I hope the DOJ publishes a list of every MAGA influencer who has taken Russian money.
Hopeful_Tea_8940 on
Feel like we should refer to them as Comrade Influencer going forward, no???
Alternative-Ad-5942 on
It’s been so obvious – you know MAGA gonna say “it’s a lie”
341orbust on
We can have a conversation about whether the rules make sense and whether they’re being applied fairly, but the rules are the rules.
If you run a stop sign and get a ticket, but the policeman did not ticket the person in front of you who also ran the stop sign, you still get a ticket for running the stop sign and you will still pay the fine.
SomerAllYear on
Poor Charlie Kirk is scrambling to make videos schooling 5 year olds.
Bubbly-Two-3449 on
Are they influencers though? Or foreign agents.
greywar777 on
A bunch of them are probably vetting their handlers and being shocked where they were paid from, the rest are trying to figure out if they can get a raise.
bob49877 on
Trump always projects, hence the Comrade Kamala nickname.
falcobird14 on
>One wonders if that has anything to do with an unsealed affidavit released last week alleging a Kremlin-backed agency had nearly 600 U.S.-based influencers
So, all of them
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/tenet-media-russia-indictment-social-media-influencers-rcna170283) reduced by 61%. (I’m a bot)
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> An author page for Lauren Chen is no longer available on the webpage for far-right activist Charlie Kirk's organization, Turning Point USA. Along with her husband, Chen co-founded a company, Tenet Media, that's at the heart of the DOJ indictment.
> Whatever the reason, Turning Point USA, which has promoted many of the influencers employed by Tenet Media – such as Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and David Rubin – seems to have determined one course of action at this point is to paper over its links to Chen in the wake of her appearance in the DOJ report.
> If that's true – and Pool is not known for being a straight shooter – his apparent willingness to sit for an interview probably doesn't sit well with fellow Trump-supporting podcaster Dan Bongino, who used a portion of his podcast last week to warn fellow right-wing influencers about "People working with the feds," claiming they and other right-wing influencers could be "Ensnared" in the DOJ's investigation.
Need to look into Joe Rogan as well, dude is so in the pocket of the GOP and Russia it isn’t funny.
IrreverentSunny on
>How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet
>A former darling of Occupy Wall Street, Tim Pool has racked up more than a billion views and millions in earnings while dangerously whitewashing the far right.
Title should read “Russian influencers scramble after doj indictment”
BinaryJay on
Jeez, I really hate “influencer” culture. I’ve never understood how these people get put on any higher of a pedestal than someone ranting at the sketchy donut shop at 3 AM.
Donovan_Rex on
Ha! Good.
tykeryerson on
Is this infiltrated influencers list have any parallels to Trumps recent youtuber interview circuit by any chance?
SirDaemos on
This should be a come-to-jesus moment for all of these people. Their content is what drew them specifically to be targeted for a Russian propaganda network. They were already spouting it. I do not doubt that these assholes already knew this, but if any of them had actual integrity, they would disavow their previous rhetoric and do some real soul searching. They would have to have a soul, but hey, a man can dream.
illit3 on
I owe mitt romney an apology. back when he was campaigning against Obama he was asked who the biggest threat to the USA was and he said Russia. In
thought that was a silly thing to say. Nobody else had mentioned Russia at any other time so it was out of left field for me. I guess there was more info circulating on the hill.
2pierad on
Elon? Brand? Rogan?
They scrambling too??
SwiftCase on
Should have started years ago, just a few months before the election and the damage is done.
HotHuckleberry8904 on
MAGRA = Make America Go Russian Authoritarian 🇷🇺
Tall_Ad_941 on
Hope they scramble over to Russia and stay
Sickening traitors
TheIntrepid1 on
“Uhhh…Look over there at that Caravan driving towards the border!”
Anyyytime now…
LittleBallOfWait on
>feds alleged Chen and her husband knowingly used it to funnel millions of dollars from Russian officials to right-wing content creators who were paid to push far-right and pro-Kremlin talking points.
**Knowingly**. Fuck these people with a pineapple. Kirk and his missus will have separate and extended views of some cinderblock walls, I hope.
Bobthebrain2 on
/r/nzpolitics
JimJava on
Yeah, their source of cash is under scrutiny, guys like Pool should just register as an agent of a foreign government.
TechieTravis on
If Trump wins, and that unfortunately looks likely, he will end any investigations and pardon anyone loyal to him.
Jinzul on
So where is Tucker hiding?
katiescasey on
Anyone want to bet a 20 that Trumps campaign knew about the whole thing?
Murranji on
I just love the ultimate irony of people who most heavily wrap themselves in the flag being paid foreign agents. It’s right wing hypocrisy crystallised.
