After seeing Rachel tonight, I am wondering if Russia was behind the propaganda against the ACA from

[haveahart]

the beginning?

Rachel revelations tonight gave me chills. To think that the Russians could organize protests pitting one group of citizens against another is really scary. I hope everyone understand the significance of what was revealed today.

Our only hope is that good journalists will stand in the gap.

[Pachamama]

1. This should give everyone chills....

I believe that the attempts of the Russians to influence and infiltrate us through social media and systems goes far deeper than we can even imagine....

[uponit7771]

2. +1, you know what pisses me off was the republiKKKlans were locked step with the Russians which

... means to me they were getting help from them all along when it comes to the ACA ... and prolly some other shit.

The Russians do NOT want the best for America, sounds like neither do the KGOP either.

[BadgerMom]

10. The GOP are the servants of their donors.

Their donors--Kochs, Mercers, others--have more allegiance to oligarchs than their fellow Americans. All of them are traitors.

RESIST!

[WinkyDink]

15. 100% truth.

[Hieronymus]

3. Rachel was great, as usual.

[azureblue]

4. the scary part

is that there are people who were dumb enough to fall for it. People who couldn't recognize the lies and scare tactics that were used. People who vote..

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Unnerving.

[Amaryllis]

5. Did you see her interview of David Corn? And the book he is working on? Good journalist standing in

the gap. Better than good; he is superlative.

[lindysalsagal]

18. Corn: "This is simple. He wanted a russian hotel. He sucked up to Putin."

Exactly. It's all there. That's impeachment, regardless of anything else they find. Get him out. Get him in jail. And all the aids who helped him and are still helping.

[Gman]

6. No, not from the beginning

Russia and Trump could not have pulled it off without Facebook and Twitter as they are today. Back then FB was primarily college aged kids and others who were just starting to migrate from My Space. Twitter was just getting off the ground. It took today's social media to do it.

[certainot]

12. soc media is way overrated in this - most of it was recognizable as piggybacking years of talk radio

- even decades of talk radio swiftboating of hillary - but few liberals would recognize that

which may have been why trumps guys studied hours of talk radio in 2014

[genxlib]

19. There was email

Don't underestimate how well memes traveled back then too. I a way, it was even more subversive because it was more selective and would come from people you knew.

I would occasionally do maintenance on my parents computer and was shocked at the quantity of crap circulating.

I used to get it occasionally myself but after embarrassing the sender with a fact check I usually fell off of those email chains

[Dustlawyer]

8. I bet they are behind fanning the flames of the Bernie/Hillary thing.

We have got to stay together to fight them all! they will be cheating like crazy because their demographics are working against them.

[burrowowl]

9. I think so too and there are some DUers falling for it

[MFM008]

16. Yes

I don't even usually discuss it.
Over. Done. History.

[renate]

13. I think so too

Excellent point. I mean, why on earth wouldn't they? It suits their purposes perfectly.

[JI7]

17. they were involved in it for sure during the campaign

[certainot]

11. i wouldn't be surprised - all they had to do was tie into talk radio

'climategate' in 2009 was a limbaugh success to sabotage obama at copenhagen and it started from a russian hack of climate scientists emails a few days before he started.

then in 2011 limbaugh spent weeks trying to get teabaggers to force the US to default - the kochs wouldn't want that but putin would.

how long has puting been using talk radio - all they had to do was figure out how to feed limbaugh - maybe he has cyprus bank accts and he wouldnt even need to know where the freelance money came from

[jambo101]

14. America is being destroyed from within.

With current attitudes from the right thinking the left are the enemy of America and an army of rightwing talkshow hosts Limbaugh in particular pumping out the hate your neighbor attitude how long before a civil war erupts and the once great America starts resembling Syria.

[burrowowl]

20. Yes, Russia couldn't

influence people if they weren't already wrapped!