If this ends in Tucker Carlson running for president we’re SO cooked.
He has the messaging skills and charisma that Trump never had (he was the most popular TV show host for a while), and he’s been an ardent white supremacist for decades (vs Trump’s half-assed self-interested bigotry). He could probably make white supremacy look like a sensible option to even the Trump-averse right-wing establishment types, and to the corporations and billionaires that hate Trump for what he’s doing to the economy.
Recently I’ve seen him co-opting traditionally leftist concerns about housing and affordability, and unless the Dems do the unthinkable and actually field popular candidates, that’s going to win over even MORE people than Trump ever could with his blatantly fake populism.
Add in the usual caveats about how things don’t need to turn out this way, etc. I’m just scared.
I don’t know how or why people keep falling for this shit
Our only option will be nuclear.
Sigh
Ok boys, get the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert 2028 shit ready.
These late night hosts and their writing teams would, unironically, do a better job than the current administration.
I used to be against Stewart for President. Now? He’s clearly intelligent enough, surrounds himself with the people he needs to research and get things done, puts all his energy into his work, and does it honorably. That’s more than can be said for a lot of candidates.
I mean Stweard’s been involved in pushing bills and has argued in the senate so he’s less insane of a pick than he seems
He’s worth $120m so he’s less likely to be bought.
Not inherited or extorted I guess, big plus.
I would vote that ticket so hard.
Co-opting leftist talking points on a far right platform has worked very very well for Nigel Farage in the UK.
Tucker probably doesn’t have the charisma or political skill of Nige, but he’s got other things that might fill the gaps. I’m honestly terrified of them both.
That farage is still there is so puzzling, how did this brexit shit not blow up in his face?
Because some people hate brown people more than they hate being hungry (or are simply incapable of admitting when they were duped)
I can’t think of many times I’ve heard him talk about it.
When I have, he usually answers the question he wished he’d been asked instead, or talks about how it didn’t go far enough.
Or as far as he’d intended, or far enough to work.
I’m pretty okay with Tucker running for office. It can end the same way Crossfire did: with Jon Stewart sitting across from him.
His statement screams “the deep state is inside the house”
Wait a second, did Tucker actually do a journalism this time? Or is this just a craven “see I go after both sides” play?
I don’t think he plays for either side. He’s an opportunist who was spurned by one side. Now his opportunities lie elsewhere and he’s exploiting them thoroughly.
If I had to guess, his hope is likely to do enough damage to become the better devil they know.
Everyone knows you can make more money from swindling the right than the left.
He has a side, it’s Vladimir Putin’s side. His clips are aired regularly on Russian media, and he “interviewed” Putin in Moscow last year by tossing him a bunch of softball questions.
So…a poster child of journalism. Not activism kind of journalism, just journalism. Feast on the weak, no matter who they are.
Wasn’t he the one that did that damning ‘gotcha’ interview with Pedonald on Fox News a while ago, where it was revealed he’d taken a bunch of confidential files from the White House after his first term?
I feel like he flip-flopped on him a while ago, but maybe you’re right.
Btw I heard an idea that everyone is fighting for Charlie Kirk’s followers: Carlson, Shapiro, Fuentes, etc. That’s why there’s so many weird interviews and headlines as they try to get the follower’s attention. Kinda makes sense.
Vultures, except actual vultures are way cool.
“Heartwarming: the worst people you know are all fighting”
I’m rooting for George Santos, because sweet mercy that would be so goddamn funny
More like a preparation for the new night of the long knives.
You’ll know it’s happening when MTG gets whacked for popping off about Epstein too much.
The last media talking head to start speaking ill of Trump was Charlie Kirk if I’m not mistaken.
Like I’m not saying Tucker is going to have an assassination attempt but it sure would be convenient for that to happen so Trump could have a distraction from the Epstein stuff… Which coincidentally was also a big talking point right before Charlie Kirks assassination…
Kirk spoke ill of Trump?
In a video with Ben Shapiro he questioned if the news we were hearing regarding Israel and Gaza could be trusted. Shapiro looked mortified that a fellow conservative would even entertain such a thought. It’s been alluded that was the moment that Kirk sealed his fate.
Trusted? Kirk didn’t question the war itself?
He was calling for the release of the Epstein files, for one.
He backed off very hard on this in line with a bunch of other conservative talking heads. This is from July:
“Plenty was said this last weekend at our event about Epstein. Honestly, I’m done talking about Epstein for the time being. I’m going to trust my friends in the administration, I’m going to trust my friends in the government to do what needs to be done, solve it, ball’s in their hands. I’m going to trust my friends Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, my friend Pam Bondi. All these guys. Ball’s in their court. I think that there was plenty of, let’s say, speeches that were directed towards this topic this last weekend. So we don’t need to spend our valuable time on this program relitigating it.”
Emphasis mine because saying “balls in their hands” is hilarious to me.
