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Kremlin-Connected ‘Troll Farm’ Organized Facebook Event To Protest Donald Trump
The Federalist ^ | 10/31/2017 | Bre Payton

Posted on 10/31/2017 2:36:34 PM PDT by ForYourChildren

Days after Donald Trump won the presidential election in November 2016, thousands flocked to the streets of New York City to demonstrate against the president elect in a protest organized by a Kremlin-connected Facebook page called BlackMattersUS, The Hill reports. Between 5,000 and 10,000 people attended the protest organized by the Facebook page, which, according to an archived screen grab, had more than 99,000 likes.

“Join us in the streets! Stop Trump and his bigoted agenda!” the Facebook event page reads for the protest, which was called “Trump is NOT my President. March against Trump.” “Divided is the reason we just fell,” it reads. “We must unite despite our differences to stop HATE from ruling the land.”

BlackMattersUS hosted another event page to protest the Electoral College, called “One Person One Vote One March” to question the legitimacy of America’s democratic system.
 
As it turns out, BlackMattersUS is linked to Internet Research Agency (IRA), a so-called “troll farm” with connections to the Russian Kremlin that’s purchased 3,000 political ads and has been identified as operating 470 now-deleted Facebook accounts to push agitprop and sow discord among Americans, The Hill reported. IRA also used an Instagram account to push anti-Dakota-pipeline propaganda under the username @Native_Americans_United, The Daily Caller reported.
 

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dakotaaccess; dap; electoralcollege; identitypolitics; ira; leftists; pipeline; russia; troll; trollfarm; usefulidiots; waronpipelines
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1 posted on 10/31/2017 2:36:34 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
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To: ForYourChildren

Leftist liberal democrats

#FAKEAMERICANS

Useful idiots


2 posted on 10/31/2017 2:36:47 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

But, but wasn’t Russia wanting a Trump Presidency!! Haha they were for Hitlery all along.


3 posted on 10/31/2017 2:41:14 PM PDT by nclaurel
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To: ForYourChildren

Beware, friends, of those who want to divide your house.


4 posted on 10/31/2017 2:43:41 PM PDT by Atlantic Friend
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To: nclaurel

Hillary was bought and paid for by the Russians long ago. Any pretend support for President Trump was intended to hurt his chances.


5 posted on 10/31/2017 2:45:02 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: ForYourChildren

Why is it that the democrats play the useful idiot so easily?


6 posted on 10/31/2017 2:46:14 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

Once again, the giddy Democrats didn’t wait for the details to be displayed, instead they ran full force into a storm screaming, “The Russians helped Trump! The Russians helped Trump!”

But now that the data is being revealed, the truth is that Russia may have attempted to influence this election, but they cut BOTH WAYS! In other words, they didn’t support Trump, nor Killary, they supported DISCORD IN AMERICA’S ELECTION PROCESS! DUH!!

Hell, if Cuba had the capabilities, I wouldn’t doubt that THEY would be doing such, and Venezuela, and any other number of Socialist countries that would love to see the fall of America! None of those countries are “pro-Trump”, they are PRO-DISCORD!

Now in other breaking news, water is wet!


7 posted on 10/31/2017 3:00:42 PM PDT by ExTxMarine (Diversity is tolerance; diverse points of views will not be tolerated!)
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To: ForYourChildren

I wasn’t influenced by anybody or social media to vote for Trump. I have hated Bill’s bit©h for thirty years.


8 posted on 10/31/2017 3:02:24 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: ForYourChildren
Why is it that the democrats play the useful idiot so easily?


9 posted on 10/31/2017 3:17:39 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: ExTxMarine

Unlike the entirety of Europe that loudly proclaimed their support for the Stupid Broad the entire time.


10 posted on 10/31/2017 3:22:00 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: ForYourChildren

Weird after all they did to get him elected...</S>


11 posted on 10/31/2017 3:31:19 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: ForYourChildren

CNN covered the protests:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/12/us/protests-elections-trump/index.html

"I've been proud of my city, proud of students out there and people who are exercising their patriotic right," he told CNN Saturday.

In New York, angry crowds — some carrying signs with messages such as “Not my president” — marched to the President-elect’s doorstep, Trump Tower, where he lives and works.

For part of the march up Fifth Avenue, they chanted, “Donald Trump go away. Racist — sexist — anti-gay.”

Outside the gleaming tower, demonstrators at one point booed at people standing on balconies.

" New Yorkers are on the march to Trump Tower pic.twitter.com/sfIudXmJQ9 "

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) November 12, 2016


12 posted on 10/31/2017 3:44:49 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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ABC News covered the Kremlin sponsored protests in the US:

In New York City, about 2,000 protesters marched up Fifth Avenue toward Trump Tower, where they gathered outside, according to local ABC-owned station WABC. They held signs that read, “Not my president,” “Say no to racism,” “We are all human, we all deserve rights” and “Love trumps hate.”

Two protesters were arrested overnight for “interfering with police process,” according to the NYPD.

The president-elect had been holed up inside Trump Tower with his transition team all day.

