Jack Delaney, a 26-year-old aspiring writer, thought he was writing for an online magazine. It turns out he was duped into helping the Russians with a disinformation campaign.
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Geee I wonder how fast the Russian GRU officers and IRA trolls show up in chat.
Sept. 2019 Trump was planning dinner at CAMP DAVID for the Taliban while they were collecting bounties from Russia. RIP Sgt. Hines, 31, RIP Staff Sgt. Slutman, 43 and RIP Cpl. Hendriks, 25 all killed April 8, 2019.
@Mad Wisdom If what you say is true, that I belive it to be true, my blood boils in anger.
That is the ultimate treason, hosting the enemy while they are collecting a bounty offered by a bigger enemy. Is there such a thing as a “two-pronged treason?”
If not, there is now after Donald’s criminal actions.
@Cookie Monster <---Here's one now🤣
@Cookie Monster I can’t wait for trolls like u to crawl back under the rock you came from come November I’m sick of the crap you keep spreading
You are looking for me?
Historians: Trump was the most devastating weapon Russia used against USA.
🇺🇸🇺🇸As a black man myself…me and my friends do not support BLM. Trump has my vote this November 💪🏿💪🏿
@Cookie Monster You’re not black and you’re not american, so go on your way boy.
Gladys Lustgirdle He is putting us in a lot better shape by rebuilding our military and getting other countries to pay their fair share of the organization we in like nato. And renegotiating trade deals.
@Christian 153
Interesting points. But I fear there are enormous geopolitical changes, and changes to the workplace underway. And your president is not the man to steer the USA through these waters, (or any others).
Gladys Lustgirdle Where are you from?
1:28 “I don’t want to have associations with any authoritarian regime.” Me neither! Biden/Harris 2020!
@David Hale please.
So where is CNN’s story on all the American journalists who are on the Kremlin’s payroll pushing propaganda at westerners for “Russia Today”?
@Cookie Monster <- This American was tricked into writing Russian propaganda
@terry hughes <- This person was tricked into writing Chinese/BigTech propaganda* there, fixed it for you ^^
@Peter Storm Just lIke you’re trying to fix the 2020 election, incompetently.
Sen Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, and other republicans on Capitol Hill,
have been unmasked as Russian operatives for disseminating Russian conspiracy theories, and for aiding and abetting Putin’s efforts to interfere in the 2020 election..
Last month, four lawmakers who make up the Democratic half of the Gang of Eight, the group of congressional and intelligence committee leaders who are privy to top-secret intelligence, demanded a briefing for all members of Congress focused on foreign interference in the 2020 election, based on their assertions that lawmakers are being targeted by those meddling efforts. They also have urged Trump to publicly reveal additional information about the nature of the foreign-influence campaign. Intelligence officials told House lawmakers last week that the Russians are seeking to boost Trump in the 2020 campaign.
The public version of the letter was vague about those threats, but the classified addendum to the letter specifically names Sen Ron Johnson’s investigation as a vehicle for “laundering” Russian propaganda for the foreign influence campaign aimed at denigrating Biden.
The addendum states that the Ukrainian lawmaker linked to the Kremlin, Andrii Derkach, sent information packets about Biden to Johnson, Grassley and other Trump stooges who have pushed similar Russian conspiracy theories, as part of Putin’s disinformation campaign on America.
NCSC Director William Evanina, along with other senior national security officials, briefed lawmakers in multiple classified sessions in late July and August. His statement explicitly accused the Ukrainian politician, Derkach, of undermining Biden through weaponized leaks. Derkach is known to have met late last year with Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani.
The packets were sent by Andrii Derkach, a Ukrainian lawmaker who met with Trump’s personal lawyer Giuliani in Ukraine last December. Andrii Derkach, who was formerly aligned with Ukraine’s pro-Russia Party of Regions, is also an alumnus of Moscow’s FSB academy, formerly known as the Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB. Andrii Derkach’s father Leonid was a KGB operative who later became the head of Ukrainian intelligence, and who was fired in 2004 shortly before Ukraine’s Orange Revolution.
