Russia only bought a couple of Facebook ads

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blankslate

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Please source this, I’m a realtor I would love to know how to reach 158 million potential clients for $4,800

Admittedly Facebook ads/boosted posts are very affordable and you “used” to be able to target them very specifically but $4800 to target that many people is not possible.
Sure would be nice if the WH released the stats on Russian interference wouldn’t it?


He misstated which company Russian-linked accounts paid around $5k on ad buys....
it wasn't Facebook it was Google which received almost $5k in Russian money
as shown in this video below.....



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WelshBloke

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I don't recall where I read it, that's why I added the disclaimer about it's veracity. It was a story about Russian election interference and how far it reached. If I come across it again I'll post a link.
So why would you post something "factual" if you have no idea if its true or not? Why not verify first? It's a bit like just posting some random spam email you get.
 

Stopsignhank

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So why would you post something "factual" if you have no idea if its true or not? Why not verify first?
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Greenman

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that's on you not me.

horse to water and all that....


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I'm not sure what you're getting at.
So why would you post something "factual" if you have no idea if its true or not? Why not verify first? It's a bit like just posting some random spam email you get.
In a forum that lived in a fantasy land for two years where Trump worked for Russia you're calling me out over unverified information?
 

fskimospy

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I'm not sure what you're getting at.

In a forum that lived in a fantasy land for two years where Trump worked for Russia you're calling me out over unverified information?

Uhmmmm, people didn’t say he worked for Russia, they said he collided with Russia. The Mueller report pretty explicitly shows that at a minimum Trump’s campaign was trying very hard to do exactly that. Don’t let conservative media’s lies blind you to reality.

Also who gives a single shit how much they spent on Facebook ads? They had large numbers of staff working for months for the express purpose of influencing the election. A whole bunch of them were indicted for it!

Also, why would anyone believe a single word Jared Kushner says? That’s like being dumb enough to believe something Trump says.
 

VRAMdemon

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The current state of affairs appears to be that Trump obstructed justice, making it next to impossible to definitely prove a criminal conspiracy with Russia, and is using that lack of definitive prove of an underlying crime to prove that Trump did not obstruct justice.

Awesome.
 

Greenman

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Uhmmmm, people didn’t say he worked for Russia, they said he collided with Russia. The Mueller report pretty explicitly shows that at a minimum Trump’s campaign was trying very hard to do exactly that. Don’t let conservative media’s lies blind you to reality.

Also who gives a single shit how much they spent on Facebook ads? They had large numbers of staff working for months for the express purpose of influencing the election. A whole bunch of them were indicted for it!

Also, why would anyone believe a single word Jared Kushner says? That’s like being dumb enough to believe something Trump says.
I don't believe I've seen a single thread claiming that Trump "collided" with Russia. Why would you post something that isn't verified?

Yes, I'm being an ass, but capitalizing on a typo is such an easy cheap shot it's hard to resist.
 

Jhhnn

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The current state of affairs appears to be that Trump obstructed justice, making it next to impossible to definitely prove a criminal conspiracy with Russia, and is using that lack of definitive prove of an underlying crime to prove that Trump did not obstruct justice.

Awesome.

Perfectly spherical, man.