I'm wondering if the Russians are monitoring DU.

[Dream Girl]

I went to the other site Jpr and it occurred to me that the Russians may be instrumental in firing them up over there or at least monitoring their discourse. Jpr really is quite pro Trump when all is said and done. Given Russia's huge interest and investment in the outcome of this election, I'm assuming they are keeping an eye on sites like ours as well. In addition to hacking and planting stories in the media via Wikileaks, I'm sure they have their hands in lots of pots right about now.

[uawchild]

2. Oh, definitely.

Those Russkies know how vital we are to American politics.

DU is a virtual epicenter of political influence. I hear that Putin logs in here himself, and if you look closely at some of the pictures that EarlG posted from the convention you can see Pootie Poot in the background eyeballing him. He's easy to spot since he isn't wearing a shirt.

Sorry, just joking.

Seriously though, who knows.

It's not like Russkie internet trolls are going to change a lot of opinions here. DU is true blue, baby.

[LisaL]

4. Putin is one of the posters here?

[uawchild]

6. Oh yeah

That's what I hear on the internet.

I think Putin mostly lurks on DU.

Though, it's rumored that he posts about judo and bareback horse riding in the Sports Forum.

[JHan]

32. Puts "Putin Troll" in perspective .....

[regnaD kciN]

26. "Putin logs in here himself"

Is not true! I do not!

Now, excuse me. Must take off shirt and wrestle bear.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

41. Lol!

[dalton99]

3. There is no doubt.

[Squinch]

8. I doubt it. The JPR people are just batshit crazy. They don't need help.

Most of them are no surprise whatsoever.

One or two of the names, though, are heartbreaking.

[RKP5637]

31. So sad about JPR, they've gone off the rails. n/t

[Historic NY]

12. конечно, они есть, Что вы думаете Р

доброе утро

[LisaL]

21. да

[uawchild]

23. Pssst

ream-day url-gay ight-may be ia-cay.

They just used the phrase "useful idiots", and we all know that's spymaster-talk.
I know this, I watched the movie Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Loved the song at the end too where Smiley is put back in charge of the circus and he's walking into work. What was it called... googling... "Le Mer", english title "Somewhere beyond the Sea"

[malchickiwick]

27. Нет, теперь остановить его вы смеm

Now finish your borscht.

[Coyotl]

28. Dream on.

No, Russia is monitoring the US military in the Middle East, politicians in Ukraine, etc.

Wow, talk about an inflated sense of importance. No one on the other side of the world cares what we post to each other in an ephemeral discourse site where every comment sinks into oblivion a few minutes.

[RKP5637]

33. On DU we talk in a box! n/t

[tymorial]

35. That echoes

[rzemanfl]

29. Let's give them some music!

[RKP5637]

34. ... surprised Trump's not playing this at his rallies. n/t

[LisaL]

37. Especially considering it's so catchy.

[rzemanfl]

40. Here's a prettier version.

[JonathanRackham]

30. They infiltrated and assimilated many years ago.

[Lint Head]

36. Assets are being moved to a

prearranged hidden location where materials can be left in concealment for Agent Earthworm to retrieve. (The locker at the B train) We need to eliminate the need for direct contact in case of hostile situations.

This message is being sent highly coded. Use the invisible ink app to translate. That is unless CIA Officer Waldo slipped up again. We can't let the Russkies get a hold of its message.

[-Steph-]

39. I don't know about here, but I've ran into multiple paid Russian trolls on Twitter. They're easy to

spot. Their accounts are nothing but pro-Trump/Russian tweets/retweets. They pretend to be American and usually have just one picture and no sign of communication between friends or family. They comment on pretty much every Trump/Hillary tweet or hashtag. One of them sent me a very long DM just the other day trying to "help" me, by letting me know that the media is brainwashing all of us to think that Russia is bad, when really they're the only ones trying to help us. The guy claimed to be a factory worker from Wisconsin, but it was easy to tell by the things he was saying in DM that he was just pushing Russian propaganda. For those who aren't aware of these trolls, they would just seem like another deplorable Trump supporter.

[LisaL]

42. Samantha Bee had a segment on Russian trolls.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

43. Probaly not "the Russians" officially, but their alt right pals

in the US are trolling DU.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/31/trolls-for-trump

[nolabear]

44. I do hope so. HEY RUSSIA! THIS IS WHAT FREEDOM LOOKS LIKE!