My latest article explores how Russia’s decades-long information warfare has destabilized American democracy, paving the way for Trump’s return to power.
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Now can you do an article about tactics and strategies from around the world that have successfully countered Russian information warfare. I’d really like to read about that.
Please share this so more people can understand what has been happening, especially for those who aren’t as much online. Also don’t forget to subscribe
It’s vital information, we learned: indifferent Americans(didn’t vote), & willfully ignorant Americans care for themselves exclusively.The “what’s in it for me” frequency is the channel educators must broadcast on. W-I-I-F-M examples are:you will pay more for gas, bread if Ukraine 🇺🇦 is taken over.
Shared.. and hopefully people will read and learn! All we can do is continue to keep trying to get people to see the truth of what is happening & how they are being manipulated - brainwashed by lies designed to enflame their prejudices, anger & fear of "the other" instead of thinking critically.
Important read!
The most difficult part in being able to really understand what you write about is not remotely knowing how hugely misleading, disinformation and suppression affect ppl’s lives. Growing up in a democracy makes it almost impossible to recognize/fear the suppression of dictators. 1)
I remember discussions after the Berlin Wall had fallen. How long would it take for GDR ppl to internally feel free? Answer: several generations. To know, recognize and fear this suppression takes someone ‘been there, done that’. Most Americans grew up far away from that and are not well informed.
wonder if the American public was fooled by thinking Corporate MSM was ok, since it was better than blatant lies of Fox....
We have to be thankful that the resurgence of DJT as a candidate and now president elect in 2024 has unveiled just where Corporate MSM stands - which is NOT for Democracy
The cast of characters in the media have been firmly in place to get us to this point. TRE45ON has done some grotesquely criminal things that receive no mention in the media. Catch-and-kill in full effect and the result is fascism.
Thank you for your brilliance ; when I heard about SignalGate & Moscow I immediately wondered about $$$ & the witkoff ties & the “convenient” gift he gave to Putin on his phone
The question
How planned and plotted was it ?!
One day trump will be a part of the distant past. But not forgotten, he will be remembered as the president who handed over our democracy to the enemy. Future gens will look back and wonder, how the hell did so many fall for a shit licker?
There is a whole line of thought on here that Russia, Musk, et al. are responsible for Trump's reeleciton. I don't buy it. White people, Hispanics did not want to vote for a Indian Black lady. USA is basically, highly racist and sexist. Also, Harris probablby did not go "blue collar" enough
"Blue collar" white folks don't vote for Democrats due to civil rights laws; that crowd is gone. It's hard to get through to a people who refuse to make adjustments with the times. Education & skills are key to survival but far too many ignore this and wait around for factories to re-open.
Next time, dems have to find a way to deal with lower middle class and lower income folks, Harris has the "aura" of middle class, and even though Trump is a billionaire, he dumbs down the message effectively for the "base". The base is big and needs to be courted more effectively.
And in the 50’s a Russian President said they will figure out how to destroy USA from the inside out without bombing the country. They got it… here we are with Musk working from Putin and manipulating the garbage elected
I recall an article from some years ago when a Russian defector warned of destabilising the US in 4 stages. The interviewer was a conspiracy theorist and the defector low level, so many people thought it unimportant at the time. https://youtu.be/bX3EZCVj2XA?si=UPv-AGTNEFLi5-mM
Yep. Have covered Soviet operations for a long time. It started a century ago under NkVD when they were trying to steal military secrets and expanded to disinformation and other active measures in the 40s. For the article I only focused on Russian operations via the far-right
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Hi Olga! I've been looking for a feed that has Ukrainian journalists, senior writers, politicians and other news sources (as well as the administration).
I can't find one so it is harder to notice your posts and others. There are some good feeds, but not an official.
President-Elect 45’s subservience to Mr. #VladimirPutin during his first administration and his acquiescence to Mr. #ElonMusk now are greasing the already slippery slope towards a fascist American government in my lifetime.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_hardball”
• Margaret Huntone
I will share this. I feel like every time I talk about this with a friend or family member, they look at me like I am spewing a conspiracy theory. I don’t understand why it’s so hard to believe that Russia didn’t just roll over in defeat after the Cold War. They never stopped fighting
Ih no mistake……Russia DID roll up & die….it’s just that Putin never accepted losing power as the HEAD if the MF’ing KGB‼️ If you don’t understand the “mindset,” reference “Blofeld” with Spectre of the James Bond franchise….👀
Way cheaper to buy Tim Pool, Tucker Carlson and a swath of the GOP than repair Russia's broken aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, "Plagued by mechanical failures, construction defects, and accidents".
A bit of kompromat, death threats, drugs, guns, and money; that's how Putin rolls.
Although if anything, ol' Rupey is more the Nazi memorabilia type, which I believe has been alleged before. But I guess so long as you're in the business of killing democracy, strange bedfellows don't matter 🤷🏻
I first read this story a few years ago and have wondered ever since why it was not printed more broadly and repeatedly?What, exactly, is the mechanism at play that persistently prevents anything deadly-serious from being done while there is/was still time to do so?
Trump may well be far better for Ukraine than Harris. Biden caused the deaths of thousands by inaction. In particular not sending enough aid in October 2022 when Ukraine was winning because Putin made a nuclear threat. Weakness invites escalation and that’s what he got.
