Comments by "Darlene" (@darlene2709) on "Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb. 17th" video.

  1. According to Robert Hur, Biden is a well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. The other choice is Trump, an elderly man with a poor memory who doesn't mean well at all. If the options are Good Grandpa (Biden) and Bad Grandpa (Trump), I would choose Good Grandpa every time. Trump has made notable flubs of his own. The former president mixed up the city and state where he was campaigning last weekend and had to be corrected by a local official. He recently called Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the leader of Turkey and has repeatedly mispronounced the militant group Hamas as “hummus.” In a videotaped deposition, Trump confused his ex-wife Marla Maples and E Jean Carroll.
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  2. According to Robert Hur, Biden is a well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. The other choice is Trump, an elderly man with a poor memory who doesn't mean well at all. If the options are Good Grandpa (Biden) and Bad Grandpa (Trump), I would choose Good Grandpa every time. Trump has made notable flubs of his own. The former president mixed up the city and state where he was campaigning last weekend and had to be corrected by a local official. He recently called Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the leader of Turkey and has repeatedly mispronounced the militant group Hamas as “hummus.” In a videotaped deposition, Trump confused his ex-wife Marla Maples and E Jean Carroll.
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  3. Helping Ukraine serves American interests. The United States was not involved in World War 2 until Japan bombed Pearl Harbour. Military assistance to Ukraine in the form of weapons represents 5.6% of total US defense spending.
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  4. What is the garbage news and how do you know that?
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  5. Helping Ukraine serves American interests. The United States was not involved in World War 2 until Japan bombed Pearl Harbour. Military assistance to Ukraine in the form of weapons represents 5.6% of total US defense spending.
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  6. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  7. There's a difference between treating those you disagree with as opponents and treating them as enemies.
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  8. The Republican Party is the party of "pull yourself up by the bootstraps". Trump is not going to help you or anyone else. Congress sets spending priorities. "The Constitution makes clear that Congress holds the power of the purse, giving it authority “to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,” and specifying that “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law.” In short, federal taxing and spending requires legislation that is enacted into law." If you feel that the United States spends too much on something you don't agree with, you will need to vote accordingly.
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  9. There were terrorist attacks during Trump's presidency -- and Jimmy Carter wins the 'no wars' prize. The Israel-Hamas conflict can be tracked back to Trump. When he gave the Golan Heights to Israel and moved the embassy to Jerusalem, Hamas got busy planning the October 7 attack.
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  10. Is that true for hurricanes in Florida and tornadoes in the Midwest?
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  11. Putin has a well documented history of dealing with his opponents.
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  12. "Claim That US Blew up Nord Stream Pipelines Relies on Anonymous Source. Seymour Hersh presents factual background material, but his case for conspiracy is held together by a seemingly omnipotent anonymous source. This story, when deconstructed, is merely a pile of purported second-hand information allegedly collected by someone connected in some unknown way to deliberations of a highly secret, multi-agency task force. Such a story falls prey to the same criticisms of other more recent work published by Hersh, which has relied on similarly questionable anonymous sources. If the U.S. did conspire to destroy the Nord Stream pipeline, Hersh's reporting has not proved that case. Hersh has, instead, made a very successful blog post that essentially transcribes a compelling story someone unknown to the general public told him." Reuters  "Biden Did Not Threaten to Sabotage Nord Stream Pipelines as Russian Disinfo Claims. For its part, Russia cast suspicion on the United States. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova pointed at U.S. President Joe Biden, citing a statement he made on February 7. On Telegram, Zakharova wrote: U.S. President Joe Biden must answer whether the United States acted on its threat on September 25 and 26, 2022, when an incident occurred on three branches of Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, preliminarily qualified as pipeline ruptures, possibly as a result of explosions.” Problem is, that puts Biden’s words, spoken at a news conference before Russia attacked Ukraine, in a false context. But it was weeks before then that Biden, at the White House with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, was asked if Germany would “pull the plug” on Nord Stream 2 “if Russia invades Ukraine.” In that event, Biden said, “There will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it.” Scholz added, “[W]e have intensively prepared everything to be ready with the necessary sanctions if there is a military aggression against Ukraine.” So, the context was about whether Germany and the U.S. would block the project to bring economic pressure to bear on Russia, which prior to the war provided half of Germany’s natural gas (and 40 percent of Europe’s, much of it transiting Ukraine). Pulling the plug is entirely different from blowing things up." Polygraph
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  13. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  14. "Republicans Finally Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden. Republicans’ big investigation into the Biden family has revealed … not a lot. The House GOP accused Joe Biden and his family on Wednesday of engaging in business with foreign entities—but were unable to provide any actual evidence linking the president to any wrongdoing. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer released a 65-page memo detailing a sprawling investigation into Biden and some of his relatives, particularly his son Hunter Biden. Nowhere in the massive document was there a specific allegation of a crime committed by Biden or any of his relatives. During a press conference explaining the investigation, Comer was asked if he had evidence directly linking Biden to corruption. The Kentucky Republican hemmed and hawed but ultimately admitted he didn’t." New Republic
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  15. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Mussolini despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  16. Trump was in office for 4 years and didn't fix the border problem. Most illegal immigrants are those who over stay their visas. Illegal immigration would end if employers stopped hiring undocumented immigrants. Undocumented immigrants commit crimes at a much lower rate than citizens. Undocumented immigrants pay state, local, and sales taxes.The border is not open and no one is suggesting that it should be. Ronald Reagan gave amnesty to millions of undocumented immigrants.
