Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations

Dozens of employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in U.S. elections have been reassigned or forced out, according to current and former officials.

The New York Times

…in recent months I have repeatedly warned that Russian #tyrant & #WarCriminal #Putin intended to mess w/the #US #election to help #Trump once again.… This wk, …the #DOJ outlined elaborate schemes mounted by covert Moscow operators to #influence the 2024 election. But… the feds declined to explicitly state the obvious:The #Kremlin efforts have been designed & mounted to aid Trump’s bid to regain #power.”

#ForeignInfluenceCampaign #disinformation
#law #NationalSecurity #InfoSec #HarrisWalz2024

Let’s Be Clear: #Putin Is Again Trying to Put #Trump in the #WhiteHouse

More evidence emerges of #Russia’s covert assault on American #democracy.

by David Corn

“I hate saying, ‘I told you so.’” That is one of the biggest lies. I, for one, enjoying saying it. That is, on the right occasions.

#ForeignInfluenceCampaign #disinformation #propaganda #Trumpaganda
#NationalSecurity #InfoSec #UnitedStates #MediaLiteracy #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/trump-russia-putin-tenet-media-i-told-you-so/

Let’s be clear: Putin is again trying to put Trump in the White House

More evidence emerges of Russia's covert assault on American democracy.

Mother Jones

4 yrs ago, the #Senate Intelligence Cmte UNANIMOUSLY endorsed the #US #intelligence community’s conclusion that #Russia intervened in the 2016 election in an effort to boost #Trump.

But Trump, who has repeatedly described the probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election as a “hoax,” is dismissing them this time around, too.

#PutinsPuppet #USpol #democracy #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #MediaLiteracy #ForeignInfluenceCampaign #Propaganda #Trumpaganda

#Trump dismisses new warnings of #Russia #ElectionInterference
#US #intelligence ofcls warned Fri new covert efforts by Russia to sway the presidential election are “more sophisticated than in prior election cycles,” & that Moscow is using #AI to create increasingly convincing fake content that could aid Trump.

Trump doesn’t buy it.🙄

#PutinsPuppet #USpol #democracy #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #MediaLiteracy #ForeignInfluenceCampaign #Propaganda #Trumpaganda
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/07/trump-rally-russia-election/

Trump dismisses new warnings of Russian interference in election

U.S. intelligence officials warned Friday of new covert efforts by Russia to sway the presidential election. At a rally in Wisconsin, Trump made clear he doesn’t buy it.

The Washington Post

In conjunction w/the domain seizures, the US #Treasury Dept announced the designation of 10 individuals & 2 entities as part of a coordinated response to #Russia’s #MalignInfluence efforts targeting the 2024 U.S. presidential election. This announcement follows the designation of actors involved in #Doppelganger announced by Treasury in March.

#Propaganda #ForeignInfluenceCampaign #DOJ #law #Election #ElectionInterference #MediaLiteracy
https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf

As alleged in an unsealed affidavit, Russian companies #SDA, #Structura, & #ANO Dialog, operating under the direction & control of [#Putin] the Russian Presidential Admin, & in particular First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Exec Office Sergei Vladilenovich Kiriyenko, used these domains, among others, to covertly spread #Russia #propaganda w/the aim of reducing support for #Ukraine, bolstering pro-Russian policies & interests, & influencing #voters….

#ForeignInfluenceCampaign #law

A related site aimed at #conservatives, “#SavannahTime”, writes on #Republican #politics & #LGBTQ issues. Some of the sites use #AI to plagiarize content from US sites, the company said. The “about us” blurb on the site reads, “We’re opinionated, we’re noisy, & we’re having a good time.”

#Iran #MediaLiteracy #ForeignInfluenceCampaign #ElectionInterference #USpol

The #Iran-built news networks include a site launched in Oct called “#NioThinker”, which focused on the #Israel-#Hamas #war before it started to publish articles on the coming #US #election. It takes a #liberal slant, calling #Trump an “opioid-pilled elephant in the MAGA china shop,” acc/to the report from Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center.

#MediaLiteracy #ForeignInfluenceCampaign #ElectionInterference #USpol