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Russian troll farm even made a fake Obama-Clinton sex tape
Associated Press ^ | 2/20/2018 | Staff

Posted on 02/21/2018 10:22:02 AM PST by simpson96

MOSCOW — A Clinton-Obama sex tape using body doubles. A Facebook page promoting Texas independence riddled with grammatical mistakes. Islamic State anthems blasting out during the nightshift.

The U.S. indictment centered on a Russian troll farm only scratches the surface of the St. Petersburg agency that allegedly produced online content to sway the 2016 presidential election — and glosses over how unconvincing some of its stunts could be.

Many of the more eye-popping accounts of the Internet Research Agency’s activities have come from former staff members. One, Alan Baskaev, told the independent Russian television channel Rain last year that the agency made a video that looked like a U.S. soldier shooting a Quran and had even hired two actors in an abortive bid to fake a sex tape of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

“No one would buy it, clearly,” Baskaev told the broadcaster, laughing.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: russianpropagandists; russianpuppets; russianstooges; russiasucks
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1 posted on 02/21/2018 10:22:02 AM PST by simpson96
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Ewww!

Not coming back to this thread.


2 posted on 02/21/2018 10:24:32 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: simpson96

You can’t beat The Onion.

No, wait...


3 posted on 02/21/2018 10:24:58 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: simpson96

Ack!

5.56mm


4 posted on 02/21/2018 10:25:28 AM PST by M Kehoe
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5 posted on 02/21/2018 10:25:53 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: simpson96

Yeah even Obama has enough sense not to want to hit that..seriously


6 posted on 02/21/2018 10:26:50 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: simpson96
You mean this Hillary photo wasn't real? :-(


7 posted on 02/21/2018 10:27:33 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Go ahead, bite the Big Apple ... don't mind the maggots.")
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To: simpson96

Was Hillary using her Snap-On?


8 posted on 02/21/2018 10:28:33 AM PST by digger48
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To: simpson96

and an American troll named dan rather made fake documents interfering with an election...


9 posted on 02/21/2018 10:28:58 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: simpson96

Gaaah! The momentary mental picture the headline generated was....I don’t want to talk about it.

I have to go be sick now.....


10 posted on 02/21/2018 10:28:58 AM PST by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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To: simpson96

TTIPWP.


11 posted on 02/21/2018 10:29:19 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: simpson96

Glad THAT never made it to the media. Gag.


12 posted on 02/21/2018 10:31:16 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: digger48

do you mean strap on?


13 posted on 02/21/2018 10:32:21 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: simpson96

Unleashing the video would be a war crime.


14 posted on 02/21/2018 10:32:26 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: simpson96

DO....NOT....WANT.


15 posted on 02/21/2018 10:32:35 AM PST by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: digger48

She borrowed Obama’s.


16 posted on 02/21/2018 10:33:12 AM PST by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: KC_Lion

Ping.


17 posted on 02/21/2018 10:33:55 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: simpson96
At first I thought based on barkys proclivities they ment Bill, but no... it is SHrillary

18 posted on 02/21/2018 10:35:04 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: simpson96

Can’t watch(won’t)


19 posted on 02/21/2018 10:37:49 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.cwom/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M5)
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Even if Pootie were willing to extradite, there are no more ‘Russian trolls’. After seeing their fake video, they were all committed. If they had seen the real thing? SUICIDE!


20 posted on 02/21/2018 10:39:45 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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