Wikileaks, Trump get punk’d: ‘Blumenthal’ turns out to be Kurt Eichenwald
Well, this is embarrassing. Yesterday, the right wing blogosphere and even Donald Trump himself – at last night’s rally in Wilkes-Barre, PA – went bonkers over a new Wikileaks revelation, involving an e-mail to Clinton concerning ‘Benghazi!!1!’, supposedly written by Sidney Blumenthal, who seems as big a bogeyman to the conspiracy-obsessed right as George Soros.
Turns out the message wasn’t from Sidney, as Newsweek‘s Kurt Eichenwald explains:
I am Sidney Blumenthal. At least, that is what Vladimir Putin—and, somehow, Donald Trump—seem to believe. And that should raise concerns not only about Moscow’s attempts to manipulate this election, but also how Trump came to push Russian disinformation to American voters.
An email from Blumenthal—a confidant of Hillary Clinton and a man, second only to George Soros at the center of conservative conspiracy theories—turned up in the recent document dump by Wikileaks. At a time when American intelligence believes Russian hackers are trying to interfere with the presidential election, records have been fed recently to Wikileaks out of multiple organizations of the Democratic Party, raising concerns that the self-proclaimed whistleblowers group has become a tool of Putin’s government. But now that I have been brought into the whole mess—and transformed into Blumenthal—there is even more proof that this act of cyberwar is not only being orchestrated by the Russians, but that they are really, really dumb.
The evidence emerged thanks to the incompetence of Sputnik, the Russian online news and radio service established by the government controlled news agency, Rossiya Segodnya. …
The email was amazing—it linked Boogie Man Blumenthal, Podesta and the topic of conservative political fevered dreams, Benghazi. This, it seemed, was the smoking gun finally proving Clinton bore total responsibility for the terrorist attack on the American outpost in Libya in 2012. Sputnik even declared that the email might be the “October surprise” that could undermine Clinton’s campaign.
A big question remains:
This might be seen as just an opportunity to laugh at the incompetence of the Russian hackers and government press—once they realized their error, Sputnik took the article down. But then things got even more bizarre.
This false story was only reported by the Russian controlled agency (a reference appeared in a Turkish publication, but it was nothing but a link to the Sputnik article). So how did Donald Trump end up advancing the same falsehood put out by Putin’s mouthpiece?
Lemme see… could it be… Steve “Shirley Sherrod” Bannon?
Team Trump needs to explain.
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David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
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26 responses to Wikileaks, Trump get punk’d: ‘Blumenthal’ turns out to be Kurt Eichenwald
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Budda October 11th, 2016 at 09:14
Where is the media on this?
Mensa Member October 11th, 2016 at 09:42
They are running the P***ygate tape on loop.
Anything to avoid doing real investigative journalism and making thoughtful distinctions between the two candidates.
Budda October 11th, 2016 at 10:01
oh yeah, that’s right. I forgot where their priorities are.
Willys41 October 11th, 2016 at 14:31
Well, bear in mind they’ve been slashing news room staff for years and years, so they don’t really have a lot of reporters left.
granpa.usthai October 11th, 2016 at 15:18
probably another ‘freebie’ give away for the american ‘christian’ p*ssy grabber.
pinballsdoll October 11th, 2016 at 18:09
exactly
whatthe46 October 11th, 2016 at 20:39
wrong candidate.
Mensa Member October 11th, 2016 at 09:53
What the hell has gone wrong with Julian Assange?
He always seemed eccentric but now he seems like a clueless dupe.
Why is he allowing Trump and Putin to play him the fool?
PS: and I take no pleasure in saying this. I was a defender of Assange.
StoneyCurtisll October 11th, 2016 at 21:03
maybe he is tired of living the Ecuadorian embassy in England and is hoping to get to Russia for some open space.
Suzanne McFly October 11th, 2016 at 17:13
Seems like it more of an October surprise for democrats. Funny how not one of the news agencies believes this warrants any airtime, I wonder if they figure Hillary already has an abundance of riches due to rump screwing himself, they will just sit on this story.
whatthe46 October 11th, 2016 at 20:37
if Hillary camp had did something like this, it would be non-stop 24/7. they just don’t want to hurt little donny’s fee fees.
Suzanne McFly October 11th, 2016 at 20:58
Well it is going to hurt him on the night of November 8th, is it bad that I can’t stop dancing? :)
whatthe46 October 11th, 2016 at 21:32
not one bit sweetie.
Suzanne McFly October 11th, 2016 at 21:35
:)
StoneyCurtisll October 11th, 2016 at 21:40
Dance all you want.. just be sure you vote~!
Suzanne McFly October 12th, 2016 at 18:39
Yes sir!!!! :)
Will Parkinson October 12th, 2016 at 10:43
Actually, he’s telling his supporters to vote on the 28th, so go Donald!
Suzanne McFly October 12th, 2016 at 19:01
Well that is what his poorly educated voters deserve lol. That is a beautiful puppy in that photo :)
Will Parkinson October 12th, 2016 at 19:27
Thank you! That’s my boy, Casey. A little PITA, but we love him.
Suzanne McFly October 12th, 2016 at 19:45
That is what my Aunt says (PITA) about me and her kids, I agree that I can be one but a doggy is never a PITA in my eyes :)
Will Parkinson October 13th, 2016 at 08:49
Say that when you’re in bed, and he jams his head under the covers, and bulldozes them all down to the end, leaving you shivering. Trust me, PITA is the sweetest thing I can call him.
Suzanne McFly October 13th, 2016 at 17:37
But he is a perfectly lovable PITA, I am sure.
robert October 11th, 2016 at 21:24
Neal cavuto ; I feel your pain trump, I’ve been hoodwinked a few times
Would you like my apology notes ?
StoneyCurtisll October 11th, 2016 at 21:39
Trump already knows he isn’t going to win..
So now he is involved in a scorch and burn compagnie..
He is going to dish up everything thing, real, imagined or just plain old made up from the vomit of Breitbart courtesy of Steve Bannon…
If you think trump was hideous int he primaries, just wait…(what has he got to lose)
abbyjo2001 October 11th, 2016 at 21:53
He’s been punked before, remember Gorbachev?
whatthe46 October 11th, 2016 at 22:31
https://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/786017457588801536?embed_source=clientlib&player_id=30&rpc_init=1
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