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    11 months ago

    She did win the popular vote, for whatever good that does us. But what prevented a Clinton presidency was Russia seeding propaganda about her on the internet topped off with the FBI being used as a political tool. The 2016 Green Party candidate flying off to Russia last year is still a funny little sign of how absolutely fucked we are when it comes to asymmetrical information warfare.

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      11 months ago

      She did win the popular vote, for whatever good that does us

      It does us absolutely none. Congratulations on getting your second choice.