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[-] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 month ago

It's Lauren Southern to save a click

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago

There are a lot of ways I'd refer to her before "Former Langley MP candidate".

[-] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it being Lauren Southern is more notable than a former candidate as a Langley MP.

I'm assuming this is related to those two Russians with RTv recently indicted funneling something like 9.7 million USD through presumably Tenet Media, where Lauren is a… media personality? Influencer? Pundit? Host? Streamer? Cam girl?

[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

"Former Langley MP" really buries the lede.

Maybe "protofascist grifter" would be more accurate?

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

This seems to be the actual indictment, in case anyone wants to read it:

https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/u.s._v._kalashnikov_and_afanasyeva_indictment_0.pdf

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 month ago

Southern has in the past defended neo-Nazis and other far right figures. In 2017, she was detained by the Italian Coast Guard after she was on board a boat that tried to interfere with the efforts of a search and rescue craft that was funded by Doctors Without Borders. She has also endorsed conspiracy theories about the so-called "Great Replacement."

Ok, so racist fascist. Got it. Looks cute, but actually a monster. Very useful for them.

A key member identified as Commentator 1 was to be paid $400,000 per month plus a $100,000 signing bonus, while Commentator 2's contract was for $100,000 per video.

Holy shit. That's astounding.

[-] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Libertarians are not known for being particularly clever.

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