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SlyPokerDog said:
Tucker Carlson suggests US government officials WANTED Russia to invade Ukraine because emergency Covid powers had expired and the war would distract from domestic issues
  • Tucker Carlson has suggested the US government wanted Russia to invade Ukraine in order to distract from issues at home
  • During Friday night's monologue, he theorized that the ending of Covid special laws left the government looking for a way to make a power grab elsewhere
  • He suggests the freezing of assets owned by Russian oligarchs was exactly the play the government needed

Tucker Carlson on Friday night made the suggestion that U.S. government officials wanted a war to occur between Russia and Ukraine after emergency powers enacted during Covid had come to an end.

Speaking during his monologue on Fox News, Carlson claimed the war allowed the U.S. government to shift focus and further 'grab more power.'

Carlson suggested Americans following the war in Ukraine were actually being manipulated by power-hungry bureaucrats.

'You wonder if looking backward many years from right now, historians will notice the remarkable coincidence in timing. Have you noticed?' Carlson began.

'Here it is. At exactly the moment when the emergency powers they awarded to themselves to fight Covid started to wane, our leaders began pushing for conflict with Russia.'

Carlson theorized that war in Europe has given lawmakers a pretext to assume 'historic war powers.'

Carlson explained how in his view, the U.S. government was violating the rights of Russia's wealthy elite by introducing severe economic sanctions.

Although he did not mention the wealthy Russian oligarchs by name, who have had their assets frozen, he accused the U.S. government of 'seizing the property of people' without 'bothering to explain exactly what crime they had committed.

'How long before they accuse you of collusion or disloyalty, or some other hard-to-define crime, declare you an enemy of the state and then confiscate your bank account?' Carlson questioned.

Carlson then said Americans have been consumed by 'groupthink' when it comes to the Russian invasion but that U.S. government officials are delighted because it means all domestic issues have now been neglected.

'The morning that Russia invaded Ukraine, you may have been talking about a lot of different things,' he added.

'Covid, or crime, or the Southern border. Not anymore. Much to the relief of the white house, all of those topics have been forgotten, maybe forever.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ssia-invade-Ukraine-Covid-powers-run-out.html
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This is just so incredibly odd to me. There is actually enough of an audience for blatant bullshit like this to keep this douchebag on the air?

That is just sad.
 
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SlyPokerDog said:
Tucker Carlson suggests US government officials WANTED Russia to invade Ukraine because emergency Covid powers had expired and the war would distract from domestic issues
  • Tucker Carlson has suggested the US government wanted Russia to invade Ukraine in order to distract from issues at home
  • During Friday night's monologue, he theorized that the ending of Covid special laws left the government looking for a way to make a power grab elsewhere
  • He suggests the freezing of assets owned by Russian oligarchs was exactly the play the government needed

Tucker Carlson on Friday night made the suggestion that U.S. government officials wanted a war to occur between Russia and Ukraine after emergency powers enacted during Covid had come to an end.

Speaking during his monologue on Fox News, Carlson claimed the war allowed the U.S. government to shift focus and further 'grab more power.'

Carlson suggested Americans following the war in Ukraine were actually being manipulated by power-hungry bureaucrats.

'You wonder if looking backward many years from right now, historians will notice the remarkable coincidence in timing. Have you noticed?' Carlson began.

'Here it is. At exactly the moment when the emergency powers they awarded to themselves to fight Covid started to wane, our leaders began pushing for conflict with Russia.'

Carlson theorized that war in Europe has given lawmakers a pretext to assume 'historic war powers.'

Carlson explained how in his view, the U.S. government was violating the rights of Russia's wealthy elite by introducing severe economic sanctions.

Although he did not mention the wealthy Russian oligarchs by name, who have had their assets frozen, he accused the U.S. government of 'seizing the property of people' without 'bothering to explain exactly what crime they had committed.

'How long before they accuse you of collusion or disloyalty, or some other hard-to-define crime, declare you an enemy of the state and then confiscate your bank account?' Carlson questioned.

Carlson then said Americans have been consumed by 'groupthink' when it comes to the Russian invasion but that U.S. government officials are delighted because it means all domestic issues have now been neglected.

'The morning that Russia invaded Ukraine, you may have been talking about a lot of different things,' he added.

'Covid, or crime, or the Southern border. Not anymore. Much to the relief of the white house, all of those topics have been forgotten, maybe forever.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ssia-invade-Ukraine-Covid-powers-run-out.html
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If for some reason anyone still needed more evidence that Tucker Carlson is a Russian plant now you have it. Instead of the well-documented war crimes and humanitarian disaster, he spends his time defending the rights of Russian oligarchs.
 
