...plus a $100,000 signing bonus and an additional performance bonus to peddle Russian disinformation, I'd at least be a little suspicious about the source of that funding, but maybe that's just me.

Tim Pool, who was one of the right-wing social media influencers paid to promote Russian propaganda says he controlled the editorial content of his videos. His most recent video on Tenet Media’s YouTube channel is from August 29th.

They're innocent victims, I tell ya', innocent victims.

You gotta' love it when it's suggested that these far right-wing influencers claim to have been innocent and "unwitting" tools of the Russian government.

Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, who have been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, recruited right-wing influencers to make videos that were published across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and X.

Elon Musk promoted the hell out of them through his Xhitter account.

Afanasyeva allegedly exerted a lot of control over the Tennessee company’s operations and what it put out, including pushing for specific angles that echoed Kremlin narratives.

For example, the indictment said Afanasyeva told the company to blame Ukraine for a March 2024 terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall, even though ISIS had claimed responsibility. The company’s founder said one of the contributors was “happy to cover it.”

Afanasyeva also allegedly requested the company post a video of “a well-known U.S. political commentator visiting a grocery store in Russia” — likely a reference to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who traveled to Moscow in February. According to the indictment, a producer at the company told one of the founders “it just feels like overt shilling,” but was told to “put it out there.”

Jeez, even the Russians thought Tucker Carlson was being too much of a Russian stooge.

In the end, it's interesting to see once again that Hillary Clinton was right about just about everything concerning DonOld Trump, especially that with DonOld, all roads lead to Moscow.

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