News Brief: NBC's Sleazy Tulsi/Russia Innuendo is a Dress Rehearsal for Attacks on Sanders (Patreon)

In this Patreon News Brief we dissect a bizarre NBC article linking Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to Russia using a "disinformation defense" company called New Knowledge––a firm backed by billionaire Democratic donor Reid Hoffman that was just caught using fake fake Russian accounts in the 2017 Alabama senate race.  We explain the complex case of ratfucking and how fake fake Russia accounts––in the event of another hotly contested primary––could easily be deployed to trip up a Sanders campaign. 

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NBC News, to Claim Russia Supports Tulsi Gabbard, Relies on Firm Just Caught Fabricating Russia Data for the Democratic Party - Glenn Greenwald | The Intercept  | February 3, 2019