Right-Wing Media Gets CAUGHT Spreading the Taliban Cash Lie
December 11, 2025
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as posted by the channelRight-wing media is melting down over a supposed $45 million cash payment from the U.S. to the Taliban. There’s just one problem: there’s no evidence it ever happened. In this video, I walk through how a single claim about “freshly printed” dollars flown into Kabul turned into a full-blown MAGA outrage cycle — and how fact-checkers, U.S. officials, and even the Taliban’s own central bank undercut the story.
We’ll dig into:
-Where the $45 million Taliban cash rumor actually came from
-What independent fact-checks and U.S. officials say really happened
-How Republicans and right-wing influencers weaponized the claim anyway
-The difference between real risks of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and made-up viral lies
-What this reveals about the permanent outrage machine on the right
#factcheck #afghanistan #GOPmisinformation #MAGA #Trump
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