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  17. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  18. What are the lies and how do you know that?
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  19. It seems like you are in support of Universal Basic Income. "The U.S. Could Help Solve Its Poverty Problem with a Universal Basic Income. A universal basic income wouldn’t lead to adults leaving their jobs and could lift millions of children into a brighter future. With 11.6 percent of people in the U.S. living at or under the poverty line, this payment would benefit millions and save hundreds of billions of dollars by reducing the social costs of poverty." Scientific American
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  20. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  21. Helping Ukraine serves American interests. The United States was not involved in World War 2 until Japan bombed Pearl Harbour. Military assistance to Ukraine in the form of weapons represents 5.6% of total US defense spending.
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  22. Helping Ukraine serves American interests. The United States was not involved in World War 2 until Japan bombed Pearl Harbour. Military assistance to Ukraine in the form of weapons represents 5.6% of total US defense spending.
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  23. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  24. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  25. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  26. Trump downplayed the pandemic and promoted ridiculous treatments during his time in office. Over one million Americans died as a result. He changed his tune when he realized that his gullible unvaccinated followers were dying from COVID-19. By that time, it was too late to right the ship. "The vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” Trump said. “I came up with a vaccine — with three vaccines — all are very, very good … in less than nine months. It was supposed to take five to 12 years.” “And if you take the vaccine, you’re protected," Trump went on. "The results of the vaccine are very good. And if you do get it, it’s a very minor form. People aren’t dying when they take their vaccine. The vaccine worked, but some people aren’t taking it,” he said. “The ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones who don’t take their vaccine.”
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  27. The Republican Party is the party of "pull yourself up by the bootstraps". Trump is not going to help you or anyone else. Congress sets spending priorities. "The Constitution makes clear that Congress holds the power of the purse, giving it authority “to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,” and specifying that “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law.” In short, federal taxing and spending requires legislation that is enacted into law." If you feel that the United States spends too much on something you don't agree with, you will need to vote accordingly.
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  28. Helping Ukraine serves American interests. The United States was not involved in World War 2 until Japan bombed Pearl Harbour. Military assistance to Ukraine in the form of weapons represents 5.6% of total US defense spending.
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  29. "Marjorie Taylor Greene compares Biden to FDR, LBJ. Thanks for the free campaign ad! The predominantly ludicrous lawmaker from Georgia did Biden an unexpected – and surely unplanned – solid this weekend in a speech at the conservative Turning Point Action conference in Florida, telling Republicans the Democratic president is fiendishly attempting to make people’s lives better. She compared Biden’s "Build Back Better" plan to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s "Great Society," an array of programs from the mid-1960s aimed at combating poverty in America. Those programs included Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps, along with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. As Greene talked about President Johnson, she said, dismissively: “His BIG socialist programs were the Great Society ... big government programs to address education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and welfare.” Greene continued making the case for Biden’s reelection: “Now LBJ had the Great Society, but Joe Biden had Build Back Better, and he still is working on it, the largest public investment in social infrastructure and environmental programs that is actually finishing what FDR started, that LBJ expanded on, and Joe Biden is attempting to complete.”  As if connecting Biden to popular social programs wasn’t enough, Greene took the high praise a step further by looping in President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of the most popular presidents in American history. Greene’s attempt to raise Biden’s profile to that of FDR and the president who launched a war on poverty and created Medicare was clearly appreciated. On Monday morning, the official White House Twitter account retweeted the video of Greene's speech, adding: "Caught us. President Biden is working to make life easier for hardworking families." USA Today
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  30. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  31. Most illegal immigrants are those who over stay their visas. Illegal immigration would end if employers stopped hiring undocumented immigrants. Undocumented immigrants commit crimes at a much lower rate than citizens. Undocumented immigrants pay state, local, and sales taxes.The border is not open and no one is suggesting that it should be. Ronald Reagan gave amnesty to millions of undocumented immigrants.
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  32. Trump downplayed the pandemic and promoted ridiculous treatments during his time in office. Over one million Americans died as a result. He changed his tune when he realized that his gullible unvaccinated followers were dying from COVID-19. By that time, it was too late to right the ship. "The vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” Trump said. “I came up with a vaccine — with three vaccines — all are very, very good … in less than nine months. It was supposed to take five to 12 years.” “And if you take the vaccine, you’re protected," Trump went on. "The results of the vaccine are very good. And if you do get it, it’s a very minor form. People aren’t dying when they take their vaccine. The vaccine worked, but some people aren’t taking it,” he said. “The ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones who don’t take their vaccine.”
