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$196 Billion in US Aid to Ukraine
It’s All a Very Emotional Act: Ukrainian Media Oligarchs Use Existing Talent to Manipulate American Taxpayers
Oklahomans Press Lankford on Endless Ukraine Funding
Election Year Lankford Regains His DC Senses and Puts it in Writing: He No Longer Works for Oklahomans
$196 Billion in US Aid to Ukraine
Pipelines are back. Unfortunately, the newest pipeline is flowing non-stop public funds from DC to Ukraine, with the US approaching $196 billion in sent or promised aid since January of 2022.
It’s All Very Emotional: Ukrainian Media Oligarchs Use Existing Talent to Manipulate American Taxpayers
In Ukraine, government, media and oligarchs intertwine to control the messaging and ownership of the allowed major outlets. The Inter Media empire has been no exception. Inter Media recently joined with three other media conglomerates in Ukraine to completely control the country’s news coverage in partnership with the government’s Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, Armed Forces, National Security and Defense Council, Office of the President and other government agencies.
Talent from Inter, the most available, and thus most watched, television channel in the Ukraine, has been used to both overtake Ukraine and to convince populations all over the world to provide unprecedented amounts of weaponry and funding to its war efforts.
In the Lead Grifter Role: Inter Media’s Zelensky as Hero
Volodymyr Zelensky, an actor and comedian, is a former Inter Media talent. As a member of the cast of a show called Vechirniy Kvartal, Zelensky was the equivalent of a Saturday Night Live regular.
Zelensky auditioned for his current position as president before his oligarch masters through a series entitled Servant of the People, which ran from 2015 until 2018 in Ukraine. The series, which was re-released on Netflix to properly propagandize Americans, positions a high school teacher as the unlikely savior of his highly corrupt nation.
In a full circle moment, now President Zelensky recently signed a controversial law giving the Ukrainian government even greater control of all Ukrainian media. So much for the Ukrainian freedom fighter. Judging by recent reports about his wife’s latest shopping spree, the role of president appears to be working out well for Zelensky.
For some time, this publication has reported on Senator Lankford’s unexplainable support for the Zelensky charade (From How to Steal a State series - Season 5, Episode 5, published August 31, 2022):
Perhaps Lankford is a committed fan and binge-watcher of actor-comedian Zelensky’s Servant of the People Nexflix series, which appears to have brainwashed the world into buying this entirely corrupt figure as a leader while The Pandora Papers unfortunately revealed he was, like a true oligarch, offshoring tens of millions for himself.
In March of this year, after one carefully staged Zoom meeting between Congress and former actor Zelensky, Lankford strapped on his ‘right thing’ cape and was in for billions of US taxpayer dollars:
Beyond Zelensky, another more emotional performance by a second Inter Media talent may have done more to fool Americans (and perhaps Senator Lankford) into tagging their profiles with Ukrainian flags and supporting the opening of US coffers to Ukraine without restrictions.
Best Supporting Actress - Olena Gnes: Inter Media News Correspondent as Terrified Mom in Bomb Shelter
You will probably recognize Olena Gnes. She has been an international regular since February of 2022. Gnes is the mother of three who amazingly had perfect connectivity from underground within a warzone and was able to appear on every major media outlet in the US and abroad, from the most liberal to the most conservative, as Russia was invading Ukraine.
She was on CNN,
she was on Fox,
she was on the BBC,
she was on The London Economic and nearly every other major, and even minor, network in the Western world.
No one had a busier press junket than this mother of three sheltering underground in Kyiv, and her messages were exactly what the oligarchs in Kyiv and DC would have written themselves.
If ever there was proof that we are far beyond left versus right, and all major media messaging is coordinating to control the minds of the masses across the globe, Olena Gnes is such proof.
From the beginning, Gnes was very comfortable in front of the camera, skillful in delivering an emotional message, and has continued to be the unofficial spokesperson for Ukrainian war funding long after leaving the bunker behind. In addition to interviews on major networks, Gnes continued to post heart-wrenching and endearing videos of her children, often sharing her worries about her husband being away at war and soliciting international donations on her Youtube channel. Gnes appears to be a multi-level grifter, taking donations personally while playing PR for the DC-Kyiv corruption connection.
Gnes’ messaging is always focused on Putin as Satan and the need for foreign war aid to Ukraine’s government to ensure Ukraine would be freed and the rest of the world would be spared Putin’s expanding aggression. She speaks of nuclear war and Putin’s plans to murder all who remain in Kyiv in front of and with her 8-year-old daughter, then later opines about her daughter’s mental health issues. And always, always, she stresses the need for more weapons.
