Russia, Iran, China All Seek to Shape US Election

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Russia, China and Iran are all recruiting Americans to spread propaganda advancing their interests ahead of the US presidential election, American intelligence officials said Monday.

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... Some US citizens have been knowingly helping foreign governments "seed, promote and add credibility to narratives that serve the foreign actors' interests," the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Monday in its latest update on election security. Others in the US have been duped into aiding the foreign actors, according to the report. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-29 04:45 PM | Reply

I'm sure patriotic Republicans, Independents, and Libertarians on the Drudge Retort (and of course everywhere in America) will denounce these nefarious efforts by foreign actors to subvert the 2024 US elections.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2024-07-29 05:19 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

why? I won't possibly fall for any of it.

"I denounce this" - Eberly

"Who gives a ----?" - The entire DR

#3 | Posted by eberly at 2024-07-29 05:21 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Netanyahu must've had a hand in writing this article.

#4 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2024-07-29 05:21 PM | Reply

Publicly denouncing Israeli genocide? You must be falling for that Iranian propaganda!

#5 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2024-07-29 05:24 PM | Reply

I fell for it hook, line and sinker!

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2024-07-29 05:34 PM | Reply

It might just be that Vlad gave Iran permission to give Hamas permission, and aide, in the original attack against Israel... knowing that the very predictable genocidal response would help divide America.

And it werked quite nicely, thank you. (Newbie Alert: intentional misspelling; a homage to the poster Dethspud, wherever he may be)

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-29 05:55 PM | Reply

Why is this an issue?

The US gets involved in everyone else's elections.

Comeuppance is a birch.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-07-29 06:15 PM | Reply

Dethspud, wherever he may be

Stage Left, I would assume. :-)

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-29 06:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The interject politics were they shouldn't are fond of bringing up Israel and Palestine and can't give specific answers to questions in fact they frequently respond to any request for specific answers with insults if not a fire hose of adjacent information that doesn't answer the question.

#10 | Posted by Tor at 2024-07-29 06:25 PM | Reply

-Why is this an issue?

Because it's trying to be used as a political wedge issue.

For all we know other countries have supported and taken sides with the Democratic Party candidate.

Does that sound so bad? Of course not.

#11 | Posted by eberly at 2024-07-29 06:37 PM | Reply

For all we know other countries have supported and taken sides with the Democratic Party candidate.

idk about candidates, but Hillary said a lot of the climate change / anti fossil fuel propaganda was run by Russia.

#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-07-29 06:53 PM | Reply

Hillary said a lot of the climate change / anti fossil fuel propaganda was run by Russia.

I did not know that. Interesting.

#13 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-29 08:26 PM | Reply

idk about candidates, but Hillary said a lot of the climate change / anti fossil fuel propaganda was run by Russia.

#12 | Posted by oneironaut

Yet another thing she was right about.

#14 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-07-30 01:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Russia wanted trump to win and were more than happy to help the far left to achieve that goal.

#15 | Posted by Tor at 2024-07-30 03:24 PM | Reply | Funny: 1