<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly">Megyn Kelly</a> said her show isn’t beholden to anyone, and called reports that her podcast had been acquired “misleading BS” after Fox Corp announced it had purchased Red Seat Ventures, a digital media company.
In a post on Monday on <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1888999105365483764">X</a>, the host of “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast reacted to a <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/fox-acquires-red-seat-ventures/">Wrap</a> headline that read, “Fox Acquires Red Seat Ventures, Home to Megyn Kelly and Other Fox News Alumni.” 
“Look at this misleading BS,” Kelly wrote to her millions of followers. “No one has acquired my show’s ‘home.’ The 3d party firm that sells my ADS has been acquired. That’s all. The ⁦<a href="https://x.com/MegynKellyShow">@MegynKellyShow</a>⁩ is NOT controlled or owned by anyone other than ME.”
In a second <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1888999967747920087">post</a>, Kelly hit back again at a Reuters headline that read, “Fox Corp acquires Red Seat Ventures to tap podcast market.”
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Look at this misleading BS. No one has acquired my show’s “home.” The 3d party firm that sells my ADS has been acquired. Thats all. The ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/MegynKellyShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MegynKellyShow</a>⁩ is NOT controlled or owned by anyone other than ME. <a href="https://t.co/fPmVVCl3Is">https://t.co/fPmVVCl3Is</a>
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1888999105365483764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
“NO, it doesn’t. We are 100% INDEPENDENT. Fox bought the co that sells our ads, period,” the podcast host wrote. She included a quote in her post from the article that claimed the “deal brings [Bill] O&#8217;Reilly, [Megyn] Kelly and [Tucker] Carlson back in the Murdoch fold, though Red Seat Ventures will operate independently within Fox&#8217;s Tubi Media Group…”
CEO of Red Seat Ventures, Chris Balfe, told The Wrap that by teaming up with Fox, “we will be able to build upon that investment and expand the services we provide to our creators, while continuing to maintain the independence and integrity of their brands, which is truly the best case scenario.”
Red Seat Ventures will operate under Fox’s Tubi Media group, with Tubi CEO Paul Cheesbrough, becoming the company’s chairman.
Cheesbrough said that he sees “tremendous opportunities” for the company to jump into other genres beyond its strength in right-leaning political shows, including sports and entertainment, the outlet noted.
“The creator economy is one of the fastest growing media categories worldwide by measure of reach and influence, and consumers are increasingly looking to get their information, insights and entertainment directly from the voices and brands they trust across these platforms,” Cheesbrough added.
In 2020, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/okay-groomer-megyn-kelly-slams-transgender-push-on-her-third-grader-says-its-like-they-are-trying-recruit">Kelly</a> launched the creation of her own <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bumps-and-bruises-megyn-kellys-transformation-from-fox-news-anchor-to-running-her-own-hit-podcast-show">production company</a>, “Devil May Care Media,” and her first show hit the air on September 28, 2020 —  after she&#8217;d spent more than a decade at Fox News as a host of her own show and a year at NBC as a morning show host.
A year later, she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-the-bulls-censorship-megyn-kelly-debuts-new-siriusxm-show">announced</a> “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast was moving to SiriusXM. The host recently <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTeLeuK26J8">celebrated</a> that the show had aired its 1,000th episode.
“Thanks to all of you, we made it here … Thanks to all of you, my team, and our audience for making this happen … When we launched this podcast, we were in New York, and we were in the kids&#8217; playroom, in a little corner with literally a desk Abby got off of either Wayfair or from IKEA,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;It was like $100. I think she assembled it … There were four of us … and we hoped it would work out. But who knew?”
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Megyn Kelly Says Her Show Isn’t Beholden To Anyone Amid Reports Her Podcast Was ‘Acquired’

Megyn Kelly Says Her Show Isn’t Beholden To Anyone Amid Reports Her Podcast Was 'Acquired'

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Leftist blogger Timony Burke was arrested by federal law enforcement officials on Thursday and charged with 14 crimes for allegedly illegally accessing videos of former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fox-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> host Tucker Carlson while he was still at the network.
The federal indictment says that Burke worked with a co-conspirator, who was not named, to hack Fox News&#8217; systems and leak damaging unaired footage of Carlson&#8217;s interview with Kanye West that showed the now-disgraced rapper making anti-Semitic remarks. Other unaired footage of Carlson was also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-raids-democrat-politicians-home-over-hack-of-tucker-carlson-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leaked</a> to Media Matters.
Burke &#8220;played multiple roles in the conspiracy, including utilizing compromised credentials to gain unauthorized access to protected computers, scouring those protected computers for electronic items and information, obtaining and stealing electronic items and information deemed desirable, organizing and exploiting some of those electronic items and information, and intercepting and disclosing the contents of wire, oral, and/or electronic video communications,&#8221; the indictment <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.424438/gov.uscourts.flmd.424438.1.0_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Burke was charged with one count of Conspiracy; six counts of Intentionally Accessing Protected Computer Without Authorization; five counts of Intentional Interception of a Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communication; and two counts of Intentionally Disclosing Illegally Intercepted Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communication.
The FBI raided Burke&#8217;s home — which he shares with his wife, far-Left Tampa City Council member Lynn Hurtak — in May 2023.
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“It’s not hacking, it’s just good investigative journalism,” claimed Burke&#8217;s attorney, Michael Maddux, before entering court on Thursday. “We obviously emphatically deny these charges and we’re looking forward to the opportunity to defend him and exonerate him.”