The packets were sent late last year to Devin Nunes, Lindsey Graham, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and then-White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, declined to answer a colleague’s question about whether he had received derogatory information about Joe Biden from Andrii Derkach.
During that closed-door meeting in late July — a transcript of which was made publicly available — Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) pressed Nunes about reports indicating that he was one of several GOP lawmakers to whom packets of Russian propaganda were delivered from Derkach in December 2019 that contained allegations about Joe Biden. Derkach has confirmed he sent the packages to Nunes, as well as GOP Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Lindsey Graham. Nunes refused to answer the question.
Maloney responded by suggesting that Nunes’s refusal to answer “speaks volumes” and indicated that committee staffers are “in possession of evidence that a package was received” by Nunes. 😲
That evidence, according to committee officials, is in the form of a DHL shipping receipt that was sent to the Intelligence Committee’s majority office shortly after the package was sent to Nunes..
“If any public official or member of any campaign is contacted by any nation-state, or anybody acting on behalf of a nation-state, about influencing or interfering with an election then that’s something the FBI would want to know about,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said on June 12, 2019 — a day before Trump rebuked him and said he would probably accept such help.
I knew a slight amount about this. But once again David …
I am one (of many, if people pay attention!) of your BIGGEST FANS !!!
THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS – IMMENSELY !!!
STAY HUMBLE AND HONEST ! ! ! Well, i know you’re honest, so stay that way. I hope you’re humble – and stay that way !
@Judi Morningstar, yeah, “credible” but also, INDEPENDENT sources. Because sometimes it could be one entity that owns two more subsidiaries who cover “news” as well. I don’t trust anything either _CNN_ or _MSNBC_ or _FOX_ or _The New York Times_ or _The Washington Post_ covers politically. I used to! Minus _FOX,_ that is. But they’ve gone WAY TOO FAR down that corporate rabbit hole for me to ever trust them again.
They’ve been caught lying too many times. There has been too many retractions made, and the biggest problem _with_ those retractions include that they ALL FALL ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE LEDGER. They all fall on the anti-Trump side of that ledger. Usually, mistakes will occur on BOTH sides of a story. But not where Trump is concerned they don’t!
And before you assume something here, I don’t like Trump. Didn’t vote for him in 2016 and am not voting for him in 60 days, either. It’s not about that. It’s about how our “journalism” has been captured by Corporations who have ALSO captured our government and or so-called “elected officials.”
Trump is the SYMPTOM of all this bullshit, NOT the cause.
And the _DNC_ and media and Hillary KILLED the antidote by screwing him over in our last two primaries.
Turn David J’s response into its own video and post it. Its great but why keep it buried here ?
@Roy Batty Before you believe everything on the internet, did you do any checking at all ??
At least he realized what was the reality. We have like 60 million dummies who are still embellished by tRump’s cheap rhetoric. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🤨😁😷
@J You are proving my point. Biden never said those things. Trump said them about Biden. The fact that you are parroting Trump show who really brainwash.
@Len Thomas the fact you defend a man in China’s pockets shows who really is brainwashed.
@Driver 1967 And we been losing every since is right. Ask Herman Cain that question. You can’t. We lost lives, jobs and dignity on the world stage. But hell, at least Trump won.
@J Ivanka Trump company has been doing business with China https://youtu.be/3-RQmjVnDLg. And Trump lied and will never show us his taxes. Every attack you have against Joe Biden has been proving against Trump. You should really let go of the brain washing idea. It’s a fail argument for a Trump supporter.
NOT THAT MANY, MAYBE HALF AS OF AUGUST 8TH 2020, FARMERS, TROOPS, LINCOLN PROJECT , REPUBLICANS AGAINST INDIVIDUAL NO.1#😷😷😷😷🤔🤔🤔🤔🕵️🕵️🕵️🕵️👿👿👿👿🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Truths about Trump:
The “billionaire” who hides his tax returns.
The “genius” who hides his college grades.
The “businessman” who bankrupted 3 casinos and lost over $1B in 10 years.
The “playboy” who pays for sex.
