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Aug 20Liked by Ken Klippenstein

I’ve never quite managed to understand why other countries’ attempting to get involved in US elections is terrible, but US meddling, interfering, overturning, or flat out rejecting elections in other countries is totally fine.

And if it’s Israel buying politicians, or seeking to unseat politicians whose policies are insufficiently pro-Israel, then apparently our elections are fair game. How do these contradictory positions not cause people to demand answers of their elected officials? Just asking.

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Yup, every government does it, including ours.

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... and 52 current and former CIA intelligence executives signed a letter claiming the same... ;-))

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Aug 20Liked by Ken Klippenstein

Speaking of Crank Yankers, release more photos of Hunter’s Hog!

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nice tie-in!

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Yeah. This is all totally bogus. The US has perpetrated umpteen (successful/unsuccessful) regime change ops and election interferences. We even have the gall to reject the results of somebody else's election like our vote is more important than their own citizens. Then we're shocked! Just shocked I tell ya when we discover that the likes of Israel has been and continues to drop literally millions and millions (28 mil I understand go get just two congresscritters unseated) on our elections. Apparently the electorate is sufficiently clueless that somebody (i'm lookin' at you Ken) needs to remind them that the likes of most of our alphabet soup of "agencies" are a bunch of lying sacks of sh-t who will say whatever they're told to say and even tried to throw the 2016 election for Three Names.

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A brief attempt was made to blame Iran for the July 13th attempt on Trump's life. That claim rapidly disappeared once those who sequester evidence started to put out the "crazy lone wolf gunman" line. Perhaps a new "the Iranians did it!" version of the PA assassination attempt is going to be rolled out soon and needs some preparation of the public mind? Just as the "Ukrainian civilians with a rental boat blew up Nordstream 1 & 2" bullshit story has just been put out for the second round???

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Given our past history from Lumumba to Haiti I’m suspicious of anything that appears in the established media adscribed to the state to demonize a country in the Middle East. Fishing for WMDs. Thanks for clarifying the “laughing stock” and “publicly available”.

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I cannot be expected to care about Iran influencing US elections when AIPAC openly influences elections with money. How is that any different?

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We know that Trump is beloved by Israel, delivering the US embassy in Jerusalem and recognition of annexation of the Golan Heights. We know that Israel says Iran is the source of evil and that Israel has repeatedly violated Iranian sovereignty to assassinate people and conduct operations inside Iran. We know that Israel's advocates are heavily and openly involved in US politics, bragging about it. We know that despite Biden making himself a war criminal in partnership with Netanyahu, Netanyahu wants Trump in the White House.

As a result it is hard to get worried about the accusations about Iran regarding Trump's campaign as they are very small potatoes relative to what Israel does openly without any consequences or reporting from US intelligence agencies.

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Can anyone name an instance where US Intel agencies haven't lied?

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A couple of things:

1. Of course, Iran is trying. They want him dead. They know they can work with Harris, same as Obama.

2. The intelligence agency is trying to manipulate Trump by scaring him into believing it's bigger than it is in case he wins. If he believes he needs them to protect him...and all that jazz.

3. Russia isn't doing much, either. Certainly not enough to flip an election..

4. This is all just another way to keep Americans in a space to willingly give up their rights. No one should fall for it.

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Seems like the Censorship Industrial Complex has had a much larger effect on elections than these dreaded foreign actors. The calls are coming from inside the house!

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