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So tell us about the hashtag

Democracy RIP.

Democracy RIP was a

hashtag that they had all set up ready to go to question the legitimacy of the Clinton election.

And so what to me

this signifies is that the 2016 election was never really about electing Trump.

It was about a much larger project the Russians had in mind with the intention of

democracy RIP of making our democracy as illegitimate as possible.

There's a high degree of willingness to address the problem of Russian interference.

But every time there's been an effort to try to create the coordination and the centralization

that's truly required to address the problem, it's been undermined by the president.

Scammers are best known for living the high life,

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That is until their house of cards collapses and they're forced to trade it all in for handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit.

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Scamfluencers has covered jaw-dropping scandals from Ponzi schemes to a fake Saudi prince

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of millions of dollars and a measurable emotional anguish. So how does our culture allow them to thrive?

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