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Political commentator Tucker Carlson pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview this week to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from prison so he can return to the U.S.
Carlson made the ask at the end of an interview that lasted longer than two hours and was posted to social media Thursday evening. Carlson did not ask about other Americans who were locked up inside Russia, including <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/some-americans-jailed-in-russia-fear-being-left-behind-483cf3ff">Paul Whelan and Marc Fogel</a>.
Nearly the entire first half of the interview was Putin sharing his version of Russia&#8217;s history and offering his justifications for why he invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
During various moments in the interview, Putin appeared to take some subtle shots at Carlson, in an apparent attempt to throw him off balance, including at the very beginning when he asked Carlson if they were &#8220;having a talk show or a serious conversation.&#8221;
Another instance where Putin threw shade at Carlson happened when Putin claimed that the U.S. orchestrated a &#8220;coup d&#8217;etat&#8221; in Ukraine that resulted in former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich being forced out of office.
When Carlson asked Putin who backed what he claimed was a coup, Putin responded: &#8220;With the backing of CIA, of course, the organization you wanted to join back in the day, as I understand. We should thank God they didn&#8217;t let you in. Although it is a serious organization, I understand.&#8221;
Carlson repeatedly pressed Putin about what it would take for him to end the war in Ukraine so the region could have peace, to which Putin said that the U.S. must stop supplying Ukraine with the weapons that it needs to fight.
&#8220;If you really want to stop fighting, you need to stop supplying weapons,&#8221; Putin said. &#8220;It will be over within a few weeks.&#8221;
Putin also highlighted a law that Ukraine&#8217;s president <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/04/zelensky-signs-law-declaring-talks-with-putin-impossible/">signed</a> that said the country will not negotiate with Putin, declaring it &#8220;impossible&#8221; to negotiate with the dictator.
The Russian leader would not disclose what President Joe Biden said to him the last time they talked, saying that if Carlson wanted to know that, he should go ask Biden himself.
Putin said that people should not be concerned about the war becoming a global nuclear conflict and that those fears were coming from people &#8220;trying to fuel the Russian threat.&#8221;
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Putin claimed that he had no desire to invade countries like &#8220;Poland, Latvia, or anywhere else&#8221; unless they were to attack Russia.
&#8220;Why would we do that? We simply don&#8217;t have any interest,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;It&#8217;s just threat mongering.&#8221;
Carlson pushed back on Putin after he accused the U.S. of blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline, asking him why he would not present the evidence that he claims he had that proved it was the United States. Carlson also pressed Putin over why Germany was being silent about the matter considering that it impacted their economy.
Putin took opportunities during the interview to undermine the U.S. dollar, the U.S. economy, and the West while promoting communist China and Russia&#8217;s alliances.
Various important topics were not discussed, including the mysterious deaths of numerous powerful Russians over the last couple of years to Russian cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure to former Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin organizing a revolt against the Russian government last year.
At the end of the interview, Carlson lobbied Putin to release Gershkovich, 32, &#8220;as a sign of decency&#8221; so that Carlson could bring him back to the U.S.
&#8220;We have done so many gestures of goodwill out of decency that I think we have run out of them,&#8221; Putin said. &#8220;We have never seen anyone reciprocate to us in a similar manner. However, in theory, we can say that we do not rule out that we can do that if our partners take reciprocal steps. When I talk about the partners, I first of all refer to special services. Special services are in contact with one another. They are talking about the matter in question. There is no taboo to settle this issue. We are willing to solve it, but there are certain terms being discussed via special services channels. I believe an agreement can be reached.&#8221;
Putin accused Gershkovich of obtaining &#8220;secret information&#8221; through a &#8220;conspiratorial manner,&#8221; which he said amounted to spying.
&#8220;And that is exactly what he was doing,&#8221; Putin claimed. &#8220;He was receiving classified, confidential information, and he did it covertly. Maybe he did that out of carelessness or his own initiative. Considering the sheer fact that this [qualifies as] espionage. The fact has been proven as he was caught red handed when he was receiving this information. If it had been some farfetched excuse, some fabrication, something not proven, it would have been a different story then. But he was caught red handed when he was secretly getting confidential information.&#8221;
Putin said that he thought the reporter was working for U.S. intelligence and that he was &#8220;getting classified information,&#8221; presumably from the Russian government, &#8220;in secret [which] is called espionage.&#8221;
When Putin tried to deflect by bringing up a completely different example of someone being imprisoned in a foreign country, Carlson pushed back, noting that the example he gave was &#8220;completely different&#8221; and that Gershkovich was just a reporter.
&#8220;He&#8217;s not just a journalist. I reiterate,&#8221; Putin said. &#8220;He&#8217;s a journalist who is secretly getting confidential information.&#8221;
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Tucker asks Putin about jailed WSJ journalist <a href="https://t.co/SjPMutFJBP">pic.twitter.com/SjPMutFJBP</a>
&mdash; Tucker Carlson Network (@TCNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/TCNetwork/status/1755732749950828860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Tucker Carlson Presses Vladimir Putin To Release U.S. Journalist From Custody

