Thread by @TheRynheart

Interesting CIA report from March saying that Russian social media bots helped drive main stream media coverage of false stories *and*’influenced American stock prices. 🤨

‘To Resist Disinformation Learn to Think like an Intelligence Analyst.’ cia.gov/library/center…

The article references this report by Clint Watts:

The Russians engage in ‘financial propaganda created to weaken confidence in financial markets, capitalist economies and Western companies.’

intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/…

Mercer’s involvement in Brexit and with Nigel Farage get interesting on the night of Brexit. Nigel falsely conceded defeat. The pound crashed *and* ‘ Bloomberg noted that his “concessions” that night could have helped hedge funds make millions... 1/2

‘off the back of the pound’s collapse following the true Brexit result’

Mercer assisted Farage with Brexit via Cambridge Analytica services. How many millions did Renaissance Technologies make when the pound crashed?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Random Fact: ‘According to the 1964 edition of “The Crest” – the Sandia High yearbook – Mercer was active in extracurricular activities. The yearbook shows the bespectacled student as a member of the school’s chess, auto and Russian clubs.’

Russian clubs? abqjournal.com/1147718/abq-na…