| − | In 2016, Russian hackers attempted, and failed, to hack into state election board computers. No federal facilities, as far as is known, were attempted. However, no federal law enforcement agency, not the FBI, CIA, [[Department of Homeland Security]] or any other agency ever investigated an alleged hack of the Democratic National Committee. The confluence of these two events - attempted hacking of state election boards and the publication of leaked emails from the DNC by [[WikiLeaks]] - coupled with the Obama administration's [[FISA abuse]] were melded by CIA Director John Brennan into the Russia collusion hoax. | + | In 2016, Russian hackers attempted, and failed, to hack into state election board computers. No federal facilities, as far as is known, were attempted. However, no federal law enforcement agency, not the FBI, CIA, [[Department of Homeland Security]] or any other federal, state, or municipal law enforcement agency ever investigated an alleged hack of the Democratic National Committee. The confluence of these two events - attempted hacking of state election boards and the publication of leaked emails from the DNC by [[WikiLeaks]] - coupled with the Obama administration's [[FISA abuse]] were melded by CIA Director John Brennan into the Russia collusion hoax. |
| | The debunked Trump-Russia [[fake news]] morphed itself into a [[xenophobic]] reaction against Russian bots and anything Russian to explain all the Democratic party's self-inflicted misfortunes. These Russianbot [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] inspired some of the most absurd conjecture to explain social phenomenon and justify the most venomous hatred in the spoken word of Democrat leaders, media elites, and violent actions of the [[extreme left]]. | | The debunked Trump-Russia [[fake news]] morphed itself into a [[xenophobic]] reaction against Russian bots and anything Russian to explain all the Democratic party's self-inflicted misfortunes. These Russianbot [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] inspired some of the most absurd conjecture to explain social phenomenon and justify the most venomous hatred in the spoken word of Democrat leaders, media elites, and violent actions of the [[extreme left]]. |