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Members of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/european-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Parliament</a> are calling for sanctions against Tucker Carlson after he announced an interview with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Carlson posted a <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1754939251257475555" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> to X on Tuesday announcing that he was in Moscow to interview Putin. Carlson’s sit-down with the Russian president is the first time Putin agreed to speak with a Western newsperson since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago.
European Parliament member Guy Verhofstadt, former prime minister of Belgium, said the bloc should consider imposing a “travel ban” on Carlson for serving as a “mouthpiece” for Putin.
“As Putin is a war criminal and the EU sanctions all who assist him in that effort, it seems logical that the External Action Service examine his case as well,” Verhofstadt told <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-sanctions-eu-putin-interview-1867655" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsweek</a>.
The External Action Service (EAS) oversees foreign policy for the European Union, handling such issues as diplomacy and sanctions. The EAS can choose to review a potential new addition to the E.U.’s sanction list. If the EAS finds the evidence convincing and sanctions warranted, it will present the case to the European Council, comprised of European government leaders, for approval.
Urmas Paet, a member of the European Parliament from Estonia, <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/european-parliament-proposes-ban-tucker-142022416.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backed</a> a travel ban against Carlson in remarks made to Ukrainian news.
“Carlson wants to give a platform to someone accused of crimes of genocide — this is wrong. If Putin has something to say he needs to say it in front of the ICC. At the same time Carlson is not being a real journalist since he has clearly expressed his sympathy for the Russian regime and Putin and has constantly disparaged Ukraine, the victim of Russian aggression,” Paet said. “So, for such propaganda for a criminal regime, you can end up on the list of sanctions. This concerns primarily a travel ban to E.U. countries.”
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Carlson’s interview with Putin has taken place since the Tuesday announcement, though it has yet to be released. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to Newsweek Wednesday that the interview had been recorded, adding, “[Carlson’s] position is different from the others.”
“It is in no way pro-Russian, it is not pro-Ukrainian, it is pro-American, but at least it contrasts with the position of the traditional Anglo-Saxon media,” Peskov said.
It’s unclear how widespread support for sanctioning Carlson is among members of the E.U. Any potential sanction or travel ban against Carlson would likely take time to litigate and approve, if an effort moves forward at all.
The threats to sanction Carlson over the interview received blowback from conservative media in the U.S.
“The idea that Tucker would be sanctioned for engaging [in] free speech and journalism is the kind of thuggish tyranny one might expect from Vladimir Putin’s regime, not from democratic western governments,” posted Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing. “Even if Tucker flies rhetorical cover for Putin, a man with hundreds of nuclear weapons trained [on] us — and I hope he is sincere when he says that is not what he is there to do — he would still be well within his rights to do so.”
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The idea that Tucker would be sanctioned for engaging free speech and journalism is the kind of thuggish tyranny one might expect from Vladimir Putin’s regime, not from democratic western governments. 
Even if Tucker flies rhetorical cover for Putin, a man with hundreds of… <a href="https://t.co/8uSSBxT8QV">https://t.co/8uSSBxT8QV</a>
&mdash; Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1755367810996613128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Glenn Beck, founder of The Blaze, said: “So, you’re not allowed to interview dictators now?! Should we also expect sanctions for the New York Times, which fawned over Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler? How about Dan Rather for interviewing Saddam Hussein? Or Megyn Kelly for also interviewing Putin? This is what journalists do. They get BOTH sides of the story.”
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Reports are now claiming the EU might SANCTION <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TuckerCarlson</a> for interviewing Putin. Um…WHAT?! So, you’re not allowed to interview dictators now?!
Should we also expect sanctions for the New York Times, which fawned over Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler? 
How about Dan Rather…
&mdash; Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) <a href="https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/1755343181929976057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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EU Lawmakers Call For ‘Travel Ban’ On Tucker Carlson Over Putin Interview

