WHEN DO WE START BOMBING RUSSIANS WHO ARE KILLING CHRISTIANS IN UKRAINE? - 12.29.25

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Dec 29, 2025

In a heated discussion, the host questions Trump's reluctance to bomb Russians targeting Christians in Ukraine, labeling it a stark hypocrisy. The complexities of Christianity as a political tool are explored, highlighting Republican rhetoric. Reports on a 'pardon industrial complex' emerge, with allegations of Giuliani selling pardons. The ineptitude of MAGA figures is mocked, alongside humor about a failed Trump domain lawsuit. The host expresses hope for a MAGA collapse under its own incompetence, rounding out with anecdotes about Ted Turner.

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INSIGHT

Religion As A Political Pretext

Keith Olbermann argues Trump's stated motive of protecting Christians creates a new, inconsistent foreign policy standard.
He warns that using religion as a pretext lets Trump stall and aids Putin by delaying decisive support for Ukraine.

INSIGHT

Weaponized Religious Rhetoric

Olbermann notes Republicans once used Russian atheism as an attack line and now exploit religion selectively.
He says this shift dumbs down prior rhetoric to manipulate MAGA voters and stall against Ukraine aid.

ADVICE

Reframe Messaging To Persuade MAGA

Olbermann urges Ukraine supporters to reframe messaging to call Russians 'terrorist scum' attacking Christians.
He recommends portraying the conflict as a fight against religiously-targeted terror to split MAGA support.

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SEASON 4 EPISODE 44: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: Why isn’t Trump bombing RUSSIAN terrorist scum who have been targeting and viciously killing innocent Christians in UKRAINE?

I mean now that our White Supremacist Theocratic Bandit government has gone into the Crusades business; now that per Trump we’re bombing to kill ISIS terrorist scum “who have been targeting and viciously killing...innocent Christians” in NIGERIA, shouldn't yesterday's meeting with Zelensky have been about how Trump is going to protect the Christians in Ukraine - and Ukraine is an 85% Christian country - by bombing the Russian terrorist scum who have been targeting and viciously killing innocent Christians IN Ukraine?

I'm not holding my breath. But since it's obvious that yesterday all Trump did was stall, just as all he's been doing since he again seized power is stalling on Putin's behalf (he even took a call from Putin 72 minutes before the Zelensky meeting began), isn't this tack supporters of Ukraine and Europe and world freedom who aren't morons like Trump or Rubio who think 'it's not our war because OCEANS' (a logical argument as long as this is the year 1909) should now take?

ALSO: THE TRUMP PARDON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX? It seems brand new. In fact there was a lawsuit alleging Rudy Giuliani told his girlfriend he and Trump were selling pardons for $2,000,000 apiece as long ago as 2019. And we check in MAGA stupidity, how even Brian Krassenstein trolled them, and why on earth Stephen Miller would think the term "sexual matador" is a compliment given how much he hates Mexicans and Spanish-speaking people like, you know, Matadors.

B-Block (33:00) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Somebody actually tries to insult the Pope by calling him "Holier Than Thou"; WSJ has a piece blasting Jack Smith written by the first lawyer Trump hired to defend himself against Jack Smith, the ironically named "James Trusty"; Trump is finally hoisted on his lawsuit petard. If we damaged you financially or emotionally, says the Pulitzer Prize Board, we're going to know by how much so we'll need all your fiancial and emotional health records.

C-Block (46:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: What did you get for Christmas? I got a Baseball Cap! From Ted Turner! Of course, this is Christmas 1982 I'm talking about. The saga of Ted, my first tv job, and what might have been my last tv job after he and I argued in public. But it ended happily - with baseball caps for Christmas.

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