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Posted on 10/22/2024 6:08:51 PM PDT by xxqqzz
Russian operatives created and amplified false online content attempting to smear Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, US intelligence agencies said on Tuesday.
The content in question — which included manipulated audio content that circulated on the social media platform X in the last week — contained “several indicators of manipulation that are consistent with the influence efforts and tactics with Russian actors,” an official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) told reporters on Tuesday.
The statement was based on newly available intelligence and analysts worked over the weekend to analyze the media content, the official said.
Some posts circulating the fake content on X garnered hundreds of thousands of views and were amplified by right-wing personalities. The episode had echoes of the bizarre and false “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory that attempted to smear Democrats in 2016.
It is evidence of Russia’s 11th-hour efforts to malignly influence the 2024 presidential election in favor of former President Donald Trump, whom US intelligence assesses is the Kremlin’s preferred choice.
With two weeks until Election Day, accusations of foreign meddling are extremely political sensitive. The intelligence community has repeatedly exposed influence operations from Russia and Iran aimed at hurting Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump, respectively, in an effort to make those influence operations less impactful with the American public.
The Harris-Walz campaign has expressed concern that media coverage could amplify the false Russian claims.
“Vladimir Putin wants Donald Trump to win because he knows Trump will roll over and give him anything he wants,” Harris-Walz campaign spokesperson Morgan Finkelstein said in an email. “We condemn in the strongest terms any effort by foreign actors to interfere in U.S. elections.”
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How CONVENIENT!
“Vladimir Putin wants Donald Trump to win because he knows Trump will roll over and give him anything he wants,” Harris-Walz campaign spokesperson Morgan Finkelstein said in an email. “We condemn in the strongest terms any effort by foreign actors to interfere in U.S. elections.”
Once again the inverse of reality. Must be the 50 thousandth time.
Did U.S. intelligence agencies ever determined who put the cocaine in the White House?
This would not be something done to help Trump. It seems too obvious to avoid detection and really seems to be designed to generate negative news for him and renew the “Russia! Russia! Russia!” narrative.
Russia, Russia, Russia!
There are some stories the Babylon Bee will not run ... for those there are plenty of options though.
The ONLY people likely to believe this crap about Russia are the Zeepers. Let’s see if they check-in.
I think Walz does a pretty good job of smearing himself.
I won't believe this unless 51 national security agents attest to it!
Oh wait...
Everyone with a brain saw that as a hoax when it popped up.
Still no word from “U.S. intelligence agencies” about how the UK government under Starmer is interfering in the election on behalf of Harris. Probably because they think that’s the right thing for the UK to do.
I wouldn’t believe a thing the media reports as coming from “U.S. intelligence agencies!”
Stale and absurd.
It’s “consistent” with Hunter’s laptop.
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I got as far as the CNN byline and I stopped reading because I knew that the rest was going to be BS.
So VERY convenient!!!
These Gov’t clowns think we’re all dupes!
These NGO’s and 3 letter agencies want to tell you blue is green!
SICKENING the level of their bias and outright scandalous behavior!
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
51 intel agents all in a row
making up stories for Timmy and the Ho.
Fact check, crack check, secret video.
Wee Willie Walz does the minor’s rodeo.
Russia in the cornfield, Russia in the gym,
Russia in Tienanmen filming little Tim.
Tampons in the locker room, tampons on the bench,
tampons for the Indigos but nothing for the Wench!
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