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If you’re on the Right, then you know that the phrase “this is why we lose” has become something of a cliche. Anytime anyone on our side does anything we don’t like, we are bound to declare “this is why we lose,” as if that person is now a symbol for America’s cultural decline. In many cases, the “this is why we lose” charge can be off base, or at least overwrought and overstated. But not always.
So today we begin with an actual case of “this is why we lose.”
Over the past few days, there has been, seemingly out of nowhere, a full-court press by some on the Right to rehabilitate Bud Light and convince conservatives to drop the boycott of the company. Now, we know that some notable figures on this side of the aisle were never on board with the boycott in the first place. Famously, Donald Trump Jr. defended the beer maker from the beginning, saying Bud Light is on our side, despite appearances, and we shouldn’t punish them for their brief foray into trans propaganda. But Trump Jr. and others in that orbit were alone in their pro-Bud Light stance for many months, until just now.
This week, both UFC president Dana White and Kid Rock appeared in interviews with Tucker Carlson to declare their renewed support for Bud Light. Some other prominent voices, like Tim Pool, have come out to defend their position.
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In fairness to these guys, we will go through these clips one-by-one so you can hear their arguments for yourself. 
First, here’s Dana White:
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I’ll have plenty to say about the thrust of Dana’s argument after we play all of the clips, but I do want to point out one thing right away. Bud Light is a brand owned by a foreign conglomerate. Putting everything else aside, it’s very hard to make the case that it’s “patriotic” to support a foreign company. I’m not saying we can’t support foreign-owned brands. After all that’s most brands. I’m just saying it’s hard to cast your support for a Belgian multinational corporation as patriotic.
But we’ll get back to Dana’s point in a moment. First, here’s Kid Rock, also with Tucker, agreeing with Dana:
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Many people — myself certainly included — have found Kid Rock’s reasoning here less than compelling. 
But Tim Pool thinks that we’re all missing the point:
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Now, before I explain why this is all horribly wrong, let me begin by stipulating that I like all of these guys. I like Dana White and Kid Rock. Tim Pool’s show is great and I like him personally. I’m obviously a huge fan and supporter of Tucker Carlson and I think he’s one of the most important voices in the country right now. But the Bud Light boycott is still on, and let me explain why.
Bud Light — the foreign-owned brand — tried to push trans ideology. It spat in the face of its own customers. For once in our lives — for once, ever, in modern American history — conservatives fought back in an organized, competent, effective way. We organized a boycott and we stuck with it. We actually made the woke company feel the pain. We imposed our will in a way conservatives have never been able to do. 
The Bud Light boycott is by far (and It’s not close) the most effective conservative boycott of a major company of all-time. There isn’t even a close second. In fact, it’s fair to say this is not just the most effective but actually the only successful boycott we’ve ever staged.
We’d have to have a very compelling strategic reason to end this one single successful boycott campaign. We would have to have extracted some kind of major concession. But what concession have they made? They gave Dana White $100 million. So what? That’s not a concession, that’s not an apology — that’s a marketing ploy. Are we going to end the Bud Light boycott and start giving them our money because we like their new marketing plan? That wouldn’t be us ending a boycott victoriously. That would be a retreat. It would be the very definition of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Something the Right does very often, but never as egregiously and pathetically as this.
Now, as with any boycott campaign, I do agree that you need to give companies an out. You have to give them a way to get back in your good graces. The whole point of a boycott is that you’re withholding support in order to extract some kind of concession. If you get the concession, you win. And if you don’t get the concession then the company is just destroyed, and you win that way. So far we are winning the second way. Bud Light betrayed its customers, it has not conceded defeat, and so the entire company is in shambles. So be it.
What can Bud Light do to get out of this? What’s their out?
Well, they would need to apologize for pushing transgenderism. They would need to apologize specifically and explicitly. They would need to grovel at our feet, in humiliating fashion, and disavow gender ideology entirely. That’s what they would have to do. They haven’t done that. They refuse to do that. Instead, they are hoping they can simply change the subject. But a change of subject is not a concession. It’s not an apology. It’s a trick, a gimmick, a diversion tactic. If we fall for it then we deserve to lose. We deserve everything that’s coming.
Here’s the point. If you are boycotting a company and demanding some kind of concession, and you don’t get the concession, and then you back down anyway — you lose. You have taken your victory and traded it in, in exchange for a defeat. You have said, “No thanks, I’d rather not win. I’ll take a loss instead.”
That’s what it would be if we start supporting Bud Light now. They haven’t apologized. They haven’t conceded. So, screw them. Let them wither and die. Let their brand destroy itself. Let it burn. That’s what they’ve chosen. It’s what they’ll get. Unless we decide to bail them out because we don’t have the stomach to fight the culture war like wars need to be fought. Part of the pitch from guys like Dana White and Kid Rock seems to be a call for a weird sort of mercy.
I’ve even seen some on the Right arguing that we are called, as Christians, to forgive Bud Light for their transgressions. That is an actual argument I’ve seen from more than one person. But fighting back against culture rot, fighting against the people who are deliberately injecting perversion and moral insanity into our society, fighting against the corporate overlords behind it all, is not a time for mercy. These are not homeless, starving people on the street who need a helping hand. These are mega-billion-dollar corporations who are selling degeneracy for profit. If you manage to get your foot on one of their necks, you keep it there. You have no mercy until they grovel and beg and do exactly what you demand that they do. And, again, if we are not willing to do that, if we are not willing to be ruthless, if we will allow ourselves to be paid off, then there is no hope. We will never win this war. And we will not deserve to win anyway.
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Keep in mind the significance of the Bud Light boycott and the whole strategy behind it: We have turned this company into a cautionary tale. The whole point was to put its head on a spike as a warning to others. It’s a trophy for the mantle. We want to show corporate America this is what we will do — this is what we are capable of doing, and willing to do — if you spit in our face the way Bud Light did. But if we just put a dent in their sales for a couple of quarters, get no apology or concession at all, and then go back to supporting them, we will have taken their head off of the spike and put our own on it. We will have sent a very different kind of message to corporate America. We will have shown them that we are not willing to go for the kill shot. That ultimately we will always come crawling back, pathetically, with our tail between our legs.
But what’s happening now is even worse. This is not just an effort to end the Bud Light boycott. This is an effort to actively rehabilitate their brand. Because the truth is the boycott isn’t even really a boycott anymore. It’s worse than that for Bud Light. The problem has metastasized. We didn’t just boycott the company — we rebranded it. The brand itself now seem lame, effeminate, and embarrassing. Even people who don’t care about the boycott, or are only dimly aware of it, avoid drinking Bud Light just because they don’t want their friends to make fun of them. That’s why Bud Light is in such a dire situation.
Even if we officially ended the boycott, it wouldn’t necessarily matter. The brand is lame now. Customers don’t want to be associated with it. Which means that to really end the boycott, we would have to revitalize and repair Bud Light’s brand for them, which is what the Dana Whites and Kid Rocks of the world seem to be trying to do. This is like declaring victory in a war, accepting your enemy’s surrender, and then proceeding to give them back all the land you gained. You’re not just ending the war in that case. You are actively forfeiting your own gains. You aren’t just letting your enemy bow out. You are helping them repair the damage that they themselves caused.
Why would we do that? Why should we? What do we gain?
I know the UFC gains $100 million. But what about the rest of us? What about the movement? What about the culture? What do we get out of this “mercy”? Nothing. That’s the answer.
And on top of it all, it must be said, Bud Light sucks anyway. It’s a bad product. It tastes like stale rainwater scooped out of a murky puddle on the pavement. This is not just the most effective conservative boycott in history, but the easiest. Nobody with functioning tastebuds has any desire to drink that sludge anyway.
That’s what it comes down to. We can do what is effective, what is right, and also what is, at the same time, very easy. Or we can go out of our way to kneecap ourselves and turn an easy victory into a laborious defeat. Those are your options.
And really, you should not have any trouble making the choice.