An opinion piece in The Hill makes it clear Gnes, from the first days of the current Ukraine-Russia conflict, is much more influential with global viewers than a random mother caught in a warzone:
“Olena Gnes is a weapon of war that Russian President Vladimir Putin clearly did not count on.” - BY JOE FERULLO, The Hill OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 03/01/22
American virtue signaling addicts have been flocking to Gnes’ sites with pledges of their unshakable support over the last year:
“Thank you for fighting Russia as a shield for the whole world...that was so beautifully said, Olena. Thank you for continuing to keep Ukraine in the forefront of our minds and hearts. Like many Americans, I support Ukraine with all of my heart, all of my soul and all of my wallet. I love you.” (1 month ago)
And despite hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid streaming into Ukraine’s military effort, just last month, Gnes helped to fundraise to buy a used pickup truck for a Ukrainian military unit. Something just doesn’t add up.
Gnes and her family recently came to the US through a Biden administration program called Uniting for Ukraine designed to help Ukrainian citizens seek temporary safety in America. The apartment she left behind in Kyiv because it was too unsafe for her family is now occupied by another mother and her child.
Like Zelensky, Olena Gnes is Inter Media Talent
Gnes, like Zelensky, worked for the corrupt, government connected oligarchs at TV Inter. Just a few short months before Zelensky was elected president of Ukraine in early 2019, Gnes left her work as a foreign correspondent for TV Inter. Gnes’ husband is also in news broadcasting.
Like most propagandists, Olena Gnes had a day when she was feeling powerful in her role as a talking head and her falsity became transparent. Once she hooked viewers with her celebration of “Female Orgasm Day”, Gnes hints at the deep ethnic hatred pulsing through the Ukrainian regime and gives all of the globalist, false talking points about Ukraine being ahead in the war, so keep sending those weapons.
You’ll notice Gnes gets half naked whenever called upon to passionately push the DC-NATO propaganda. As support for this ongoing grift fades, Gnes takes to YouTube like a faithful puppet to sway public sentiment back toward endless war financing for Ukraine.
Oklahomans Press Lankford on Endless Ukraine Funding
It appears US Senator James Lankford’s (R) office has been barraged with criticisms from his constituents demanding the spigot be turned off on never-ending funds to actor Zelensky, his oligarch grifters, FTX aid U-turners and the Biden family’s personal enrichment campaign. With so many voter opinions flowing in, Lankford felt the need to draft a two-page standard reply to anyone so much as questioning his either corrupt or perhaps sycophantic support of now hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars to the world’s play-place for international corruption.
Election Year Lankford Regains His DC Senses and Puts it in Writing: He No Longer Works for Oklahomans
The V1SUT Vantage thanks the readers who forwarded this condescending and dismissive confirmation that Lankford, after playing the praying and listening local during election season, again has his voter earplugs firmly back in place. With six more years to do as he pleases, Lankford is coming clean, this time in writing… he no longer works for Oklahomans so stop bothering him with your informed opinions.
The V1SUT Vantage has reported at length about Senator Lankford’s consistently irrational back-turning on voters, particularly in relation to the Ukrainian situation and the true origins of the current conflict (From How to Steal a State series - Season 5, Episode 5, published August 31, 2022):
Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) during 2016 visit to Ukraine in support of ongoing war efforts.
Lankford Letter Parrots the NATO Neo-Cons
In his auto-reply letter, Lankford dutifully repeats the DC-NATO talking points about Ukraine, even embracing the Biden administration’s language designed to dismiss inconvenient facts and relevant history. According to Lankford’s letter, dated January 18, 2023:
“On February 24, 2022, Putin ordered a massive invasion of Ukraine and announced a "special military operation" to demilitarize and "de-Nazify" Ukraine, pointing to false flag events and other pretexts for an invasion.”
“Prior to the incursion, the Kremlin repeatedly denied Ukraine's right to statehood, attacked NATO for "threatening" Russia's security, demanded that Ukraine be barred from joining the alliance, and even accused Ukraine of committing genocide.”
“Putin's wants to restore the old Soviet empire, seize Ukraine, build a sphere of influence in eastern Europe, and undermine NATO to enhance Russia's power.”
Lankford, being a US Senator, knows well that a Nazi element is alive and well within Ukraine, largely centered around Stepan Banderas, a former Nazi collaborator.
