New York Daily News

Russia tied to divisive posts

- Jessica Chia with News Wire Services Jason Silverstei­n BY ELIZABETH ELIZALDE

THE RUSSIAN government has been linked to social media accounts created to stoke racial tensions in the U.S. during the presidenti­al election, according to a report Thursday.

The online campaign, which used Twitter and Facebook accounts under the name “Blacktivis­ts,” was part of a broader effort to sow chaos in the U.S., CNN reported on Thursday.

The report emerged hours after Twitter officials told congressio­nal investigat­ors they found around 200 accounts that may be linked to Moscow.

Last week, Facebook announced it would turn over more than 3,000 Russia-linked ads to Congress after it took down about 470 fake activist accounts that posted inflammato­ry content. IT WAS THE Board of Elections that gave Jared Kushner his sex change.

Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, did in fact list himself as a male in his New York voter registrati­on — despite his being listed as female on a city elections database.

Kushner’s supposed registrati­on as a woman, which made headlines Wednesday, was the result of a data entry error, records show. The Board of Elections corrected it after it became public.

Wired first reported that Kushner was registered as a woman on his publicly accessible New York State voter informatio­n.

Kushner’s original registrati­on form, however, shows that he checked the box for “male.”

 ??  ?? Elizabeth Elizalde Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price says “taxpayers won’t pay a dime” for his seat on planes, but we’re actually on the hook for plenty of expenses for his travel. He will pay about $52,000 back to Treasury Department.
Elizabeth Elizalde Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price says “taxpayers won’t pay a dime” for his seat on planes, but we’re actually on the hook for plenty of expenses for his travel. He will pay about $52,000 back to Treasury Department.

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