Replies to post #492155 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

Well, they're clearly half-wits to start with; so a head start toward useful idiot.

As a Canadian I am shocked by the numbers of Americans that have allowed themselves to become useful idiots to a despot.

.. "unwitting" figures in the Russian scheme, which allegedly paid some commentators hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to make videos for the platform.

[12yearplan]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkinPark/comments/1faa86r/meaning_of_the_emptiness_machine/

[janice shell]

Read the story:

According to prosecutors, the two employees of RT, a Russian outlet formerly known as Russia Today, funneled $10 million to the U.S. media company, which then paid several popular right-wing influencers for their content — in one case $400,000 a month. Two of those influencers said they had no idea their work was being supported by Russia.

The comment by the guy in the video was that when you're a media hack living in Tennessee and suddenly you're offered $400K a month to make a few videos, you don't just think that's normal, and you DO know where the money's coming from.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/american-company-russian-propaganda-new-kremlin-tactic-reveals-113447833

See also:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2024/09/05/russians-indicted-tennessee-company-tenet-read-indictment/75085422007/