Democratic group files FEC complaint alleging GOP operatives illegally boosted Jill Stein in New Hampshire (www.bostonglobe.com)

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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[+] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What does that mean?

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

I'm just admiring your commitment to your work. Not everyone has the work ethic to keep this up for two months straight.

[+] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is an anti-Stein article though, so what would that have to do with me getting paid in rubles?

Are you implying that the Democratic Party is under control of the russians?!

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

At face value, I'd agree; for a second I even thought this was a redemption arc, but then I realized you just put this here to get her name additional visibility since your pro-Stein articles otherwise get drowned out with downvotes here. "Bad publicity is better than no publicity".

[+] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ohhhh, ok, so now any anti-Stein articles I post are a concentrated effort for me to be pro-Stein because her name is mentioned. Even tho it's negative article for her AND I'm not voting for her.

But somehow that means I am still getting paid in Russian money. Even for posting negative Stein/pro-democrat articles, right? So the russians pay people for pro-democrat articles, because...um....because...well heck, they just do.

That's the theory you are working on? Ok, so what about the pro-Harris articles I post that don't mention Jill Stein. How does that work with your going theory here?

And are all the other posters that have posted anti-Stein articles and comments getting paid as well? Oh wow, that's gonna open a can of worms, friend...

And how would there be a "redemption arc"? I'm not voting for Stein. I like her, but I'm not voting for her. I'm still voting third party though, just not hers.

I’ve posted articles that are critical of Trump, Stein, and Harris, as well as articles praising each of them.

Do I get paid per article, or only the articles that just mention Jill Stein (even in a negative sense--according to you)? Or how does that even work when I post so many conflicting perspectives?!

I also created and mod a political news community where people have posted articles praising Harris, criticizing Stein, and trashing me.

https://lemmy.world/c/politicsunfiltered

Do I get paid for all the conflicting perspectives in that sub too? Or just this one?

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Come on, Monk. Everyone here is familiar with your long-winded Gish gallop comments at this point. I know Stein is doing the same song and dance she did in 2016, but that doesn't mean you can't innovate either.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

He even has a transracial sub. Legitimately just for posting inflammatory shit to conflate with the trans movement. Same shit as trying to list pedos under the lgbtq+ movement.

This boy is hot garbage.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you dig deep enough you'll find some blatant racist shit in one of the conservative comms too, unless it got nuked by a mod. I don't really care enough to go digging for it either.

Edit: oh here it is

(This is blatantly false, nothing in the law states this, it was doctored up by racists to drive immigrant hate)

Do a search and they've posted like 10 other articles to the conservative comm as well.

And also prempting Mr Monk as I know what he'll say: "I only post the articles!!!1!11!". Sure buddy. Sure.

[+] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I didn't write that article though.

And it was written by the New York Post. If you have issues with the article, take it up with them.

[-] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You love this line, it's your go to NPC response. You may not have written the article, but by posting it, you are promoting it.

You'll gish gallop around that fact, I'm sure. But you constantly post inflammatory articles and then claim that it's okay because you didn't write the article. It's not okay, and you're supporting the misleading and inflammatory content by doing that (but of course, you already know that).

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I didn’t write that article though.

Right on schedule! Just as predictable as a broken record player.

Idk man. I usually read the articles I post and make sure to understand them before I go spamming. And I don't post intentionally false and misleading articles to communities with the somewhat transparent optics of trying to stir up shit. If you aren't understanding what your posting, you are at best unintentionally damaging honest discourse... but I think we both know your "playing dumb" act is a farce.

Have a good weekend.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 8 points 2 months ago

How do you see what subs someone runs? Not saying you're wrong, just wanna see it for myself. That seems like a pretty crazy thing to do.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Dunno specifically how to do that. I just saw it because I browse by new in everything.

Edit: Found it! https://lemmy.world/c/transracial

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago

Heh, thanks. Apparently he did it for me as well. What a concerning individual.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Incredibly.

And it's funny, I'm pretty sure he has a couple accounts. Any time I post something about him, as soon as he responds, I get multiple down votes at the same time.

[-] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago

I can vouch for the same thing, I've been quickly down voted into the negative deep in his chain of comments before. He totally does vote manipulation.

[+] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you look at my profile, you'd see a section called "Moderates."

Here is my post history: https://lemmy.world/u/UniversalMonk?page=1&sort=New&view=Posts

Check out the transracial sub—it openly calls out the racists and bigots who show up, and I’ve posted actual articles from the scientific community discussing the legitimacy and growth of the transracial movement.

https://lemmy.world/c/transracial

If someone thinks the sub was created to promote racism or stir up trouble, then they’re missing the point entirely. It’s specifically supportive of both the transracial and transgender communities. Just because some people get upset when others identify as a different race doesn’t make it "fake" or "made up."

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 10 points 2 months ago

Ew. What is wrong with you? That is so extremely disrespectful.

No, I'm not asking you to answer my question, I'm asking you to re-examine your life.

[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 1 points 2 months ago

The complaint from End Citizens United alleges, though, that the Stein campaign must have known about the effort by Republican groups.

Alas, this is from someone who doesn't know how many House Reps there are. And from a party that recently has gotten tripped up over requirements to get nominated.

I .. don't think we can make any assumptions here on what the Greens must have known or what their intelligence level is.

If Stein had paid Synapse to collect signatures, the campaign would be required to disclose the help on her campaign finance reports.

Isn't this the point though? The GOP is interfering by helping the Greens, including paying for this themselves instead of having the Greens pay?

“There is no conceivable way IAG and Synapse could have collected, organized, and submitted 4,720 nominating petitions securing the Stein Campaign’s space on the ballot without inside information from the Stein Campaign” about how many signatures it needed and from which parts of the state, the complaint said.

Counterargument - the Greens are leaky like a sieve and this info leaked out, and the GOP operatives got ahold of it that way and went ahead. Goes to my point above - incompetence can really explain everything, and sadly the current Greens seem to have that in abundance.

Stein appears to have minimal support from New Hampshire voters

The silver lining - even if Stein wins the lawsuit she'll fail to take the election away from Harris in New Hampshire.

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