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Forever earnest Brian Stelter tweeted out his late-night appearance on CNN with Abby Phillip.
“MSNBC’s [Rachel] Maddow is right to be thinking aloud about the possible repercussions of a second Trump term,” he typed. “Other media types and political veterans are doing the same thing. What might “retribution” look like? What are the pressure points that Trump could target?”
In a softball email interview with Maddow, CNN’s Oliver Darcy warned about the MAGA crowd: “… Some of his extremist allies even talking about jailing their fellow Americans. You’re one of his most notable critics on television. Are you worried that you could be a target?” It’s like he doesn’t know Peter Navarro is in jail, and Steve Bannon is scheduled for jail over refusing to testify to the Pelosi-Picked Panel on January 6.
Maddow implied something about Donald Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations: “For that matter, what convinces you that these massive camps he’s planning are only for migrants? I’m worried about me—but only as much as I’m worried about all of us.”
Trump and his closest lieutenants have openly talked a big game about taking revenge on anti-Trump media outlets, so that concern is legitimate. It’s the crazy talk about prison camps for cable-news hosts that sounds cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. But Stelter thinks it’s right to “be thinking aloud.”
That’s the pattern of the anti-Trump media. Since 2015, they have constantly “thought aloud” about the wildest conspiracy theories. Trump is a Russian agent. Trump paid Moscow hookers to urinate on a bed the Obamas used. Trump is Hitler, or Mussolini, or whatever autocrat you can find. Trump will kill millions more people than Hitler, Stalin, and Mao combined. (Stelter rolled out the red carpet for that last insanity on his CNN show. Even PolitiFact couldn’t avoid flagging that.)
Right now, the anti-Trump, pro-Biden media is projecting panic about a second term, and imagining nothing about what a second Biden term would look like—especially whether Biden’s mental decline will reach a crisis point.
But wait—consider the first half of Stelter’s interview with Phillip. She played a series of clips of conservatives complaining about top Justice Department official Matthew Colangelo joining the Manhattan district attorney’s prosecution of Trump. How hard is it to connect dots here? Easier than the nonexistent “pee tapes” CNN promoted.
Stelter said this amazing thing: “I think they’re trying to make sense of a complex world. Conspiracy theories help simplify complexity. But they do so by taking shortcuts. And in the real world, in real life, with real-world thinking, there are no shortcuts. These guys are trying to take shortcuts, trying to use code words and buzzwords and propaganda in order to satisfy an audience by taking shortcuts. And there are no shortcuts in this real, complex world.”
This is coming from Stelter, who also touted on X his fanciful New Republic article imagining everyone but Fox and Newsmax is banished from the White House. That article was a nut pie of conspiracy theories.
Finally, the irony of Stelter imagining IRS audits or White House media access bans under Trump ignores the fact that Stelter and his pal Darcy have openly campaigned for Fox News and other conservative outlets to be deplatformed from television. It’s not about “freedom of speech, but freedom of reach.” It’s not frightening that Stelter has written two books attacking Fox News as a poisonous presence on TV. Because the conservative media is never “news.” CNN and MSNBC are “news.”
Their crazy conspiracy theories are treated as facts, and conservative facts like Colangelo’s connections become crazy conspiracy theories.
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Popular conservative host Tucker Carlson is planning a nationwide speaking tour this September featuring a range of newsmakers and political leaders leading up to Election Day.
Carlson announced his plans Monday morning and shared the full schedule with The Daily Signal, which is partnering with Tucker Carlson Live to provide our subscribers with early access to tickets starting Tuesday (details below).
Since launching Tucker Carlson Network last year, the former Fox News host has amassed a huge audience for his video interviews, podcast episodes, and social media posts. He now plans to build on that success with a 15-city tour at some of America’s most recognizable sports arenas.
“I can’t wait to take our show on the road in cities across America,” Carlson said in a statement to The Daily Signal. “We’re going to be talking about real issues with real people. You’d better believe the Establishment will be losing their minds.”
The Sept. 4 kickoff of Carlson’s tour will afford him an opportunity to comment on the latest developments of the 2024 presidential election and interview a wide range of guests, many of whom are household names or recognizable personalities from Tucker Carlson Network.
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., will join Carlson for the Sept. 26 stop at Bon Secours Arena in Greenville, S.C. Heritage previously sponsored Carlson’s live State of the Union special in March.
Carlson’s stops will feature actors Roseanne Barr and Russell Brand; musician Kid Rock; former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy; media personalities Glenn Beck, Dan Bongino, Alex Jones, and Megyn Kelly; and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s son, will close the tour Sept. 28 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Tickets go on sale starting Friday, June 14, at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Daily Signal subscribers will be able to purchase tickets tomorrow using a special code. Subscribe to our Morning Bell email newsletter or follow @DailySignal on X to receive the code Tuesday morning.
The complete list of tour stops is below.
| Wed, Sep 4, 2024 | Phoenix, AZ | Footprint Center Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Russell Brand |
| Thu, Sep 5, 2024 | Anaheim, CA | Honda Center Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Vivek Ramaswamy |
| Fri, Sep 6, 2024 | Colorado Springs, CO | Broadmoor World Arena Tucker Carlson Live with a special guest announced at a later date |
| Sat, Sep 7, 2024 | Salt Lake City, UT | Delta Center Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Glenn Beck |
| Wed, Sep 11, 2024 | Tulsa, OK | BOK Center Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Dan Bongino |
| Thu, Sep 12, 2024 | Kansas City, MO | T-Mobile Center Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Megyn Kelly |
| Fri, Sep 13, 2024 | Wichita, KS | INTRUST Bank Arena Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Charlie Kirk |
| Mon, Sep 16, 2024 | Milwaukee, WI | Fiserv Forum Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Alex Jones |
| Wed, Sep 18, 2024 | Fort Bend, TX | Ford Bend Epicenter Tucker Carlson Live with a special guest announced at a later date |
| Fri, Sep 20, 2024 | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Kid Rock |
| Sat, Sep 21, 2024 | Hershey, PA | Giant Center Tucker Carlson Live with a special guest announced at a later date |
| Tue, Sep 24, 2024 | Fort Worth, TX | Dickies Arena Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Roseanne Barr |
| Thu, Sep 26, 2024 | Greenville, SC | Bon Secours Arena Tucker Carlson Live with special guests Rep. Marjorie Taylore Greene and Dr. Kevin Roberts |
| Fri, Sep 27, 2024 | Sunrise, FL | Amerant Bank Arena Tucker Carlson Live with a special guest announced at a later date |
| Sat, Sep 28, 2024 | Jacksonville, FL | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena Tucker Carlson Live with special guest Donald Trump Jr. |
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