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abqtommy

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2. Back in 2015 and 2016 the U.K., the U.S. and much of the rest of the world came under attack

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Wed Jun 23, 2021, 06:39 AM

Jun 2021

by a perfect storm of domestic right-wing politics and international meddling by Russia, Cambridge
Analytica and Wikileaks. The goal of this campaign was to create division and succeeded very well.
The outcome was tRUMP here in the U.S. and Brexit in the U.K.

It's gonna take a long time to recover from this since it's obvious the corrupt parties involved are still pressing forward with their destructive policies.

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Five years on and sooooooooo much winning 👀 [View all] Soph0571 Jun 2021 OP

Imagine if the Brexit vote had gone the other way. They would still be having audits of the ballots Walleye Jun 2021 #1

Back in 2015 and 2016 the U.K., the U.S. and much of the rest of the world came under attack abqtommy Jun 2021 #2

I hope there are plenty of spoof lyrics being circulated muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #3

I don't think most children enjoy singing in assembly at the best of times T_i_B Jun 2021 #4