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Wicked Blue

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Tue Nov 22, 2022, 05:10 PM Nov 2022

Making A Case That Breaking Twitter Was The Plan and Why [View all]

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Saturday November 19, 2022

I’m presenting a thesis: Elon Musk is breaking Twitter as a co-opted asset for the Putin Oligarchy with the purpose of disrupting or damaging the best information coming out of Ukraine to the public that bolsters support in NATO and the west. 

Of course this thesis can and will never be proven but I want to make what I think is a compelling case.

I ask you to examine my points with a skeptical view and see if I can convince you. Even if the first thought is “That sounds crazy and conspiratorial” I ask you to remember that “Trump Russia” was real and the Mueller report showed that Vladmir Putin executed an extreme cyber attack on us in that case. 

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Fact #1 Musk used a talking point that is a direct construct of Vladmir Putin which isn’t a popular Russian talking point at that.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/19/2134141/-Making-A-Case-That-Breaking-Twitter-Was-The-Plan-and-Why

This is something I've suspected, without any factual basis, just instinct. - WB

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