US Invents Ridiculous Story

That headline is too vague.  Which particular ridiculous story?

The one put out recently that the Nordstream pipelines were blown up by 6 Ukrainians who rented a yacht and sailed out onto the Baltic Sea (a NATO lake) and then dove down 80 meters with explosives.  Sure, dudes.

What is the real reason this story was put out?  Joe Lauria at Consortium News posits that the US is ready to abandon Ukraine and needs a reason, so they made one up.

It doesn't have to make sense.  The Empire creates its own reality, and everyone has to pretend to believe it.