The protesters I commiserate with on 5th Ave every day have been a shining example of peaceful Americans trying to make their voices heard. pic.twitter.com/RI9EJJ2MZJ

— Glenn Rockman (@grockman) November 12, 2016

On 5th Ave. The crowd is unreal. #NotMyPresident #TrumpProtest #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/ZakdzUKLYL

— Tiffany Edwards (@pinksteam) November 12, 2016


13 posted on 10/31/2017 3:46:06 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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Here is the ABC News covering the Kremlin sponsored US protests

"Anti-Donald Trump Protests Sweep US for 4th Day, Arrests and Violence in Some Cities"

http://abcnews.go.com/US/thousands-march-trump-tower-fourth-day-protests/story?id=43494086

Anti-Donald Trump demonstrations swept the U.S. for a fourth day Saturday, as thousands of people filled city streets and gathered in public parks and squares to express their disdain for the president-elect.

PORTLAND, OREGON

...protesters attacked a TV crew, blocked the city's light rail service with large metal barricades, blocked traffic, assaulted others and threw bottles, burning road flares and other projectiles at officers. ..

LAS VEGAS

Nearly one thousand protesters marched ...

INDIANAPOLIS

Seven people were arrested during anti-Trump protests Saturday, said Indianapolis Police Chief Troy Riggs...

LOS ANGELES

More than 8,000 people filled the streets of downtown Los Angeles...

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14 posted on 10/31/2017 3:51:24 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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Here is USA TODAY covering Kremlin sponsored US protests.

"Anti-Trump protests, some violent, erupt for 3rd night nationwide"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/11/11/anti-trump-protesters-pepper-sprayed-demonstrations-erupt-across-us/93633154/

For the third night in a row, anti-Donald Trump demonstrators took to the streets in several big cities and on college campuses across the United States, including an outburst of smashed windows and a dumpster fire in Portland that police countered with pepper spray and flash-bang devices.

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Anti-Trump groups called for demonstrations Friday evening in Miami and West Palm Beach. Organizers of the Miami rally stressed that peaceful nature of the protests and called on demonstrators to bring signs to reflect that. "Many people voted for Trump because of an anti-establishment feeling which we embrace," protest organizers said on Facebook. "It is “him” as a solution we resist. There may be common ground with these people and this is focused on Trump, not all his supporters."

Demonstrations also took place Thursday night in Columbus, Ohio, and Minneapolis, Minn. Protests in Madison, Wisconsin's capital, and Milwaukee, the state's most populous city, drew some of the biggest crowds, with more than 1,000 demonstrators taking to streets in both cities.

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15 posted on 10/31/2017 3:55:04 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: 1_Rain_Drop; 3D-JOY; Abbeville Conservative; Abby4116; abigkahuna; adc; Aleya2Fairlie; ...

My Trump Bigly and MAGA lists ping!
16 posted on 10/31/2017 4:03:15 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: ForYourChildren

Let’s see, Democrat money sent to Russia to created phony document, russian trolls troll for Hillary, Papadopoulos mole for Podesta Group, lied to FBI


17 posted on 10/31/2017 4:04:12 PM PDT by stockpirate (SETH RICH gave the emails to wikikileaks murdered he was, cover up it is)
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To: ForYourChildren; Albion Wilde
I have no doubt, we have become such an easy target, as has Europe. But the reason they are able to is because of the reality that they have invaded & taken over the educational systems throughout the Western world.

Thanks for the ping Albion Wilde.

18 posted on 10/31/2017 4:14:27 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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These Americans Were Tricked Into Working For Russia. They Say They Had No Idea.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosalindadams/these-americans-were-tricked-into-working-for-russia-they?utm_term=.od154j1vx#.iqB6G9oOm

BuzzFeed News spoke to four people who organized black rights protests and taught self-defense classes after being contacted by Russian trolls pretending to be US activists.

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One target was Micah White, a cofounder of Occupy Wall Street... White said that after the story was published on the BlackMatters site a few days later, he didn’t think more about it. But Davis continued to email him for several months and asked him to promote some events.

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[Another target] Conrad James, who runs a nonprofit based in Raleigh, North Carolina called Living Ultra-Violet. James told BuzzFeed News that BlackMattersUS reached out with a message from its Facebook page, rather than from an individual member, asking him to speak at a rally in September 2016 after the death of Keith Lamont Scott, a black man who was shot by police in Charlotte.

“I thought it was a knockoff of Black Lives Matter,” James said about the name, but when he looked at their website, “they looked legit.” ... James said he didn’t find out that the group was linked to a Russian troll farm until

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[Another target] Omowale Adewale, ..contacted by what he now knows to be the troll farm to hold courses in New York City... to teach four self-defense classes a month. ...he didn’t realize that the situation was connected to Russia until recent reports began to connect Russian efforts to sway the election through Facebook, Twitter, and — in particular — targeting black organizers.

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19 posted on 10/31/2017 4:29:09 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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Bump


20 posted on 10/31/2017 4:51:54 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence)
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