At least 50,000 homeless veterans are starving dying in the streets, but liberals want to invite 620,000 refugees and settle them among us. We have to take care of our own citizens, and it must be the primary goal for our politicians!”

Dear Commons Community.

Yesterday I blogged about two new U.S. Senate Reports on Russia using social media to interfere with American elections.  The story is taking over the news cycle this morning with follow-up reports and commentary.  It seems that the extent of Russian interference was greater than first thought and also that it continues extensively to the present day.   Above is a sample of one such false Russian web posting .

Using a weathered veteran’s face, the post above contrasted the desperate condition of many American veterans with the supposedly more fortunate fate of refugees, using a number that Mr. Trump had cited in an attack on Mrs. Clinton. (The number was judged by PolitiFact to be false). Like a huge number of posts, it appealed to conservatives, used dubious statistics and tapped into the presidential election two months away. Despite its somewhat awkward name — the Russian meme makers were not native speakers of English, after all — the Facebook page called “Being Patriotic” garnered 6.3 million “likes,” presumably from Americans who believed they were supporting fellow patriots.

The Washington Post, the Hill and other media are reporting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been a frequent target of Russian trolling over the past year.

Tony

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