Julia Ioffe, Tom Lennon | Total Dictator Move

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The talking heads at Fox News joined our former president in showering Vladimir Putin with praise for his strength and cunning, as the Russian leader launched a violent attack on Ukraine and stunned the world with his twisted justification for war. Julia Ioffe, founding partner and Washington correspondent for Puck News, joins Stephen for a three-part interview to offer her perspective on the latest developments in Russia’s attack on Ukraine, including an explanation of what Vladimir Putin’s choice of language signifies to the Russian public. And then, you can be TikTok-famous just like Thomas Lennon if you follow his guaranteed method for viral success. Catch Thomas in “Reno 911! Defunded,” streaming now on the Roku Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
0:01.0	Thank you very much.
0:02.0	Thank you very much.
0:03.0	Thank you, France.
0:04.0	Thank you.
0:05.0	Woo!
0:06.0	One day.
0:07.0	My goodness.
0:08.0	Gravy.
0:09.0	Thanks, everybody.
0:10.0	Please have a seat.
0:12.0	Folks, welcome in here, out there.
0:15.0	All of our viewers around the world.
0:17.0	Welcome to the late show.
0:18.0	I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.
0:28.0	There's no, there's no denying it.
0:35.0	It's a dark day.
0:36.0	Over the last five years, we've seen democracy repeatedly undermined,
0:40.0	tragic, unprecedented firestorms, a global pandemic.
0:45.0	Well, this morning, Vladimir Putin looked at all of that and said,
0:48.0	hold my vodka.
0:51.0	Because today, Russia officially attacked Ukraine.
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