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For context: ex-US Army Douglas McGregor is now working for the russians. https://vatniksoup.com/en/soups/61/ https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-how-russia-uses-retired-us-colonel-s-ukraine-misinformation-for-domestic-propaganda-/6972765.html https://russiavsworld.org/from-ex-us-army-man-to-the-agent-of-russian-propaganda-the-case-of-douglas-macgregor/ https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/former-trump-appointees-russia-rhetoric-matters-rcna17957 This post is a textbook russian dezinformatsiya tactic: multiple russian-backed "influencers" amplify each other. Here Elon Musk's protegé Mario Nawfal, astroturfed "citizen journalist". https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/06/26/mario-nawfal-russia-elon-musk-twitter/ https://brian-whit.medium.com/from-blockchain-to-gaza-elon-musks-prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9-and-his-odd-aversion-to-hyperlinks-0e18f2895df8 https://peakd.com/nawfal/@lordbutterfly/mario-nawfal-elons-fake-citizen-journalist https://www.dawn.com/news/1788876
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