Tag Archives: Tucker Carlson

Trump Suggests US Could See More Political Violence

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump suggested that the United States could see intensifying political violence, saying in a new interview that tensions in the country were reaching a boiling point. Asked by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson whether the nation is headed toward open conflict, Trump responded: “I don’t know. I can say this: There’s a …

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Trump To Skip Debate For Live Tucker Carlson Interview

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump plans to upstage the first Republican primary debate on Wednesday by sitting for an online interview with the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, according to multiple people briefed on the matter. In the past 24 hours, Mr. Trump has told people close to him that he has made up …

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One Of Tucker Carlson’s “Feds” Arrested For J6 Riot

NBC News reports: A Donald Trump fan who participated in the Jan. 6 attack and then was the subject of a conspiracy theory on Tucker Carlson’s former Fox News show was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday. Rally Runner, formerly known as Daniel Donnelly Jr., was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, according to court records. Runner faces five federal charges, …

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Tucker Carlson: Just “Being Racist Is Not A Crime”

The Guardian reports: Far-right former Fox News host Tucker Carlson denies being racist – but says if he was, he would “just say so”. “Being racist is not a crime,” Carlson says in a new biography, Tucker, by Chadwick Moore. “Maybe [it is] a moral crime, but not a statutory crime – so if I was racist, I would just …

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Tucker Carlson: Dominion Forced Fox News To Fire Me

The Guardian reports: Tucker Carlson “knows” he was fired by Fox News in April as a condition of the $787.5m settlement with Dominion Voting Systems regarding the broadcast of Donald Trump’s lie about election fraud, the former host says in a new book. “They agreed to take me off the air, my show off the air, as a condition of …

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Carlson Inks 7-Figure Ad Deal With Anti-Diversity App

CNBC reports: Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s new Twitter show has landed one of its first advertisers. Carlson agreed to a seven-figure advertising deal with Public Square, a shopping app that promotes itself as being the “starting point” for conservatives to battle environmental, social and governance policies. Carlson has become even more outspokenly conservative on Twitter than he was …

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Carlson: Mike Pence “Isn’t Much Of A Christian Leader”

“There are clergy in Ukraine who are being thrown in prison, convents raided, nuns kicked out, priests handcuffed, thrown in jail. So I asked a self-appointed Christian leader about that, and I said, ‘What do you think? As someone who’s spent his life advocating for religious freedom about raiding nunneries and throwing priests in jail?’ And he said with a …

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Carlson And Pence Bicker Over Carlson’s False Ukraine Claims: “Tucker, I Have Heard That Routine From You”

As you saw in the previous post, Tucker Carlson is holding a forum with GOP presidential candidates at an event put on by an Iowa anti-LGBTQ hate group, the Family Leader. In his interview with Mike Pence, Carlson claimed that Ukraine is persecuting Christians and is therefore unworthy of US support. Pence wasn’t having it. A partial transcript: Pence: I …

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Carlson Fails To Get Pence To Downplay Capitol Riot

“Now as to that day, let me just say: All I know for sure, having lived through it at the Capitol, is that it was a tragic day. I’ve never used the word insurrection, Tucker, over the last two years. “But it was a riot that took place at the Capitol that day. I saw firsthand where they evacuated us …

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Carlson Seeks Hundreds Of Millions For Media Venture

Reuters reports: Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and former White House adviser Neil Patel are looking to raise funds to start a new media company that could potentially be anchored on Twitter, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The duo is looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the company, the report said, citing people …

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“Planted Federal Agent” Sues Fox And Tucker Carlson

The New York Times reports: Ray Epps, the man at the center of a widespread conspiracy theory about the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Fox News and its former host Tucker Carlson of defamation for promoting a “fantastical story” that Mr. Epps was an undercover government agent who instigated the violence …

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Carlson Posts Fawning Interview With Accused Rapist Andrew Tate, Who Denies He’s Been Accused Of Rape

The Independent reports: Tucker Carlson has once again invited criticism for uploading a two-and-a-half-hour long interview with rape and sex trafficking accused Andrew Tate on Twitter. The former Fox News host, who now uploads a new series he calls Tucker on Twitter, sat down with the controversial social media influencer, who was arrested and charged with rape, human trafficking and …

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Carlson To Host GOP Presidential Candidates Forum

Glenn Beck’s Blaze Media reports: Blaze Media is joining forces with the FAMiLY Leader to present a presidential candidate forum hosted by Tucker Carlson. A tweet on TheBlaze Twitter account indicates that the company will be streaming the Friday event live on BlazeTV and the BlazeTV YouTube channel. The livestream on the BlazeTV YouTube channel is scheduled to begin at …

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“Undercover Fed Rioter” To Sue Fox For Defamation

The New York Times reports: Of all the distortions and paranoia that Tucker Carlson promoted on his since-canceled Fox News program, one looms large: a conspiracy theory that an Arizona man working as a covert government agent incited the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol to sabotage and discredit former President Donald J. Trump and his political movement. What’s …

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REPORT: Carlson Raising Funds For New Media Venture

Mediaite reports: Tucker Carlson is reportedly raising funds for a new media venture in the wake of his Fox News ousting, and many of his former staffers at the network are reuniting with him for the project, according to a new report. Puck News’s Dylan Byers reported on Wednesday that Carlson is currently raising funds for the venture and that …

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Watters Gets Carlson’s Old Time Slot In Fox Shakeup

Deadline reports: Fox News unveiled a new primetime lineup, with Jesse Watters moving to Tucker Carlson’s old 8 p.m. time slot and Laura Ingraham slotted earlier in the evening at 7 p.m. Hannity will remain at 9 p.m., while Greg Gutfeld’s show will take over Ingraham’s slot at 10 p.m. The changes will be effective as of July 17. A …

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Kinzinger: Uprising Is “Massive Blow” To Tucker Carlson

“I think you have to start thinking through every worst-case scenario. So obviously Putin out of the picture, I think generally it would be great for the world, but you think about the instability in Russia that will inevitably come from that. Even if this whole supposed coup fails, there will be some instability in Russia, which has nuclear weapons. …

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Fox News Parts Ways With “Dictator” Chyron Producer

The Daily Beast reports: The Fox News producer who authored the network’s chyron Tuesday night labeling President Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator” has parted ways with the company, two sources told The Daily Beast on Thursday. Former Tucker Carlson Tonight managing editor Alexander McCaskill, who features prominently in a toxic work environment lawsuit by a former colleague, is no longer …

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Fox Sends Carlson Legal Threat Over His Twitter Show

Axios reports: Fox News has sent a “cease and desist” letter to Tucker Carlson as he ramps up a competing series on Twitter that drew a combined 169 million views for its first two episodes, Axios has learned. The contract battle between Fox and its former top host — who was taken off the air in April, after the network’s …

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Fox Threatens To Sue Carlson Over New Twitter Show

The Hill reports: Fox News claimed Wednesday that Tucker Carlson violated his contract with the network after launching a new show on Twitter. The network reportedly notified its onetime anchor of the breach of contract claim shortly after he posted the first episode of his new show to the social media platform on Tuesday evening. “Pursuant to the terms of …

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