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People in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore Were Targeted by a Russian-Bought Facebook Ad That Referenced Black Lives Matter: Report
More information has come to light about the Facebook ads purchased by a Russian-government-affiliated troll farm during the 2016 presidential election. Ads were purchased that referenced Black Lives Matter and specifically targeted people in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore. Both Ferguson and Baltimore were the sites of widespread civil unrest and protests after high-profile killings of…
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Should Black Folks Trust the FBI’s Russia Investigation, Given Its History of Targeting Our Communities?
Why trust the FBI or any intelligence agency on Russia? They targeted civil rights activists for years. We really don’t have proof of the Russians doing anything. Why trust these agencies now? These are completely legitimate questions that I hear from black folks from time to time on social media and in person. I get…
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Donald Trump: Putin Is Bae, and No One Can Stop Our Love!
The media needs to stop trying to break up President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump gave Putin his final rose, and at this point they have a miniature poodle named Flynn and a Prius they share. Sure, the commoner would think that asking about the Russian president’s decision to force the U.S. Embassy…
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Robert Mueller Ain’t Playing: Former Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort’s Home Raided by the FBI
America’s last hope for a presidential do-over is being led by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, and he’s not playing: FBI agents raided the home of Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, last month. Manafort, as you may remember, was one of the first in Trump’s administration to go down for possible…
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How Russia Used Racism to Hack White Voters
It’s easy to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin and the various intelligence agencies he oversees for the political discord hemorrhaging Washington, D.C., and the rest of the country. The intelligence community determined (pdf) in January that the Kremlin deployed a bevy of tactics to sway public opinion in favor of Donald Trump. Recent reports found…
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Trump Didn’t Want to Sign Russia Sanctions Bill, but Here’s Why He Had To
In a move that would’ve made The Wire’s Stringer Bell proud, Congress effectively played the president and left him with no choice: Either sign the bill issuing sanctions against Russia, or look like you’re in bed with Russia. And get this: The bill even prevents the president from single-handedly easing the sanctions, because Congress doesn’t…
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Trump’s Ex-Campaign Chair Paul Manafort Is Going to Snitch
Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort, aka Fumbleruski, aka Big Daddy Butt Chin, aka “I’m in a pee-stained Russian bed,” has been subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee and is expected to appear at the hearing Wednesday. Manafort, whose name seems to come up so much in this administration’s Russia probe that I assumed he was…
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How Trump’s Attack on the Media Is Leading to His Downfall
For 15 years I worked at the Washington Post, and I can say without hesitation that I have never met a more talented group of journalists who are relentless. I was in the Post newsroom when Jayson Blair was pushing out fake pieces for the New York Times about the Washington, D.C., sniper, and Post…
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Russia’s Luring of Donald Trump Jr. Sounds Familiar
Former Moscow Reporter Says He Too Was a Target Paper Sees ‘A Sliver of Hope’ That Ex-Cop Will Pay Education Writers See Role in Furthering Diversity 5 to Be Inducted into NAHJ Hall of Fame Portrait of Dallas’ Working Poor La Raza Changes Name; Will That Stop the Hating? Congo Now Top Nation Sending Refugees…
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Donald Trump Jr. Is as Old as Patti LaBelle’s 1st Solo Album; He Ain’t a ‘Boy,’ Beloved
In October 1977, Patti LaBelle released her self-titled debut album. Two months later, on New Year’s Eve, Donald Trump Jr. was born. LaBelle’s eponymous debut was released to critical acclaim; the spawn of that Sith Lord sitting in the White House, hollering at cable news all the time—eh, not so much. The two creations do…