Who Could Mistake Tucker Carlson For Anything Else?

[Daily Kos Morning Roundup]( A morning roundup of worthy pundit and news reads, brought to you by Daily Kos. [Click here to read the full web version.]( - [Who Could Mistake Tucker Carlson For Anything Else?]( Who Could Mistake Tucker Carlson For Anything Else? David Roth, Defector It is generally true that people grow and change as they get older, but that's not necessarily the same thing as saying that they become different. Some people just become more and more themselves, and do not so much grow as build addition after addition onto their home and then decorate all of them identically. The fixtures and finishes might get more expensive, but fundamentally it is the same four walls opening onto the same views. Wherever they go, there they are. They do not, would not and anyway could not, ever leave. For someone like Tucker Carlson, staying in that space has been something like his job for many years. - [Far right laments Tucker Carlson’s ouster and loss of its shot at the mainstream]( Far right laments Tucker Carlson’s ouster and loss of its shot at the mainstream, Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins, NBC Carlson’s show echoed conspiracy theories and disinformation that gained traction on extremist forums like 4chan — and that would otherwise not have appeared on Fox News. Fox News’ dismissal of top-rated host Tucker Carlson sent shock waves through mainstream and conservative media this week. But nowhere was Carlson’s loss felt more than on the fringe and right-wing websites and forums where so many of his narratives originated. On web shows and message boards, creators of hate and conspiracy theory content bemoaned the loss of Carlson and their path to a mainstream audience. “He amplified [my] reporting more than anyone else,” Darren Beattie, a blogger and purveyor of conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, said Monday on a web show hosted by Turning Point USA President Charlie Kirk. “He was basically the only person on Fox who would dare to have me on, and I’m not the only case,” Beattie said. “There are other people, and nobody would dare let them on any other Fox show. But Tucker would have them on to say things that you won’t hear anywhere on American TV.” - [Daily Kos is $31,436 away from our monthly goal. Can you chip in $5 now to help us close the books on April?]( - [The Bravery of E. Jean Carroll]( The Bravery of E. Jean Carroll, Charles P. Pierce, Esquire She's taken a hailstorm of abuse already in her suit against Trump, but this was really leading with her chin. And then she said the bravest thing of all. “It left me unable to ever have a romantic life again.” I trust I don't need to elaborate what Carroll is risking on cross-examination by saying this. Granted, she also testified that she's taken a hailstorm of abuse already, but this was really leading with her chin. And it's not like everybody involved in this proceeding doesn't feel the dark pressure emanating from Florida, and that definitely includes Judge Lewis Kaplan, who warned the former president* not to monkey-wrench the trial from afar. - [Biden’s team is leaning into this culture war staple]( Biden’s team is leaning into this culture war staple, Eli Stokols and Adam Cancryn, POLITICO “You’ll see Democrats up and down the ticket running on this.” The president’s team has made the issue of book banning a surprisingly central element of his campaign’s opening salvos. He referred to GOP efforts to restrict curriculum — Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” was the third most banned title in America last year — in his first two campaign videos. He presents himself in each video as the defender of the country’s core values, a bulwark against an extreme Republican Party rolling back America’s freedoms. - [Show your support for progressive, independent news with a Daily Kos t-shirt—they're union decorated and made in the USA! Click here to get yours]( - [Airman Accused of Leak Has History of Racist and Violent Remarks, Filing Says]( Airman Accused of Leak Has History of Racist and Violent Remarks, Filing Says, Glenn Thrush, The New York Times Prosecutors accused Jack Teixeira of trying to cover up his actions and described a possible propensity toward violence. Prosecutors pointedly questioned Airman Teixeira’s overall state of mind, disclosing that he was suspended from high school in 2018 for alarming comments about the use of Molotov cocktails and other weapons, and trawled the internet for information about mass shootings. He engaged in “regular discussions about violence and murder” on the same social media platform, Discord, that he used to post classified information, the filing said, and he surrounded his bed at his parents’ house with firearms and tactical gear. - [THE BIG FINISH: THE PROUD BOYS SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY TRIAL GOES TO THE JURY]( THE BIG FINISH: THE PROUD BOYS SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY TRIAL GOES TO THE JURY, Brandi Buchman, Emptywheel The mere physical task of sorting through the evidence before them is significant all its own and it is only eclipsed by the burden to finally render a verdict that is just and reflective of the instructions they received at the conclusion of what has been the Justice Department’s longest Jan. 6 trial to date. When Assistant U.S. Attorney Conor Mulroe took the podium for the final time this week in U.S. District Judge Tim Kelly’s courtroom, he faced the jury, his suit a dark blue and his tie a muted red, and harkened first to the words of the Proud Boys ringleader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio on Jan. 4, 2021: “Whatever happens, Make it a spectacle.” Tarrio said this to his now co-defendant, Joseph Biggs, just before his arrest on the 4th. What followed was a sequence of events that led Tarrio to exactly where he found himself this week: listening to a federal prosecutor standing just a few feet away tell a jury of his peers that he was responsible for a conspiracy that nearly toppled democracy as they and America have only ever known it. ICYMI: Popular stories from the past week you won't want to miss: - [‘Bible bigots’ are angry about reaping their just rewards]( - [Fox was fine with Tucker's hate-filled lies. 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