It's 2016 All Over Again: Unnamed "Intelligence Officials" Claim, Again, That Russia Is Trying to Interfere In the Election to Help Trump

I would like to return this psyop. It's plainly been used. Obviously someone bought it, returned it as defective, and now you've just put it in a new box and put it on sale as "new."

Fox "News:"

Russia interfering in 2024 election to help Trump, US intelligence officials say

The officials say Russia intends to use social media to manipulate US public opinion in favor of Trump

Oh no -- not the return of FaceBook ads!!!

This all feels so familiar.

Officials with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have warned that Russia has launched a plan to interfere in the 2024 election to bolster the chances of former President Trump being re-elected.

In a briefing with reporters on Tuesday, ODNI officials said that Russia is the "preeminent threat" to the election and that while China doesn't plan to influence the outcome of the presidential race, the communist nation is being carefully monitored to see if it mingles in down-ballot races.

Russia doesn't favor the political family it paid millions of dollars to! No, it favors Trump.

"It's all the tactics we've seen before, primarily through social media, efforts using influential U.S. voices to amplify their narratives and other tactics," an official said. "And as far as who they're targeting, what we can say today is, Russia is sophisticated enough to know that, targeting swing state voters is, particularly valuable to them."

I wonder if Russia is creating "cheap fakes" showing Biden to be old and incoherent.

Officials said that the intelligence community expects Russia will increase its underhanded activities as U.S. election day gets closer in order to manipulate public opinion, underscoring the threat to America's political landscape.

Oh dear, American intelligence worries that Russian intelligence will manipulate American public opinion. That's our job, you Russkies!

Although former President Trump was not named specifically, ODNI officials said that the Russian interference is mimicking what it says were similar preferences for U.S. presidential candidates seen in previous election cycles.

Russia is "undertaking a whole-of-government approach to influence the election, including the presidential race, Congress and public opinion," the official said, noting that Russia has grown "more sophisticated" over the years in election interference.

The Kremlin, officials said, is seeking to influence specific voting groups in swing states, as well as looking to promote divisive narratives and denigrate specific politicians, although no specifics were provided.

Cheap fakes!

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius

I think the think that bugs me the most about this "Russia, Russia, Russia" claptrap is that when I was busy staring down Ivan in the Cold War and figuring out how long I could live depending on the blast radius of a tactical nuke, these same freaking Democrats were doing everything they could to give aid and comfort to our Soviet enemies.

It makes me very angry.

Kyle Shideler
@ShidelerK

Putin has publicly repeatedly told anyone who asked that his preferred candidate is Biden for the obvious reasons. This is an unprecedented statement by a Russian leader. But I'm sure there are some Facebook ads or something showing the opposite.

Last month, Biden bragged about knowing Vladimir Putin for over 40 years.

Putin was a KGB agent until the 90s. There is no way this buffoon would have even known of him, let alone know him in the 80s.

But Biden is a congenital liar and braggart, and he is more and more unmoored from reality due to his Parkinson's.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacts to an explosive report on President Biden's closed-door acuity as he fights for legitimacy on the world stage.

President Biden on Thursday claimed to have known Vladimir Putin for "over 40 years," despite the Russian leader having served as a KGB agent dating back to the 1980s.

The flub came during an ABC News interview with anchor David Muir as the president was visiting the Normandy American Cemetery in France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

"I've known him for over 40 years. He's concerned me for 40 years," Biden said. "He's not a decent man. He's a dictator and he's struggling to make sure he holds his country together while still keeping his assault going," referring to Russia's war in Ukraine.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:17 PM

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