'SNL' cold open: Biden advisers warn of Russian disinformation: 'Like a good neighbor, you are now Russia!'
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'SNL' cold open: Biden advisers warn of Russian disinformation: 'Like a good neighbor, you are now Russia!'

This weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open had President Biden (James Austin Johnson) reeling over Russia‘s disinformation campaign ahead of its suspected plans to invade Ukraine.

His White House staff’s counter-proposal: Bring in a high school mean girl to match Putin with her own teenage version of psychological warfare. 

National security advisers (played by “SNL”‘s Ego Nwodim, Alex Moffat and Keenan Thompson) briefed the president on a barrage of fake news, memes, TikTok videos, dating app ads and even a commercial for Russian Allstate insurance, where “Like a good neighbor, you…

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