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  33. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Mussolini despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  34. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  35. There have been several unverified claims of Ukrainian corruption. "Shortchanged: Seymour Hersh's Claim Zelenskyy Embezzled $400M in US Aid Lacks Evidence. The entirety of the claim apparently comes from what Hersh describes as "one knowledgeable American intelligence official." Hersh's career of late has been controversial and widely panned by journalists for promoting conspiratorial claims that hinge on dubious anonymous sources or speculation. His later work is often sympathetic to Russian talking points, and his work is widely covered there.  Hersh's present claim fits plainly within that genre. Characteristically, it has been promoted by Russian media. Readers of Hersh's reporting could be forgiven if, by the end of the story, they forgot that it was allegedly an expose on Ukrainian embezzlement. Despite being the primary assertion of the story, only two paragraphs are dedicated to the claim. Hersh hides this clear lack of supporting evidence under a torrential onslaught of superfluous information.  As in his fundamentally flawed investigation claiming U.S. involvement in the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, his present claim is bolstered by references to actual events and tinted with conspiracy, thanks to the testimony of anonymous intelligence sources (or potentially a sole source) claiming to have non-public insight into those events.  Fundamentally, the actual news presented in his story is that someone knowledgeable supposedly told Hersh that Zelenksyy and his "entourage" have been embezzling U.S. funds by purchasing discounted Russian oil and pocketing the difference. It's an incendiary claim for which no actual evidence is proffered.
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  36. Trump was in office for 4 years and didn't fix the border problem. Most illegal immigrants are those who over stay their visas. Illegal immigration would end if employers stopped hiring undocumented immigrants. Undocumented immigrants commit crimes at a much lower rate than citizens. Undocumented immigrants pay state, local, and sales taxes.The border is not open and no one is suggesting that it should be. Ronald Reagan gave amnesty to millions of undocumented immigrants.
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  37. Putin has a well documented history of dealing with his opponents.
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  38. According to Robert Hur, Biden is a well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. The other choice is Trump, an elderly man with a poor memory who doesn't mean well at all. If the options are Good Grandpa (Biden) and Bad Grandpa (Trump), I would choose Good Grandpa every time. Trump has made notable flubs of his own. The former president mixed up the city and state where he was campaigning last weekend and had to be corrected by a local official. He recently called Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the leader of Turkey and has repeatedly mispronounced the militant group Hamas as “hummus.” In a videotaped deposition, Trump confused his ex-wife Marla Maples and E Jean Carroll.
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  39. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  40. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  41. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  42. "Zelensky was elected for a five-year term in March 2019, with presidential elections originally scheduled for March 2024. Ukraine was due to hold a parliamentary election in October. Zelensky declared martial law on February 24, 2022, the day Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's constitution mandates that elections cannot go ahead until any declaration of martial law is lifted, which is unlikely to happen soon. Ukrainian law states that elections for the presidential office of Ukraine, Ukraine's parliamentary body the Verkhovna Rada, the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and local self-government bodies, are prohibited under martial law. Whether an election could happen is theoretical and the Ukrainian government could explore if the rules on elections during martial law could change. A few days ahead of Zelensky's announcement on Monday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the Ukrainian president was weighing the pros and cons of a presidential vote in spring 2024. "We are not closing this page. The president of Ukraine is considering and weighing the different pros and cons," he said during an online appearance at the World Policy Conference in the United Arab Emirates on November 3. There would be any number of challenges in trying to hold an election. As well as the difficulties of ensuring a fair election across the country, particularly with regions in the east of the country under Russian control, millions of displaced Ukrainians may be unable to vote or be able to access tools to ensure their vote is counted." Newsweek
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  43. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  44. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  45. So many gullible rubes keep following the Mango Menace despite all the warning signs. "The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund. The former president used the donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the Ellipse rally." The Guardian You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  46. There have been several unverified claims of Ukrainian corruption. "Shortchanged: Seymour Hersh's Claim Zelenskyy Embezzled $400M in US Aid Lacks Evidence. The entirety of the claim apparently comes from what Hersh describes as "one knowledgeable American intelligence official." Hersh's career of late has been controversial and widely panned by journalists for promoting conspiratorial claims that hinge on dubious anonymous sources or speculation. His later work is often sympathetic to Russian talking points, and his work is widely covered there.  Hersh's present claim fits plainly within that genre. Characteristically, it has been promoted by Russian media. Readers of Hersh's reporting could be forgiven if, by the end of the story, they forgot that it was allegedly an expose on Ukrainian embezzlement. Despite being the primary assertion of the story, only two paragraphs are dedicated to the claim. Hersh hides this clear lack of supporting evidence under a torrential onslaught of superfluous information.  As in his fundamentally flawed investigation claiming U.S. involvement in the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, his present claim is bolstered by references to actual events and tinted with conspiracy, thanks to the testimony of anonymous intelligence sources (or potentially a sole source) claiming to have non-public insight into those events.  Fundamentally, the actual news presented in his story is that someone knowledgeable supposedly told Hersh that Zelenksyy and his "entourage" have been embezzling U.S. funds by purchasing discounted Russian oil and pocketing the difference. It's an incendiary claim for which no actual evidence is proffered.
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