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced Saturday the launch of a news subscription-based site, <a href="https://tuckercarlson.com/">TuckerCarlson.com</a>, where subscribers can gain access to exclusive content.
&#8220;Hey, it&#8217;s Tucker Carlson. We&#8217;ve been out of work for 7 or 8 months now, hard to know. Time flies when you&#8217;re unemployed, but actually we have been working in secret and producing an awful lot of material for months now, interviews, etc. And all of it has found its way to TuckerCarlson.com,&#8221; Carlson said in a video posted Saturday on X, along with a link to the website.
He also teased that the new site was just a part of a bigger venture, adding, &#8220;We&#8217;re launching a brand new thing very soon, and we&#8217;d love for you to see it. So go to TuckerCarlson.com to see it first.&#8221;
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The main page of the site prompts the visitor to &#8220;Join Team Tucker&#8221; by creating an account and becoming a &#8220;Founding Member.&#8221;
Carlson, whose program &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221; was the highest rated show on the network, was fired from Fox News back in April.
“FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” Fox News <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-replaces-tucker-with-jesse-watters">said</a> in a statement announcing Carlson’s exit on April 24. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor. Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 PM/ET starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating FOX News personalities until a new host is named.”
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Since his departure from Fox News, Carlson has posted a series of monologues and interviews on X. Some prominent guests who have been featured on Carlson&#8217;s X series include former President Donald Trump, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton,  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Daily Wire host Candace Owens.
The series premiered on June 6, and 46 episodes have been released as of December 7.

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Controversial author Michael Wolff claimed in an interview this week that Tucker Carlson was the source of his reporting that alleged Florida Governor Ron DeSantis kicked Carlson’s dog while meeting with Carlson and his wife, Susie Carlson.
Carlson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-debunks-totally-made-up-story-that-claimed-desantis-kicked-his-dog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> the claims in &#8220;The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty&#8221; last week, telling The Daily Wire that the &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; story was &#8220;totally made up&#8221; and that DeSantis &#8220;never touched my dog, obviously.&#8221;
DeSantis&#8217; presidential campaign also slammed the story, calling it “absurd and false.”
Wolff <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/michael-wolff-fox-news-rupert-murdoch-tucker-carlson-book-excerpt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> in his book:
<blockquote>The Carlsons are dog people with four spaniels, the progeny of other spaniels they have had before, who sleep in their bed. DeSantis pushed the dog under the table. Had he kicked the dog? Susie Carlson’s judgment was clear: She did not ever want to be anywhere near anybody like that ever again. Her husband agreed. DeSantis, in Carlson’s view, was a “fascist.” Forget Ron DeSantis.</blockquote>
In an interview on Monday, Wolff claimed that Carlson was the source for the story: “The source on this is Tucker himself. I just reflect what he told me.”
When asked if Carlson was lying, Wolff said: &#8220;I don’t know, maybe he exaggerated. Maybe he lied. I don’t know. Maybe he regrets saying that. I have no idea.&#8221;
&#8220;I think what I am accurately reflecting is his feelings about Ron DeSantis, and at the moment he seemed to have felt that he kicked the dog,&#8221; Wolff claimed. &#8220;I can’t tell you whether that happened or not. I can tell you with the greatest authority that that’s what he said happened.&#8221;
A spokesperson for Carlson said that Wolff&#8217;s claims that Carlson was behind the story was false.
The spokesperson also responded with the following video of Wolff:
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In response to a request for comment on this story, a spokesperson for Tucker Carlson sent the following video clip: <a href="https://t.co/td7fm3t047">https://t.co/td7fm3t047</a> <a href="https://t.co/MXyPW6xxWh">pic.twitter.com/MXyPW6xxWh</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1706380915230818636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Michael Wolff Claims Tucker Carlson Was Behind Ron DeSantis Dog Story; Carlson Fires Back

