Putin Hints Grenades and Cocaine to Blame for Wagner Chief’s Plane Crash Death

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russian President Vladimir Putin.  (Photos via Getty Images) Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed his theory on what caused the death of Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin—grenades and cocaine. Two months to the day after leading a failed mutiny against Putin, Prigozhin and 10 others–including two top Wagner members–were killed […]

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Putin Unlikely to Use Nukes in Ukraine, Pentagon Says

The Pentagon says it does not believe Putin will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Photos via Getty Images and Wikimedia.  Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s scary rhetoric threatening nuclear strikes in Ukraine, the Pentagon doesn’t believe the Kremlin would actually do it.  Speaking at an oversight hearing on American military support for Ukraine of the […]

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Why the Hell Is CPAC in Hungary This Year?

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks to media after casting his ballot during the general parliamentary elections on April 3, 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. (Janos Kummer/Getty Images) BUDAPEST, Hungary — Matt Schlapp, the head of the American Conservative Union and organizer of its influential conference series CPAC, told NPR this week that he was bringing […]

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What Is the ‘New World Order’ Conspiracy?

The throwback conspiracy theory known as the “New World Order” is enjoying a renaissance. U.S. President Joe Biden name-checked the “new world order” conspiracy in mid-March at a Business Roundtable meeting. “Now is a time when things are shifting,” Biden said when asked about the United States’ response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “There’s going […]

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