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The U.S. intelligence community believes the Kremlin will direct its propaganda efforts to support former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, an intelligence official indicated on a media call Monday.

Iran is likely to continue to try to denigrate Trump, the official said, and China doesn’t appear to have a preference in the presidential race but may try to interfere in congressional races.

The call, held by the Foreign Malign Influence Center, one of the few arms of the U.S. government devoted to countering foreign propaganda campaigns, elaborated on an agency alert about foreign propaganda campaigns released Monday afternoon.

The official’s remarks were the clearest sign yet that the U.S. believes Trump remains Russia’s preferred candidate even after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 months ago

So, same as the last two elections.

Ok.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 months ago (1 children)

um russia's BEEN using propaganda for the last 10 years, to help captain "putin can do whatever the hell he wants" diaperpants

[–] barsquid 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cadet, not captain. He's a draft doger.

[–] danc4498 3 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago

"Russia might continue interfering in international politics while supporting a Russian asset they've interfered with international politics before to support"

I know things like this should be pointed out at ANY AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY, because apparently people have short attention spans..... But holy shit reading stuff like this just makes me think the average person is so out of touch with reality that they literally need daily reminders that one of the shittiest people they know is still shitty.

The only people who don't think Russia has something on Trump that makes him an asset that they can use to destabilize politics in a rival country at any and every opportunity, are people somehow ignorant of the last decade of history, useful idiots, and people being paid to think that.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I can think of at least two accounts that are prolific on Lemmy that almost exclusively post things that align with Russia's PoV. To anyone that thinks it can't happen here, I have some prime vacation property to sell to you in Florida.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh ho, so I see you love genocide then!

/s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Why yes! I do!

The problem I have with genocide is that there isn't enough. Why stop with just Jews, or Palestinians? Finish the job, coward! Kill the entire human species! If you really believed in genocide, you'd launch those goddamn missiles yesterday!.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anyone on .ml or hexbear basically toes the Russia line.

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[–] eran_morad 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

Putin is trying to fuck the West, anyone with more than 3 functioning neurons can see this plain truth. He’s trying to reverse the outcome of the Cold War, with dissolution of NATO and renovation of the Soviet Union (for starters). And idiot republican traitors are enabling it. Idiot right wingers in Europe, too. Fucking morons.

Spoiler alert: he also fire bombed those Paris train stations for the purpose of demonstrating to the russian people that the West is no better than russia.

He should be bayoneted up the ass ASAP.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

One correction would be claiming that "Putin is trying to fuck the West". It buys into the propaganda that Russia isn't really a "western" nation.

They have an odd bit of propaganda that Russians are "Eurasians", which is just a way they validate and distinguish their history of colonialism from the rest of Europe.

In reality they've always treated their Asian minority population as second class citizens, utilizing them primarily as cannon fodder to expand their colonial holdings.

[–] cheese_greater 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Putties gay af so I think he would enjoy that too much. Queen of Russia

[–] homesweethomeMrL 2 points 3 months ago

I get how you mean, but no. russia should be so lucky. Sadly, no, he’s straight as a ruler in the junk drawer.

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[–] snekerpimp 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m glad we are finally saying this part out loud

[–] homesweethomeMrL 5 points 3 months ago

Barely. “russia might use propaganda to help trump?” Says former intelligence guy? That’s the most lukewarm take on it possible.

If it was reversed, this shit would be blaring 24/7.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Considering Trump wants to end funding for Ukraine, this is a no brainer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Given that his cult is absolutely brain rotten, apparently it does require a modicum of thought to know that a duck is a duck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A Donald duck

[–] psycho_driver 24 points 3 months ago

Duh. They want the weakest United States possible.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

They're manifestly pro-Trump, not anti-Biden. In 2016 you could make the argument because Putin hated Hillary Clinton but they are clearly and consistently helping Trump against 3 different candidates, at some point it's obvious.

[–] carl_dungeon 12 points 3 months ago

Duh, he’s an asset

[–] pwalshj 11 points 3 months ago

Read about this and more in the latest issue of Duh Magazine. (Paraphrasing Norm MacDonald)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

~~"...believes..."~~

is

~~"...will likely..."~~

will totally

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

...continue to...

Wait, why... are we talking... like Christopher Walken?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No! We're talking...! Like...! Captain James! T! Kirk!

[–] homesweethomeMrL 3 points 3 months ago

Dammit Jim, I’m a commenter not a doctor!!

[–] NineMileTower 9 points 3 months ago (11 children)

This not real news. This very fake news. Me and friends all vote at Trump because he is good politician man. Is no bots.

[–] TexasDrunk 7 points 3 months ago

Very fake, comrade. I, a fellow American, will be eating a hamburger and having many decadent mayonnaise salads while voting for trump. He is very manly and killed a bear with only his hands. Is also no bots.

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[–] breadsmasher 8 points 3 months ago

Of course, putin will want his pathetic lapdog in power

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 7 points 3 months ago

100% = "likely". Good to know.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Plenty of people like to be told what to do. Thinking is hard. Just join in with the perpetual rage machine of right-wing ninnery.

[–] sturlabragason 4 points 3 months ago

“Absurd amounts of collected data and AI systems targeting human fears helped Trump win the election.”

This is part of the reason why privacy matters!

https://mullvad.net/en/why-privacy-matters/how-data-collection-threatens-a-free-society

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When Putin is finally defenestrated once and for all, I'm curious to see how greatly that will affect geopolitics. Like, is Putin some kind of genius here, or will his apparatus be easily inherited by a successor?

[–] roguetrick 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No dictator holds absolute power, but divides it under him to counterbalance his supporters. All those supporters think they deserve everything and said counterbalance generally doesn't allow them to squeeze seize it cleanly. The oligarchy will likely try to use a cutout they think they can control.

[–] Promethiel 5 points 3 months ago

I wonder if any of the sycophants remaining to stare at the dangling keys to power like mesmerized toddlers would even retain the presence and ability to scheme.

That's one long cultivated and pruned garden of shitbaggery with a history of rich men whose abilities extend to amassing stolen wealth and an inability to handle windows. How many Kingmakers could possibly remain?

The whole house of cards may fall after time's dues are paid and Putin finally runs out of track to run away from his pedestrian mortality.

Not willing to entertain bets on whether that will be the time of changes or more "and then it got worse" though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I'd expect so.

I mean, we'd also interfere in Russian elections, if they weren't a complete sham.

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