Lankford Letter Avoids the Blindingly Obvious: How NATO Expansion Continues to Fuel Violence
Lankford and his lackeys, in their condescending comments to constituents, conveniently avoid any talk of Russian motivations beyond Putin’s presumed desire to rule the world. Since President Truman signed on to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949, periodic negotiations with Russia have consistently ended with what Russia perceives as broken promises and a stream of its Western neighbors being added to NATO. A quick study of the NATO expansion map since 1949 leaves little doubt that self-protection is largely motivating Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Geographically speaking, Ukraine is of utmost importance to Russian national security. And with an increasingly powerful NATO full of globalists encroaching, Russia stepped up to protect its Western flank. When NATO and the Obama/Biden administration began monkeying around in Ukrainian affairs and participating in its government’s grift through US “aid”, the likelihood of escalating conflict with Russia reached a fever pitch.
Zelensky’s December 2022, 10-point peace proposition was intentionally doomed from the start, as it contained a “not up to negotiations” restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity. If agreed to by Russia, Ukraine would be joining NATO. The proposition was pure propaganda to present Zelensky as the peacemaker, all the while knowing NATO expansion was at the core of Russian protectionism within the current conflict.
Lankford as the False Prophet of Fear: Setting Irrelevant Lines in the Sand Based upon Inaccurate Predictions
“Let me be clear: I do not support using American troops in Ukraine to face Russia in this conflict. However, it is in America's best interest to support Ukraine and stand up to Russian aggression. A hostile, assertive Russia will not just hurt our close friends, but it will undermine our own national security by setting a dangerous precedent for future Russian attacks. Without American resistance, Putin will be emboldened to hit America with cyberattacks, provocative military offensives, and other nefarious activities.” - Senator James Lankford, letter to constituents dated January 18, 2023
Lankford is parroting the Biden administration in his claim that the US is not in some form of war with Russia. The line between a proxy war, using Ukrainian lives as collateral damage, and a much larger and more direct conflict is thin and rapidly fading. Presenting the absence of American boots on Ukrainian soil as evidence of thoughtful peacemaking is absurd and knowingly misrepresentative of DC’s intentions.
Oklahomans understand that in the 21st century, wars are primarily fought by proxy through the provision of deadly weapons to corrupt nations and/or contractors connected to the pentagon, though not officially among their ranks. Those funding the violence, like Lankford and his fellow congressional representatives, are no less culpable.
Straight from the DC Playbook of Empty Promises: Lankford is Full of Conservative Conviction Where He Knows He is Powerless to Act
“Saying the United States should focus on our own borders and ignore Ukraine is a false choice that lets the Biden Administration off the hook for national security because of his poor governance at home. President Trump was very effective at both tasks. I will continue to push back to secure our southern border while also securing American interests abroad, whether it be in Eastern Europe or our own hemisphere.” - Senator James Lankford, letter to constituents dated January 18, 2023
With respect to immigration and border security, Lankford consistently talks a mediocre game and accomplishes nothing beyond pushing for amnesty for illegal aliens (From How to Steal a State series - Season 5, Episode 5, published August 31, 2022):
As millions stream across the nation’s southern border, driving drug deaths, trafficking and crime, Lankford responded with a letter which accomplished precisely nothing.
The truth is that Lankford actually championed a major push for amnesty for illegal aliens during 2018. Lankford was quick to partner with Thom Tillis (RINO) of South Carolina, a red flag in itself for Oklahoma voters, to co-author what became known as the SUCCEED Act, which provided a 15-year path to voting rights for approximately two million illegals, including their chain-migration relatives. Lankford deflected the chain migration effect, emphasized the bill as being the right thing to do for children involved and repeatedly said the bill did not offer “amnesty”, except that it did. When Lankford is convinced something is the right thing to do, he appears to feel justified in failing to protect the interests of his constituents. At a press conference, he conveniently and illogically explained away any effect amnesty for millions would have on the job market for those he represents.
And now, the failure of Lankford and his Republican peers in the Senate to stand firm on immigration when they had the chance has left the nation with a true and unending humanitarian crisis at our Southern border that has the cartels in control.
