RUSSIA IN BED WITH MAGA! - September 6th, 2024
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Ah, good evening. Welcome, everyone, to The Don Lemon Show, one of the few shows in independent media not funded by the government. What am I talking about? I'm going to tell you about that. But we are back in the studio. I have my old-timey microphone. Can you hear me? I sound like I'm a radio host from the 1950s. It works. People wonder if it works. So we're back in the studio because summer fun time, we believe, is pretty much over. And so I hope you guys like the studio. Some of you, let me know in the chat. Some of you like me sitting at home from the comfort of my home, since you think it is... more casual and so if you like it tell me and we'll figure it out so by the way I want to remind you we have a new show that we do we're starting to do we're testing out at 10 a.m.
Eastern Time in the morning every single day we want to sort of update you on what is going on what happened overnight what happened in the morning especially on the morning shows and what you're gonna be talking about throughout the day and then we'll do our live at 5 as well so make sure you go check our hot topic show it's called hot topics go check it out it is up now on YouTube click on the link let us know tell me what you think So we're going to dig into a lot of it where I said we're the only ones, you know, one of the few independent shows that's not funded by Russia. We're going to dig into it. But suffice it to say, a stunning DOJ indictment has revealed that some of the biggest names in news have been secretly collecting hundreds of thousands.
Well, probably, I mean, millions if you think about how much money they were being paid from the Kremlin, ostensibly to repeat pro-Russian talking points. We also have some breaking news to tell you about. It involves Liz and Dick Cheney. And so many more headlines to discuss with you. Fortunately, I have the perfect co-pilot with me to break it all down, and that is none other than Francesca Fiorentini. Francesca is a comedian. a political commentator, and the host of the wonderfully named Bituation Room podcast. That's right. Francesca, how are you doing? And does Wolf Blitzer know that you have that name, the Bituation Room?
I don't think so. I don't think so. There's also some not safe for YouTube moniker that I've given myself that rhymes with Wolf Blitzer, I'll tell you off air. But yes, it's been fun. We have comedians on every single week and also experts, activists. And it's, you know, it's ramping up. But we need to make fun of all of this because it's otherwise it's just way too serious. Plus, there's a lot of clowns in politics. So I think that's important.
Yeah, I mean, it's a little, we do need some humor, right? We need a little humor. Here's what we're going to do. Welcome. Thank you so much. I really appreciate you joining us. This is what we're going to talk about today. We're going to talk about Trump's bizarre press conference, Russia's right-wing influencer plot, and then the breaking news, as I said, from the Cheney family. And then we have a debate preview for you. And Francesca and I are going to go through all of that. So first of all, Francesca, right off the bat, I need to ask you, are you now or have you ever been subsidized by the Russian government?
I mean, unless they are paying me $5 every month at a time via my Patreon, Patreon.com slash Bituation Room, which would be the saddest headline if anyone ever found out that the Russian government was paying me $60 a year. No, no, not that I know of. And I'm not in the habit of scrutinizing last names. You know, I'm saying I'm not going to go through and be like, that sounds Russian. But no, sadly, Don, that is that's why I, you know, have a virtual background instead of real plants. That's, you know, you'll know when I have the money, when all these plants are like, you know, real and beautiful and perfect.
So how do you like our digs? We're not here very often. We haven't been here since the spring and summer. Can you show them around, Andy? I like it.
You're lit beautifully, by the way.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:15–19:16
2
What happened at Trump's New York court appearance and press conference today?
19:16–20:55
3
Why did Trump deliver a lengthy, provocative rant after court instead of staying quiet?
20:55–26:40
4
How does the Access Hollywood tape factor into E. Jean Carroll's case and the appeal?
26:40–1:06:42
5
What does the DOJ indictment allege about Russian funding of right-wing influencers?
1:06:42–1:09:46
6
How could Russian-funded content creators be shaping U.S. opinions on Ukraine and elections?
1:09:46–1:20:52
Speakers
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