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Originally posted by FrankMoses:
I said it on page 2 or 3 and I'll say it again: clicks and money. He can't get millions to follow him like VDH, or Shapiro, or even Matt Walsh, so he's just gone rogue. Titillate the foolish masses and rake it in

His viewership is larger than all three of those guys combined.

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Originally posted by chellim1:
Nuclear Posture Review: The Department of Defense under Trump's 2018 Nuclear Posture Review maintained the traditional U.S. first-use option while expanding contingencies and proposing new low-yield nuclear capabilities, rather than adopting a no-first-use policy.

The US has never officially adopted a “no first use” policy anyway. The Trump admin simply officially outright rejected it, which is a smart move, imo. Telling your enemy you reserve the right to use first to protect your vital interests, instead of “We’ll never use first, no matter what”, serves as a deterrence. All options are on the table. And, it’s been around since his first administration. Nothing new. Where was Carlson with his fake outrage then? Now, all of a sudden, this jerk acts like nuclear war is “a lot closer than you think”, and Trump is going to wipe out humanity with a press of the button, so he needs to be removed immediately. Fucker Carlson has no credibility whatsoever.

"no first use" as a policy, of the country that "first use't" twice, on the same folks days apart, because those folk just did not understand what, "we are tired of your shit" actually meant, until some light was shed on thee.

If someone is aware that another will do whatever, to end your ability to harm them or their interests, you start thinking when you first wake up, how you might find another way to spend your day.

Flying planes into ships, or snagging shrimps out of the clear blue ocean.

Choose wisely.

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Originally posted by FenderBender:

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Originally posted by FrankMoses:
I said it on page 2 or 3 and I'll say it again: clicks and money. He can't get millions to follow him like VDH, or Shapiro, or even Matt Walsh, so he's just gone rogue. Titillate the foolish masses and rake it in

His viewership is larger than all three of those guys combined.

Now it is. Maybe it always was, but not to the extreme that apparently exists now.

I mentioned this some time back and got zero traction. I still think this incident marked the start of Carlson's change.

This recap from Brave search, more comprehensive articles obviously available --

On November 7, 2018, approximately 20 protesters from the group Smash Racism D.C. targeted the Northwest D.C. home of Tucker Carlson. While Carlson was at his Fox News studio, his wife Susan was home alone and heard loud banging on the front door.

Incident details: Protesters used a bullhorn to chant threats like “We know where you sleep at night,” cracked the front door, spray-painted “Antifa” on the driveway, and blocked off both ends of the street. One individual allegedly threatened to bring a pipe bomb.
Family safety: Susan Carlson locked herself in the pantry and called 911, fearing a home invasion. The couple’s four children were not home at the time.
Aftermath: Fox News executives called the incident “reprehensible,” and figures across the political spectrum, including Megyn Kelly and Stephen Colbert, condemned the harassment. Police investigated the event as a potential hate crime, though no arrests were made.
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Family safety: Susan Carlson locked herself in the pantry and called 911, fearing a home invasion. The couple’s four children were not home at the time.

After that, Susan was afraid to live in Washington D.C. In 2020, Carlson sold his home in Kent and bought a house on Gasparilla Island, on Florida's Gulf Coast. They now also live part of the year in Maine near Bryant Pond, Woodstock, Maine.

Tucker continued on Fox News until he was fired in 2023.

What an interesting thing to say.

^^^ Thanks for posting.
It sounds like Tucker owes Victor an apology.
VDH is always calm and reasonable.

Tucker is often bombastic and hyperbolic.

Carlson has proven himself to be a monumental asshole. He has lost all credibility, and that's no exaggeration.

This class of social media influencer- Carlson, Candace Owens, et al, are a blight on our society, and if they vanished today, it would be a very good thing.

Tucker Carlson is not fit to lick the soles of Hanson's shoes. He is a despicable person, and that's being kind about it.

And by the way, did Carlson actually say that we dropped the bombs in order to impress the Soviets?

Has Carlson never heard of Klaus Fuchs? The Soviets were getting Manhattan Project information in near-real time.

Truman noted after informing Stalin at Potsdam about the bomb, that Stalin appeared completely unimpressed. That's because Stalin already knew.

Whenever a media personality changes radically and starts promoting UFO's and reverses their support for Trump, it is very likely they are getting paid to do this by anti trump elements.

It really isn't that difficult to buy them off with a large amount of cash. And this cash doesn't have to be reported for election purposes whereas campaign advertising does.

There is a huge amount of money spent on elections, so paying of a couple media personalities is affordable

They are being paid by the people who pay attention to them: the ones who click on their videos, etc., and by the people who convince other people to go and see what they’re saying so that they can be outraged as well, and then tell someone else to be outraged.

Outrage is a profitable business model for talking heads. In this day and age, it actually might even be the only viable one.

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Originally posted by DonSaba:
Whenever a media personality changes radically and starts promoting UFO's and reverses their support for Trump, it is very likely they are getting paid to do this by anti trump elements.

As sigfreund indicated in the post below yours, the answer is simpler than that. Carlson has discovered the money he can make by attracting a large audience by being outrageous.

All one has to do is look at his ratings and the number of views his nonsense generates. There's no need for some shadowy financier, who, by the way, could easily turn into a blackmailer of Carlson, and that's an idea I reject outright. There's just no need for such risks when all one has to do is say outrageous shit. The fools attracted to such things are legion.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by DonSaba:
Whenever a media personality changes radically and starts promoting UFO's and reverses their support for Trump, it is very likely they are getting paid to do this by anti trump elements.

As sigfreund indicated in the post below yours, the answer is simpler than that. Carlson has discovered the money he can make by attracting a large audience by being outrageous.

All one has to do is look at his ratings and the number of views his nonsense generates. There's no need for some shadowy financier, who, by the way, could easily turn into a blackmailer of Carlson, and that's an idea I reject outright. There's just no need for such risks when all one has to do is say outrageous shit. The fools attracted to such things are legion.

No doubt there is a rage baiting component. But look at what happened to the Drudge Report. It totally flipped.

DonSaba: Welcome to the forum!

Nuking Japan was glorious, two big beautiful bombs.

What do you tell Japan with two mushroom clouds? Nothing, you already told'em twice.

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Originally posted by chellim1:
DonSaba: Welcome to the forum!

Hello, and thanks for the welcome!