We should do the same thing in the U.S. Australian FM Marise Payne said on Mar. 7 that Australia will place new sanctions on “propagandists and purveyors of disinformation” who propagate false narratives about the alleged “de-nazification of Ukraine” and support Russian atrocities in Ukraine. Australia announces fresh sanctions against ‘propagandists’ Russia https://theprint.in/world/australia-announces-fresh-sanctions-against-propagandists-russia/863305/
Far-right House Republicans want to delay Ukraine aid amid deadly Russian attacks https://americanindependent.com/hou...ent-spending-shutdown-russia-zelenskyy-putin/ Hundreds of people have died as Russian strongman Vladimir Putin continues his invasion of Ukraine. A large faction of far-right-wing Republicans in Congress sent a letter to GOP leadership on Friday demanding they delay efforts to deliver military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, which is currently under attack by the Russian military on orders from President Vladimir Putin. The Biden administration has requested $10 billion to aid Ukraine, where, according to the United Nations, more than 400 civilians have died and from which 1.7 million people have fled since Russian forces invaded the Eastern European nation on Feb. 24. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implored the United States to send more aid in a private Zoom meeting with members of Congress on Saturday. Congressional Democrats want to include the funding in a spending bill that must pass by Friday in order to avert a government shutdown. However, the House Freedom Caucus — a group of the most far-right members of the House, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) — wants to delay passage of the aid, urging "a collective resolve among Republicans" to "not pass a government funding bill that includes aid to Ukraine or for COVID-19 relief efforts." Instead, the House Freedom Caucus wants to "debate" the need for and amount of aid to the war-torn nation. "We request Republican leadership focus not on 'parity' of increased government spending and rushed legislation to 'avoid a shutdown,' but rather take specific action to change the direction of this country on these important issues, among others, by using the power of the purse granted to us in Article 1 of the Constitution," the letter reads. Delaying the passage of aid to Ukraine is not the only thing the group of right-wing Republicans wants. The House Freedom Caucus also wants to keep more COVID-19 relief funding out of the spending deal, which the Biden administration has also requested, as well as to defund efforts to enforce COVID-19 vaccine requirements in the federal government. Democrats, for their part, are close to finalizing a government spending deal that includes aid to Ukraine as well as COVID-19 relief, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a letter to senators on Monday. Democrats control the House, giving the House Freedom Caucus little leverage to stop the funding bill's passage. However, because of the filibuster, Democrats need 10 GOP votes to advance the funding package in the Senate. If the Freedom Caucus convinces enough Republicans not to support a funding bill with Ukraine aid and COVID-19 relief funds and it doesn't pass, the federal government would shut down on March 12. This is not the first time in recent months that the House Freedom Caucus has tried to shut down the government. Back in November, the group wanted to shut down the government over COVID-19 vaccine requirements. "No Member of Congress exercising their authority to control the 'power of the purse' under Article I of the Constitution of the United States should vote to fund an Executive Branch that is requiring unconstitutional vaccine mandates on American citizens in the private sector, or foolishly and wrongheadedly mandating the COVID-19 vaccination of government personnel," the group said at the time. Congress, however, went on to pass a short-term funding deal, keeping the government open but punting the full government funding debate to this year.
