What a story: A former sheriff from Florida has received political asylum in Moscow, and is now a key player in Russia's disinformation operations against the West, the NYT reports.
"Working from an apartment crowded with servers and other computer equipment, Mr. Dougan has built an ever-growing network of more than 160 fake websites that mimic news outlets in the United States, Britain and France."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/business/mark-dougan-russia-disinformation.html
After Jackie Robinson hung up his cleats in 1957, he became a constant presence on picket lines and at #civilrights rallies.
https://theconversation.com/jackie-robinson-was-a-radical-dont-listen-to-the-sanitized-version-of-history-179732
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