Day: March 31, 2022
Russia Drafts 134,500 Conscripts for Army
134,500
Russian President Vladimir Putin “signed a decree ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia’s annual spring draft, but the defence ministry said the call-up had nothing to do with the war in Ukraine,” Reuters reports.
Desspite Trump and Carlson, Almost No One Has Confidence in Putin
6%
A new Pew Research poll finds Russian President Vladimir Putin receives dismal ratings, with only 6% of American adults expressing confidence in him following his decision to invade Ukraine – an all-time low in surveys going back nearly two decades. It seems that Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson praising the Russian leader might not be good politics.
Biden’s Approval Is Sinking
35% to 55%
A new Quinnipiac poll finds President Joe Biden’s approval rate is a negative 36% to 55% with 10% not offering an opinion.
Cawthorn Draws Primary Challengers with Big Backers
“Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is throwing his weight behind a primary opponent to freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) — an extraordinary broadside against a fellow Republican from his home state, as internal frustration with the controversial MAGA firebrand reaches a boiling point,” CNN reports. “And Tillis may not be alone. Other GOP lawmakers who are at their wits’ end with Cawthorn are considering endorsing one of his primary foes.”
Found: U.S. Government’s Fake Newscast for 1986 Nuclear Training Session
Gizmodo has uncovered a fake news broadcast created for Mighty Derringer, a large-scale Department of Energy nuclear terrorism training session held in Indianapolis in 1986. It’s pretty good and, yes, pretty scary.
In December of 1986, the Pentagon, the CIA, FBI, the Department of Energy, and just about every other federal agency you can think of came together in Indianapolis for an enormous training exercise code-named Mighty Derringer. The plan was to simulate a nuclear terrorist incident and explore how every agency would react and whether they would cooperate. To enhance the verisimilitude of the war games, the U.S. government went so far as to record a fake news broadcast about a nuclear bomb exploding in Indianapolis.
Watch it here.