Head of Russia's space program posts sinister video threatening to LEAVE BEHIND US astronaut, 55, aboard International Space Station and only fly home his cosmonauts on March 30 because of Biden's sanctions over Ukraine invasion
  • Mark Vande Hei is due to return from International Space Station on March 30 on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft
  • But head of Russian space agency Roscosmos has threatened to leave him in space, posting a video featuring up-beat music that translates to 'Farewell'
  • The video also shows the two cosmonauts Vande Hei, 55, is on board the ISS with leaving him and detaching the Russian segment of the station
  • The threats come in retaliation for American sanctions on Russia
  • Elon Musk has offered to send SpaceX rocket to rescue him if he is stranded
  • But NASA officials say they are confident he will return as planned
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-leave-astronaut-55-aboard-space-station.html
 
noknobs said:
If for some reason anyone still needed more evidence that Tucker Carlson is a Russian plant now you have it. Instead of the well-documented war crimes and humanitarian disaster, he spends his time defending the rights of Russian oligarchs.
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That's how it read to me...
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Head of Russia's space program posts sinister video threatening to LEAVE BEHIND US astronaut, 55, aboard International Space Station and only fly home his cosmonauts on March 30 because of Biden's sanctions over Ukraine invasion
  • Mark Vande Hei is due to return from International Space Station on March 30 on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft
  • But head of Russian space agency Roscosmos has threatened to leave him in space, posting a video featuring up-beat music that translates to 'Farewell'
  • The video also shows the two cosmonauts Vande Hei, 55, is on board the ISS with leaving him and detaching the Russian segment of the station
  • The threats come in retaliation for American sanctions on Russia
  • Elon Musk has offered to send SpaceX rocket to rescue him if he is stranded
  • But NASA officials say they are confident he will return as planned
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-leave-astronaut-55-aboard-space-station.html
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Basically, they have another U.S. hostage
 


Russians shot at and killed him and Injured another journalist as they traveled in the city of Irpin outside of Kyiv to film refugees.
 
Russia and Ukraine say there could be 'a positive result' to peace talks within DAYS: Kyiv claims Moscow is 'beginning to talk constructively' while Kremlin confirms 'substantial progress' is being made as the two sides prepare to meet tomorrow
  • Russia and Ukraine claim there could be 'a positive result' to peace talks as the war entered its third week
  • Officials said it could be a matter of days for the two sides to find a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine
  • Ukraine has made clear that while it is willing to negotiate it will not to surrender or accept ultimatums
  • Russian delegate Leonid Slutsky said the talks made substantial progress as more talks are set for tomorrow
  • Meanwhile, Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak said: 'Russia is already beginning to talk constructively'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ine-say-positive-result-peace-talks-DAYS.html
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Holy shit! Watch this, it's very short.

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Surprised they didn't haul away the cameramen. Not sure what that card said, but as soon as she held it up to the camera, they were there to take her away. Then the other lady didn't even get a chance to say her opinion before they swooped in again. That's crazy.
 
U.K. Wants to House Ukraine Refugees in Russian Oligarch Mansions

British housing minister Michael Gove has come up with a novel idea for posh Russian oligarch mansions sequestered under sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “I want to explore an option which would allow us to use the homes and properties of sanctioned individuals for as long as they are sanctioned for humanitarian and other purposes,”Gove told BBC Sunday, marking the first time such a scheme has been introduced. “There is quite a high legal bar to cross and we’re not talking about permanent confiscation but we are saying, ‘you’re sanctioned, you’re supporting Putin, this home is here, you have no right to use or profit from it’ and ... if we can use it in order to help others let's do that.” It is unclear exactly what has to happen to put the ingenious plan in place.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/uk-wants-to-house-ukraine-refugees-in-russian-oligarch-mansions
 
I heard the other day that Putin has had his top intelligence dude arrested for providing bad intelligence and/or talking to reporters.
I could never see Putin admitting a wrong or blaming himself but he would blame much on someone else. He may use this tactic in slowly backing off and keeping the port cities and Eastern Ukraine?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Head of Russia's space program posts sinister video threatening to LEAVE BEHIND US astronaut, 55, aboard International Space Station and only fly home his cosmonauts on March 30 because of Biden's sanctions over Ukraine invasion
  • Mark Vande Hei is due to return from International Space Station on March 30 on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft
  • But head of Russian space agency Roscosmos has threatened to leave him in space, posting a video featuring up-beat music that translates to 'Farewell'
  • The video also shows the two cosmonauts Vande Hei, 55, is on board the ISS with leaving him and detaching the Russian segment of the station
  • The threats come in retaliation for American sanctions on Russia
  • Elon Musk has offered to send SpaceX rocket to rescue him if he is stranded
  • But NASA officials say they are confident he will return as planned
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-leave-astronaut-55-aboard-space-station.html
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That appears to me to be an act of war. I would strongly advise them not to do that.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Tucker Carlson suggests US government officials WANTED Russia to invade Ukraine because emergency Covid powers had expired and the war would distract from domestic issues
  • Tucker Carlson has suggested the US government wanted Russia to invade Ukraine in order to distract from issues at home
  • During Friday night's monologue, he theorized that the ending of Covid special laws left the government looking for a way to make a power grab elsewhere
  • He suggests the freezing of assets owned by Russian oligarchs was exactly the play the government needed

Tucker Carlson on Friday night made the suggestion that U.S. government officials wanted a war to occur between Russia and Ukraine after emergency powers enacted during Covid had come to an end.

Speaking during his monologue on Fox News, Carlson claimed the war allowed the U.S. government to shift focus and further 'grab more power.'

