Oliver Willis's Blog, page 35

Explained

Tucker Carlson promoted the false conspiracy theory that President Biden was responsible for the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline. Carlson’s show blamed Russia’s aggression on the Biden administration. Fox News published an op-ed that complained about liberal criticism of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over her fascist sympathies. Fox promoted conspiracy theories about the attack on the...

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Russian Annexation Of Ukraine Explained

Following the annexation announcement, Ukraine requested an expedited review of its application to join NATO. In response to the annexation, President Joe Biden ordered a new round of “severe” sanctions on Russia by the United States.

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Impeachment Of Joe Biden: Explained

Tracking attempts by the Republican Party to impeach President Joe Biden. House Republicans introduced more than 12 impeachment resolutions against Biden in the first two years of his presidency, all of them failing.

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Immigration Explained

Tracking developments on immigration policy within the United States. Biden set the cap on immigration at 125,000 in 2022 and 2023.

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Fox News Explained

Tracking stories and information on Fox News, the right wing cable news network. Fox News is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and was created by Republican operative Roger Ailes, a serial sexual predator. Tucker Carlson promoted the false conspiracy theory that President Biden was responsible for the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline.

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Roger Stone: Explained

Facts and information you need to know about conservative activist and Republican operative Roger Stone. The day before the 2020 election, a documentary crew caught Stone on video saying, “Fuck the voting, let’s get right to the violence.” When confronted about the contents of the video, Stone claimed — without evidence — that it was a “deep fake.”...

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CNN’s Rightward Shift: Explained

Documenting evidence of a rightward shift at CNN. The reboot of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” newsletter, written by Oliver Darcy, ignored the controversy surrounding Stelter’s ouster at CNN. The premiere of former Fox News host Chris Wallace’s show on CNN, Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, was a bomb. Wallace’s show only drew a total of 401,000 viewers and an even smaller 44,000 viewers in the key 25-44...

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Kari Lake: Explained

Facts and information you need to know about Kari Lake, Republican candidate for governor in Arizona. Lake praised Italian prime minister-elect Giorgia Meloni, a fascist. Lake said that if a politician isn’t described as racist or fascist, “you’re probably not representing the people of your country.”...

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Ken Paxton: Explained

Facts and information you need about Ken Paxton, the Republican Attorney General of Texas. Paxton ran away from a process server attempting to serve him a subpoena as part of a lawsuit about Texas’ anti-choice abortion law.

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Herschel Walker: Explained

Facts and information you need to know about Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker. Walker is the Republican nominee running in Georgia’s 2022 election against Senator Raphael Warnock. Mandy Robinson-Hand, an activist designated as a campaign “captain” by Walker, was arrested and charged with taking part in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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