Dugin is no one’s “brain”. He’s just a mouthpiece. Putin does not cite from Dugin, he cites from Ivan Ilyin, one of the people Dugin copy/pasted many of his ideas from. Dugin has no original ideas, he adds nothing new to other people’s work.
I love it. Tucker used to have an enormous platform he’d share with knuckleheads. But his platform has gone from a stadium act to a tent revival.
And it’s not because he was fascist, it’s because Rupert Merdoch traded Tucker’s whole career to get a discount on the Dominion settlement.
Headline on RT. At this point, he should just become their star Anchor.
At this point, he should just become their star Anchor.
Isn’t he already?
Not officially.
What counts as “official”? Russian state media has been singing his praises for years, and he recently sat down with putin himself to let him spew his bullshit about the war. There’s really nothing that distinguishes him from “official” Russian media besides the fact that he isn’t russian.
Or directly on their payroll.
I assume it’s indirect benefits rather than receiving checks directly from the Kremlin, but yeah I’m pretty sure he’s getting something.