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What’s with this paragraph? Russia didn’t meddle in 2016- not in the way it was reported anyway.

Following Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, which in part involved state-backed efforts to disseminate falsehoods on social media, offices tasked with combating disinformation started springing up all over the U.S. government,

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can they just call it a ministry of propaganda already and be done with it. we’d criticize them a lot less if they were just honest

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The older I get, the more suspect it is necessary to pass a constitutional amendment that puts all elected officials, at all time, under oath.

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Unsettling times. The government is the absolute main spreader of misinfo and disinfo and lies lies lies.

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The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts. Its three slogans are: "War is Peace," "Freedom is Slavery," and "Ignorance is Strength."

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"Following Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, which in part involved state-backed efforts to disseminate falsehoods on social media"

Um, no.

https://roburie.substack.com/p/the-russiagate-fraud-revisited?utm_source=%2Finbox&utm_medium=reader2

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