avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

12/31 You've seen their replies to my posts. "They can't win" "Russia is strong" "Why do you want people dead" "Why don't you go fight?" They were told to either play up Russia or discredit the person without attacking the idea. Just shout "cope"

image
mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 45 6

Replies

avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

13/31 They cranked out memes ridiculing topics related to Ukraine to make it seem either: A) A hypocritical policy stance or B) A non-serious issue. Including focusing on comparatives with other conflicts that those activists would unwittingly amplify.

image
mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 37 7 • view
avatar
phil-lipari.bsky.social @phil-lipari.bsky.social

They used a pic from King Kong Escapes. Terrible meme.

sep 1, 2025, 10:32 pm • 0 0 • view
avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

14/31 Their largest two targets were a fake Fox News site focusing on far-right voters, and a fake "Forward" site focusing on getting left progressives to sit out of the election. They told you that Sharia law was coming to America, or that Biden wanted the war in Gaza.

image image
mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 43 9 • view
avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

15/31 They also spread fake, doctored documents, like invoices and official press releases, aimed at convincing people that Ukraine was filled with corruption. They wanted the average American to believe Ukrainian aid was just buying cars and houses.

image
mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 41 6 • view
avatar
᯽Ჽƭⲉꭾ𝚑𝚊𝑛𝔦ɛ᯽🤸 @stephjmom.bsky.social

image image image
mar 7, 2025, 7:13 pm • 0 0 • view
avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

16/31 Their objective was to monitor pro-Ukrainian and pro-Democratic influencers, and bombard their comments, to make it seem like the emotional trend had shifted. Hoping to tire them out, and sway fence sitters.

image image
mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 43 7 • view
avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

17/31 They designed long form pieces aimed at convincing America that it was Biden's poor foreign policy surrounding NATO that *caused* a "proxy war" in Ukraine. And had the *express* stated goal of "To secure a victory of the Republican Candidate"

image image
mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 41 11 • view
avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

18/31 They worked with influencers to spread these messages. Both paid podcast bros like Tim Pool, who you'll remember from another investigation, but also simply by finding activists on issues and pushing targeted propaganda at them to spread unknowingly.

image
mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 45 8 • view
avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

19/31 They wanted every American to believe "we've done too much for Ukraine" and that "the war must end as much as possible" And identified that right wing online cohorts, especially young men, were ripe for this manipulation.

image
mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 45 11 • view
avatar
Jackie 🕊️ @jqi.bsky.social

Thank you for this detailed thread! I recognize a lot of those troll comments and wish this had been unsealed years ago! They were causing cynicism & depression among important 🇺🇦 defenders. Can’t believe Trump had access to these findings and knowingly bolstered the Kremlin‘s information warfare.

mar 7, 2025, 12:52 pm • 6 0 • view
avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

20/31 They wanted you distracted by job risk, DEI, worried about illegal immigrants or that "Biden was risking dragging us into WWIII" They didn't need you to believe this because Russia was winning the war. They need you to believe it because Russia is losing.

image
mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 52 12 • view
avatar
᯽Ჽƭⲉꭾ𝚑𝚊𝑛𝔦ɛ᯽🤸 @stephjmom.bsky.social

... Trump parrots this all the time ...

mar 7, 2025, 7:15 pm • 0 0 • view
avatar
traymo.bsky.social @traymo.bsky.social

The world is entering a downswing of history. I'm not ashamed to shill my dad's book that covers electricity, ammo, water, food, health, and sustainability. These topics are covered in ways that other books do not. Especially making, storing and using electricity. www.amazon.com/s?k=teotwawk...

mar 8, 2025, 5:16 am • 0 0 • view
avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

21/31 It's the same rhetoric you hear every day now: -"Why should we care" -"It's costing too much" -"WWIII" -"It's an unwinnable war" Much of it bots, but much of it the direct result of a systematic foreign influence campaign.

mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 47 8 • view
avatar
traymo.bsky.social @traymo.bsky.social

The world is entering a downswing of history. I'm not ashamed to shill my dad's book that covers electricity, ammo, water, food, health, and sustainability. These topics are covered in ways that other books do not. Especially making, storing and using electricity. www.amazon.com/s?k=teotwawk...

mar 8, 2025, 5:18 am • 0 0 • view
avatar
Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social

22/31 The President's actions do not benefit America. They are not benefiting our allies, nor our security. The fact that Russia went to this length, and spend this effort and money, shows how desperate they are.

mar 6, 2025, 4:42 pm • 52 8 • view