The “Christian” who doesn’t go to church.
The “philanthropist” who defrauds charity.
*The “PATRIOT” who DODGED the draft.*
The “innocent man” who refuses to testify.
Trump Translation:
“Many people have told me” = Voice in my head and fictional people have complimented me.
“A lot of people don’t know” = I just learned something most people already knew.
*“Believe me” = I just lied*
*“In fact” = I’m about to lie*
“He’s a great guy” = I will deny ever knowing this person after they begin to speak the truth against me.
“MAGA” = making my pockets fatter off of the American tax payers who think I care about them
“Nobody knew” = Everyone knew
“Huge” = moderate to below average in size
*“Loser” = someone who makes me feel inferior due to their talent or accomplishments*
“Policy Briefing” = Turning on Fox News
“Liar” = Someone telling the truth about me
“Fake news” = real news
“Protect the police” = Screw you America I have my own
“This is the Bible” = I don’t know anything in it
@Greg Buster how would that be against self interest? Have you visited a democratic ran city? Have you been to the hood? Democrats have done zero that’s beneficial to black people. Nah..they have introduced several bills in the past that directly target black folk. They have done nothing to fix the unemployment rate in the black community. Nothing to lower crime. Oh…they did make sure every hood has a planned Parenthood nearby so..keep the population of blacks in check somewhat.
@Cookie Monster in my best Maury voice.. YOUR PLAYLIST PROVES THAT YOU ARE THE FATHER AND ALSO A GODDAMM LIER!
@Loud Smoke WTAF?? I said I tell everybody to vote your conscience!! No matter what…vote what you believe. Then I used the example to cast that vote no matter what, even if it’s not in your best interest.
AN EXAMPLE!!
I wasn’t calling anybody out, moron.
You need to puff puff pass and chill TF out, “Loud Smoke”!!
@David Smith and @Supreet Randhawa: haven’t read that list anywhere so far, so please continue posting it. It is true and it is cleverly organized.
@Loud Smoke Even if I can believe your claims about cities where Democracy isn’t dead yet, the choice sounds pretty easy:
The Black choice is apparently to either vote for the Democracy (who did nothing for Blacks, in your words) or to vote for the Republic (who will try to stack things against them even more – that’s the bit which you left out). Trump is a guy who already paints BLM activists as dangerous terrorists, so it’s not beyond his reason to round them up and imprison them, at some point.
So, vote for the guy who mostly leaves you alone, or vote for the guy who mostly harms and endangers you? Decisions, decisions…
I’m registered and voting in person. They will shut down the mail in every democratic district in the USA. This is a dictator.
@terry hughes C’mon Maaaan!!
@8 ball jacket slapper and yet you didn’t cite a single study to refute what I said. If you want to have a debate, I’m open to a dialogue, just be sure to cite your sources.
your right when trump seized power in 2016 in a military coup funded by putin i knew he was bad news. We need to get the democrats back in there to finish obamas war in syria that orange prick made peace and stopped the war . We need the democrats to start a war with russia we need more wars !!!!! vote blue
@Edgar Friendly there mad because trump stopped the syria war stopped arming terrorist and made peace with north korea russia , and is pulling out of iraq and afghanistan . They need more wars obama gave them 7 wars they need more wars and fast with russia now
@telsa roadster <- HEADS UP! This individual was tricked into posting Russian propaganda.
Hackers need to take down all social media sites until after the Election… WEAR a MASK…VOTE
Trump2020
@Size = small
Hughes don’t disrespect my small size 😑
@Size lol. Small Lives Matter?
@terry hughes ♥ thanks
At least he got paid for it… There are millions on Facebook who has been super spreaders for Putin and Trump for the last 4 years… For FREE! #VoteBidenHarris this Nov 3rd to save ourselves and the soul of our nation.
@Loud Smoke not much grey matter between your ears, is there? I will pray for you to get some. My very Catholic parents told me that I should pray for the less fortunate.
@Mr407Mike At the same time he teases them with huge reductions in Prescription prices. How masterful.