Carlson suggested Americans following the war in Ukraine were actually being manipulated by power-hungry bureaucrats.

'You wonder if looking backward many years from right now, historians will notice the remarkable coincidence in timing. Have you noticed?' Carlson began.

'Here it is. At exactly the moment when the emergency powers they awarded to themselves to fight Covid started to wane, our leaders began pushing for conflict with Russia.'

Carlson theorized that war in Europe has given lawmakers a pretext to assume 'historic war powers.'

Carlson explained how in his view, the U.S. government was violating the rights of Russia's wealthy elite by introducing severe economic sanctions.

Although he did not mention the wealthy Russian oligarchs by name, who have had their assets frozen, he accused the U.S. government of 'seizing the property of people' without 'bothering to explain exactly what crime they had committed.

'How long before they accuse you of collusion or disloyalty, or some other hard-to-define crime, declare you an enemy of the state and then confiscate your bank account?' Carlson questioned.

Carlson then said Americans have been consumed by 'groupthink' when it comes to the Russian invasion but that U.S. government officials are delighted because it means all domestic issues have now been neglected.

'The morning that Russia invaded Ukraine, you may have been talking about a lot of different things,' he added.

'Covid, or crime, or the Southern border. Not anymore. Much to the relief of the white house, all of those topics have been forgotten, maybe forever.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ssia-invade-Ukraine-Covid-powers-run-out.html
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Kremlin To State Media: Show More Tucker Carlson

In the battle for hearts and minds, the Russian government has some advice to its state media outlets: show more Tucker Carlson.

“It is essential to use as much as possible fragments of broadcasts of the popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who sharply criticizes the actions of the United States [and] NATO, their negative role in unleashing the conflict in Ukraine, [and] the defiantly provocative behavior from the leadership of the Western countries and NATO towards the Russian Federation and towards President Putin, personally,” advises the 12-page document written in Russian. It sums up Carlson’s position: “Russia is only protecting its interests and security.” The memo includes a quote from Carlson: “And how would the US behave if such a situation developed in neighboring Mexico or Canada?” reports Mother Jones. The report came from Russia’s Department of Information and Telecommunications Support, which is part of the Russian security apparatus.

Carlson has taken to his show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, to side with the Kremlin in the information war. Carlson claimed on March 9th that the bogus report from the Kremlin that the United States set up biowarfare labs in Ukraine is “totally and completely true.” Tucker Carlson even attacked his coworker, national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin, for debunking the conspiracy theory. Carlson took to the air to attack Griffin in all but name:

“You know that the Pentagon talking points you saw reported as fact on television today — and last night — were an utter lie. Did the reporters who repeated those talking points verbatim know that they were a lie? Maybe they did. On the other hand, how would they know? They didn’t bother to do any reporting whatsoever… They got a text from some Biden administration flack and they just read it on the air like it was true. You shouldn’t be surprised because that’s what they do. And it’s possible that they’re afraid not to do that. They know if they stray from the script the White House has written for them, they’ll be denounced from the briefing room as tools of Putin,”

Carlson has also suggested that U.S. government officials wanted a war to occur between Russia and Ukraine after emergency powers enacted during Covid had come to an end. Carlson claimed the war allowed the U.S. government to shift focus and further “grab more power.” Tucker even claimed that the United States and the West encouraged the war with their support for admitting Ukraine into NATO.

While it is easy for many to dismiss Tucker Carlson as a right-wing pundit, he remains one of the most influential commentators in the American right and even beyond that demographic. Reports show that the viewership of other media outlets like MSNBC and CNN are in decline, with Fox News ascending. During the second quarter of 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight garnered an average audience of 4.33 million viewers, the largest for any program in the history of cable news. Fox makes up 56% of the total prime-time audience in cable news and 55% during the day. Alarmingly, Tucker Carlson’s brand of skepticism towards Washington is attracting many Democrats. According to the party-line data, gathered in the month of October, Tucker Carlson is the number-one watched host among Democrats in the key 25-54 age demographic – across all networks. For that month, Carlson pulled in an average of 101,000 Democrats in the demographic. The Rachel Maddow Show and The Five tied for second – each pulling in 88,000 demographic viewers that identify as Democrats, reports Mediate. Many Democrats may take the support of their party members in only consuming liberal media for granted. It appears many Democrats are tuning into Tucker, giving Fox News's champion a listen.

It appears that one of America’s most prolific media personalities has captured the attention of the Kremlin. They look at Carlson and see an ally in peddling their narrative of a peaceful war in Ukraine. Not only will this trickle down into Carlson’s base, Republicans dissatisfied with Trump losing the 2020 election and the current leader in Washington, but also risks changing the opinions of many Democrats who could be pivotal voters in 2022 and 2024.

https://themountain.news/news/kremlin-to-state-media-show-more-tucker-carlson
 
A group of Republican senators are holding up aid to Ukraine because they are unhappy about vaccine mandates and other grievances of privileged white males. A former Trump aide cried Russia is victim of "cancel culture", which is now being repeated on Russian state TV. Franklin Graham declared Putin a miracle for Christians. Ukrainian Christians might disagree.
 
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