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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 57 minutes ago

trump?? Who the fuck is... OH! You mean Krasnov.

Yeah, Krasnov is a fucking bitch

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 34 points 6 hours ago

It's funny that the evidence of Trump being a Russian asset is always some rumored connection with a KGB person, not the fact that he extremely reliably and consistently acts exactly like a Russian asset.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 74 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

publishes, and then deletes

And thereby assuring that the story goes viral.

Streisand effect still going strong.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 39 points 10 hours ago

And avoids a lawsuit. Seems like a win all round.

[–] wolfarine@lemm.ee 16 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Saying Trump was a Rus. ASSet give him some credibility of intelligence. He would have to be smart to do what he did in an effort to further Russian plans.

He is a moron manipulated by Russian assets, to believe this narcissistic idiot that he is the rightful king of America

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

People who are intelligent tend to not make deals with foreign nations to betray their own.

They don't want smart people, they already have really smart people taken from the homeland and employed as spies. What they really want is greedy people who can be controlled and manipulated - assets that are given everything they desire, and told to do as the boss says or they'll take it all away and make life miserable for them again.

[–] daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Trump is obviously not the brightest but so aren't any other (former) soviet assets, when you take a look around. Just look at Babiš or most people close to Putin.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Smarts get killed right?

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That just makes it more likely that it's true, in my opinion.

Hopefully Stryzen effwct Wi'll kick in.

Yellow-belly journalism.

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

"Stryzen"

Is this the most bone-apple-teeth thing ever?

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What's a bone applet heath?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Idk I’ve only heard of it as Bahn-capful-wreath

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

I wish we could ban capital wealth. Keep the billionaires out of there.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 65 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

lets, eh, be honest here.

Everybody knows he's a russian stooge.

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, but the question is whether he was recruited or whether he just like what Putin does to him in private.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

“Just liking what Putin does to him in private” is one method of recruitment.

[–] regrub@lemmy.world 84 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

All the more reason to support the internet archive

[–] Oofnik@kbin.earth 19 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It looks like the Wayback Machine archive of the original article is down now too, presumably at the request of The Daily Beast... :(

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

There are different versions of the article up there!

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 42 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Something tells me Daily Beast editors live in an appartment building and are afraid of sudden Russian death syndrome.

[–] daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world 37 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I'd say it was deleted after a threat of legal retaliation from the oval office, just like with the Maine governor.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Once upon a time that would've been a fight the news organization would've jumped at for the free publicity and easy win.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

Now it just takes a tweet, and Trump turns those fights around anyway for his scumbag followers.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago

Which is weird, if they just said that person X said Y on Facebook then the person opening themself to being sued is person X, not the media reporting what they said...

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

We've entered the era of broadcasting* licenses being brandished as weapons in direct opposition to free press 1st amendment rights. We're gonna see a couple real ones come out of this and a whole lot of propaganda slop.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You don’t any kind of publishing license for a website in the USA. Or for anything, really.

What are you referring to?

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Sorry, I guess that would be broadcasting, and DB doesn't to my knowledge broadcast anything. I do wonder why they line up to play ball then.

[–] troed@fedia.io 18 points 14 hours ago

Can't imagine this staying up anywhere under US jurisdiction.