@terry hughes If you are writing disinformation; wouldn’t that be you reporting on hearsay without actually verifying the information. What he did was to sell out to remain ignorant and write what he is told to write. That makes one a Phony LIAR for hire.
@Chaud Poivron And the biggest “Phony LIAR [your caps] for hire” is one Donald J Trump – R4cist. R4pist. Money Launderer. Camera. TV.
Vote “Heels up Harris!” …….
I remember seeing a lot of this in 2015-16. It’s going to be ten times more of it for the next couple of months.
Have you seen the comments on fox news’ youtube videos? Click into the profiles of the commenters and you just see a long string of pro trump/anti democractic party comments. It all seems to be bots. Hard to say what’s real or not anymore
EXACTLY. I even investigated it:
Trump used the most illegal and disguised tools and accounts on social media during 2016 elections, and now doing the same in a smarter ways!
I investigated Trump’s biggest propaganda and conspiracy theory arm (socialist Falun Gong’s The Epoch Media Group) who also run 2nd biggest election campaign for him in 2016!
Trump and his media/business allies are master in creating propaganda & conspiracy theories to scare & brainwash his followers, divide the nation, and then highlight him as the ONLY SAVIOR & HERO against the fake news and the mess he himself created!
Please read the investigation report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-wNdNH9VaQ&t=98s
(Downloadable PDF FORMAT of the report is also linked in the comments section – there are more reports on the channel about his propaganda, conspiracy theories, and financial crimes)
Please SHARE & SUBSCRIBE
Publicly admitting you were fooled takes a lot of balls, so props to him. I wish more people had the guts to do that. Frankly, looking at his situation and the info he was given, I probably would’ve been fooled too. The lesson to be learned here is that the Putin government has gotten much better at influencing online Western media since 2016.
@elevengiant Why does the China discussion matter in this? It is an interview purely about the Russian government trying to influence the vote of US citizens. This is always bad independent of the party you are voting for.
Imagine what will happen in four years and a new Republican presidential candidate is less favourable to Russia. Then all of a sudden the game can be switched around.
@René Verbeek Russia is gone, they wont be talking about Russia next term. They have no money, little influence, nothing. If trump wins, some deals will be made with Russia, Russia will cease aggression in eastern europe and cut ties with China, in exchange for US lifting the sanction.
This is a relevant place to mention it. Go to the videos page and search for china and russia. CNN and others dont mention China who is the real and biggest threat because it is more favorable to Biden,
@elevengiantYeah ….but no, the rest of the world thinks America is the threat right now, thats why of all proposal and “demands” trump has done at the UN ,nothinng has passed.
@kefkahkefkah what you mean by all??
All u mean ASEAN, Five eyes – Japan joining soon, but not yet Korea (slightly pro China for now), EU (China just threathen Czech), Taiwan (TSMC), some Middest East = them forming an alliance vs China + North Korea + Iran.
China and Russia are UN permanent member who have veto power !! You cant things done in UN with those 2 communist brothers.
Or can it be a lie. Nah. Why would CNN ever have scripted people on their news channel
Trump has so many people in his back pocket, someone should give him a strip search.
@Kung Fu Kid Neither was Obama, all he did in congress was vote, I’m present. At least he was giving a chance to be President. President Trump wasn’t even given that chance from day one of him being elected into office. The DNC wanted to impeach him from office. How can you say President Trump was or is a terrible leader when he wasn’t give the fair chance to show it. If he fails he fails if he is successful we all benefit. Never in my life have I seen a President been treat the same as President Trump, but one thing for sure did happen. Everyone got into politics that was before not interested and everyone start to see what the real government was like.
@Joe Fitz All I have seen was a citizen elected into office an since day one the DNC has been trying impeach him since he went into office so tell me how does my reason betray me? I’m 100 percent American while so many others want to destroy this country all Americans live in. It’s not the greatest, but it what we have. You can’t see the other person prospective so can you understand the full situation when your only one sided? I know fully that the democrat party wanted their final steps into their 1 party system utopia an Hilary was suppose to finish it an President Trump stole that from her by the people choose. Who is really the troll here, because all I see from CNN videos are trolls that believe burning a country is the best way for peace an I’m Spanish. I full well know what’s going on.
