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      And to my point, the US had zero issues with where the Wikileaks data came from until it was aimed at them.

      They were happy with Wikileaks when they were only leaking information on nation-states the US considered “enemies.”

      Do people really forget that Wikileaks existed since 2006, and the first damning info they would release on the US was the Collateral Murder video that was released in April 2010? (Which wasn’t just the DNC, Collateral Murder was squarely aimed at the Bush Administration and the history of their abuse and torture in the middle east, but I guess it’s just convenient to forget that the first US administration they exposed was Republican.)

      It wasn’t until 2015/2016 that the US began accusing them of being controlled by Russians.

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        Why would they only release the DNC emails?

        Edit: I’m not even saying that they had the RNC emails, why would they only go after the DNC?

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            So, you don’t have an answer to that question, lol.

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              Because I’m not defending Wikileaks, chucklefuck! I’m pointing out that the US government was happy when they were leaking data on other people, and then unhappy when it was them in the crosshairs.

              I’m not here to debate the source of the DNC emails nor a literal conspiracy theory with no evidence that the RNC had been hacked, Wikileaks had the data, and that they refused to release it. You sound as bad as the fucking idiots who claim Seth Rich was the Wikileaks leaker. God damn, it’s been years and you’re still trotting this out like there’s a treasure trove of evidence they had those emails. There isn’t.

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                Wow, you’re spirited this morning. You do realize that the source that I first posted was Time and there are a shit ton of respected others if you put wikileaks and russia in your search engine, right? You’re vaguely saying that the “media” only reports what the government wants it to say while saying that I am listening to conspiracies, I think you need some mirror therapy on this.

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                  None of your links have evidence that:


                  1. The RNC was hacked.
                  2. That those emails were passed to Wikileaks.
                  3. That Wikileaks, in possession of RNC emails, refused to release them, as a political act.

                  That’s the stipulation you made in the first comment and have demanded I make answers for. When asked for you to present evidence of your claim of an RNC hack and Wikileaks choosing to not release, you’ve changed the subject. Some might call this “forum sliding.”

                  You’re vaguely saying that the “media” only reports what the government wants it to say while saying that I am listening to conspiracies

                  Yeah that’s not a purposefully gross misinterpretation of what I am saying at all.

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                    It doesn’t matter if they HAD the RNC emails or not, why would they only go after the DNC?