WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in the integrity of democratic elections worldwide.

“This is a global phenomenon,” said the assessment. “Our information indicates that senior Russian government officials, including the Kremlin, see value in this type of influence operation and perceive it to be effective.”

A senior State Department official, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said that Russia was encouraged to intensify its election influence operations by its success in amplifying disinformation about the 2020 U.S. election and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The assessment was sent in a State Department cable dated Wednesday to more than 100 U.S. embassies in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa for distribution to their host governments, he said.

    The report represents Washington’s latest move to combat what it says are Moscow’s efforts “to sow instability” in democratic countries by portraying elections as “dysfunctional, and resulting governments as illegitimate.”

    Washington “recognizes its own vulnerability to this threat,” said the report, noting that U.S. intelligence agencies found that “Russian actors spread and amplified information to undermine public confidence in the U.S. 2020 election.”

    U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in 2020 beat his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, who refuses to accept the results, falsely claiming that he lost due to fraud.

    Concerted Russian operations between 2020 and 2022 sought to “undermine public confidence in at least 11 elections across nine democracies, including the United States,” the report said, adding 17 others were targeted by “less pronounced” efforts.

    Russia “utilizes both overt and covert mechanisms, including influence networks and proxies managed” by Russian spy services, the report said.


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    I stayed in a hotel recently and was browsing the channels on the tv. There were about 50 channels, all of them completely normal, but one stood out. Why the fuck was RT one of the few news channels on cable tv in an American city? RT is a Russian propaganda weapon and they’re trying to influence Americans by broadcasting here.

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    I mean, yeah. But as it turns out, so do we. If you have a chance, read The Jakarta Method, it’s a real eye opener. The CIA bastards that brought slavery back to Guatemala and overthrew the democratically elected government there (either at the behest of United Fruit or because we just really think slavery is cool) did a fucking jig because they were so pleased with themselves. You’re fooling yourself if you think Russia is the only player in the game (and they ARE playing this game) promoting insane right-wing authoritarianism; I could just about guarantee we’re doing the very same.

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      That’s true, but whataboutism is a tried and true tactic to deflect attention from Russia. We can do both. Fuck Russia for doing this now, and we should fuck ourselves/hold ourselves accountable and advocate for better transparency.

      But this is an article about Russia, now’s not the time for tangents.

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    I don’t think we should put ourselves on a high horse, I do not think we are any better.

    Our military and CIA are always bringing “freedom” to foreign nations since forever, overthrowing democratic elections.

    Difference being, our citizens are not as well informed of the US propaganda we see so often, many leaks have shown how we are similar.

    Russia hoax was proven false, many Clinton personnel and news stations just ran with it.

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        The problem, as we saw in the nineties with the rise of Fox News, is that if no one pushes back on the disinformation and bad narrative, it gets repeated as unassailable truth.

        We have to push back if we want to avoid the same outcome.

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          That is the only reason I comment on here. I pick my battles. If we cede information to the bad actors, they’ll take over this space and spread. Decentralized platforms like this need to be preserved and expanded.

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          Perhaps you’re “pushing back” when you could be digging to prove the commenter — or yourself— right or wrong.

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        To be fair, if I was trying to distract from the article and sidetrack the conversation, I’d write a long comment explaining how someone else’s comment was trying to distract readers. /s

        Just kidding. Media literacy and skepticism of sources and language is very important and needs to be taught in schools. Your comment is helpful and great.

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      This isn’t about the US being righteous. It’s about Russia fucking with other countries. You don’t have to jump to whataboutism every time the US is involved in something.

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          I am pushing back on the US opinion.

          Many seeem to disregard what we have done.

          Why else would I bring it up.

          We are pushing for war in Isreal/Iran again, our ships have been deployed.

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            You refer to the US as a “the” but then go back to referring to “what we have done” on the second line. You do seem very tied up in saying we every sentence, and not just on this post, so I am just going to say it: you are very obviously not American. Stop pretending and own up: you are a propagandist.

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              I think you are looking too much into it, that has nothing to do with it.

              The red scare is still going on to this day, reports show that the new generations of Americans are not as nationalistic as in the past.

              Pointing out bots everywhere you look is not helpful, when it is as basic as having different views.

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            literally nobody disregards it… every thread anywhere someone points out the US

            WE ALL AGREE! but ITS ALSO NOT OKAY FOR RUSSIA… and thats what the thread is about

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              You are right, threads go on tangents.

              I think that is the norm, first thing that came to mind was comparing it to us the USA.

              I see a lot of media talking about other nations, while we still need to improve ours, maybe that is why it keeps popping up.

              The fix your house before you start criticing others houses, statement.

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                threads go on tangents

                You attempted to take this thread on a tangent, period.

                It didn’t happen naturally, accidentally or organically. You attempted to force it to happen immediately after the article was posted.

                Your intentions are obvious, your motives transparent, your methods clumsy.

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                  I don’t take these things as serious as you, I just see it as people talking on the internet, while I am trying to bring in my point of view.

                  Yes, which will result in clumsy methods and changing topics.

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                You are right, threads go on tangents.

                this wasn’t a tangent, it was a u-turn 16min after the article was posted

                first thing that came to mind was comparing it to us the USA.

                then the exact propaganda that’s being talked about in the article has worked spectacularly. congratulations on helping russia destabilise democracy across the world without even realising it

                I see a lot of media talking about other nations, while we still need to improve ours, maybe that is why it keeps popping up.

                world: exists
                US: HEY ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THATS NOT ME?!?

