Tucker Carlson funded by Russia's RT, Justin Trudeau says

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Tucker Carlson funded by Russia's RT, Justin Trudeau says
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Wild to think that somebody born incredibly wealthy needs to do a lot of bullshit like this in order to make more money. He’s a true piece of shit.

Line must always go up. And of course he wouldn't use his own money to keep being on a show

He doesn't need money, he's a little prep school heir from step mommy with a father that also spent his life grifting for the republicans. What he needs is validation. He needs to feel like people aren't laughing at him. But they always are, and they always will. Same with trump - That's why they are now hoping to kill enough of the other side so that the only people left in the room are the ones who are not paying attention except to clap when they hear "freedom" or "woke".

Seriously though, the truth is that trump is 80 and he will statistically die relatively soon. The same fear applies, "they aren't going to laugh at me". Give him a chance and trump will literally throw the match in the gasoline soaked world behind him on the way out, just for the comfort that he won't be made fun of in death or properly exposed in full context by history.

He doesn't need money

No but as I said in another comment he's a money hungry cunt. We all are to an extent but there comes a point of wealth for a small subset of humans beyond which adding zeros to your bank balance is what's fuelling you. They can't stop themselves.

He is one of that small subset IMO.

Seriously though, the truth is that trump is 80 and he will statistically die relatively soon

I can't recommend Mike Duncan's "The History of Rome" podcast enough. The cult of personality is what led to the fall of the republic and the similarities to our current predicament are more than a bit disconcerting.

MAGA and the idea of challenging elections by force will never go away.

Inherited money often comes with strings attached, too, limiting what the heir can or can't do with it. And of course they often develop habits that need money before they've actually inherited any, so it's not surprising when they beat their own path to wealth anyway - usually helped along by their birth connections and by the fact that people know they'll eventually inherit significant wealth.

Also, we seem to always make this assumption that there's some amount of money that satisfies the craving for money, when there are plenty of signs that the super-wealthy almost always want more money regardless of how much they already have.

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I mean after tucker spent an entire episode selectively editing out Kanye's antisemitic rants and then trying to portray it as a smear campaign by mainstream media.. why does anyone watch this moron still with the complete knowledge his stories are fully fabricated propaganda.

Tucker is a liar and a fraud. Of course he's also taking Russia money, probably saudi and musk money too.

Yes this, sure, but also he LITERALLY went to Russia, as they were invading Ukraine, and filmed some slop where he went into their supermarkets and walked around and said, "Hey... Now this is pretty fucking nice! They got broccoli and shit!"

It's so fucking naked.

Their shopping carts have a coin deposit-return system! I've never seen technology like this before!!!

The best part was him saying that implementing this system in the US would fix homelessness - since homeless people use stolen shopping carts to carry shit around.

Jon Stewart made the remark

I’ve got this great house going on, but you know? This shopping cart looks pretty good.

I think the thing that bothers me the most is he's like some university dandy whose dad married into inexaustible wealth who portrays himself as some cross between John Q Everyman, and Joseph Rogan. Impartial Journalist facade while directly taking RT money. Every aspect of this guy is a fraud,

Everything he says and does just screams "I am a fraud".

Just like Rush Limbaugh no one will ever think of him again when he's dead.

Read a little deeper. Ever hear of Swanson dinners? Guess who his adopted mother is. His dad is the one who married into inexhaustible wealth, and he's been financially secure for most of his life, if not all of it. There are few people in America who could be less John Q Everyman.

Close, that was his dad, and that's why Tucker is the heir to the Swanson frozen dinner fortune.

The cadence is designed to hypnotize people. The people that watch him just accept it all as truth and probably have no idea how often he's been caught lying.

This isn't news to anyone paying a modicum of attention, but glad those in power are finally stating the obvious...

Specifically which influencers are directly working for Putin is new information.

Statements like "This isn't news" are never helpful. Something like that is really just meant for you to performatively proclaim, "I actually knew this already!"

Plenty of people who aren't as enlightened as you are just now learning or just coming of age to be politically aware. Maybe they were in one of the various operating religious/political cults in the world today sheltering them from objective reality. Leave some room for them to learn something new and feel ownership in that new awareness.

Just literally zero value in "duh! Tell me something I don't know!". If anything, it risks derailing the enthusiasm building in someone who wanted to help who now feels "stupid" and "not in the club" so they get quiet. Something useful enough in the second half of your statement though.

Plenty of people who aren't as enlightened as you are just now learning or just coming of age to be politically aware. Maybe they were in one of the various operating religious/political cults in the world today sheltering them from objective reality. Leave some room for them to learn something new and feel ownership in that new awareness.

This isn't news to anyone paying a modicum of attention

Yeah, that's kinda what the second part of that statement was for. But hey, good on you for typing that all out to say the same thing.

