Those pesky Russians are at it again. Reuters reports that Senator James Lankford, (R) Oklahoma, claims that Russian trolls pushed the NFL kneeling story to divide the United States of America. Whut? Like we need the Russkies for that? Oof. From the article:

”We watched, even this weekend, the Russians and their troll farms, their internet folks, start hashtagging out #TakeAKnee and also hashtagging out #BoycottNFL,” Lankford, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said during a hearing on threats faced by the United States.

“They were taking both sides of the argument this weekend … to try to raise the noise level of America and make a big issue seem like an even bigger issue as they are trying to push divisiveness in this country,” Lankford said.

Bless their hearts. Bless the Russian hearts and Senator Lankford’s heart and the NFL’s hearts (if they have any) collectively. Are we little sheeple waiting around for the Russian wolfhounds to lead us in whichever direction they wish? Are we Russian puppets with Vladimir Putin pulling our strings?

More from the Reuters article:

Facebook this month revealed that suspected Russian trolls purchased more than $100,000 worth of divisive ads on its platform during the 2016 election cycle. Twitter is expected to privately brief the Senate panel on Thursday, and the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday technology companies would testify about Russian interference in an open hearing next month.

Doggone, those Russian trolls are A-MAZ-ing. The Russian trolls bought “more than $100,000 worth of divisive ads” for the 2016 Election. What did they spend on the NFL trolling? Like $5,000, maybe. Do they sponsor Colin Kaepernick or is he just a “useful idiot”? Don’t answer that. We already know he is an idiot, useful or not. The Russians buy a few ads or fly a few false flags on Facebook and we get this-