Not unrelated to the Putin-Trump show of dominance (P) and submission (T): as kos reminds us,
"There is a genre of MAGA conservative so right wing, so brain dead, that they go through the immense hassle of moving themselves and their family to Russia—where gay and transgender people supposedly don’t exist, and … well, that appears to be the bulk of the motivation for fleeing."
"A pro-Russian propaganda group is taking advantage of high-profile news events to spread disinformation, and it’s spoofing reputable organizations — including news outlets, nonprofits and government agencies — to do so."
~ Dana Nickel
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#Putin#Trump#Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #disinformation
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/17/russia-us-news-media-disinformation-campaign-00512173
"According to misinformation tracker NewsGuard, the campaign — which has been tracked by Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center as Storm-1679 since at least 2022 — takes advantage of high-profile events to pump out fabricated content from various publications, including ABC News, BBC and most recently POLITICO."
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