Israeli tech sleuths uncover pro-Trump
bot network swarming presidential rivals
Posted By: Harlowe, 3/6/2023 5:13:36 PM
WASHINGTON — Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts—perhaps hundreds of thousands of them--to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump. Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador who is challenging her onetime boss for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. When it came to Ron DeSantis, the bots aggressively suggested that the Florida governor couldn’t beat Trump, but would be a great running mate.
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Thank you Your Majesty for giving spoilt
manbaby Prince Harry and his wife a kick
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manbaby Prince Harry and his wife a kick
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Arrest Protesters Outside Supreme Court
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Surveillance Footage Shows Nashville Shooter
Used a Carbine Which Fires Pistol Rounds,
Not an AR-15 24 replies
Used a Carbine Which Fires Pistol Rounds,
Not an AR-15 24 replies
Surveillance photographs and video footage shows the 28-year-old transgender suspect who attacked the Nashville Christian school was using a carbine which fires pistol rounds, not an AR-15.
The 28-year-old was armed with three firearms, and police photos of the guns show that an AR-15 was not one them.
The firearms were an AR-pistol, a handgun, and a carbine. The type of carbine possessed by the attacker uses 9mm or .40 caliber handgun rounds.
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Well-intentioned MAGA supporters or adversarial dirty tricks?