Joanne Fitzpatrick, 👍
May you have a peaceful night.
That is not his “back pocket”
Ewwww…whoever gets the job deserves hazzard pay. Positive vibes from New Hampshire and remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” ~ Voltaire
@Bruitic <- This American was tricked into writing Russian propaganda
@terry hughes <- This American is trying to trick others with Marxism.
@Bruitic <- This idiot thinks Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo = Marxism. Conclusion: Bruitic = Dumbo.
@Mark N All the place where cops committed atrocities against black people. I’m sure they do same stuff in Trump cities, but only the liberal cities got the balls to protest the crimes
When we finally boot Trump out of office, I hope we finally do something about Putin, once and for all.
@Fnf jrkrjr If necessary. It’s what Trump would want.
It’s entertaining to listen to you libtards. Russia, Russia, Russia…..rrrreeeeeeeee! Putin is under my bed! Orange Man Bad! 😂
@Fnf jrkrjr I said *Putin* not Russia.
@Rod How’d many rubles you earn for that post?
@Joshua L. still talking Russia LOL….. gonna be a rough 4 more years for you libtards. This mail in voting is going to really make you cry foul, and this time you may even be right, but you dummies chased Russia with ZERO evidence so long no one listens anymore.
Seems like a decent honest guy who seems to have a good head on his shoulders.
Hope he finds a legitimate writing job.
Yup. CNN will pick him up.
Hell nah…don’t feel sorry 4 him…
Calvin Walker Walker Compassion is for losers right?
Micky Cripplejohn
Or at least not until you get laid off yourself.
So many russian bots trying to do damage control right now, wow
You’re a useful idiot of the American Corporate Oligarchy, bub..
Diane Hooper so basicly if someone says something that doesnt fit your agenda you automaticly label them as spies and bots
Rush B!
Hey I believe that America has deep systemic problems beyond Donald Trump. People are dying because they can’t afford insulin. Am I a Russian bot? You democrats need to think harder.
@trugangsta4real the problem is the media convinced them trump is bad they can not think for them selves . go ask them what new laws trump installed that they do not like . They have no clue what trump is really doing they just follow mainstream news channels and read headlines on social media . They are no clue about real life at all
Anyone who hasn’t figured out that QAnon is based out of Russia is just beyond stupid.
@alex silent Are you an idiot? Liberal and facists don’t go together. Liberal is always left on the political spectrum, and facists is always on the right of the political spectrum… Facism is to take away rights of minorities (I.e. think nazi and Hitler…) and liberals want equality for everyone…
@Josh But the facts say the opposite: liberals and fascists CAN go together. Look at the recent polls: 62% of Americans are afraid to openly talk about their political views. 32% of them are afraid that they may lose their job if they talk too much. And this is exactly how liberal fascism looks like.
https://www.cato.org/publications/survey-reports/poll-62-americans-say-they-have-political-views-theyre-afraid-share#introduction
It’s Jim Watkins
alex silent
I can’t see any downside to the upcoming elections. If Trump wins I am guaranteed another four years of slapstick comedy. If Trump loses I get to watch a heap of Bubba’s running around in circles foaming at the mouth and waving their AR15s. Gotta love America😀👍🇺🇸.
Anyone who thinks Qanon isn’t some random shitposters on an anonymous Mongolian basket weaving forum is beyond stupid.
“Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.”
– R. Buckminster Fuller
How very true.
Man that goes to bed with itchy butt, wake up with smelly finger.
– Confucius
It’s so easy. Vote for Biden, and nothing about Russia. Just do it!
Thats not going to convince them man. But heres hoping!
Well now you’ve got China to worry about
“Just do it!” “vote blue no matter who”. With electoral strategies like these, democrats have no one to blame but themselves for another loss to Trump
That’s nothing – 200 million were tricked into voting for a clown
Glad that clown who got those votes isn’t in america. No way 200 million votes will be cast for someone in an election in the states.