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Former Fox News host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> debunked a claim this week that Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> kicked Carlson&#8217;s dog while meeting with Carlson and his wife, Susie Carlson.
The claim was contained in a new book — &#8220;The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty&#8221; — from author Michael Wolff, whose work in the past has often been criticized as not accurate.
Wolff <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/michael-wolff-fox-news-rupert-murdoch-tucker-carlson-book-excerpt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> in his book:
<blockquote>The Carlsons are dog people with four spaniels, the progeny of other spaniels they have had before, who sleep in their bed. DeSantis pushed the dog under the table. Had he kicked the dog? Susie Carlson’s judgment was clear: She did not ever want to be anywhere near anybody like that ever again. Her husband agreed. DeSantis, in Carlson’s view, was a “fascist.” Forget Ron DeSantis.</blockquote>
In a statement to The Daily Wire, Carlson said of Wolff&#8217;s claims: “It’s totally made up. Ridiculous actually.”
&#8220;This is absurd,&#8221; Carlson <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ron-desantis-tucker-carlson-dog-table-michael-wolff-book-2023-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a separate statement to Insider. &#8220;He never touched my dog, obviously.&#8221;
DeSantis&#8217; presidential campaign also strongly pushed back on the story, calling it &#8220;absurd and false.&#8221;
&#8220;Some will say or write anything to attack Ron DeSantis because they know he presents a threat to their worldview,&#8221; said Communications Director Andrew Romeo. &#8220;But rest assured that as president the one thing he will squarely kick is the DC elitists in both parties either under or over the table, and that&#8217;s why they are so desperately fighting back.&#8221;
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Wolff&#8217;s reputation is so suspect that CNN wrote a report on Tuesday urging people to be skeptical of Wolff&#8217;s new book attacking their archrival Fox News.
&#8220;When reading and reporting on the book, journalists and the public at large would be smart not to mistake Wolff’s word for the word of God,&#8221; CNN&#8217;s left-wing media reporter Oliver Darcy <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/media/michael-wolff-fox-news-book-reliable-sources/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Wolff has a history of printing claims that end up being strongly disputed by the subjects themselves. Critics have chided him in the past for sloppy or unethical reporting practices. And his bestselling &#8216;Fire &amp; Fury&#8217; even contained outright factual errors.&#8221;
CNN noted that a &#8220;quick glance&#8221; of Wolff&#8217;s new book showed that he made &#8220;sloppy mistakes, struggling to even spell the names of top Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Jesse Watters.&#8221;
Sources at Fox News told CNN that Wolff did not even attempt to fact check the claims in his book.
&#8220;When it comes to reporting on any subject, however, taking basic fact-checking measures is important,&#8221; CNN added. &#8220;With Fox News, where an author might be basing major claims using less-than-reliable sources, the risks are more pronounced, making such reporting efforts even more paramount. Some sources could harbor an agenda — and it takes little effort or risk to provide information as an unnamed source.&#8221;

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Tucker Carlson Debunks ‘Totally Made Up’ Story That Claimed DeSantis Kicked His Dog

Tucker Carlson Debunks 'Totally Made Up' Story That Claimed DeSantis Kicked His Dog