Ex-Rand Paul aide pardoned by Trump is charged with funneling Russian money into 2016 election Jesse Benton faces between 5 and 20 years in prison if convicted https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...aul-trump-russian-2016-election-b2030602.html
Donald Trump Jr. says his father only praised Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, and Xi Jinping in order to ‘play’ them Cheryl Teh Mar. 10, 2022 Donald Trump Jr. said his father’s praising of world leaders was not an act of ‘capitulation.’ Ethan Miller/Getty Images Donald Trump Jr. said his father’s flattery of world leaders like Russia’s Vladimir Putin doesn’t equate to “capitulation.” Trump Jr. said his father knows how to deal with “powerful men” who might “blow up deals over ego.” “He knew exactly how to play these guys, and he played it like a fiddle,” said Trump Jr. Donald Trump Jr. said on Wednesday that the praise his father, former President Donald Trump, showered on world leaders like China’s Xi Jinping, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin was all part of a strategy to “play” them. In a video posted on his Rumble account, Trump Jr. said his father is someone who knows how to deal with “powerful men” and that he “had it right all along” when it came to dealing with foreign leaders. “So my father understands that, you know, men will blow up deals over ego. I’ve seen it my whole life, and my father’s certainly seen it. Because he’s dealt with powerful, egotistical people his entire life. He’s built a brand around dealing with those people. World leaders aren’t any different,” Trump Jr. said. “He knew exactly how to play these guys, and he played it like a fiddle,” he added, while also noting that his father’s flattery of foreign leaders was not an act of “capitulation.” Appearing to mock Trump’s dissenters, Trump Jr. described a typical critic as “some nerd in his mom’s basement who’s never dealt with anything, never actually had any power, never understood those people.” Trump has praised authoritarian world leaders like Kim, Putin, and Xi during his presidency and even after leaving office. During a Florida fundraiser in 2018, then-President Trump called Xi a “great gentleman” and “the most powerful [Chinese] president in a hundred years” after China scrapped its two-term limit for the country’s presidency. That same year, he expressed his admiration for Kim, describing the latter as a “tough guy” who was able to “take over a country” at the age of 27. More recently, Trump has been slammed by numerous parties — including veteran diplomats — for calling Putin’s justification for invading Ukraine “savvy” and “genius.” On February 24, the day Russia’s attack began, he also released a statement on Twitter — via his spokeswoman Liz Harrington — claiming that Putin was “playing [President Joe] Biden like a drum.
If the Russians intent was to weaponize those nuclear reactors, they would have done so already. And here is the dumb thing. Once, radiation is released in high doses and you have intense radiation, wouldn't it kill all the Russian troops in its vicinity? Extreme liberal media pushing this idiotic narrative. I am sure ET trolls like GWB agree with that dumb assessment.
Tucker Carlson Claims Actually, America is Attacking Russia With ‘Disinformation’ (Video) It’s part of a conspiracy theory Tucker Carlson discusses that the U.S. is funding bioweapons labs in Ukraine https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carl...s-attacking-russia-with-disinformation-video/ Tucker Carlson once again used his tony spot atop Fox News’ primetime lineup to advance some conspiracy theories about the Russian war against Ukraine. This time it was a twofer: 1) the idea America was running secret bioweapons labs in Ukraine, and 2) that the U.S. is actually the one attacking Russia with a disinformation campaign, rather than the other way around. Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Biden administration, testified this week before the Senate and discussed biolabs in Ukraine. Right wingers say this is proof that Vladimir Putin isn’t lying — and that the U.S. apparently has been funding secret weapons research in Ukraine. But as even a Fox News’ own Jennifer Griffin explained tonight to Sean Hannity, “those are Soviet-era biolabs that U.S. has been engaged since 2005 in trying to help Ukraine convert the research facilities safely.” Anyway, back to Tucker Carlson, who spent a long time on his show talking about the possibility the U.S. was involved in illegal bioweapons research in Ukraine. And during this discussion he advanced the idea that it’s the U.S. and not Russia engaging in “disinformation.” “It is a classic Russian technique to blame on the other guy what they are planning to do themselves, that is what Victoria Nuland said,” Tucker Carlson said after playing a clip of her testimony. “We almost laughed out loud. So what you are saying, Victoria Nuland, if, for example, you were funding secret bio-labs in Ukraine but wanted to hide that fact from the people who were paying for it in whose name you are doing it, then you might lie about it by claiming the Russians were lying about it. In other words, you might mount a disinformation campaign by claiming the other guy was mounting a disinformation campaign. Is that what you are saying, Victoria Nuland? It’s pretty funny. What is not funny is that this is all entirely real.” Except, as Fox News’ own Jennifer Griffin explained less than an hour later, “it” in this case is not, actually, real. Watch Tucker Carlson’s comments above, and Griffin’s explanation of the facts below:
At what point is Fox News labelled as enemy propaganda and their network seized... Tucker Carlson Claims Ukraine Is Making Bioweapons by Citing a Pentagon Official Who Actually Said the Exact Opposite https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-...ting-pentagon-official-who-said-the-opposite/