Andrey Sidorov, Deputy Dean of world politics at the Moscow State University on why Russia loves Donald Trump and the Republican party:
“I will always root for Trump. Trump is a direct path to civil war in the United States.”
What was in the content that Russia paid for from Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin? Ragebait about trans people, race, civil war, illegal immigration, guns, and Elon Musk.
If you believe right-wing narratives on these topics, you're being manipulated. You're thinking what Russia wants you to think. https://www.wired.com/story/influencers-tenet-benny-johnson-tim-pool-russia-propaganda-videos/
@mattsheffield I've got to say I'm surprised by how big a splash this indictment has had. I've so long just taken for granted that some large proportion of right-wing culture-war divisiveness is fomented by Russia. And it seems like the RW in the US is increasingly overtly pro-Russia (and Turkey, and Hungary).
I would have expected these chuds to react with a "yeah we took $ from RU, what of it?" Never would have thought ppl would actually lose their jobs over it.