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People have been shocked to see the extent that the Department of Justice and the media went to for Hunter Biden and his laptop. The cover up was obviously real; the amount of evidence throughout the 2020 election was ridiculous. Yet even when photos of Hunter smoking crack surfaced, the media claimed they were Russian propaganda. How utterly delusional to think the Russians have any interest in creating propaganda about Hunter Biden.
Ultimately, the media got what they wanted: installing Joe Biden as president. But now, people are realizing the Department of Justice is complicit. Former members of the CIA are complicit. People in the intelligence community claimed Hunter’s laptop was tied in with Russian propaganda efforts, but they knew that the contents of the laptop were true. Even judges have been implicated. Finally, people are asking, just how corrupt is the system?
The general consensus is usually that “deep state” is just a trendy phrase conspiracy theorists throw around. But in actuality, this is exactly what deep state is. It’s when people who have so much power make stories virtually disappear overnight — stories that should actually be everywhere. It’s what gets you to stop talking about something that we should be talking about for months and, instead, shifts your focus to something else entirely, just like what happened with Hunter Biden’s laptop.
One such story that disappeared without a trace was the one involving all the allegations that Barack Obama is gay — something I’ve known about him for years. Tucker Carlson spoke on camera about these claims, and for most people, this was all new information. They were shocked because there had been a media concerted effort to bury those stories when Obama was running for president of the United States. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jls5Bz8pEtc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In his video,</a> Tucker explains that a man named Larry Sinclair came forward, signed an affidavit, took a lie detector test (the results have been <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2008/06/obama-accuser-has-long-rap-sheet-011164" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disputed</a>), and professed to having smoked crack and had sex with Obama. Yet no one reported on this. Why? Because the Obama campaign said that anyone who does will be banned from access to the Obama campaign.
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This was confirmed when a Secret Service agent who worked for Obama and his family told me that when Obama was in office, part of the Secret Service’s job was sneaking young men into the White House. Furthermore, it wasn’t a secret that he was sleeping with these young men. The press never found out, which happens occasionally. Sometimes, you can actually drop off crack cocaine at the White House, and they don’t know who did it. When they need to be, the government can be super hush hush, and the media will help bury those facts. So the president of the United States was allegedly having illicit affairs and the media covered it up. That is a big cover up.
Because of this, most people had never even heard of Larry Sinclair until Carlson mentioned him. They had never heard about his testimony — and if they did, it was dismissed. Sinclair was just problematized. It is true that Sinclair has problems — financial, forgery, fraud, etc. — but he was crystal clear in his testimony at the National Press Club news conference in Washington on June 18, 2008, that he engaged in a homosexual affair with Obama in Chicago. At this conference, exactly four minutes in, Sinclair give a detailed recount of his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QK0eGp3N6A">“Obama incident”</a>, the affair with Obama.
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It is a remarkably detailed account, and it seems like the journalists in the room at that news conference would have fact checked those details. They could have easily asked for credit card receipts, questioned then-Senator Obama where he was on that evening, and asked him to counter the claims. Of course, this video was buried, just like the letter Obama’s ex-girlfriend came forward with, which detailed the gay fantasies he had about men while also proclaiming he would be publicly heterosexual. This is not a real secret because it has never been a real secret. Yet it has been kept from the general public.
To be clear, it doesn’t really affect my day-to-day life if Obama is a flaming homo. But as a country, we should ask the question: Why did the media cover this up? They did not cover it up because they were concerned America wouldn’t vote for a gay man in 2008. The real reason they covered it is that the media is controlled by the CIA. The CIA has placed agents all within the media to control the way we think, and that has been going on for decades — since JFK was assassinated. That is when they put Operation Mockingbird into place.
Perhaps the CIA thought they needed journalists to repeat what they wanted them to say following JFK’s death. But the bigger reason why they latch onto complicated characters like Joe and Hunter Biden and Barack Obama is because they know their dirt. They know that Obama likes crack and young men, and having that kind of information gives them control. So they find someone who presents well enough, gives them a division of power, and installs a puppet presidency. Obama is going to do exactly what they want — because of what they have on him. Look at what they know.
This isn’t a conspiracy. It’s common sense. Obviously.
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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson interviewed a man on his show this week who claims that he used drugs and had sexual relations with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/barack-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barack Obama</a> before Obama was president.
Carlson&#8217;s interview of Larry Sinclair — who has been <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2008/06/obama-accuser-has-long-rap-sheet-011164" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> and served significant time in jail for crimes involving deceit, and who reportedly did not pass a polygraph test administered in response to his allegations involving Obama — comes after recent reports <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-fantasized-about-making-love-to-men-in-letter-to-his-girlfriend-his-biographer-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted</a> that Obama wrote in letters to an ex-girlfriend that he sexually fantasized about men.
The interview was featured on X, formerly known as Twitter, where Carlson releases videos of interviews he conducts with various figures.
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Ep. 22 Larry Sinclair says he had a night of crack cocaine-fueled sex with Barack Obama, and that Obama came back for more the next day. Assess for yourself. Here’s our interview. <a href="https://t.co/R6CXwKv6gs">pic.twitter.com/R6CXwKv6gs</a>
&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1699543001473900670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The post of the interview has garnered tens of millions of views and has prompted both praise and criticism. The interview has racked up more than 150,000 &#8220;likes,&#8221; even while some prominent figures online, including some close to Carlson, have questioned the credibility of Sinclair and the veracity of his claims.
X owner Elon Musk, who frequently promotes content created by Carlson, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699660982677594422" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> that he thought Sinclair was &#8220;not super convincing.&#8221;
&#8220;Of course, the probability that his claims are true would have to rest on objective evidence, rather than claims made by someone with a dubious history,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699553238129754170" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who appeared on Carlson&#8217;s show in the <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1697378139729539549">episode</a> prior to Sinclair, called the guest &#8220;the least trustworthy human&#8221; he has ever known.
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&#8220;I met Larry Sinclair when I was doing my Tucker thing a couple weeks ago. I would trust Anna Delvey before I trusted anything Larry Sinclair said,&#8221; Portnoy <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1699828157094768789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1699828157094768789%7Ctwgr%5E1a63c8f921ca5e6c8d91fab93b1e2126a1ae2d19%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D617011action%3Dedit">wrote</a>. &#8220;Top to bottom maybe the least trustworthy human I&#8217;ve ever laid eyes on. I&#8217;d say his story has 0.0% of being true and that&#8217;s generous.&#8221;
For his part, Carlson presented the interview as a chance to let Sinclair fully voice the claims he made first some fifteen years ago — claims largely dismissed and buried by the legacy press — tweeting to his 10 million followers, &#8220;Assess for yourself.&#8221;

