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EXCLUSIVE: RealClearPolitics has been secretly running a Facebook page filled with far-right memes and Islamaphobic smears, @kpoulsen and @maxwelltani report trib.al/MRh7n8Y
@kpoulsen @maxwelltani The page called “Conservative Country” boasts nearly 800,000 followers sharing extreme posts like a photo of a man training with assault rifles with the caption “Just sitting here waiting on Beto” thedailybeast.com/realclear-medi…
@kpoulsen @maxwelltani Memes like this pop up over and over trib.al/NoGQIIz
@kpoulsen @maxwelltani The page also heaps praise on Putin with one particular post calling Russia the last bastion of freedom trib.al/NoGQIIz
@kpoulsen @maxwelltani “Conservative Country” is a far cry from RealClearPolitics’ early beginnings in 2000 as an aggregator of politics stories, opinion articles, and polls trib.al/NoGQIIz
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