• halfempty@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I understand Jill Stein's connections to Russia are because of RT (Russia Today), who was publishing lots of US progressive content back in 2016, at a time when no US media would touch any of it. Yea, it sucks that we had to have Russia of all places publish progressive content, such as Pro Bernie Sanders, StandingRock protests, and Green Party positions to get any visability AT ALL. So Stein was at a table with other people who were getting their issues published by RT, and Putin joined in. Now I wouldn't get anywhere near any RT content.

    • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I mean that connection is hardly incidental, she attended conferences with Putin and Putin had it out for Clinton personally after she made comments calling his reelection's legitimacy into question because of how rigged it was.

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      1 year ago

      Ah I remember this. In 2016 I didn't know what RT was but I really liked their coverage, mostly because NPR and any mainstream American media wouldn't cover Bernie in a positive manner. Got a bit of whiplash in 2017 from that.