The Skepticrat12 Feb 2024

218: Skepticrat218 - Putin on the Fritz Edition

On this week's episode: We unveil some horrifying Groundhog Day lore ... We find out just how popular the Popular Conservatives are ... And Twitter deals with Russian misinformation for the very first time.

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Headline Sources:

Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/tucker-carlson-putin-interview-fact-check-history.html

King diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68208157
King Charles criticised for appointing pro-homeopathy doctor: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/10/king-charles-criticised-appointing-homeopath-michael-dixon-head-royal-medical-household

Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring: https://apnews.com/article/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-d73f9f79e4b5232bf573100136a6b86f

Republicans don't know how to count: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congress-republicans-alejandro-mayorkas-impeachment-border-deal-failures_n_65c2d67ae4b093b2e7816d96

Truss’s PopCon group splinters on launch but attacks Sunak’s policies: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/06/popular-conservatism-has-splintered-but-is-united-in-criticism-of-sunaks-policies

Taylor Drift and Clark W. Blizzwald take top honors in Minnesota snowplow-naming contest: https://apnews.com/article/snowplow-contest-taylor-drift-blizzwald-beyonsleigh-0525c86addd6f8f4e579ccc3fd340238

Laurence Fox loses libel battle: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/jan/29/laurence-fox-loses-libel-battle-with-twitter-x-users-he-called-paedophiles

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