation link. (Is that Google Translate? I dunno.)
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#37
What a glorious "accident", Tommy! Did you get a photo of your face as you were reading
Leghorn21
Jul 2017
#35
One way or the other I'm calling him Donald Fredovich for the rest of my life.
nolabear
Jul 2017
#44
He didn't just make up the 2012 picture though. It is time stamped on his instagram
SweetieD
Jul 2017
#50
Yeah, the Trump pic story seemed a bit fantastic, but the contemperousness of Rykov's actions...
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2017
#71
This is an interesting read! Getting sexual "compromat" should be relatively easy for Putin.
woodsprite
Jul 2017
#88
