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02-15-2018, 11:00 AM
Leaked Wikileaks chats reveal it actually thought we'd be better off with the GOP in power
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No one can know the future, but man did Julian Assange really not have a clue.
The founder and publisher of Wikileaks (https://mashable.com/category/wikileaks/) is a controversial (https://mashable.com/2017/05/19/julian-assange-sweden-drops-rape-investigation/) figure, and a series of leaked private chats published by The Intercept (https://theintercept.com/2018/02/14/julian-assange-wikileaks-election-clinton-trump/) demonstrate that his lightning-rod persona is not just for the public's benefit. Those chats also reveal several truths about the man, including the nugget that he thought we'd be better off if the Republicans won the 2016 U.S. presidential election.*
Which, well, yeahAbout that (https://mashable.com/category/donald-trump/).*
SEE ALSO: Video faceswaps Michael Scott with Donald Trump and the future is terrifying (https://mashable.com/2018/01/31/deepfake-donald-trump-michael-scott-faceswap/)
That questionable assumption comes out of a private Twitter group that included Assange and some of his top online supporters. According to The Intercept, the chat logs run from May 2015 to November 2017, and were sent to the publication by the same person who created the group.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/14/wikileaks-chats-leaked-gop/)
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No one can know the future, but man did Julian Assange really not have a clue.
The founder and publisher of Wikileaks (https://mashable.com/category/wikileaks/) is a controversial (https://mashable.com/2017/05/19/julian-assange-sweden-drops-rape-investigation/) figure, and a series of leaked private chats published by The Intercept (https://theintercept.com/2018/02/14/julian-assange-wikileaks-election-clinton-trump/) demonstrate that his lightning-rod persona is not just for the public's benefit. Those chats also reveal several truths about the man, including the nugget that he thought we'd be better off if the Republicans won the 2016 U.S. presidential election.*
Which, well, yeahAbout that (https://mashable.com/category/donald-trump/).*
SEE ALSO: Video faceswaps Michael Scott with Donald Trump and the future is terrifying (https://mashable.com/2018/01/31/deepfake-donald-trump-michael-scott-faceswap/)
That questionable assumption comes out of a private Twitter group that included Assange and some of his top online supporters. According to The Intercept, the chat logs run from May 2015 to November 2017, and were sent to the publication by the same person who created the group.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/14/wikileaks-chats-leaked-gop/)
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