You're tone was dismissive to those people, it wasn't leaving room for them. It was inclusive to others "like you" in the know.

But by all means, retcon until you feel good about yourself

Also Jordan Peterson, I feel like it's weird he's being left out of this discussion considering how many people lap up his bile

Yeah I laughed at his comment that Trudeau was "whiffing at a foul ball."

Reminds me of a scene from some old movie where they figured out if someone was a spy by asking them about baseball. Peterson failed that test LOL.

The only reason this is surprising is because Carlson would be perfectly happy to do it without a paycheck.

Mmmmmm. He's a money hungry cunt so I don't think so.

I feel like if Harris paid him enough he'd turn on a dime.

In other news, grass is green and birds have wings.

But seriously, I don’t know how the American spy agencies have failed so horribly.

Of course Tuck is a Russian asset because he interviewed his Moscow boss, Vlad the Shit Stain.

Did Trudeau just watch the Putin interview? If you look hard enough, you can see Putin's dick in Tucker's mouth.

Thank you for posting this. It's important that government leaders point out influencers who are working directly for Putin.

Tucker Carlson is the wonder spy Russians dream of eventually sneaking into the US presidency. Donald Trump is just the first step and likely too incompetent to serve their interests well. Frankly, I am surprised he was not Donald Trump's pick for vicepresident.

He is a political entertainer/whore and Putin’s useful gimp. What was anyone really expecting from this guy? A dissertation on the causes of economic injustice and inequity?

I wonder what dirt they got on him to make him they're bitch?

Russia easily honeypotted and took kink pics of countless American politicians and others.

Thanks you for coming to my Ted Talk on the history of the 21st century prior to the fall.

Does Carlson not say that? I was under the impression that that was his publisher at the moment

They probably don't need a honeypot. He probably have enough skeleton to fill a walk in closet

Isn't Justin Trudeau a Canada's Trump? Who the fuck cares what he says?

Also fuck Carlson

In what way? I am Canadian, so this question is very odd.

Yes, he's a nepotism baby, his father was PM in the 70s.

But he's the leader of a center left party. He has been in power a long time, but in a minority government. He dropped his promise to change election laws and lead the government to legalize weed. He should have been a lot better on the environment but also wasn't (blatantly) hostile to environmental causes.

He was caught doing black face in the past and his government was too nice in bed with SNC Lavalin and should not have helped them by interfering with the justice system . But again, he didn't deny it.

Heck, we had truckers convoy across the country with swastikas and occupy our capital to try and oust him. So our version of Jan 6th was anti Trudeau, versus being lead (or spurned on) by Trump.

So its not a 1 to 1 to Trump. He's closer to Clinton in that he's a slimy politician who does some good things but clings too hard to the status quo and has some skeletons in the closet.

Ahhh, thanks mate. Didn't have neither time nor passion to look into Canada's politics, and now I know a little bit more. Thanks

He was "too nice" to SNC? That... That is not even a remotely accurate euphemism.

Like, Trudeau isn't Trump. Not even close. Not even directionally similar. But that's not at all a reasonable way to describe the scandal.

Fair, let me update it, you are correct. Early morning brain didn't verb correctly.

That is not even a remotely accurate euphemism.

Vigorous fellating, maybe?

I wouldn’t describe the liberals as centre left. The NDP just broke off their coalition with them because they were doing way too much for corporate interests. That is a centre right thing at best.

You are thinking of Pierre Poilievre maybe.

I'd say Poilievre is a 80% match, Maxime Bernier is 95%

If Bernier were to disappear tomorrow I can tell you where 100% of his votes will be going and it sure as shit won't be JT or JS so for all intents and purposes PP is a polished turd version of Trump.

Isn't Justin Trudeau a Canada's Trump?

I just cannot let myself believe that people are this out of touch. You're kidding, right?

It's hilarious that in 2024 people still are failing to check themselves before wrecking themselves

Reprogram your bot, bro... It's stupid.

No? He's closer to Canada's Obama.

Eh... Trudeau might charitably be called Canada's Bill Clinton. Obama was pretty centrist but still to the left of Trudeau.

... Also... Obama was popular.

Trudeau legalized weed, medically assisted suicide, and during the pandemic gave people cheques for 2,000 dollars if they needed it, no questions asked.

I have issue with him no not following through on election reform and not giving the first nations the attention they deserve, but he's done more to personally improve my life than any other prime minister has.

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He's Canada's George Bush Jr.

I yearn for the simpler days when the worst thing a Republican president might do is tamper with Medicare.

Or crush the air traffic controller's union after secretly undermining a hostage crisis and selling weapons to a country illegally to fund war crimes in south america? We all long for those simpler days.

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