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faramir77 posted...

"Russian influence in the election" literally means Adidas-wearing gopniks in a basement swilling cheap vodka posted Pepe memes on social media. That was the extent of the Russian influence.

US media makes it sound like Putin ordered an elite military task force to hijack US databases and alter election results for Trump's gain.

Putin didn't order anything. That's not how he operates, that would implicate him too deeply. There was a general operation in Russia in support of Trump over Hillary and that cannot be dismissed at this point. There was more than simply misinformation. That's already been reported. Actual attempts were made to hack voting machines.

I don't take the tack of most partisan Democrats, that Trump was supported by Russia because he was financially on the hook with Russia. Some of his aides probably were compromised in this way though. I think the Russian thinking on supporting Trump had more to do with how he was far less capable to provide world leadership than Hillary, which benefits Russia.

There's also how hysterical the media is about election interference only as a principle that it was OUR election (while sidestepping how the US government has done this brazenly to several governments for years, including Russia's government)... but yeah you probably don't care about that. That sort of hypocrisy is fine by you.