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It sure would be wild if I felt really conflicted right now. It is a good thing I don’t Mr FBI Agent Reading This.
But a LOT of the right wing and even magat base are turning on trump by the day. He is actively killing the economy (so all their donors), once again has demonstrated he can’t get anyone else elected, and actively hurt their careers by fucking up the shutdown so badly that even schumer can’t take ALL the blame.
Combine that with his well documented health issues and the odds are good he doesn’t survive until 2028… for multiple reasons (again, what up Mr FBI Agent Reading This?). So a LOT of chuds are trying to position themselves as his successor.
Has Trump ever not fucked anyone over in the last 50 years? The answer is probably no.
In reality all of this is probably a distraction. Epstein was a distraction. Everything trump does is a distraction. While the real people work on their new world order game in the background.
I think Charlie Kirk was a hit too. Maybe even just for distraction.
Coincidence? Irony? Maybe a conveniently timed bullet?
Looks like a full nappy
Add a gold trim to damn thing.
Did the demon that attacked him during the middle of the night tell him this?
Anyone who paid attention at the time could have told you that Crooks was a shitpost conservative who engaged in a shitpost shooting.
And yes, this was inconvenient for Trump, so the conservatives instantly stopped talking about it.
The only reason it’s coming up again, is the Epstein emails that have recently come out. And the bombshells yet to come.
Old fucker Tucker here, is already on the outs with mainstream conservative groupthink. So is trying to position himself for a possible comeback. Not knowing that it will never work.
See, Tucker is a loser who was fired for costing Fox a shit ton of money. Conservatives care about that shit.
See, Tucker is a loser who was fired for costing Fox a shit ton of money.
Ahhh… that explains a lot.
Oh yeah, it’s all comin’ together.
Well they did a really bad job, worst coverup I’ve ever seen.
The current fucking around that America is dealing with is probably FBI/CIA… Like all of it… Them manipulating and using Epstein… Trump… It seems like feds are throwing a coup.of America and using the right and left psychologically as a tool.
Americans can’t save america by voting anymore. America is owned and compromised by a cancer of corruption from street gangs to intelligence agencies to military personnel.
Trump isn’t exactly friendly with the CIA. His relationship with the CIA was marked by deep suspicion and frequent public attacks. Trump often accused the intelligence community of working against him and undermining his administration, especially over investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He publicly disparaged CIA officials and even compared the intelligence community’s actions to those of “Nazi Germany.” Trump cut CIA workforce and spending, dismissed officers involved in diversity initiatives, and showed support for controversial positions like bringing back torture. His mistrust and criticism led to strained interactions with CIA leadership and concerns about morale and operational security within the agency. Not to mention when he blew the cover of an untold number of CIA agents, a direct betrayal.
Trump’s hostility was even more direct with the FBI. He publicly questioned the agency’s integrity, calling its reputation “worst in history,” and fired FBI Director James Comey, labeling him a liar and leaker. Trump accused the FBI of illegal activities like wiretapping his campaign and removed multiple top FBI officials. He demanded lists of employees involved in investigations connected to his alleged misconduct and disparaged the bureau’s motives and credibility on various occasions. All this shit fueled a significant decline in morale and trust within the FBI, contributing to a contentious and adversarial relationship between Trump and the bureau throughout his tenure.
I remember hearing in an interview, something along the lines of a suggestion that the CIA could take some kind of action against Trump for all his bullshit. The former CIA employee only said “there are a lot of good boys at the CIA and they’re doing what they’re supposed to” but he said it with a tone that implied that their patience was being tested by Trump’s vitriol… And that interview was done during Trump’s first term, before he turned into the tangerine tyrant.
I can only imagine what they’re up to now, especially if they’re serious about either upholding the constitution or maintaining the status quo. I get the impression that they are probably fans of both.
Well we are in the cyberpunk timeline after all.
We really are.
Tucker Carlson has no loyalty to America anymore. What loyalty he might have ever had is questionable.
He’s here to hurl shit and he’s looking for fans.
has no loyalty to America anymore.
when did he ever have loyalty to America?
You sound like someone with low-tan balls. (not sure if that works in english…)
I don’t think it does, but I like it. I have no idea what it means, but I like it.
It doesn’t, but I’m curious about the phrase… What language and what does it mean?
This is what you call “hedging your bets”
Knew the gloves would come off with the far right once the pant shitter was found out to have a penchant for kids who were still young enough to wear pull-ups.
Apparently he also likes to gobble dicks.
Tucker should shove off to Moscow and stay there.
Well, yeah…
If the people in charge of security were honest, they’d be fired. Anyone that doesn’t say what trump wants to hear get fired.
So when it comes to stuff like this, no real actions are taken to prevent it from happening again. Because you won’t acknowledge why it happened.
As the right fractures more and more, this will keep happening. Maga has always been a loose coalition of different groups with different goals. And trumps not even trying to keep them all happy anymore. They all thought they’d be the priority, and now they’re pissed and feel used.
