Documents find Center for American Progress paid disinformation company to update "Hamilton 68" dashboard that was caught spreading Russian disinformation.
Thacker! Bravo! At the time Taibbi filed his Twitter File report on Hamilton 68, later coupled with Shellenberger’s/Greenwald’s open disdain for DiResta, this interview is so utterly rich with backstory pondscum happenings that I shiver for us all. Keep it up, young man!
Thanks Mr. Thacker. This fills in some holes and is frankly scary. However, I think it undersells the Center for American Progress (CAP). CAP was founded by John Podesta, who of course was the campaign chair for Hillary Clinton in 2016. The campaign that sought to distract from the email server by tainting Trump with Russia (Brennan?). They funded the Steele Dossier and through Elias and Sussman sought to push it into the media and the FBI. All in an effort to weaken a rival candidate.
Podesta is now handing out hundreds of billions (maybe as much as a trillion) for the Biden administration. [Do we know where all that taxpayer money is going and for what?] He and his brother are ultimate democrat Washington insiders.
So the Steele dossier didn't stop Trump in 2016 becoming President. Podesta tries to fund an automated way of discrediting a candidate - Roy Moore - in 2018, for less money and effort. This is really scary - the subversion of democracy.
I live in AL now after almost 30 years in DC, born in NYS, and was not a fan of Moore when he ran. But I remember being pissed that people from New York were donating money down here and telling us who to vote for. I remember thinking, "Get the hell out of my state!" Now all this?! I became an independent after working on Capitol Hill in the 80s. Can't stand most Dems or the GOP that lets them get away with this crap. Thank you both for this
Looks like Dupuis did this DoD-funded work around 2018. Here’s a data point that might be interesting: In 2017 Daily Kos held a “conference” which focused on fighting “Russian disinformation,” where they touted a new project of using “software that mimics personas” to push disinformation using celebrities/influencers to launder disinfo/messaging originating from DK/Dem Party.
The fact that DoD is influencing elections in alliance with Dem Party ought to give everyone a heart attack—and I say this as a lifelong Dem who’s done quite a bit of political consulting. This is not the “politics” I signed up for.
Thacker! Bravo! At the time Taibbi filed his Twitter File report on Hamilton 68, later coupled with Shellenberger’s/Greenwald’s open disdain for DiResta, this interview is so utterly rich with backstory pondscum happenings that I shiver for us all. Keep it up, young man!
… a grateful subscriber.
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And he told me, “If we don't do it, somebody else will.”
(This is the same line that some of the Mortgage companies used during the Financial Crisis of 2008/09 ).
Nice catch!
Thanks Mr. Thacker. This fills in some holes and is frankly scary. However, I think it undersells the Center for American Progress (CAP). CAP was founded by John Podesta, who of course was the campaign chair for Hillary Clinton in 2016. The campaign that sought to distract from the email server by tainting Trump with Russia (Brennan?). They funded the Steele Dossier and through Elias and Sussman sought to push it into the media and the FBI. All in an effort to weaken a rival candidate.
Podesta is now handing out hundreds of billions (maybe as much as a trillion) for the Biden administration. [Do we know where all that taxpayer money is going and for what?] He and his brother are ultimate democrat Washington insiders.
So the Steele dossier didn't stop Trump in 2016 becoming President. Podesta tries to fund an automated way of discrediting a candidate - Roy Moore - in 2018, for less money and effort. This is really scary - the subversion of democracy.
I live in AL now after almost 30 years in DC, born in NYS, and was not a fan of Moore when he ran. But I remember being pissed that people from New York were donating money down here and telling us who to vote for. I remember thinking, "Get the hell out of my state!" Now all this?! I became an independent after working on Capitol Hill in the 80s. Can't stand most Dems or the GOP that lets them get away with this crap. Thank you both for this
How do we stop these traitors?
There is no such thing as an anti-misinformation entity that is run by a 15-year NSA veteran.
I saw Ronin.
Nice that they filed copyright claims for screenshots of someone else's text message conversations.
Looks like Dupuis did this DoD-funded work around 2018. Here’s a data point that might be interesting: In 2017 Daily Kos held a “conference” which focused on fighting “Russian disinformation,” where they touted a new project of using “software that mimics personas” to push disinformation using celebrities/influencers to launder disinfo/messaging originating from DK/Dem Party.
https://www.brookhines.com/p/neoliberals-glamping-in-death-valley
The fact that DoD is influencing elections in alliance with Dem Party ought to give everyone a heart attack—and I say this as a lifelong Dem who’s done quite a bit of political consulting. This is not the “politics” I signed up for.