Lankford Letter States Deep Concern About the Loss of Human Life, Then Adds a Big ‘But’
“Our country knows too well the human cost of war. But in our turbulent world, the United States cannot afford to engage in wishful thinking and retreat from global challenges.” - Senator James Lankford, letter to constituents dated January 18, 2023
When Logic Fails, Lankford Falsely Likens Situation to Nazi Germany
“This is not our fight, but history teaches us that we cannot just ignore a war in Europe and think it will not affect us. In the 1930s, Europe ignored Hitler as he expanded his territory. That apathy fueled the start of World War II, which is why I support President Reagan's peace through strength approach and believe we must maintain an international presence to defend the homeland.” - Senator James Lankford, letter to constituents dated January 18, 2023
Lankford Does the Bidding of the Military-Industrial Complex and Avoids Tracking of Gifted US Weaponry
“We should supply Ukrainians with a constant flow of weapons including shoulder-launched weapons such as Stingers and Javelins, small arms ammunition, communications, aircraft, surveillance gear, and anti-aircraft capabilities.”- Senator James Lankford, letter to constituents dated January 18, 2023
As Lankford has pushed for bigger funding and even bigger weapon systems for Ukraine, he avoids mentioning any real measure of accountability for or tracking of the billions of dollars in weapons sent to murder civilians halfway across the world. (From How to Steal a State series - Season 5, Episode 5, published August 31, 2022):
Lankford’s self-published statement following Zelensky’s address:
“The US has provided javelins, stingers, intelligence information, food, water, and medical supplies to Ukraine already. If it’s within our power to do good, we should do good. The US has access to the MiG-29s jet fighter aircraft and we should not withhold them from Ukraine. We have an opportunity to assist Ukraine protect their nation and their people from Putin’s aggression. We can and we should step up.”
Weapons given to corrupt Ukraine and now sold by an arms dealer in Syria.
The Ukrainian Elephant: Lankford Letter Avoids Talk of Pervasive Corruption in Ukraine and Biden Family Involvement
As evidence mounts of the Biden family’s pervasive, profitable and corrupt ties in Ukraine, Lankford’s letter is suspiciously void of any mention of Biden’s personal interest in fanning war. From Ukrainian biolabs to the Barisma Holdings scandal, the release of the Twitter files and the recent media flip admitting the infamous laptop as being Hunter Biden’s makes this omission by Lankford telling. Lankford, a self-proclaimed conservative Republican, appears to be covering.
As now Vice Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee, Lankford appears to again be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with consistent war hawks like Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Voters should not expect Lankford to be standing up against corruption and war mongering among his fellow senators and the military industrial complex…ever.
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Early in the last campaign cycle, I asked Sen. Lankford (who I have long supported) at a public meeting if he had learned that compromise with those who work daily for your total destruction is a bad idea? He spent a lot of time saying nothing in answer. It is sad and very frustrating to see Biden's DemoRats drag us into WW III while they destroy our energy industry, impoverish our people, and allow invasion of our borders. The invaders do not remain at the border - they are in OKC, Tulsa, Durant, Hugo, Boise City and every city, town, and village in the nation - estimated now near 5 million or more than the total population of Oklahoma. We need two border walls: 1.) At the US border and 2.) Some hundred miles south of our border to establish a buffer and Cartel free zone enforced by the US Military.
Lankford lost my support when he led the way to certify the fraudulent presidential steal by Biden. I watched as fellow Oklahomans apparently forgot his betrayal on that issue as well as other items and re-elected him in 2022. It is so disheartening to watch the lies and deception by fake conservatives lead us to destruction. I am pessimistic about any real reversal in the trend, but I am grateful to see a voice of truth in investigating the betrayal. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your well researched review.
Early in the last campaign cycle, I asked Sen. Lankford (who I have long supported) at a public meeting if he had learned that compromise with those who work daily for your total destruction is a bad idea? He spent a lot of time saying nothing in answer. It is sad and very frustrating to see Biden's DemoRats drag us into WW III while they destroy our energy industry, impoverish our people, and allow invasion of our borders. The invaders do not remain at the border - they are in OKC, Tulsa, Durant, Hugo, Boise City and every city, town, and village in the nation - estimated now near 5 million or more than the total population of Oklahoma. We need two border walls: 1.) At the US border and 2.) Some hundred miles south of our border to establish a buffer and Cartel free zone enforced by the US Military.
Lankford lost my support when he led the way to certify the fraudulent presidential steal by Biden. I watched as fellow Oklahomans apparently forgot his betrayal on that issue as well as other items and re-elected him in 2022. It is so disheartening to watch the lies and deception by fake conservatives lead us to destruction. I am pessimistic about any real reversal in the trend, but I am grateful to see a voice of truth in investigating the betrayal. Thank you so much.