Politico reports that it was sent communications from inside the Trump campaign, including Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) 271-page vetting file, allegedly by an Iranian hacker.

The outlet said that it has been receiving anonymous emails containing internal communications from the Trump campaign. The campaign acknowledged the authenticity of the communications on Saturday, accusing “foreign sources hostile to the United States,” for leaking them.

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They got it through a fucking phishing email

HAHAHAHAHA

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Vance clicked on a link for hot CILFs in his area.

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JD Vance pays for pictures of dirty couches when craigslist exists smh

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OnlyCushions

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Wait, just to be clear, does the C stand for Couches or Cetaceans?

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yes

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CILF omg that is delicioso

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18 points

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80 points

This is what most hacking is.

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57 points

Social engineering is the greatest skill a hacker can have

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But still you think with how much control they want over other people, you’d think that no one would even have a chance at social engineering. Some gestapo-style blacklist intranet work email setup with a bunch of interns poring over every single little thing that gets stuck in the filter

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Nope. It’s creating real looking email templates.

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I bet it was Eric. He seems dumb enough to fall for that.

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Probably a fake OnlyFans link. “Oh I better pay my Onlyfans “invoice.doc” “

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Nah, it was claiming to be a coupon for a free hug from his dad.

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13 points

Is it really that farfetched to think that the people working for the Trump campaign are dumb enough to fall for a phishing email?

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4 points

Time to add another item to the vulnerabilities list

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The real story is not that Trump had a novel length document of everything wrong with Vance (we know he’s basically what you get if Oogy Boogy was filled with empty vapes and paternal disappointment instead of just bugs). No, the real story is that Trump picked him anyway.

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It’s not some big complex conspiracy.

He picked him to guarantee friendly financial backing.

Everyone knows 🪗-hands isn’t a real billionaire… so anyone who is that also offers him some cash can buy their way in. It’s how he’s always done “business.”

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9 points

Repubs are utterly corrupt.

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When you “send your best” from a criminally corrupt pile of dogshit, you get the average republican!

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Maybe the conspiracy has something to do with why Thiel and Musk and others want Trump for president.

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Once the hamberders stop blood flow through his arteries they’ll have their personal puppet on the throne. The orange is unpredictable while JDV can be operated directly through the hand up his puppet hole

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As others have noted Peter Thiel money might have influenced the choice. Given Vance’s relationship to Project 2025 (he wrote the foreword to Kevin Roberts’s book, remember[1]) it’s also possible he was a strongly pushed Heritage Foundation plant - put in place to ensure the flailing incoherent mess that is Trump’s mind is actually implementing Project 2025 properly when elected.


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Was it just a copy of Hillbilly Elegy?

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Vance had one job - do what Pence wouldn’t on Jan 6th.

Then, back in the fucking box.

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Word!

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Trump can’t read so the briefing they gave him was all pictures

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7 points

He was confused at seeing the Lovesac catalogue and said “sure! I already have a pillow guy!”

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Not enough of him or Ivanka clones so he just dozed off and farted

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Tbf all the other candidates are also republicans. I’d pay just to find out how big the dossier of the alternatives would get.

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Pretty sure a vetting document would have both negatives and positives, right?

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Correct

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I’m more interested in knowing what the Trump campaign considers a positive…

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But also opposition research is actually normal and prudent. Losing it is obviously not. But do we actually know how damaging the info is?

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It’s my understanding that the length is fairly normal. The vetting process for VP is very intense and thorough. They will go through every tiny aspect of your entire life if they’re doing their job well.

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Democrats also revealed that they were hacked. Iranians downloaded 2.3 terabytes of photos of Tim Walz hugging puppies. Secret documents as well. High School football plays and an old family tater-tot-hot-dish recipe.

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Anyone got that tater tot recipe leak?

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Turns out, he shared a tater tot recipe recently. Either it’s a coincidence or this thread OP is the mole.

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He knew he got hacked and he was trying to get ahead of the story.

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Just going to save that one.

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10 points

Come on guys, it’s nearly been an hour, we’re starving here.

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I honestly don’t know which I’m more upset about… the play book is one thing… but Meemaw’s hot dish recipe is sacred dammit

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putin got a copy of it and is examining it for inventing new methods of tort… cutenessless?

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Clearly the football plays would assist Putins military commanders more than they seem to be able to manage on their own 🥸

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Iran should mind their own damn business.

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They’re so weird

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I seriously hope you guys don’t actually believe that a member of political class being pushed for position of power is a good person.

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Yeah, we all know that high school teaching attracts the scummiest people. The “political class” (whatever that is) loves toiling away for no money and no status.

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The most shocking part about this is that Trump’s team vetted JD Vance.

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To be fair, compared to Trump, nobody looks that problematic.

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The vetting concluded after a Bing search result.

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I think that actually checks out. For mob bosses like Trump it’s not good if people are too clean. It means they could turn on them in the future. Problematic past is leverage and that means loyalty. How severe problems do you have to have to stay loyal to Trump longterm?

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I mean does trump even know how to read?

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foreign sources hostile to the United States

Anybody who wants to stop Trump should at least be considered a temporary ally.

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Amidst a sea of Russian bots and trolls shilling for Jill Stein at the hour of need an unlikely force stepped out to bat for democracy: Iran. Partly out of spite it seems - which given Trump is the target can only be described as poetic.

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It would be sweet if Iran became cool again. Old Iran looked like a somewhat good time.

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Don’t hold your breath. Their government is still as oppressive as ever.

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I mean you could go to Dubai to simulate the experience. Or maybe Cairo.

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Yeah I’m having a hard time feeling negative about Iran doing this when we know what Russia is up to. At least it levels the playing field a bit. Feels icky though!

Obligatory VOTE

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There’s no evidence for that yet either though. It’s just Trump claiming it.

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