On no fewer than three separate occasions I’ve been accused of propagating “Russian talking points” when I make verifiable, factual statements about the war in Ukraine. Three different people, three different occasions, but they all repeat the same shit.
Where does this come from? Is this Rachel Maddow lib slop, or something more widespread? I have never once heard this phrase used in any media that I consume, only as a thought-and-conversation terminating “rebuttal” and a way to avoid engaging with the actual substance of what I am saying about the war.
The irony of course is that “Russian talking points” is itself a talking point so it is, as usual, just projection 
It’s like some sort of propagandist got a list of all the inconvenient facts about Ukraine (nazis, lack of democracy, corruption, etc etc) and then just slapped a ‘RUSSIAN TALKING POINTS’ sticker onto them and delivered the package to libs all over the world.
But, seriously, WHERE DOES THIS ORIGINATE?
The Clinton campaign was scrambling hard after election ended (see: Hillary not even having a concession speech ready). They couldn’t admit they fucked up colossally so they led with the conclusion that Russia did it and spent Trump’s entire term fanning those flames. Maddow was the most popular cable news host at that time from doing Russiagate nightly. Also, Russophobia has a long history in the US so the populace was already primed for the narrative. It died out a bit during Biden, but it’s roaring back now that Trump is back.
The funniest part of all that was they couldn’t expose the true extent of the foreign election interference without exposing the actions of our friends in Europe and Israel. So even their attempt to breadcrumb to Russia stalled out and died on the table.
Mueller will prove the connection any day now!
They mostly blame Elon Musk and say he rigged the election nowadays