Jwheel86 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Tim Pool Exposed as Working For Alleged Russian Influence Operation in New DOJ Indictment WWW.MEDIAITE.COM A new Department of Justice indictment unsealed on Wednesday accuses a Tennessee-based content company with several high profile right-wing personalities on its roster of being part of a Russian influence operation, working to infiltrate U.S. media with the Kremlin's propaganda. Quote A new Department of Justice indictment unsealed on Wednesday accuses a Tennessee-based content company with several high profile right-wing personalities on its roster of being part of a Russian influence operation, working to infiltrate U.S. media with the Kremlin’s propaganda. Tenet Media’s website declares “fearless voices live here,” and describes itself as “a network of heterodox commentators that focus on Western political and cultural issues.” Creators currently listed on the site and featuring in videos on its YouTube channel include Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, Lauren Southern, Tayler Hansen, and Matt Christiansen. According to a DOJ press release regarding the unsealed indictment Wednesday, two Russian nationals, Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, 31, also known as Kostya, and Elena Afanasyeva, 27, also known as Lena, were charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and conspiracy to commit money laundering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 If you are an adult who listens to someone like Tim Pool on a regular basis, something has gone deeply, deeply wrong with your life. Sit down, take stock of things, call your children, email your ex-wife. Apologize to them. Because you have gone way off course. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 lol... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kal-El814 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 I made the unforgivable mistake of listing to 45 seconds of Tim Pool once and the kid might as well have been a ventriloquist dummy being worked by Putin, if he took off that stupid beanie there'd just be a big fuckin pelmeni where a brain should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kal-El814 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 I don't know much about Tim Pool (and less about the other 2 people named here) but if there is one thing I believe to be true about Pool... he is genuinely stupid enough to not have any idea this was happening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thewhyteboar Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 4 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: I don't know much about Tim Pool (and less about the other 2 people named here) but if there is one thing I believe to be true about Pool... he is genuinely stupid enough to not have any idea this was happening. Benny Johnson used to be a relatively normal journalist, but he kept getting fired because he plagiarized more than ChatGPT. He couldn't get a real job anymore, so turned to grifting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kal-El814 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 2 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: Benny Johnson used to be a relatively normal journalist, but he kept getting fired because he plagiarized more than ChatGPT. He couldn't get a real job anymore, so turned to grifting. Pulled up Johnon's wikipedia and stopped this far into the career section: Quote In 2010, Johnson began contributing opinion pieces to the opinion website Breitbart. It's the first sentence lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Pool was actually a pretty good street journalist for Vice News during the Ferguson riots. Rubin was a 'gay liberal' who was originally on the progression TYT show because he had a falling out with them. Both Rubin and Pool then discovered the right wing grift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 1 minute ago, Jwheel86 said: Pool was actually a pretty good street journalist for Vice News during the Ferguson riots. The footage of him covering other events was... wow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 How do you think these grifters will acknowledge this story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 surely there will be consequences.....right....... Spoiler there wont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Conservatives being traitors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said: I don't know much about Tim Pool (and less about the other 2 people named here) but if there is one thing I believe to be true about Pool... he is genuinely stupid enough to not have any idea this was happening. Tim Pool is perhaps the least qualified person on the planet to do what he is trying to do. He absolutely is stupid enough to not realize what he was doing was wrong. But I hope all 3 go to jail. Just shit stains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 NO PUPPET, NO PUPPET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 3 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: Pulled up Johnon's wikipedia and stopped this far into the career section: It's the first sentence lol The craziest thing about his bio is that it says he’s married to a woman…I hope she gets to keep a chunk of that Russian cash. She’s earned it. Being a beard is tough work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 This is in fact a very good story. @hunterw.bsky.social on Bluesky BSKY.APP Should I share the story of the time I hung out with Benny Johnson? Is that a thing the Sky Fam would enjoy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 A surprise, but not shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 It could be anybody's beanie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Whatdaya know, the conservatives complaining about the biased media against them were in fact, treasonous blatant propagandists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Tim pool apparently put out a statement saying in essence “I had no idea!” but also had several videos where he called Ukraine the greatest threat to our nation and the world. Just lmao 10 hours ago, marioandsonic said: NO PUPPET, NO PUPPET qft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Given that DOJ knows they'll never get the Russians indicted, I wonder if the "Founders" (Lauren Chen and her husband) are about to get indicted or have flipped. If they've flipped... against who? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 14 hours ago, Xbob42 said: The footage of him covering other events was... wow. I watched this a couple of weeks ago and all the footage of him trying to find some chaos to report and him panicking about potential violent outbreaks is very cringe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 2 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Tim pool apparently put out a statement saying in essence “I had no idea!” This is such a stupid fucking defense, even we believed them on that. "I was *merely* accepting money for spreading propaganda! I didn't know it was Russian propaganda!" We all feel so much better now. Get lost you corrupt shill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Benny Johnson got shitcanned from Buzzfeed for plagiarism and Tim Pool is the proud recipient of a Junior High education. It is unsurprising that these two were fine with taking money to carry water for Russia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 I know someone who's big into this media universe, curiously no comment on his Twitter account about it yet. And it's not because he hasn't tweeted at all since this broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 They’re shocked? Being paid in rubles and vodka wasn’t a dead giveaway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Someone subpoena Tucker Carlson's finances... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Former Trump campaign advisor indicted Former 2016 Trump campaign adviser is charged over working for sanctioned Russian TV APNEWS.COM The U.S. government has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 10 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: Former Trump campaign advisor indicted Former 2016 Trump campaign adviser is charged over working for sanctioned Russian TV APNEWS.COM The U.S. government has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian... NO COLLUSION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Wow Garland's finally awake! Did someone drop an ice cube down his shirt this week or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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