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With wikileaks coordination with Trump and Co.... I gotta wonder if folks who gave wikileaks info earlier on regret who they gave the information to.

Leaking to some group on the internet, you really don't know their motives / affiliation or if it might change.

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Was there "coordination" aside from Democrats being angry that a lot of leaks over the best decade paint Hillary Clinton in a bad light? The left seemed pretty willing to hate on Clinton as the archetypal imperialistic neoliberal archvillain, until she became the nominee against Trump.

I'm reminded of this video from Rap the News that I recall seeing as typical of how the leftist internet thought of Hillary Clinton during the Obama era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl4NlA97GeQ

When it was Bush's State Department being exposed committing war crimes, was Wikileaks coordinating with Gore and co?

I feel like you're having a conversation with me... that you started elsewhere.

I don't understand what your statements have to do with my question.

He appears to be asking a question about your statement.

Kind of asking a question, about how other people felt about some other news. That's not what I was talking about, at all. I don't care / wasn't talking about "Democrats being angry" or anything. Maybe he can answer that, but I don't care.

Nope, you're the one who started it elsewhere, since you casually mention cooperation between Trump team and Wikileaks as if it is a proven fact.

Or, in other words, Fake News(tm).

Trump's own lawyer has made it clear that was ongoing.

I don't know what you mean by "you started it".

It should but cognitive dissonance is strong.

Wikileak's "affiliation" is perceived to be the opposite of whoever the last group they exposed was. You could easily "change it," just send something exposing someone else. Clearly, this is not how affiliation works; suggesting that they might not have much of an affiliation in the first place.

For the record I said coordination. My comment about affiliation was purely a comment on the fact that you just don't know what the future might hold.

Nah, just a lot of people clearly don't care about the law, and care more about making sure "their side" gets an advantage.

Tribalism instead of law and order. But that's standard politics for you...

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