“Everyone outside this very close circle around Putin understands that this campaign is going down the drain,” says Ukrainian diplomat @olex_scherba. Even Russian soldiers. bit.ly/3IabGt3
Not only are they clueless, but they’re simply refusing to fight, Scherba tells @newabnormalpod co-host @mollyjongfast. He says that soldiers in Crimea refused to be deployed when they were ordered to take Odessa bit.ly/3IabGt3
We should still “assume the worst,” @olex_scherba says, but there is one thing he believes the U.S. can give to Ukraine so they can win bit.ly/3IabGt3
Also on @newabormalpod: @ElieNYC pleads with Joe Biden to say the word “abortion” and explains how sending federal doctors to Texas would be enough to save the state from its own fuckery bit.ly/3IabGt3
Plus! @mollyjongfast and @andylevy discuss whether Tucker Carlson can feel embarrassment, and Molly sorta defends Mittens when it comes to Tulsi Gabbard.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/3IabGt3
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U.S.-based law firm Clare Locke LLP, a husband-and-wife duo who have boasted about killing media stories and have repped #MeToo villains like Matt Lauer, still have Russian oligarchs in their clientele trib.al/GcADjDl
Those oligarchs include Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven, and German Khan, who have been sanctioned by the EU and the U.K. for their close ties to Putin trib.al/GcADjDl
Clare Locke firm has earned a reputation as “media assassins” for their aggressive tactics in fighting against news outlets. Outside of Lauer and other #MeToo villains, it’s represented right-wing figures like Sarah Palin trib.al/GcADjDl
EXCLUSIVE: MSNBC and Keith Olbermann were in lengthy discussions to fill the Rachel Maddow void on the network—until Maddow vetoed him herself. trib.al/sCmBMqa
Olbermann, who shaped MSNBC’s liberal voice before being canned more than a decade ago, was talking with NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and news boss Cesar Conde about taking over the key 9 p.m. time slot, the former Countdown host told Source Material. trib.al/sCmBMqa
However, any dream of an Olbermann reunion was squashed when Rachel Maddow—who recently signed a massive $30 million deal to work less and transition out of her nightly broadcast—stepped in to personally veto him as her successor. trib.al/sCmBMqa
What the heck was Thomas Homan, director of ICE back when Trump was president, doing at a conference riddled with white supremacists?
HuffPost’s @letsgomathias had a phone call with him to find out, which he says was the weirdest interview he’s ever had bit.ly/3vWNO9Q
Homan was asked to speak at AFPAC, actually showed up, but then bailed at the last minute. What was the nail in the coffin? He Googled Nick Fuente’s name bit.ly/3vWNO9Q
“I asked, you know, ‘Does it give you pause, or does it inspire any self-reflection, that someone like Nick Fuentes would want you at their conference?” says @letsgomathias and Homan’s answer surprised him bit.ly/3vWNO9Q
Ukraine’s capital was meant to fall in a matter of hours, if not days, and Zelensky was meant to be assassinated. And here we are on day 11, and he’s still alive—and a global hero. How? bit.ly/3HVCq0l
“I think the Ukrainians were right about themselves in a way that we were not, meaning that the Western nation has underrated them and underestimated them quite badly,"@michaeldweiss explains on today's @NewAbnormalPod episode bit.ly/3HVCq0l
He also tackles the rise of Zelensky, who “went from being the Jackie Mason of Ukraine into Winston Churchill within the space of that 72 hours,” @michaeldweiss tells @MollyJongFastbit.ly/3HVCq0l
There’s lots of changes in store for CNN, according to this week’s Source Material newsletter. Namely, surrounding new CNN honcho Chris Licht thedailybeast.com/cnns-new-boss-…
Chris Licht doesn’t start until May, but he has already begun, according to two insiders familiar with the matter, making it known to Fox News that he is working towards a cease-fire on CNN’s aggressive coverage of them. thedailybeast.com/cnns-new-boss-…
According to two people familiar with the situation, Chris Licht will work to tone down the often opinionated and emotional reporting from stars like Brianna Keilar, Jim Acosta, and especially Don Lemon, who currently hosts CNN’s late programming. thedailybeast.com/cnns-new-boss-…