Good read on Carlson. He's politically very powerful just due to his political compass being so accurate about the current direction things are moving.

He's fake as fuck and will go the direction the wind is blowing.

Exactly, all of the current "issues" have gone rotten for the republicans. Support for israel, the Iran war, the economy, and even ICE/immigration have all become losing issues for them. This is Carlsen trying to launder his image and move away from the "MAGA brand," to either run in 2028 or so he can lend his support to Vance.

Has their ever been a journalist elected president before? Seems like an odd career change.

Tucker Carlson has a documented history of downplaying Russian aggression, echoing Kremlin talking points, and securing a high-profile interview with Vladimir Putin.

Key Milestones

• Dismissing the War: Shortly before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Carlson characterized the escalating conflict merely as a "border issue" and called Ukraine a "puppet of Washington".
• The Moscow Interview: In February 2024, Carlson traveled to Moscow and became the first Western media figure to interview Vladimir Putin since the 2022 invasion.
• The History Lecture: During the two-hour interview, Putin spent a lengthy portion delivering an unchallenged historical monologue regarding Russia's claims to Ukraine, which Carlson later stated left him "shocked" and "baffled".
• The Aftermath and Reception: Critics, including former U.S. officials, labeled the interview a propaganda tool, while Russian state media heavily amplified Carlson's visit to combat narratives of international isolation.

Everyone reading this should remember the account names promoting this candidate as they are likely Russian bots

enough of the right is hungry enough for an opinion that still validates their identity and positionality, I wouldn't expect Tucker to go away any time soon. there is too much appetite for grift on the right. if Tucker went away, another would slip into that void to fill that gap. the real problem here is that Tucker is actually pretty good at what they do, and in-spite of several institutional attempts to cancel them, they've managed to survive.

They, unlike Trump in 2016, aren't dependent on national media to bring them oxygen. A 2016 Trump could have been stopped if media would have just ignored them. Since that time, media has changed. This generation have their own media enterprise in a media landscape largely not beholden to any kind of outside interests. A self fullfilling windbag. Owens, Fuentes, Carlson, they don't rely on outside financing and have a pretty fair degree of capture of their audiences.

Exactly. This is some sort of move from him in order to find relevance with his own audience. Some new scandal he’s trying to create.

It’s all some game he’s playing, no doubt. Some weird gambit.

One sec, I'll go ask my neighbor whose car has a decal of Carlson's pouty little face on it what he thinks about this.

::: Just kidding, I don't speak with them. :::

I don't care what he does, he'll never be someone to be taken seriously.

Only fake lefties and the supremely politically uneducated are wringing their hands over this.