Washington is falling

PJ Media ^ | 24 May 2018 | Richard Fernandez (Wretchard)

[Meet the New Boss]

The theme of foreign intervention in American elections just got bigger after Judy Woodruff recently tweeted that "James Clapper ... personally concluded Russians not only influenced but DECIDED outcome of 2016 election." The statement comes from Clapper's forthcoming book, portions of which have been read aloud on TV.

Less than eighty thousand votes in three key states swung the election ... buying advertisements on Facebook promoting Clinton's support of the Black Lives Matter movement and ensuring those ads ran only on the pages of white conservative voters in swing states... they created lies that helped Trump and hurt Clinton and promoted these falsehoods through social media and state-sponsored channels to the point that the traditional US media were unwittingly spreading Russian propaganda... they ran a multifaceted campaign and sustained it at a high level from early 2015 until Election Day 2016... Surprising even themselves, they swung the election to a Trump win.

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Now the confident narrative in political globalization has given way to Clapper's abject panic. It's the complete reverse. The sky is falling -- has fallen. Special counsel Mueller, even should he succeed in pursuing his narrow investigation on Russian interference to a conclusion will almost certainly miss 99.9% of the foreign influence silently corrupting Washington.

They will miss it it because it is baked into the global institutions which were ironically their greatest boasts. Miss it because it's out in the open. The lobbying, the nonprofit foundations, the paid speeches, the revolving door hiring, the recruitment of immigrants pressured to cooperate whose circumstances are taboo due to political correctness -- all will remain untouched -- because maybe that's just how some people like it.

[jazminerose]

They tapped into my childhood affection for Boris and Natasha.

[kjam22]

Who knew that $100,000 in facebook ads could win the election. Guess the DNC won’t spend a billion dollars in 2020 to beat Trump?

[GOPJ]

Riots and murders... campus violence; more police assassinations; the attempt to mount 60's style protests; a campaign of MSM media hysteria and incitement to encourage ever more violence and extremism.

Violent AstroTurf 'protests' evaporated when the Iranian deal was canceled by Trump... Antifa's gone dark too... let's hope it's a coincidence and not 'lack of kickbacks' from Iran...

[catnipman]

“They tapped into my childhood affection for Boris and Natasha.”

ditto!