Re: [Salon] Did Twitter files expose how Dem leaders created conditions for war?

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 8:00 AM Kelley Vlahos via Salon <salon@listserve.com> wrote:

Good morning!

The damning twitter files released this month by Matt Taibbi show
how aggressive Democratic leadership and federal agency officials pushed a cynical narrative that brought the social media giant to heel while setting up the Russian boogeyman that haunts U.S. foreign policy and posturing in the Ukraine war today.

My latest -- and first on American Conservative since 2020 -- explores how the Russian “malign influence” story helped get the public’s buy-in for a new Cold War by normalizing the idea that Russians not only helped elect Trump, but were trying to "destroy democracy" & are still doing so today.

That ‘buy in’ helped to marshal American support for every single aid package, every step towards proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, without question.

Please read and share if you are so inclined!

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/creating-a-russian-bogeyman/

best,
Kelley

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