No trump will help putin against Ukraine he has said on many occasions he agrees with putin and his choice to invade and try to remake the former USSR.
Putin has promoted Trump for one reason: to separate us from NATO. Trump was compromised and bribed. America lost its way following right wing nutjobs.
In grad school I focused mainly on how people behave but I also studied authoritarian regimes in the 20th century & USSR You're saying exactly what Ive said since 2015! Destabilizing the West and NATO have been the goal since 1945. trump has been a perfect stooge in perfect Disinformation Campaign
The article makes such an important point: without the enablement of the Republican Party, Trump and the disinformation campaign would both be toast. We have an entire political Party that is effectively in Russia’s pocket.
We'll take them down with us. You can't kill the world's biggest economy without that backfiring on your own economy. RU is falling apart but you'll never hear about that from the media. I love this guy's vid about passive resistance, highly recommended for the USA.
A good read indeed. Do you think the Tea Party mvmt was entirely homegrown and then co-opted by Russia, or might it have been complicit from the start? It seems to have been the tip of the spear in corrupting a fairly normal GWB-era Republican Party into what it is now. Plus Palin of course.
It was revealed two months ago that the members of Tenent Media had been getting paid $400,000 a month by the Russian government to sew division, and Biden sneezing was given more press coverage than that.
Is anyone looking into possible foreign interference in efforts to divide the left leading up to the 2024 election by pushing for voters to "protest" Biden/Harris by sitting out the election or voting 3rd party?
Excellent article & so true. Same old playbook - appeal to all the ugly emotions within people, fan the flames of nationalism, hate for "the other" & provide scapegoats they can blame for everything wrong in their lives/society to create division/anger. Much easier to manipulate a country divided.
correct, and it helps immensely to understand dugin's 4th political theory.
russia has an agenda and they are using conservative coalitions globally to enact it.
It's not Russia's doing that destabilized democracy. It's a combination of right wing media asking with social media that attracts all the conspiracy nuts. They all fed into not trusting what you see and here. Russia helps a little.
Thank you for breaking this down. Too many Americans ignored this clear and present danger even when we saw the Republican Party spend America’s Independence Day 2018 in Russia! Crazy!
Yes. Americans are shooting each other at a rate that an invading army could only envy. We’re allowing propaganda to turn us into bio weapons, infecting each other. We’ve had an inept leader foisted on us who connived with Covid to kill hundreds of thousands of citizens. We’re at war within.
A trio of Republican vacancies expected early next year will make passing Trump’s agenda even more difficult, and Democrats are in a strong position to recapture the chamber in the midterm elections, when the incumbent party typically struggles.
NATO, believe it or not, Russia is attacking NATO countries.
Cyber attacks, election interference, Qanon, Brexit, undersea cables, satellite and communication disruption, espionage, etc.
It's time to enact Article 5 and STOP RUSSIA in Ukraine and around the world.
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It's not so much that the D's lost - it's that Putin won.
It’s madness.
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How are you doing?
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I also created a list that hopefully will help, until something more official comes out from Ukraine. Mainly insiders, officials, and journalists.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qm6cckfme2no4ib245rvlgu5/lists/3lboyvpzfhs2b
The most difficult part in being able to really understand what you write about is not remotely knowing how hugely misleading, disinformation and suppression affect ppl’s lives. Growing up in a democracy makes it almost impossible to recognize/fear the suppression of dictators. 1)
We have to be thankful that the resurgence of DJT as a candidate and now president elect in 2024 has unveiled just where Corporate MSM stands - which is NOT for Democracy
The question
How planned and plotted was it ?!
The Wrecking Crew‼️ 👀🙀
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https://youtu.be/bX3EZCVj2XA?si=UPv-AGTNEFLi5-mM
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
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Hi Olga! I've been looking for a feed that has Ukrainian journalists, senior writers, politicians and other news sources (as well as the administration).
I can't find one so it is harder to notice your posts and others. There are some good feeds, but not an official.
The Putin/GOP backed right-wing propaganda machine, growing in power for decades, just won the 2024 US election.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_hardball”
• Margaret Huntone
There is cause for concern 🙏🏽
A bit of kompromat, death threats, drugs, guns, and money; that's how Putin rolls.
https://open.substack.com/pub/prendergastc/p/a-century-of-russian-disinformation-77c?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Please excuse my solo algorithm party.
Thanks for keeping us informed.
BUT WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW???
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book
Trump is currently working with Biden
A very informative, though disturbing, read.
Thank you, Olga. 🙏
Putin wants to destabilize democracies around the world.
He's a terrorist.
Trump and Elon are his main men in America.
#NewWorldOrder
Perfect. Says it all. Great article.
russia has an agenda and they are using conservative coalitions globally to enact it.
DISGRACED POL FACE.
Humiliation and submission and defeat.
Also David Corn also wrote a book on this. So why wasn't he on FBI counter-intelligence radar before the ran for office? Isn't this a huge counterintel failure?
https://www.vox.com/politics/388284/trump-2024-win-global-anti-incumbent-system
How connected are these?
Cyber attacks, election interference, Qanon, Brexit, undersea cables, satellite and communication disruption, espionage, etc.
It's time to enact Article 5 and STOP RUSSIA in Ukraine and around the world.