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49. Harassment lawsuit from a Sputnik employee

Sun Oct 15, 2017, 08:28 PM

Oct 2017

Sputnik is a Russian propanganda organization in America, widely assumed to be controlled by Putin.
Cassandra Fairbanks is paid by Sputnik.

Fairbanks sued Taylor. It looks like a harassment lawsuit. It was filed by an attorney who also has a connection to Sputnik.

This article is an expose about Sputnik. An employee quit and shared emails with the FBI in which Sputnik management told him to take a pro-Russia, anti American spin on stories.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-document-cache-sheds-light-inner-workings-russias-u-s-news-propaganda-network-172317008.html

In the information Fionda gave to the Justice Department, he included copies of Twitter messages in which Cassandra Fairbanks discussed exchanging messages with the hacker. Fairbanks is an activist who wrote for Sputnik from late 2015 until this year, when she joined the pro-Trump website Big League Politics.

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Remember Louise Mensch and Claude Taylor? [View all] MineralMan Oct 2017 OP

19 hours ago from Louise Mensch TL - pinned tweet underthematrix Oct 2017 #1

Nice. Kingofalldems Oct 2017 #3

Can't see those tweets. Are they still full of shit? Orrex Oct 2017 #4

Nah Orrex they called the big Russia disinformation plot sharedvalues Oct 2017 #50

So she blocked you. underthematrix Oct 2017 #65

No, tweets don't load for me on DU Orrex Oct 2017 #68

Hmmm underthematrix Oct 2017 #70

That's the same thing she tweeted weeks ago joeybee12 Oct 2017 #29

Mensch reported a day or so ago that... Eyeball_Kid Oct 2017 #56

Me too! I admire & appreciate all they have done. Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #67

Admire? A flaky conservative who's added anti-Semitism to her silly conspiracy theories? Hortensis Oct 2017 #75

I see them differently. Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #76

Sure. But maybe look for special deals on intro subscriptions to a couple of Hortensis Oct 2017 #80

They're pinned tweets which can stay up for weeks underthematrix Oct 2017 #63

I think CNN, MSNBC, the NYT and WaPo got way ahead of them. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #2

Yes. They seem to have simply stopped creating "news." MineralMan Oct 2017 #8

That's the kind of thing that makes you go hmmmmm Hekate Oct 2017 #26

Never likes Mensch Tavarious Jackson Oct 2017 #5

Check out John Schindler, ex NSA sharedvalues Oct 2017 #51

Schindler, Mensch, and Taylor Eyeball_Kid Oct 2017 #57

Yes. Schindler is respected in the IC sharedvalues Oct 2017 #58

MM I like you but I disagree. I continue to like both of them. Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #6

Check out this fabulous article from 6/1/17 in cilla4progress Oct 2017 #7

That "hyperventilator" section also confirms LM's early reporting More_Cowbell Oct 2017 #20

They have too continued to post unc70 Oct 2017 #9

Link to that discussion? Thanks. MineralMan Oct 2017 #10

Please post a list of things she has gotten right Orrex Oct 2017 #14

Those lists always seem to be of things Mensch claims she got right. MineralMan Oct 2017 #15

To be fair, it's the much shorter list Orrex Oct 2017 #19

Not so odd. The facts are that she DOES get things right. That's why she makes the claims. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2017 #60

She predicted that the movie "IT" would have a clown in it. Dr. Strange Oct 2017 #43

Russia used Facebook and Twitter for propaganda sharedvalues Oct 2017 #53

All right, but we need dates Orrex Oct 2017 #55

Orrex you seem to bring up Mensch a lot sharedvalues Oct 2017 #59

I'm confident that people have given her more credit than she is due Orrex Oct 2017 #69

With Mensch, it's useful to note that a broken clock is correct twice each day. kstewart33 Oct 2017 #47

Last I knew, Claude was fighting off a lawsuit. roamer65 Oct 2017 #11

Really? That's interesting. MineralMan Oct 2017 #12

Yeah, some alt-right fascist was suing him. roamer65 Oct 2017 #13

I did find something about that. Claude Taylor was MineralMan Oct 2017 #17

$24,900 USD raised by 517 people in 1 day 100% of $25,000 goal. Ellipsis Oct 2017 #42

How erudite. GeorgeGist Oct 2017 #78

Nah, his attorney devastated the suit. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #40

Very good! Glad to hear that. Cassandra seemed to have infiltrated some leftist groups to then turn Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #64

Exactly. She was on the Putin payroll at some point. Like most GOP: cares only about $$ sharedvalues Oct 2017 #73

Harassment lawsuit from a Sputnik employee sharedvalues Oct 2017 #49

Sputnik? Lol...theres a really fascist, pro-Pootie cesspool if I ever saw one. roamer65 Oct 2017 #71

the point you have gotten sharedvalues Oct 2017 #72

Maybe their sources are out of the WH and they know only as much as we who post here? coolsandy Oct 2017 #16

And maybe their sources never existed in the first place. MineralMan Oct 2017 #18

I think this may have something to do with the reduction in twitter "reports". chowder66 Oct 2017 #32

and so it goes. Ellipsis Oct 2017 #37

More likely their "sources" wanted to do an end around and PufPuf23 Oct 2017 #36

My favorite was how they stressed they had the same info but from different sources Demit Oct 2017 #21

Like I remember the food poisoning I got at this one restaurant back in 2011. Igel Oct 2017 #22

I believe that Jesus did return yesterday, but was arrested at an airport by MineralMan Oct 2017 #23

Positive persistence. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #39

You won't care or believe, but not long after Mueller came on board, Mensch indicated pnwmom Oct 2017 #24

Yes. See the Ben Wittes thread I posted below. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #38

We Have a Difference of Opinion Koinos Oct 2017 #25

+1. They have been right on the main thrust. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #35

Well said. I agree 100% nt The_jackalope Oct 2017 #41

I like MM the OP poster, but I agree w/everything else you posted here & your defense of LM & CT Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #66

This OP. Odd that. KPN Oct 2017 #27

I'm glad not see those tweets in GD. cwydro Oct 2017 #28

You might like this article chowder66 Oct 2017 #30

Thats because Trump resigned in March BeyondGeography Oct 2017 #31

Not odd. New phase of investigation. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #33

Thanks for this post. Ellipsis Oct 2017 #44

Ben Wittes makes a lot of sense, as always. Thanks for sharing. n/t pnwmom Oct 2017 #45

Mensch and Taylor were largely proven right sharedvalues Oct 2017 #34

And they were right that Comey was one of the "good guys" despite pnwmom Oct 2017 #46

What's odd is that most of the opposition to them The_jackalope Oct 2017 #48

Yes. Pro Russia trolls attack them sharedvalues Oct 2017 #54

You're probably better off just letting it go. The_jackalope Oct 2017 #61

They did predict Mueller but I don't only defend them sharedvalues Oct 2017 #62

the gravy train of donations dried up Takket Oct 2017 #52

OMG!!! No new articles for 3 weeks!!! She must be a fraud. elias7 Oct 2017 #74

Their 1st Amendment rights were revoked by the US Supreme Court FBaggins Oct 2017 #77

Let Us Focus Koinos Oct 2017 #79