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Mar 10, 2022

Russian officials are warning the world that Ukraine has a biological weapons program and is willing to use it to defend the country. What the official didn’t mention was that the claims echo Russia’s attitudes towards anti-Assad fighters in Syria in 2015, where Russia used chemical weapons as a pretext for leveling civilian areas.

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The Young Turks: March 10, 2022

Hosts: Cenk UygurAna Kasparian

Russian officials are warning the world that Ukraine has a biological weapons program and is willing to use it to defend the country. What the official didn’t mention was that the claims echo Russia’s attitudes towards anti-Assad fighters in Syria in 2015, where Russia used chemical weapons as a pretext for leveling civilian areas.

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Ukrainian troops successfully ambushed a convoy of Russian tanks as they approached a suburb of the capital of Kyiv. The tanks were met with missile fire and other anti-tank weapons as their assault on Kyiv was stalled for another day.

8 minutes

In a press conference appearance with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Vice President Kamala Harris had an awkward reaction to a reporter’s question about the U.S. accepting Ukrainian refugees. Harris laughed aloud after answering the question saying “a friend in need is a friend indeed”, seeming to be very proud of her quip.

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The Republican Party's assault on the transgender community is ramping up again as the Idaho state legislature passed a bill that would deem providing gender-affirming therapy to transgender youth a felony, punishable by life in prison. The bill also doesn’t allow parents or guardians to assist in their child’s treatment, even if it is out of state.

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Donald Trump has landed on his newest grift: fundraising from his supporters to buy a new private jet after one of his donor’s jets had to make an emergency landing after an engine failure. Even though the jet doesn’t belong to Trump, he still capitalized on the situation to con his supporters into funding a free jet for himself.

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Fox News is still in hot water regarding the lies they were pushing about the 2020 Presidential Election. New York Supreme Court Judge David B. Cohen is allowing voting-machine company Smartmatic to proceed with their $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against the media company, with the judge citing Tucker Carlson’s own words in his ruling.

8 minutes

Filmmaker and director of the Marvel Universe’s 'Black Panther’ movies Ryan Coogler was falsely arrested at an Atlanta bank after the teller mistook him for a bank robber after he passed a note to her. Not only did Coogler explicitly say that he had an account of that bank, he also provided multiple forms of verification and had a verifiable alibi for the withdrawal.

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In an appearance on the Full Send Podcast with the Nelk Boys, Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to green energy, and in particular windmills. Trump ended up blaming Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on windmills, saying that they’re incredibly inefficient and destroy the beauty of natural landscapes.

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Inflation has just hit a 40-year high as more Americans are feeling the strain of increased food, gas, and housing prices. However, there is one subset of American society that isn’t feeling the effects: profit-hungry corporations.

Income Inequality

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During a speech with the Washington DC trucker convoy protest, Texas Senator Ted Cruz got dunked on by a trucker in the audience. Cruz brushed it off as always but he already lost the respect of the crowd.

9 minutes

New page: Russian officials are warning the world that Ukraine has a biological weapons program and is willing to use it to defend the country. What the official didn’t mention was that the claims echo Russia’s attitudes towards anti-Assad fighters in Syria in 2015, where Russia used chemical weapons as a pretext for leveling civilian areas. - TYT.com