                The fix your house before you start criticing others houses, statement.

                no, it’s nothing like that at all, because this is an autocracy trying to literally destabilise democracy across the world and significantly negatively effect the lives of billions at a time when the world is the least stable and closest to the brink of war that it has been for decades… it is not a house

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                  Going to your last point:

                  In my point of view, if we stopped invading every country for their resources/bringing democracy, and instead helped push for building up countries, how China does soft imperialism, the world would be much more stable. Endless wars did not help make the USA look better, BRICS did not come up because everything was peachy before hand.

                  In the the end you seem to be more correct on your assertions and points, I am just blabbering off…

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      Lol. Lmao even.

      Idk where youve been the last 10 years but if youre talking about Trump and Russia, there’s no hoax therr.

      Its been demonstrably true a dozen times over.

      I’ll drop the obvious one: Eric Trump on national tv in 2014, “We dont need American banks, we have all the funding we need from Russia.”

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        Trump and Russia corruption vs. Biden and Ukraine corruption.

        I say we jail them both, why stop there might as well jail all past presidents for all the war crimes commited.

        I don’t think the people in charge well let it happen, since that is how the system was made to work.

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        edit: seen as aggresive, made more passive

        Pointing out the hypocrisy on both US and Russia, okay…

        Learning only one view will not help our country improve, it is best to learn opposing views as well.

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            I would say both countries are run by the wealthy oligarchy.

            Russia has Vlad and his henchmen vs. in the US we have our billionaires influencing all of our laws, with lobbyists (legal corruption).

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              Bruv, you’re fucked in the head if you see the two countries as equivalent with regard to rulership. You could stand outside the White House with a big sign that says “Fuck Biden” and no one would give a flying shit. Try the equivalent in Russia.

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            Aggressive, how am I. Can you tell over the internet? Am I typing aggressively?

            I am sorry if it seems that way.

            Internet talks are hard to see, if one is being aggressive or just having fun openly disagreeing with people.

            I tend to give the benefit of the doubt, when talking on the internet, until proven hostile by other party.

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      Damn, so you moderate a sub dedicated to Joe Rogan, another one for Jimmy Dore, and post an endless stream of bullshit on two others all on your own? That’s some dedication to an agenda, @jimmydoreisalefty

      400+ posts in 3 months, no less 😂

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        Which is why it’s crazy that anyone is replying to this asshole like they’re a serious person.

        They think if they just maintain the overly polite tone then their obviously trolly nonsense opinions won’t be seen for what they are.

        FFS their name is Jimmydoreisalefty

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        Yes, that is how Communities work, which are dedicated to certain topics, like JRE or Jimmy Dore.

        Posting and sharing what they post, then seeing what people have to say about the content or points they make.

        Modding communites that are not seen in good light is not easy, that is why I like it, hahaha

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          You’re missing my point. I’m criticizing the sheer volume and the quality of insanity that you’re outputting by yourself Lol

          I hope that you’re automating it because it’d be concerning to be consuming that much nonsense and thinking anybody wants to hear it. Also weird that you mention modding and commenting because you’re the only active user in all of them 😅

          Something’s not right

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      this is exactly what the Russians do online… thank you for providing us with such a great example…

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        Russians or just americans that are not really as nationalistic as the rest?

        Can’t all be bots, can they…

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          I’m afraid our propaganda did the job well. We worked with Ed Bernays, ffs.

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        Yes, many people are not that good at discussions.

        It is a skill learned by doing.

        I am not perfect, I try to stay on topic, but I may just try to get my point accross instead of over thinking and over sharing information.

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          You speak of tangentially related things. Tbf, I’ve no clue if you’re a un/paid propagandist or not, but I’ve not yet caught you in a lie; just some very uncomfortable truths.

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      The report doesn’t put the US on a high horse:

      Washington “recognizes its own vulnerability to this threat,” said the report, noting that U.S. intelligence agencies found that “Russian actors spread and amplified information to undermine public confidence in the U.S. 2020 election.”

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        It was a broad call out of how we see ourselves vs. how the world sees us.

        The quote you mention, not sure how that applies. This article does not include what we have done in interference in other countries.

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          It’s pointing out that we aren’t immune to Russian propaganda, that it’s clear that the Russians have found success in meddling in our elections and your own comment was a clear demonstration of that fact. No, it doesn’t touch on our own interference but that’s a moot point here. Unless you have evidence that we are currently meddling in foreign elections, and even then you would need to demonstrate that our goal is to undermine democracy around the world as the Kremlin is doing.

          But somehow I suspect you’ll continue to sling mud without providing anything concrete to back up your assertions.

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            The whataboutism is irrelevant either way. Proving that a different country is doing terrible things does not absolve the original country from doing terrible things.

            Don’t bother engaging with the apologist, they’re not conversing in good faith.

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            Journalists and leaks have shown how we influence and overthrow democratic elections in other countries.

            “When Exposing a Crime is Treated as Committing a Crime, You Are Ruled By Criminals.”

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                I do not think anything I post will change your mind.

                It is better for you to look it up and see for yourself, you will learn more or just keep thinking the same.

                Thank you for this small talk.

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                  It is notable on how you didn’t try, even after I clarified what I was looking for. Good work, Komrade.

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                Thanks for post!

                I know Chris Hedges was involved with The Real News Network (on YT).

                Another one is Richard Wolff, he may be with Democracy At Work (on YT).

                They used to be more active with talks in the media, they do go on independent yt shows once in a while.

                Thanks for Greg Palast, I do not recall hearing of him!

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                  You’re welcome. He introduced me to the term “vulture capitalism.”

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        It is hard to find what is true is what is not, I am just more criticial of everything even in articles like this.

        Seeing what Matt Taibi/Aaron Mate and others were pointing to. Twitter files were a huge thing, if I am not mistaken.

        Thank you for the reply!