Today, ten years ago, a significant number of files from the Democratic National Committee were published. They revealed a lot of information, including:
-Democrats PROMOTED Donald Trump's candidacy as a "pied piper" in the view that he would be easy to beat.
-Democrats sought to hinder the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, lied about access to information by his campaign, and sought to smear him.
-The Hillary Clinton campaign made deals with various state Democratic parties to obtain their support and funds. (This had been reported before by at least two media outlets, one in Maine, and the other by the late Margot Kidder in Counterpunch.) It should be noted that said actions were illegal until June 30th of this year, and only changed thanks to a lawsuit filed by J.D. Vance.
As a result, Hillary Clinton lost support from Sanders voters. She did not seek to appeal to them for the later campaign, and the DNC sought to deny Sanders delegates a chance to influence the platform. This turned off thousands of voters, and was a major factor in helping Trump win the Electoral College vote.
After the news broke, the Clinton campaign looked for scapegoats, and Robby Mook decided to blame Russia. No investigation had been made into the leaks as of that time. Later, it would be revealed that the attribution came from an outside contractor, Crowdstrike, and the FBI simply took their word, and that Crowdstrike themselves could not confirm IF a hack had taken place. (Meanwhile, an independent investigation, led by NSA whistleblower Bill Binney found that, based on the metadata, the files were not obtained through a hack.) But, despite the evidence, the media blamed Russia, and the government soon followed their lead.
As a result of this, the Internet began going after those who challenged the establishment consensus. Those who opposed war, police brutality, fracking, the two party duopoly, and other issues came under scrutiny. Some media outlets equated them with Nazis. Other outlets, like Tumblr, began going after their accounts.
The pattern continued in 2020. The media smeared Bernie Sanders (and Tulsi Gabbard, who endorsed him, and resigned from her DNC position in anger after what the leaks revealed) and sought to back anyone who sought to challenge him (Buttigieg first, then Biden). They kept maligning actual leftists. They covered up the Hunter Biden Laptop, and smeared it as Russian, despite it being found in a repair shop in Rhode Island. In 2024, no challenge to Biden would be allowed positive coverage. But, like 2016, with voters upset over the support of the Gaza genocide, they stayed home, which ensured Trump's win.
Now is a time for a choice. Those who follow the Sanders path are gaining influence. Some have gained nominations. The Democratic establishment is running scared. They have allies in Donald Trump (who recently tried to blame his loss on the Chinese in 2020), JD Vance (who wrote a blurb on a book calling leftists "unhuman"), and Marco Rubio (who won a Senate race against a DNC-backed ex-Republican, as opposed to an actual progressive), who have begun red-baiting not seen since the days of McCarthy. Will they win?
We know the lies now. We know the smears. One side wants war and corruption. One side wants honesty and peace. Let's make sure the good guys win this time.
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