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Former Fox News host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> indicated this week that he believes former President Donald Trump should have participated in the first Republican Party presidential debate and that both Trump and President Joe Biden are too old to be president.
Carlson made the remarks during an interview with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy this week.
&#8220;I thought Trump should have done, I thought he should’ve done the debate,&#8221; Portnoy said.
&#8220;Yeah,&#8221; Carlson agreed.
&#8220;For the betterment of the country, I think he should be on the debate stage,&#8221; Portnoy added.
&#8220;I kind of agree,&#8221; Carlson responded. &#8220;I like the debates, personally.&#8221;
Carlson then took an apparent shot at his former employer, saying that the problem with the organizations that host the debates is that they are &#8220;rotten and corrupt.&#8221;
Portnoy later added that he believes there has been &#8220;a shift where, internally, maybe the Democrats don’t think [Biden] can win and they’re setting the stage to do somebody else.&#8221;
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&#8220;To be honest, I think both Trump and Biden are too old,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don’t think you should be able to be that old to be president.&#8221;
Carlson interrupted to say, &#8220;I agree 100%.&#8221;
Trump is 77, Biden is 80.
The interview comes after Carlson interviewed Trump and aired the footage during the debate last week.
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Tucker Carlson agrees with Dave Portnoy that Trump is too old to hold office. He also agreed that Trump should have participated in the primary debate. 
Portnoy: &quot;Both Trump and Biden are too old.&quot; 
Tucker: &quot;I agree 100%.&quot;
Portnoy: &quot;How are these people running our country?&quot;… <a href="https://t.co/hM5vNfdcpi">pic.twitter.com/hM5vNfdcpi</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1697639332688105794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Tucker Carlson: Trump Should Have Gone To GOP Primary Debate, He And Biden Too Old To Be President

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> skipped the Republican debate Wednesday night and sat down with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> for an extensive interview that garnered over 100 million views on X in a matter of hours.
Trump answered questions ranging from why he did not attend the debate to if he believes the U.S. is headed for a civil war — and was even asked by the former Fox News host if he&#8217;s worried about an assassination attempt. The interview, which was posted to X five minutes before the start of the Republican debate amassed over 100 million views before the end of the night, Newsweek <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-tucker-carlson-interview-viewed-100-million-times-4-hours-1822085" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. By Thursday morning, Carlson&#8217;s interview with Trump had reached over 180 million views.
While the social media platform&#8217;s way of counting views makes it difficult to truly understand how many people actively watched the interview, Trump&#8217;s sit-down with Carlson can be compared to the host&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1692282708397863374" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, which has garnered 44 million views since being posted last week.
During the interview, the former president pointed to his large lead in the polls as the reason he skipped joining the other Republican candidates and opted for a one-on-one conversation with Carlson.
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Ep. 19 Debate Night with Donald J Trump <a href="https://t.co/ayPfII48CO">pic.twitter.com/ayPfII48CO</a>
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“I&#8217;m leading by [40] points,” Trump said. “But I&#8217;m gonna have all these people screaming at me, shouting questions at me. All of which I love answering. I love doing, but it doesn&#8217;t make sense to do &#8217;em. So, I&#8217;ve taken a pass.”
When asked by Carlson if he&#8217;s concerned that the U.S. is heading toward violence or possibly a civil war, Trump said he wasn&#8217;t sure.
&#8220;I can say this, there&#8217;s a level of passion that I&#8217;ve never seen,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;There&#8217;s a level of hatred that I&#8217;ve never seen, and there&#8217;s probably a bad combination.&#8221;  
Trump addressed his pending legal cases, saying they are nonsense. He pointed to his one-time opponent Hillary Clinton and Democrat Stacey Abrams, saying they too challenged the outcomes of the elections they lost.
&#8220;But now, you know, every time you see [Clinton] on television, she&#8217;s saying like, well, she&#8217;s challenging the election. … So that would mean that she should be indicted, but that would mean also that Stacey Abrams in Georgia should be indicted &#8217;cause she still thinks she won the election for governor,&#8221; Trump said. 
Carlson also asked the former president, who is facing four felony indictments and is set to turn himself in again on Thursday, if he worries that his political enemies might try to assassinate him.
&#8220;Honestly, they&#8217;re savage animals. They are people that are sick, really sick,&#8221; Trump replied. 
On Biden, Trump said he still has doubts about whether the president will continue his run for re-election. Trump also said Biden isn’t actually running the country – and that his family’s business dealings have “compromised” him. 
Trump touted his record on foreign policy, saying he kept the U.S. out of a nuclear war with North Korea and hit Biden for the Ukraine-Russia War, as well as for allowing China to reportedly gain a foothold in Cuba, but Trump’s primary issue is still immigration.
&#8220;Number one is a border and taking hundreds of thousands of criminals that have been allowed into our country and getting them out and bringing them back to their country,&#8221; the former president said. 
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.

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Trump/Tucker Carlson Interview Racks Up Massive Views; Addresses Debate Skip, Indictments

Trump/Tucker Interview Racks Up Massive Views; Addresses Debate Skip, Indictments

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