2020willyb2020 on
They know that they know and legal, financial and jail sentences await- the day of reckoning
SuperDinks on
Scrambling for what, a new income from North Korea.
freexanarchy on
I’m surprised they aren’t all yelling hoax
Pale-Worldliness7007 on
All this evidence keeps piling up yet the guy at the head of it all is still free and able to run for president. The average person would have been in jail long ago without a hope of getting out. Justice sucks.
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Like cockroaches scrambling out of the light.
I hope the DOJ publishes a list of every MAGA influencer who has taken Russian money.
Feel like we should refer to them as Comrade Influencer going forward, no???
It’s been so obvious – you know MAGA gonna say “it’s a lie”
We can have a conversation about whether the rules make sense and whether they’re being applied fairly, but the rules are the rules.
If you run a stop sign and get a ticket, but the policeman did not ticket the person in front of you who also ran the stop sign, you still get a ticket for running the stop sign and you will still pay the fine.
Poor Charlie Kirk is scrambling to make videos schooling 5 year olds.
Are they influencers though? Or foreign agents.
A bunch of them are probably vetting their handlers and being shocked where they were paid from, the rest are trying to figure out if they can get a raise.
Trump always projects, hence the Comrade Kamala nickname.
>One wonders if that has anything to do with an unsealed affidavit released last week alleging a Kremlin-backed agency had nearly 600 U.S.-based influencers
So, all of them
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/tenet-media-russia-indictment-social-media-influencers-rcna170283) reduced by 61%. (I’m a bot)
*****
> An author page for Lauren Chen is no longer available on the webpage for far-right activist Charlie Kirk's organization, Turning Point USA. Along with her husband, Chen co-founded a company, Tenet Media, that's at the heart of the DOJ indictment.
> Whatever the reason, Turning Point USA, which has promoted many of the influencers employed by Tenet Media – such as Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and David Rubin – seems to have determined one course of action at this point is to paper over its links to Chen in the wake of her appearance in the DOJ report.
> If that's true – and Pool is not known for being a straight shooter – his apparent willingness to sit for an interview probably doesn't sit well with fellow Trump-supporting podcaster Dan Bongino, who used a portion of his podcast last week to warn fellow right-wing influencers about "People working with the feds," claiming they and other right-wing influencers could be "Ensnared" in the DOJ's investigation.
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Need to look into Joe Rogan as well, dude is so in the pocket of the GOP and Russia it isn’t funny.
>How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet
>A former darling of Occupy Wall Street, Tim Pool has racked up more than a billion views and millions in earnings while dangerously whitewashing the far right.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-coward-and-phony-tim-pool-became-one-of-the-biggest-political-youtubers-on-the-planet
Title should read “Russian influencers scramble after doj indictment”
Jeez, I really hate “influencer” culture. I’ve never understood how these people get put on any higher of a pedestal than someone ranting at the sketchy donut shop at 3 AM.
Ha! Good.
Is this infiltrated influencers list have any parallels to Trumps recent youtuber interview circuit by any chance?
This should be a come-to-jesus moment for all of these people. Their content is what drew them specifically to be targeted for a Russian propaganda network. They were already spouting it. I do not doubt that these assholes already knew this, but if any of them had actual integrity, they would disavow their previous rhetoric and do some real soul searching. They would have to have a soul, but hey, a man can dream.
I owe mitt romney an apology. back when he was campaigning against Obama he was asked who the biggest threat to the USA was and he said Russia. In
thought that was a silly thing to say. Nobody else had mentioned Russia at any other time so it was out of left field for me. I guess there was more info circulating on the hill.
Elon? Brand? Rogan?
They scrambling too??
Should have started years ago, just a few months before the election and the damage is done.
MAGRA = Make America Go Russian Authoritarian 🇷🇺
Hope they scramble over to Russia and stay
Sickening traitors
“Uhhh…Look over there at that Caravan driving towards the border!”
Anyyytime now…
>feds alleged Chen and her husband knowingly used it to funnel millions of dollars from Russian officials to right-wing content creators who were paid to push far-right and pro-Kremlin talking points.
**Knowingly**. Fuck these people with a pineapple. Kirk and his missus will have separate and extended views of some cinderblock walls, I hope.
/r/nzpolitics
Yeah, their source of cash is under scrutiny, guys like Pool should just register as an agent of a foreign government.
If Trump wins, and that unfortunately looks likely, he will end any investigations and pardon anyone loyal to him.
So where is Tucker hiding?
Anyone want to bet a 20 that Trumps campaign knew about the whole thing?
I just love the ultimate irony of people who most heavily wrap themselves in the flag being paid foreign agents. It’s right wing hypocrisy crystallised.
They know that they know and legal, financial and jail sentences await- the day of reckoning
Scrambling for what, a new income from North Korea.
I’m surprised they aren’t all yelling hoax
All this evidence keeps piling up yet the guy at the head of it all is still free and able to run for president. The average person would have been in jail long ago without a hope of getting out. Justice sucks.