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This is the Tom Hartman program.

Wow, a lot of news going on here today.

The president has just, President Biden has just said we're going to block imports of Russian oil

into the US. We'll see where this goes. I've got some thoughts on that and the economics of

an oil embargo. Also, are we seeing a new swastika emerging in Russia? This is a fascinating,

just like, you know, we have a Trump problem with the right embracing Nazi and Confederate iconography.

Russia has a Putin problem. Is this the beginning of the downfall of Putin or is this a reconsolidation

of his power in Russia? I want to get into that. Also, what can the world learn from the failure

of the Budapest Accords? You may not have even heard of the Budapest Memoranda. I'll tell you all

about that. We have the co-leader of the so-called Freedom Convoy, the trucker's heading to

Washington, DC, or trying to snarl up traffic there. People are dying in Ukraine to defend real

freedom. And these guys are burning tons of diesel fuel to complain about masks, really?

Well, we'll find out. If so, I mean, how pathetic is that. But we'll find out when the co-director

of that so-called Freedom Convoy comes on the program. Assuming he shows up. Also, is Tucker

Carlson, the new Tokyo Rose, or just a worthless piece of crap to paraphrase Al Franken in a way

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