finian cunningham sputnikgoogle late us internet company claim find russia-linked advertisements network allegedly post influence us presidential election last year.twitter facebook already make similar claim three face scrutiny come weeks congressional committees.what truly astound hysteria allege russian interference us democracy american citizens distract far much alarm issue government congress buy us big business.bloomberg report week google identify russian election interference network say internet giant find political ads worth 4,700 believe tie russian government ads claim carry political article mean influence way american citizens would vote presidential contest democrat hillary clinton republican donald trump last november.google reportedly say another 53,000 worth ads review suspicion link russian government follow claim make facebook early identify 100,000 spend ads russian source twitter say locate 274,000 worth ads.the russian government repeatedly reject accusations try meddle us election moscow rightly highlight dearth evidence total lack due legal process american allegations also whip toxic climate curb legitimate media activities russian news channels.it understand russia state-owned news channel rt promote content social media like facebook twitter rt editor margarita simonyan point promotion entirely normal news media company estimate us-based outlets probably spend much rt promote content russian section twitter.several issue russian meddle trope patently dodgy yet bizarrely overlooked.the first claim russian interference us election evidence ever present facebook twitter google make vague claim account believe tie russian government us news media simply repeat nebulous claim without question.a second anomaly congressional committees investigate allegations russian interference also present evidence nearly nine months intensive probing.senators richard burr mark warner head select intelligence committee make big presentation last week washington find find turn embarrass anti-climax congressmen admit find evidence russia collusion election baldly assert moscow influence campaign continue continue investigate doubt huge cost american taxpayers.so russia accuse interfere presidential elections basis allegation alone yet american politicians also contradict say allege interference alter vote outcome.but big absurdity sum money claim use russia destabilize us democracy ridiculously minuscule.for argument sake let go along claim somehow russian agents take ads social media influence us election facebook twitter google expenditure amount 300,000.that figure pittance compare avalanche money us corporations doled bankroll election campaign two candidates.according bloomberg hillary clinton election bid leverage 1.2 billion super-pacs political action campaign trump receive less corporate money raise total 647 million half clinton coffers received.now put figure perspective allege russian influence ads cost around 300,000 represent 0.01 percent us corporations actually spend 1.8 billion total promote either clinton trump white house word much speculate highly dubious financial outlay russian source allocate allegedly upset american democratic process negligible compare actual money spend major american company determine 2016 election outcome.while american media politicians endeavor get citizens work kremlin meddle glare fact democratic process subject enormous us corporate influence 2016 election every presidential cycle.note take consideration corporate lobby presidential contest every year calculate us company spend billion lobby federal government congress.that every year year year big business america spend 10,000-fold influence lawmakers government policy compare allege ad campaign russia supposedly engage in.another source major influence american politicians lobby group fund separately israeli saudi government interest year foreign state spend estimate 5-7 million lobby members us congress federal government real money real impact us democracy oppose allege russian interference.getting back lobby us company might call bribery among big donors military manufacture firm accord american publication hill include top 50 corporate lobby ply congress campaign fund boeing lockheed martin northrup grumman.another major lobby although top 50 national rifle association nra promote gun ownership private citizens donate congress members.three recent events show corporate money effectively buy american government policy.president trump push overhaul tax policy result big ever tax benefit corporate america.secondly regard us military budget congress due pass record increase amount 700 billion annually largesse pentagon-connected manufacturers like lockheed martin boeing doubt fuel trump use reckless bellicose rhetoric towards north korea threaten war instead diplomatic solution.thirdly aftermath late mass shoot las vegas bad ever modern us history 58 people mow 64-year-old male shooter arm arsenal assault rifle hotel room white house congress adamant time talk gun control laws congressional republicans particular big recipients nra fund trump election campaign also reportedly receive 30 million nra.in gargantuan scale corporate fund influence us democracy patently absurd us media politicians chase russia allege meddling.there maybe absurd travesty serve distract american citizens much press issue democracy buy sell elite american interest support work subscribe become member 21wire.tv russia smokescreen big business ownership us government congress